1928 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 2, 1928By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1928 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	52	0.577	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 65–0
2	17	0.948	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 37–6
3	71	0.980	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah State 40–12
4	41	1.013	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas 25–0
5	38	1.078	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kalamazoo 103–0
6	19	1.220	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 6–0
7	42	1.263	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 15–13
8	-7	1.347	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
9	-4	1.347	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
10	-2	1.347	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
11	0	1.347	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
12	0	1.347	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
13	0	1.347	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
14	0	1.347	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
15	1	1.347	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
16	1	1.347	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
17	4	1.347	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
18	5	1.347	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
19	8	1.347	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
20	8	1.347	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
21	9	1.347	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
22	10	1.347	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
23	11	1.347	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
24	11	1.347	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
25	11	1.347	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
26	12	1.347	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
27	12	1.347	LSU	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
28	14	1.347	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
29	15	1.347	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
30	17	1.347	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
31	20	1.347	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
32	24	1.347	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
33	25	1.347	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
34	25	1.347	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
35	31	1.347	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
36	31	1.347	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
37	38	1.347	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
38	47	1.347	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
39	47	1.347	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	69	0	BYE
40	38	1.481	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 66–0
41	32	1.492	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern State 65–0
42	49	1.514	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 6–0
43	11	1.579	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 57–0
44	39	1.590	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lynchburg 56–0
45	51	1.606	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Chicago 6–0
46	15	1.710	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific (OREGON) 45–0
47	40	1.737	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Howard Payne 31–0
48	23	1.753	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 41–0
49	-29	1.775	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depaul 39–0
50	40	1.786	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 45–0
51	38	1.801	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific (OREGON) 43–0
52	-49	1.819	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 35–0
53	11	1.830	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ursinus 34–0
54	-36	1.841	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 39–6
55	17	1.851	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Edward's 32–0
56	-30	1.862	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mount ST. Mary's 31–0
57	-17	1.862	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Viator 31–0
58	-17	1.862	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 31–0
59	-4	1.873	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Camp Russell 30–0
60	28	1.901	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kearney 19–6
61	-51	1.906	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 33–6
62	-38	1.906	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 27–0
63	16	1.906	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 34–7
64	-27	1.928	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bethany (KANSAS) 32–7
65	-2	1.928	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 25–0
66	16	1.939	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 24–0
67	-60	1.960	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 22–0
68	-16	1.971	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 21–0
69	26	1.971	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 21–0
70	-55	1.982	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 20–0
71	-6	1.982	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Thiel 20–0
72	22	1.982	TCU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 19–0
73	4	1.982	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 20–0
74	23	1.993	UCLA	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	54	0	Tied Arizona 7–7
75	-7	2.004	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 24–6
76	17	2.037	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gonzaga 3–0
77	-44	2.048	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wabash 14–0
78	-32	2.048	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ouachita 20–6
79	-17	2.048	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Davis 14–0
80	-11	2.048	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bryson 14–0
81	-52	2.058	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Penn 19–6
82	-34	2.058	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Anaconda Anodes 13–0
83	-13	2.113	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 14–6
84	-24	2.124	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Regis 13–6
85	13	2.124	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	54	0	Tied Richmond 6–6
86	-29	2.135	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 12–6
87	-81	2.167	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 9–6
88	-57	2.273	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Montana State 13–15
89	-80	2.463	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–6
90	-68	2.463	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Furman 0–6
91	1	3.305	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Clemson 0–6
92	-90	3.366	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–25
93	-17	3.509	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to USC 12–40
94	-10	3.651	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Denver 6–37
95	-15	5.267	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–65
96	4	6.188	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 12–0
97	2	7.859	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	58	0	Lost to Olympic Club 6–12
98	-48	11.778	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Davis & Elkins 0–2
99	-95	11.968	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Birmingham Southern 0–6
100	-19	11.968	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Westminster (MISSOURI) 0–6