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1929 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1929 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
1200.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000BYUIND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1960.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
110.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000LSUIND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1150.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1980.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010Preseason
120.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1970.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1990.000Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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