College Football Ratings
Based on 474 games between 131 teams
played between 9/20/1935 and 1/1/1936

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.08

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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  Minnesota                  I-A   91.63   7   0   0  168   40   89.08    2   93.74    1   38.41    2   28.36    3   10.05   10   20.12   26  
   2  SMU                        I-A   91.00  10   1   0  189   39   89.71    1   91.81    2   35.60    5   21.46   11   14.15    2   21.97   18  
   3  Stanford                   I-A   90.05   7   1   0   86   13   88.71    3   90.92    3   32.78    8   17.75   25   15.03    1   23.66   10  
   4  California                 I-A   89.42   6   1   0   71   22   87.87    4   90.53    4   32.19   10   18.57   20   13.61    4   25.19    3  
   5  TCU                        I-A   88.15  10   1   0  196   62   86.21    7   89.68    5   33.95    7   24.03    6    9.92   11   21.77   21  
   6  Ohio St.                   I-A   87.43   7   1   0  237   57   86.82    5   87.60    6   40.33    1   33.68    1    6.65   28   17.83   36  
   7  LSU                        I-A   86.49   7   2   0  135   41   85.97    8   86.58    8   34.32    6   20.21   12   14.11    3   23.88    9  
   8  Michigan St.               I-A   85.21   6   1   0  201   39   86.29    6   83.74   10   37.87    3   29.05    2    8.83   15   14.73   53  
   9  UCLA                       I-A   84.89   7   2   0  141   73   82.35   11   87.09    7   29.50   13   22.97    9    6.52   29   21.94   19  
  10  Notre Dame                 I-A   83.76   7   1   1  143   62   82.07   12   85.10    9   28.17   14   19.25   16    8.92   14   19.17   31  
  11  Princeton                  I-A   81.88   6   0   0  186   19   83.45    9   80.00   19   36.94    4   27.70    4    9.23   12    9.11   77  
  12  Marquette                  I-A   81.80   7   1   0  173   65   81.22   13   82.03   13   27.60   15   23.63    8    3.97   44   14.10   55  
  13  Rice                       I-A   81.78   7   3   0  163  101   79.76   18   83.49   11   26.58   18   21.59   10    4.99   36   20.38   25  
  14  Auburn                     I-A   81.45   6   2   0  125   39   82.39   10   80.18   17   30.02   12   18.75   19   11.27    6   19.27   29  
  15  St. Mary's                 I-A   80.78   3   2   2   62   37   81.14   14   80.09   18   26.66   17   15.96   35   10.70    7   23.09   12  
  16  Pittsburgh                 I-A   80.72   5   1   2   86   28   79.96   16   81.15   14   24.13   23   13.68   52   10.44    9   16.88   40  
  17  Fordham                    I-A   80.46   2   1   2   41   34   78.51   23   82.13   12   23.46   27   15.64   39    7.82   22   22.06   17  
  18  Northwestern               I-A   80.13   3   3   1   76   79   79.11   21   80.83   15   26.43   19   18.29   21    8.14   19   26.86    2  
  19  Alabama                    I-A   80.08   6   2   0  178   48   81.13   15   78.74   21   32.27    9   23.90    7    8.37   17   16.02   43  
  20  Iowa                       I-A   78.98   2   2   2   49   37   79.22   20   78.45   24   26.87   16   16.28   33   10.60    8   24.87    5  
  21  Baylor                     I-A   78.98   5   3   0   75   75   77.48   26   80.19   16   23.05   30   14.11   49    8.94   13   23.05   13  
  22  Vanderbilt                 I-A   78.56   5   3   0  113   61   78.25   24   78.57   22   25.02   22   17.28   27    7.73   23   18.52   34  
  23  Nebraska                   I-A   78.30   6   2   1  138   71   77.38   27   78.93   20   24.04   24   18.98   17    5.06   35   16.59   42  
  24  Washington                 I-A   78.11   5   3   0   93   42   79.82   17   76.14   31   25.77   20   17.83   23    7.94   21   19.39   28  
  25  North Carolina             I-A   78.10   8   1   0  270   44   79.63   19   76.31   29   30.17   11   27.49    5    2.68   50    5.06   93  
  26  Temple                     I-A   78.03   6   3   0  130   68   78.88   22   76.91   28   22.53   31   15.03   44    7.50   24   15.64   45  
  27  Purdue                     I-A   77.21   4   4   0   65   57   75.97   32   78.20   26   22.25   32   13.70   51    8.55   16   21.25   23  
  28  Indiana                    I-A   77.08   4   2   1   70   48   75.58   34   78.33   25   20.23   34   12.26   61    7.97   20   17.09   39  
  29  Duke                       I-A   76.72   8   2   0  214   45   78.00   25   75.20   35   25.62   21   19.97   13    5.66   32    8.72   79  
  30  Oregon                     I-A   76.68   5   3   0   64   63   75.87   33   77.23   27   20.07   35   12.89   56    7.17   25   19.94   27  
  31  Mississippi St.            I-A   76.63   5   3   0   99   70   77.23   28   75.77   32   21.20   33   15.70   38    5.51   34   17.58   37  
  32  Arkansas                   I-A   76.11   3   5   0   89  103   76.42   30   75.55   33   23.10   29   18.23   22    4.87   38   24.85    6  
  33  Michigan                   I-A   75.20   4   4   0   68  131   73.98   39   76.19   30   15.08   57   13.03   55    2.04   54   22.95   14  
  34  Illinois                   I-A   74.96   3   4   0   59   48   75.99   31   73.71   38   23.48   26   12.05   64   11.44    5   21.91   20  
  35  NYU                        I-A   74.82   3   1   0   46   33   71.13   50   78.45   23   12.23   68   12.47   60   -0.25   66    8.98   78  
  36  Army                       I-A   74.76   4   2   1   88   62   75.14   35   74.16   36   17.11   50   14.65   47    2.46   52   13.39   59  
  37  Kentucky                   I-A   74.13   4   4   0  107   94   75.04   36   73.00   40   23.11   28   16.60   31    6.50   30   21.48   22  
  38  Mississippi                I-A   73.78   6   2   0  147   66   74.37   38   72.97   41   18.45   39   15.49   40    2.96   49    8.33   83  
  39  Villanova                  I-A   73.38   4   2   0  107   67   72.67   43   73.89   37   16.44   51   17.75   24   -1.32   75    9.77   74  
  40  Duquesne                   I-A   73.37   5   2   0   79   58   71.12   51   75.47   34   15.66   55   10.67   71    4.99   37   12.66   64  
  41  San Francisco              I-A   73.22   3   3   0   56   45   74.45   37   71.80   46   19.41   37   14.67   45    4.74   39   17.58   38  
  42  Texas                      I-A   72.94   3   6   0  100  168   72.07   48   73.62   39   17.59   47   18.95   18   -1.36   76   25.15    4  
  43  Santa Clara                I-A   72.88   1   6   0   38   62   76.67   29   69.09   55   23.50   25   15.20   43    8.29   18   26.93    1  
  44  Georgia                    I-A   72.78   5   4   0  129   88   73.03   41   72.31   43   19.74   36   16.03   34    3.71   46   15.18   49  
  45  Tulane                     I-A   72.27   5   4   0  143  123   72.11   47   72.23   45   17.69   46   17.41   26    0.28   62   15.47   47  
  46  Loyola Marymount           I-A   71.91   4   3   0   49   59   72.22   46   71.41   48   17.72   45   11.23   68    6.49   31   19.15   32  
  47  Detroit Mercy              I-A   71.59   5   2   0  137   48   70.74   52   72.26   44   18.02   43   16.96   29    1.06   57    5.31   92  
  48  Georgia Tech               I-A   71.32   5   5   0  162  142   72.79   42   69.69   51   17.49   48   16.99   28    0.50   59   15.49   46  
  49  Carnegie Tech              I-A   70.83   1   4   1   16   59   69.76   56   71.73   47   13.66   60    9.36   74    4.30   41   20.83   24  
  50  Chicago                    I-A   70.29   2   4   0   40  104   67.90   65   72.58   42   12.47   67   12.58   59   -0.11   63   23.14   11  
  51  Texas A&M                  I-A   69.92   1   7   0   63  115   72.62   44   67.16   63   18.31   41   14.52   48    3.78   45   24.81    7  
  52  Southern Cal               I-A   69.79   2   7   0   65  104   73.13   40   66.45   67   18.03   42   14.67   46    3.36   47   22.36   16  
  53  Colgate                    I-A   69.78   2   2   0   72   26   72.50   45   67.01   65   18.43   40   15.91   36    2.52   51    6.93   88  
  54  Oklahoma                   I-A   69.62   6   3   0   99   44   69.72   57   69.36   54   15.37   56    9.77   73    5.61   33    9.26   75  
  55  Tennessee                  I-A   69.58   3   5   0   78  155   69.05   60   69.95   50   13.27   64   14.11   50   -0.84   71   22.90   15  
  56  Xavier                     I-A   69.55   4   2   0   91   28   71.49   49   67.52   60   17.89   44   13.36   54    4.53   40    7.39   86  
  57  Washington (MO)            I-A   69.44   5   4   0  161  149   69.06   59   69.67   52   14.19   59   19.54   14   -5.34  102   12.86   60  
  58  Centenary                  I-A   69.00   4   5   0   72   97   68.94   62   68.92   56   16.04   52   11.85   66    4.19   42   18.82   33  
  59  Kansas St.                 I-A   68.98   2   3   3   40   46   69.16   58   68.66   58   14.34   58    7.67   83    6.67   26   15.09   51  
  60  Kansas                     I-A   68.75   3   4   1   60  118   68.46   63   68.90   57   11.04   71   11.77   67   -0.73   70   18.29   35  
  61  Oregon St.                 I-A   68.67   3   4   1   99   98   70.10   53   67.13   64   15.94   54   15.22   42    0.72   58   15.82   44  
  62  Wisconsin                  I-A   68.51   1   6   0   47  158   67.49   67   69.41   53    8.49   76   12.65   58   -4.17   94   24.34    8  
  63  Navy                       I-A   68.16   5   4   0  136   89   69.89   55   66.35   68   13.32   63   13.53   53   -0.21   65    8.10   84  
  64  Washington St.             I-A   68.01   3   3   1   62   75   69.00   61   66.91   66   13.54   61   11.97   65    1.57   55   15.39   48  
  65  Yale                       I-A   67.75   4   3   0   93   99   68.10   64   67.27   62   11.82   70   12.22   62   -0.40   67   12.67   63  
  66  Pennsylvania               I-A   67.01   3   4   0  132   80   69.91   54   64.12   77   17.28   49   16.95   30    0.34   61    9.86   73  
  67  Dartmouth                  I-A   66.63   5   2   0  157   57   67.49   66   65.68   71   16.04   53   16.55   32   -0.51   69    1.75  104  
  68  Bucknell                   I-A   65.98   3   3   0   12   98   61.77   86   70.37   49   -2.39  100    2.26  105   -4.65   95   11.94   68  
  69  Arizona                    I-A   65.76   5   2   0  146   45   66.64   68   64.79   72   18.80   38   19.26   15   -0.46   68    4.37   96  
  70  Furman                     I-A   65.50   6   1   0  134   44   62.63   81   68.41   59    8.40   77   11.00   70   -2.61   84   -4.46  123  
  71  Syracuse                   I-A   65.49   4   1   1   61   46   63.49   77   67.46   61    1.79   92    3.38  102   -1.59   80   -0.71  111  
  72  Maryland                   I-A   65.03   6   2   2   88   72   63.76   74   66.24   70    4.07   88    5.67   94   -1.60   81    2.47   99  
  73  North Carolina St.         I-A   64.54   5   3   0   67   68   62.79   79   66.25   69    6.79   79    6.41   90    0.38   60    6.92   89  
  74  Missouri                   I-A   64.35   1   3   3   51   77   65.11   70   63.52   78    9.93   72    8.57   77    1.37   56   13.65   58  
  75  Gonzaga                    I-A   64.21   3   3   1   48   84   63.81   73   64.55   75    6.33   82    7.88   80   -1.55   79   11.47   69  
  76  Tulsa                      I-A   64.13   3   5   1   58   85   63.83   72   64.36   76    9.37   74    7.08   86    2.29   53   12.37   66  
  77  Penn St.                   I-A   63.60   2   4   0   38   64   63.72   75   63.42   79    4.81   86    6.19   92   -1.38   77    9.14   76  
  78  George Washington          I-A   63.29   2   3   0   30   94   61.82   85   64.73   74    2.25   91    7.23   85   -4.98  101   15.05   52  
  79  Iowa St.                   I-A   63.18   1   4   2   53   95   63.30   78   63.01   80    7.71   78    8.92   75   -1.21   74   13.71   57  
  80  Clemson                    I-A   62.98   6   3   0  147   99   61.20   87   64.75   73    6.08   83   11.02   69   -4.94   98    0.75  109  
  81  Texas Tech                 I-A   62.17   2   3   0   36   35   65.20   69   59.24   84   12.97   66    6.30   91    6.66   27   12.77   61  
  82  Utah                       I-A   61.38   4   2   1  146   48   64.31   71   58.55   88   13.38   62   15.41   41   -2.04   82   -0.62  110  
  83  Idaho                      I-A   60.77   1   6   0   26   74   63.58   76   58.07   90    9.77   73    6.53   88    3.24   48   16.63   41  
  84  Loyola (NO)                I-A   60.68   0   3   1   19   48   62.12   84   59.25   83   11.98   69    7.89   79    4.10   43   19.23   30  
  85  West Virginia              I-A   60.19   1   4   1   58   96   60.63   89   59.75   82    5.73   84   12.81   57   -7.07  106   12.07   67  
  86  Colorado                   I-A   59.72   5   4   0  140   47   62.75   80   56.83   92    8.84   75    9.92   72   -1.08   72   -1.49  113  
  87  Utah St.                   I-A   59.70   5   2   1  165   73   62.44   83   57.07   91    6.76   80   12.11   63   -5.35  103   -4.74  124  
  88  Montana                    I-A   59.62   1   5   2   48  108   62.58   82   56.81   93    5.26   85    7.90   78   -2.64   86   12.76   62  
  89  Columbia                   I-A   58.57   3   4   1   66  109   58.23   93   58.93   85   -2.49  101    2.35  104   -4.84   96    2.89   98  
  90  Florida                    I-A   58.49   2   7   0   79  154   58.73   92   58.28   89    2.88   90    7.82   82   -4.93   97   11.22   70  
  91  Harvard                    I-A   57.84   1   4   0   46   76   59.85   90   55.92   97    6.66   81    7.83   81   -1.18   73   12.66   65  
  92  Creighton                  I-A   57.66   3   4   1   52  105   55.06   98   60.41   81   -0.02   95    1.49  107   -1.51   78    6.61   90  
  93  Drake                      I-A   57.55   2   4   2   74  192   56.50   97   58.65   87   -6.33  109    6.14   93  -12.47  120    8.42   82  
  94  Georgetown                 I-A   57.04   1   3   0   29   33   61.20   88   53.21  106    1.18   94    4.75   97   -3.58   91    2.18  102  
  95  Denver                     I-A   57.00   5   3   0   95   94   57.40   96   56.64   94   -1.53   98    5.41   95   -6.94  105   -1.66  114  
  96  McDaniel                   I-A   56.74   1   4   0   21   57   57.90   94   55.66   98   -2.38   99    1.70  106   -4.08   93    4.82   94  
  97  Davidson                   I-A   56.58   3   3   2   62   80   54.41  100   58.88   86   -0.52   96    2.68  103   -3.20   89    1.73  105  
  98  Hardin-Simmons             I-A   56.10   1   3   1   66   55   59.17   91   53.25  105   13.23   65   15.86   37   -2.64   85   11.03   71  
  99  New Mexico St.             I-A   55.78   4   1   1   73   29   57.54   95   54.13  102    4.41   87    4.61   99   -0.20   64   -2.93  115  
 100  Virginia Tech              I-A   55.48   3   3   2   61   47   54.91   99   56.12   96   -2.55  102    0.93  110   -3.48   90   -4.30  121  
 101  Wake Forest                I-A   55.11   2   6   0   52  103   53.94  101   56.38   95    1.28   93    3.70  101   -2.42   83    7.65   85  
 102  St. Louis                  I-A   54.06   1   5   0   52   93   53.10  105   55.13   99    3.45   89    6.49   89   -3.03   87   10.29   72  
 103  Grinnell                   I-A   54.04   1   3   0   39   87   53.64  103   54.52  100   -5.04  106    6.55   87  -11.58  116    6.96   87  
 104  Washburn                   I-A   53.74   2   3   0   46   57   53.34  104   54.23  101   -3.67  103    3.99  100   -7.66  107   -1.47  112  
 105  Cornell                    I-A   53.52   0   4   1   34  156   53.65  102   53.50  104  -10.49  113    7.33   84  -17.81  129   13.91   56  
 106  Washington & Lee           I-A   53.30   2   4   1   34   70   53.00  106   53.72  103   -4.14  105   -0.95  113   -3.19   88    1.01  106  
 107  Centre                     I-A   51.79   0   6   0   34  131   52.89  107   50.84  109   -1.46   97    8.82   76  -10.28  113   14.71   54  
 108  Richmond                   I-A   51.00   1   2   1   19   25   52.44  109   49.73  114   -5.21  107   -1.15  116   -4.07   92   -3.71  119  
 109  New Mexico                 I-A   50.23   4   4   0   78  102   52.64  108   48.07  117   -6.21  108    4.67   98  -10.88  114   -3.21  116  
 110  Virginia                   I-A   50.15   0   4   4   14  121   49.93  112   50.52  111  -11.18  114   -1.92  119   -9.26  111    2.19  101  
 111  South Carolina             I-A   49.80   2   7   0   40  187   47.70  116   52.16  108  -13.20  118    1.39  108  -14.59  123    3.13   97  
 112  Colorado St.               I-A   49.77   3   4   1   58   75   51.01  110   48.71  115   -6.38  110   -1.41  117   -4.96  100   -4.25  120  
 113  Oklahoma St.               I-A   49.01   1   7   0   40  139   47.54  117   50.71  110   -3.93  104    5.01   96   -8.94  109    8.45   81  
 114  VMI                        I-A   48.79   1   7   1   37  157   50.02  111   47.76  118  -11.28  115    0.55  111  -11.84  118    2.05  103  
 115  William & Mary             I-A   48.01   0   4   3    6  103   47.73  115   48.49  116  -11.54  116   -2.99  121   -8.55  108    2.32  100  
 116  Citadel                    I-A   47.17   1   3   1   25   80   44.23  120   50.52  112  -14.36  120   -3.15  123  -11.21  115   -3.36  117  
 117  Wyoming                    I-A   46.87   3   4   0   61   59   48.30  113   45.68  121   -7.90  111   -1.69  118   -6.21  104   -8.19  126  
 118  Colorado College           I-A   45.90   4   3   1   60   73   45.86  119   46.16  119  -14.47  122   -5.23  128   -9.24  110  -12.84  129  
 119  Mercer                     I-A   45.87   1   4   0   14  110   40.29  124   52.47  107  -13.20  119   -1.09  115  -12.11  119    6.00   91  
 120  BYU                        I-A   45.63   4   4   0   78   90   47.96  114   43.62  122  -12.04  117   -0.22  112  -11.82  117  -10.54  128  
 121  Arizona St.                I-A   42.85   2   5   1   29   66   46.72  118   39.53  126   -8.02  112   -3.06  122   -4.96   99   -3.39  118  
 122  Northern Colorado          I-A   40.42   2   1   0   26   26   40.81  122   40.33  125  -21.53  129   -8.13  130  -13.41  121  -21.53  131  
 123  Brown                      I-A   40.38   0   6   0    0  164   35.67  125   46.06  120  -18.63  126   -1.00  114  -17.63  127    8.71   80  
 124  Sewanee                    I-A   39.13   0   7   0    0  221   30.99  130   49.82  113  -16.40  123    1.29  109  -17.69  128   15.17   50  
 125  Montana St.                I-A   39.04   1   6   0   16  126   40.73  123   37.72  127  -20.08  127   -4.96  127  -15.12  124   -4.36  122  
 126  Presbyterian               I-A   37.48   0   6   0   20  131   34.08  127   41.60  124  -17.55  124   -2.13  120  -15.42  125    0.95  107  
 127  Northern Arizona           I-A   37.21   1   3   1   23   45   41.16  121   33.95  129  -14.46  121   -4.29  124  -10.18  112  -10.06  127  
 128  Haskell                    I-A   36.60   0   5   0    2  114   32.42  129   41.73  123  -18.00  125   -4.30  125  -13.71  122    4.40   95  
 129  Colorado Mines             I-A   33.94   1   6   0   20  203   33.46  128   34.85  128  -32.88  131   -5.32  129  -27.56  131   -6.74  125  
 130  UTEP                       I-A   32.33   0   4   0    0   87   34.52  126   30.68  130  -20.90  128   -4.67  126  -16.23  126    0.85  108  
 131  Western St.                I-A   24.63   0   5   0   27   94   28.10  131   22.08  131  -32.48  130   -9.04  131  -23.44  130  -19.08  130