1936 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 13, 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	2	0.896	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Gonzaga 26–13
2	9	0.983	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Nebraska 7–0
3	16	1.002	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Clemson 25–0
4	6	1.042	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Maryland 14–0
5	-4	1.042	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois 24–6
6	9	1.069	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Kentucky 34–0
7	-2	1.108	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Pennsylvania 7–0
8	23	1.117	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	36	+5	Beat Centenary 19–0
9	4	1.136	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Ohio State 6–0
10	8	1.161	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat SAN Francisco 15–7
11	49	1.183	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	43	+1	Beat Oklahoma 6–0
12	12	1.188	LSU	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	36	+3	Beat Georgia 47–7
13	3	1.225	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Mississippi State 7–0
14	-7	1.228	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Western State 26–0
15	13	1.239	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Virginia 35–14
16	10	1.250	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SMU 7–0
17	-15	1.288	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Columbia 27–16
18	5	1.303	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Penn State 13–0
19	22	1.317	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	36	+2	Beat Bucknell 6–0
20	-11	1.342	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Dakota State 40–7
21	52	1.441	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	51	+4	Beat Arizona State 18–0
22	14	1.444	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colorado State 14–7
23	-11	1.533	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat ST. Louis 32–6
24	39	1.563	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Grinnell 12–0
25	34	1.564	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Dartmouth 7–0
26	-1	1.578	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Arizona 41–0
27	8	1.650	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wisconsin 35–14
28	28	1.683	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Brown 28–0
29	4	1.688	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 25–0
30	4	1.689	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Idaho 14–0
31	8	1.721	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	36	+1	Beat Tennessee 6–0
32	0	1.750	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 14–6
33	4	1.858	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Central (IOWA) 44–14
34	40	1.899	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	51	+4	Beat UCLA 14–0
35	12	1.900	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston College 14–0
36	14	1.904	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 14–3
37	16	1.925	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	36	0	Tied Ole Miss 0–0
38	6	1.925	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	36	0	Tied Missouri 7–7
39	7	1.944	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carnegie Tech 7–0
40	-34	1.949	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	51	+4	Lost to LSU 7–47
41	4	1.953	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Geneva 33–0
42	20	1.961	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 13–6
43	-29	1.989	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	74	+1	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–6
44	4	2.008	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 7–0
45	24	2.014	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 3–0
46	20	2.033	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	43	0	Tied Kansas State 7–7
47	20	2.033	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 20–0
48	-26	2.243	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	74	+1	Lost to Minnesota 0–7
49	-28	2.440	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–1	0.750	43	+2	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–34
50	25	2.445	TCU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	43	+2	Beat Tulsa 10–7
51	-9	2.549	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	51	+2	Lost to North Carolina 0–14
52	32	2.687	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–1	0.750	43	+1	Beat Oregon State 7–0
53	-24	2.690	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Holy Cross 0–7
54	-11	2.709	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	42	+1	Lost to Tulane 0–19
55	-35	2.754	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to Denver 7–14
56	36	2.766	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	43	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 28–7
57	23	2.774	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	51	+2	Beat Wofford 32–0
58	30	2.778	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat Oklahoma State 46–12
59	18	2.842	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	+3	Lost to Duke 0–25
60	44	2.881	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–13
61	21	2.882	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 26–6
62	-8	2.927	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Fordham 0–7
63	15	2.930	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	51	+2	Beat Citadel 13–7
64	-34	2.951	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to USC 6–24
65	-4	2.981	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Alabama 0–7
66	-17	3.001	UCLA	PAC	3–1	0.750	43	0	Lost to Washington 0–14
67	47	3.005	BYU	IND SKY	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Beat Northern Colorado 33–0
68	32	3.077	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat South Dakota 33–7
69	17	3.085	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	BYE
70	-12	3.106	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Navy 14–35
71	40	3.113	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	51	0	Beat Baylor 14–10
72	-1	3.119	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Miami 0–6
73	8	3.119	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	BYE
74	-4	3.125	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	73	0	Lost to Santa Clara 7–15
75	-48	3.265	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	43	+3	Lost to Wichita State 0–6
76	-36	3.288	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Villanova 0–13
77	-26	3.321	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Yale 0–7
78	-40	3.357	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Texas 0–6
79	-27	3.371	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Army 16–27
80	-16	3.523	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 13–26
81	20	3.585	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	100	0	Tied George Washington 0–0
82	7	3.612	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2–1	0.167	121	0	Tied Oregon 7–7
83	29	3.660	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	-1	Beat Florida 7–0
84	-16	3.663	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	51	-1	Lost to Arizona 0–18
85	21	3.712	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1–1	0.500	74	0	Tied Stanford 7–7
86	-69	3.713	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to Rhodes 0–12
87	10	3.739	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	122	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–7
88	10	3.812	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–2	0.000	122	0	Lost to Indiana 3–14
89	7	3.899	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Auburn 0–6
90	5	3.978	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Purdue 14–35
91	-87	3.998	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–7
92	16	4.097	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	118	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–3
93	-38	4.199	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	74	-1	Lost to TCU 7–10
94	16	4.199	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1–1	0.500	74	0	Beat Kansas 21–7
95	-19	4.252	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	0	Lost to Davidson 13–38
96	-9	4.458	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Utah 0–26
97	-32	4.472	Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	51	0	Lost to Samford 6–14
98	-90	4.492	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Iowa State 7–21
99	-8	4.595	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 6–14
100	-21	4.606	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	-2	Lost to Furman 7–13
101	2	4.660	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	74	-1	Tied Butler 6–6
102	15	4.757	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	74	-3	Beat William & Mary 14–0
103	6	4.788	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Beat Idaho State 45–13
104	18	4.792	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Beat Colorado College 6–3
105	-3	4.827	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to West Virginia 7–28
106	1	4.842	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to California 0–7
107	11	4.880	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to Washington State 0–14
108	-14	5.004	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to BYU 0–33
109	4	5.068	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	74	0	Lost to Creighton 0–12
110	-27	5.252	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	74	-1	Lost to Birmingham Southern 0–6
111	5	5.440	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	-1	Beat Pennsylvania Military 26–0
112	13	5.456	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	-2	Beat Erskine 14–0
113	-14	5.465	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	101	-2	Lost to Arkansas 10–14
114	1	5.467	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	122	0	BYE
115	6	5.597	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–2	0.333	101	-2	Beat Regis 27–6
116	10	5.901	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	118	-3	Lost to Manhattan 6–13
117	-60	6.161	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	74	0	Lost to Baldwin Wallace 0–19
118	13	6.253	UTEP	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	74	0	Beat NEW Mexico Military 13–6
119	0	6.256	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Marquette 6–32
120	-48	6.334	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1–2	0.500	74	0	Lost to Franklin & Marshall 0–13
121	-1	6.429	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to New Mexico State 0–41
122	1	6.543	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Harvard 0–28
123	-30	6.739	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	122	-3	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–14
124	0	6.841	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	118	-4	Lost to Wake Forest 0–32
125	-40	7.103	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	122	-2	Lost to Montana State 3–6
126	-21	7.431	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to Emporia State 7–14
127	2	7.521	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	122	-2	Lost to Utah State 0–25
128	0	8.570	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	122	-1	Lost to Detroit Mercy 12–46
129	-39	8.958	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	122	-1	BYE
130	0	10.012	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	122	-6	Lost to Presbyterian 0–14
131	-4	11.091	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–3	0.000	122	-1	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–13