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1926 Week 12 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
130.809Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–10.85713+27Beat Ohio State 17–16
2-10.880Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–01.0001+28Beat Army 7–0
3-11.202Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI8–01.0001+22Beat Georgetown 10–7
431.246SMUIND SWC7–0–10.9387+18Beat Baylor 31–3
5-21.255Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON8–01.0001+26Beat Florida 49–0
6-11.347Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–0–20.85713+12Beat Western State 31–0
7-11.481Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–01.0001+11Beat BYU 40–7
861.541Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON7–10.8758+19Beat Tennessee 20–3
961.542USCPAC6–10.85713+13Beat Oregon State 17–7
1021.567Stanford (STANFORD)PAC9–01.0001+15Beat Washington 29–10
1121.714Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–01.0001+10Beat Harvard 21–0
1281.799Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85713+12Beat Chicago 38–7
13101.820Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–10.8758+12Beat Columbia 3–0
1441.858TCUIND SWC6–0–20.8758+7Beat Arkansas 10–7
15-61.873Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON7–10.8758+15Lost to Vanderbilt 3–20
1601.903Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–1–20.71433+12Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 45–6
17-71.903Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–10.85713+8Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
18-101.922Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–10.85713+10Lost to Michigan 16–17
1901.996Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–10.85713+11Beat Wabash 27–13
2062.008Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI6–1–10.81324+22Beat South Carolina 10–7
2132.029Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–10.83321+13Beat Oregon 7–0
22-112.142Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–10.83321+7Lost to USC 7–17
2392.171Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–10.83321+11Beat Kansas State 3–0
2432.198Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–10.85713+5Beat Dartmouth 24–23
2552.206Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–20.71433+6Beat Butler 81–0
2622.335Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–20.71433+10Beat Colorado 3–0
2742.410Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–1–10.78626+6Beat Yale 10–7
28-62.521Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI6–20.75029+6Lost to Pennsylvania 0–3
29-42.559Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–20.77828+6Lost to Stanford 10–29
3072.619Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI7–10.8758+9Beat Clemson 15–6
3122.625Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–1–10.81324+5Tied Pittsburgh 0–0
3272.661Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–2–10.68839+4Beat Rice 20–0
3332.739Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+1Tied Syracuse 10–10
3462.775Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI5–20.71433+5Beat Newberry 28–0
3592.859Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–1–10.75029+5Beat Wyoming 10–0
36-192.877Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B85–1–10.786260Lost to Oklahoma State 0–10
3712.935LSUIND SOCON5–30.62547+9Beat Ole Miss 3–0
38-92.950Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–20.71433+13Lost to Nebraska 0–3
3993.033West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–20.750290Beat Centre 21–0
40223.053Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–2–10.64345+5Beat Iowa 20–10
41153.065Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+10Beat North Carolina 10–0
4293.072Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–20.66743+4Beat Denver 16–7
4393.076Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI5–20.71433+3Beat Juniata 52–0
4493.095Purdue (PURDUE)B104–2–10.64345+1Beat Franklin 44–0
45-103.098Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–2–10.68839+9Lost to SMU 3–31
46-43.105Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68839+4Tied Colgate 10–10
47-23.125Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–2–20.62547+9Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0
48-53.146Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–2–20.62547+7Tied Maryland 6–6
4903.162Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON5–30.62547+8Beat Georgia Tech 14–13
50-293.216Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–20.66743+4Lost to Kansas 9–10
5143.335Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62547-3Beat Bucknell 9–0
52-183.400Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON5–30.62547+3Lost to Indiana 6–19
53-63.613South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–40.55659+4Lost to Furman 7–10
5493.758Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–40.50061-1Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 27–6
55-13.916Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–40.42970+4Lost to Princeton 7–10
56-153.966Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI4–3–10.56355+5Lost to William & Mary 6–13
57223.982Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–30.50061+7Beat Grinnell 10–0
5804.023Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–40.42970+2Lost to Colorado College 7–16
5904.046Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–40.50061-5Lost to Cornell 23–24
60-144.090Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–3–10.56355-3Lost to Washington & LEE 0–13
6134.107Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–40.50061-3Lost to TCU 7–10
62-54.118North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–40.50061+6Lost to Davidson 0–10
63144.177Indiana (INDIANA)B103–40.42970+3Beat Mississippi State 19–6
64-144.181Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON5–30.62547+1Lost to Marquette 3–19
6554.205Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY5–30.62547-7Beat Chadron State 20–3
66-54.253Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–3–10.56355-6Lost to Texas A&M 0–20
67-14.361Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–3–10.56355-5Tied Virginia 6–6
68-34.379Iowa (IOWA)B103–40.42970-1Lost to Wisconsin 10–20
69-94.385Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–3–10.417760Lost to Washington State 0–7
7024.472Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50061-4BYE
71-44.569Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–3–10.41776-1BYE
72-34.612Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–50.37579+7Lost to Georgia 13–14
7374.658Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–3–10.50061-3Beat Virginia Tech 13–0
7424.725Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–40.55659+2Beat Kentucky 10–9
75-44.912Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–50.286860Lost to Northwestern 7–38
7655.130Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–40.42970-1Beat California Davis 21–0
7715.303Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–40.42970+3Lost to Brown 0–21
78-105.341Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–40.333840Lost to Iowa State 7–13
7975.389Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–3–10.41776-2Beat Drake 13–7
80-55.393Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–4–10.35782-4Lost to Colorado State 0–3
81-75.457Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON4–40.50061-13Lost to LSU 0–3
82-95.687Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–50.28686-10Lost to Tulane 7–19
8305.781Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON3–4–10.43869-5Beat Sewanee 19–7
8416.111California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–50.37579-7Beat Nevada 20–6
85-36.127Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–4–10.35782-9Lost to Virginia Military Institute 9–10
8626.133Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–50.28686-6Beat Oklahoma 10–9
8706.154NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–50.37579-15Beat Duke 26–19
8836.746Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–60.25090-14Beat Erskine 42–6
8907.288Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–3–20.33384-3Lost to Montana State 0–10
9047.363BYUIND SKY1–4–10.25090-4Lost to Utah 7–40
91-77.430Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI2–50.28686-14Lost to NC State 19–26
9217.652Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–60.25090-19Lost to Citadel 6–15
93-37.747Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–60.14395-11Lost to Missouri 6–45
94-27.816Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON2–60.25090-14Lost to Alabama 0–49
9509.447Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–50.16794-13BYE
96010.371Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–60.00096-18Lost to Utah State 0–31

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