1931 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 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	15	1.031	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 40–0
2	13	1.090	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 34–0
3	29	1.140	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rice 19–6
4	26	1.179	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Indiana 25–0
5	12	1.308	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 25–13
6	23	1.308	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Nebraska 19–7
7	2	1.328	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat California 14–0
8	-7	1.407	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Texas A&M 7–0
9	36	1.452	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 21–6
10	36	1.491	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Carolina 13–0
11	-1	1.566	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana 25–0
12	19	1.595	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 67–6
13	31	1.600	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Knox 67–6
14	-3	1.600	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 47–0
15	48	1.610	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 20–7
16	25	1.610	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 54–0
17	58	1.625	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wyoming 3–0
18	37	1.640	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 55–6
19	23	1.645	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (NEW YORK) 51–0
20	27	1.650	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 61–0
21	22	1.680	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 20–0
22	37	1.700	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clemson 44–0
23	54	1.704	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 20–0
24	15	1.709	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 37–6
25	57	1.729	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Carnegie Tech 10–7
26	57	1.744	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 7–6
27	29	1.749	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 31–0
28	25	1.759	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 49–0
29	-26	1.764	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 14–0
30	22	1.779	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 45–0
31	48	1.797	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Idaho 9–0
32	-9	1.814	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lawrence 39–0
33	18	1.814	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 13–0
34	-28	1.853	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
35	38	1.868	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma Teachers 46–0
36	-12	1.898	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central Michigan 27–0; Beat EASTERN MICHIGAN 34–0
37	-19	1.923	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bates 28–0
38	26	1.932	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	62	0	Tied Geneva 14–14
39	-5	1.932	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 27–0
40	-26	1.942	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 26–0
41	9	1.942	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	60	0	Beat Santa Clara 6–0
42	-9	1.952	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Swarthmore 32–7
43	-16	1.964	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
44	-9	1.967	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Reserve 28–0; Beat COE 19–0
45	-33	1.972	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Edward's 23–0
46	12	1.977	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albright 19–7
47	21	1.987	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcdaniel 25–7
48	-27	1.992	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburg State 28–7
49	23	2.002	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 18–0
50	11	2.007	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gettysburg 13–6
51	15	2.012	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Iowa 12–0
52	-30	2.012	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 19–0
53	-15	2.012	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maine 19–0
54	22	2.022	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
55	25	2.027	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–0–1	0.833	60	0	Tied Rhodes 0–0
56	25	2.032	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ellensburg 26–7
57	-20	2.041	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bradley 33–6; Beat NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12–7
58	27	2.051	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 27–10
59	-40	2.061	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Louis 20–6
60	27	2.071	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hendrix 19–0
61	27	2.101	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Morningside 20–6
62	27	2.116	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois College 18–7
63	-37	2.131	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 13–6
64	31	2.441	USC	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	+2	Beat Oregon State 30–0
65	-58	2.949	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–25
66	-17	2.981	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	64	0	Lost to Creighton 0–3
67	-62	2.994	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	+2	Lost to Florida 0–34
68	25	3.183	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Albertson 52–0
69	-12	3.192	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	64	0	Lost to Oklahoma 6–19
70	-68	3.229	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–13
71	-6	3.241	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	64	0	Lost to Tulane 0–7
72	-2	3.348	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	64	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–20
73	-19	3.473	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Northwestern 7–19
74	-7	3.508	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Washington & Jefferson 7–10
75	3	3.562	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Maryland 6–7
76	-7	3.581	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Oregon 0–9
77	20	3.755	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	101	0	BYE
78	-30	3.784	TCU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	62	+1	Lost to Tulsa 0–13
79	5	3.788	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Utah State 6–21
80	6	3.820	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Fordham 7–20
81	-45	3.841	UCLA	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	99	0	Lost to Washington State 0–13
82	-22	3.869	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Georgia 0–40
83	7	3.876	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–14
84	-56	3.885	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Denver 0–14
85	16	3.930	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	64	0	Beat Washington & LEE 7–0
86	-78	3.934	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	64	-1	Lost to USC 0–30
87	5	4.044	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–25
88	-68	4.144	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
89	11	4.404	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	101	0	BYE
90	-65	4.620	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	101	0	Lost to Texas 0–31
91	-17	4.733	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	64	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–7
92	10	4.902	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	97	0	Lost to Alabama 6–55
93	1	4.905	LSU	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	-1	Beat Spring Hill 35–0
94	-32	5.011	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	-1	Lost to Davidson 0–7
95	11	5.036	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	64	0	Beat Nevada 18–14
96	0	5.106	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–0
97	-84	5.182	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	0–1–1	0.250	99	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–44
98	-58	5.861	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to UTEP 13–27
99	-95	5.998	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Haskell 0–6
100	9	6.312	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Pomona Pitzer 19–0
101	-30	6.317	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to California Tech 0–13
102	8	6.349	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Western Michigan 20–0
103	5	6.367	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	72	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 19–6
104	0	6.378	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1	0.500	72	0	BYE
105	-14	6.442	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Mississippi College 2–6
106	-1	7.935	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	97	-1	Lost to Duke 0–13
107	0	8.620	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	101	0	Lost to Washington 0–25
108	-10	9.420	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	101	-1	BYE
109	-10	10.328	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	101	-1	BYE
110	-7	12.533	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	101	-1	Lost to Furman 7–36