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1921 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1921 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.987LSUIND FBSI5–0–10.91710+16Beat Ole Miss 21–0
201.027Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI6–0–10.9299+22Tied Georgia 7–7
321.105Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+21Beat Auburn 21–0
421.198Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–0–10.9388+18Beat Navy 13–7
5-21.300Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI7–01.0001+10Beat Springfield 14–0
671.351California (CALIFORNIA)PAC8–01.0001+9Beat Washington 72–3
701.383Iowa (IOWA)B106–01.0001+16Beat Indiana 41–0
801.453Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON5–1–10.78623+20Tied Vanderbilt 7–7
911.508Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON7–10.87513+18Beat Georgetown 21–7
1061.527Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI8–01.0001+15Beat Pittsburgh 7–0
1131.530Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+14Beat Princeton 13–7
12-11.557Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+12Beat Delaware 44–0
13-91.663Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI6–10.85714+15Lost to Tennessee 0–21
1411.669Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–10.83319+11Beat Kansas 28–0
1521.685Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–0–10.91710+6Tied Michigan 7–7
1671.766Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–10.85714+16Beat Oklahoma 24–14
1711.784Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI8–10.88912+11Beat Rutgers 48–0; Beat HASKELL 42–7
1871.834Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–10.85714+7Beat Mississippi State 54–7
19111.942Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+14Beat South Carolina 7–0
20111.950Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON6–20.75026+18Beat Sewanee 21–0
21-21.953Chicago (CHICAGO)B105–10.83319+9Beat Illinois 14–6
22171.983Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–1–10.70036+6Beat Oregon State 7–3
2352.042Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–10.83319+13Beat Purdue 28–0
24-32.067Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI6–10.85714+7Beat Millsaps 56–0
2522.100Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–1–10.78623+10Tied Rice 7–7
26-142.105Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–10.83319+6Lost to Penn State 7–13
2722.159Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–1–10.78623+8Tied Pennsylvania 14–14
28-192.278South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI4–1–20.71431+7Lost to Furman 0–7
29-52.314Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–30.62548+14Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–7
3022.352Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–1–10.62548+5Tied Utah 0–0
3142.494Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–1–10.75026+1Tied Wisconsin 7–7
32-102.508Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON5–20.71431+8Lost to Centre 0–21
3332.510Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–20.75026+7Beat Colgate 14–0
3442.553Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI6–2–10.72230+8Beat Brown 9–7
3522.638Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–1–10.70036+1BYE
36-102.710Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–30.57156+12Lost to Yale 7–13
37-172.724Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–2–10.64346+1Lost to Washington State 3–7
38-52.841Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–20.66743+8Lost to Missouri 14–24
3922.871Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI5–20.71431+5Beat Newberry 18–13
4092.879West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+4Beat Virginia 7–0
4152.885Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY6–10.85714+2Beat Albertson 20–0
4263.013Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–20.75026+5Beat Hardin Simmons 21–0
4383.015Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–1–20.667430Beat Multnomah A.c. 21–7
4403.018Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–1–10.62548+3BYE
45-33.072Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–1–20.71431+4Tied Nevada 14–14
46-123.168Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON4–3–10.56367+2Lost to Florida 2–9
47123.242Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON5–20.71431-2Beat Roanoke 41–0
48103.254Drake (DRAKE)IND B84–20.66743-1Beat Morningside 30–10
49-43.256Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–2–20.625480Tied Dartmouth 14–14
5003.302Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–1–10.70036+6Tied Colorado 0–0
5153.325Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON4–30.57156+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–7
52123.396Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+5Beat Alabama 9–2
5383.421Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI5–30.62548+3Beat Mercer 7–6
54-143.447Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON4–30.57156+6Lost to Texas 7–54
55-23.452Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–2–10.64346-3Tied Phillips 0–0
56143.558Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–30.62548-1Beat NC State 7–3
57103.598Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI4–30.57156+8Beat Lebanon Valley 55–7
58-153.601Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–30.62548+2Lost to West Virginia 0–7
59163.664Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–30.57156+3Beat Kansas State 7–0
6003.744North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–2–20.57156+5Tied Davidson 0–0
6153.899Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–2–20.57156-1Tied Clemson 7–7
62113.910Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B84–30.57156+3Beat Tulane 14–6
63113.911TCUIND FBSI5–2–10.68839-3Beat SMU 13–6
64-93.956Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–3–10.56367-4Lost to Harvard 7–9
6504.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–30.50070+2BYE
66-144.079Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–30.50070+3Lost to Nebraska 0–28
6714.086Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI4–30.57156-4Beat Samford 7–0
68-214.136Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–2–10.58355-2Lost to California 3–72
69-154.186Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–30.57156+6Lost to Iowa State 0–7
70184.290Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–2–10.50070-1Beat Wyoming 31–3
71-24.432Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–40.33387-2Lost to Chicago 6–14
72104.450Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI4–3–10.56367-4Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 14–7
7334.487Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC3–4–10.43877+5Tied Emporia State 7–7
74-124.532Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–3–20.50070-5Lost to Syracuse 0–14
75-44.658Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–40.50070-8Lost to Birmingham Southern 7–14
76-194.662NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–3–20.42980-1Lost to Virginia Tech 3–7
7714.684Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–3–10.50070-6Tied Texas A&M 7–7
7834.694Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI3–2–20.57156-2Tied Arkansas 0–0
79-24.887Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–40.42980-8Lost to LSU 0–21
80-174.921Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–40.42980+4Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 6–14
8155.171Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–50.37586-4Lost to Notre Dame 0–48; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 21–7
8275.193Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–40.42980+4Beat Catholic 16–0
83-115.230Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI2–3–10.41785-3Lost to Erskine 13–18
8465.299Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI3–3–10.50070-4Beat Randolph Macon 49–0
8505.356Indiana (INDIANA)B102–40.33387-6Lost to Iowa 0–41
86-35.375Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–50.28690-4Lost to Oglethorpe 6–7
87-85.476Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43877-8Lost to Kentucky 7–14
88-85.695Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–40.42980-5Lost to Colorado Mines 0–7
89-25.808Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–3–30.43877-7Tied North Carolina 0–0
90-65.907Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–4–20.28690-3Tied Citadel 7–7
9116.478Purdue (PURDUE)B101–50.16797-2Lost to Ohio State 0–28
9286.654Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–30.25095-3Beat Colorado College 7–0
9357.099Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B82–40.33387-9Beat Cornell (IOWA) 13–6
94-37.160Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–4–20.28690-7Lost to Idaho 3–31
95-27.547Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–50.28690-1Lost to Ohio 21–23
9617.881SMUIND SWC1–50.16797-8Lost to TCU 6–13
97-18.202Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–60.25095-8Lost to Duke 0–17
98-38.211Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–60.143100-17Lost to Spring Hill 0–7
99-58.224Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–50.28690-16Lost to Presbyterian 0–27
100-18.270Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–50.16797-9BYE
10109.117Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–60.143100-10Beat Wofford 27–0
102011.134Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–60.000102-6Lost to Austin 10–17

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