1936 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 1936By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1936 Season Tags: • No Comments

1936 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	36	0.892	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 55–0
2	31	1.092	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 31–0
3	92	1.092	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 38–7
4	45	1.108	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 20–7
5	-3	1.121	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 20–0
6	0	1.133	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 32–6
7	89	1.133	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 26–0
8	-5	1.133	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 24–7
9	27	1.142	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mercer 15–6
10	97	1.192	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 19–0
11	-7	1.204	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 6–0
12	80	1.208	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 7–6
13	9	1.242	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western State 13–0
14	68	1.242	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 13–0
15	12	1.250	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado Mines 20–8
16	45	1.250	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 18–6
17	80	1.250	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 12–0
18	38	1.292	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 14–7
19	47	1.292	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 14–7
20	-11	1.485	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
21	-5	1.485	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
22	-3	1.485	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
23	-3	1.485	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
24	-1	1.485	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
25	6	1.485	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
26	6	1.485	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
27	8	1.485	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
28	10	1.485	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
29	10	1.485	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
30	13	1.485	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
31	14	1.485	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	73	0	Tied Northern Iowa 0–0
32	14	1.485	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
33	18	1.485	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
34	20	1.485	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
35	23	1.485	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
36	26	1.485	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
37	28	1.485	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
38	31	1.485	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
39	31	1.485	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
40	31	1.485	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
41	31	1.485	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0–1	0.500	73	0	Tied Tulsa 0–0
42	34	1.485	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
43	34	1.485	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
44	35	1.485	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
45	38	1.485	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
46	40	1.485	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
47	41	1.485	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
48	42	1.485	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
49	44	1.485	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	73	0	Tied Oklahoma 0–0
50	48	1.485	UTEP	IND BOR	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
51	60	1.485	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
52	60	1.485	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	102	0	BYE
53	-29	1.583	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alfred 74–0
54	70	1.600	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 7–0
55	64	1.608	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 13–6
56	-30	1.717	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 58–0
57	-49	1.758	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburg State 53–0
58	20	1.758	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 53–0
59	5	1.767	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Panhandle State 58–6
60	20	1.808	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 47–0
61	-32	1.817	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 52–6
62	-52	1.825	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 45–0
63	-23	1.825	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bates 45–0
64	35	1.825	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 45–0
65	-12	1.833	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Southern 44–0
66	-38	1.867	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 40–0
67	49	1.900	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 21–0
68	-63	1.917	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 34–0
69	-52	1.917	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lawrence 34–0
70	-22	1.925	Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Spring Hill 33–0
71	20	1.925	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SAM Houston State 39–6
72	33	1.933	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bradley 32–0
73	52	1.946	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centre 50–7
74	-22	1.967	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 28–0
75	-41	1.975	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emory & Henry 27–0
76	-21	1.975	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wayne State 27–0
77	29	1.975	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 27–0
78	-63	1.979	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 14–0; Beat CALIFORNIA-DAVIS 39–0
79	-54	1.992	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 25–0
80	-30	1.992	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Bonaventure 32–7
81	19	1.992	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania Military 32–7
82	12	2.004	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Occidental 21–0; Beat POMONA-PITZER 26–0
83	45	2.029	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 40–6
84	-27	2.033	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Millsaps 20–0
85	-44	2.042	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 25–6
86	37	2.047	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois Wesleyan 21–7
87	35	2.058	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Redlands 20–7
88	22	2.058	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 24–7
89	12	2.067	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 26–10
90	-60	2.083	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 14–0
91	-47	2.083	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carleton 14–0
92	-18	2.083	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Portland 14–0
93	-12	2.083	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	71	0	Beat Fresno State 14–0
94	-83	2.092	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 13–0
95	-48	2.092	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Hays State 13–0
96	-11	2.092	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 31–18
97	-8	2.092	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 13–0
98	-91	2.100	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whittier 12–0
99	-32	2.142	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Tech 7–0
100	3	2.142	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 13–6
101	-88	2.150	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ursinus 6–0
102	27	2.150	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0–1	0.750	71	0	Tied Randolph Macon 7–7
103	-19	2.150	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 6–0
104	27	2.171	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 12–6
105	-63	2.175	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depaul 9–6
106	-105	2.424	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–24
107	-89	2.485	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Duke 0–6
108	5	2.514	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	73	+1	Beat NC State 14–6
109	-7	2.521	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–14
110	-6	2.521	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Minnesota 7–14
111	-90	2.703	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Denver 8–20
112	-52	2.703	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Utah State 0–12
113	-4	2.703	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Navy 6–18
114	-27	2.739	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Santa Clara 0–13
115	-7	2.739	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Colorado State 0–13
116	-57	2.958	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Washington State 0–19
117	0	3.151	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Tulane 6–7
118	-3	3.176	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	84	0	Lost to Furman 0–31
119	-105	3.212	BYU	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Arizona 6–32
120	-52	3.212	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Utah 0–26
121	-3	3.280	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Georgia 6–15
122	-2	3.386	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to LSU 7–20
123	-48	3.394	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to USC 7–38
124	6	3.578	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Texas Tech 0–7
125	-11	3.612	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	84	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–55
126	1	3.683	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Clemson 0–20
127	-1	5.005	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	73	-1	Lost to Davidson 6–14
128	-7	5.703	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	84	-1	Lost to Citadel 6–13
129	-56	11.903	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Oklahoma City 6–9
130	-67	12.012	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to Western NEW Mexico 0–6
131	-119	12.776	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	84	0	Lost to UConn 0–27