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1926 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1926 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
100.970Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–10.87510+34BYE
201.184Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON9–0–10.9503+34Tied Stanford 7–7
301.202SMUIND SWC8–0–10.9446+26BYE
401.220Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–10.9007+39BYE
501.265Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI9–0–10.9503+24BYE
601.320Utah (UTAH)IND SKY7–01.0001+19BYE
701.532Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON8–10.8898+24BYE
801.580Stanford (STANFORD)PAC10–0–10.9552+21Tied Alabama 7–7
901.709USCPAC8–20.80021+21BYE
1001.738Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI9–0–10.9503+11BYE
1101.747Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI8–1–10.85015+36BYE
1201.772Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–10.87510+16BYE
1301.804Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B107–10.87510+15BYE
1401.815Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–1–20.75027+15BYE
1501.857Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–1–20.75027+17BYE
1601.883Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON8–10.8898+18BYE
1701.912Army (ARMY)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+10BYE
1801.960Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+11BYE
1902.029Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC7–10.87510+9BYE
2002.098Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–10.85714+14BYE
2102.272Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI7–20.77824+19BYE
2202.277Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC8–20.80021+13BYE
2302.343Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–2–10.72233+13BYE
2402.346Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI7–1–10.83316+13BYE
2502.350Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–1–10.81319+4BYE
2602.352TCUIND SWC6–1–20.77824+8BYE
2702.397Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–1–10.78623+7BYE
2802.426Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–20.75027+10BYE
2902.432Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI7–20.77824+13BYE
3002.537Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75027+11BYE
3102.550Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–30.62546+5BYE
3202.591Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON6–2–20.70035+12BYE
3302.683Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–2–10.75027+10BYE
3402.723Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B86–1–10.81319+1BYE
3502.761Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+1BYE
3602.778Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–2–20.66740+14BYE
3702.780LSUIND SOCON6–30.66740+13BYE
3802.799Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–10.68837+4BYE
3902.815Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY5–20.71434+7BYE
4002.879Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI7–2–10.75027+15BYE
4102.938Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI6–30.66740+5BYE
4202.962Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–2–10.68837+6BYE
4302.996Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–2–10.68837+4BYE
4403.206Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON5–40.55654+11BYE
4503.369Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–3–10.61148-1BYE
4603.402South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–40.60050+7BYE
4703.449Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–3–10.61148+5BYE
4803.465Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI7–30.70035+7BYE
4903.477Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55654+2BYE
5003.515Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–30.62546+12BYE
5103.628West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–40.60050-2BYE
5203.644Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–3–10.65044+14BYE
5303.660Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–40.50063+6BYE
5403.730Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55654-6BYE
5503.779Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–40.50063+5BYE
5603.878Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON5–40.55654-1BYE
5703.917Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–2–10.64345+7BYE
5803.930Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–3–20.55654+1BYE
5904.030Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–3–10.56353+1BYE
6004.056Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–40.50063-5BYE
6104.102Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON4–50.44469+11BYE
6204.129Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI5–4–10.550610BYE
6304.343North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–50.44469+5BYE
6404.410Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–4–10.43871-3BYE
6504.414Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON5–4–10.55061-8BYE
6604.481Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–50.50063-1BYE
6704.528Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–4–10.35782-1BYE
6804.531Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY6–40.60050-14BYE
6904.581Indiana (INDIANA)B103–50.375770BYE
7004.698Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–4–10.43871+4BYE
7104.714Iowa (IOWA)B103–50.37577-3BYE
7204.737Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–4–10.50063-10BYE
7304.777Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON5–40.55654-5BYE
7404.803Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON5–40.55654-12BYE
7504.962Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–50.500630BYE
7605.081Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–5–10.38975-3BYE
7705.143Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–60.25087-2BYE
7805.196Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–60.25087-2BYE
7905.522Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–50.37577-4BYE
8005.623Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43871-4BYE
8105.661NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–60.40074-16BYE
8205.827Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–60.25087-14BYE
8305.848Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–50.37577-1BYE
8406.096Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON3–5–10.38975-9BYE
8506.117California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–60.33383-9BYE
8606.193Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–60.25087-10BYE
8706.737Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI3–60.33383-18BYE
8806.759Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–6–10.27886-12BYE
8906.831Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–4–20.37577-4BYE
9007.571BYUIND SKY1–5–10.21492-8BYE
9107.696Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–70.22291-24BYE
9207.751Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON2–6–20.30085-18BYE
9308.051Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–80.20093-24BYE
9408.158Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–70.12595-13BYE
9509.216Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–60.14394-17BYE
96011.584Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–80.00096-26BYE

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