College Football Ratings
Based on 314 games between 99 teams
played between 9/23/1927 and 1/2/1928

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.89

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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  Texas A&M                  I-A  100.31   5   0   1  139   26  101.04    1   98.54    1   44.54    1   28.73    2   15.81    2   25.70    7  
   2  SMU                        I-A   95.96   5   1   0  155   60   96.67    2   94.34    2   42.30    2   34.79    1    7.51   17   26.46    5  
   3  Arkansas                   I-A   87.81   4   1   0   90   69   85.62    4   89.33    3   25.81   18   25.33    7    0.49   53   21.61   15  
   4  TCU                        I-A   85.50   1   2   2   23   38   86.11    3   84.25   10   29.16   15   12.02   49   17.14    1   32.16    2  
   5  Yale                       I-A   85.44   6   1   0  116   32   85.61    5   84.61    9   33.67    5   20.76   16   12.91    3   21.67   14  
   6  Texas                      I-A   85.44   4   2   1  101   67   83.94    6   86.29    6   31.38   11   21.22   13   10.16    8   26.53    4  
   7  Army                       I-A   85.30   4   1   0   65   31   83.50    8   86.47    4   32.51    9   20.17   17   12.34    4   25.71    6  
   8  Stanford                   I-A   85.08   5   0   1   85   38   83.34   10   86.20    7   32.47   10   20.88   15   11.59    5   24.63    8  
   9  Notre Dame                 I-A   84.83   6   1   1  130   50   82.75   12   86.32    5   33.21    7   21.63   12   11.58    6   23.21    9  
  10  Georgia                    I-A   84.19   8   1   0  222   31   82.92   11   84.85    8   34.84    4   26.75    4    8.09   13   13.62   53  
  11  Southern Cal               I-A   82.91   5   1   1  151   52   83.90    7   81.36   14   33.62    6   25.51    6    8.11   12   19.48   20  
  12  Minnesota                  I-A   82.30   5   0   2  152   41   80.68   13   83.38   11   32.75    8   25.06    8    7.70   15   16.90   37  
  13  Illinois                   I-A   81.16   5   0   1   75   24   78.66   17   83.19   12   23.70   22   15.82   29    7.88   14   15.20   43  
  14  Pittsburgh                 I-A   80.46   5   1   1  152   27   83.48    9   77.05   22   35.92    3   24.82    9   11.10    7   18.06   28  
  15  Tennessee                  I-A   80.14   5   0   1  148   26   78.89   16   80.89   15   29.82   14   22.28   10    7.55   16    9.49   72  
  16  Georgia Tech               I-A   79.60   7   1   1  106   32   77.30   19   81.45   13   22.65   26   14.35   37    8.30   11   14.43   48  
  17  Michigan                   I-A   79.09   5   2   0  104   39   79.32   15   78.37   19   27.05   17   17.64   21    9.42   10   17.77   31  
  18  Vanderbilt                 I-A   78.17   5   1   2  158   59   76.99   20   78.89   17   27.35   16   21.20   14    6.15   21   14.98   44  
  19  Furman                     I-A   77.35   5   1   0  147   39   73.86   29   80.54   16   24.39   20   19.84   18    4.55   29    6.39   81  
  20  Nebraska                   I-A   77.01   6   2   0  211   59   79.41   14   74.27   26   31.26   12   26.49    5    4.76   27   12.26   61  
  21  Missouri                   I-A   76.77   7   2   0  129   90   74.32   26   78.86   18   18.67   32   14.03   38    4.64   28   14.33   50  
  22  Princeton                  I-A   76.56   3   1   0   60   24   77.42   18   75.29   23   20.95   28   15.44   30    5.51   23   11.95   63  
  23  Rice                       I-A   76.28   1   3   0   25   87   74.53   24   77.65   20   18.25   34   15.41   31    2.84   41   33.75    1  
  24  Washington                 I-A   75.87   4   2   0   79   46   76.93   21   74.45   25   23.21   24   16.06   27    7.15   18   17.71   32  
  25  Dartmouth                  I-A   73.89   3   1   0  102   39   75.85   22   71.65   27   29.89   13   27.21    3    2.69   42   14.14   52  
  26  Navy                       I-A   73.20   3   3   0  106   78   74.51   25   71.59   28   25.67   19   22.12   11    3.55   35   21.01   16  
  27  Oklahoma St.               I-A   73.08   4   3   0   84  110   70.94   32   74.95   24   12.63   51   12.48   44    0.15   57   16.35   38  
  28  California                 I-A   71.88   3   3   0   82   58   74.31   27   69.25   32   22.84   25   16.62   24    6.22   20   18.84   26  
  29  North Carolina St.         I-A   71.77   8   1   0  177   69   66.40   45   77.27   21   13.84   46   13.47   42    0.36   55    1.84   88  
  30  Purdue                     I-A   71.40   4   2   0  109   38   74.17   28   68.48   36   24.15   21   19.33   19    4.82   26   12.31   60  
  31  Baylor                     I-A   71.29   0   5   0   30   93   74.68   23   67.80   40   16.78   38   13.63   41    3.15   40   29.38    3  
  32  Penn St.                   I-A   70.68   3   1   1   82   55   72.66   30   68.50   35   23.40   23   18.91   20    4.49   30   18.00   29  
  33  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   70.54   2   0   2   40   12   72.55   31   68.34   37   19.45   31    9.36   61   10.10    9   12.45   58  
  34  Chicago                    I-A   70.53   4   4   0   65   68   70.89   33   69.93   30   18.52   33   11.78   50    6.74   19   18.90   25  
  35  Oklahoma                   I-A   69.75   3   3   1  103   87   69.34   36   69.92   31   13.35   48   14.72   32   -1.37   66   11.06   66  
  36  Detroit Mercy              I-A   69.73   2   2   0   36   40   67.77   40   71.51   29   18.13   35   12.08   46    6.04   22   19.13   21  
  37  Creighton                  I-A   68.30   3   1   1   62   38   68.66   38   67.74   41   12.67   50   10.57   57    2.10   45    7.87   76  
  38  Oregon St.                 I-A   67.90   2   3   1   73   72   70.29   35   65.41   52   20.37   30   16.92   23    3.46   36   20.21   17  
  39  Iowa St.                   I-A   67.67   3   3   1   51   72   67.29   42   67.88   39    9.89   61    6.51   81    3.37   37   12.89   55  
  40  NYU                        I-A   67.61   1   1   2   51   46   70.68   34   64.50   53   21.29   27   15.94   28    5.36   24   20.04   18  
  41  Idaho                      I-A   67.02   3   0   2   80   32   66.32   48   67.56   43   16.35   40   13.79   39    2.55   43    6.75   80  
  42  Marquette                  I-A   67.01   2   3   0   77   43   68.33   39   65.57   50   17.87   36   16.09   26    1.78   48   11.07   65  
  43  Ohio St.                   I-A   66.81   2   4   0   39   86   66.38   46   67.10   44   11.28   57   11.54   51   -0.25   60   19.12   22  
  44  Kansas St.                 I-A   66.63   2   5   0   71  140   66.55   44   66.55   46    7.31   65   12.35   45   -5.04   81   17.17   34  
  45  Northwestern               I-A   66.56   3   4   0   82   96   67.46   41   65.52   51   13.73   47   14.68   34   -0.95   65   15.73   41  
  46  Wisconsin                  I-A   66.20   3   4   0   65   69   66.64   43   65.63   49   14.27   45   10.65   55    3.62   34   14.84   45  
  47  Indiana                    I-A   66.09   3   4   1  104  107   66.34   47   65.70   48   16.64   39   14.70   33    1.94   46   17.02   35  
  48  Pennsylvania               I-A   65.72   4   4   0  126   78   69.27   37   62.22   59   20.73   29   17.52   22    3.20   39   14.73   46  
  49  Alabama                    I-A   65.36   3   4   1   77   73   63.55   54   67.10   45   14.89   41   10.62   56    4.27   31   14.39   49  
  50  Washington (MO)            I-A   65.27   2   2   1   52   64   62.88   59   67.64   42    4.66   74    6.93   77   -2.27   71    7.06   79  
  51  Florida                    I-A   65.26   5   3   0  106   83   61.94   61   68.63   34   11.27   58   11.06   52    0.21   56    8.40   74  
  52  Virginia                   I-A   64.54   4   4   0   79  116   62.96   57   66.07   47    6.48   68    9.75   60   -3.28   74   11.10   64  
  53  Iowa                       I-A   64.49   2   4   0   37   77   65.29   50   63.61   55   10.74   60    9.12   63    1.62   49   17.40   33  
  54  Mississippi                I-A   64.48   3   2   0   74   73   60.37   63   68.78   33   11.04   59   14.62   35   -3.59   75   10.84   68  
  55  Harvard                    I-A   63.16   2   4   0   50   99   64.80   51   61.50   62   14.71   42   13.13   43    1.58   50   22.88   11  
  56  Washington St.             I-A   63.13   1   3   1   48   61   64.70   53   61.55   61   14.34   43   10.53   58    3.81   33   16.94   36  
  57  Clemson                    I-A   62.60   2   3   0   29   78   57.65   75   67.94   38    2.87   81    4.87   85   -2.00   70   12.67   56  
  58  Kansas                     I-A   62.17   3   4   1   89  146   60.26   64   64.10   54    2.99   80    9.24   62   -6.25   83   10.11   70  
  59  Virginia Tech              I-A   62.00   3   3   0   78   32   62.92   58   61.08   64   12.23   54   10.39   59    1.84   47    4.57   86  
  60  Georgetown                 I-A   61.46   2   1   0   58   21   65.41   49   57.75   73   17.53   37   16.13   25    1.39   52    5.19   84  
  61  Carnegie Tech              I-A   60.71   1   4   1   53   96   63.17   55   58.36   71   12.62   52   14.43   36   -1.82   69   19.78   19  
  62  LSU                        I-A   60.49   2   4   1   31   83   57.91   73   63.21   56    4.94   72    4.57   89    0.38   54   12.37   59  
  63  Maryland                   I-A   60.35   3   6   0   93  130   59.57   66   61.16   63    6.59   67   10.73   54   -4.13   76   10.70   69  
  64  Tulane                     I-A   60.09   2   5   1   56  120   58.06   71   62.21   60    6.26   69    7.97   70   -1.71   68   14.26   51  
  65  Colgate                    I-A   59.92   1   1   3   26   26   62.97   56   57.05   75   12.90   49    7.60   73    5.31   25   12.90   54  
  66  Oregon                     I-A   59.90   0   4   1    7   63   61.77   62   58.12   72   11.85   56    7.59   74    4.25   32   23.05   10  
  67  North Carolina             I-A   59.83   4   6   0   86  107   57.17   76   62.65   58    3.88   77    4.65   88   -0.77   64    5.98   83  
  68  VMI                        I-A   59.76   3   4   0   53   64   58.71   70   60.86   65    4.41   76    4.76   87   -0.35   62    5.98   82  
  69  Washington & Lee           I-A   59.70   3   4   1   70   86   58.87   69   60.59   67    6.84   66    6.84   79    0.00   59    8.84   73  
  70  Syracuse                   I-A   59.70   1   3   1   45   63   64.75   52   55.09   78   14.31   44   12.04   48    2.27   44   17.91   30  
  71  Duke                       I-A   59.30   2   5   0  118  108   59.25   68   59.39   70    8.80   62   13.69   40   -4.89   79    7.37   78  
  72  Sewanee                    I-A   58.57   1   5   0   44  134   54.67   81   62.82   57    7.32   64   12.08   47   -4.76   78   22.32   13  
  73  Colorado St.               I-A   58.43   7   1   0  176   26   62.31   60   54.87   79   12.30   53   10.85   53    1.45   51   -6.45   94  
  74  Mississippi St.            I-A   58.35   2   3   0   46   54   56.98   78   59.83   69    5.85   70    8.18   69   -2.33   72    7.45   77  
  75  Drake                      I-A   57.48   1   6   0   44  146   57.73   74   57.32   74    3.73   78    8.65   67   -4.92   80   18.30   27  
  76  Brown                      I-A   55.85   0   4   1   19   70   60.01   65   52.12   86   12.18   55    8.94   66    3.24   38   22.38   12  
  77  Columbia                   I-A   55.81   1   2   1   21   47   59.38   67   52.59   85    4.49   75    5.22   84   -0.73   63   10.99   67  
  78  Denver                     I-A   55.66   5   2   0  120   51   58.05   72   53.52   83    8.68   63    8.98   64   -0.29   61   -1.17   91  
  79  West Virginia              I-A   55.31   0   4   3   26  110   57.14   77   53.69   82    3.54   79    6.00   83   -2.47   73   15.54   42  
  80  South Carolina             I-A   55.16   2   5   0   27  166   50.22   89   60.77   66   -9.82   91    3.37   93  -13.18   90   10.04   71  
  81  Kentucky                   I-A   54.25   1   6   0   43  148   52.50   83   56.26   77    0.89   83    8.97   65   -8.08   85   15.89   40  
  82  Wake Forest                I-A   53.90   1   3   1   35  136   48.66   91   59.91   68  -12.18   94    4.14   92  -16.33   94    8.02   75  
  83  Cornell                    I-A   53.85   0   3   1   17  109   56.33   80   51.66   87   -3.98   88    6.92   78  -10.90   89   19.02   23  
  84  Colorado College           I-A   52.81   5   2   0  142   55   56.89   79   49.23   88    1.96   82    8.50   68   -6.53   84  -10.46   96  
  85  Auburn                     I-A   52.72   0   6   1   21  109   52.22   84   53.47   84    0.10   84    4.56   90   -4.46   77   12.67   57  
  86  Davidson                   I-A   52.58   1   4   1   38  133   49.28   90   56.35   76  -10.83   93    2.70   94  -13.54   91    5.00   85  
  87  Montana                    I-A   52.06   1   4   0   25  142   50.68   87   53.73   81   -8.85   89    7.76   72  -16.61   95   14.55   47  
  88  Utah                       I-A   50.90   3   3   1   93   60   54.13   82   48.13   91    4.94   73    4.83   86    0.10   58    0.22   89  
  89  Lafayette                  I-A   50.21   0   3   1   15   88   51.82   85   48.93   89   -2.27   86    7.13   76   -9.40   86   15.98   39  
  90  Michigan St.               I-A   50.11   0   4   0   14   97   46.13   92   54.76   80   -1.84   85    7.94   71   -9.78   87   18.91   24  
  91  Montana St.                I-A   49.37   3   4   0   57  104   50.52   88   48.55   90   -3.98   87    1.97   96   -5.95   82    2.73   87  
  92  Utah St.                   I-A   46.79   3   3   1  109   32   51.66   86   42.73   94    5.06   71    6.51   80   -1.45   67   -5.94   93  
  93  Grinnell                   I-A   45.31   0   7   0   15  186   43.44   95   47.71   92  -12.33   95    2.15   95  -14.49   92   12.09   62  
  94  Colorado                   I-A   44.33   4   5   0  136  195   45.42   93   43.71   93  -10.10   92    6.10   82  -16.21   93   -3.55   92  
  95  Wyoming                    I-A   39.09   1   5   0   35   86   44.43   94   34.92   95   -9.44   90    0.36   97   -9.80   88   -0.94   90  
  96  Colorado Mines             I-A   31.46   2   5   0  137  200   31.36   96   32.38   96  -18.75   97    7.49   75  -26.24   98   -9.75   95  
  97  BYU                        I-A   30.78   2   4   0  105  118   30.48   97   31.92   97  -13.36   96    4.52   91  -17.88   96  -11.19   99  
  98  Northern Colorado          I-A   24.10   1   6   0   41  173   23.68   98   25.55   99  -30.01   98   -9.32   98  -20.69   97  -11.15   98  
  99  Western St.                I-A   21.26   1   5   0   31  210   18.49   99   25.70   98  -40.70   99   -9.67   99  -31.03   99  -10.87   97