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1928 Regular Season Final 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
100.876Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–0–20.85711+21Beat Utah State 20–0
201.044Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON8–01.0001+34Beat Auburn 51–0
301.196USCPAC9–0–10.9504+34Beat Notre Dame 27–14
401.352Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON8–01.0001+21Beat Washington & LEE 60–6
521.395Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON8–0–10.9445+22Tied Kentucky 0–0
631.564Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–10.83312+20Beat Denver 7–0
761.585Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI9–01.0001+15Beat Georgetown 33–13
801.595Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI7–10.8758+19BYE
921.654Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–1–10.83312+22Beat Kansas State 8–0
10-41.672Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI8–20.80016+24Lost to Detroit Mercy 13–33
1141.710Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI8–10.8896+15Beat Cornell 49–0
1201.730Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–1–10.83312+19BYE
1311.789Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON8–20.80016+27Beat Sewanee 13–0
14-91.893NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI8–20.80016+16Lost to Oregon State 13–25
1591.897Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–20.77824+25Beat Texas A&M 19–0
1661.944Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–20.75029+21Beat Colorado College 35–13
17-11.952Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–10.8758+16Beat Creighton 6–0
1802.023Illinois (ILLINOIS)B107–10.8758+12BYE
1902.042LSUIND SOCON6–1–10.81315+9Tied Tulane 0–0
20-32.054Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–20.75029+16BYE
21-112.067Army (ARMY)IND FBSI8–20.80016+15Lost to Stanford 0–26
22-12.071California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–1–20.77824+21BYE
2342.120Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–20.77824+13Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 73–0
2472.136Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–20.80016+19Beat Furman 27–12
2592.151Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–20.77824+17Beat UCLA 26–6
2632.196Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC8–20.80016+12Beat Rice 25–14
2792.242Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI8–10.8896+7Beat Colgate 16–13
2802.256Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI5–1–20.75029+6BYE
2932.361Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–2–10.68837+10BYE
30102.369Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON5–30.62546+16Beat Georgia 19–0
3122.372TCUIND SWC8–20.80016+9BYE
3292.460Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72233+6Beat Penn State 26–0
33-102.460Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–40.55657+21Lost to USC 14–27
3412.479Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–2–10.68837+9BYE
35102.489Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–30.66740+14Beat NEW York University 25–13
3612.541Iowa (IOWA)B106–20.75029+8BYE
3792.584Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–3–10.70834+29Beat Army 26–0
38-182.597Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON7–20.77824+8Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–16
3932.605West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–20.80016+13Beat Washington & Jefferson 14–0
40-142.615Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC7–30.70035+12Lost to Washington 0–6
41-112.696Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–30.66740+9Lost to Brown 13–16
4222.728SMUIND SWC6–3–10.65042+3BYE
4302.744Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B105–30.62546+13BYE
44-192.832South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–2–20.70035+8Lost to NC State 7–18
45-62.850Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–3–10.61150+7Lost to Utah 0–20
46-83.029Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY5–30.62546+8Lost to Colorado State 13–35
4703.037Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–10.68837+1BYE
4803.081Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON6–3–10.65042-1Tied LSU 0–0
49133.241Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–3–20.60054+6Beat Virginia Tech 16–6
5023.243North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–3–20.55657+7Beat Virginia 24–20
5183.255Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–40.63645+2Beat Washington State 6–0
52-13.276Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–40.50064+9BYE
5323.376Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON6–3–10.65042+1Beat Johns Hopkins 26–6
5403.405Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150+14BYE
5563.503Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON5–40.55657+14Beat Mississippi State 20–19
5693.665Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62546+3Beat Missouri 14–0
5703.668Indiana (INDIANA)B104–40.50064+6BYE
5823.715Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON4–3–10.56355-1Tied Tennessee 0–0
59-13.772Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–40.55657-2BYE
60-113.827Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON4–40.50064+4Lost to Alabama 0–19
61-113.833Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–40.500640Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
6243.846Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150-4Beat Iowa State 6–0
63-103.982Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61150-9Lost to Syracuse 6–14
64-84.107Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–4–10.55063-2Lost to Texas 0–19
6524.203Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC4–3–10.56355-1BYE
6624.377Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–4–10.43877+9BYE
67124.401Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50064-1Beat Columbia 14–6
68-54.458Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI5–40.55657-2Lost to Clemson 12–27
69-54.504Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–3–20.50064-6Lost to Pennsylvania 0–49
7014.519Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–40.55657-2BYE
71-14.525Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–4–10.50064+5BYE
7204.539Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY4–40.50064-7BYE
73-44.802UCLAPAC4–4–10.50064-12Lost to Oregon 6–26
7404.845Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–50.44476-4BYE
7594.848NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON4–5–10.45074-9Beat South Carolina 18–7
76-14.859Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–4–10.43877-2BYE
77-14.869BYUIND SKY3–3–10.50064-9BYE
78-54.955Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–4–10.43877-5Lost to Colorado 0–7
79-15.256Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43877-3BYE
80-35.293Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–5–10.31387-4Lost to Marquette 0–6
81-15.358Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–4–20.37583-4BYE
8275.588Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–5–10.45074-16Beat Gonzaga 7–0
83-15.663Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–70.22291-9BYE
84-15.677Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–5–10.38981+4Lost to Drake 0–6
8525.989Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–80.20096-13Lost to Florida 6–60
86-56.074Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–6–10.27890-13Lost to North Carolina 20–24
87-26.255Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38981-7Lost to Pittsburgh 0–26
8826.256Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37583-16Lost to Nebraska 0–8
89-16.281Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON2–4–20.37583-10Lost to Ole Miss 19–20
9016.589Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–5–20.33386-10Lost to West Virginia 0–14
91-56.937Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.28689-7Lost to New Mexico 13–32
9207.071Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–70.22291-12Lost to Vanderbilt 0–13
9307.427Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–70.22291-13Lost to Baylor 14–25
9407.797Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–5–10.31387-4BYE
9507.964Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–80.11199-17Lost to Georgia Tech 0–51
9608.498Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–80.20096-23Lost to Wofford 0–7
9708.607Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–70.22291-25BYE
9809.828Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–70.12598-18Lost to Tulsa 0–31
99010.018Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–6–20.22291-14Lost to Mercer 12–14
100011.705Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–70.000100-22BYE

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