College Football Ratings
Based on 289 games between 98 teams
played between 9/24/1920 and 1/1/1921

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.98

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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  California                 I-A   99.75   5   0   0  195    7   95.00    1  103.48    1   64.92    1   49.70    1   15.21   13   27.32   26  
   2  Ohio St.                   I-A   90.59   5   1   0   58   48   84.63    4   95.99    2   36.82   14   21.04   25   15.78    9   35.16   10  
   3  Harvard                    I-A   87.27   4   0   1  105   28   86.97    2   86.77    6   51.66    2   31.64    5   20.02    2   36.26    7  
   4  Princeton                  I-A   86.60   5   0   1  127   17   85.83    3   86.58    7   47.69    5   29.18    8   18.51    4   29.35   22  
   5  Wisconsin                  I-A   86.15   4   1   0   54   29   81.99   13   89.71    4   33.44   20   21.31   24   12.13   15   28.44   24  
   6  Pittsburgh                 I-A   85.09   5   0   2   99   44   84.18    6   85.27   10   46.06    6   28.22   10   17.84    5   38.20    5  
   7  Washington St.             I-A   84.87   2   1   0   49   69   79.04   17   90.34    3   35.32   16   30.14    6    5.18   36   41.99    1  
   8  Notre Dame                 I-A   84.83   4   0   0   90   24   82.45    9   86.53    8   39.87   10   28.31    9   11.56   18   23.37   37  
   9  Penn St.                   I-A   84.53   4   0   2  110   21   84.26    5   84.07   11   50.09    3   27.89   11   22.21    1   35.26    9  
  10  Illinois                   I-A   84.33   5   2   0   97   37   82.01   12   85.98    9   34.97   17   23.02   18   11.95   17   26.40   29  
  11  VMI                        I-A   83.88   6   0   0  145   20   83.97    7   83.09   12   36.52   15   26.27   15   10.25   23   15.68   48  
  12  Michigan                   I-A   82.13   3   2   0   51   21   82.04   11   81.58   13   31.28   26   20.03   27   11.25   20   25.28   34  
  13  Stanford                   I-A   81.42   2   1   0   13   38   74.58   28   88.21    5   30.90   27   15.23   43   15.67   10   39.23    3  
  14  Syracuse                   I-A   81.34   3   1   1   52   17   82.25   10   79.82   14   39.69   11   20.70   26   18.99    3   32.69   15  
  15  Georgia Tech               I-A   80.57   7   1   0  277   10   83.22    8   77.43   18   50.06    4   33.23    4   16.83    7   16.69   46  
  16  Chicago                    I-A   79.27   2   4   0   36   27   80.37   15   77.63   16   31.62   23   16.23   39   15.39   11   30.12   20  
  17  Dartmouth                  I-A   78.86   4   2   0  107   47   80.41   14   76.81   22   44.48    8   29.96    7   14.53   14   34.48   11  
  18  Oklahoma                   I-A   78.73   5   0   1  160   44   79.78   16   77.16   20   26.11   35   24.41   16    1.71   49    6.78   63  
  19  Iowa                       I-A   77.96   4   2   0   79   54   77.86   18   77.55   17   29.51   30   21.52   23    7.98   30   25.34   33  
  20  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   76.94   2   2   0   35   21   77.50   19   75.90   24   37.71   13   21.55   22   16.16    8   34.21   12  
  21  Georgia                    I-A   76.85   8   0   1  250   17   76.18   23   77.03   21   31.55   24   23.12   17    8.44   28    5.66   66  
  22  Yale                       I-A   76.84   4   2   0   80   46   76.66   20   76.53   23   34.70   18   22.75   20   11.95   16   29.03   23  
  23  Indiana                    I-A   75.70   4   2   0   82   48   75.73   24   75.21   26   26.54   34   18.38   31    8.16   29   20.88   38  
  24  Missouri                   I-A   75.35   5   1   0   71   61   74.59   27   75.68   25   16.37   47   13.18   47    3.19   46   14.70   49  
  25  Nebraska                   I-A   75.28   2   3   1   82   77   76.34   21   73.81   27   31.54   25   22.88   19    8.66   27   30.71   19  
  26  Pennsylvania               I-A   74.66   2   4   0   77  126   76.25   22   72.71   31   32.44   21   27.72   12    4.72   39   40.61    2  
  27  Oregon St.                 I-A   74.60   1   2   1   10   45   70.67   40   78.31   15   29.50   31   11.97   53   17.54    6   38.25    4  
  28  Oregon                     I-A   74.36   1   1   1   17   10   71.19   39   77.26   19   30.04   29   18.82   29   11.23   21   27.71   25  
  29  Kansas                     I-A   73.56   3   2   1   64   60   75.08   25   71.70   33   19.03   43   13.95   46    5.07   37   18.36   43  
  30  Alabama                    I-A   73.23   7   1   0  229   35   73.13   33   72.96   29   18.03   45   17.20   35    0.84   53   -6.22   86  
  31  Auburn                     I-A   73.12   5   2   0  291   47   74.84   26   71.09   34   40.81    9   35.92    3    4.88   38    5.95   65  
  32  Virginia                   I-A   72.30   2   2   2   34   53   71.53   36   72.73   30   23.01   37   13.10   48    9.91   25   26.17   30  
  33  North Carolina St.         I-A   71.91   6   2   0  203   85   70.37   42   73.15   28   28.64   32   27.11   13    1.53   50   13.89   50  
  34  Northwestern               I-A   71.77   2   4   0   52   90   73.31   32   69.95   36   20.69   40   16.57   37    4.12   43   27.02   27  
  35  Centre                     I-A   71.74   4   2   0  274   62   74.13   30   69.12   38   45.80    7   44.34    2    1.47   51   10.47   54  
  36  Navy                       I-A   71.32   2   2   0   82   35   71.45   37   70.88   35   37.81   12   26.82   14   10.98   22   26.06   31  
  37  Iowa St.                   I-A   70.39   3   3   0   81   42   74.35   29   66.38   45   20.14   42   14.92   44    5.22   35   13.64   52  
  38  Lehigh                     I-A   70.33   1   2   2   30   48   71.34   38   69.07   39   28.40   33   18.36   33   10.04   24   32.00   16  
  39  Lafayette                  I-A   70.23   1   3   0   34   40   72.83   34   67.47   42   34.68   19   19.40   28   15.28   12   36.18    8  
  40  West Virginia              I-A   70.06   2   4   1   54  113   69.93   44   69.92   37   22.71   39   18.36   32    4.35   42   31.14   17  
  41  Maryland                   I-A   69.98   3   2   0   30   48   68.03   50   71.71   32   20.63   41   16.09   41    4.54   41   24.23   36  
  42  Brown                      I-A   69.72   1   3   0   30   55   73.64   31   65.78   46   30.11   28   18.74   30   11.37   19   36.36    6  
  43  Cornell                    I-A   69.62   2   2   0   69   48   71.85   35   67.22   44   31.83   22   22.62   21    9.20   26   26.58   28  
  44  Texas                      I-A   68.73   7   0   0  178    6   69.16   47   68.08   41   13.97   52   14.05   45   -0.08   55  -10.61   93  
  45  Vanderbilt                 I-A   68.02   4   3   1  135  124   68.43   48   67.40   43   15.04   48   16.75   36   -1.70   60   13.67   51  
  46  Colorado St.               I-A   67.11   6   1   1  152   14   69.70   45   64.44   49   25.13   36   17.68   34    7.45   31    7.88   61  
  47  Tulane                     I-A   67.03   4   1   1   70   21   65.09   55   68.85   40    4.91   63    4.20   71    0.72   54   -3.25   79  
  48  Minnesota                  I-A   66.49   0   6   0   21   89   70.41   41   62.63   54   18.07   44   12.77   49    5.31   34   29.41   21  
  49  Kansas St.                 I-A   66.30   0   3   1   14   48   70.07   43   62.59   55   11.91   54    7.30   62    4.62   40   20.41   39  
  50  Furman                     I-A   65.65   8   1   0  253   16   65.75   53   65.41   48   17.21   46   15.96   42    1.25   52   -9.13   90  
  51  Washington                 I-A   65.16   0   4   0    7   51   66.07   52   64.14   51   22.73   38   16.49   38    6.24   32   33.73   14  
  52  Drake                      I-A   65.06   1   4   1   37  114   69.39   46   60.89   59    4.08   65    7.76   59   -3.68   67   16.92   44  
  53  Washington & Lee           I-A   64.96   3   3   0   56  125   65.54   54   64.27   50    8.61   58   12.39   52   -3.78   69   20.11   40  
  54  Purdue                     I-A   64.70   0   5   0    7   89   67.21   51   62.18   56   14.71   50   12.40   51    2.31   48   31.11   18  
  55  Rutgers                    I-A   63.72   2   5   0   25   91   64.24   57   63.13   52   14.80   49   11.01   56    3.79   44   24.23   35  
  56  Mississippi St.            I-A   63.61   3   3   0   59   68   61.55   59   65.66   47    2.41   67    5.39   66   -2.97   63    3.91   67  
  57  Washington (MO)            I-A   62.28   1   4   0   60   90   68.29   49   56.77   70    6.95   61   11.78   55   -4.83   74   12.95   53  
  58  Texas A&M                  I-A   62.13   5   1   1  119    7   62.48   58   61.76   58    7.22   60    7.55   61   -0.33   57   -8.78   89  
  59  Tennessee                  I-A   61.14   4   2   0  102   40   60.43   64   61.88   57    6.65   62   10.06   57   -3.40   66   -3.68   82  
  60  Colorado College           I-A   60.19   4   1   1   81   61   60.83   63   59.59   63    9.67   57   12.51   50   -2.84   61    6.34   64  
  61  Utah St.                   I-A   59.86   2   1   0   36   27   61.16   62   58.63   64   11.49   56   11.82   54   -0.33   56    8.49   60  
  62  LSU                        I-A   59.48   2   3   1   51   63   58.36   67   60.68   60   -2.95   73    2.97   78   -5.92   75   -0.95   76  
  63  TCU                        I-A   59.43   5   1   0   80   97   56.38   70   62.72   53   -7.36   80    3.26   75  -10.62   82   -4.53   83  
  64  Colorado                   I-A   59.40   4   1   2   99   28   61.41   61   57.52   68   12.63   53    9.94   58    2.68   47    2.49   69  
  65  Rice                       I-A   58.99   3   2   2   57   28   59.58   65   58.48   65   -0.40   69    2.53   80   -2.93   62   -4.55   84  
  66  Davidson                   I-A   58.67   4   5   0   88  129   57.84   68   59.60   62    4.55   64    7.64   60   -3.09   64    9.11   57  
  67  Colgate                    I-A   58.32   0   4   0   13   91   61.47   60   55.43   72   14.58   51   16.13   40   -1.55   59   34.08   13  
  68  Grinnell                   I-A   58.20   0   2   1   20   57   64.39   56   52.70   79   -1.94   72    5.57   65   -7.51   78   10.39   55  
  69  North Carolina             I-A   57.85   2   6   0   16   91   56.10   71   59.77   61    7.46   59    3.68   73    3.79   45   16.84   45  
  70  Virginia Tech              I-A   56.05   0   6   0   19  105   58.72   66   53.66   77   11.50   55    6.13   64    5.37   33   25.83   32  
  71  Utah                       I-A   55.74   1   3   1   12   92   57.58   69   54.14   75    4.04   66    4.69   69   -0.65   58   20.04   41  
  72  Presbyterian               I-A   54.90   4   1   1   69   21   52.67   77   57.44   69   -7.70   81   -3.24   88   -4.46   72  -15.70   96  
  73  South Carolina             I-A   54.78   5   4   0   82  140   51.89   80   58.06   66   -6.77   78    3.25   76  -10.02   80   -0.33   74  
  74  Arkansas                   I-A   54.75   2   2   1   28   22   55.08   73   54.63   74   -8.58   82   -4.22   91   -4.35   71   -9.78   91  
  75  Sewanee                    I-A   54.13   2   3   1   63   81   52.54   78   56.01   71   -3.88   76    2.91   79   -6.79   76   -0.88   75  
  76  Clemson                    I-A   53.45   4   6   1   98  146   52.31   79   54.88   73   -1.43   70    2.49   81   -3.91   70    2.94   68  
  77  Kentucky                   I-A   53.01   0   3   1   13   89   53.22   76   53.07   78   -3.09   74    0.64   82   -3.74   68   15.91   47  
  78  Birmingham-Southern        I-A   52.80   2   3   0   41  155   48.34   85   57.97   67  -22.24   90   -2.67   85  -19.57   91    0.56   72  
  79  Austin                     I-A   52.59   2   3   0   78   72   54.70   74   50.82   81   -7.35   79    6.41   63  -13.76   85   -8.55   88  
  80  Wyoming                    I-A   52.07   2   5   1   41   99   55.25   72   49.34   83    1.47   68    4.77   68   -3.30   65    8.72   59  
  81  Denver                     I-A   50.92   2   4   0   26   82   53.71   75   48.59   87   -1.55   71    3.23   77   -4.78   73    7.78   62  
  82  Southwestern (TX)          I-A   49.15   1   4   0   23   95   49.83   82   48.86   84  -17.88   88   -2.81   86  -15.07   87   -3.48   80  
  83  Oglethorpe                 I-A   49.11   3   4   1  110  159   47.44   87   51.23   80  -10.75   84    4.23   70  -14.98   86   -4.63   85  
  84  Baylor                     I-A   48.97   2   4   1   25   80   49.67   83   48.66   86  -16.24   86   -6.60   95   -9.64   79   -8.38   87  
  85  Mississippi College        I-A   48.93   1   4   0   30  161   44.93   90   53.72   76  -29.71   93   -2.64   84  -27.07   95   -3.51   81  
  86  Citadel                    I-A   48.28   2   6   0   79  166   48.28   86   48.69   85   -8.95   83    3.76   72  -12.72   84    1.92   70  
  87  Wake Forest                I-A   48.18   0   6   0   14  170   47.33   88   49.46   82   -6.58   77    5.09   67  -11.67   83   19.42   42  
  88  SMU                        I-A   46.61   0   5   1    3   83   49.63   84   44.21   93  -15.23   85   -4.68   93  -10.55   81   -1.90   77  
  89  Phillips                   I-A   45.90   0   4   0    0   97   46.80   89   45.50   92  -22.94   91   -3.85   89  -19.09   90    1.31   71  
  90  Colorado Mines             I-A   44.44   0   6   0   23  104   50.55   81   39.54   96   -3.69   75    3.65   74   -7.34   77    9.81   56  
  91  Florida                    I-A   44.29   2   3   0   51   91   41.51   92   47.82   88  -20.16   89   -2.98   87  -17.18   88  -12.16   94  
  92  Tennessee-Chattanooga      I-A   43.18   1   3   1   34  109   40.30   93   46.89   90  -31.14   95   -8.59   97  -22.54   93  -16.14   97  
  93  Erskine                    I-A   42.96   2   3   0   44   87   39.84   94   46.94   89  -24.28   92   -4.63   92  -19.65   92  -15.68   95  
  94  Samford                    I-A   42.47   1   5   0   47  289   39.11   95   46.78   91  -39.96   97   -4.11   90  -35.85   98    0.37   73  
  95  Oklahoma St.               I-A   42.31   0   5   0    7  139   42.27   91   42.94   94  -17.66   87    0.27   83  -17.93   89    8.74   58  
  96  Wofford                    I-A   36.38   0   8   0   21  237   36.98   96   36.57   97  -30.23   94   -6.27   94  -23.96   94   -3.23   78  
  97  Newberry                   I-A   35.03   1   7   0   25  231   31.44   97   39.95   95  -36.04   96   -8.21   96  -27.83   96  -10.29   92  
  98  Mercer                     I-A   28.15   0   5   0   19  145   25.01   98   32.85   98  -50.46   98  -18.24   98  -32.22   97  -25.26   98