1936 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 20, 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	6	0.642	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Navy 12–7
2	12	0.927	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Denver 31–6
3	2	0.936	USC	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+5	Tied Washington State 0–0
4	13	0.947	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Harvard 32–0
5	-2	1.013	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Georgia Tech 19–6
6	-2	1.054	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat NEW York University 14–13
7	-5	1.056	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Michigan 26–0
8	0	1.056	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+7	Beat Colgate 28–6
9	16	1.240	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Manhattan 13–7
10	3	1.242	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+5	Tied Tennessee 0–0
11	-10	1.242	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Loyola Marymount 19–7
12	12	1.322	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Drake 13–6
13	-1	1.339	LSU	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+5	Beat Ole Miss 13–0
14	9	1.347	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Kansas State 13–0
15	33	1.402	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	49	+4	Beat Indiana 13–9
16	4	1.431	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ohio State 14–13
17	-1	1.439	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Waynesburg 20–6
18	-8	1.483	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat San José State 20–0
19	22	1.492	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Pittsburgh 7–0
20	11	1.531	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+3	Beat Detroit Mercy 6–0
21	8	1.567	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat BYU 13–0
22	8	1.611	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	22	+3	Tied USC 0–0
23	9	1.614	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Wisconsin 27–0
24	-3	1.614	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	2–1–1	0.625	59	+4	Tied Centenary 13–13
25	2	1.617	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Chicago 35–7
26	-20	1.657	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	3–1	0.750	34	+5	Lost to Duke 6–19
27	-8	1.661	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	22	+2	Beat Rollins 26–0
28	11	1.665	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Missouri 13–0
29	8	1.669	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	3–0–1	0.875	22	+2	Beat Arkansas 13–6
30	15	1.671	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat TCU 18–7
31	13	1.692	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bucknell 19–0
32	-14	1.696	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mcdaniel 13–0
33	-24	1.792	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	34	+5	Lost to Duquesne 0–7
34	0	1.841	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–1	0.750	34	+6	Beat Oregon State 19–7
35	-20	1.892	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	34	+5	Lost to Yale 7–12
36	21	2.156	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	34	+5	Beat Clemson 6–0
37	14	2.181	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	34	+4	Beat Virginia 21–0
38	39	2.202	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	49	+2	Beat Princeton 7–0
39	-17	2.224	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	3–1	0.750	34	+3	Lost to Utah 6–31
40	26	2.247	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	30	+4	Beat California 17–6
41	24	2.306	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	34	+2	Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 32–0
42	20	2.322	SMU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	34	+2	Beat Vanderbilt 16–0
43	10	2.335	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	34	+1	Beat Brown 34–0
44	43	2.412	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	+4	Beat Temple 7–0
45	9	2.440	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	34	+2	Tied Arizona 13–13
46	3	2.453	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–1	0.800	30	+2	Beat Washington & LEE 39–7
47	32	2.510	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	49	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–0
48	-6	2.527	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	34	+2	Lost to Holy Cross 7–13
49	24	2.559	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	49	+1	Beat Syracuse 20–7
50	-17	2.573	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	34	0	Lost to Creighton 6–13
51	5	2.797	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	30	0	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 15–0
52	-14	2.807	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–1–1	0.625	59	+1	Lost to Marquette 0–13
53	-25	2.830	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	49	+1	Lost to Army 0–32
54	31	2.961	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–1–1	0.625	59	+1	Beat Idaho 13–0
55	-5	2.980	TCU	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	68	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 7–18
56	22	2.982	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1–1	0.625	59	+1	Beat Kansas 14–0
57	7	3.007	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	59	+1	Tied Iowa 0–0
58	10	3.053	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	59	0	Tied Illinois 0–0
59	-24	3.054	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	30	-1	Lost to Carnegie Tech 0–7
60	-2	3.057	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	+1	Lost to Auburn 0–6
61	13	3.101	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	59	0	BYE
62	21	3.131	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	68	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 14–0
63	28	3.152	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	49	+1	Beat Stetson 32–0
64	-4	3.157	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	73	+3	BYE
65	-10	3.225	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–1–1	0.625	59	0	Tied Wyoming 0–0
66	-40	3.227	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	34	+1	Lost to NEW Mexico Military 6–13
67	0	3.231	BYU	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	73	+2	Lost to Utah State 0–13
68	24	3.294	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	93	+2	Beat Georgia 13–6
69	25	3.309	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1–1	0.625	59	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 38–0
70	5	3.314	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–1	0.750	34	+3	BYE
71	-10	3.359	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to Tulane 6–28
72	-20	3.415	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	68	0	Lost to UCLA 6–17
73	-37	3.429	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1	0.667	49	-1	Lost to Nebraska 9–13
74	-63	3.453	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Baylor 18–21
75	-4	3.494	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to George Washington 6–13
76	-7	3.500	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 7–19
77	-31	3.508	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1–1	0.500	73	0	Lost to Michigan State 0–13
78	-35	3.523	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Northwestern 13–14
79	-39	3.534	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	73	+1	Lost to Rice 6–13
80	-33	3.548	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	49	-1	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–7
81	-9	3.568	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to Georgetown 0–19
82	2	3.618	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	49	-1	BYE
83	20	3.622	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–2	0.500	73	0	Beat Gonzaga 6–0
84	-25	3.735	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	93	+2	Lost to Wake Forest 0–6
85	-3	3.748	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2–1	0.167	126	0	BYE
86	14	3.859	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	68	-1	Beat Presbyterian 25–0
87	42	3.867	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	73	0	Beat Colorado Mines 33–0
88	1	3.881	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	99	0	Tied Alabama 0–0
89	24	4.039	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	73	-2	Beat Texas 21–18
90	-20	4.140	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Lost to Maryland 0–21
91	-10	4.145	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–3–1	0.300	108	-1	Lost to LSU 0–13
92	-2	4.164	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–3	0.250	109	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–27
93	15	4.230	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Beat Montana State 13–0
94	-31	4.455	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Lost to NC State 0–27
95	23	4.516	UTEP	IND BOR	2–1	0.667	49	0	Beat New Mexico 12–7
96	24	4.574	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–1–2	0.600	68	0	Beat Emory & Henry 20–6
97	19	4.574	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	93	-2	Beat Furman 27–0
98	-5	4.675	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	73	-2	BYE
99	-13	4.699	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–2	0.500	73	0	Lost to SMU 0–16
100	-5	4.790	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	93	0	Lost to Columbia 0–38
101	-21	5.081	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	-2	Lost to Montana 0–6
102	3	5.095	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	109	-2	Lost to Kentucky 7–39
103	-5	5.245	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 0–14
104	3	5.258	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–3	0.250	109	-2	Lost to Oregon 0–13
105	-8	5.267	Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	73	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 0–32
106	-18	5.276	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–3	0.000	128	-1	Lost to Minnesota 0–26
107	-6	5.361	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	99	-2	Lost to Purdue 7–35
108	2	5.462	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	73	-2	Tied Samford 0–0
109	-7	5.518	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	93	-5	Lost to South Carolina 0–14
110	-4	5.581	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	109	-3	Lost to Washington 7–19
111	0	5.826	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	-2	Lost to North Carolina 13–14
112	-36	5.840	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	0	Lost to Lehigh 6–7
113	-9	6.111	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	109	-4	Lost to Northern Colorado 0–13
114	-15	6.323	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	109	-1	Lost to Boston University 0–6
115	-19	6.354	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	109	0	Lost to Idaho State 0–12
116	-7	6.443	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	93	0	Lost to Carleton 13–21
117	6	6.640	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	109	-6	Beat Guilford 38–0
118	9	6.676	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–2–1	0.167	126	-2	Tied Colorado State 0–0
119	-7	6.890	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	109	-5	Lost to Citadel 0–25
120	-3	6.907	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	101	-1	Lost to Cornell 7–20
121	3	6.987	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	109	-6	BYE
122	-7	7.131	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–3	0.250	109	-5	Lost to Colorado 0–33
123	-1	7.475	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	109	-2	Lost to Dartmouth 0–34
124	4	7.519	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	109	-2	Beat Washburn 6–0
125	5	7.613	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	109	-7	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 12–0
126	-7	7.732	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	109	0	Lost to North Dakota 6–13
127	-6	8.473	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–3	0.250	109	-1	Lost to Fresno State 6–31
128	-2	8.710	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	109	-5	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–6
129	-4	8.767	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	128	-4	BYE
130	1	10.176	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–4	0.000	128	-2	Lost to UTEP 7–12
131	-17	10.767	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	128	-1	Lost to Tennessee Wesleyan 7–19