1931 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 1931By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1931 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	74	1.001	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 31–0
2	53	1.041	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 37–0
3	21	1.150	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 26–0
4	36	1.199	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 27–6
5	51	1.199	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 18–7
6	11	1.298	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 14–3
7	62	1.338	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 7–0
8	85	1.348	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 16–0
9	61	1.348	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 13–7
10	74	1.397	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 7–6
11	36	1.467	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alma 74–0
12	-5	1.496	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
13	1	1.496	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–0–1	0.500	66	0	Tied Presbyterian 0–0
14	12	1.496	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
15	13	1.496	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
16	15	1.496	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
17	15	1.496	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
18	16	1.496	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
19	17	1.496	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
20	18	1.496	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
21	20	1.496	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
22	20	1.496	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
23	21	1.496	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
24	22	1.496	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
25	24	1.496	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
26	25	1.496	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
27	26	1.496	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
28	30	1.496	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
29	30	1.496	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
30	30	1.496	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
31	30	1.496	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
32	30	1.496	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
33	31	1.496	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
34	32	1.496	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
35	32	1.496	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
36	40	1.496	UCLA	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	66	0	Tied Occidental 0–0
37	54	1.496	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
38	54	1.496	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	86	0	BYE
39	-18	1.526	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 68–0
40	-37	1.546	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sacaton Indians 66–0
41	13	1.556	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 65–0
42	-22	1.595	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middlebury 61–0
43	22	1.595	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 61–0
44	-39	1.605	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Northern 60–0
45	34	1.625	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana Tech 58–0
46	34	1.685	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 52–0
47	-24	1.704	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 56–6
48	49	1.704	TCU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 3–0
49	45	1.734	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Chadron State 35–0
50	45	1.744	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied Olympic Club 0–0
51	37	1.794	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 41–0
52	-37	1.804	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 40–0
53	18	1.804	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 46–6
54	-2	1.823	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 44–6
55	-54	1.843	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 42–6
56	18	1.843	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 36–0
57	39	1.858	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 32–0
58	14	1.873	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mount ST. Mary's 33–0
59	14	1.873	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 33–0
60	22	1.873	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat King 33–0
61	20	1.883	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Loyola (BALTIMORE) 32–0
62	25	1.883	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 32–0
63	-34	1.923	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Thiel 28–0
64	-55	1.932	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Thomas 34–7
65	33	1.932	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tarleton State 21–0
66	-33	1.942	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat COE 26–0
67	-56	1.952	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 25–0
68	-38	1.952	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 25–0
69	-34	1.952	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 32–7
70	30	1.952	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northeastern Oklahoma State 25–0
71	-14	1.962	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 26–2
72	-64	1.982	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colby 22–0
73	-61	1.992	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern State 23–2
74	32	2.002	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW Mexico Highlands 33–6
75	-53	2.012	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baker 26–7
76	-70	2.022	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 24–6
77	22	2.022	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota State 13–7
78	24	2.022	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied Randolph Macon 7–7
79	25	2.027	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Willamette 20–0
80	21	2.027	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 24–7
81	22	2.051	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
82	4	2.061	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 14–0
83	-38	2.071	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 13–0
84	21	2.071	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–0–1	0.750	63	0	Tied ST. Mary's (MINNESOTA) 7–7
85	-17	2.071	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 13–0
86	3	2.121	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duquesne 14–6
87	-83	2.131	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ozarks 13–6
88	-49	2.141	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 6–0
89	-4	2.141	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Jewell 6–0
90	-80	2.160	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 6–2
91	-43	2.170	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Millsaps 10–7
92	-55	2.190	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 7–6
93	-15	2.414	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Washington 6–7
94	-51	2.501	LSU	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to TCU 0–3
95	-18	2.631	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 7–13
96	-69	2.674	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–7
97	-7	2.847	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Colorado College 3–14
98	-82	3.063	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Oregon State 0–16
99	-80	3.279	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Kansas 6–27
100	-82	3.495	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Denver 0–26
101	6	3.656	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to NC State 7–18
102	6	3.944	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Tulane 0–31
103	-20	3.971	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–37
104	-91	6.272	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Hillsdale 0–7; Beat CORNELL (IOWA) 12–0
105	4	6.339	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Richmond 0–7
106	4	6.580	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to SAN Francisco 0–25
107	-57	11.971	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Carroll (MONTANA) 0–2
108	-45	12.187	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Waynesburg 0–7
109	-107	12.231	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to San Diego State 0–8
110	-85	12.404	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	73	0	Lost to Depaul 0–12