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1930 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

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1930 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
151.013Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+4Beat Ohio State 19–2
2131.182Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Navy 26–2
3181.336Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat USC 7–6
4151.352Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Virginia 40–6
5-31.367Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–01.0001+2Beat Maryville 57–0
651.371Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–01.0001+3Beat Idaho 27–0
7-21.378Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+3Beat Sewanee 25–0
851.412Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Western Reserve 52–0
9111.453Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Georgia Tech 31–0
1071.470Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Tech 40–0
11-21.477North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Maryland 28–21
12271.484Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+2Beat Chicago 34–0
13181.542Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Nebraska 20–7
1491.545Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Grinnell 47–6
15221.583Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Yale 18–14
16-131.583Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Haskell 33–7
17-11.590Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Lafayette 41–0
18181.593Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–0–10.83344+1Tied Colorado 0–0
1991.607Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Boston University 74–0
2051.640Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI2–0–10.833440Tied Wittenberg 7–7
2131.671Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.00010BYE
2201.672Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 47–6
23-91.696Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Boston College 3–0
24141.704TCUIND SWC4–0–10.90040+1Beat Arkansas 40–0
25161.724Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 27–0
26231.734Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Princeton 7–0
27351.741Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Bucknell 7–6
2851.742Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY5–01.0001+3Beat Wyoming 20–13
2911.744Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Auburn 7–0
3021.748Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Swarthmore 39–0
31-41.751Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Rutgers 27–0
32101.775NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Villanova 20–6
3321.778Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–0–10.750490Tied William Jewell 0–0
3461.785Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Wesleyan 48–0
35171.820Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI2–0–10.83344+1Beat Iowa 19–12
36241.826Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–0–10.87541+1Beat Purdue 14–13
37211.826Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Marshall 65–0
38-91.847Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Drake 12–0
3941.874Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Springfield 27–0
40111.892Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–0–10.833440Beat Cincinnati 32–0
4151.892Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–0–10.875410Beat Howard Payne 26–0
42-81.902Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–0–10.83344+1Tied Indiana 7–7
4321.922Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–0–10.750490Tied Utah State 0–0
44171.928Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+1Beat NC State 27–0
45-411.928USCPAC2–10.66756+4Lost to Washington State 6–7
4621.933Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat Butler 27–0
4761.938Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–01.00010BYE
48-11.943BYUIND SKY1–0–20.667560Tied Northern Colorado 7–7
49181.950Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 67–12
5041.960Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–0–10.875410Tied Minnesota 0–0
5141.963Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–0–10.500730Tied BYU 7–7
52112.025Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat Arizona 21–0
53112.056Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010BYE
54-532.415Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.50073+3Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–31
55-472.522Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.50073+2Lost to Michigan 13–14
56-442.644Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–10.66756+1Lost to Northwestern 2–19
57182.674West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75049+3Beat Washington & LEE 33–13
58112.721Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON2–10.66756+1Beat Texas A&M 19–9
59-492.778LSUIND SOCON3–10.75049-1Lost to South Carolina 6–7
60-422.832Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–10.66756+1Lost to Georgia 14–18
61272.863California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–10.66756+2Beat ST. Mary's 7–6
62352.977Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–10.66756+3Beat Davidson 12–0
63-193.049Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–10.667560Lost to Temple 6–7
6473.075South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–10.75049+4Beat LSU 7–6
65213.095Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–10.667560Beat Baltimore 44–0
66163.119SMUIND SWC2–10.667560Beat Austin 34–0
6753.182Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–10.500730Beat Western State 45–7
6853.283Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–10.667560BYE
69-623.368Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–10.50073+1Lost to Oklahoma 7–20
7003.451Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–10.75049-1Beat California Davis 20–0
71-123.548Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–10.75049-1Lost to West Virginia 13–33
72-63.549Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–10.667560Lost to Wisconsin 0–34
7373.589Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–1–10.500730Tied Stanford 0–0
74-483.590Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–10.66756+1Lost to Colorado State 7–15
75-193.639Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–10.500730Lost to Brown 0–7
7633.682Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–10.0001000BYE
7713.794Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–20.0001000Lost to Marquette 0–12
7833.908Iowa (IOWA)B101–20.333880Lost to Centenary 12–19
79-223.922ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI2–10.66756-1Lost to California 6–7
80-303.946Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–10.667560Lost to Duke 0–12
8133.958Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–10.66756-1Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 54–0
82-173.969Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–10.500730Lost to Notre Dame 2–26
8303.982Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–20.500730Lost to Alabama 0–25
8493.994Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–10.500730BYE
85-84.083Idaho (IDAHO)PAC1–20.333880Lost to Washington 0–27
86104.189Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI2–20.500730Beat 20th Infantry 34–0
8704.328Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC1–20.333880Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–47
8814.356Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–20.333880Lost to Tennessee 0–27
8964.448Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–20.50073-1Lost to Pennsylvania 6–40
90154.473Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–10.500730Beat Denver 15–7
91-14.537Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333880Lost to Vanderbilt 0–40
9274.654Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–30.0001000Lost to Montana State 13–20
93-254.751Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–10.667560Lost to Citadel 6–7
94-185.022Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–20.33388-1Lost to North Carolina 21–28
95-45.358Indiana (INDIANA)B101–1–10.50073-1Tied Oklahoma State 7–7
96-25.400NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–30.25098-1Lost to Clemson 0–27
9735.643UCLAPAC1–10.50073-1Beat Pomona Pitzer 21–0
9836.218Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–20.333880Lost to NEW York University 6–20
9936.244Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–20.333880Lost to Florida 0–7
100-266.508Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–20.33388-2Lost to Tulane 9–19
10126.588Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–20.333880Lost to TCU 0–40
102-48.146Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–20.000100-1Lost to Colorado College 7–45
103-188.774Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–20.0001000Lost to ST. Louis 0–20
104-129.110Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–10.000100-1BYE
105-110.658Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI0–2–10.16799-1Lost to SAN Francisco 12–13
106013.193Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–30.0001000Lost to Millsaps 13–19

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