College Football Ratings
Based on 409 games between 121 teams
played between 9/17/1932 and 1/2/1933

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.52

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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   95.84  10   0   0  201   13   96.71    1   94.15    2   45.40    1   28.32    1   17.09    1   26.60    2  
   2  Michigan                   I-A   94.07   8   0   0  123   13   89.97    3   97.54    1   32.16    4   19.65   14   12.51    2   18.41   24  
   3  Colgate                    I-A   90.93   5   0   0  117    0   93.73    2   87.54    5   30.06    7   21.82    6    8.24   18    6.66   82  
   4  Purdue                     I-A   88.57   7   0   1  164   42   86.26    5   90.27    3   31.34    5   22.82    5    8.52   17   16.09   36  
   5  TCU                        I-A   86.83   6   0   1  119   21   85.90    6   87.16    6   30.87    6   20.62    7   10.25   11   16.87   29  
   6  Michigan St.               I-A   85.76   4   1   0   80   58   81.34   13   89.80    4   18.17   37   19.81   10   -1.65   75   13.77   51  
   7  Pittsburgh                 I-A   85.59   6   1   2  102   60   83.98    7   86.64    8   29.51    9   17.12   23   12.39    3   24.85    5  
   8  Wisconsin                  I-A   84.92   5   1   1  112   48   82.63    8   86.70    7   25.91   17   19.39   15    6.52   26   16.77   30  
   9  Notre Dame                 I-A   84.77   6   2   0  182   31   86.50    4   82.53   15   37.32    2   25.72    3   11.60    6   18.45   22  
  10  Ohio St.                   I-A   83.97   3   1   3   56   34   81.79   11   85.67   10   25.76   18   13.98   37   11.79    5   22.62   11  
  11  Tennessee                  I-A   83.56   7   0   1  165   36   82.10   10   84.51   11   28.25   12   20.25    8    8.00   19   12.13   57  
  12  Fordham                    I-A   82.76   4   1   0   72   25   81.29   14   83.73   12   24.52   22   15.72   27    8.81   14   15.12   43  
  13  Centenary                  I-A   82.75   5   0   1   57   19   78.98   21   86.16    9   22.38   25   12.10   51   10.28   10   16.05   37  
  14  Minnesota                  I-A   81.77   4   3   0   74   42   80.29   15   82.78   14   24.32   23   14.10   35   10.21   13   19.74   18  
  15  Auburn                     I-A   81.21   6   0   1  112   54   78.66   22   83.36   13   21.85   27   16.47   26    5.38   32   13.56   53  
  16  Texas                      I-A   80.45   7   2   0  194   49   79.19   19   81.27   16   29.31   10   23.87    4    5.43   31   13.20   54  
  17  Alabama                    I-A   80.13   7   2   0  155   45   79.18   20   80.65   18   27.07   14   19.24   16    7.83   20   14.85   44  
  18  Washington St.             I-A   79.09   5   1   1   60   28   78.15   24   79.60   21   24.96   20   12.62   44   12.34    4   20.39   16  
  19  Washington                 I-A   79.00   4   2   2   94   49   82.24    9   75.48   30   29.06   11   17.72   19   11.35    7   23.44    9  
  20  Detroit Mercy              I-A   78.84   6   1   0   95   38   77.45   26   79.83   20   16.01   45   11.48   55    4.53   38    7.87   73  
  21  Army                       I-A   78.43   4   2   0  132   39   81.46   12   75.12   32   32.55    3   26.04    2    6.51   27   17.05   27  
  22  Northwestern               I-A   77.85   3   4   1  116   76   78.23   23   77.07   25   24.66   21   18.95   17    5.70   29   19.66   19  
  23  Vanderbilt                 I-A   77.83   4   1   2   82   39   76.95   27   78.33   22   21.49   30   12.85   41    8.64   16   15.35   41  
  24  Brown                      I-A   77.79   3   1   0   28   29   74.24   32   81.10   17   16.10   44    9.25   69    6.85   25   16.35   33  
  25  Utah                       I-A   77.54   6   1   0  156   41   79.22   18   75.53   29   21.78   28   19.73   13    2.05   53    5.35   88  
  26  Oregon                     I-A   77.08   5   3   1   83   58   79.62   16   74.26   34   27.43   13   17.06   24   10.37    9   24.65    8  
  27  St. Mary's                 I-A   76.86   4   2   1   63   59   76.59   28   76.76   26   25.29   19   17.55   22    7.75   21   24.72    7  
  28  LSU                        I-A   76.82   5   3   1  107   31   77.50   25   75.79   28   22.32   26   13.52   39    8.80   15   13.88   50  
  29  Nebraska                   I-A   76.44   7   1   1  105   52   72.62   40   80.09   19   14.38   49   10.70   58    3.69   45    8.49   68  
  30  Tulane                     I-A   75.73   6   2   1  131   95   73.81   35   77.36   24   18.24   36   17.66   20    0.58   60   14.24   46  
  31  Rice                       I-A   75.31   5   3   0  107   70   74.11   33   76.19   27   20.93   31   16.53   25    4.39   41   16.30   34  
  32  California                 I-A   74.99   3   3   2   76   77   76.52   29   73.18   36   26.01   16   18.77   18    7.24   23   26.14    3  
  33  Stanford                   I-A   74.63   3   4   1   80   58   79.23   17   70.00   46   30.00    8   19.76   12   10.24   12   27.25    1  
  34  Illinois                   I-A   74.55   2   4   0   43   94   73.44   36   75.35   31   13.85   52   13.90   38   -0.04   68   22.35   12  
  35  Virginia Tech              I-A   74.17   7   1   0  121   21   74.83   31   73.23   35   16.80   43   12.11   50    4.70   37    4.30   92  
  36  NYU                        I-A   73.86   3   3   0   74   68   73.15   38   74.28   33   17.58   39   14.01   36    3.57   48   16.58   32  
  37  Oklahoma St.               I-A   73.61   5   0   0   92   20   69.69   50   77.44   23    8.44   68    9.52   67   -1.09   72   -5.96  110  
  38  Pennsylvania               I-A   73.17   3   2   0   53   52   73.00   39   73.05   37   18.46   35   17.55   21    0.91   59   18.26   26  
  39  Columbia                   I-A   72.55   4   1   1   61   26   72.23   41   72.61   38   17.11   41   13.49   40    3.62   47   11.28   60  
  40  Duke                       I-A   72.55   7   3   0  153   40   74.08   34   70.79   41   18.05   38   14.38   32    3.67   46    6.75   79  
  41  Santa Clara                I-A   71.60   3   3   0   50   41   76.05   30   67.18   53   26.55   15   15.51   29   11.04    8   25.05    4  
  42  Chicago                    I-A   70.96   1   4   1   34   94   70.22   47   71.47   40   11.85   56   11.82   54    0.03   67   21.85   13  
  43  Indiana                    I-A   70.78   2   4   1   58   70   70.89   45   70.45   42   13.78   53    9.94   64    3.84   44   15.49   40  
  44  Texas A&M                  I-A   70.28   2   4   2   35   78   68.84   53   71.54   39   13.72   54    8.77   72    4.95   34   19.10   20  
  45  Georgia Tech               I-A   69.91   4   5   1  114  105   71.13   44   68.51   49   16.89   42   12.79   42    4.10   43   15.99   38  
  46  UCLA                       I-A   69.91   4   4   0   72   61   71.95   42   67.72   51   19.82   34   12.58   48    7.23   24   18.44   23  
  47  North Carolina St.         I-A   69.40   5   1   2   59   29   68.31   54   70.32   43   10.39   61    5.88   82    4.51   39    6.64   83  
  48  Texas Tech                 I-A   69.23   5   1   0  101   15   69.74   49   68.54   47   10.61   60    9.39   68    1.22   58   -3.72  103  
  49  George Washington          I-A   68.51   3   1   1   64   47   66.88   60   70.01   45    9.62   63   10.29   61   -0.67   70    6.22   86  
  50  Yale                       I-A   68.31   2   2   2   41   41   69.33   51   67.15   54   14.08   50    8.47   74    5.60   30   14.08   49  
  51  Oregon St.                 I-A   68.21   2   6   0   78  100   73.21   37   63.39   70   20.03   32   15.57   28    4.45   40   22.78   10  
  52  Villanova                  I-A   67.89   2   2   0   38   35   68.21   55   67.43   52    7.49   74   10.01   63   -2.52   79    6.74   80  
  53  Georgia                    I-A   67.76   2   5   2  122  116   70.59   46   64.91   64   14.89   47   14.46   31    0.43   62   14.22   47  
  54  South Carolina             I-A   67.49   4   3   2   74   54   66.63   62   68.22   50   10.27   62    7.46   78    2.82   49    8.05   69  
  55  Kansas                     I-A   67.37   5   3   0   89   77   64.41   72   70.32   44    7.88   72    8.90   71   -1.02   71    6.38   85  
  56  Arkansas                   I-A   66.99   1   5   1   46  113   67.41   58   66.44   57   11.32   58   12.59   46   -1.27   73   20.90   14  
  57  Kentucky                   I-A   66.98   4   5   0  116   77   69.22   52   64.68   65   15.18   46   12.59   47    2.59   50   10.84   63  
  58  Cornell                    I-A   66.80   2   2   1   55   25   69.75   48   63.85   68   17.21   40   11.94   53    5.27   33   11.21   62  
  59  Mississippi                I-A   66.54   2   5   0   66  116   66.38   63   66.59   56    8.19   70   12.14   49   -3.95   82   15.33   42  
  60  Temple                     I-A   66.50   4   1   1   60   39   64.43   70   68.53   48    6.13   78    3.89   92    2.23   52    2.63   94  
  61  Carnegie Tech              I-A   66.19   1   3   2   70   74   67.14   59   65.14   62   13.50   55   15.23   30   -1.72   76   14.17   48  
  62  Gonzaga                    I-A   65.99   3   3   0  105   71   71.46   43   60.84   78   22.43   24   19.91    9    2.51   51   16.76   31  
  63  SMU                        I-A   65.81   2   7   1   56  112   65.66   66   65.85   59   11.43   57    9.80   66    1.63   55   17.03   28  
  64  Oklahoma                   I-A   65.71   3   4   1   83   81   64.27   73   67.08   55    8.15   71    8.21   76   -0.06   69    7.90   71  
  65  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   65.64   3   2   1   40   19   66.87   61   64.34   66    9.28   64    3.54   93    5.75   28    5.78   87  
  66  Marquette                  I-A   65.45   2   3   1   60   48   65.70   65   65.11   63    8.68   67    7.17   80    1.51   56    6.68   81  
  67  Princeton                  I-A   65.39   0   2   3   21   41   67.96   57   62.84   74   14.89   48   10.54   60    4.34   42   18.89   21  
  68  Syracuse                   I-A   65.08   1   3   1   31   65   64.52   69   65.56   61    7.78   73    6.08   81    1.70   54   14.58   45  
  69  West Virginia              I-A   64.71   3   4   0   98  100   66.16   64   63.22   71    6.25   77   14.26   34   -8.00   94    6.54   84  
  70  North Carolina             I-A   64.19   3   5   2   84  142   64.87   67   63.45   69    6.71   76   11.12   56   -4.40   85   12.51   56  
  71  Baylor                     I-A   63.70   1   5   1   27   92   63.49   76   63.87   67    9.03   66    7.66   77    1.37   57   18.31   25  
  72  Wake Forest                I-A   63.46   1   2   2    6   16   64.00   74   62.88   72    7.40   75    2.58   97    4.82   35    9.40   67  
  73  Creighton                  I-A   63.46   4   2   1  109   65   61.03   78   65.94   58    2.43   82    8.32   75   -5.89   88   -3.86  104  
  74  St. Louis                  I-A   62.96   3   1   0   58   24   60.35   82   65.65   60   -0.20   89    4.76   87   -4.97   87   -8.70  115  
  75  Kansas St.                 I-A   62.73   2   4   0   82   74   62.57   77   62.88   73    9.05   65   12.09   52   -3.04   81    7.71   77  
  76  Florida                    I-A   62.67   3   6   0  108  136   64.53   68   60.85   77    8.39   69   12.76   43   -4.37   83   11.50   59  
  77  Navy                       I-A   61.41   2   5   1   67   66   64.41   71   58.55   84   13.88   51    9.17   70    4.71   36   13.75   52  
  78  Harvard                    I-A   61.09   2   3   0   56   99   60.79   79   61.41   76    4.15   80   12.61   45   -8.46   97   12.75   55  
  79  San Francisco              I-A   60.95   1   4   0   40   56   68.15   56   54.53   93   21.64   29   14.34   33    7.30   22   24.84    6  
  80  BYU                        I-A   60.54   5   1   0   97   43   59.25   85   61.89   75   -0.77   90    5.50   83   -6.28   89   -9.77  116  
  81  William & Mary             I-A   59.76   3   4   0   46   77   60.54   81   59.04   83    3.33   81    4.95   85   -1.62   74    7.76   76  
  82  Richmond                   I-A   59.75   2   2   0   25   43   59.42   83   60.13   80    0.68   87    5.44   84   -4.76   86    5.18   89  
  83  Iowa                       I-A   59.38   0   7   0   31  164   59.25   86   59.57   82    1.57   85    9.83   65   -8.26   95   20.57   15  
  84  Denver                     I-A   59.12   4   3   1   60   74   57.67   88   60.67   79   -2.17   91    2.22   98   -4.39   84   -0.42   99  
  85  Colorado College           I-A   58.35   5   2   0   93   82   57.14   89   59.68   81   -5.11   97    4.40   88   -9.51  102   -6.68  111  
  86  Idaho                      I-A   58.07   2   5   0   65   97   60.78   80   55.57   89   10.94   59   10.65   59    0.29   64   15.51   39  
  87  Davidson                   I-A   57.96   3   4   1   42   46   59.27   84   56.77   85    1.57   86    1.26  105    0.31   63    2.07   95  
  88  Loyola Marymount           I-A   57.29   2   3   0   98   56   63.83   75   51.52  100   19.92   33   19.78   11    0.14   65   11.52   58  
  89  Colorado St.               I-A   55.93   4   3   1  100   45   56.57   90   55.43   90    2.05   83    4.25   90   -2.20   78   -4.83  107  
  90  Clemson                    I-A   55.89   1   4   1   57  104   56.27   92   55.65   88    0.04   88   10.09   62  -10.05  105    7.87   72  
  91  Penn St.                   I-A   54.80   1   4   0   49  108   56.46   91   53.34   96   -3.87   94    8.59   73  -12.46  111    7.93   70  
  92  Iowa St.                   I-A   54.39   1   4   1   52  101   53.56   94   55.40   91   -6.40   99    3.50   94   -9.90  104    1.76   97  
  93  Dartmouth                  I-A   54.10   1   4   0   26   51   59.01   87   49.77  106    4.92   79    4.36   89    0.56   61    9.92   64  
  94  Missouri                   I-A   53.65   1   7   1   32  184   51.68   97   55.89   86   -9.07  106    1.62  102  -10.69  108    7.82   74  
  95  Colorado                   I-A   52.59   2   4   0   63   46   54.86   93   50.62  104    1.58   84    3.33   95   -1.75   77   -1.25  100  
  96  Grinnell                   I-A   52.38   1   4   0   26   77   50.68   98   54.38   94  -11.65  108   -3.16  113   -8.49   98   -1.45  101  
  97  Virginia                   I-A   52.29   2   4   0   31   61   52.14   95   52.67   97   -2.20   92    0.75  108   -2.95   80    2.80   93  
  98  Citadel                    I-A   52.15   2   3   0   32   76   50.28   99   54.32   95   -6.79  100    1.86  101   -8.65  100    2.01   96  
  99  Maryland                   I-A   51.93   2   5   0   31  112   51.81   96   52.29   98   -4.60   96    3.99   91   -8.59   99    6.97   78  
 100  Washington (MO)            I-A   51.74   2   3   0   34   78   48.59  102   55.36   92  -16.46  115   -3.18  114  -13.28  113   -7.66  113  
 101  Bucknell                   I-A   50.95   1   4   1   20   81   50.07  100   52.12   99   -5.45   98    2.09  100   -7.54   91    4.72   90  
 102  Mississippi St.            I-A   50.57   0   5   0    0  140   46.05  108   55.83   87   -8.08  101    4.90   86  -12.98  112   19.92   17  
 103  Utah St.                   I-A   49.79   3   4   0   91  105   49.60  101   50.27  105   -3.53   93    7.34   79  -10.87  109   -1.53  102  
 104  Georgetown                 I-A   48.89   0   4   1    6  128   46.95  106   51.24  101  -14.82  112   -0.63  110  -14.19  115    9.58   66  
 105  Washington & Lee           I-A   47.83   1   9   0   20  188   48.50  103   47.50  108   -9.01  105    1.42  103  -10.43  107    7.79   75  
 106  Butler                     I-A   47.61   0   0   1    0    0   44.73  109   51.04  102  -19.81  117  -19.87  121    0.06   66  -19.81  121  
 107  Drake                      I-A   47.61   1   6   1   26  187   44.73  109   51.04  102  -19.81  118    0.06  109  -19.87  119    0.32   98  
 108  Sewanee                    I-A   46.93   0   7   0   15  153   47.88  104   46.34  109   -8.47  102    1.29  104   -9.76  103   11.25   61  
 109  VMI                        I-A   46.34   1   8   0   26  160   46.77  107   46.29  110  -10.22  107    1.19  106  -11.41  110    4.67   91  
 110  Northern Colorado          I-A   45.75   3   2   1   65   50   44.30  111   47.65  107  -13.46  110   -3.97  116   -9.49  101  -15.96  118  
 111  Wyoming                    I-A   44.34   1   6   1   25  131   42.98  113   46.18  111  -17.15  116   -3.20  115  -13.95  114   -3.90  105  
 112  Arizona                    I-A   43.63   3   4   0   63   93   43.97  112   43.73  112   -8.94  104    1.12  107  -10.06  106   -4.65  106  
 113  Lafayette                  I-A   43.04   0   4   0    6   62   47.80  105   39.17  116   -4.30   95    3.25   96   -7.55   92    9.70   65  
 114  Montana St.                I-A   40.92   1   3   0   26   52   41.47  114   40.88  113  -14.00  111   -6.10  117   -7.90   93   -7.50  112  
 115  Montana                    I-A   39.23   0   7   0   45  218   38.79  116   40.23  114   -8.54  103   10.75   57  -19.29  118   16.18   35  
 116  Colorado Mines             I-A   39.11   1   6   0   33  138   39.32  115   39.46  115  -20.54  119   -2.42  111  -18.12  117   -5.54  109  
 117  Northern Arizona           I-A   36.59   2   2   1   33   31   36.12  118   37.68  117  -15.29  113   -8.16  119   -7.13   90  -15.69  117  
 118  Arizona St.                I-A   36.43   2   2   1   68   52   35.82  119   37.68  117  -13.29  109    2.17   99  -15.46  116  -16.49  120  
 119  New Mexico St.             I-A   36.14   1   2   1   27   26   38.30  117   34.69  120  -15.89  114   -7.53  118   -8.37   96  -16.14  119  
 120  New Mexico                 I-A   33.38   1   5   1   31  184   32.72  120   34.77  119  -27.05  120   -2.59  112  -24.46  121   -5.19  108  
 121  Western St.                I-A   27.31   0   5   0   12  130   24.67  121   31.17  121  -32.28  121   -8.45  120  -23.83  120   -8.68  114