1928 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 9, 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	7	1.100	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 27–0
2	1	1.138	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon State 19–0
3	11	1.176	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Colorado 26–6
4	8	1.198	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 32–14
5	36	1.198	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 51–6
6	32	1.220	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Notre Dame 22–6
7	18	1.242	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Grinnell 14–0
8	12	1.252	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–0
9	-8	1.285	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 26–19
10	34	1.318	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 38–6
11	2	1.383	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Denver 13–12
12	17	1.427	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Creighton 49–0
13	-3	1.492	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ashland 65–0
14	31	1.503	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Virginia 24–13
15	54	1.528	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Sewanee 69–0
16	10	1.536	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carson Newman 61–0
17	39	1.552	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Susquehanna 88–0
18	34	1.557	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SMU 14–13
19	45	1.623	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 13–6
20	-1	1.634	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 52–0
21	14	1.655	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 50–0
22	51	1.661	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 12–7
23	19	1.699	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Auburn 6–0
24	3	1.699	LSU	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 46–0
25	51	1.750	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana 26–6
26	7	1.753	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wittenberg 41–0
27	26	1.764	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 46–0
28	26	1.781	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 44–0
29	19	1.792	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centre 41–7
30	41	1.802	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bethany (WEST VIRGINIA) 53–0
31	19	1.804	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 33–0
32	-15	1.830	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 40–6
33	-2	1.830	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 12–0
34	-25	1.851	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Worcester Tech 32–0
35	1	1.862	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depauw 31–0
36	-15	1.873	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Springfield 30–0
37	14	1.881	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 7–0
38	-16	1.906	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bradley 33–6
39	0	1.906	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maine 27–0
40	-22	1.917	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida Southern 26–0
41	-18	1.917	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Monmouth 26–0
42	21	1.917	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 32–7
43	31	1.922	UCLA	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	59	0	Beat California Tech 32–0
44	-7	1.928	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 32–7
45	21	1.939	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 24–0
46	-35	1.941	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	99	0	BYE
47	-17	1.941	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	99	0	BYE
48	22	1.944	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (NEW YORK) 27–0
49	13	1.944	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat George Washington 20–0
50	-1	1.960	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 19–14
51	4	1.960	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 12–0
52	5	1.966	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lawrence 19–7
53	-38	1.982	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 20–0
54	14	1.982	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 26–7
55	28	1.982	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 32–0
56	21	1.988	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma 10–7
57	15	1.997	TCU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 19–3
58	7	1.999	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gettysburg 12–0
59	8	2.042	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 7–0
60	-28	2.048	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Butler 14–0
61	26	2.178	BYU	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Davis 7–6
62	27	2.732	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–1	0.667	60	+2	Beat Wyoming 47–0; Beat LAKE FOREST 3–0
63	-59	2.870	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to Alabama 0–27
64	-17	3.000	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	60	0	Lost to Army 13–14
65	-25	3.061	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to South Carolina 13–24
66	-64	3.087	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Colorado Mines 12–13
67	-33	3.426	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	91	0	Lost to Indiana 7–10
68	25	3.435	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	64	0	Beat Montana Tech 54–0
69	-11	3.436	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to North Carolina 19–26
70	-27	3.452	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 6–38
71	-10	3.459	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–12
72	19	3.460	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	BYE
73	-14	3.622	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Colorado State 6–26
74	-67	3.669	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Colorado College 14–32
75	9	3.730	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Kansas State 6–13
76	5	3.750	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Kansas 0–14
77	2	3.805	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to USC 0–19
78	7	3.811	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
79	3	3.831	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Washington State 6–26
80	-56	3.853	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	91	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–12
81	5	3.863	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Wisconsin 6–22
82	-4	4.152	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Tulane 6–51
83	-23	4.348	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	60	-1	Lost to Chicago 0–47
84	-4	4.473	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–69
85	11	4.786	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	60	0	Beat Haskell 28–7
86	-40	5.042	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	64	-2	Lost to Stanford 12–26
87	-82	5.161	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to Albion 0–2
88	2	5.254	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	64	-1	Beat South Dakota 25–6
89	3	5.484	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	64	-1	Beat Ozarks 21–0
90	-74	5.612	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	91	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–49
91	-85	5.616	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 0–15
92	5	5.864	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–2	0.500	64	+1	Beat Oregon 26–12
93	7	6.366	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 9–0
94	-19	6.590	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	64	0	Lost to ST. Edward's 0–31
95	4	8.321	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	91	0	Lost to Clemson 0–6
96	-8	9.366	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	90	-1	Tied Gonzaga 6–6
97	-2	9.699	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	91	0	Lost to Presbyterian 7–12
98	-4	10.745	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	91	-1	BYE
99	-1	12.978	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	91	0	Lost to Boston College 0–6
100	-72	13.263	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	91	0	Lost to Ohio Wesleyan 7–17