Live College Football Rankings

1917 Season

1917 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1917 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
1440.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000LSUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1780.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
120.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000SMUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000TCUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason

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