College Football Ratings
Based on 317 games between 100 teams
played between 9/29/1928 and 1/1/1929

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 0.91

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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  Southern Cal               I-A   95.29   6   0   1  151   46   95.27    2   93.99    2   39.25    3   27.43    5   11.82    6   24.25   14  
   2  Detroit Mercy              I-A   94.96   3   0   0   91   13  100.20    1   88.74    4   45.86    1   36.67    1    9.19   18   19.86   28  
   3  Georgia Tech               I-A   91.72   9   0   0  189   40   88.24    5   94.11    1   33.76   10   24.74    7    9.02   20   17.20   38  
   4  California                 I-A   91.35   3   1   2   52   24   92.04    3   89.50    3   36.58    5   17.78   23   18.81    1   31.92    1  
   5  Stanford                   I-A   90.41   5   1   1  169   42   92.00    4   87.72    7   40.36    2   29.54    3   10.82   11   22.21   22  
   6  Wisconsin                  I-A   87.25   5   1   1  101   31   85.36    8   88.14    5   35.07    7   20.47   16   14.59    2   25.07   11  
   7  Carnegie Tech              I-A   84.41   4   1   0   78   41   84.62   10   83.30    9   31.72   14   20.96   14   10.76   12   24.32   13  
   8  Minnesota                  I-A   83.94   5   2   0  139   36   83.85   11   83.14   10   36.49    6   26.43    6   10.06   14   21.78   23  
   9  Oregon                     I-A   83.14   4   2   0  108   51   86.44    6   79.15   18   30.77   15   22.54   11    8.23   25   21.27   24  
  10  Georgetown                 I-A   83.02   4   2   0  101   55   85.68    7   79.62   16   34.74    8   22.82   10   11.92    5   27.07    4  
  11  Illinois                   I-A   82.91   4   1   0   67   10   78.98   15   86.16    8   31.98   13   19.32   20   12.65    3   20.58   26  
  12  Tennessee                  I-A   82.65   6   0   1  110   44   76.79   20   88.07    6   23.31   26   13.74   38    9.57   15   13.88   50  
  13  NYU                        I-A   81.07   4   2   0  150   64   84.66    9   76.89   23   38.15    4   29.71    2    8.43   24   23.81   18  
  14  Alabama                    I-A   80.73   6   3   0  187   75   80.30   13   80.40   15   27.41   16   21.68   13    5.73   34   14.97   44  
  15  Iowa                       I-A   80.12   3   2   0   41   36   77.24   19   82.35   11   26.33   19   15.08   32   11.25    8   25.33    9  
  16  Notre Dame                 I-A   79.60   4   4   0   87  101   77.52   18   81.01   14   23.73   25   19.53   19    4.20   37   25.48    8  
  17  Oregon St.                 I-A   79.43   3   3   0  105   53   83.53   12   74.85   27   34.20    9   23.14    9   11.06   10   25.53    7  
  18  Ohio St.                   I-A   79.31   3   2   1   55   35   76.60   21   81.38   12   26.46   18   18.49   22    7.97   27   23.12   20  
  19  Purdue                     I-A   78.53   2   2   1   79   41   79.17   14   77.23   22   32.84   11   23.57    8    9.27   17   25.24   10  
  20  Vanderbilt                 I-A   77.93   6   2   0  106   57   74.12   27   81.25   13   20.19   35   12.99   42    7.20   31   14.07   49  
  21  Florida                    I-A   77.74   6   1   0  237   44   78.79   16   76.08   25   32.37   12   29.41    4    2.95   41    4.80   76  
  22  Army                       I-A   77.41   4   2   0   66   60   75.91   24   78.31   21   24.94   23   16.34   26    8.60   23   23.94   16  
  23  Northwestern               I-A   76.50   4   3   0   51   43   73.79   28   78.70   19   25.56   21   14.31   35   11.24    9   24.41   12  
  24  Washington St.             I-A   76.39   4   3   0  115   59   78.35   17   73.91   29   26.80   17   19.65   18    7.15   32   18.80   34  
  25  Michigan                   I-A   76.38   3   3   1   29   45   72.93   30   79.38   17   21.80   30   14.33   34    7.47   30   24.09   15  
  26  Navy                       I-A   76.26   3   1   1   27   13   73.39   29   78.64   20   19.91   37    8.39   67   11.52    7   17.11   39  
  27  Indiana                    I-A   74.32   3   4   0   41   68   72.23   31   75.95   26   22.21   28   13.60   39    8.61   22   26.07    5  
  28  West Virginia              I-A   74.31   5   1   0   95   24   76.22   23   71.95   34   21.40   32   13.19   41    8.21   26    9.56   58  
  29  Texas                      I-A   74.29   5   2   0   78   32   74.92   25   73.16   30   25.66   20   15.15   31   10.51   13   19.09   32  
  30  Washington                 I-A   73.68   2   4   0   31   74   76.48   22   70.51   38   20.56   34   12.94   43    7.62   28   27.73    3  
  31  Mississippi                I-A   72.68   4   3   0  108   85   72.05   32   72.87   31   16.89   42   16.81   25    0.08   53   13.61   51  
  32  Arkansas                   I-A   72.16   3   2   0   55   57   71.44   34   72.45   33   19.95   36   16.99   24    2.96   40   20.35   27  
  33  LSU                        I-A   71.46   3   2   1   63   38   70.60   37   71.92   35   19.09   39    9.92   60    9.17   19   14.92   45  
  34  Pennsylvania               I-A   71.44   5   1   0  124   26   71.39   35   71.10   37   22.04   29   20.40   17    1.65   48    5.71   71  
  35  Kentucky                   I-A   70.57   2   3   1   31   41   69.42   41   71.38   36   16.05   45    9.60   62    6.44   33   17.71   37  
  36  Pittsburgh                 I-A   70.55   3   2   1   75   15   74.80   26   66.20   48   24.12   24   15.17   30    8.96   21   14.12   48  
  37  Drake                      I-A   70.46   6   1   0  101   46   67.82   42   72.83   32   12.78   47   11.61   47    1.17   50    4.92   74  
  38  Nebraska                   I-A   70.40   7   1   1  144   31   69.99   40   70.46   39   19.45   38   15.37   28    4.08   38    6.89   66  
  39  Harvard                    I-A   69.83   3   2   0   56   29   70.17   39   69.17   41   20.86   33   11.38   50    9.48   16   15.46   43  
  40  Utah                       I-A   69.68   4   0   2   85   34   62.89   54   76.84   24   11.33   51    8.46   66    2.87   42    2.83   83  
  41  Colgate                    I-A   69.41   3   3   0  107   95   71.56   33   67.03   45   16.77   44   20.52   15   -3.75   69   14.77   46  
  42  Clemson                    I-A   68.38   6   2   0  103   65   67.42   43   69.08   42   11.11   52   11.21   52   -0.09   56    6.36   69  
  43  TCU                        I-A   68.21   3   2   0   34   19   70.78   36   65.47   49   22.35   27   10.01   59   12.34    4   19.35   31  
  44  Baylor                     I-A   67.70   3   2   0   34   40   67.23   45   67.92   44   18.59   40   11.03   53    7.56   29   19.79   30  
  45  Princeton                  I-A   67.45   3   1   2   46   29   66.09   47   68.59   43   10.87   53    6.17   76    4.70   35    8.03   63  
  46  Tulane                     I-A   67.05   3   3   1  125   69   67.32   44   66.56   47   16.87   43   15.21   29    1.66   47    8.87   60  
  47  Brown                      I-A   66.40   2   1   0   44   45   65.74   48   66.87   46   11.58   49   11.51   49    0.08   55   11.92   55  
  48  SMU                        I-A   66.18   2   3   1   97   65   70.31   38   62.12   59   25.15   22   21.77   12    3.38   39   19.82   29  
  49  Colorado                   I-A   66.18   5   1   0  110   57   58.69   66   74.42   28    6.15   64    9.17   64   -3.02   64   -2.69   94  
  50  Georgia                    I-A   65.32   3   5   0   70  113   66.26   46   64.24   51   12.52   48   11.95   45    0.58   51   17.90   36  
  51  Colorado St.               I-A   64.62   6   2   0  151   70   59.27   62   70.32   40    8.07   54   10.77   55   -2.71   63   -2.06   92  
  52  Yale                       I-A   64.52   3   4   0   79   73   65.64   49   63.31   55   14.10   46   14.02   36    0.08   54   13.24   54  
  53  Virginia Tech              I-A   63.92   4   2   0   78   78   62.33   57   65.45   50    7.16   58    9.39   63   -2.23   62    7.16   65  
  54  VMI                        I-A   63.61   3   3   1   44   49   63.09   53   64.04   52    7.69   55    5.41   80    2.28   45    8.40   62  
  55  Fordham                    I-A   62.99   1   4   0   48   98   64.80   51   61.17   61   18.20   41   15.81   27    2.39   44   28.20    2  
  56  South Carolina             I-A   62.79   4   2   1   64   70   62.14   58   63.40   54    4.77   69    6.55   75   -1.79   60    5.62   72  
  57  North Carolina             I-A   62.36   5   3   2  186  115   62.39   56   62.28   58   11.33   50   14.95   33   -3.62   68    4.23   78  
  58  Texas A&M                  I-A   62.16   2   3   1  119   71   65.37   50   59.08   66   21.51   31   18.89   21    2.63   43   13.51   52  
  59  Michigan St.               I-A   61.97   1   3   1   13   64   63.63   52   60.34   64    6.65   62    1.95   85    4.70   36   16.85   41  
  60  Maryland                   I-A   61.58   3   3   1   62   58   62.69   55   60.47   63    7.03   60    5.52   79    1.51   49    6.46   68  
  61  Oklahoma                   I-A   60.75   5   3   0  120   88   60.64   60   60.88   62    7.36   56   11.82   46   -4.46   73    3.36   82  
  62  Creighton                  I-A   60.54   3   3   1   73   94   57.75   71   63.49   53    3.59   71    6.86   73   -3.27   67    6.59   67  
  63  Mississippi St.            I-A   59.34   1   4   1   44  154   61.38   59   57.44   69   -4.10   89   10.36   57  -14.46   93   14.23   47  
  64  Idaho                      I-A   58.85   2   4   0   61  129   55.88   75   62.09   60    5.13   66   10.82   54   -5.69   79   16.46   42  
  65  Colorado College           I-A   58.68   5   3   0  203  150   54.56   81   63.24   56   -2.42   85   13.31   40  -15.73   94   -9.04   98  
  66  Utah St.                   I-A   58.52   4   3   1  128   87   55.00   79   62.38   57    2.94   72    8.30   68   -5.36   77   -2.19   93  
  67  Missouri                   I-A   57.97   3   4   0   78  102   58.34   68   57.72   67    7.25   57   11.36   51   -4.11   70   10.68   57  
  68  Chicago                    I-A   57.84   1   7   0   67  177   58.34   69   57.48   68    6.85   61   12.54   44   -5.69   78   20.60   25  
  69  Furman                     I-A   56.92   2   3   0   36   40   59.07   63   55.02   72    1.11   75    0.94   91    0.16   52    1.91   87  
  70  Duke                       I-A   56.50   3   4   0   92   73   58.95   64   54.33   73    7.10   59   10.18   58   -3.08   65    4.39   77  
  71  Marquette                  I-A   55.84   3   3   0   65   55   56.85   72   55.07   71    0.87   76    5.21   81   -4.34   72   -0.79   89  
  72  North Carolina St.         I-A   55.64   3   5   1  100  100   58.80   65   52.87   80    3.91   70    5.63   78   -1.72   59    3.91   80  
  73  Grinnell                   I-A   55.47   3   3   0   56   72   54.91   80   56.27   70   -0.01   78    7.24   70   -7.25   83    2.65   84  
  74  Syracuse                   I-A   55.04   1   3   1   32   67   59.42   61   51.23   86    4.88   68    6.97   72   -2.09   61   11.88   56  
  75  Penn St.                   I-A   54.91   0   3   1    6   55   58.35   67   51.90   82    6.44   63    4.68   82    1.77   46   18.69   35  
  76  Dartmouth                  I-A   54.63   2   4   0   62   85   56.80   73   52.79   81    4.88   67   10.70   56   -5.81   80    8.72   61  
  77  Washington & Lee           I-A   54.50   1   8   0   83  184   58.07   70   51.41   85    2.12   73   11.53   48   -9.41   87   13.34   53  
  78  Montana St.                I-A   54.39   4   3   1   81  102   50.05   84   59.41   65   -3.55   87    1.28   89   -4.84   75   -0.93   90  
  79  Virginia                   I-A   54.11   1   6   1   55  142   55.64   77   52.90   79   -1.98   83    6.71   74   -8.69   86    8.89   59  
  80  Iowa St.                   I-A   52.87   2   5   1   39   67   55.10   78   51.06   87    1.86   74    2.07   84   -0.22   57    5.36   73  
  81  Auburn                     I-A   52.26   0   7   0   12  142   55.77   76   49.31   90   -1.51   81    1.68   88   -3.19   66   17.06   40  
  82  Kansas                     I-A   51.76   2   4   2   34   66   53.59   82   50.35   88   -0.32   79    0.82   93   -1.14   58    3.68   81  
  83  Denver                     I-A   51.25   3   4   1  115   84   49.32   85   53.68   76   -5.86   91   -0.69   97   -5.17   76   -9.73   99  
  84  BYU                        I-A   51.00   1   3   1   59   44   49.07   86   53.44   77   -1.38   80    2.78   83   -4.16   71   -4.38   95  
  85  Montana                    I-A   50.86   0   5   1   19  147   48.50   88   53.76   75   -2.35   84    7.09   71   -9.44   88   18.98   33  
  86  Rice                       I-A   50.60   0   5   0   33  117   56.76   74   45.50   92    5.85   65   13.88   37   -8.03   84   22.65   21  
  87  Washington (MO)            I-A   49.47   0   2   1   13   34   53.04   83   46.58   91   -2.85   86    1.93   86   -4.78   74    4.15   79  
  88  UCLA                       I-A   49.37   0   4   0   19  129   45.63   93   53.94   74   -1.74   82    9.88   61  -11.61   91   25.76    6  
  89  Northern Colorado          I-A   49.14   3   4   0  141   86   47.05   91   51.83   83   -4.10   88    5.95   77  -10.05   89  -11.95  100  
  90  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   48.97   0   4   0    0   92   48.98   87   49.46   89    0.86   77    7.58   69   -6.72   82   23.86   17  
  91  Sewanee                    I-A   48.32   0   6   0   24  273   44.34   94   53.22   78  -17.89   95    8.96   65  -26.85   98   23.61   19  
  92  Cornell                    I-A   44.19   0   3   1    0   80   48.27   89   41.08   94  -12.40   93   -1.92   98  -10.48   90    7.60   64  
  93  Colorado Mines             I-A   43.65   2   4   0   78  178   37.40   97   51.76   84  -23.14   97    1.05   90  -24.18   96   -6.47   97  
  94  Kansas St.                 I-A   43.60   1   5   0   40   80   47.00   92   41.10   93   -4.51   90    1.86   87   -6.37   81    2.15   86  
  95  Columbia                   I-A   42.55   0   3   1   20   69   47.90   90   38.46   96   -7.40   92    0.82   94   -8.21   85    4.85   75  
  96  Wake Forest                I-A   41.91   1   4   0   25  164   43.87   95   40.78   95  -25.97   99    0.93   92  -26.90   99    1.83   88  
  97  Davidson                   I-A   38.22   0   6   0   20  121   42.17   96   35.47  100  -14.30   94   -2.19   99  -12.12   92    2.53   85  
  98  Wyoming                    I-A   35.83   0   6   0   45  187   34.64   99   38.10   97  -24.69   98   -0.30   96  -24.38   97   -1.02   91  
  99  Oklahoma St.               I-A   35.80   0   5   0   12  154   36.41   98   36.20   98  -22.66   96    0.35   95  -23.01   95    5.74   70  
 100  Western St.                I-A   30.82   0   6   0   31  241   27.42  100   36.01   99  -40.66  100   -5.61  100  -35.05  100   -5.66   96