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1928 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

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
1410.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000BYUIND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
110.000Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1970.000Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000LSUIND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1220.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1960.000Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
140.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
120.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010Preseason
160.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1980.000Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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