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1923 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.927Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+36BYE
211.157Illinois (ILLINOIS)B108–01.0001+29BYE
311.206Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY9–01.0001+27Beat Colorado State 6–3
4-21.209Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI8–01.0001+23Beat Pennsylvania 14–7
511.283California (CALIFORNIA)PAC9–0–10.9507+29BYE
611.327Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–01.0001+21BYE
711.343Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–0–10.9448+22Beat Texas A&M 6–0
841.409SMUIND SWC9–01.0001+22Beat Baylor 16–0
901.431Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–10.88913+28BYE
1001.494Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–0–30.81319+13Tied Missouri 3–3
11-61.583West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+17Lost to Washington & Jefferson 2–7
1211.700Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+24Tied Georgia 3–3
1371.759Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON5–2–10.68841+24BYE
1451.760Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC10–10.9099+20Beat Oregon 26–7
1531.796Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–10.90011+16Beat ST. Louis 13–0
16-51.803Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI10–10.9099+30Lost to Clemson 6–7
1701.847Chicago (CHICAGO)B107–10.87515+18BYE
18111.859Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–2–20.62551+19Beat Kansas State 34–12
1981.949Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI9–10.90011+20Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
2051.972Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI8–10.88913+15Beat Columbia 31–6
2101.983Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+9BYE
2291.984Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON6–1–20.77823+14Beat Alabama 16–6
2302.012Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY6–1–10.81319+14BYE
2422.015Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+13BYE
25-12.022Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–1–20.75026+11BYE
26112.086Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+13Beat West Virginia 7–2
27-132.092Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON7–2–10.75026+19Lost to Florida 6–16
2802.126Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–1–10.78622+11BYE
2912.197USCPAC6–20.75026+11BYE
30-82.241Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–2–10.68841+14Lost to Colorado 3–6
31-152.261Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–1–20.75026+6Lost to SMU 0–16
3202.269Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI6–1–20.77823+7BYE
3312.278Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–20.77823+6BYE
34-192.347Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+11Lost to Pittsburgh 3–20
35-22.365Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON7–2–10.75026+13Tied Johns Hopkins 6–6
36-12.369Idaho (IDAHO)PAC5–2–10.68841+10BYE
37-12.388Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+7BYE
38122.460Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–2–10.68841+19Beat Furman 7–6
3902.613Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75026+7BYE
4092.616Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+8Beat Brown 12–6
4102.663Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON6–2–10.72232+14Beat NC State 20–12
42-42.667Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–2–10.72232+7Beat Oklahoma State 13–0
4342.874Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–2–40.55665+11Tied Auburn 0–0
4402.905North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–3–10.61154+18Tied Virginia 0–0
4532.987Denver (DENVER)IND SKY6–30.66745+9BYE
46112.991Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–20.71438+3Beat Utah 21–13
47-53.013Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–30.66745+18Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–6
4883.028Drake (DRAKE)IND B85–20.71438+9Beat Oklahoma 26–20
4993.076Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON6–3–10.65050+9Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 19–8
5033.121Iowa (IOWA)B105–30.62551+8BYE
5193.174Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–40.55665+9Beat Penn State 20–3
5233.187Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON5–3–10.61154+15Tied Centre 3–3
53-103.199Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–40.55665+11Lost to Cornell 7–14
5483.210Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON5–2–20.66745+3Beat LSU 14–7
55-153.259Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–30.571590Lost to Utah State 13–21
56-113.307Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–3–10.61154+3Lost to Texas 0–6
5743.371William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND FBSI7–30.70040+6Beat Richmond 27–6
58-73.390Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–40.60058+1Lost to Lehigh 6–12
5903.496Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–3–10.50074+2BYE
60-143.563Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI6–30.66745+1Lost to South Carolina 7–14
6163.586Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI4–3–10.56361+1Tied Detroit Mercy 6–6
62103.589Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON5–4–10.55072+11Beat Kentucky 18–0
6353.689Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–3–20.556650Beat Multnomah A.c. 12–0
6413.730Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–3–10.56361-2BYE
6553.766Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI4–3–10.56361+2Beat Newberry 7–0
6603.818Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON5–4–10.55072+3BYE
6723.840Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–3–10.56361+2BYE
68-163.848Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–2–20.625510Lost to Nebraska 12–34
6973.926Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI5–3–10.61154-6Beat Wofford 9–0
70-164.006Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON4–3–20.55665-7Lost to Tennessee 0–18
71-84.052Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI6–30.66745-10Lost to Citadel 0–9
7214.247Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON3–3–30.50074-3Tied Georgia Tech 0–0
7314.296Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–4–10.43883-2BYE
7414.389Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–3–10.50074-4BYE
7554.531Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI5–40.55665-9Beat Davidson 18–6
76-54.566Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–50.37592+1Lost to Drake 20–26
77-134.702Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI4–30.57159+5Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–13
78-14.717Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–5–10.38990-2Tied North Carolina 0–0
7944.750Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY5–40.55665-10Beat New Mexico 34–0
80124.887South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–60.40088-5Beat Wake Forest 14–7
81-24.904Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI4–40.500740BYE
8254.967Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI5–60.45579+1Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 12–0
83-55.088Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–4–10.50074-5Lost to Dartmouth 6–31
84-35.107Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–4–10.35796-3BYE
85-35.206Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–4–10.43883-9Lost to Washington 7–26
8635.505Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI3–4–30.45080-10BYE
87-35.533LSUIND SOCON3–5–10.38990-12Lost to Mississippi State 7–14
88-25.728NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–70.30099-9Lost to Washington & LEE 12–20
8925.746BYUIND SKY2–50.286101-3BYE
90-55.795Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI3–50.37592-12Lost to William & Mary 6–27
9135.830Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.286101-8BYE
9285.916Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON4–60.40088-12Beat Fort Benning 19–7
93-55.954Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–70.30099-14Lost to Duke 6–18
9416.014Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI3–60.33397-9BYE
95-26.051Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–3–30.43883-9Tied Kansas 3–3
96-66.231Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–50.37592-10Lost to TCU 0–6
9726.421Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY2–3–10.41787-4BYE
9806.430Indiana (INDIANA)B103–40.429860BYE
9946.471TCUIND SWC4–50.44481+5Beat Rice 6–0
10016.524Purdue (PURDUE)B102–5–10.31398-11BYE
10116.572Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–60.250103-14BYE
102-56.729Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–50.37592-15Lost to Tulane 8–19
103-76.757Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–4–20.44481-16Lost to Oglethorpe 0–12
10427.562Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC2–80.200105-12Lost to Arkansas 0–13
10537.784Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI2–80.200105-22Lost to Presbyterian 0–7
10618.201Whitman (WHITMAN)IND FBSI1–50.167107-15BYE
107-28.344Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B82–60.250103-4Lost to Creighton 0–14
108-48.378Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–60.143108-7Lost to NEW York University 0–7
10909.413Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–80.000109-16BYE

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