College Football Ratings
Based on 240 games between 85 teams
played between 9/30/1916 and 1/1/1917

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.78

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Rank  Team                       Div  Rating   W   L   T   PF   PA     PMV   Rk     NMV   Rk     Pow   Rk     Off   Rk     Def   Rk     Sch   Rk 
   1  Brown                      I-A   91.95   3   1   0   63   37   91.51    3   91.29    4   55.56    5   35.50    4   20.06    6   49.06    2  
   2  Colgate                    I-A   91.65   3   1   0   61   10   92.32    1   89.91    6   57.81    4   32.97    7   24.84    2   45.06    4  
   3  Pittsburgh                 I-A   91.44   5   0   0  138   19   89.64    4   92.18    1   64.19    1   43.20    3   20.99    5   40.39    9  
   4  Oregon                     I-A   90.34   3   0   1   80   14   91.72    2   87.96    7   50.98    7   31.53    9   19.45    7   34.48   18  
   5  Yale                       I-A   90.11   7   1   0  157   44   88.58    6   90.62    5   53.09    6   33.96    6   19.13    8   38.97   11  
   6  Washington                 I-A   88.59   3   0   1   62   10   89.62    5   86.61    8   46.57   12   20.29   27   26.28    1   33.57   19  
   7  Army                       I-A   87.71   4   0   0   62   24   83.04    8   91.65    2   41.19   15   25.43   16   15.76   17   31.69   20  
   8  Ohio St.                   I-A   83.81   4   0   0   90   29   75.97   21   91.56    3   36.53   20   29.80   10    6.72   27   21.28   35  
   9  Harvard                    I-A   83.54   4   2   0  101   27   84.62    7   81.70   10   47.36    8   28.25   14   19.11    9   35.02   16  
  10  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   80.99   3   2   0   57   88   78.62   16   82.72    9   34.37   22   24.03   20   10.34   22   40.57    8  
  11  Minnesota                  I-A   80.77   3   1   0  179   14   79.89   13   80.97   13   63.80    2   48.70    1   15.10   18   22.55   32  
  12  Pennsylvania               I-A   79.89   6   2   1   93   51   79.84   14   79.29   14   42.06   14   19.91   29   22.14    3   37.39   12  
  13  Navy                       I-A   79.87   4   3   0  128   62   81.21   12   77.91   16   46.70   10   29.67   12   17.03   12   37.27   13  
  14  Princeton                  I-A   79.32   4   2   0  111   16   81.68   11   76.41   20   46.67   11   25.22   17   21.45    4   30.84   23  
  15  Notre Dame                 I-A   78.93   2   1   0   55   30   75.98   20   81.35   11   30.22   28   24.98   18    5.24   31   21.89   34  
  16  Georgetown                 I-A   78.80   5   1   0  264   18   82.51    9   74.67   22   59.70    3   43.43    2   16.27   15   18.70   39  
  17  Washington & Lee           I-A   78.73   3   2   2  119   51   79.55   15   77.31   18   37.09   19   23.18   22   13.90   20   27.37   27  
  18  Georgia Tech               I-A   77.08   6   0   1  138   20   75.62   22   78.00   15   30.84   26   21.66   25    9.19   23   13.99   44  
  19  California                 I-A   76.99   0   3   0   24   66   81.81   10   71.94   26   34.04   23   32.01    8    2.04   38   48.04    3  
  20  Rutgers                    I-A   76.04   0   2   2   25   46   78.25   18   73.39   25   38.00   18   22.06   23   15.93   16   43.25    6  
  21  Northwestern               I-A   75.80   5   1   0  118   48   70.29   31   81.19   12   21.75   31   15.25   40    6.50   28   10.09   48  
  22  Illinois                   I-A   75.43   3   3   1   74   58   73.00   27   77.43   17   33.08   24   18.06   32   15.03   19   30.80   24  
  23  West Virginia              I-A   75.28   2   2   2   88   29   78.44   17   71.78   28   45.96   13   27.01   15   18.95   10   36.13   15  
  24  Wisconsin                  I-A   75.23   2   2   1   56   75   73.45   26   76.56   19   27.58   29   18.50   31    9.08   24   31.38   21  
  25  Penn St.                   I-A   74.05   4   2   0  139   60   73.60   25   74.05   23   40.33   16   28.49   13   11.84   21   27.17   28  
  26  Dartmouth                  I-A   74.02   2   2   2   79   41   78.11   19   69.73   33   47.27    9   29.67   11   17.60   11   40.94    7  
  27  Cornell                    I-A   72.46   2   2   0   45   66   72.72   28   71.82   27   26.06   30   17.78   33    8.28   25   31.31   22  
  28  Nebraska                   I-A   71.49   5   2   0  124   51   67.68   35   75.13   21   20.15   34   14.10   41    6.05   29    9.72   49  
  29  Chicago                    I-A   71.04   3   3   0   65  103   67.97   34   73.89   24   19.19   35   17.66   34    1.53   41   25.52   30  
  30  Tennessee                  I-A   70.73   5   0   1   91    6   70.68   30   70.46   32   10.03   46    8.24   53    1.79   39   -4.14   70  
  31  Vanderbilt                 I-A   69.99   4   1   1  133   25   71.02   29   68.68   36   18.74   36   16.50   37    2.25   37    0.74   64  
  32  Michigan                   I-A   69.54   2   2   0  107   53   74.65   24   64.52   42   35.73   21   34.76    5    0.98   43   22.23   33  
  33  Virginia Tech              I-A   68.70   4   2   0  129   60   68.27   33   68.88   35   32.26   25   24.09   19    8.17   26   20.76   36  
  34  Missouri                   I-A   68.32   5   1   1   72   21   65.82   38   70.68   31    8.67   48    4.42   64    4.25   32    1.39   63  
  35  Iowa                       I-A   67.92   2   3   0   73  143   64.90   42   70.84   30   10.35   45   20.20   28   -9.85   65   24.35   31  
  36  Iowa St.                   I-A   67.53   2   2   1   62   36   65.99   37   68.89   34   11.83   42    8.15   54    3.68   34    6.63   55  
  37  Lehigh                     I-A   67.03   1   2   1   26   25   70.15   32   63.88   43   30.67   27   13.87   42   16.80   13   30.42   25  
  38  North Carolina             I-A   66.10   5   4   0  134   93   67.08   36   64.97   41   21.72   32   16.06   39    5.67   30   17.17   42  
  39  Kansas St.                 I-A   65.85   2   1   1   21   33   60.94   55   71.00   29    6.44   54    4.75   62    1.70   40    9.44   50  
  40  Syracuse                   I-A   65.77   0   4   0   23   74   74.68   23   57.79   60   38.50   17   21.85   24   16.65   14   51.25    1  
  41  Texas                      I-A   64.57   7   2   0  218   35   65.45   39   63.61   44   12.61   40   11.56   46    1.05   42   -7.72   74  
  42  Kansas                     I-A   64.48   2   3   1   28   72   61.22   53   67.81   37    6.45   53    7.99   55   -1.54   49   13.78   45  
  43  Auburn                     I-A   64.37   4   2   0   74   56   63.16   46   65.51   39    9.32   47   10.36   48   -1.03   46    6.32   57  
  44  Kentucky                   I-A   64.18   1   1   2   13   48   65.07   41   63.22   46   -0.41   65    4.45   63   -4.86   57    8.34   53  
  45  Georgia                    I-A   64.05   6   3   0  121   58   62.70   48   65.36   40   12.34   41    9.70   49    2.63   36    5.34   59  
  46  Sewanee                    I-A   63.97   1   2   2   13   24   65.32   40   62.57   49    6.14   55    2.39   70    3.75   33    8.34   52  
  47  Oregon St.                 I-A   63.73   0   3   0    7   79   61.05   54   66.46   38   15.23   38   19.59   30   -4.36   55   39.23   10  
  48  Rice                       I-A   63.23   5   1   2  299   46   63.51   44   62.90   48   20.23   33   24.00   21   -3.78   54  -11.40   78  
  49  LSU                        I-A   63.03   5   1   2  155   45   64.15   43   61.89   51   11.77   43   10.80   47    0.97   44   -1.98   66  
  50  Tulane                     I-A   62.97   2   3   1   73  146   63.40   45   62.49   50    7.23   51   13.49   43   -6.26   60   19.40   37  
  51  Baylor                     I-A   62.38   6   1   0  156   27   61.81   52   62.94   47    1.33   61    6.14   59   -4.81   56  -17.10   82  
  52  Bucknell                   I-A   62.06   1   5   0   22  244   62.40   50   61.72   52    0.10   64   16.22   38  -16.12   77   37.10   14  
  53  Lafayette                  I-A   61.48   1   4   0   27  122   62.90   47   60.11   56   15.49   37   20.56   26   -5.06   58   34.49   17  
  54  Virginia                   I-A   61.23   3   5   0   85  172   62.50   49   60.01   57    7.02   52   13.14   45   -6.12   59   17.90   40  
  55  Indiana                    I-A   60.47   1   3   1   21   78   57.69   60   63.43   45    2.70   58    4.09   65   -1.39   48   14.10   43  
  56  Alabama                    I-A   60.37   4   3   0   63   62   59.68   56   61.13   54    1.57   60    2.75   69   -1.18   47    1.42   62  
  57  Purdue                     I-A   59.95   0   4   1   26   92   58.75   59   61.24   53    4.21   57    7.56   57   -3.35   53   17.41   41  
  58  West Virginia Wesleyan     I-A   58.78   0   5   0    7  177   57.04   64   60.68   55   10.48   44   17.31   35   -6.83   61   44.48    5  
  59  Texas A&M                  I-A   58.39   4   3   0   91   60   57.64   62   59.28   58    0.16   63    1.90   71   -1.74   50   -4.27   72  
  60  Lebanon Valley             I-A   58.37   0   4   1   17   88   62.29   51   54.81   64   12.74   39    9.20   51    3.55   35   26.94   29  
  61  Davidson                   I-A   58.14   4   3   1  140   54   59.41   57   57.02   61    8.63   49    8.76   52   -0.13   45   -2.12   67  
  62  Oklahoma                   I-A   56.63   2   4   0  102   99   59.08   58   54.47   65    2.50   59   13.27   44  -10.77   68    2.00   61  
  63  Drake                      I-A   55.83   1   4   0   33  140   52.85   71   59.23   59  -12.45   73    7.69   56  -20.14   80    8.95   51  
  64  VMI                        I-A   55.37   1   3   0   71   88   57.67   61   53.39   67    8.20   50   16.94   36   -8.74   63   12.45   46  
  65  Citadel                    I-A   54.67   5   1   1  122   36   53.57   70   56.06   62   -3.38   67    3.46   67   -6.83   62  -15.66   81  
  66  Mississippi College        I-A   54.17   2   3   0   66   96   56.17   65   52.52   69   -7.73   69    5.80   61  -13.53   72   -1.73   65  
  67  TCU                        I-A   53.65   2   2   1  110   85   53.67   69   53.94   66  -12.74   75    3.29   68  -16.03   75  -17.74   83  
  68  Haskell                    I-A   53.57   0   3   0    6   51   54.57   67   52.89   68    4.32   56    6.20   58   -1.87   51   19.32   38  
  69  Mississippi St.            I-A   52.79   2   4   0   71   53   57.49   63   48.78   72   -1.56   66    1.42   73   -2.98   52   -4.56   73  
  70  North Carolina St.         I-A   52.66   1   5   0   11  188   50.29   72   55.49   63    0.42   62    9.27   50   -8.84   64   29.92   26  
  71  Oklahoma St.               I-A   49.25   0   3   0   20   65   55.18   66   44.37   78   -9.52   70    1.82   72  -11.34   70    5.48   58  
  72  Southwestern (TX)          I-A   48.84   1   5   1   60  139   49.39   73   48.78   73  -20.96   78   -4.88   80  -16.07   76   -9.67   76  
  73  Florida                    I-A   48.09   0   5   0    3   95   47.08   76   49.64   70  -11.21   72    0.76   74  -11.97   71    7.19   54  
  74  Austin                     I-A   48.00   1   3   1   22  101   47.21   74   49.31   71  -30.07   82  -14.38   85  -15.69   74  -14.27   79  
  75  Clemson                    I-A   47.62   3   6   0   81  147   47.11   75   48.66   75  -11.21   71   -0.24   77  -10.97   69   -3.87   69  
  76  Wake Forest                I-A   47.41   2   3   0   74   85   46.85   77   48.52   76   -4.84   68    5.80   60  -10.64   67   -2.64   68  
  77  Arkansas                   I-A   46.37   0   4   0   27  103   53.89   68   40.39   83  -12.67   74    3.82   66  -16.49   78    6.33   56  
  78  Washington (MO)            I-A   46.26   0   3   0    7   92   44.50   78   48.68   74  -17.68   76   -2.64   79  -15.05   73   10.65   47  
  79  SMU                        I-A   45.22   0   5   2   15  400   44.33   79   46.74   77  -59.21   85   -6.01   81  -53.20   85   -4.21   71  
  80  Furman                     I-A   42.16   2   5   0   83  167   43.10   80   41.95   80  -21.65   79    0.13   75  -21.79   81   -9.65   75  
  81  Newberry                   I-A   41.68   2   2   0   45   24   42.13   81   41.97   79  -20.36   77  -10.27   83  -10.08   66  -25.61   85  
  82  Presbyterian               I-A   39.53   2   3   0   69  129   38.11   83   41.87   81  -31.46   83   -2.17   78  -29.29   83  -19.46   84  
  83  Mississippi                I-A   39.36   0   5   0   14  175   38.41   82   41.18   82  -27.64   81   -0.10   76  -27.55   82    4.56   60  
  84  South Carolina             I-A   35.30   1   7   0   38  168   34.64   84   36.99   84  -26.88   80   -7.10   82  -19.78   79  -10.63   77  
  85  Wofford                    I-A   31.56   1   6   0   25  210   29.17   85   35.35   85  -40.70   84  -10.50   84  -30.20   84  -14.28   80