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1931 Week 9 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
100.651Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–0–10.87519+8Beat Pittsburgh 25–12
261.141USCPAC4–10.80024+14Beat California 6–0
3-11.152Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON4–01.0001+8Beat Vanderbilt 9–0
431.199Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–0–10.87519+6Beat Ohio State 10–0
551.281Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–0–20.83323+8Tied Washington 0–0
6-11.300ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI5–01.0001+10Beat Gonzaga 13–7
7-41.330Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON5–01.0001+7Beat North Carolina 7–0
841.332NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6Beat Colgate 13–0
961.332SMUIND SWC5–01.0001+10Beat Centenary 19–0
10-61.368Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON5–01.0001+9Beat Georgia Tech 33–0
1101.382Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Texas 35–7
12-61.409Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY5–01.0001+9Beat Wyoming 12–0
1371.493Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON3–0–10.87519+4Beat Virginia Tech 20–6
14-51.500Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat Williams 19–0
1531.568Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–0–10.90016+6Beat Virginia Military Institute 41–20
1651.598Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–0–10.90016+4Beat Drake 46–0
17-11.621Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Penn State 7–0
18131.643Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Wisconsin 27–13
19181.697Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON4–10.80024+6Beat Sewanee 33–0
20-11.707Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1BYE
2111.786Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Oklahoma 14–0
2251.901Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–01.0001+1Beat Lehigh 33–0
2391.906Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI3–0–20.800240Beat Gettysburg 46–0
2451.914Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70049+4Tied Yale 6–6
2531.999Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–0–10.90016+1Beat Haskell 6–0
2642.007New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat Occidental 14–0
27252.163Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–10.75039+5Beat Denver 46–0
2882.241Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–1–10.70049+4Tied Stanford 0–0
29192.248LSUIND SOCON4–10.80024+4Beat Arkansas 13–6
3052.250Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–10.80024+4Beat Iowa 34–0
31-172.259Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–10.80024+2Lost to Notre Dame 12–25
32-192.337Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–1–10.70049+4Lost to Pennsylvania 13–27
3372.350Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–1–10.75039+4Tied North Dakota 0–0
34-172.357Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI4–10.80024+2Lost to SMU 0–19
3582.436TCUIND SWC6–10.85722+8Beat Hardin Simmons 6–0
36142.445Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80024+1Beat Georgetown 6–0
37192.450Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–10.80024+8Beat West Virginia 9–7
38192.450Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70049+5Beat Wake Forest 28–0
39-12.466Purdue (PURDUE)B104–10.80024+3Beat Carnegie Tech 13–6
40-152.484Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–10.800240Lost to NEW York University 0–13
4112.490Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–10.800240Beat Lebanon Valley 20–6
42222.500Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON2–1–10.62560+3Beat Auburn 13–12
43102.553Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–10.75039+3Beat Kansas 6–0
44-182.687Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–10.75039+1Lost to ST. Mary's 7–13
45152.732Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–10.80024+1Beat Illinois 35–0
46192.846Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–10.80024-1Beat Baltimore 61–6
47162.861Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–10.75039+1Beat Princeton 15–0
48-152.901Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON4–1–10.750390Lost to Alabama 0–33
49-152.960Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON3–20.60064+3Lost to Georgia 0–9
50172.963Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC4–20.66753+1Beat Baylor 33–7
51102.978Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–20.66753+1Beat Oregon College 37–0
52142.994Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–10.75039-1Beat Boston College 7–0
5353.104Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62560+1Tied Army 6–6
54253.163Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66753+1Beat Colorado 19–6
55203.177Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–10.75039+4Beat Northern Arizona 20–6
56153.188Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–10.75039-1Beat Missouri 20–0
57-163.219Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–20.50071+2Lost to Northwestern 0–10
58-343.242Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–10.80024+2Lost to Lafayette 0–21
59173.254Indiana (INDIANA)B102–1–10.62560+1Beat Chicago 32–6
6083.294Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–20.66753+1Beat Arizona 32–0
61-163.311Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–20.66753-1Lost to Utah State 0–12
62-73.365Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–2–10.50071+2Lost to Kentucky 6–20
63-143.440California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–20.60064+2Lost to USC 0–6
64-413.614Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON2–1–10.625600Lost to Florida 12–13
65-213.655Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–20.50071+3Lost to Fordham 0–46
66-73.702Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–20.60064-1Lost to Harvard 7–35
6763.821Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–10.667530BYE
68-213.832Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–20.60064-1Lost to Utah 0–46
69-233.852Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–20.667530Lost to Oklahoma City 0–13
70-163.943Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50071-1Lost to Purdue 6–13
7114.010Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC3–10.750390BYE
7294.016Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–20.60064-2Beat Montana 13–0
73-114.029Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–2–10.50071-1Lost to Michigan State 0–6
74164.076South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–20.500710Beat Clemson 21–0
75-54.309West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–30.400840Lost to Detroit Mercy 7–9
76-374.370Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC3–20.60064+4Lost to Tulsa 0–28
77-264.375Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–20.50071-1Lost to Texas A&M 7–33
78-94.383Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–20.50071-2Lost to Michigan 0–35
7954.548Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–20.50071-2BYE
80-24.737North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–3–10.30091-1Lost to Tennessee 0–7
81144.832BYUIND SKY3–20.600640Beat Western State 31–0
82-54.860Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–30.25095-1Lost to Navy 0–15
83-14.879Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–30.40084+1Lost to Nebraska 0–6
8434.881Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–30.25095+1Lost to Kansas State 0–14
85-114.901Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–20.50071-3Lost to Colorado State 6–19
86-35.141Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–30.40084-3Lost to LSU 6–13
87155.174UCLAPAC1–2–10.37590-2Beat Pomona Pitzer 46–0
8845.227Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–3–10.30091-1Tied Rhodes 20–20
89-95.237Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–20.50071+1Lost to Arizona State 6–20
9015.540Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–2–20.50071-4Tied Erskine 0–0
9125.617Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–3–10.417830Lost to Maryland 20–41
9275.658Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–30.40084-4Beat Virginia 18–0
93-85.716Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON1–30.25095-1Lost to Tulane 0–33
94-65.926Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–3–10.30091-3BYE
95-96.086Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–30.25095-3Lost to BYU 0–31
9616.337New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR2–30.40084-3BYE
97-86.850Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–4–10.25095-7Lost to Washington & LEE 0–18
9877.227Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–30.25095-2BYE
9977.281Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–40.2001030Lost to Syracuse 0–7
100-47.291Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–3–10.30091-1Lost to South Carolina 0–21
101-77.373Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–30.40084-2Lost to Centre 2–14
10227.586Iowa (IOWA)B100–3–10.125106-4Lost to Minnesota 0–34
10307.792Chicago (CHICAGO)B101–40.200103-3Lost to Indiana 6–32
104-47.892Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–30.25095-4Lost to Rice 0–32
105-77.960Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–40.000107-5Lost to Iowa State 0–20
10628.475Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–30.25095-3Lost to Duke 0–28
10708.637NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–40.200103-5Lost to Catholic 7–12
108-78.652Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–30.000107-5BYE
109110.079Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–40.000107-5Lost to Washington State 0–13
110-111.982Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–40.000107-7Lost to Texas Tech 0–46

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