1921 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 27, 1921By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1921 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	26	0.235	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 42–0
2	23	0.310	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Erskine 42–7
3	85	0.384	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Davidson 28–0
4	-3	0.470	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Samford 34–14
5	-3	0.718	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
6	-3	0.718	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
7	1	0.718	Centre (CENTRE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
8	1	0.718	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
9	1	0.718	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
10	1	0.718	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
11	1	0.718	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	32	Tied ST. Bonaventure 7–7
12	1	0.718	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
13	2	0.718	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
14	2	0.718	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
15	2	0.718	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
16	2	0.718	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
17	4	0.718	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
18	4	0.718	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
19	5	0.718	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
20	6	0.718	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
21	7	0.718	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
22	7	0.718	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
23	7	0.718	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
24	8	0.718	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
25	8	0.718	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
26	8	0.718	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
27	8	0.718	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
28	8	0.718	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
29	9	0.718	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
30	9	0.718	LSU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
31	9	0.718	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
32	9	0.718	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
33	9	0.718	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
34	9	0.718	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
35	9	0.718	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
36	9	0.718	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
37	9	0.718	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
38	9	0.718	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
39	9	0.718	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
40	9	0.718	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
41	9	0.718	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
42	9	0.718	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
43	13	0.718	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
44	13	0.718	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
45	14	0.718	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
46	17	0.718	Phillips (PHILLIPS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
47	18	0.718	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
48	18	0.718	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
49	18	0.718	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
50	18	0.718	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
51	18	0.718	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
52	20	0.718	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
53	20	0.718	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
54	20	0.718	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
55	21	0.718	Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
56	21	0.718	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
57	25	0.718	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
58	25	0.718	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
59	25	0.718	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
60	25	0.718	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
61	25	0.718	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
62	25	0.718	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
63	29	0.718	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
64	29	0.718	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
65	30	0.718	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
66	30	0.718	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
67	31	0.718	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
68	31	0.718	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
69	31	0.718	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
70	-8	1.250	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Delaware 89–0
71	-11	1.549	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rooks 68–7
72	-18	1.602	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kalamazoo 56–0
73	-15	1.634	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 53–0
74	-13	1.634	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lebanon Valley 53–0
75	-38	1.687	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Muhlenberg 48–0
76	-45	1.698	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Franklin 47–0
77	-73	1.826	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tarleton State 35–0
78	0	1.826	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hobart 35–0
79	-9	1.848	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ursinus 33–0
80	-75	1.858	Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhodes 38–6
81	-62	1.869	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Norwich 34–3
82	15	1.869	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 34–3
83	-4	1.880	TCU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 30–0
84	-29	1.890	Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Georgia 29–0
85	-21	1.901	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Geneva 28–0
86	15	1.901	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bates 28–0
87	-7	1.912	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Emory & Henry 27–0
88	-81	1.976	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat ST. Mary's 21–0
89	-37	1.976	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Randolph Macon 21–0
90	-76	1.986	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Grand Island 27–7
91	-10	1.986	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Athens 20–0
92	2	2.050	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 14–0
93	9	2.061	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Middlebury 16–0
94	-5	2.061	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Roanoke 13–0
95	-5	2.115	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 14–6
96	-25	2.124	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Alabama 14–34
97	-91	2.136	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 6–0
98	-78	2.497	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Virginia 0–28
99	-76	2.823	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Furman 7–42
100	-9	3.150	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–42
101	-48	11.025	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Beloit 0–7
102	-27	12.004	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	33	Lost to Howard Payne 7–35