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1928 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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1928 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
100.871Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–0–20.85711+21BYE
201.054Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON9–01.0001+40Beat Georgia 20–6
301.196USCPAC9–0–10.9503+34BYE
411.237Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON9–0–10.9503+31Beat Florida 13–12
511.541Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–10.83312+20BYE
611.580Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+15BYE
711.581Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI7–10.8758+19BYE
8-41.618Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON8–10.8895+21Lost to Tennessee 12–13
901.644Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–1–10.83312+22BYE
1001.665Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–20.80015+24BYE
1111.695Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–1–10.83312+20BYE
12-11.702Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI8–10.8895+15BYE
1301.773Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON8–20.80015+27BYE
1411.852Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77822+25BYE
15-11.870NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI8–20.80015+16BYE
1601.911Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–20.75027+21BYE
1701.955Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–10.8758+16BYE
1822.017Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–20.75027+16BYE
19-12.023Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–10.8758+12BYE
2012.047Army (ARMY)IND FBSI8–20.80015+15BYE
2112.067California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–1–20.77822+21BYE
2282.105Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON6–30.66740+22Beat LSU 13–0
2322.116Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–20.77822+17BYE
24-12.133Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–20.77822+13BYE
2512.166Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC8–20.80015+12BYE
2612.228Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–10.8895+7BYE
2712.239Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–1–20.75027+6BYE
2812.303Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–2–10.68837+11BYE
2922.349TCUIND SWC8–20.80015+9BYE
3022.423Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+6BYE
3122.460Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–40.55658+21BYE
3222.468Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–2–10.68837+9BYE
3322.475Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–30.66740+14BYE
3422.505Iowa (IOWA)B106–20.75027+8BYE
3532.545Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON7–20.77822+9BYE
3612.560Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–3–10.70834+29BYE
3722.579West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–20.80015+13BYE
38-192.595LSUIND SOCON6–2–10.72232+6Lost to Alabama 0–13
3912.612Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC7–30.70035+12BYE
4012.669Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–30.66740+9BYE
4112.705SMUIND SWC6–3–10.65043+3BYE
4212.749Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–30.62547+13BYE
43-192.806Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–30.72731+18Lost to Citadel 7–12
4412.845Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–3–10.61150+7BYE
45-12.873South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–2–20.70035+7BYE
4642.908North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–3–20.60054+12Beat Duke 14–7
47-13.023Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY5–30.62547+8BYE
48-13.026Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–10.68837+1BYE
49-13.119Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON6–3–10.65043-2BYE
5013.255Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–40.63646+2BYE
5113.293Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–40.50063+9BYE
5213.315Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON6–3–10.65043+1BYE
53-43.342Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–3–20.60054+5BYE
5403.437Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150+14BYE
5503.617Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON5–40.55658+13BYE
5613.648Indiana (INDIANA)B104–40.50063+6BYE
57-13.671Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62547+3BYE
5803.698Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON4–3–10.56356-1BYE
5903.766Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–40.55658-2BYE
6013.814Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–40.500630BYE
6113.868Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150-4BYE
6213.987Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150-9BYE
6314.079Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–4–10.55062-2BYE
64-44.116Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON4–50.44475+2Lost to Georgia Tech 6–20
6504.227Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC4–3–10.56356-1BYE
6604.353Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–4–10.43877+9BYE
6704.374Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50063-1BYE
6814.467Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–3–20.50063-6BYE
6934.493Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY4–40.50063-7BYE
7014.507Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–4–10.50063+5BYE
71-34.610Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI5–40.55658-4BYE
7214.763UCLAPAC4–4–10.50063-12BYE
7314.805Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–50.44475-4BYE
7424.827Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–4–10.43877-2BYE
7524.832BYUIND SKY3–3–10.50063-9BYE
76-64.854Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–50.50063-5Lost to North Carolina 7–14
7714.931Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–4–10.43877-5BYE
78-34.982NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–5–10.45073-12BYE
7905.248Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43877-3BYE
8005.312Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–5–10.31387-4BYE
8105.379Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–4–20.37583-4BYE
8205.561Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–5–10.45073-16BYE
8305.604Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–70.22291-9BYE
8405.683Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–5–10.38981+4BYE
8515.965Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–6–10.27890-13BYE
86-15.997Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–80.20096-14BYE
8706.231Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38981-7BYE
8806.256Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37583-16BYE
8906.369Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON2–4–20.37583-11BYE
9006.549Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–5–20.33386-10BYE
9106.907Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.28689-7BYE
9207.054Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–70.22291-13BYE
9307.393Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–70.22291-13BYE
9407.807Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–5–10.31387-4BYE
9508.247Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–80.11199-20BYE
9608.598Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–80.20096-25BYE
9708.607Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–70.22291-25BYE
9809.838Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–70.12598-18BYE
9909.971Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–6–20.22291-15BYE
100011.705Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–70.000100-22BYE

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