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1928 Week 12 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
101.035Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–0–10.90010+10Tied Creighton 7–7
221.046Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON6–01.0001+21Beat Vanderbilt 19–7
301.222Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–01.0001+15Beat Oklahoma 44–6
421.234USCPAC6–0–10.9298+15Beat Arizona 78–7
571.311Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI6–01.0001+13Beat Georgetown 13–7
681.390Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON6–01.0001+10Beat Georgia 26–6
711.435Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–0–20.83321+5Beat Washington & LEE 25–12
831.467Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–0–10.9298+12Beat Chicago 25–0
961.468Iowa (IOWA)B106–01.0001+10Beat Ohio State 14–7
1031.545Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON7–01.0001+11Beat Sewanee 37–0
11-61.603Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON6–10.85715+19Lost to Georgia Tech 7–19
12-101.710Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–10.85715+12Lost to Notre Dame 6–12
13-41.732Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI6–10.85715+9Lost to Carnegie Tech 7–13
1431.819Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–01.0001+2Beat Michigan State 39–0
1561.826Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC7–10.87511+12Beat UCLA 38–0
1601.830NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI6–10.85715+8Beat Alfred 71–0
17131.831Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–20.71434+17Beat Army 12–6
1891.934Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–10.80027+9Beat Colorado Mines 28–6
1961.976Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON7–10.87511+11Beat Virginia Military Institute 12–0
20-22.006SMUIND SWC6–1–10.81326+6Tied Texas A&M 19–19
2152.018Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–10.83321+9Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 20–0
22-122.053Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–1–10.75030+8Lost to Iowa 7–14
2312.062Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–10.75030+8Beat Colorado State 13–7
24122.151Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–10.85715+6Beat Harvard 7–0
25102.171California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–1–10.78628+17Beat Washington 6–0
2682.271Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON6–10.85715+5Beat Virginia 20–0
2742.281Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–20.71434+8BYE
2812.303TCUIND SWC7–10.87511+4Beat Rice 7–0
29152.320West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–10.87511+12Beat Fordham 18–0; Beat OKLAHOMA STATE 32–6
3082.367Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON4–20.66740+9Beat Kentucky 14–0
31112.369Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–20.71434+10Beat Baylor 6–0
3202.449South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–1–20.75030+6Tied North Carolina 0–0
33-262.451Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–20.66740+9Lost to Maryland 0–6
3462.457LSUIND SOCON5–10.83321+2Beat Ole Miss 19–6
35102.543Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–20.71434+4Beat Washington & Jefferson 25–0
36152.570Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–20.66740+7Beat Indiana 21–12
3742.598Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–10.83321+3Beat Butler 14–0
38-12.615Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–20.71434+6Beat Hobart 21–0
3992.664Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–20.66740+8Beat Purdue 7–6
40-172.666Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–20.75030+3Lost to Texas 0–6
4192.679Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–10.83321+2Beat Dartmouth 14–0
42-142.695Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON4–20.66740+8Lost to Florida 6–26
43-242.700Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–20.60055+9Lost to Colorado 7–13
44-12.750Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–20.66740+9BYE
4512.754Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–1–20.667400Tied ST. Bonaventure 0–0
46-242.802Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–20.66740+4Lost to Pennsylvania 0–7
4772.864Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY4–2–10.64352+9Beat Wyoming 14–7
4812.919Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–1–10.78628-3Beat Johns Hopkins 14–13
4972.947Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–2–10.64352+3Beat Western State 54–0
5022.977Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–20.66740+2BYE
51-183.053Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–2–20.62554+3Lost to Clemson 0–12
52113.118Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–20.60055+3Beat Kansas State 19–6
5303.291Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–30.66740-2Lost to California 0–6
54-343.292Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–2–20.50064+4Lost to Marquette 0–7
5553.318Stanford (STANFORD)PAC6–30.66740+9Beat Santa Clara 31–0
56113.363Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–20.667400Beat Kansas 7–0
5713.582Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON4–30.57160-1Beat Auburn 13–12
58-113.624Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–30.571600Lost to Brown 0–14
5953.628Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI5–20.71434+2Beat Citadel 13–0
6023.742Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC3–2–10.58357+2Tied Northern Iowa 0–0
61-63.875Purdue (PURDUE)B103–2–10.58357-2Lost to Northwestern 6–7
62113.948Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–2–10.58357+1Beat Northern Colorado 20–11
6334.029North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–3–20.42976+1Tied South Carolina 0–0
6414.165Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON3–40.42976+9Lost to LSU 6–19
6544.181Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–3–10.56363-1Tied SMU 19–19
66154.184Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–3–10.50064-1Beat Yale 6–0
6774.215NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–3–10.50064-3Beat Davidson 14–7
68-74.265Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON3–30.50064-3Lost to Alabama 0–14
69-304.315Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–30.571600Lost to West Virginia 0–18; Lost to BOSTON COLLEGE 7–19
70-134.327Indiana (INDIANA)B103–30.50064-1Lost to Minnesota 12–21
71-124.628Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50064-2Lost to Ohio Wesleyan 0–6
72114.689Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–3–10.50064-6Beat Centerville (BUTTE) 13–0
7344.776Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50064+7Tied Michigan 6–6
74144.824Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–3–10.50064-3Beat George Washington 50–0
7514.842BYUIND SKY3–30.50064-6BYE
76-44.946UCLAPAC3–3–10.50064-7Lost to Washington State 0–38
77-94.967Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–4–10.35784-3Lost to Virginia Tech 0–20
7825.006Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–3–10.41780-3BYE
79-85.067Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY3–40.42976-3Lost to Denver 11–20
80-55.202Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41780-2Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–39
8115.214Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–50.28688-5Lost to Princeton 12–25
82-125.378Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–30.50064-6Lost to Missouri 6–19
8315.516Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–60.25093-4Lost to Wisconsin 0–25
84-55.578Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–30.40082-3Lost to Colorado College 6–28
85-75.599Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–30.40082-2Lost to Nebraska 6–44
8635.681Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–40.42976-5Beat Wake Forest 38–0
8705.834Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–3–10.30087-2BYE
88-26.213Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–4–10.25093+1Tied Navy 6–6
89-46.410Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–4–10.35784-5Lost to Pittsburgh 0–25
9016.810Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–50.28688-5Lost to Tennessee 0–37
9116.966Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–50.28688-4Lost to TCU 0–7
92-27.076Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–50.28688-11Lost to NC State 7–14
9327.321Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–3–20.33386-6Tied Centenary 6–6
9407.380Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–50.28688-16Lost to Montana State 7–14
95-27.772Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–60.14399-10Lost to Tulane 12–13
9628.860Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–50.16798-10Lost to West Virginia 6–32
9709.281Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–4–10.25093-4Tied Utah 7–7
9819.304Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–4–10.25093-1Lost to Drake 0–20
99-39.562Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–5–10.21497-10Lost to Duke 0–38
100010.141Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–50.000100-11Lost to Utah State 0–54

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