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1927 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1927 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
110.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000BYUIND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1900.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000LSUIND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
130.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
120.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
180.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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