1926 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 30, 1926By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1926 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.986	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	11	+34	BYE
2	1	1.182	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	9–0	1.000	1	+34	Beat Georgia 33–6
3	4	1.196	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Utah State 34–0
4	1	1.205	SMU	IND SWC	8–0–1	0.944	6	+26	Beat TCU 14–13
5	-1	1.270	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	4	+24	Tied Army 21–21
6	-4	1.304	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	7	+31	Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–19
7	1	1.370	USC	PAC	8–1	0.889	7	+22	Beat Montana 61–0
8	2	1.517	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	7	+24	BYE
9	0	1.541	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	10–0	1.000	1	+21	BYE
10	1	1.735	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	16	+36	Beat Clemson 30–0
11	2	1.738	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	4	+11	Tied Colgate 10–10
12	0	1.788	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1	0.875	11	+16	BYE
13	1	1.816	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	7–1	0.875	11	+15	BYE
14	-8	1.828	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	5–1–2	0.750	27	+15	Lost to Utah 0–34
15	1	1.868	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	7	+18	Beat Kentucky 6–0
16	-1	1.870	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–1–2	0.750	27	+17	BYE
17	2	1.924	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	17	+10	Tied Navy 21–21
18	3	1.971	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	7–1	0.875	11	+10	Beat Marquette 29–0
19	-2	1.972	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	17	+11	Tied Cornell 10–10
20	0	2.032	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–1	0.857	15	+15	Beat Gonzaga 7–0
21	11	2.276	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+18	Beat Notre Dame 19–0
22	7	2.294	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–2	0.800	22	+13	Beat Nebraska 10–6
23	0	2.348	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	6–2–1	0.722	33	+13	Tied Arizona 3–3
24	7	2.359	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	17	+13	Beat West Virginia 13–3
25	-1	2.362	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	20	+4	Tied Pennsylvania 10–10
26	-8	2.364	TCU	IND SWC	6–1–2	0.778	24	+8	Lost to SMU 13–14
27	-1	2.410	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	23	+7	BYE
28	2	2.428	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+13	Beat Citadel 9–0
29	-4	2.440	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+10	BYE
30	-8	2.547	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	27	+11	Lost to Washington 6–10
31	-3	2.562	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–3	0.625	46	+5	BYE
32	2	2.591	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	6–2–2	0.700	35	+12	Beat North Carolina 3–0
33	6	2.687	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	27	+10	Beat Columbia 19–2
34	4	2.736	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	6–1–1	0.813	20	+1	Beat Drake 13–0
35	0	2.761	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	40	+1	Tied Brown 10–10
36	1	2.775	LSU	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	40	+13	Beat Tulane 7–0
37	9	2.778	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	40	+14	Beat Penn State 24–6
38	-2	2.805	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	37	+4	BYE
39	1	2.821	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	34	+7	Beat Colorado Mines 39–0
40	4	2.879	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	27	+15	Beat Duke 20–0
41	-14	2.952	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	40	+5	Lost to Syracuse 2–19
42	0	2.968	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	37	+6	BYE
43	0	3.002	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–2–1	0.688	37	+4	Tied Oklahoma State 14–14
44	-3	3.194	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	+11	Lost to Alabama 6–33
45	-12	3.369	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	48	-1	Lost to Texas 5–14
46	5	3.397	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	50	+7	BYE
47	13	3.449	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	48	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–7
48	-3	3.461	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	35	+7	Lost to Presbyterian 0–9
49	6	3.472	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	54	+2	Beat Texas A&M 14–5
50	2	3.515	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	46	+12	BYE
51	-2	3.638	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	50	-2	Lost to Washington & Jefferson 3–13
52	5	3.644	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	44	+14	Beat Rice 9–7
53	0	3.674	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	+6	BYE
54	-7	3.736	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	54	-6	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–24
55	4	3.786	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	63	+5	Beat Colorado 20–9
56	-8	3.872	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-1	Lost to Ole Miss 6–7
57	-1	3.917	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	45	+7	BYE
58	5	3.930	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	54	+1	Tied Florida 7–7
59	6	4.037	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3–1	0.563	53	+1	Beat UCLA 20–0
60	2	4.063	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	63	-5	BYE
61	5	4.095	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	69	+11	Beat Auburn 20–7
62	-12	4.123	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	61	0	Lost to NC State 3–7
63	9	4.279	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	71	-2	Beat Creighton 12–0
64	-6	4.336	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	69	+5	Lost to Virginia 0–3
65	9	4.414	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	61	-8	Beat Johns Hopkins 17–14
66	-12	4.487	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Tulsa 7–14
67	8	4.531	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	50	-14	Beat Northern Iowa 12–0
68	2	4.563	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–4–1	0.357	82	-1	BYE
69	-2	4.597	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–5	0.375	77	0	BYE
70	-1	4.724	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–4–1	0.438	71	+4	Tied Oklahoma 14–14
71	2	4.730	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5	0.375	77	-3	BYE
72	-8	4.737	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	63	-10	Lost to Baylor 7–9
73	-12	4.777	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-5	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–20
74	5	4.803	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	54	-12	Beat Mississippi State 7–6
75	-4	4.962	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	63	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–14
76	-8	5.081	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	3–5–1	0.389	75	-3	Lost to Denver 9–20
77	0	5.171	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6	0.250	87	-2	BYE
78	-2	5.206	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	87	-2	Lost to Grinnell 0–13
79	-1	5.392	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–5	0.375	77	-3	Lost to USC 0–61
80	0	5.640	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	71	-4	BYE
81	5	5.655	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	74	-16	Beat Wake Forest 7–3
82	-1	5.808	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	87	-14	BYE
83	0	5.856	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	77	-1	BYE
84	0	5.994	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–6	0.333	83	-8	BYE
85	-3	6.096	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	75	-9	Lost to LSU 0–7
86	-1	6.212	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	87	-10	BYE
87	0	6.737	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	83	-18	Lost to Davidson 0–20
88	0	6.749	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	86	-12	Lost to Tennessee 0–6
89	5	6.831	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–4–2	0.375	77	-4	Beat Western State 71–0
90	1	7.571	BYU	IND SKY	1–5–1	0.214	92	-8	BYE
91	-1	7.687	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	91	-24	Lost to Furman 0–30
92	0	7.751	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	2–6–2	0.300	85	-18	Tied Washington & LEE 7–7
93	-4	8.051	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	93	-24	Lost to Newberry 6–13
94	-1	8.180	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	1–7	0.125	95	-13	BYE
95	0	9.216	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–6	0.143	94	-17	Lost to Colorado College 0–39
96	0	11.596	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–8	0.000	96	-26	Lost to Wyoming 0–71