1932 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 18, 1932By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1932 Season Tags: • No Comments

1932 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	1	0.673	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–0–2	0.667	54	+3	Tied NC State 0–0
2	4	0.836	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Wisconsin 7–6
3	0	0.888	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Ohio State 14–0
4	5	1.136	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
5	-1	1.166	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Loyola Marymount 6–0
6	16	1.186	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Citadel 27–7
7	-2	1.241	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	30	+5	BYE
8	5	1.268	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0–1	0.833	30	+2	Tied Denver 7–7
9	3	1.270	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Ole Miss 13–6
10	5	1.359	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Drake 62–0
11	-1	1.366	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Georgia Tech 6–0
12	8	1.366	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Virginia 22–6
13	19	1.409	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Dartmouth 14–7
14	23	1.415	UCLA	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oregon 12–7
15	4	1.423	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
16	0	1.434	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Alabama 7–3
17	-10	1.470	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Lebanon Valley 52–0
18	29	1.518	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgetown 39–0
19	7	1.552	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Army 18–13
20	-9	1.568	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	2–0–1	0.833	30	+3	Tied Vanderbilt 6–6
21	12	1.586	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat William & Mary 7–0
22	9	1.594	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–0–1	0.875	27	+3	Tied Wake Forest 0–0
23	1	1.627	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Penn State 46–13
24	11	1.627	TCU	IND SWC	4–0–1	0.900	25	+4	Beat Texas A&M 17–0
25	-8	1.652	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Washington & LEE 53–7
26	-5	1.676	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat West Coast Army 26–0
27	-2	1.691	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 14–7
28	15	1.709	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Bucknell 12–0
29	-1	1.714	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	4–0–1	0.900	25	+2	Beat Creighton 18–7
30	0	1.727	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	27	+1	Tied Princeton 0–0
31	7	1.745	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lafayette 35–0
32	-24	1.898	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	39	+4	Lost to Tennessee 3–7
33	24	1.914	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–0–1	0.833	30	+1	Beat Iowa 12–0
34	8	1.918	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	3–0–1	0.875	27	0	Tied Tulane 6–6
35	-1	1.923	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–0–1	0.833	30	0	Beat Knox 20–0
36	10	1.950	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	30	0	BYE
37	21	2.000	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	39	+5	Beat Maryland 34–0
38	16	2.039	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Yale 7–2
39	16	2.082	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	30	0	Tied Washington & Jefferson 6–6
40	35	2.098	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–1	0.667	54	+3	Beat Illinois 26–0
41	36	2.122	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–1–1	0.625	69	+3	Beat BYU 29–0
42	17	2.172	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	39	+2	Beat Illinois Wesleyan 27–0
43	20	2.173	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	39	+2	Beat Oklahoma 17–10
44	16	2.218	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	39	+5	Beat Wofford 19–0
45	-31	2.364	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–1	0.667	54	+2	Lost to Purdue 6–7
46	-28	2.496	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	39	+1	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–14
47	17	2.504	LSU	IND SOCON	2–1–1	0.625	69	+1	Beat Mississippi State 24–0
48	21	2.511	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–1	0.750	39	+3	Beat California 7–2
49	24	2.583	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	30	+1	Beat Arizona 21–0; Beat NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 43–7
50	15	2.613	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	39	0	Beat Western State 39–0
51	-15	2.652	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	38	+1	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–7
52	15	2.680	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	39	0	Beat Missouri 25–0
53	9	2.703	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	54	+3	Beat Iowa State 26–0
54	-14	2.721	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1–1	0.625	69	+2	Lost to UCLA 7–12
55	37	2.741	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Beat New Mexico 30–6
56	30	2.808	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Beat Nebraska 7–6
57	-12	2.843	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	39	+1	Lost to Columbia 6–22
58	-17	2.974	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 13–18
59	2	2.979	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	73	+5	Beat Texas A&M Kingsville 14–0; Lost to TCU 0–17
60	31	2.988	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	39	-1	Beat Seton Hall 46–0
61	-38	2.992	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Lost to Texas 10–17
62	28	3.041	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	39	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 12–0
63	5	3.105	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	39	-1	Beat Catawba 27–0
64	21	3.135	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	54	0	Beat Montana State 13–7
65	-36	3.152	BYU	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	39	-1	Lost to Utah 0–29
66	6	3.171	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	98	+2	Lost to Auburn 0–6
67	-23	3.176	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Lost to Florida 7–27
68	10	3.246	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	76	+3	BYE
69	-17	3.368	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	0	Lost to NEW York University 0–39
70	-17	3.396	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–1	0.750	39	-1	Lost to Northwestern 0–26
71	9	3.534	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–2–1	0.167	113	0	Tied North Carolina 6–6
72	-23	3.534	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–1–2	0.333	98	0	Lost to Brown 2–7
73	1	3.580	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	76	0	Lost to Centenary 6–13
74	-26	3.590	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	76	0	Lost to Michigan 0–14
75	23	3.604	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	73	0	Beat SAN Francisco 6–0
76	8	3.630	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	76	0	Tied Cornell 0–0
77	16	3.645	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–1–1	0.625	69	-1	Tied Colorado State 7–7
78	25	3.683	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	54	-1	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 21–0
79	0	3.729	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	76	0	Lost to Temple 0–12
80	-24	3.771	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	76	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–18
81	-15	3.816	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	76	+2	Beat Olympic Club 12–0
82	23	3.842	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	2–2	0.500	76	0	Beat Montana 19–6
83	-82	3.944	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	76	+1	Lost to Minnesota 6–7
84	26	3.982	SMU	IND SWC	1–2–1	0.375	96	+1	Beat Syracuse 16–6
85	-58	4.189	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 7–9
86	13	4.228	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2–2	0.250	108	0	Tied Georgia 6–6
87	9	4.250	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	98	0	Beat Emory & Henry 6–0
88	-38	4.251	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	54	-2	Lost to Arkansas 6–20
89	6	4.424	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–2–1	0.583	75	-3	Lost to Washington State 2–7
90	-14	4.523	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	76	-2	Lost to Idaho 6–19
91	-3	4.538	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	98	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–62
92	12	4.548	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	95	-1	Beat Rhodes 8–6
93	-42	4.564	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	54	0	Lost to Mckendree 6–14
94	-13	4.715	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	76	-1	Beat Lawrence 25–0
95	12	4.779	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	76	-2	Beat Erskine 19–0
96	-13	4.788	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	76	-1	Tied Carnegie Tech 6–6
97	-58	4.896	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	76	-1	Lost to Northern Colorado 6–30
98	-9	5.012	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	98	-1	Lost to Colgate 0–35
99	-29	5.056	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	76	-2	Lost to Kansas 0–26
100	14	5.090	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	76	-2	Beat NEW Mexico Tech 108–0
101	1	5.146	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–2	0.500	76	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 0–21
102	14	5.156	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–2–1	0.375	96	+2	Beat Baylor 20–6
103	-9	5.182	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	98	-1	Lost to Indiana 0–12
104	-17	5.262	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	108	-2	Lost to Duke 0–34
105	3	5.665	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–1–1	0.500	76	0	Tied Northern Arizona 6–6
106	3	5.769	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–3	0.000	115	-1	BYE
107	-6	5.891	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	76	-2	Lost to SMU 6–16
108	7	6.134	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	108	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 14–0
109	-3	6.190	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	112	-3	Lost to Davidson 0–12
110	2	6.259	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	98	0	Lost to Harvard 13–46
111	-11	6.292	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	98	-2	Lost to LSU 0–24
112	-41	6.592	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	98	-1	Lost to Ohio 0–14
113	-2	7.329	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–3–1	0.125	114	-3	Lost to Wyoming 7–13
114	-17	7.640	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	115	-2	Lost to Utah State 0–39
115	2	7.798	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	115	-4	Lost to Kentucky 7–53
116	4	8.374	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	115	-3	Lost to Kansas State 0–25
117	-4	8.479	Butler (BUTLER)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	98	0	Lost to James Millikin 7–13
118	0	8.750	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	115	-2	BYE
119	-37	9.524	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	0–1–1	0.250	108	-1	Tied Arizona State 6–6
120	-1	9.841	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	115	-2	Lost to Gonzaga 0–6