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1931 Week 8 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
120.842Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–0–10.83327+3Beat Drake 63–0
201.017Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+5Beat North Carolina 32–7
3101.298Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+5Beat Alabama 25–0
441.325Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+7Beat Vanderbilt 19–0
5-11.353ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat SAN Francisco 14–6
6151.405Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–01.0001+5Beat Denver 12–6
7-61.422Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–0–10.83327+2Beat UCLA 19–0
841.427USCPAC3–10.75035+9Beat Oregon 53–0
9131.427Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Dartmouth 19–6
1051.429Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–0–10.90021+6Beat Oregon State 25–7
11231.480Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Army 14–13
12-71.489NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Rutgers 27–7
13301.576Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–0–10.87523+3Beat Purdue 21–14
1431.628Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Western Reserve 32–0
1511.643SMUIND SWC4–01.0001+5Beat Rice 21–12
16101.648Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Florida 33–12
1731.657Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Stetson 27–0
1851.665Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–0–10.87523+3Tied Kentucky 6–6
1981.692Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Princeton 33–0
20-21.744Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–0–10.83327+1Tied Maryland 6–6
21111.761Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–0–10.87523+2Tied Holy Cross 6–6
22161.767Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Kansas 13–0
23191.818Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON2–0–10.83327+1Beat Georgia Tech 13–0
24-51.826Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Mcdaniel 13–12
2581.868Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Manhattan 33–0
2641.870Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1BYE
27-21.893Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Tufts 38–12
2871.919Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87523+1Tied Bucknell 0–0
29-231.936Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–10.75035+3Lost to Harvard 13–14
3091.952New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat NEW Mexico Military 25–0
31101.965Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Lehigh 32–0
3281.987Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–0–20.750350Tied Temple 0–0
3342.022Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON4–0–10.90021+1Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 6–0
34-242.221Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON3–10.75035+3Lost to Tulane 0–19
35102.266Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75035+4BYE
36132.369Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–10.75035+3Beat Idaho 38–7
37-232.386Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON3–10.75035+2Lost to Tennessee 0–25
38-142.411Purdue (PURDUE)B103–10.75035+2Lost to Wisconsin 14–21
3972.411Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–10.75035+5Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 40–0
40-292.507Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–10.80032+4Lost to USC 0–53
41182.537Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–10.66754+2Beat Michigan 20–7
42-132.630Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–10.750350Lost to Columbia 6–19
43142.655TCUIND SWC5–10.83327+6Beat Texas A&M 6–0
44-372.666Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–10.66754+3Lost to Notre Dame 0–63
45102.691Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–10.800320Beat Montana State 32–13
46102.727Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–10.800320Beat Haskell 39–0
47-112.735Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–10.750350Lost to Utah State 6–12
48162.737LSUIND SOCON3–10.75035+1Beat Mississippi State 31–0
49132.750California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–10.75035+2Beat Washington State 13–7
5002.805Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75035-1Beat Illinois Wesleyan 34–6
51182.814Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–10.66754+2Beat Arkansas 19–7
52312.846Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–10.66754+1Beat BYU 43–0
53-62.879Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–10.66754+1BYE
54-62.898Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–10.66754+1BYE
55-32.941Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–1–10.62569+2Tied William & Mary 6–6
56202.947Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–10.75035+4Beat Marquette 7–0
5763.046Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–1–10.62569+3Tied Davidson 0–0
58163.059Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–10.66754+1Beat Chicago 27–0
5973.165Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–10.75035-1Beat Oklahoma 3–0
60-293.166Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.750350Lost to Ohio State 7–20
61-83.306Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60072+1Lost to Stanford 7–25
62-23.337Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–1–10.625690Tied Duquesne 0–0
6393.340Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–10.667540Beat Delaware 12–7
64-553.368Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON1–1–10.50075+1Lost to Syracuse 12–33
65103.381Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–10.75035-1Beat Boston College 12–6
66-383.402Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.66754-1Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–7
67-163.652Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–20.60072-1Lost to TCU 0–6
68-143.656Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–20.60072+1Lost to SMU 12–21
6913.666Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.66754-1Beat Bradley 20–0
70143.783West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–20.50075+1Beat Washington & LEE 19–0
7173.831Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.66754-1BYE
72-283.946Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC3–10.750350Lost to ST. Louis 6–43
73214.070Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–10.667540Beat Northern Colorado 9–7
74124.073Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–10.66754-2Beat Missouri 9–7
75234.096Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–10.66754+2Beat New Mexico State 25–7
7654.096Indiana (INDIANA)B101–1–10.500750Tied Iowa 0–0
77-94.173Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–20.333900Lost to Cornell 0–33
78-174.290North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–2–10.375880Lost to Georgia 7–32
7914.298Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–10.500750BYE
8024.401Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–10.66754+2BYE
81-104.518Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–20.50075-2Lost to California 7–13
82-34.571Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–20.50075+1Lost to Kansas State 0–13
83-184.595Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.50075-1Lost to Baylor 7–19
84-264.644Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–20.50075-2Lost to Washington 7–38
8524.760Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333900Lost to Auburn 0–13
86185.038Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–20.33390-1Beat Colorado Mines 19–0
87-205.058Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–20.33390+1Lost to Texas 0–3
88-35.077Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–3–10.30097-1Lost to Wyoming 13–32
89-125.296Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–3–10.30097-2Lost to Virginia Military Institute 3–18
9035.493South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–20.33390-1BYE
9115.499Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–2–10.50075-3Tied Duke 0–0
92-15.553Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–30.25099-1BYE
93135.634Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–2–10.500750Beat Virginia 18–3
94-65.837Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–20.50075-1Lost to Creighton 0–40
95-66.155BYUIND SKY2–20.50075-1Lost to Utah 0–43
96-236.361Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–2–10.37588+1Lost to Citadel 0–6
97-26.373New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–30.40087-2Lost to Arizona State 7–25
9846.674Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–30.000107-2Lost to Colorado 7–9
99-36.845Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON1–30.25099-4Lost to West Virginia 0–19
10057.030Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–20.33390-1BYE
101-47.265Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–30.000107-3Lost to Colorado College 7–9
10267.366UCLAPAC0–2–10.167105-2Lost to Northwestern 0–19
103-47.568Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–30.25099-2Lost to Yale 0–27
104-37.604Iowa (IOWA)B100–2–10.167105-2Tied Indiana 0–0
105-27.736Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–30.25099-2Lost to LSU 0–31
106-67.784Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–30.250990Lost to Dickinson 6–10
107-177.907NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–30.25099-3Lost to Wake Forest 0–6
10828.263Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–20.33390-1Beat NC State 6–0
109-29.557Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–30.000107-4Lost to Western State 0–19
110-110.205Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–30.000107-3BYE

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