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1926 Week 7 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
130.777Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+3Beat Michigan State 55–3
2431.009Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.0001+2Beat Arkansas 13–6
351.138Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Mississippi State 26–7
4141.247Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Georgia 19–0
5-41.321Iowa (IOWA)B102–01.0001+2Beat North Dakota 40–7
6-41.338Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Minnesota 20–7
791.342Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Tech 20–0
8351.418Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–0–10.75044+1Beat Nebraska 14–7
9351.463Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–0–10.75044+1Beat Colorado 6–3
10-11.478Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Wake Forest 10–0
1101.493USCPAC3–01.0001+1Beat Washington State 16–7
12-71.520Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–01.0001+2Beat Creighton 12–0
13131.542Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+3Beat LSU 14–7
14221.559Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 13–0
15261.588Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat Sewanee 6–3
16171.599Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Colorado Mines 53–0
17-71.599Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Marietta 48–6
18-151.644Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–01.00010Beat Gonzaga 23–6
19291.644Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado College 7–0
2011.648West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Allegheny 54–0
21361.667Indiana (INDIANA)B102–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 14–6
22-31.676Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Guilford 26–0
23-31.682Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Samford 33–14
2401.695Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Adrian 47–0
2551.707Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.00010Beat Ohio Wesleyan 47–0
26-41.720SMUIND SWC3–01.00010Beat Centenary 37–0
2721.735Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Drake 24–7; Beat RICHMOND 26–0
2891.754Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Swarthmore 44–0
29221.755Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 23–9
30-31.758Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat William & Mary 35–0
3191.788Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat ST. Bonaventure 44–0
32-251.797Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–01.0001+2Beat Maryland 21–0
3361.848Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.00010Beat Carleton 31–3
3481.871Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–0–10.750440Beat Montana 27–12
35151.871Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat Butler 38–7
36-221.882Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Western State 21–13
37251.886Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Williams 49–0
38181.894Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Lehigh 32–0
39211.894Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Wesleyan 41–0
40181.945Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–0–10.833420Tied Trinity (TEXAS) 6–6
41121.973Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–01.00010Beat Olympic Club 7–3
42172.002Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Davis & Elkins 21–7
43202.022Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B83–01.00010Beat Marquette 17–2
44202.045Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Rutgers 19–6
4512.053Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat South Dakota 13–0
46212.121Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–0–10.750440Tied Washington & LEE 7–7
47222.132TCUIND SWC2–0–10.833420Tied Baylor 7–7
48-422.274Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.66748+2Lost to Oklahoma 6–13
49252.668Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI2–10.66748+2Beat Erskine 34–0
50212.687Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON2–10.667480Beat Bryson 48–0
51-162.839Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON2–10.66748+1Lost to Yale 0–19
52-242.892LSUIND SOCON2–10.667480Lost to Tennessee 7–14
53-382.948Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–10.66748+1Lost to Furman 0–10
54-203.015Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.667480Lost to Dartmouth 0–20
55-63.024Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–10.667480Lost to Texas A&M 3–6
56223.116Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–10.667480Beat Phillips 27–0
57-53.169Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON2–10.667480Lost to Alabama 7–26
58233.306Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY2–10.667480Beat BYU 12–6
59-423.344Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.500660Lost to Notre Dame 7–20
60283.400Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–10.50066+1Beat Iowa State 13–0
61-383.448Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–1–10.500660Lost to Washington 9–23
62-493.465Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–10.500660Lost to Missouri 7–14
63-253.493Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.500660Lost to USC 7–16
64-103.537Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–10.500660Lost to Montana State 3–6
6503.599Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667480Lost to Michigan 3–55
66-113.607Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON1–10.500660Lost to Indiana 6–14
67103.618Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–1–10.500660Tied Princeton 7–7
68-363.695Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–10.500660Lost to Utah State 0–7
6963.781Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.500660Beat Wabash 21–14
7093.815Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON2–10.667480Beat Florida 12–7
71193.859Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.66748+3Beat Tulane 9–6
72-63.893Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500660Lost to Wisconsin 0–13
73-614.179South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66748-1Lost to North Carolina 0–7
74174.378Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI2–10.667480Beat Elon 32–0
75-444.654Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON1–1–10.50066-1Lost to Georgia Tech 6–9
76-154.670California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–10.667480Lost to ST. Mary's 7–26
77154.682Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–20.500660Beat NC State 7–3
7884.713North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–20.33386+1Beat South Carolina 7–0
79-114.734Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–10.667480Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 3–6
8034.916Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–1–10.50066-1Beat Lynchburg 38–0
81-564.937Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.500660Lost to Oklahoma State 0–13
82-94.993Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–20.33386-1Lost to Chicago 0–21
8365.002Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–20.000900Lost to Idaho 12–27
84-25.225Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–20.000900Lost to Colorado State 0–53
85-55.235Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON1–20.33386-1Lost to Ole Miss 7–12
86-105.414Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–10.50066-1Beat Missouri Rolla 25–2
8705.656Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–20.50066-1Lost to Roanoke 7–13
88-415.971Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–10.500660Lost to Nebraska Wesleyan 7–14; Beat KEARNEY 48–0
89-45.985NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33386-2Lost to Clemson 3–7
9046.439Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–1–10.500660Tied TCU 7–7
91-216.600Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–1–10.500660Lost to Lafayette 7–17
92-206.907Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–20.00090-1Lost to Denver 13–21
93-97.575Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–20.00090-1Lost to Navy 7–24
94-18.186Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–30.00090-3BYE
95111.064BYUIND SKY0–20.00090-1Lost to Northern Colorado 6–12
96-113.266Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–20.000900Lost to Holy Cross 14–19

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