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1928 Week 8 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
160.937Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–0–10.75042+2Tied Washington (MISSOURI) 7–7
260.953Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–01.0001+4Beat Tulane 12–0
391.263Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–01.0001+2Beat Purdue 15–0
4121.280Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–01.0001+2Beat Washington & LEE 6–0
5-21.301Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+3Beat BYU 15–6
6261.356Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–01.0001+2Beat Marquette 26–7
7151.365Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Texas 13–12
8281.372Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat North Carolina 20–0
9-71.372USCPAC3–01.0001+4Beat ST. Mary's 19–6
10-91.432Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON2–01.0001+2Beat Mississippi State 46–0
1171.496Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Providence 44–0
12351.547Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–01.00010Beat Centre 60–0
13-71.572Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+2Beat Cornell (IOWA) 49–0; Beat NORTH DAKOTA STATE 13–7
1431.579Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Lebanon Valley 52–0
15391.586NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Fordham 34–7
16-51.601Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–01.0001+1BYE
1791.628Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Northwestern 10–0
18411.645California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–01.0001+3Beat Washington State 13–3
1921.655Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–0–10.750420Tied Virginia 0–0
2031.658Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+3Beat NC State 7–0
21251.666Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–01.0001+1Beat Northern Colorado 21–6
2251.666Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Swarthmore 67–0
23-91.677South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–01.0001+4Beat Maryland 21–7
24151.677Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Georgia 21–6
25161.694Iowa (IOWA)B102–01.0001+2Beat Chicago 13–0
26-131.704Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Thiel 39–13
27-31.726LSUIND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Louisiana College 41–0
28-241.743Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Western State 24–6
2941.764Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Montana State 26–6
30-11.801Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 13–12
3161.817Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–01.0001+1Beat Montana 25–0
32-41.830Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Allegheny 37–12
3371.835Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Auburn 27–0
34211.844Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Johns Hopkins 58–0
35151.873Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Louisville 46–0
3621.884Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat COE 31–0
37161.906Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Niagara 34–0
38-191.906Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Fort Hays State 22–7
3951.928Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
4081.942Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Wesleyan 31–7
41161.990TCUIND SWC4–01.00010Beat Austin 21–0
42-81.993Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Dayton 13–7
43132.015Indiana (INDIANA)B103–01.00010Beat Michigan 6–0
44272.453Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–10.66750+2Beat Virginia Tech 35–14
45-402.541Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON2–10.66750+1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–12
46-362.641Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–10.66750+1Lost to Kentucky 0–6
47-382.752North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66750+1Lost to Harvard 0–20
48162.805SMUIND SWC3–10.750420Beat Hardin Simmons 6–0
49282.846Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–10.750420Beat Portland 41–0; Beat PACIFIC (OREGON) 46–0
50-252.877Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75042+1Lost to California 3–13
51212.912Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–10.667500Beat Elon 52–0
52113.094Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–20.33384+2Lost to Tennessee 12–13
53-23.109Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–10.667500Lost to Vanderbilt 12–13
5483.111Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–20.50074+2Lost to Iowa 0–13
55-33.242Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.667500Lost to Drake 7–26
56-253.244Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75042-1Lost to Arkansas 0–14
5783.254Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–1–10.500740Tied Princeton 0–0
58-93.272Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI2–10.667500Lost to NEW York University 7–34
59173.291Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–10.667500Beat Iowa State 3–0
60183.316Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–1–10.625710Beat Roanoke 31–13
61203.324Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–10.667500Beat Navy 7–0
6243.378Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–1–10.500740Tied Utah State 7–7
63-23.423BYUIND SKY2–10.667500Lost to Colorado State 6–15
64-443.479Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON1–10.500740Lost to Yale 6–21
65-503.527Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–10.75042+1Lost to Centenary 0–6
66-363.541Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–10.66750-1Lost to West Virginia 6–9
67183.561West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75042+2Beat Pittsburgh 9–6
68-13.568Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000950BYE
69-13.628Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–1–10.500740Tied Denver 7–7
70203.701Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–10.50074+1Beat Oklahoma State 37–0
71-363.736Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.500740Lost to Minnesota 0–15
72173.769Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.66750+1Beat Baylor 14–0
73-133.878Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–10.500740Lost to Ohio State 0–10
74-323.888Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.66750-1Lost to Colgate 14–35
75123.904Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667500Beat Chicago Ymca 37–0
76-23.920Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–20.33384+1Lost to Nebraska 6–26
7794.001Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–10.66750-2Beat Willamette 38–6
78-54.149Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY1–20.333840Lost to Colorado 6–21
79-364.338UCLAPAC2–1–10.62571-2Lost to Stanford 7–45
8034.390Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–10.66750-2BYE
81-364.526Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–10.667500Lost to Duquesne 6–12
82-244.597Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667500Lost to Bucknell 0–6
8384.603Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–10.66750+1Beat Presbyterian 6–0
8484.606Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–20.60073+4Beat UCLA 45–7
8594.806Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.667500Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 20–6
86-164.999NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33384-1Lost to Clemson 0–7
87-185.063Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–20.33384-1Lost to South Carolina 7–21
88-95.377Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–20.33384-1Lost to Washington 0–25
8976.002Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–1–10.50074-2Beat Whitman 26–13
90-86.005Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33384-1Lost to Alabama 0–46
91-166.086Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–20.33384-1Lost to Creighton 0–37
92-126.111Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–20.00095-1Lost to Grinnell 0–3
9306.559Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–1–10.500740Tied Kansas 7–7
9417.212Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–30.000950Lost to Florida 0–27
95-77.428Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–20.33384-1Lost to Boston College 0–19
96-127.842Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON1–20.33384-1Lost to Transylvania 13–14
9718.059Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–20.00095-1Lost to Colorado College 6–24
9828.558Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–20.000950Lost to Indiana 0–6
99011.552Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–30.00095-1Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
100-312.170Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–2–10.16794-1Tied William & Mary 0–0

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