1923 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 8, 1924By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1923 Season Tags: • No Comments

1923 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	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.925	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+36	BYE
2	0	1.155	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+29	BYE
3	0	1.204	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+23	BYE
4	0	1.206	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	9–0	1.000	1	+27	BYE
5	1	1.325	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+21	BYE
6	-1	1.326	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	9–0–1	0.950	7	+29	BYE
7	0	1.343	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–0–1	0.944	8	+22	BYE
8	0	1.407	SMU	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+22	BYE
9	0	1.428	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	12	+28	BYE
10	0	1.494	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–0–3	0.813	19	+13	BYE
11	0	1.580	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	16	+17	BYE
12	0	1.687	Centre (CENTRE)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	16	+24	BYE
13	0	1.750	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	41	+24	BYE
14	1	1.794	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	10	+16	BYE
15	-1	1.799	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	10–1–1	0.875	14	+20	Tied Navy 14–14
16	0	1.800	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	9	+30	BYE
17	0	1.844	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	7–1	0.875	14	+18	BYE
18	0	1.859	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–2–2	0.625	51	+19	BYE
19	0	1.947	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	10	+20	BYE
20	0	1.969	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	12	+15	BYE
21	0	1.983	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	16	+9	BYE
22	0	1.984	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	6–1–2	0.778	23	+14	BYE
23	0	2.007	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	31	+13	BYE
24	0	2.012	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	6–1–1	0.813	19	+14	BYE
25	0	2.022	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–1–3	0.722	31	+11	Tied Washington 14–14
26	0	2.082	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	19	+13	BYE
27	0	2.089	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	26	+19	BYE
28	0	2.126	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–1–1	0.786	22	+11	BYE
29	0	2.197	USC	PAC	6–2	0.750	26	+11	BYE
30	0	2.241	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	5–2–1	0.688	41	+14	BYE
31	0	2.261	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	23	+7	BYE
32	0	2.261	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–1–2	0.750	26	+6	BYE
33	0	2.278	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–2	0.778	23	+6	BYE
34	0	2.338	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	31	+11	BYE
35	0	2.361	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	26	+13	BYE
36	0	2.388	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	31	+7	BYE
37	0	2.454	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	5–2–1	0.688	41	+10	BYE
38	0	2.460	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	5–2–1	0.688	41	+19	BYE
39	0	2.613	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	26	+7	BYE
40	0	2.616	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	31	+8	BYE
41	0	2.663	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	31	+14	BYE
42	0	2.667	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–2–1	0.722	31	+7	BYE
43	0	2.866	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–2–4	0.556	65	+11	BYE
44	0	2.900	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	54	+18	BYE
45	0	2.984	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	6–3	0.667	45	+9	BYE
46	0	2.991	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	38	+3	BYE
47	0	3.013	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	45	+18	BYE
48	0	3.028	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	38	+9	BYE
49	0	3.072	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	50	+9	BYE
50	0	3.121	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3	0.625	51	+8	BYE
51	0	3.152	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	65	+9	BYE
52	1	3.173	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	54	+15	BYE
53	-1	3.173	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	65	+11	BYE
54	0	3.204	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	5–2–2	0.667	45	+3	BYE
55	0	3.259	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	59	0	BYE
56	0	3.302	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+3	BYE
57	0	3.368	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	40	+6	BYE
58	0	3.390	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	58	+1	BYE
59	0	3.478	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–3–1	0.500	73	+2	BYE
60	0	3.559	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	45	+1	BYE
61	0	3.572	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	71	+11	BYE
62	0	3.580	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	61	+1	BYE
63	0	3.724	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	61	-2	BYE
64	0	3.766	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	61	+2	BYE
65	0	3.797	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	71	+3	BYE
66	0	3.840	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3–1	0.563	61	+2	BYE
67	0	3.848	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–2–2	0.625	51	0	BYE
68	0	3.926	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	54	-6	BYE
69	0	3.999	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	65	-7	BYE
70	0	4.048	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	45	-10	BYE
71	0	4.229	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	3–3–3	0.500	73	-3	BYE
72	0	4.296	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	83	-2	BYE
73	0	4.371	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	73	-4	BYE
74	0	4.515	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	65	-9	BYE
75	0	4.566	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	92	+1	BYE
76	1	4.696	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	59	+5	BYE
77	1	4.711	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	90	-2	BYE
78	1	4.729	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	65	-10	BYE
79	1	4.880	Montana (MONTANA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	73	0	BYE
80	1	4.887	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	88	-5	BYE
81	1	4.944	Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	78	+1	BYE
82	1	5.064	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	73	-5	BYE
83	1	5.107	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–4–1	0.357	96	-3	BYE
84	-8	5.335	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	4–5–2	0.455	78	0	Lost to Hawai'i 0–7
85	0	5.353	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	83	-11	BYE
86	0	5.490	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	3–4–3	0.450	80	-10	BYE
87	0	5.533	LSU	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	90	-12	BYE
88	0	5.728	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	99	-9	BYE
89	0	5.737	BYU	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	101	-3	BYE
90	0	5.795	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-12	BYE
91	0	5.830	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	101	-8	BYE
92	0	5.910	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	88	-12	BYE
93	0	5.947	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	99	-14	BYE
94	0	6.007	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	97	-9	BYE
95	0	6.051	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–3–3	0.438	83	-9	BYE
96	0	6.224	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–5	0.375	92	-10	BYE
97	0	6.409	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	87	-4	BYE
98	0	6.422	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–4	0.429	86	0	BYE
99	0	6.452	TCU	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	81	+5	BYE
100	0	6.524	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–5–1	0.313	98	-11	BYE
101	0	6.572	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–6	0.250	103	-14	BYE
102	0	6.729	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	3–5	0.375	92	-15	BYE
103	0	6.741	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	81	-16	BYE
104	0	7.554	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	105	-12	BYE
105	0	7.777	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	105	-22	BYE
106	0	8.188	Whitman (WHITMAN)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	107	-15	BYE
107	0	8.344	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	103	-4	BYE
108	0	8.378	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	108	-7	BYE
109	0	9.413	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–8	0.000	109	-16	BYE