Live College Football Rankings

1937 Season

1937 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

1937 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
100.156Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR1–01.00010Beat Northern Arizona 6–0
2-10.173NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Davidson 6–2
3-20.220Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.000160BYE
4-30.220Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–00.000160BYE
5-40.220Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR0–00.000160BYE
6-50.220Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.000160BYE
7-60.220Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
8-70.220Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000160BYE
9-80.220Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.000160BYE
10-90.220Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
11-100.220Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
12-110.220Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
13-120.220BYUIND SKY0–00.000160BYE
14-130.220California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.000160BYE
15-140.220Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
16-150.220Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.000160BYE
17-160.220Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
18-170.220Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
19-180.220Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
20-190.220Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
21-200.220Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
22-210.220Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
23-220.220Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
24-230.220Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
25-240.220Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
26-250.220Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
27-260.220Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
28-270.220Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
29-280.220Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
30-290.220Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.000160BYE
31-300.220Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
32-310.220George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
33-320.220Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
34-330.220Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.000160BYE
35-340.220Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–00.000160BYE
36-350.220Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
37-360.220Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
38-370.220Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
39-380.220Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.000160BYE
40-390.220Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000160BYE
41-400.220Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000160BYE
42-410.220Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000160BYE
43-420.220Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.000160BYE
44-430.220Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.000160BYE
45-440.220Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.000160BYE
46-450.220Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.000160BYE
47-460.220LSUSEC0–00.000160BYE
48-470.220Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
49-480.220Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
50-490.220Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
51-500.220Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
52-510.220Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000160BYE
53-520.220Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
54-530.220Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000160BYE
55-540.220Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.000160BYE
56-550.220Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.000160BYE
57-560.220Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.000160BYE
58-570.220Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.000160BYE
59-580.220Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
60-590.220Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
61-600.220Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.000160BYE
62-610.220New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR0–00.000160BYE
63-620.220New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–00.000160BYE
64-630.220NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
65-640.220North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
66-650.220Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
67-660.220Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.000160BYE
68-670.220Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
69-680.220Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000160BYE
70-690.220Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.000160BYE
71-700.220Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
72-710.220Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.000160BYE
73-720.220Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.000160BYE
74-730.220Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
75-740.220Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
76-750.220Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
77-760.220Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
78-770.220Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.000160BYE
79-780.220Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.000160BYE
80-790.220Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–0–10.500120Tied Newport News 6–6
81-800.220Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
82-810.220Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–00.000160BYE
83-820.220SMUIND SWC0–00.000160BYE
84-830.220ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
85-840.220ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
86-850.220Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.000160BYE
87-860.220Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
88-870.220TCUIND SWC0–00.000160BYE
89-880.220Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
90-890.220Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.000160BYE
91-900.220Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.000160BYE
92-910.220Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.000160BYE
93-920.220Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.000160BYE
94-930.220Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
95-940.220UCLAPAC0–00.000160BYE
96-950.220USCPAC0–00.000160BYE
97-960.220Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
98-970.220Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
99-980.220UTEPIND BOR0–00.000160BYE
100-990.220Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.000160BYE
101-1000.220Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
102-1010.220Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
103-1020.220Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
104-1030.220Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
105-1040.220Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.000160BYE
106-1050.220Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–00.000160BYE
107-1060.220Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
108-1070.220Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.000160BYE
109-1080.220West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
110-1090.220Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
111-1100.220William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.000160BYE
112-1110.220Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000160BYE
113-1120.220Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.000160BYE
114-1130.220Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.000160BYE
115-1140.551Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–10.000130Lost to NC State 2–6
116-1150.627Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–10.000130Lost to Texas Tech 0–6
117-1161.793Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Central (IOWA) 47–0
118-1171.802Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Presbyterian 46–0
119-1181.871Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Wofford 38–0
120-1191.871South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Emory & Henry 45–7
121-1201.966Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI1–0–10.750110Beat Louisiana College 39–12; Tied NORTHWESTERN STATE 0–0
122-1211.966Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Redlands 27–0
123-1222.027Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Roanoke 27–7
124-1232.035Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Newberry 19–0
125-1242.139SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat ST. Mary's (TEXAS) 7–0
126-12510.151Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–10.000130Lost to Elon 6–12

1937 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1937 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
120.000Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
11030.000Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11120.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000BYUIND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11170.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
11100.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1960.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
11210.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11010.000Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11090.000Idaho (IDAHO)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11190.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1620.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
100.000LSUSEC0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11000.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Montana (MONTANA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
11080.000Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11220.000New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11060.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11160.000Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11240.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
11140.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1990.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
110.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
11020.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11300.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1850.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
11250.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
180.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1970.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
160.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000UTEPIND BOR0–00.00010Preseason
1980.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11200.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11230.000Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11110.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11260.000Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
11290.000William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11050.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
11040.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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