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1928 Week 9 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
100.986Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–0–10.83331+5Beat Kansas State 7–0
201.053Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–01.0001+7Beat Notre Dame 13–0
341.217Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON4–01.0001+8Beat Tulane 13–6
4201.256Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Brown 32–14
561.304Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Harvard 15–0
6231.311Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–01.0001+5Beat Syracuse 7–6
7-11.325Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–01.0001+4Beat Grinnell 19–7
811.329USCPAC3–0–10.87528+5Tied California 0–0
9-61.372Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.0001+4Beat Chicago 33–7
10111.394Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado Mines 39–0
11281.487Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado State 6–0
12181.508Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+4Beat Alabama 15–13
13231.510Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–01.0001+3Beat Indiana 13–7
14121.525Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Washington & Jefferson 19–0
15171.541Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Columbia 21–7
16-11.544NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Rutgers 48–0
1751.555Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Penn State 14–0
1801.572California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–0–10.87528+4Tied USC 0–0
19-21.572Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+2Beat Michigan 19–7
2001.627Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–01.0001+4Beat Erskine 52–0
2171.630Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–01.0001+3Beat Denver 18–13
22-81.661Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 34–7
23-101.666Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–0–10.87528+2Tied Purdue 19–19
24-51.672Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–0–10.833310Beat Lehigh 47–0
2581.706Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat Mercer 73–0
2611.706LSUIND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Mississippi State 31–0
27-21.743Iowa (IOWA)B103–01.0001+2Beat Ripon 61–6
28-51.762South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–01.0001+5Beat Presbyterian 13–0
29-171.770Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–01.00010Beat Iowa State 28–19
30111.845TCUIND SWC5–01.0001+3Beat Texas A&M 6–0
3141.881Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 27–0
3251.960Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 18–6
33111.996Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–10.75038+5Beat Michigan State 16–0
34142.326SMUIND SWC4–10.80034+2Beat Rice 53–13
35-302.327Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66751+4Lost to Utah 0–6
36-262.338Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON2–10.66751+3Lost to Tennessee 13–15
37132.354Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–10.80034+5Beat Oregon State 9–7
38152.543Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–10.75038+2Beat Arkansas 20–7
39382.612Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–10.75038+3Beat Washington 27–0
40-92.634Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–10.83331+1Lost to Oregon 0–27
41232.636Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON2–10.66751+2Beat Furman 7–0
42272.643Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–1–10.62560+2Beat Wyoming 24–6
4302.668Indiana (INDIANA)B103–10.75038+1Lost to Illinois 7–13
44292.691Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–10.66751+2Beat Kentucky 7–0
45-112.692Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.750380Lost to Nebraska 6–7
46-382.694Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–10.66751+2Lost to Army 0–15
47-92.809Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.75038+1Lost to Kansas 0–7
48192.865West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80034+5Beat Washington & LEE 22–0
49-92.867Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–10.750380Lost to Dartmouth 7–21
50102.892Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70049+1Beat Virginia 9–0
51152.990Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75038-1Beat Allegheny 29–0
52222.992Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–10.75038+1Beat North Carolina 16–14
5353.004Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–10.750380Beat Holy Cross 19–13
5423.037Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–10.80034-2Beat Centenary 28–7
55-103.046Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON2–20.50063+1Lost to Vanderbilt 6–13
56-523.232Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–10.66751+1Lost to Northwestern 0–7
57-23.257Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.667510BYE
58-163.283Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–10.667510Lost to Yale 14–32
5943.355BYUIND SKY3–10.75038-1Beat Western State 46–0
60193.404UCLAPAC3–1–10.70049-2Beat Pomona Pitzer 29–0
61103.524Purdue (PURDUE)B101–1–10.500630Tied Wisconsin 19–19
62223.584Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–20.66751+7Beat Idaho 47–0
63-143.601Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60061-1Lost to Washington State 7–9
64123.626Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY2–20.50063+2Beat Northern Colorado 6–2
65-43.707Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–20.50063+1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–13
66-123.708Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–30.40085+2Lost to Minnesota 7–33
67-83.718Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–20.500630Lost to Drake 7–19
68-163.762Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON2–20.50063+1Beat Auburn 19–0
69-43.816Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–20.60061+2Lost to TCU 0–6
70-543.845Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–10.50063+1Lost to Colorado 0–39
71-253.995Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–20.500630Lost to West Virginia 0–22
72-254.045North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.500630Lost to Virginia Tech 14–16
73134.155NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–20.50063-2Beat Wake Forest 37–0
74-24.245Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.50063+1Lost to Texas 7–20
75-74.279Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.500630Beat Creighton 7–0
76114.439Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–20.50063-2Beat Mcdaniel 13–6
77-204.483Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–2–10.37586-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–9
78104.671Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–20.50063-2Beat Montana Tech 20–0
79-284.683Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–20.500630Lost to Citadel 12–26
80-54.797Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50063-1Lost to Colgate 0–16
8104.913Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–20.500630Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–19
8204.947Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.500630Lost to Pennsylvania 0–14
83-215.131Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–2–10.37586-1Lost to Colorado College 13–18
84-145.419Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–20.333900Lost to Oklahoma 0–7
85-55.592Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–20.50063-4Lost to Utah State 6–24
86-35.671Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–20.500630Lost to Georgia 0–7
87-25.759Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–20.50063-1Lost to SMU 13–53
8845.842Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–30.00097-2Lost to Missouri 19–28
8975.991Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–20.50063-2Beat Cumberland 38–0
90-126.295Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY1–30.25092-3Lost to Montana State 2–6
91-26.987Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–2–10.37586-4Lost to Stanford 0–47
92-27.183Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–30.25092-3Lost to LSU 0–31
93-27.212Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–20.33390-3BYE
9408.036Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–40.00097-2Lost to Ole Miss 0–19
9538.281Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–30.00097-1Lost to Ohio State 7–19
96-38.556Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–2–10.375860Lost to Butler 7–13
9728.855Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–30.25092-1Beat Duke 6–0
98-18.867Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–30.00097-3Lost to BYU 0–46
99-48.879Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–30.25092-5Lost to Navy 0–6
100012.289Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–3–10.12596-4Lost to NC State 0–37

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