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1926 Week 9 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
100.953Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON5–01.0001+13Beat Sewanee 2–0
231.032Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+8Beat Illinois 13–0
301.043Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+8Beat Northwestern 6–0
421.233Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+6Beat Iowa 23–6
5-31.287Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–0–20.75036+4Beat Iowa State 7–3
6131.336Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Colgate 13–7
741.438USCPAC5–01.0001+5Beat California 27–0
8171.443SMUIND SWC4–0–10.90021+4Beat Texas A&M 9–7
9131.446Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–01.0001+6Beat Oklahoma 15–12
10-11.457Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–01.0001+4Beat Colorado College 19–6
1131.511Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Presbyterian 13–7
12141.550Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–0–10.87524+3Beat Indiana 27–2
1331.576Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Boston University 41–0
14-11.579Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–01.0001+3BYE
15-31.622Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+2Beat Williams 36–0
16131.703Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Yale 7–0
17-71.703Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON5–01.0001+5Beat Centre 30–7
1891.727Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2BYE
19151.752Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado 37–3
2081.780Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Fordham 28–13
2121.783Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–0–10.91720+4Tied Wake Forest 3–3
22-21.814Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–0–20.75036+1Tied Wyoming 6–6
2311.819West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+2Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 7–0
2471.911Stanford (STANFORD)PAC6–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 29–12
2581.985Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B84–0–10.90021+1Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 7–0
2692.075TCUIND SWC4–0–10.90021+1Beat Oklahoma State 3–0
27132.099Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON4–10.80026+5Beat Georgia 14–13
28-212.195Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–10.66747+5Lost to Kansas State 12–15
29132.215Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–10.80026+3Beat Penn State 10–0
30-262.216Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–10.75036+5Lost to Brown 0–7
31232.248Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75036+6Beat Washington 9–6
32-152.259Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–10.80026+2Lost to SMU 7–9
33102.389Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON4–10.80026+3Beat LSU 7–6
34122.395Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–10.75036+2Beat Pittsburgh 14–0
35-142.404Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–10.83325+2Lost to Washington State 6–9
36142.448Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–10.75036+3Beat Northern Colorado 22–0
37-222.464Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–10.75036+2Lost to Notre Dame 0–6
3872.511Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–10.80026+2Beat Duke 24–0
39-212.573Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–10.75036+2Lost to Michigan 0–13
40-32.605Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80026+2Beat Centenary 33–6
4172.628Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–10.80026+2Beat Virginia 6–0
4252.637Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–10.75036+3Beat Kansas 20–3
43-52.741Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–20.60051+4Lost to Furman 7–13
44-82.776LSUIND SOCON3–20.60051+3Lost to Mississippi State 6–7
45202.814Purdue (PURDUE)B102–1–10.62548+2Beat Chicago 6–0
46-22.834Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON4–10.80026+1Beat Tulane 2–0
47112.857South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–10.80026+1Beat Clemson 24–0
48232.997Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–20.60051+2Beat Rice 20–0
49203.215Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–20.500600Beat Wabash 67–7
50-93.232Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60051-1Lost to Syracuse 0–10
51-193.291Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–20.60051+1Lost to Harvard 12–16
52163.418Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–1–10.625480Beat Lehigh 7–6
53-233.422Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–1–10.70045-2Lost to Texas 0–20
54-153.425Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50060+2Lost to Ohio State 6–23
55123.437Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI4–10.800260Beat Wofford 6–0
56103.491Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–1–10.625480Beat Albertson 30–0
57-53.624Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–20.60051-2Lost to Navy 7–13
58173.651Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–20.60051+6Beat Washington & LEE 19–7
59-103.741Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–20.50060-1Lost to Alabama 0–2
60-53.845Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.50060+1Lost to Wisconsin 2–27
61-83.897Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–2–10.500600Lost to Georgia Tech 7–19
62143.904Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–1–10.700450Beat Howard Payne 23–7
6393.966Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–2–10.500600Tied Lake Forest 0–0
64-23.975Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–2–10.500600Tied Davidson 3–3
65-94.047Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–20.50060+2Lost to Purdue 0–6
66-24.211Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–20.333850Lost to Colorado State 6–19
67-84.287Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY3–20.60051-2Lost to Denver 0–22
68-174.306Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON2–30.400750Lost to Vanderbilt 13–14
6914.521Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–2–10.50060-1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–6
70-134.522Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON3–20.60051-3Lost to Drake 15–33
71-114.565Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–2–10.37581-1Lost to Stanford 12–29
72-94.887North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–30.40075+1Lost to Maryland 6–14
73135.061Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–30.40075-2Beat North Carolina 14–6
74-15.093Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–2–10.50060+2Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–14
75105.143Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–20.50060-3Beat Florida 18–13
7675.171Drake (DRAKE)IND B81–30.25087+1Beat Ole Miss 33–15
77-35.261Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–30.25087-1Lost to Nebraska 3–20
7805.394California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–30.400750Lost to USC 0–27
79135.467Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–30.25087-1Beat Montana State 27–0
8085.491Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–30.50060-3Beat NC State 7–0
81-205.589Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–2–10.37581-1Lost to Utah 3–37
82-55.720Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–30.40075-3Lost to South Carolina 0–24
83105.723Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–20.50060+3Beat Dartmouth 16–12
84-25.851Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–1–20.500600Tied Utah State 6–6
85-45.924Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–2–10.37581-2Lost to Missouri 3–7
86-785.989Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–1–10.50060-2Lost to Montana 0–27
87-36.180Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–30.25087+1Lost to TCU 0–3
88-86.313Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI2–30.40075-4Lost to Columbia 0–24
89-26.362Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B81–30.25087-3Lost to Grinnell 0–7
90-116.581NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–40.20092-6Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–7
91-17.265Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON1–3–10.30086-3Lost to Auburn 0–2
9247.306BYUIND SKY1–2–10.37581-2Beat Western State 30–0
9317.813Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–50.00094-7Lost to Citadel 0–6
94-58.429Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON1–40.20092-6Lost to Kentucky 13–18
95-49.480Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–40.00094-3Lost to Regis 0–20
96-110.742Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–30.00094-5Lost to BYU 0–30

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