College Football Ratings
Based on 483 games between 127 teams
played between 9/18/1937 and 1/1/1938

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.33

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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  California                 I-A   92.58   8   0   1  180   33   91.14    1   93.39    3   32.83    2   23.99    2    8.84   13   16.50   31  
   2  Pittsburgh                 I-A   92.31   8   0   1  144   34   88.15    4   96.00    2   29.94    6   20.45   10    9.49   11   17.72   21  
   3  Fordham                    I-A   91.92   5   0   1   68   16   86.44    6   97.08    1   27.65    8   16.56   25   11.08    3   18.98   10  
   4  Santa Clara                I-A   89.12   7   0   0  111    7   85.31    8   92.50    4   24.74   16   17.04   22    7.69   20    9.88   76  
   5  Dartmouth                  I-A   88.63   4   0   2  136   26   90.31    2   86.43    6   38.57    1   26.76    1   11.81    2   20.23    6  
   6  Villanova                  I-A   87.58   6   0   1  131    7   88.26    3   86.37    7   30.83    5   21.10    8    9.74    6   13.12   60  
   7  Yale                       I-A   86.28   5   1   1  111   36   86.70    5   85.34    9   31.56    3   18.93   13   12.63    1   20.84    5  
   8  LSU                        I-A   86.08   7   2   0  130   27   85.88    7   85.77    8   29.07    7   19.42   11    9.65    8   17.63   22  
   9  Alabama                    I-A   85.71   8   1   0  184   33   83.86    9   87.08    5   31.37    4   21.55    5    9.82    5   14.59   46  
  10  Auburn                     I-A   82.53   5   2   3  108   36   83.76   10   80.88   13   26.97    9   16.34   26   10.64    4   19.77    7  
  11  Ohio St.                   I-A   81.07   6   2   0  125   23   82.65   11   79.12   19   26.77   11   18.80   15    7.97   18   14.02   52  
  12  Arkansas                   I-A   81.07   5   2   2  161   89   81.84   12   79.90   16   26.70   12   22.33    3    4.37   39   18.70   15  
  13  Rice                       I-A   81.02   6   3   2  117   94   79.50   19   82.15   11   24.12   19   15.97   27    8.15   16   22.03    2  
  14  Vanderbilt                 I-A   80.78   6   2   0  104   36   80.79   14   80.36   15   23.65   21   13.94   33    9.71    7   15.15   41  
  15  Notre Dame                 I-A   80.35   6   2   1   77   49   77.89   26   82.47   10   21.87   27   12.29   44    9.58    9   18.76   14  
  16  Baylor                     I-A   80.06   5   3   0  106   62   80.53   15   79.20   18   24.44   18   18.24   18    6.20   27   18.94   11  
  17  Texas A&M                  I-A   79.87   5   2   2  117   59   78.89   22   80.47   14   23.85   20   17.60   21    6.25   26   17.41   24  
  18  Minnesota                  I-A   79.83   5   2   0  115   43   80.28   16   78.99   21   24.64   17   20.54    9    4.10   44   14.35   50  
  19  North Carolina             I-A   79.51   7   1   1  173   39   79.10   20   79.54   17   22.31   26   16.77   23    5.54   29    7.42   86  
  20  Cornell                    I-A   79.01   5   2   1  146   82   79.56   18   78.08   25   26.53   13   21.48    6    5.05   33   18.53   17  
  21  Harvard                    I-A   78.90   4   2   1  104   46   80.99   13   76.50   30   26.88   10   17.62   20    9.27   12   18.60   16  
  22  TCU                        I-A   78.64   4   4   2   73   66   78.75   24   78.15   24   22.71   25   13.16   35    9.55   10   22.01    3  
  23  Washington                 I-A   78.43   5   2   2   99   33   78.78   23   77.72   26   21.32   28   13.11   36    8.22   15   13.99   53  
  24  Holy Cross                 I-A   77.80   5   0   2   73   19   74.48   31   80.90   12   18.57   31   11.68   49    6.89   22   10.86   72  
  25  Nebraska                   I-A   77.75   6   1   2   99   42   76.15   28   79.03   20   17.48   35   12.43   42    5.05   32   11.15   71  
  26  Army                       I-A   77.63   6   2   0  129   66   76.54   27   78.38   23   23.64   22   19.39   12    4.25   40   15.77   37  
  27  Duke                       I-A   77.10   7   2   1  228   56   77.97   25   75.90   32   26.03   14   21.46    7    4.57   37    8.83   84  
  28  Tennessee                  I-A   76.97   6   3   1  189   47   80.22   17   73.53   36   25.45   15   17.66   19    7.79   19   11.25   70  
  29  Georgia Tech               I-A   76.40   5   3   1  149   54   78.90   21   73.66   35   23.48   23   16.71   24    6.76   23   12.92   62  
  30  Michigan St.               I-A   76.15   7   2   0   98   42   73.49   37   78.57   22   16.26   42   13.21   34    3.05   52   10.04   74  
  31  Stanford                   I-A   76.14   4   3   2   68   53   75.30   30   76.67   28   19.41   30   11.40   52    8.01   17   17.75   20  
  32  Tulsa                      I-A   75.81   5   2   2  153   84   75.35   29   75.95   31   20.25   29   18.55   17    1.70   59   12.58   65  
  33  Southern Cal               I-A   73.82   3   4   2   96   98   73.95   34   73.41   37   18.54   32   15.72   28    2.82   53   18.77   13  
  34  Colorado                   I-A   73.67   8   1   0  262   54   73.23   38   73.84   34   17.29   38   22.20    4   -4.90   96   -5.82  119  
  35  Manhattan                  I-A   73.45   4   3   1   52   65   71.76   44   74.90   33   15.49   46    8.93   71    6.56   24   17.11   26  
  36  Oklahoma                   I-A   72.99   5   2   2   98   39   73.58   35   72.14   40   15.89   43   11.11   55    4.78   35    9.34   80  
  37  Indiana                    I-A   72.87   3   3   0   33   32   74.07   32   71.44   43   17.38   37    9.04   70    8.34   14   17.22   25  
  38  West Virginia              I-A   72.79   3   1   1   45   32   68.79   54   76.75   27   12.08   55    8.67   73    3.41   48    9.48   79  
  39  St. Mary's                 I-A   72.59   3   3   1   29   50   68.51   58   76.64   29   11.13   60    6.94   84    4.19   41   14.13   51  
  40  Purdue                     I-A   72.25   3   3   1   50   62   72.40   41   71.85   41   15.73   44   12.40   43    3.33   50   17.45   23  
  41  Tulane                     I-A   72.23   4   4   1   80   69   73.53   36   70.71   49   17.26   39   11.09   56    6.17   28   16.04   35  
  42  SMU                        I-A   72.04   4   6   0   79   80   73.98   33   69.91   52   18.11   34   11.81   46    6.30   25   18.21   19  
  43  Penn St.                   I-A   72.03   3   3   0   97  101   71.51   45   72.30   39   15.34   47   18.60   16   -3.27   87   16.00   36  
  44  Northwestern               I-A   71.96   4   4   0   68   40   72.69   39   70.99   46   18.53   33   11.14   54    7.39   21   15.03   43  
  45  Oregon St.                 I-A   71.49   2   3   3   51   60   71.46   46   71.30   45   14.93   48    9.57   65    5.36   30   16.06   34  
  46  Georgia                    I-A   71.05   4   3   2   72   64   72.27   42   69.62   53   16.32   41   12.25   45    4.07   45   15.43   39  
  47  Washington St.             I-A   70.85   3   3   3   36   67   69.68   49   71.80   42   10.99   64    6.29   89    4.70   36   14.44   47  
  48  Montana                    I-A   70.79   4   1   0   68   19   68.38   59   73.04   38   10.67   66    9.34   67    1.34   61    0.87  103  
  49  Texas                      I-A   69.91   2   6   1   60  103   71.35   47   68.29   57   17.00   40   12.84   38    4.16   43   21.78    4  
  50  Temple                     I-A   69.78   3   2   4   38   59   68.66   57   70.71   48   11.15   59    6.09   91    5.06   31   13.48   57  
  51  Illinois                   I-A   69.31   2   3   1   39   39   71.78   43   66.74   62   14.83   49   10.28   60    4.55   38   14.83   44  
  52  Detroit Mercy              I-A   69.12   3   3   0  103   35   72.68   40   65.55   66   22.88   24   18.82   14    4.06   46   11.55   69  
  53  Maryland                   I-A   69.11   6   2   0   93   65   67.47   61   70.59   50    8.82   72    8.48   75    0.34   63    5.32   93  
  54  Arizona                    I-A   68.88   8   2   0  194   88   66.35   67   71.31   44   11.12   62   15.15   31   -4.03   90    0.52  106  
  55  Centenary                  I-A   68.80   4   3   1   63   69   66.62   66   70.86   47   11.25   58    8.80   72    2.45   55   12.00   66  
  56  Syracuse                   I-A   68.72   2   2   1   39   45   68.68   56   68.58   55   14.14   51    9.11   68    5.03   34   15.34   40  
  57  Carnegie Tech              I-A   68.68   2   5   1   49   77   68.71   55   68.47   56   13.58   52   11.19   53    2.39   56   17.08   27  
  58  Wisconsin                  I-A   68.52   3   3   1   71   61   70.17   48   66.74   61   14.37   50   10.98   57    3.39   49   12.94   61  
  59  NYU                        I-A   68.35   2   3   0   45   66   67.23   63   69.31   54   12.04   56   12.76   40   -0.72   71   16.24   32  
  60  Texas Tech                 I-A   67.71   7   4   0  138   87   67.95   60   67.31   59   11.13   61   10.82   59    0.31   65    6.49   89  
  61  Princeton                  I-A   67.44   3   4   0   90  126   69.32   51   65.47   68   13.18   53   15.64   30   -2.45   80   18.33   18  
  62  UCLA                       I-A   66.37   2   6   1   93  133   68.98   53   63.72   73   12.22   54   15.13   32   -2.92   83   16.66   29  
  63  Idaho                      I-A   66.13   4   3   1   35   53   62.42   82   69.91   51    4.60   89    4.44   99    0.16   68    6.85   88  
  64  Navy                       I-A   65.76   4   4   1  150   74   69.64   50   61.97   79   17.46   36   15.72   29    1.74   58    9.01   82  
  65  Michigan                   I-A   65.64   4   4   0   54  110   63.96   73   67.23   60    6.97   81    8.21   76   -1.23   74   13.97   54  
  66  Drake                      I-A   65.45   5   2   0  112   64   65.71   68   65.07   70    7.69   76   10.82   58   -3.13   85    0.83  104  
  67  Columbia                   I-A   65.37   1   5   2   62   94   69.05   52   61.78   81   15.60   45   11.43   51    4.17   42   19.60    8  
  68  Georgetown                 I-A   65.12   1   3   2   32   65   64.25   72   65.88   64    7.24   79    7.70   80   -0.46   69   12.74   64  
  69  New Mexico St.             I-A   64.94   5   1   0   85   33   62.28   83   67.59   58    6.17   84    6.90   85   -0.73   72   -2.50  112  
  70  Mississippi                I-A   64.70   2   5   1   68  106   67.06   65   62.31   77    9.96   69   11.65   50   -1.70   77   14.71   45  
  71  Oregon                     I-A   64.48   3   6   0   90  152   63.14   79   65.74   65    8.55   73   12.82   39   -4.28   92   15.43   38  
  72  San Francisco              I-A   64.30   2   5   0   20   85   63.33   78   65.19   69    3.85   92    5.08   97   -1.24   75   13.13   59  
  73  Brown                      I-A   64.27   1   4   0   14  107   62.99   81   65.48   67    7.64   77   11.75   47   -4.12   91   26.24    1  
  74  Mississippi St.            I-A   64.19   3   4   1   42  117   61.96   84   66.40   63    4.23   91    6.87   86   -2.64   82   13.61   56  
  75  Boston College             I-A   63.99   2   3   1   41   53   65.00   70   62.91   75    9.64   70    8.08   77    1.56   60   11.64   68  
  76  Florida                    I-A   63.88   3   7   0   68   89   67.28   62   60.56   87   10.72   65    8.08   78    2.64   54   12.82   63  
  77  Colgate                    I-A   63.64   1   5   0   34   86   67.21   64   60.18   89   10.43   67   10.16   61    0.27   66   19.10    9  
  78  Duquesne                   I-A   63.57   3   4   0   53   45   64.91   71   62.18   78   11.09   63    7.25   83    3.84   47    9.95   75  
  79  Kansas                     I-A   63.55   3   3   2   65   56   63.76   77   63.25   74    6.64   82    5.82   92    0.82   62    5.52   91  
  80  Loyola Marymount           I-A   63.48   2   6   0   53  106   63.03   80   63.85   72    7.74   75    9.05   69   -1.31   76   14.36   49  
  81  Kentucky                   I-A   63.44   3   6   0   87  130   65.13   69   61.71   82   10.28   68   12.91   37   -2.63   81   15.06   42  
  82  Pennsylvania               I-A   63.31   2   5   1   75  129   63.90   75   62.65   76    9.44   71   11.75   48   -2.31   78   16.19   33  
  83  George Washington          I-A   62.49   1   4   1   53   92   63.84   76   61.10   84    7.89   74    8.54   74   -0.64   70   14.39   48  
  84  Clemson                    I-A   62.37   4   4   1  128   64   63.96   74   60.75   86   11.94   57    9.60   64    2.34   57    4.83   95  
  85  North Carolina St.         I-A   62.34   5   3   1   91   92   60.09   89   64.61   71    5.30   85    7.61   81   -2.31   79    5.41   92  
  86  Bucknell                   I-A   61.36   1   2   2   40   64   61.91   85   60.77   85    7.15   80   10.13   62   -2.98   84   11.95   67  
  87  Missouri                   I-A   60.06   3   6   1   42   64   61.77   86   58.38   90    5.26   86    2.04  108    3.22   51    7.46   85  
  88  Utah                       I-A   59.80   5   3   0  133   52   59.34   90   60.25   88    4.62   88    7.79   79   -3.17   86   -5.51  117  
  89  BYU                        I-A   59.70   5   2   0  120   28   58.12   92   61.32   83    6.56   83    6.24   90    0.32   64   -6.59  121  
  90  Denver                     I-A   59.63   6   2   0  116   54   57.44   93   61.88   80   -3.29  101    2.67  105   -5.95  101  -11.04  125  
  91  VMI                        I-A   58.38   5   4   0  128   82   60.60   87   56.25   92    4.63   87    9.43   66   -4.80   95   -0.48  108  
  92  Kansas St.                 I-A   56.91   4   5   0   76   84   59.21   91   54.73   97    1.66   95    5.23   96   -3.57   88    2.55   98  
  93  UTEP                       I-A   56.84   3   1   1   99   34   57.10   94   56.63   91    7.35   78   12.70   41   -5.35   98   -5.65  118  
  94  South Carolina             I-A   56.11   4   5   1  133  132   56.30   95   55.98   94    4.54   90    9.80   63   -5.26   97    4.44   97  
  95  Gonzaga                    I-A   55.83   0   6   2   14  116   55.88   96   55.85   95   -2.47   99    3.16  103   -5.62  100   10.28   73  
  96  Washington (MO)            I-A   55.39   2   5   0   34  128   55.79   97   55.06   96   -3.80  103    4.98   98   -8.78  107    9.63   78  
  97  Iowa                       I-A   55.26   0   7   0   22  113   60.21   88   50.78  103    3.84   93    7.60   82   -3.76   89   16.84   28  
  98  Marquette                  I-A   54.28   1   6   0   27  118   55.21   98   53.44  100    0.43   96    5.80   93   -5.36   99   13.43   58  
  99  Iowa St.                   I-A   53.98   2   6   0   36  149   53.96  102   54.10   98   -4.93  106    5.65   94  -10.58  114    9.20   81  
 100  St. Louis                  I-A   53.05   2   2   0   21   40   52.94  103   53.28  101   -4.11  105    0.42  114   -4.53   93    0.64  105  
 101  Furman                     I-A   52.58   2   3   2   87   48   54.86  100   50.51  105    2.52   94    3.64  100   -1.12   73   -3.05  115  
 102  New Mexico                 I-A   51.74   3   4   1   55   93   49.70  107   54.01   99   -4.94  107    1.60  109   -6.54  102   -0.19  107  
 103  Chicago                    I-A   51.42   0   6   0   19  134   55.05   99   48.17  112   -2.54  100    6.82   87   -9.36  109   16.63   30  
 104  Western St.                I-A   50.57   3   2   0   46   57   45.82  115   55.99   93  -11.12  114    0.41  115  -11.52  115   -8.92  123  
 105  Miami (FL)                 I-A   50.54   0   3   1    6   42   54.40  101   47.10  113   -0.08   97   -0.32  117    0.25   67    8.92   83  
 106  Citadel                    I-A   50.52   3   4   0   73  106   51.42  104   49.80  107   -7.45  108    1.57  110   -9.02  108   -2.73  113  
 107  Virginia Tech              I-A   50.28   3   5   0   59  109   51.12  105   49.62  110   -4.01  104    2.67  106   -6.67  103    2.24  101  
 108  Washington & Lee           I-A   50.21   3   5   0   46  135   49.45  109   51.14  102   -8.81  110    1.56  111  -10.37  112    2.32  100  
 109  Oklahoma St.               I-A   49.34   2   6   0   60  126   49.97  106   48.91  111   -3.46  102    3.50  101   -6.95  104    4.79   96  
 110  Wake Forest                I-A   47.96   1   6   0   25  220   46.16  114   50.06  106  -13.99  119    5.39   95  -19.38  124   13.87   55  
 111  Davidson                   I-A   47.81   1   7   0   35  128   49.50  108   46.39  114   -1.85   98    2.69  104   -4.53   94    9.78   77  
 112  Utah St.                   I-A   47.67   2   4   2   47  152   45.04  117   50.68  104  -16.44  122   -1.94  121  -14.50  119   -3.32  116  
 113  Northern Arizona           I-A   45.33   1   4   0   26   73   48.36  111   42.74  117   -7.45  109    1.24  113   -8.69  106    1.95  102  
 114  Sewanee                    I-A   44.82   0   6   0    7  204   40.70  120   49.66  109  -14.05  120    6.75   88  -20.80  125   18.78   12  
 115  Richmond                   I-A   44.70   2   4   0   25   84   45.47  116   44.21  115  -12.58  117   -2.06  122  -10.51  113   -2.74  114  
 116  Colorado College           I-A   44.33   4   4   0   50   90   39.75  122   49.75  108  -16.61  123   -6.32  125  -10.29  110  -11.61  126  
 117  Virginia                   I-A   44.13   1   7   0   39  162   47.31  112   41.43  119  -10.17  113    1.49  112  -11.66  116    5.21   94  
 118  Wyoming                    I-A   42.17   2   4   0   59   83   40.92  119   43.78  116  -15.64  121   -0.38  118  -15.26  121  -11.64  127  
 119  Creighton                  I-A   41.73   0   6   0   33  122   48.56  110   36.15  124   -8.87  111    3.20  102  -12.07  117    5.97   90  
 120  Northern Colorado          I-A   41.54   2   5   0   71  106   41.63  118   41.79  118  -12.08  116   -0.02  116  -12.07  118   -7.08  122  
 121  William & Mary             I-A   41.14   1   5   0   33   91   46.50  113   36.70  123  -11.91  115   -1.55  120  -10.37  111   -2.25  111  
 122  Montana St.                I-A   39.42   0   4   1   39   96   40.05  121   39.16  120  -12.74  118    2.18  107  -14.92  120   -1.34  110  
 123  Arizona St.                I-A   36.61   0   5   0   13   75   39.31  123   34.48  126   -9.95  112   -2.47  124   -7.48  105    2.45   99  
 124  Colorado St.               I-A   35.13   1   7   0    6  182   32.17  124   38.86  121  -27.95  125   -9.17  127  -18.78  123   -5.95  120  
 125  Colorado Mines             I-A   34.43   1   5   0   19  137   31.30  126   38.39  122  -28.63  126   -7.42  126  -21.20  126   -8.96  124  
 126  Washburn                   I-A   32.30   0   5   0   12  101   31.68  125   33.45  127  -18.61  124   -2.22  123  -16.39  122   -0.81  109  
 127  Presbyterian               I-A   22.94   0   5   0    0  240   15.62  127   34.71  125  -40.99  127   -1.26  119  -39.73  127    7.01   87