1926 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 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	16	1.225	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Colorado 24–0
2	28	1.327	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Beloit 77–0
3	46	1.338	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 49–0
4	18	1.349	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 42–3
5	15	1.384	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas 13–3
6	45	1.423	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 21–6
7	-1	1.429	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Florida 12–6
8	46	1.474	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 19–7
9	55	1.503	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 31–0
10	35	1.537	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 35–0
11	35	1.542	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 42–0
12	48	1.548	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 12–0
13	15	1.554	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 21–0
14	-3	1.565	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 27–7
15	-13	1.565	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 27–0
16	37	1.582	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 50–0
17	6	1.622	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota 51–0
18	26	1.622	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 51–0
19	29	1.652	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Presbyterian 3–0
20	65	1.667	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 47–0
21	62	1.678	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 18–0
22	36	1.690	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 48–0
23	34	1.701	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	62	0	Tied Pacific (OREGON) 0–0
24	-19	1.724	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Thiel 42–0
25	-7	1.724	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 6–0
26	54	1.729	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 34–0
27	48	1.735	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 64–0
28	27	1.741	LSU	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 34–0
29	-2	1.746	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 17–13
30	1	1.746	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wittenberg 40–0
31	30	1.746	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	62	0	Tied Missouri 0–0
32	-24	1.758	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 3–0
33	-23	1.758	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Regis 39–0
34	22	1.763	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 30–0
35	36	1.769	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 27–7
36	6	1.769	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 38–0
37	22	1.780	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Johns Hopkins 40–7
38	2	1.803	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 35–0
39	-10	1.814	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 34–0
40	33	1.831	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 46–0
41	26	1.854	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 35–0
42	-28	1.856	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	66	0	Tied Montana State 0–0
43	-19	1.856	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	66	0	Tied Tulane 0–0
44	-18	1.856	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–0–1	0.500	66	0	Tied Idaho 0–0
45	-13	1.856	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	94	0	BYE
46	-10	1.856	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	94	0	BYE
47	-4	1.856	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	94	0	BYE
48	-11	1.871	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana Tech 29–0
49	37	1.877	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 48–0
50	-35	1.894	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat COE 27–0
51	19	1.894	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Puget Sound 33–0
52	30	1.899	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi College 41–0
53	12	1.913	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Occidental 19–0
54	-47	1.916	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Chadron State 25–0
55	-34	1.916	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 25–0
56	22	1.922	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colby 35–0
57	-41	1.928	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depauw 31–7
58	10	1.945	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 20–0
59	-56	1.962	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Detroit Mercy 21–0
60	19	1.973	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (NEW YORK) 26–0
61	27	1.979	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Olympic Club 32–0
62	28	2.007	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 28–0
63	9	2.019	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 20–8
64	17	2.041	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 17–2
65	12	2.058	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kalamazoo 9–0
66	-47	2.109	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 14–6
67	-33	2.121	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 14–7
68	21	2.132	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 12–7
69	23	2.132	TCU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centenary 24–14
70	21	2.177	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	62	0	Tied Georgetown 6–6
71	-24	3.101	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Alabama 7–19
72	-31	3.159	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Colorado College 0–3
73	-23	3.177	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–12
74	-73	3.193	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	66	+1	Lost to Davidson 0–3
75	-40	3.208	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Navy 13–17
76	-37	3.307	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–6
77	-15	3.618	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to West Virginia 0–18
78	-9	3.647	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Kansas State 3–13
79	-13	3.666	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Arkansas 6–21
80	-4	3.694	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Chicago 6–12
81	-7	3.919	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Iowa 0–24
82	-73	4.000	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Denver 7–27
83	-45	4.000	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	0–1–1	0.250	82	0	Lost to Georgia 7–27
84	-72	4.049	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–21
85	-1	4.118	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Furman 0–31
86	7	4.173	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	83	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–34
87	-35	4.265	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	65	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
88	-55	4.940	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Michigan 3–42
89	-64	5.435	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–49
90	6	5.518	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–0
91	-28	6.106	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Richmond 7–9
92	3	6.116	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to Auburn 0–47
93	1	6.194	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	83	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 0–27
94	-7	6.439	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 10–13
95	-82	12.957	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to Geneva 7–16
96	-92	13.353	BYU	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	83	0	Lost to California Davis 0–17