1929 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 3, 1929By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1929 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.987	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+32	Beat Penn State 20–7
2	1	1.015	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+45	Beat Army 7–0
3	-1	1.154	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	7–0	1.000	1	+23	Beat Utah State 26–7
4	1	1.398	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+26	BYE
5	-1	1.398	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	8–0–1	0.944	7	+19	Tied Kentucky 6–6
6	7	1.401	USC	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+30	Beat Washington State 27–7
7	4	1.498	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	9–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat LSU 21–0
8	-2	1.532	TCU	IND SWC	9–0–1	0.950	6	+19	Tied SMU 7–7
9	1	1.563	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	11	+26	BYE
10	-1	1.568	SMU	IND SWC	6–0–4	0.800	15	+15	Tied TCU 7–7
11	-3	1.594	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	13	+23	BYE
12	2	1.619	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	8	+30	Beat Virginia 41–7
13	2	1.763	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	6–1–1	0.813	13	+16	Tied Tennessee 6–6
14	-2	1.772	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	7–0–2	0.889	8	+7	BYE
15	2	1.814	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	8	+17	Beat Brown 32–0
16	3	1.939	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–1–1	0.786	20	+17	BYE
17	-10	1.980	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	21	+16	Lost to Navy 6–13
18	3	1.990	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–1–3	0.688	36	+14	Beat Iowa State 31–12
19	7	2.047	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	15	+23	Beat Virginia Tech 14–0
20	7	2.054	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	11	+10	Beat Georgetown 14–13
21	1	2.068	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+23	BYE
22	12	2.166	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–2–2	0.700	33	+15	Beat Dartmouth 13–6
23	10	2.222	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	21	+25	Beat Washington & LEE 25–7
24	8	2.273	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	21	+17	Beat Cornell 17–7
25	-7	2.275	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+11	Lost to USC 7–27
26	2	2.394	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	21	+12	BYE
27	8	2.437	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	21	+10	Beat Oklahoma State 32–6
28	3	2.451	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–2	0.750	27	+14	BYE
29	0	2.481	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+14	BYE
30	12	2.484	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+10	Beat NEW York University 20–0
31	13	2.542	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–1–1	0.750	27	+8	Beat Colorado State 19–6
32	4	2.593	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+7	BYE
33	-17	2.616	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–2–2	0.667	42	+8	Lost to Texas A&M 0–13
34	-11	2.732	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+2	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–17
35	-15	2.736	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	7–2	0.778	21	+13	Lost to ST. Mary's 6–31
36	-12	2.759	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	33	+12	Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–20
37	2	2.762	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–2–2	0.625	51	+7	BYE
38	8	2.803	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	32	+9	Beat Furman 7–6
39	1	2.807	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	54	+12	BYE
40	1	2.838	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	5–1–2	0.750	27	-1	BYE
41	-16	2.892	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	42	+6	Lost to Georgia 0–12
42	6	2.948	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	42	+4	Beat Columbia 6–0
43	7	2.983	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2–1	0.688	36	+8	Beat Oklahoma 13–0
44	5	2.989	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	41	+9	Beat Rice 19–0
45	2	3.032	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–3	0.667	42	+6	BYE
46	8	3.043	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	61	+8	Beat Texas 13–0
47	-9	3.049	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	50	+2	Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
48	-18	3.147	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	42	-3	Lost to West Virginia 0–6
49	-12	3.194	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	42	+6	Lost to Detroit Mercy 13–14
50	5	3.228	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	57	+8	Beat Colorado Mines 13–0
51	0	3.237	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–3–1	0.563	59	+5	BYE
52	-9	3.350	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	42	+10	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–20
53	0	3.383	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	5–4	0.556	61	+3	BYE
54	2	3.383	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	7–3	0.700	33	0	BYE
55	-3	3.388	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	27	0	BYE
56	7	3.395	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	61	+16	Beat Alabama 12–0
57	-12	3.409	LSU	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	42	-3	Lost to Tulane 0–21
58	0	3.481	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	51	-3	BYE
59	12	3.601	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3–3	0.550	69	+11	Beat Washington & Jefferson 6–0
60	1	3.641	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+8	BYE
61	1	3.707	BYU	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	51	+8	BYE
62	2	3.812	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5	0.444	76	+8	BYE
63	-6	3.826	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	61	+5	Lost to Denver 6–19
64	5	3.835	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	56	-4	Beat NC State 20–6
65	7	3.848	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	61	-2	Beat Johns Hopkins 39–8
66	-7	3.896	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	61	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–14
67	-7	3.965	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	61	-1	Lost to North Carolina 7–41
68	2	4.132	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	84	+4	Beat Auburn 19–6
69	-3	4.288	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–4	0.429	81	+3	Lost to Utah 7–26
70	-5	4.330	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3–2	0.556	61	-6	Lost to Arkansas 6–32
71	2	4.364	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	71	-2	BYE
72	2	4.494	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	57	-5	BYE
73	3	4.648	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	59	-3	BYE
74	-7	4.658	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	76	-10	Lost to Syracuse 0–6
75	5	4.735	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	71	-9	Beat Duke 13–12
76	-8	4.833	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–3–2	0.500	71	-2	Lost to Missouri 0–13
77	-2	4.881	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	71	-6	Lost to Colgate 0–32
78	5	5.021	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–5	0.444	76	-1	Beat Idaho State 41–7
79	8	5.053	UCLA	PAC	4–4	0.500	71	-3	Beat Montana 14–0
80	2	5.156	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	84	-1	BYE
81	-2	5.210	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–6–1	0.278	90	-12	BYE
82	2	5.250	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	6–5–1	0.542	70	-11	Beat Mercer 13–0
83	-2	5.421	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	3–5–1	0.389	82	-9	Lost to Florida 7–25
84	-7	5.581	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	76	+6	Lost to Davidson 12–13
85	3	5.608	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	80	-11	BYE
86	-1	5.611	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	90	0	BYE
87	-9	5.679	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	82	-14	Lost to UCLA 0–14
88	1	6.046	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	86	-12	BYE
89	-3	6.057	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	88	-8	Lost to Colorado College 0–13
90	0	6.228	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–6–2	0.222	95	-8	Tied Mississippi State 7–7
91	0	6.290	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–5–2	0.333	87	-8	BYE
92	0	6.780	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	95	-16	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–19
93	1	7.435	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	88	-16	BYE
94	3	7.610	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	98	-16	Lost to Nebraska 12–31
95	-2	7.715	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	95	-9	Lost to Baylor 0–19
96	0	7.792	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–7	0.125	98	-17	BYE
97	-2	7.831	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	92	-6	BYE
98	0	7.954	Regis (REGIS)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	92	-11	BYE
99	0	8.351	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–5–2	0.250	92	-11	Tied Ole Miss 7–7
100	0	9.021	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	100	-20	Lost to South Carolina 6–20