1920 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 1920By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1920 Season Tags: • No Comments

1920 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.159	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 44–0
2	-1	0.397	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 23–0
3	-2	0.639	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
4	-3	0.639	Centre (CENTRE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
5	-4	0.639	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
6	-5	0.639	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
7	-6	0.639	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
8	-7	0.639	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
9	-8	0.639	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
10	-9	0.639	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
11	-10	0.639	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
12	-11	0.639	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
13	-12	0.639	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
14	-13	0.639	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
15	-14	0.639	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
16	-15	0.639	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
17	-16	0.639	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
18	-17	0.639	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
19	-18	0.639	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
20	-19	0.639	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
21	-20	0.639	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
22	-21	0.639	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
23	-22	0.639	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
24	-23	0.639	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
25	-24	0.639	LSU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
26	-25	0.639	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
27	-26	0.639	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
28	-27	0.639	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
29	-28	0.639	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
30	-29	0.639	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
31	-30	0.639	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
32	-31	0.639	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
33	-32	0.639	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
34	-33	0.639	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
35	-34	0.639	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
36	-35	0.639	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
37	-36	0.639	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
38	-37	0.639	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
39	-38	0.639	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
40	-39	0.639	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
41	-40	0.639	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
42	-41	0.639	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
43	-42	0.639	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
44	-43	0.639	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
45	-44	0.639	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
46	-45	0.639	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
47	-46	0.639	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
48	-47	0.639	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	29	Tied Morgan 0–0
49	-48	0.639	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
50	-49	0.639	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
51	-50	0.639	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
52	-51	0.639	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
53	-52	0.639	TCU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
54	-53	0.639	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
55	-54	0.639	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
56	-55	0.639	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
57	-56	0.639	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
58	-57	0.639	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
59	-58	0.639	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
60	-59	0.639	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
61	-60	0.639	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
62	-61	0.639	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
63	-62	0.639	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
64	-63	0.639	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
65	-64	0.639	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
66	-65	0.639	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
67	-66	0.639	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	33	BYE
68	-67	1.406	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Daniel Baker 70–0
69	-68	1.452	Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Georgia 66–0
70	-69	1.486	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hardin Simmons 63–0
71	-70	1.531	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Military Academy 59–0
72	-71	1.588	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William Penn 54–0
73	-72	1.588	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 54–0
74	-73	1.588	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Roanoke 54–0
75	-74	1.656	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hobart 55–7
76	-75	1.667	Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hamilton A.c. 47–0
77	-76	1.667	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Franklin 47–0
78	-77	1.690	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Emory & Henry 45–0
79	-78	1.803	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Delaware 35–0
80	-79	1.803	Phillips (PHILLIPS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 35–0
81	-80	1.803	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 35–0
82	-81	1.826	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Elon 33–0
83	-82	1.882	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lebanon Valley 28–0
84	-83	1.882	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 28–0
85	-84	1.894	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Marion 27–0
86	-85	1.894	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 27–0
87	-86	1.905	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Erskine 26–0
88	-87	1.916	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 25–0
89	-88	1.962	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Olympic Club 21–0
90	-89	1.973	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Muhlenberg 27–7
91	-90	2.041	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 14–0
92	-91	2.098	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Austin 9–0
93	-92	2.166	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Holy Cross 3–0
94	-93	2.293	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	30	Lost to NC State 0–23
95	-94	3.332	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	30	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–44
96	-95	11.002	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	30	Lost to Ursinus 7–14