1927 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 29, 1927By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1927 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.924	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	9–0	1.000	1	+39	Beat Alabama 20–6
2	1	1.107	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–0–2	0.875	13	+21	BYE
3	3	1.194	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	8–0–1	0.944	2	+25	Beat Texas 28–7
4	-2	1.212	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	13	+33	BYE
5	-1	1.223	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–0–1	0.938	5	+22	BYE
6	2	1.231	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	2	+22	Beat Penn State 30–0
7	3	1.241	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	18	+32	Beat USC 7–6
8	1	1.497	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	8–0–1	0.944	2	+19	Beat Kentucky 20–0
9	4	1.546	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	6	+25	Beat Navy 14–9
10	4	1.640	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	9	+28	Beat South Carolina 34–0
11	1	1.670	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	7–0–2	0.889	9	+10	Tied West Virginia 6–6
12	-7	1.679	USC	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	18	+15	Lost to Notre Dame 6–7
13	3	1.681	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	6	+23	Beat Clemson 28–0
14	9	1.712	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	7–1	0.875	13	+20	Beat Colorado College 20–7
15	0	1.754	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+22	BYE
16	8	1.774	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	27	+20	Beat NEW York University 27–18
17	0	1.837	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–1	0.900	6	+12	Beat Oregon 7–0
18	2	1.889	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	7–1–1	0.833	18	+20	Beat Auburn 18–0
19	0	1.891	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	13	+9	BYE
20	1	1.897	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	9	+14	Beat Hendrix 20–7
21	-3	1.924	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+4	BYE
22	0	1.995	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	17	+10	BYE
23	-12	2.052	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	7–1–2	0.800	22	+3	Lost to Nebraska 18–27
24	6	2.109	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	24	+21	Beat Oklahoma 20–7
25	3	2.179	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	7–1–2	0.800	22	+9	Beat Sewanee 26–6
26	3	2.192	SMU	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	24	+21	BYE
27	5	2.299	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+7	Beat South Dakota State 38–0
28	3	2.314	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	21	+9	BYE
29	-3	2.408	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–2–1	0.722	32	+12	Lost to Texas A&M 7–28
30	-5	2.411	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	27	+10	Lost to Colorado State 7–20
31	5	2.416	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–2	0.714	34	+14	Beat Colorado 48–0
32	-5	2.530	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	32	+16	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–30
33	1	2.554	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+7	BYE
34	-27	2.598	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–1–3	0.688	35	+10	Lost to Gonzaga 0–13
35	-2	2.752	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+9	Lost to Army 9–14
36	1	2.757	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–2–1	0.750	27	+20	BYE
37	7	2.822	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+6	Beat Cornell 35–0
38	5	2.864	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	36	+7	Beat Washington & LEE 20–7
39	-4	2.980	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	44	+6	Lost to Georgia 6–20
40	1	3.023	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+1	BYE
41	11	3.038	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	36	0	Beat Syracuse 14–7
42	15	3.157	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	-2	Beat Iowa State 34–0
43	-1	3.175	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	44	-3	BYE
44	9	3.255	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	5–2–2	0.667	36	-1	Beat ST. Louis 21–0
45	-7	3.297	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3–2	0.600	49	+2	Lost to Columbia 7–14
46	3	3.298	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–4	0.500	56	+10	BYE
47	-7	3.329	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	44	+2	Lost to Furman 0–28
48	-1	3.337	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	55	-1	Tied Oregon State 14–14
49	15	3.404	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	56	+15	Beat Kansas State 25–18
50	8	3.548	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–4	0.500	56	+3	BYE
51	-5	3.549	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	56	+1	Tied Carnegie Tech 14–14
52	-13	3.586	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	52	+8	Lost to North Carolina 13–14
53	17	3.592	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	44	+6	Beat Mississippi State 20–12
54	6	3.593	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–4	0.500	56	+1	BYE
55	4	3.633	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–4	0.500	56	+1	BYE
56	-1	3.644	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–2–3	0.611	44	+1	Tied Brown 0–0
57	11	3.818	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–3–1	0.500	56	0	Tied Utah 0–0
58	4	3.825	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–3–1	0.500	56	+2	Tied Utah State 0–0
59	8	3.871	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–4	0.500	56	-1	BYE
60	3	3.872	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–3–2	0.500	56	-2	BYE
61	11	3.883	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	49	-4	Beat Virginia Tech 12–9
62	-6	3.891	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–3–2	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Missouri 7–20
63	-18	3.894	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3–1	0.563	51	-1	Lost to Marquette 0–34
64	-16	3.972	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	-8	Lost to Ole Miss 12–20
65	4	4.052	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	56	-1	BYE
66	-1	4.134	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	56	+2	BYE
67	-17	4.145	LSU	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	56	-5	Lost to Tulane 6–13
68	-17	4.191	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	56	-5	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–35
69	-15	4.212	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	52	-2	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 9–12
70	-9	4.282	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Florida 7–20
71	2	4.307	TCU	IND SWC	4–3–2	0.556	52	-1	BYE
72	5	4.517	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	78	0	BYE
73	7	4.569	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	74	-9	Beat Davidson 48–7
74	-8	4.712	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	74	0	Lost to Denver 0–48
75	-4	4.820	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	56	-10	Lost to Duke 7–48
76	5	4.828	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	81	0	Beat Virginia 14–13
77	1	5.096	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	78	-4	BYE
78	6	5.117	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	4–5	0.444	74	-10	Beat Northern Colorado 27–6
79	0	5.131	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	56	-8	BYE
80	-6	5.189	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	81	-1	Lost to Johns Hopkins 13–14
81	-5	5.193	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	74	-6	Lost to NC State 0–34
82	6	5.198	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	2–5–1	0.313	90	-2	Beat LSU 13–6
83	-8	5.277	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	84	-7	Lost to Oklahoma State 18–25
84	-1	5.392	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–3	0.389	83	-7	Tied Washington & Jefferson 6–6
85	-3	5.404	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–4–1	0.438	78	-4	BYE
86	0	5.602	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–4–1	0.357	85	-9	Lost to Washington 0–7
87	-2	5.610	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	87	-9	Lost to Tennessee 0–20
88	-1	5.656	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	89	-11	Beat UCLA 25–6
89	0	6.242	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	94	-5	Lost to Vanderbilt 6–26
90	0	6.426	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	87	-9	Tied Colgate 0–0
91	0	6.471	BYU	IND SKY	2–4–1	0.357	85	-11	BYE
92	0	7.051	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	92	-12	BYE
93	4	7.788	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–6–1	0.278	93	-2	Beat Baylor 19–12
94	-1	7.868	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	95	-14	Lost to Rice 12–19
95	1	8.226	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	0–7–2	0.111	98	-14	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–18
96	-2	8.304	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	2–6–2	0.300	91	-3	Lost to Mercer 0–34
97	-2	8.723	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–7	0.222	95	-22	Lost to Wyoming 6–27
98	1	9.769	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	0–7–1	0.063	99	-24	BYE
99	-1	10.329	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–6	0.143	97	-17	Lost to New Mexico 0–32