College Football Ratings
Based on 317 games between 100 teams
played between 9/28/1929 and 1/1/1930

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 0.59

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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  Notre Dame                 I-A   91.54   9   0   0  145   38   86.97    4   94.95    1   36.99    7   21.28   21   15.71    5   25.10   17  
   2  Purdue                     I-A   90.98   7   0   0  161   37   87.85    2   92.86    2   37.48    6   28.50    5    8.99   18   19.77   39  
   3  Southern Cal               I-A   90.95   8   2   0  362   69   89.93    1   90.66    3   49.14    1   38.45    1   10.69   14   19.84   38  
   4  TCU                        I-A   89.11   4   0   1   93   33   86.79    5   90.24    4   44.97    2   29.65    3   15.32    6   32.97    3  
   5  Stanford                   I-A   88.96   6   1   0  191   40   87.14    3   89.58    5   40.70    5   28.84    4   11.86   10   19.13   45  
   6  Pittsburgh                 I-A   87.06   7   1   0  198   90   84.01    7   89.05    6   35.59   10   30.40    2    5.20   38   22.09   30  
   7  California                 I-A   86.13   5   1   0  107   53   82.33    9   88.97    7   30.69   15   22.20   18    8.50   20   21.69   32  
   8  SMU                        I-A   84.43   4   0   3  130   20   84.19    6   83.64    9   43.63    3   26.40    8   17.22    2   27.91   10  
   9  Illinois                   I-A   83.88   5   1   1  110   27   81.75   10   85.04    8   34.82   11   22.32   17   12.51    9   22.97   28  
  10  Fordham                    I-A   81.79   1   0   1   26    0   79.65   15   83.06   10   31.93   13   16.16   32   15.76    3   18.93   46  
  11  Minnesota                  I-A   81.52   4   2   0   86   55   79.81   14   82.36   12   30.20   16   23.08   12    7.12   28   25.03   19  
  12  Tulane                     I-A   81.29   7   0   0  179   39   79.30   16   82.43   11   29.83   18   23.53   11    6.30   31    9.83   75  
  13  Tennessee                  I-A   81.21   6   0   1  197   13   82.37    8   79.20   15   35.84    9   25.16   10   10.68   15    9.56   76  
  14  Iowa                       I-A   80.84   2   2   2   36   28   79.17   17   81.67   13   30.06   17   15.42   36   14.64    7   28.72    8  
  15  Northwestern               I-A   79.59   3   3   0   66   77   77.80   19   80.59   14   26.03   26   20.90   23    5.13   39   27.86   11  
  16  Texas                      I-A   79.26   3   2   2   99   28   81.53   12   76.29   21   41.20    4   22.50   15   18.70    1   31.06    5  
  17  Texas A&M                  I-A   77.04   3   4   0   95   58   81.58   11   72.08   37   36.64    8   22.13   19   14.51    8   31.35    4  
  18  Colgate                    I-A   76.87   5   1   0  144   19   80.02   13   73.17   32   34.66   12   26.24    9    8.42   22   13.83   64  
  19  Baylor                     I-A   76.60   2   2   1   63   79   76.36   20   76.15   22   31.08   14   22.49   16    8.59   19   34.28    2  
  20  Michigan                   I-A   75.99   3   3   1   54   69   72.95   32   78.47   16   23.48   33   14.33   43    9.16   16   25.63   14  
  21  Ohio St.                   I-A   75.23   2   3   1   22   69   72.16   37   77.78   18   20.30   38   12.32   58    7.97   24   28.13    9  
  22  Nebraska                   I-A   75.00   4   1   3   93   62   74.67   27   74.72   23   27.38   23   18.28   28    9.10   17   23.51   25  
  23  Wisconsin                  I-A   74.90   2   5   0   45   78   75.35   22   73.85   30   26.05   25   15.29   37   10.76   13   30.76    6  
  24  Oregon                     I-A   74.90   4   2   0  104   60   72.38   35   76.89   20   18.47   47   15.02   38    3.44   48   11.13   70  
  25  Georgia                    I-A   74.90   5   3   0  122   84   75.32   24   73.88   28   23.19   34   17.23   30    5.95   32   18.44   48  
  26  North Carolina             I-A   74.88   9   1   0  346   60   78.58   18   70.78   40   29.58   19   28.12    6    1.46   57    0.98   87  
  27  Carnegie Tech              I-A   74.81   2   3   1   65   86   74.78   26   74.23   27   24.31   30   18.71   25    5.61   34   27.81   12  
  28  Washington St.             I-A   74.80   4   2   0   90   61   71.20   40   77.94   17   20.04   40   14.77   40    5.27   37   15.21   59  
  29  Kentucky                   I-A   74.71   3   1   1  106   54   74.96   25   73.87   29   25.45   29   22.01   20    3.44   49   15.05   61  
  30  Vanderbilt                 I-A   74.24   5   2   0  128   50   75.33   23   72.59   34   25.79   28   18.28   27    7.51   25   14.64   62  
  31  Georgetown                 I-A   74.16   1   1   2   27   14   75.56   21   72.23   35   26.82   24   11.06   64   15.76    4   23.57   24  
  32  Detroit Mercy              I-A   74.10   3   1   1   88   33   73.06   31   74.58   24   28.69   21   22.78   13    5.91   33   17.69   51  
  33  NYU                        I-A   73.74   3   3   0   48   79   72.56   33   74.37   26   20.21   39   18.39   26    1.81   56   25.37   15  
  34  Arkansas                   I-A   73.23   3   2   0   98   77   74.09   28   71.85   38   29.28   20   27.33    7    1.95   55   25.08   18  
  35  Florida                    I-A   72.92   7   2   0  133   73   70.94   42   74.43   25   15.98   55   12.09   61    3.89   46    9.31   77  
  36  Penn St.                   I-A   72.51   2   2   0   32   38   71.43   39   73.09   33   21.85   35   13.37   50    8.48   21   23.35   26  
  37  Utah                       I-A   72.14   6   0   0  188   23   66.57   56   77.65   19    5.05   70   14.39   41   -9.34   78  -22.45   93  
  38  West Virginia              I-A   72.12   3   2   2   48   75   70.38   43   73.40   31   17.65   51   13.14   53    4.51   44   21.50   34  
  39  Missouri                   I-A   71.86   5   2   1   78   28   73.31   30   69.97   43   24.14   31   13.34   52   10.80   12   17.89   50  
  40  Pennsylvania               I-A   71.70   4   2   0   72   48   72.18   36   70.76   41   21.63   36   14.22   45    7.41   26   17.63   52  
  41  Alabama                    I-A   71.00   4   3   0   95   58   72.45   34   69.15   45   23.70   32   15.52   35    8.17   23   18.41   49  
  42  Chicago                    I-A   70.72   3   3   0   66   86   69.96   45   71.05   39   19.92   41   17.88   29    2.04   54   23.25   27  
  43  Harvard                    I-A   70.55   2   2   1   63   74   71.11   41   69.57   44   18.43   48   17.16   31    1.27   59   20.63   36  
  44  Indiana                    I-A   70.38   1   5   1   39  113   70.16   44   70.19   42   18.80   45   13.48   49    5.32   36   29.37    7  
  45  Oregon St.                 I-A   70.31   2   4   0   55   93   68.06   50   72.22   36   18.83   44   12.37   57    6.47   30   25.17   16  
  46  Navy                       I-A   70.01   3   2   2  141   53   73.32   29   66.48   47   27.73   22   22.73   14    5.00   41   15.15   60  
  47  Dartmouth                  I-A   68.66   4   2   0  117   56   72.01   38   65.15   53   25.82   27   21.00   22    4.82   42   15.65   57  
  48  VMI                        I-A   68.14   5   2   0   84   54   67.61   52   68.36   46   12.00   61    8.85   71    3.15   50    7.71   81  
  49  Yale                       I-A   68.00   4   2   1   83   69   69.75   46   65.99   49   18.41   49   13.37   51    5.04   40   16.41   55  
  50  Drake                      I-A   67.24   4   2   1   92   63   68.39   49   65.83   50   18.77   46   15.94   34    2.83   51   14.63   63  
  51  Army                       I-A   66.81   1   4   1   76  106   69.42   47   64.05   54   19.47   43   19.56   24   -0.09   64   24.47   20  
  52  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   66.50   0   2   1    0   27   67.38   53   65.40   52   16.85   53    5.11   84   11.75   11   25.85   13  
  53  Georgia Tech               I-A   65.64   3   6   0  105  138   67.90   51   63.25   56   15.62   56   14.37   42    1.25   60   19.29   44  
  54  Kansas                     I-A   65.01   3   4   0   59   50   68.46   48   61.57   60   21.52   37   14.15   46    7.37   27   20.23   37  
  55  Kansas St.                 I-A   64.51   3   5   0   55  102   66.93   55   62.03   59   18.27   50   14.06   48    4.21   45   24.14   22  
  56  Oklahoma                   I-A   64.46   3   3   2   81   81   66.43   57   62.41   57   19.50   42   14.84   39    4.66   43   19.50   43  
  57  Syracuse                   I-A   62.66   2   3   0   22   40   66.96   54   58.56   63   15.99   54    8.90   69    7.08   29   19.59   41  
  58  Marquette                  I-A   62.07   2   2   1   58   40   66.02   58   58.31   64   17.05   52   11.69   63    5.36   35   13.45   65  
  59  Clemson                    I-A   61.69   4   3   0  118  104   62.21   63   61.15   61    5.93   69   12.82   55   -6.90   73    3.93   84  
  60  UCLA                       I-A   60.33   1   3   0   14  160   55.68   74   65.40   51  -12.13   86    7.39   77  -19.51   96   24.37   21  
  61  Cornell                    I-A   60.33   2   2   0   46   48   65.33   59   55.75   73   15.31   57   14.11   47    1.20   61   15.81   56  
  62  Oklahoma St.               I-A   60.04   1   3   1   57   79   63.61   60   56.72   71   12.87   59   12.23   59    0.65   62   17.27   53  
  63  Grinnell                   I-A   59.49   2   1   2   34   40   61.08   65   58.01   65    9.70   63    6.23   81    3.47   47   10.90   71  
  64  Idaho                      I-A   58.97   2   4   0   72  180   55.04   76   63.27   55   -6.04   84   11.92   62  -17.97   94   11.96   68  
  65  Washington                 I-A   58.03   0   6   1   25  127   58.78   68   57.41   70    9.45   64    8.05   74    1.40   58   24.02   23  
  66  Maryland                   I-A   57.98   1   3   2   62  102   62.26   62   54.11   78    3.91   71    8.21   73   -4.30   69   10.58   72  
  67  Virginia Tech              I-A   57.55   2   4   0   89  108   60.94   66   54.49   76    7.31   68   13.04   54   -5.73   71   10.48   74  
  68  Colorado                   I-A   56.92   5   1   1   78   69   48.96   84   66.38   48  -20.07   92   -4.88   93  -15.19   91  -21.35   92  
  69  Michigan St.               I-A   56.90   2   3   0   73   98   56.18   73   57.82   67    8.10   66   14.30   44   -6.21   72   13.10   66  
  70  Duke                       I-A   56.27   3   4   0  110  176   57.46   70   55.32   74   -0.73   77   12.21   60  -12.94   87    8.70   79  
  71  Denver                     I-A   56.01   5   1   1   92   33   50.72   82   62.09   58  -17.27   88   -4.58   92  -12.70   86  -25.70   96  
  72  Rice                       I-A   55.97   0   5   0    6  142   54.63   77   57.58   68   12.30   60   16.07   33   -3.77   66   39.50    1  
  73  LSU                        I-A   55.75   3   3   0   77  111   53.92   79   57.88   66    3.63   72    7.42   76   -3.80   67    9.29   78  
  74  South Carolina             I-A   55.26   2   5   0   67  153   58.71   69   52.25   79   -1.79   78    7.43   75   -9.23   77   10.49   73  
  75  Brown                      I-A   54.76   1   4   0   25   77   61.22   64   49.22   85   11.16   62   10.54   67    0.62   63   21.56   33  
  76  Iowa St.                   I-A   54.19   1   7   0   54  135   60.17   67   49.07   86    9.41   65   12.72   56   -3.31   65   19.54   42  
  77  Virginia                   I-A   54.14   1   3   2   58  119   56.83   72   51.87   80   -2.04   79    5.38   83   -7.41   74    8.13   80  
  78  Washington (MO)            I-A   52.99   0   4   1    0   58   56.99   71   49.59   84    8.09   67    6.02   82    2.07   53   19.69   40  
  79  Princeton                  I-A   52.70   0   4   1   39   67   62.41   61   44.81   92   12.90   58   10.58   66    2.33   52   18.50   47  
  80  Colorado College           I-A   52.22   4   3   0   94   71   46.36   88   59.25   62  -17.43   90   -3.43   90  -14.00   88  -20.72   91  
  81  Washington & Lee           I-A   51.99   1   5   1   65  165   53.46   80   50.94   81   -2.22   80    8.86   70  -11.08   82   12.06   67  
  82  Creighton                  I-A   51.26   1   4   0   38  110   54.20   78   48.88   88    1.18   75   10.99   65   -9.81   79   15.58   58  
  83  BYU                        I-A   50.90   4   2   0  130   89   45.43   90   57.52   69  -18.86   91    1.95   86  -20.81   97  -25.69   95  
  84  Davidson                   I-A   50.25   2   5   0   60  111   52.44   81   48.61   89   -2.55   81    2.47   85   -5.02   70    4.73   83  
  85  Utah St.                   I-A   50.05   3   4   0   50   60   46.22   89   54.71   75  -20.10   93   -9.05   97  -11.05   81  -18.67   88  
  86  Colorado St.               I-A   49.41   5   4   0  117   87   45.31   92   54.44   77  -20.42   94   -5.79   94  -14.62   89  -23.75   94  
  87  Mississippi                I-A   49.38   0   6   2   47  198   49.60   83   49.68   83    1.83   74    9.45   68   -7.63   76   20.70   35  
  88  Auburn                     I-A   48.57   0   7   0   15  208   47.67   86   50.05   82   -5.83   83    6.24   80  -12.07   83   21.74   31  
  89  Montana St.                I-A   48.24   3   2   0   46   72   41.91   95   56.17   72  -23.93   95   -8.06   95  -15.87   92  -18.73   90  
  90  Columbia                   I-A   48.09   0   5   0    6  105   55.10   75   42.47   95    2.88   73    6.98   79   -4.10   68   22.68   29  
  91  Sewanee                    I-A   47.69   0   4   1   33  112   47.72   85   48.23   90    1.15   76    8.71   72   -7.56   75   16.95   54  
  92  Montana                    I-A   46.83   0   5   1   36  119   45.29   93   49.07   87  -10.82   85   -0.36   87  -10.46   80    3.01   85  
  93  Wake Forest                I-A   44.72   1   4   0   12  137   47.17   87   43.08   94  -17.35   89   -2.38   88  -14.96   90    7.65   82  
  94  Mississippi St.            I-A   44.48   0   4   1   45  132   45.38   91   44.31   93   -5.60   82    6.98   78  -12.58   85   11.80   69  
  95  North Carolina St.         I-A   40.29   1   7   0   38  183   42.16   94   39.38   97  -15.76   87   -3.36   89  -12.40   84    2.37   86  
  96  Colorado Mines             I-A   38.93   2   5   0   49   74   36.79   96   42.22   96  -30.20   96  -12.75   99  -17.45   93  -26.63   98  
  97  Northern Colorado          I-A   38.23   3   3   0   41   70   33.36   98   44.96   91  -35.31   98  -16.98  100  -18.33   95  -30.47  100  
  98  Regis                      I-A   34.53   1   5   0   67  105   33.91   97   36.35   98  -33.88   97   -8.16   96  -25.72   98  -27.55   99  
  99  Wyoming                    I-A   32.06   0   7   0   20  154   30.32   99   35.24  100  -37.83   99  -11.82   98  -26.02   99  -18.69   89  
 100  Western St.                I-A   31.06   1   5   0   85  181   28.44  100   35.37   99  -42.01  100   -4.32   91  -37.69  100  -26.01   97