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1931 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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1931 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
100.651USCPAC9–10.9003+50Beat Georgia 60–0
201.010Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON11–01.0001+48BYE
301.136Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON9–0–10.9502+32BYE
411.419Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI6–0–30.83315+16BYE
511.451Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON9–10.9003+23BYE
611.471Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B107–1–10.83315+28BYE
721.550Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–2–10.72234+26BYE
8-41.558Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON8–20.80019+31Lost to USC 0–60
9-11.560SMUIND SWC9–1–10.86411+33BYE
1001.575Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI8–10.8896+24BYE
1101.717Utah (UTAH)IND SKY7–20.77824+22BYE
1221.723Army (ARMY)IND FBSI8–2–10.77327+23Beat Navy 17–7
13-11.772Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI6–1–20.77824+16BYE
14-11.783Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–10.8759+19BYE
1501.854Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.8896+13BYE
1611.856Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI7–10.8759+11BYE
17-11.860Purdue (PURDUE)B109–10.9003+18BYE
1801.872Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI7–1–10.83315+12BYE
1901.915Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–1–10.85012+16BYE
2001.948Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI8–10.8896+15BYE
2111.958Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B88–20.80019+27BYE
2212.012Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–2–20.72733+18BYE
2312.028Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–1–10.83315+8BYE
24-32.034Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75029+8BYE
2502.108California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–20.77824+18BYE
2622.131ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI8–20.80019+30BYE
27-12.148Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI8–1–10.85012+13BYE
28-12.164Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON8–1–10.85012+12BYE
2922.303Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–2–20.70035+14BYE
3002.305Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–2–10.75029+25BYE
3112.357Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–30.70035+16BYE
32-32.365Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON5–40.55659+17BYE
3312.381Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC7–30.70035+18BYE
34-12.427NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65042+11BYE
3512.467TCUIND SWC9–2–10.79223+20BYE
36-12.497Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–30.66739+14BYE
3702.510Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B88–20.80019+9BYE
3802.563Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–3–10.61148+12BYE
3902.614Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON5–2–20.66739+8BYE
4002.647Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY6–20.75029+11BYE
4102.660Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–3–10.65042+6BYE
4202.767Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC8–2–10.77327+9BYE
4302.852Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61148+3BYE
4412.885Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61148-1BYE
45-12.888Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON5–3–20.60052+10BYE
4602.973Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–40.60052+13BYE
4703.028Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–40.60052+10BYE
4803.134Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON5–3–10.61148+5BYE
4903.167Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR6–20.75029+7BYE
5003.175Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON6–3–10.65042+4BYE
5113.283Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–40.55659+10BYE
5223.292Rice (RICE)IND SWC6–40.60052+3BYE
5323.295Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–30.62545+4BYE
54-33.311North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–3–30.55063+6BYE
5513.335Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–30.62545+5BYE
56-33.336Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–30.66739-1BYE
5703.349LSUIND SOCON5–40.55659+5BYE
5803.428Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI7–30.70035-1BYE
5903.535Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–4–10.55063+3BYE
6013.679Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–40.60052+5BYE
61-13.862Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–5–10.50066-2Lost to Army 7–17
6203.928Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY6–40.60052-1BYE
6303.966UCLAPAC3–4–10.43879+1BYE
6404.078Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI3–5–10.38984-1BYE
6504.114Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–3–20.55659-9BYE
6604.324Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI5–50.50066-11BYE
6714.368Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–40.50066-3BYE
68-14.375Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–50.50066+4BYE
6914.420Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC5–30.62545-8BYE
7024.473Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–50.50066-3BYE
7104.509South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–4–10.55063-4BYE
72-34.538Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–4–20.44477-3BYE
7304.545New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR6–40.60052-4BYE
7404.681Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI4–5–10.450750BYE
7514.873West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–60.40082-9BYE
76-14.875Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–40.42980-7BYE
7704.943Indiana (INDIANA)B102–5–10.31393-6BYE
7804.968BYUIND SKY4–40.50066-3BYE
7904.982Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–50.44477+5BYE
8005.023Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–5–10.45075-11BYE
8115.124Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI4–4–20.50066-10BYE
82-15.141Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–60.40082-12BYE
8305.157New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR3–3–10.50066-5BYE
8405.325Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON2–6–10.27895-7BYE
8505.385Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–5–10.38984-12BYE
8605.459Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–60.33391-16BYE
8705.517Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI4–40.50066+1BYE
8815.578Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–40.42980-9BYE
8965.700Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–6–10.35089-8Beat Tulsa 20–7
90-25.711Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON2–6–20.30094-8BYE
9105.876Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR3–5–10.38984-8BYE
9205.906Iowa (IOWA)B101–6–10.188107-11BYE
93-35.924Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–6–10.27895-10BYE
94-16.002Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–50.37587+2BYE
95-16.109Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–60.25098-16BYE
9606.188Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY2–4–10.35788-13BYE
9706.320Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–6–10.35089-12BYE
9806.513Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–6–10.27895-10BYE
9916.589Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–80.200104-12BYE
100-16.613NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–60.33391-12BYE
10107.180Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–7–20.200104-20BYE
10207.485Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON2–60.25098-17BYE
10307.520Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–80.200104-10BYE
10407.673Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–70.125110-16BYE
10507.932Montana (MONTANA)PAC1–60.143108-14BYE
10608.499Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–6–20.222100-8BYE
10708.997Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–60.143108-19BYE
10809.101Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–70.222100-18BYE
10909.135Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–5–10.214102-16BYE
11009.665Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–5–10.214102-19BYE

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