College Football Ratings
Based on 296 games between 96 teams
played between 9/18/1926 and 1/1/1927

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.69

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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  Carnegie Tech              I-A   96.93   3   1   0   59   17   97.14    1   96.23    2   41.41    2   26.61    5   14.80    3   30.91    2  
   2  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   96.44   2   0   1   30    9   94.57    2   97.86    1   37.20    6   19.29   17   17.91    1   30.20    4  
   3  Notre Dame                 I-A   91.31   8   1   0  133   38   90.99    3   91.23    4   37.26    5   20.80   11   16.46    2   26.71   10  
   4  Navy                       I-A   89.58   5   0   1  112   61   87.20    7   91.63    3   33.93   10   24.35    8    9.58   16   25.43   13  
   5  Michigan                   I-A   88.78   7   1   0  191   38   87.96    6   89.22    5   43.46    1   29.10    3   14.36    4   24.33   14  
   6  Stanford                   I-A   88.71   4   0   1  119   47   88.40    5   88.66    7   40.03    3   28.46    4   11.57    9   25.63   12  
   7  Pittsburgh                 I-A   87.59   3   1   1   60   43   85.70   10   89.16    6   31.07   13   20.71   13   10.36   11   27.67    7  
   8  Southern Cal               I-A   86.31   5   2   0  173   46   89.37    4   83.03   10   39.53    4   29.54    2    9.99   15   21.39   22  
   9  Army                       I-A   86.25   2   1   1   81   49   86.12    8   86.05    8   35.60    7   29.69    1    5.91   32   27.60    8  
  10  Alabama                    I-A   84.65   8   0   1  195   27   85.35   11   83.65    9   35.11    8   24.72    6   10.39   10   16.44   47  
  11  Northwestern               I-A   84.31   5   1   0  114   19   86.03    9   82.32   11   32.97   12   21.35   10   11.63    8   17.14   43  
  12  Ohio St.                   I-A   83.56   4   1   0   96   36   84.86   12   81.98   12   32.99   11   24.40    7    8.59   19   20.99   24  
  13  Minnesota                  I-A   80.12   2   3   0   70   57   81.17   15   78.82   16   34.08    9   23.76    9   10.31   12   31.48    1  
  14  Syracuse                   I-A   79.58   2   1   1   60   39   82.37   13   76.64   20   28.14   15   19.03   18    9.11   18   22.89   17  
  15  Colgate                    I-A   78.65   1   2   2   81   58   81.77   14   75.43   23   26.99   16   20.51   14    6.48   28   22.39   18  
  16  Washington St.             I-A   78.28   4   1   0   43   28   75.77   20   80.64   14   21.15   27    8.72   62   12.43    6   18.15   37  
  17  Oregon St.                 I-A   78.13   4   1   0  102   24   79.24   17   76.81   19   30.90   14   18.73   19   12.17    7   15.30   52  
  18  Brown                      I-A   77.89   3   0   1   48   10   79.54   16   76.05   21   22.98   25   12.90   46   10.08   13   13.48   60  
  19  Vanderbilt                 I-A   77.86   5   1   0   74   42   76.20   19   79.33   15   26.31   18   17.07   22    9.23   17   20.97   25  
  20  Illinois                   I-A   77.31   3   2   0   29   26   77.24   18   77.16   18   24.61   23   11.73   50   12.88    5   24.01   15  
  21  Washington                 I-A   76.79   4   2   0   88   60   75.70   21   77.70   17   25.57   19   19.87   16    5.70   33   20.91   26  
  22  SMU                        I-A   76.25   5   0   1  102   47   71.74   29   80.83   13   25.57   20   20.79   12    4.78   36   16.41   48  
  23  Purdue                     I-A   75.32   2   2   1   43   53   74.83   23   75.62   22   20.07   30   13.37   43    6.70   26   22.07   19  
  24  Wisconsin                  I-A   75.11   4   2   1   84   72   74.93   22   75.11   24   21.30   26   15.07   31    6.24   29   19.59   29  
  25  Missouri                   I-A   74.21   5   1   2  122   33   73.60   25   74.65   25   26.40   17   17.84   20    8.56   20   15.27   53  
  26  Nebraska                   I-A   73.89   5   2   0  108   39   74.30   24   73.31   27   25.29   21   17.54   21    7.75   25   15.43   50  
  27  Pennsylvania               I-A   72.86   3   1   1   43   13   72.57   27   72.99   29   21.05   28   11.05   54   10.00   14   15.05   54  
  28  Tennessee                  I-A   72.57   5   1   0  102   27   72.92   26   72.08   31   24.94   22   20.30   15    4.65   37   12.44   61  
  29  Kansas St.                 I-A   71.54   4   2   0   73   28   72.36   28   70.59   34   24.54   24   16.11   27    8.43   21   17.04   44  
  30  Furman                     I-A   71.14   7   0   0  115   21   68.69   34   73.55   26   12.79   50   11.52   52    1.27   48   -0.64   76  
  31  West Virginia              I-A   70.72   1   4   0   28   77   69.77   31   71.56   33   18.11   34   15.41   30    2.70   39   27.91    6  
  32  TCU                        I-A   70.23   2   1   2   46   41   68.18   36   72.23   30   19.40   31   11.53   51    7.87   23   18.40   34  
  33  Oklahoma                   I-A   69.44   4   2   1   90   52   70.14   30   68.64   35   20.45   29   13.90   38    6.55   27   15.02   56  
  34  Princeton                  I-A   69.30   2   1   1   42   41   66.93   41   71.64   32   13.86   47   12.24   49    1.62   46   13.61   59  
  35  Georgia Tech               I-A   68.83   4   4   0   81   80   69.17   33   68.39   36   18.06   35   14.27   36    3.79   38   17.94   39  
  36  Baylor                     I-A   68.42   3   1   1   49   61   63.91   52   73.14   28   14.27   44   13.43   41    0.84   50   16.67   46  
  37  Oklahoma St.               I-A   68.21   3   3   1   79   86   68.07   37   68.26   37   17.84   36   16.38   24    1.47   47   18.84   32  
  38  LSU                        I-A   67.58   4   3   0   47   45   69.18   32   65.94   45   17.75   37    9.86   56    7.89   22   17.46   42  
  39  Georgia                    I-A   67.43   4   4   0  115  115   67.20   40   67.58   39   15.36   41   16.74   23   -1.38   60   15.36   51  
  40  Columbia                   I-A   67.30   2   3   0   50   63   67.95   38   66.58   44   14.33   43   12.26   48    2.08   44   16.93   45  
  41  Utah                       I-A   66.90   5   0   0  134   16   68.33   35   65.43   46   10.50   59   16.21   25   -5.71   78  -13.10   88  
  42  Grinnell                   I-A   66.73   3   1   1   52   17   65.47   45   67.95   38   16.87   38    9.11   58    7.76   24    9.87   67  
  43  Oregon                     I-A   66.10   1   4   0   42   88   65.14   46   67.01   42   16.59   39   16.12   26    0.47   51   25.79   11  
  44  Indiana                    I-A   66.05   2   5   0   49  130   64.93   47   67.13   41   11.48   53   14.37   35   -2.90   70   23.05   16  
  45  Cornell                    I-A   65.75   2   1   1   67   64   64.65   49   66.82   43   11.03   57   14.67   32   -3.64   73   10.28   65  
  46  Texas                      I-A   65.66   2   4   0   61   56   66.56   44   64.72   48   19.15   32   14.13   37    5.03   35   18.32   35  
  47  Iowa St.                   I-A   65.54   3   3   1   31   60   63.60   53   67.49   40   13.49   48    7.87   66    5.62   34   17.63   41  
  48  Penn St.                   I-A   65.29   0   4   0    6   65   66.79   43   63.77   50   14.63   42   12.98   44    1.65   45   29.38    5  
  49  Idaho                      I-A   64.92   1   4   1   33   75   64.92   48   64.88   47   11.06   55    8.79   60    2.28   42   18.06   38  
  50  Iowa                       I-A   64.82   1   5   0   52  110   67.87   39   61.86   57   11.90   52   14.49   34   -2.59   65   21.57   21  
  51  Arkansas                   I-A   64.63   2   4   0   65   61   66.92   42   62.38   53   18.35   33   15.96   28    2.40   41   17.69   40  
  52  Yale                       I-A   64.61   3   4   0   52   79   64.60   50   64.59   49   11.06   56    8.45   64    2.61   40   14.92   57  
  53  Chicago                    I-A   63.68   2   6   0   47  116   63.99   51   63.35   51   10.66   58   11.36   53   -0.70   54   19.29   30  
  54  Texas A&M                  I-A   62.91   2   3   1   60   59   63.10   54   62.72   52   15.98   40   13.79   39    2.18   43   15.81   49  
  55  Mississippi St.            I-A   61.75   2   4   0   40   91   62.20   58   61.30   58    9.72   61   10.75   55   -1.03   58   18.22   36  
  56  Montana                    I-A   61.71   1   4   0   45  151   61.14   61   62.29   54   -2.02   79   15.83   29  -17.85   94   19.18   31  
  57  Presbyterian               I-A   61.62   4   2   0   68   16   63.06   55   60.20   61    4.59   67    5.35   74   -0.76   55   -4.08   83  
  58  Drake                      I-A   61.17   2   6   0   60  118   60.29   62   62.07   55   12.62   51   13.57   40   -0.95   57   19.87   28  
  59  California                 I-A   60.72   0   5   0   33  129   61.20   60   60.27   60   11.32   54   14.58   33   -3.26   71   30.52    3  
  60  Virginia                   I-A   60.49   4   2   1   66   53   59.04   65   61.99   56    4.96   66    5.90   72   -0.95   56    3.10   72  
  61  Auburn                     I-A   60.33   3   3   0   71   46   61.70   59   59.01   65   14.04   45   12.92   45    1.12   49    9.88   66  
  62  Tulane                     I-A   60.14   2   4   1   31   39   62.80   56   57.62   69   13.90   46    7.98   65    5.93   31   15.05   55  
  63  Washington & Lee           I-A   59.36   3   3   2   58   94   57.55   68   61.25   59    3.48   68    6.04   71   -2.56   64    7.98   69  
  64  Harvard                    I-A   59.17   1   3   0   23   57   59.22   63   59.17   64    5.95   64    8.62   63   -2.67   67   14.45   58  
  65  Davidson                   I-A   59.17   5   1   1   70   21   59.14   64   59.24   63    2.67   71    3.00   81   -0.33   53   -4.33   84  
  66  Dartmouth                  I-A   58.92   1   4   0   62   64   62.61   57   55.48   73    9.92   60   12.74   47   -2.82   69   10.32   64  
  67  South Carolina             I-A   56.92   5   4   0  118   62   57.77   67   56.16   71    2.85   70    7.05   69   -4.20   75   -3.37   81  
  68  Kansas                     I-A   56.39   1   6   0   20  129   53.23   81   59.81   62    5.49   65    9.19   57   -3.70   74   21.07   23  
  69  Virginia Tech              I-A   56.11   3   3   1   57   80   55.23   73   57.09   70    0.57   75    5.27   75   -4.69   76    3.86   71  
  70  Mississippi                I-A   55.89   2   4   0   40   76   56.40   71   55.46   74    6.15   63    7.62   67   -1.47   61   12.15   62  
  71  Maryland                   I-A   55.66   2   4   1   43   72   55.41   72   56.00   72    0.75   73    4.32   77   -3.58   72    4.89   70  
  72  Citadel                    I-A   55.60   3   2   0   33   31   53.30   80   58.08   66   -3.39   80   -0.77   86   -2.62   66   -3.79   82  
  73  Montana St.                I-A   55.56   4   1   1   52   36   53.44   78   57.85   67   -6.74   83   -4.02   92   -2.73   68   -9.41   85  
  74  Michigan St.               I-A   55.47   0   3   0   23  117   53.42   79   57.69   68   -4.17   81   13.40   42  -17.57   93   27.16    9  
  75  Kentucky                   I-A   55.42   1   5   1   59   84   57.45   69   53.55   80    7.02   62    7.05   70   -0.02   52   10.59   63  
  76  Wake Forest                I-A   54.99   3   3   1   67   33   56.65   70   53.47   81    2.64   72    3.72   80   -1.08   59   -2.21   79  
  77  North Carolina             I-A   54.54   4   5   0   59   74   55.03   74   54.15   78    0.64   74    2.90   82   -2.26   63    2.31   73  
  78  Colorado St.               I-A   54.30   5   2   0  107   41   54.19   76   54.52   76   -4.74   82    2.52   83   -7.27   80  -14.17   90  
  79  VMI                        I-A   54.21   4   4   0   63   85   53.16   82   55.38   75   -1.96   78    4.06   79   -6.02   79    0.79   74  
  80  Utah St.                   I-A   54.07   4   1   2   64   43   53.82   77   54.44   77  -10.27   87   -5.07   93   -5.20   77  -13.27   89  
  81  Sewanee                    I-A   53.31   0   6   0   10   61   58.07   66   49.06   85   13.21   49    7.25   68    5.96   30   21.71   20  
  82  Florida                    I-A   52.43   1   5   1   75  130   54.61   75   50.46   84    0.54   76    9.08   59   -8.55   81    8.39   68  
  83  Washington (MO)            I-A   52.17   0   6   0   15  136   50.94   85   53.56   79   -0.11   77    8.78   61   -8.89   84   20.06   27  
  84  Rice                       I-A   51.54   0   4   0    7   69   51.11   84   52.12   82    3.24   69    4.96   76   -1.71   62   18.74   33  
  85  Colorado College           I-A   51.16   5   2   0  111   33   52.01   83   50.46   83   -9.09   86   -0.53   85   -8.56   82  -20.23   96  
  86  Denver                     I-A   48.39   4   4   0  106   72   50.80   86   46.27   87  -12.43   89   -1.24   87  -11.19   85  -16.68   91  
  87  North Carolina St.         I-A   46.84   2   6   0   50  102   47.55   87   46.34   86   -7.49   84    1.12   84   -8.61   83   -0.99   77  
  88  Wyoming                    I-A   44.14   1   2   2   90   55   44.48   89   44.04   88  -10.90   88    5.69   73  -16.59   90  -17.90   94  
  89  Colorado                   I-A   44.02   2   5   1   52  103   45.37   88   42.94   89  -17.61   91   -5.52   94  -12.09   86  -11.23   86  
  90  Duke                       I-A   43.02   1   5   0   53   97   43.76   90   42.55   91   -8.56   85    4.22   78  -12.78   87   -1.22   78  
  91  Northern Colorado          I-A   42.39   3   4   0   95   80   43.54   91   41.53   92  -16.57   90   -1.88   88  -14.69   88  -18.71   95  
  92  BYU                        I-A   41.75   1   4   1   49   98   42.33   92   41.46   94  -20.44   94   -3.26   90  -17.18   91  -12.27   87  
  93  Clemson                    I-A   40.57   1   7   0   13  169   38.93   93   42.60   90  -19.03   92   -3.35   91  -15.68   89    0.47   75  
  94  Wofford                    I-A   38.74   1   7   0   22  163   36.47   94   41.49   93  -20.15   93   -2.68   89  -17.46   92   -2.52   80  
  95  Colorado Mines             I-A   31.07   1   5   0   24  157   29.90   95   32.73   95  -39.87   95  -10.46   95  -29.41   95  -17.71   93  
  96  Western St.                I-A   25.82   0   7   0   13  214   25.67   96   26.47   96  -45.80   96  -12.83   96  -32.96   96  -17.08   92