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1921 Week 6 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
1381.047Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat NC State 40–0
2361.089Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma State 36–0
3-21.116Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Oglethorpe 41–0
4-21.121Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Newberry 63–0
531.207Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–01.00010Beat Northwestern 41–0
601.303Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Samford 35–3
7281.324Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Memphis 82–0
8291.335Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Birmingham Southern 20–7
9111.346Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Mercer 28–0
10321.420North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 21–0
11-71.431Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Spring Hill 27–7
12191.442Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Rutgers 3–0
13151.474Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Kentucky Wesleyan 68–0
14-71.495Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Clemson 14–0
15211.495Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Tulane 14–0
16551.511Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Chemawa 68–0
17-141.538Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat George Washington 28–0
18571.549Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Pittsburgh 6–0
19351.581South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Erskine 13–7
20201.613Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Nebraska Wesleyan 55–0
21491.618Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Franklin & Marshall 20–0
22281.623Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Louisiana 54–0
23491.650Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Depauw 57–10
24-121.728Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.000920BYE
25-121.728Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.000920BYE
26-121.728Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–0–10.500690Tied Wyoming 7–7
27-91.728Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–00.000920BYE
28-61.728Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–00.000920BYE
29-61.728Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000920BYE
3001.728LSUIND FBSI0–00.000920BYE
31131.728Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.000920BYE
32261.728Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.000920BYE
33271.728Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.000920BYE
34271.728Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.000920BYE
35311.728Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.000920BYE
36331.728Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–0–10.500690Tied Colorado State 7–7
37-41.730Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat Mount Union 44–0
38-221.762Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat ST. Bonaventure 41–0
39171.762Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat U.s. Marines 41–0
40251.762Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Randolph Macon 41–0
41411.767West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Cincinnati 50–0
42321.789Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Gettysburg 24–0
43331.794Indiana (INDIANA)B102–01.00010Beat Kalamazoo 29–0
44-201.794Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat Knox 52–14
45-361.805Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Parris Island Marines 37–0
46321.810Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Ohio 38–0
47441.810Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Bryson 53–0
48-271.826Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B81–01.00010Beat Simpson 35–0
49-31.826Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Kingfisher 42–7
50-331.837Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Fort Hays State 41–7
51111.837Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Middle Tennessee 34–0
5251.848Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat ST. Edward's 33–0
53-481.901Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Hendrix 28–0
54271.901Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Middlebury 28–3
55-121.901Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Ohio Wesleyan 28–0
56111.901Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Lawrence 28–0
57-51.922Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Cumberland 26–0
58-331.933Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat COE 28–3
59351.960Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 32–0
60-311.965Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Susquehanna 22–0
6171.965Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Georgia 22–0
62-361.976Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–01.00010Beat Washburn 28–7
63231.976Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Vermont 14–0
64261.986Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
65271.986Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Bucknell 26–0
66111.992Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Austin 17–13
67-331.997Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.00010Beat North Dakota 19–0
68202.013California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–01.00010Beat Olympic Club 14–0
69182.018Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Maryville 7–0
70-72.018Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat 9TH Amry Corps 24–7
71-602.050Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.750680Beat Allegheny 14–0
72-242.050Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Swarthmore 21–7
73-222.050Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Catholic 14–0
74212.083Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat William & Mary 14–0
75-112.093Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–01.00010Beat Missouri Rolla 10–0
76172.097Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 3–0
77-582.136Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Fort Benning 6–0
78192.141Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Colby 12–7
79-522.157Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Emporia College 7–3
80-352.157Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Willamette 7–3
81-282.168SMUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Howard Payne 3–0
82-723.417Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–10.000790Lost to Centre 0–14
83-243.417Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Mississippi College 0–14
84-53.436Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–10.500690Lost to Maryland 0–3
85133.451Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI1–10.500690Beat Presbyterian 7–0
86-13.535Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.500690Lost to Lafayette 0–6
87-73.579Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI1–10.500690Lost to Mississippi State 7–20
88-153.628Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC1–10.500690Lost to Missouri 0–36
89-343.697Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Alabama 7–27
9093.720Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI0–20.000790Lost to South Carolina 7–13
9153.977Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI0–20.000790Lost to Auburn 3–35
92-83.982Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI1–10.500690Lost to Georgia Tech 0–41
93-44.065NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–10.500690Lost to Navy 0–40
94-624.070Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Georgia 0–28
9554.233Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–20.000790Lost to North Carolina 0–21
96-555.701Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Furman 0–63
97-146.146TCUIND FBSI1–10.500690Lost to Hardin Simmons 7–10
9838.637Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–20.000790Lost to Chicago 0–41
99-529.429Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–10.00079-1Lost to Davidson 0–7
100-8512.365Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–10.000790Lost to Amherst 7–9
101-5212.691Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.000790Lost to Wabash 0–9
102013.157Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–20.000790Lost to Texas State 0–10

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