College Football Ratings
Based on 492 games between 131 teams
played between 9/19/1936 and 1/1/1937

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.69

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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  Pittsburgh                 I-A   89.55   7   1   1  171   34   90.53    1   88.21    4   39.58    2   26.81    2   12.77    3   24.36    3  
   2  LSU                        I-A   89.46   8   1   1  202   54   88.66    2   89.90    1   36.27    3   26.06    3   10.21   10   21.47   13  
   3  Duquesne                   I-A   88.63   6   1   0   93   26   87.99    4   88.92    2   34.06    5   19.68   11   14.39    1   24.49    2  
   4  Minnesota                  I-A   87.82   7   1   0  203   32   88.48    3   86.82    6   41.59    1   29.22    1   12.37    4   20.22   21  
   5  Santa Clara                I-A   86.65   6   1   0   93   36   84.24    6   88.79    3   29.51   11   17.78   26   11.73    6   21.37   14  
   6  Alabama                    I-A   85.98   7   0   1  134   35   83.66    7   88.02    5   30.33    7   19.64   12   10.69    7   17.95   39  
   7  Duke                       I-A   83.72   9   1   0  208   28   85.65    5   81.53   16   29.88    9   20.34    8    9.53   14   11.88   76  
   8  TCU                        I-A   82.89   8   2   2  154   58   80.79   13   84.76    8   27.91   14   18.60   21    9.30   15   19.91   23  
   9  Northwestern               I-A   82.84   6   1   0   92   66   80.07   15   85.42    7   25.90   18   18.72   19    7.18   22   22.18   11  
  10  Nebraska                   I-A   82.20   7   2   0  185   49   83.25    8   80.88   18   33.53    6   23.54    4   10.00   11   18.42   33  
  11  Auburn                     I-A   81.61   6   2   2  115   63   79.23   19   83.79   10   25.60   20   15.11   38   10.49    8   20.40   19  
  12  Marquette                  I-A   81.43   7   2   0  136   60   79.87   16   82.75   12   28.21   13   19.24   15    8.97   17   19.77   25  
  13  Fordham                    I-A   81.22   3   1   2   42   20   80.21   14   81.97   14   23.55   25    9.52   75   14.03    2   19.89   24  
  14  Arkansas                   I-A   81.18   6   3   0  125   87   79.27   18   82.87   11   25.02   22   19.89   10    5.13   37   20.80   17  
  15  Notre Dame                 I-A   81.18   6   2   1  128   69   81.61   10   80.49   20   29.03   12   19.44   13    9.58   13   22.47    9  
  16  Yale                       I-A   80.96   6   1   0  103   60   77.47   26   84.33    9   21.18   30   14.65   40    6.54   26   15.04   57  
  17  Holy Cross                 I-A   80.68   5   1   0   79   23   78.79   20   82.35   13   23.09   26   14.86   39    8.23   19   13.75   69  
  18  Pennsylvania               I-A   80.40   6   1   0  131   44   78.62   21   81.96   15   24.96   23   18.30   22    6.66   25   12.53   74  
  19  Ohio St.                   I-A   80.38   5   3   0  160   27   82.81    9   77.78   29   34.88    4   23.11    5   11.77    5   18.26   35  
  20  Mississippi St.            I-A   79.97   5   3   1  177   38   81.44   11   78.28   24   29.90    8   19.92    9    9.98   12   14.45   64  
  21  Washington                 I-A   79.86   7   2   1  148   56   81.38   12   78.13   26   29.63   10   19.17   16   10.45    9   20.43   18  
  22  Tennessee                  I-A   79.66   4   2   2  100   52   77.88   23   81.23   17   26.91   15   17.73   27    9.18   16   20.91   16  
  23  Dartmouth                  I-A   79.33   5   1   1  124   53   77.67   24   80.79   19   24.43   24   17.31   28    7.12   23   14.28   66  
  24  Detroit Mercy              I-A   79.29   5   2   0  125   45   79.72   17   78.61   23   26.29   16   21.65    7    4.64   40   14.86   59  
  25  Tulane                     I-A   78.90   5   3   1  141  104   77.49   25   80.09   21   20.79   31   17.05   29    3.74   45   16.68   46  
  26  Michigan St.               I-A   78.80   5   1   1  103   27   78.40   22   78.96   22   25.95   17   17.92   24    8.03   20   15.09   56  
  27  North Carolina             I-A   77.20   8   2   0  190  100   76.15   28   78.05   27   18.95   36   18.13   23    0.81   67    9.95   88  
  28  Texas A&M                  I-A   76.64   6   3   1  114   68   74.95   32   78.15   25   20.78   32   14.33   42    6.45   27   16.18   50  
  29  Princeton                  I-A   75.75   2   2   2   98   73   76.33   27   74.98   35   22.81   27   19.25   14    3.56   46   18.64   31  
  30  George Washington          I-A   75.41   3   1   1   39   32   72.76   44   77.96   28   15.93   52    9.72   74    6.21   29   14.53   62  
  31  Purdue                     I-A   75.31   4   2   1  110   95   74.12   36   76.33   30   19.46   35   19.04   17    0.42   69   17.31   42  
  32  Villanova                  I-A   75.21   4   2   1   59   25   74.97   31   75.27   33   19.61   34   11.35   69    8.26   18   14.76   61  
  33  Georgia                    I-A   75.16   5   4   1  115  159   73.87   37   76.29   31   13.90   64   15.86   35   -1.96   80   18.30   34  
  34  Navy                       I-A   75.02   6   3   0  115   74   75.21   30   74.65   37   16.61   49   12.30   60    4.31   43   12.05   75  
  35  St. Mary's                 I-A   74.87   5   3   1  106   80   74.79   33   74.77   36   19.67   33   15.86   34    3.81   44   16.78   45  
  36  SMU                        I-A   74.46   3   4   1   52   66   73.68   38   75.07   34   18.62   40   13.05   54    5.56   34   20.37   20  
  37  Mississippi                I-A   73.95   3   5   2   91   98   74.17   35   73.56   38   18.67   39   14.03   45    4.64   41   19.37   27  
  38  Southern Cal               I-A   73.84   4   2   3  129   65   75.43   29   72.12   43   25.78   19   18.98   18    6.80   24   18.67   30  
  39  Baylor                     I-A   73.63   4   3   1   67   84   71.15   48   76.03   32   14.39   61   11.71   66    2.68   54   16.51   47  
  40  Rice                       I-A   73.29   3   7   0   60  101   72.95   42   73.46   39   18.34   41   12.08   62    6.25   28   22.44   10  
  41  Indiana                    I-A   73.15   4   2   1   85   63   72.97   41   73.16   41   18.86   37   13.30   50    5.57   33   15.72   53  
  42  Temple                     I-A   72.61   3   3   2   35   59   71.66   47   73.43   40   15.07   58    9.27   76    5.80   31   18.07   36  
  43  Carnegie Tech              I-A   72.32   2   6   0   48   92   73.37   39   71.14   45   18.79   38   12.72   57    6.07   30   24.29    4  
  44  Texas                      I-A   72.05   2   6   1   69  128   72.33   46   71.63   44   17.50   44   14.63   41    2.88   52   24.06    5  
  45  Missouri                   I-A   71.92   5   2   1   87   74   70.73   50   72.98   42   16.62   48   11.46   68    5.15   36   14.99   58  
  46  Georgia Tech               I-A   71.58   5   5   1  251  103   74.64   34   68.50   57   25.04   21   22.92    6    2.12   60   11.58   80  
  47  Colgate                    I-A   71.49   3   3   0   78   61   72.88   43   69.98   49   17.12   46   14.17   44    2.95   51   14.29   65  
  48  Army                       I-A   70.62   3   3   0  100   57   73.24   40   67.96   60   21.41   29   16.65   32    4.76   38   14.24   67  
  49  Tulsa                      I-A   70.54   4   2   2  114   49   71.07   49   69.88   50   17.45   45   12.98   55    4.47   42    9.33   90  
  50  Manhattan                  I-A   70.50   3   4   0   52   71   70.44   53   70.44   47   15.30   57   12.09   61    3.20   48   18.01   38  
  51  Washington St.             I-A   69.97   6   3   1  108  102   69.93   57   69.87   51   15.87   53   13.26   51    2.61   55   15.27   54  
  52  UCLA                       I-A   69.76   4   3   1   96   91   70.71   51   68.71   53   18.20   42   15.85   36    2.34   57   17.57   40  
  53  NYU                        I-A   69.65   1   3   1   33  101   70.59   52   68.61   55    8.10   81   13.57   49   -5.47   96   21.70   12  
  54  California                 I-A   69.52   4   5   0   94   74   72.43   45   66.62   67   21.55   28   13.99   46    7.55   21   19.32   28  
  55  Iowa                       I-A   69.10   1   4   1   38   96   69.42   58   68.68   54   12.82   67   12.47   59    0.35   70   22.49    8  
  56  Kansas St.                 I-A   68.98   3   3   2  124   89   70.14   55   67.74   62   17.73   43   16.75   31    0.98   65   13.35   72  
  57  Centenary                  I-A   68.73   3   4   2   49   97   67.33   70   70.05   48    9.90   72    8.18   88    1.72   62   15.23   55  
  58  Utah St.                   I-A   68.63   7   0   1   99   13   66.14   75   71.10   46    6.28   87    3.77  109    2.51   56   -4.47  111  
  59  Vanderbilt                 I-A   68.48   2   4   1   70   75   69.04   61   67.83   61   15.44   56    9.74   73    5.70   32   16.16   51  
  60  Texas Tech                 I-A   68.25   3   2   1   45   53   66.81   71   69.61   52    9.26   75    5.85   97    3.41   47   10.59   86  
  61  Davidson                   I-A   68.09   4   4   0  117   97   69.40   59   66.71   66   12.23   70   13.92   47   -1.68   79    9.73   89  
  62  St. Louis                  I-A   67.87   3   2   0   87   64   70.08   56   65.63   69   15.45   55   17.80   25   -2.34   84   10.85   84  
  63  Illinois                   I-A   67.65   3   3   1   48   70   66.66   73   68.55   56   14.04   62    8.56   83    5.48   35   17.18   43  
  64  Kentucky                   I-A   67.58   4   4   0  104   81   67.95   66   67.13   64   14.51   59   12.60   58    1.91   61   11.64   79  
  65  Loyola (NO)                I-A   67.52   1   4   0   20  123   66.74   72   68.21   58    2.15   95   11.84   63   -9.69  109   22.75    7  
  66  Loyola Marymount           I-A   67.42   1   3   0   53   56   70.20   54   64.66   73   15.76   54   16.93   30   -1.17   77   16.51   48  
  67  Georgetown                 I-A   67.32   3   2   1   67   36   67.48   68   67.07   65   12.32   69   10.15   72    2.17   59    7.16   95  
  68  Columbia                   I-A   67.19   4   3   0  111   73   68.79   63   65.54   71   16.41   50   15.47   37    0.94   66   10.98   83  
  69  Oklahoma                   I-A   66.84   3   3   3   84   67   67.77   67   65.85   68   13.61   66    8.94   81    4.68   39   11.73   77  
  70  Harvard                    I-A   66.69   2   4   1  140  106   69.23   60   64.17   75   16.06   51   18.72   20   -2.65   85   11.20   81  
  71  Stanford                   I-A   66.42   2   5   2   80  109   68.94   62   63.93   77   16.77   47   13.68   48    3.09   50   19.99   22  
  72  Wake Forest                I-A   66.32   5   4   0  110   72   68.46   64   64.16   76    7.61   84    8.06   89   -0.45   75    3.39   98  
  73  Furman                     I-A   66.30   7   2   0  127   75   64.38   82   68.20   59    5.15   90    7.46   91   -2.31   83   -0.63  106  
  74  Miami (FL)                 I-A   66.26   3   2   0   32   26   65.15   79   67.31   63    8.62   79    5.43  105    3.19   49    7.42   94  
  75  Oregon St.                 I-A   65.61   3   6   0  103  151   68.04   65   63.21   80   14.43   60   16.47   33   -2.04   81   19.76   26  
  76  Penn St.                   I-A   65.25   2   4   0   58   79   67.41   69   63.10   82   12.75   68   12.80   56   -0.05   72   16.25   49  
  77  Michigan                   I-A   65.08   1   7   0   36  127   66.39   74   63.73   78   13.95   63   11.75   65    2.20   58   25.32    1  
  78  Clemson                    I-A   64.91   5   5   0   98   95   65.49   76   64.27   74    8.87   77    8.72   82    0.15   71    8.57   91  
  79  Utah                       I-A   64.03   6   3   0  142   75   63.33   84   64.69   72    7.24   86   10.47   71   -3.23   87   -0.20  105  
  80  Montana                    I-A   64.00   4   3   0   80   70   64.77   80   63.20   81    8.03   82    8.40   86   -0.37   74    6.61   96  
  81  Cornell                    I-A   63.97   2   5   0   71  132   64.67   81   63.23   79    8.62   78   13.08   53   -4.46   94   17.33   41  
  82  North Carolina St.         I-A   63.06   2   5   0   58   70   65.28   78   60.89   90    9.46   74    8.48   84    0.99   64   11.18   82  
  83  Arizona                    I-A   63.01   5   2   3  190   54   64.11   83   61.90   86   13.80   65   13.25   52    0.55   68    0.20  103  
  84  San Francisco              I-A   62.86   1   4   1   52  108   63.12   85   62.57   84    7.60   85   11.84   64   -4.24   92   16.93   44  
  85  Iowa St.                   I-A   62.70   2   3   1   56  112   62.37   89   63.00   83    4.13   91   10.47   70   -6.34  100   13.46   71  
  86  Bucknell                   I-A   62.54   1   4   1   13   72   62.62   86   62.42   85    5.94   88    6.17   96   -0.23   73   15.78   52  
  87  Creighton                  I-A   62.45   3   3   0   70   59   65.34   77   59.66   92    9.50   73    8.45   85    1.05   63    7.66   93  
  88  Gonzaga                    I-A   62.20   2   3   0   49   63   62.60   87   61.77   87    7.83   83    9.26   77   -1.43   78   10.63   85  
  89  Denver                     I-A   62.11   7   1   1  141   88   58.81   95   65.57   70    0.19   98    7.40   92   -7.21  101   -5.70  114  
  90  Colorado                   I-A   61.11   4   3   0   99   43   62.21   90   60.01   91    5.31   89    9.07   78   -3.75   89   -2.69  108  
  91  West Virginia              I-A   61.05   1   3   0   30   76   60.71   93   61.38   88    3.01   93    8.98   80   -5.97   97   14.51   63  
  92  Wisconsin                  I-A   60.27   0   6   0   44  131   62.55   88   58.07   95    8.97   76   11.68   67   -2.72   86   23.47    6  
  93  South Carolina             I-A   59.27   5   6   0   87  118   57.52   96   61.09   89    2.34   94    5.75  100   -3.42   88    5.15   97  
  94  Oregon                     I-A   59.10   1   6   1   20   96   61.95   91   56.39   97    8.53   80    5.79   99    2.74   53   18.03   37  
  95  Florida                    I-A   58.18   3   6   0   67  125   56.87   97   59.54   93    3.54   92    5.65  102   -2.10   82    9.99   87  
  96  Maryland                   I-A   58.13   5   4   0   97   47   60.38   94   55.99   99    1.97   97    2.77  111   -0.81   76   -3.59  109  
  97  Washington (MO)            I-A   57.83   1   6   0   86  117   61.85   92   54.11  103   10.33   71   14.28   43   -3.95   90   14.76   60  
  98  Chicago                    I-A   57.03   1   5   0   28  160   55.50  100   58.64   94   -3.39  104    9.04   79  -12.43  116   18.61   32  
  99  Idaho                      I-A   55.36   1   6   0   25  107   55.69   99   55.10  101    1.98   96    6.47   95   -4.50   95   13.69   70  
 100  Mercer                     I-A   55.23   1   4   0   34   87   54.38  102   56.15   98   -2.20  102    5.83   98   -8.03  106    8.40   92  
 101  VMI                        I-A   54.97   6   4   0  122  140   54.60  101   55.41  100   -7.09  109    4.11  108  -11.20  113   -5.29  113  
 102  Kansas                     I-A   54.58   1   6   1   35  153   54.17  103   55.06  102   -0.78  100    5.54  103   -6.33   99   13.97   68  
 103  Drake                      I-A   54.54   3   4   0   89  106   55.75   98   53.43  104    0.08   99    7.73   90   -7.65  104    2.51  101  
 104  Brown                      I-A   54.34   0   6   0   12  188   51.26  105   57.68   96   -8.19  110    6.81   93  -15.00  125   21.14   15  
 105  Washington & Lee           I-A   51.47   3   5   0   73  172   50.85  107   52.22  106   -9.79  113    5.44  104  -15.23  126    2.59  100  
 106  Colorado St.               I-A   51.34   4   4   1   67   74   50.36  108   52.46  105   -6.71  108   -0.50  116   -6.21   98   -5.93  117  
 107  Citadel                    I-A   50.73   3   5   0  100   89   51.01  106   50.58  110   -2.71  103    4.65  107   -7.35  102   -4.08  110  
 108  Oklahoma St.               I-A   50.29   1   8   0   37  196   49.61  109   51.12  108   -5.97  106    4.66  106  -10.62  111   11.70   78  
 109  BYU                        I-A   49.98   4   5   0  123  123   49.09  110   51.02  109   -6.19  107    5.66  101  -11.85  114   -6.19  119  
 110  Syracuse                   I-A   49.29   0   6   0   14   97   52.69  104   46.25  114   -1.21  101    3.03  110   -4.24   91   12.62   73  
 111  Virginia Tech              I-A   48.72   4   5   0   47   93   47.91  111   49.69  111  -10.87  116   -3.09  124   -7.78  105   -5.75  115  
 112  Sewanee                    I-A   47.89   0   5   0   13  211   44.89  115   51.27  107  -20.66  129    6.49   94  -27.15  131   18.94   29  
 113  New Mexico St.             I-A   47.36   3   2   0   82   67   46.12  113   48.79  112   -3.69  105    8.34   87  -12.03  115   -6.69  120  
 114  Colorado College           I-A   45.69   3   4   1   44   39   46.74  112   44.85  118  -10.40  114   -6.05  128   -4.35   93  -11.03  130  
 115  UTEP                       I-A   45.13   2   1   1   39   33   44.22  116   46.25  115   -8.99  112   -1.63  118   -7.36  103  -10.49  129  
 116  Northern Colorado          I-A   45.12   4   3   0   71   98   42.35  121   48.28  113  -16.82  121   -2.59  122  -14.23  122  -12.96  131  
 117  Wyoming                    I-A   44.01   2   5   1   74  159   42.70  120   45.57  117  -17.89  123    0.24  114  -18.13  127   -7.27  122  
 118  Presbyterian               I-A   43.88   2   6   0   41  158   41.89  122   46.19  116  -15.56  119   -1.82  119  -13.73  118   -0.93  107  
 119  Virginia                   I-A   42.87   1   7   0   47  212   43.94  117   42.04  121  -19.82  128    0.45  112  -20.27  128    0.81  102  
 120  Washburn                   I-A   42.57   1   5   1   33  128   43.22  119   42.16  120  -13.65  118    0.05  115  -13.69  117   -0.08  104  
 121  Northern Arizona           I-A   41.80   2   2   1   38   73   41.22  123   42.64  119  -16.48  120   -2.10  120  -14.39  123   -9.48  126  
 122  New Mexico                 I-A   40.86   1   5   0   51   69   45.48  114   36.93  126   -8.84  111    0.26  113   -9.10  107   -5.84  116  
 123  Arizona St.                I-A   40.23   2   4   0   39   76   40.09  124   40.63  123  -12.95  117   -2.95  123   -9.99  110   -6.78  121  
 124  Richmond                   I-A   39.31   1   3   0   14   52   39.71  125   39.19  125  -18.34  124   -4.15  125  -14.19  121   -8.84  125  
 125  Grinnell                   I-A   39.03   0   4   0   18   71   43.62  118   35.17  128  -10.41  115   -1.16  117   -9.25  108    2.84   99  
 126  Erskine                    I-A   38.58   1   4   0   38   84   37.74  127   39.72  124  -17.26  122   -2.35  121  -14.90  124   -8.06  123  
 127  Montana St.                I-A   38.29   1   5   0   12   93   35.74  129   41.32  122  -19.66  127   -5.74  127  -13.93  119   -6.16  118  
 128  Western St.                I-A   36.79   1   5   0   35   84   37.97  126   35.93  127  -18.48  125   -4.43  126  -14.05  120  -10.32  128  
 129  William & Mary             I-A   33.20   0   6   0   13   80   35.78  128   31.12  130  -19.38  126   -8.56  131  -10.82  112   -8.22  124  
 130  Colorado Mines             I-A   27.42   0   6   0   18  134   25.86  130   29.53  131  -29.01  130   -7.29  130  -21.73  129   -9.68  127  
 131  Wofford                    I-A   26.71   0   6   0    7  169   21.63  131   33.52  129  -31.97  131   -7.16  129  -24.82  130   -4.97  112