1927 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 27, 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	Game Status
1	26	1.078	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 13–7
2	0	1.120	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
3	4	1.120	BYU	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
4	6	1.120	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
5	6	1.120	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	52	Tied Presbyterian 0–0
6	7	1.120	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
7	7	1.120	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
8	7	1.120	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
9	7	1.120	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
10	9	1.120	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
11	11	1.120	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
12	12	1.120	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
13	16	1.120	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
14	16	1.120	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
15	16	1.120	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	52	Tied William Penn 6–6
16	16	1.120	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
17	16	1.120	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
18	16	1.120	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
19	16	1.120	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
20	16	1.120	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
21	16	1.120	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
22	16	1.120	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
23	17	1.120	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	52	Tied Maryville 6–6
24	21	1.120	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
25	22	1.120	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
26	23	1.120	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
27	23	1.120	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
28	25	1.120	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
29	25	1.120	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
30	29	1.120	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
31	29	1.120	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
32	29	1.120	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
33	29	1.120	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
34	29	1.120	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
35	30	1.120	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
36	33	1.120	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
37	33	1.120	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
38	42	1.120	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
39	43	1.120	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
40	43	1.120	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
41	50	1.120	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	52	Tied Carroll (MONTANA) 6–6
42	51	1.120	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
43	51	1.120	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
44	52	1.120	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	61	BYE
45	42	1.133	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Carolina 9–8
46	-18	1.320	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 80–0
47	-3	1.320	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 80–0
48	25	1.452	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 68–0
49	-1	1.562	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ozarks 58–0
50	-30	1.683	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Norwich 47–0
51	-50	1.694	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Millsaps 46–0
52	-10	1.705	LSU	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 45–0
53	26	1.705	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 45–0
54	-31	1.716	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Adrian 44–0
55	23	1.727	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 43–0
56	12	1.738	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Thiel 42–0
57	-39	1.749	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Clarkson 41–0
58	-1	1.771	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Elon 39–0
59	18	1.837	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Carson Newman 33–0
60	21	1.837	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Occidental 33–0
61	-44	1.848	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Vermont 32–0
62	23	1.848	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hampden Sydney 38–6
63	35	1.875	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 22–0
64	-21	1.881	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat ST. Viator 29–0
65	7	1.892	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Transylvania 34–6
66	-60	1.903	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 27–0
67	-12	1.903	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Niagara 27–0
68	-2	1.903	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lebanon Valley 27–0
69	7	1.903	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Daniel Baker 27–0
70	14	1.903	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 45–18
71	28	1.909	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat USS Idaho 27–0
72	-31	1.914	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Schuylkill 39–13
73	-64	1.925	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 25–0
74	16	1.925	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lynchburg 27–2
75	20	1.925	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Black Hills State 31–6
76	-37	1.936	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fort Hays State 30–6
77	-25	1.958	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Dakota State 22–0
78	-66	1.969	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hamilton 21–0
79	13	1.980	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 27–7
80	-54	1.991	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida Southern 26–7
81	-30	1.991	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Centerville (BUTTE) 19–0
82	15	1.991	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Olympic Club 7–6
83	3	1.991	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Roanoke 21–2
84	-28	1.996	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	56	Lost to Wake Forest 8–9
85	4	2.046	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Waynesburg 14–0
86	-83	2.057	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Boston University 13–0
87	-12	2.057	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hobart 13–0
88	-80	2.112	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 14–6
89	-22	2.112	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Franklin & Marshall 8–0
90	-26	2.123	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Linfield 7–0
91	-17	2.123	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Erskine 13–6
92	-46	2.134	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kalamazoo 12–6
93	-5	2.134	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lombard 6–0
94	-73	2.145	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 5–0
95	-37	2.167	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Hastings State 16–13
96	-71	2.236	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	Lost to Furman 7–13
97	-93	11.740	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	56	Lost to Stetson 0–6
98	-93	12.076	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	Lost to Southwestern (TEXAS) 6–19
99	-28	12.076	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	Lost to Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 0–13