1926 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 28, 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	62	0.998	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 14–0
2	80	1.032	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 13–0
3	1	1.113	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
4	4	1.113	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
5	5	1.113	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
6	5	1.113	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
7	7	1.113	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
8	7	1.113	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
9	7	1.113	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
10	7	1.113	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
11	10	1.113	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
12	10	1.113	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
13	16	1.113	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
14	16	1.113	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
15	16	1.113	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
16	16	1.113	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
17	16	1.113	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
18	16	1.113	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
19	16	1.113	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
20	16	1.113	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
21	16	1.113	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
22	18	1.113	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
23	19	1.113	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
24	21	1.113	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
25	21	1.113	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
26	21	1.113	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
27	21	1.113	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
28	21	1.113	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
29	24	1.113	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
30	24	1.113	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
31	24	1.113	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
32	24	1.113	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
33	24	1.113	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
34	30	1.113	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
35	30	1.113	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
36	41	1.113	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
37	41	1.113	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
38	42	1.113	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	51	0	Tied Hampden Sydney 0–0
39	44	1.113	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
40	46	1.113	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
41	47	1.113	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
42	47	1.113	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
43	47	1.113	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
44	47	1.113	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	56	0	BYE
45	15	1.270	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Susquehanna 82–0
46	30	1.361	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whittier 74–0
47	32	1.418	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 69–0
48	47	1.440	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 24–6
49	10	1.440	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Multnomah A.c. 67–0
50	-11	1.486	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 63–0
51	-48	1.520	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central Oklahoma 60–0
52	-51	1.520	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 10–0
53	-33	1.531	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 59–0
54	-52	1.588	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Millsaps 54–0
55	-17	1.667	LSU	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern State 47–0
56	25	1.667	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 47–0
57	1	1.701	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Willamette 44–0
58	10	1.724	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 42–0
59	2	1.735	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 41–0
60	9	1.735	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 41–0
61	14	1.746	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 40–0
62	23	1.803	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lynchburg 35–0
63	-40	1.837	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Guilford 32–0
64	-39	1.860	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Newberry 30–0
65	28	1.877	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Tech 13–0
66	-23	1.882	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 28–0
67	7	1.905	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 26–0
68	-2	1.916	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stephen F. Austin 25–0
69	4	1.928	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 31–7
70	24	1.928	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USS NEW Mexico 20–0
71	-45	1.973	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 20–0
72	-44	1.973	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Penn 20–0
73	-60	1.985	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hamilton 19–0
74	-22	1.996	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kearney 18–0
75	-5	1.996	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 18–0
76	-52	2.019	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida Southern 16–0
77	-36	2.019	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Adrian 16–0
78	-71	2.041	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 14–0
79	-61	2.041	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 14–0
80	-8	2.053	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carson Newman 13–0
81	3	2.053	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 13–0
82	-38	2.064	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 19–7
83	4	2.064	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davis & Elkins 18–6
84	-33	2.087	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 10–0
85	-80	2.098	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 15–6
86	-19	2.098	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bryson 15–6
87	-81	2.121	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 7–0
88	-79	2.121	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 13–6
89	-77	2.121	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stetson 14–7
90	-71	2.132	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Geneva 6–0
91	-29	2.177	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Allegheny 9–7
92	-21	2.177	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 5–3
93	-43	2.652	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Wake Forest 0–13
94	-2	2.948	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	53	0	Lost to Davidson 6–24
95	1	3.618	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	51	0	Lost to Presbyterian 0–14
96	-69	11.559	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	53	0	Lost to Oglethorpe 6–7