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1927 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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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
111.107Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–0–20.87512+21BYE
2-11.146Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON9–10.9005+39Lost to Georgia Tech 0–12
301.194Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–0–10.9441+25BYE
411.223Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–0–10.9384+22BYE
511.228Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–0–10.9441+22BYE
611.244Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–1–10.83319+34BYE
7-31.266Yale (YALE)IND FBSI7–10.87512+32BYE
841.484USCPAC8–1–10.85017+24Beat Washington 33–13
9-11.495Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON8–0–10.9441+19BYE
10-11.551Army (ARMY)IND FBSI9–10.9005+25BYE
11-11.574NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON9–10.9005+33Beat Michigan State 19–0
1261.651Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON8–1–10.85017+29Beat Georgia 12–0
13-21.667Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI7–0–20.8899+10BYE
14-11.671Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI9–10.9005+23BYE
15-11.733Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY7–10.87512+20BYE
1601.774Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–20.75027+20BYE
17-21.831Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–20.75027+22BYE
1821.894Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC8–10.8899+14BYE
1901.922Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–10.87512+9BYE
2011.924Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–10.8899+4BYE
2111.992Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–10.85716+10BYE
2232.024Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON8–1–20.81820+14Beat Alabama 14–7
2302.072NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI7–1–20.80023+3BYE
2402.102Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–20.77824+21BYE
2512.188SMUIND SWC7–20.77824+21BYE
26-92.193Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC9–20.81820+11Lost to USC 13–33
2712.301Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND FBSI6–1–10.81322+9BYE
28-12.361Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–20.77824+7BYE
2902.391Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–2–10.72232+13BYE
3002.412Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY6–20.75027+10BYE
3102.416Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–20.71434+14BYE
3202.534Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+16BYE
3302.554Purdue (PURDUE)B106–20.75027+7BYE
3402.598Idaho (IDAHO)PAC4–1–30.68836+10BYE
3502.773Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–30.66737+9BYE
3602.816Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–2–10.75027+20BYE
3702.842Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–30.66737+6BYE
3802.854Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON7–30.70035+10Beat Maryland 7–6
3923.049Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–2–20.667370BYE
4003.096California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–30.667370BYE
4113.159Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI6–30.66737-2BYE
4213.175Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61144-3BYE
43-43.247Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON5–4–10.55054+4Lost to Vanderbilt 7–14
4403.255Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B85–2–20.66737-1BYE
4503.297Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–3–20.60048+2BYE
4603.304Chicago (CHICAGO)B104–40.50056+10BYE
4703.330Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–3–10.61144+1BYE
4803.330Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI5–4–10.55054-1BYE
4903.398Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–40.50056+15BYE
5013.522Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–3–10.50056+1BYE
51-13.548Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–40.50056+3BYE
5213.592Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON5–3–10.61144+6BYE
5313.593Iowa (IOWA)B104–40.50056+1BYE
54-23.595Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–40.55651+7BYE
5503.626Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–40.50056+1BYE
5603.652Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–2–30.61144+1BYE
5713.826Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–3–10.50056+2BYE
58-13.828Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–3–10.500560BYE
5923.852Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–40.60048-5BYE
60-13.871Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–40.50056-1BYE
6123.877Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–3–10.56350-1BYE
6203.882Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–3–20.50056+1BYE
63-33.980Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–3–20.50056-3BYE
6404.018Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON5–30.62543-9BYE
6504.086Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–40.50056-1BYE
6604.122Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–40.50056+2BYE
6704.125LSUIND SOCON4–4–10.50056-5BYE
6814.194Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–40.55651-3BYE
69-14.209Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–3–20.50056-5BYE
7004.268Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–4–10.50056-1BYE
7104.290TCUIND SWC4–3–20.55651-1BYE
7214.522Duke (DUKE)IND FBSI4–50.44473-9BYE
73-14.666Indiana (INDIANA)B103–4–10.438780BYE
7404.685Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–50.444730BYE
7514.773North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–60.400810BYE
76-14.780Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI4–4–10.50056-9BYE
7715.089Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–50.44473-10BYE
7835.140South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–50.44473-7BYE
7935.198Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON2–5–10.31390-3BYE
80-35.232Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–4–10.43878-5BYE
8125.246Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37583-7BYE
82-25.349Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–70.36484-4Lost to Florida 6–7
8315.381West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–4–30.38982-7BYE
8415.396Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–4–10.43878-4BYE
85-65.495Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44473-9Lost to NC State 0–19
8615.641Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON3–6–10.35087-10BYE
8715.671Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–60.33389-11BYE
88-25.780Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–4–10.35785-10BYE
8906.288Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–60.25094-6BYE
9006.463Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–6–10.35087-9BYE
9106.494BYUIND SKY2–4–10.35785-11BYE
9207.062Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.28692-12BYE
9307.788Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–6–10.27893-2BYE
9407.859Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–70.22295-14BYE
9518.249Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–6–20.30091-3BYE
96-18.267Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–7–20.11198-15BYE
9708.723Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY2–70.22295-22BYE
9809.769Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B80–7–10.06399-24BYE
99010.318Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–60.14397-17BYE

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