1909 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 23, 1909By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1909 Season Tags: • No Comments

1909 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	1.201	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+33	Beat Harvard 8–0
2	1	1.303	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND FBSI	6–0–1	0.929	6	+19	Beat Oklahoma 14–8
3	1	1.313	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0–2	0.833	15	+6	BYE
4	3	1.440	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–0–1	0.929	6	+10	Beat Lehigh 21–0
5	-4	1.450	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–1	0.857	11	+15	Lost to Michigan 6–15
6	3	1.505	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	5–0–2	0.857	11	+11	Tied Tulane 5–5
7	-1	1.505	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+5	BYE
8	-3	1.569	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+10	BYE
9	-1	1.635	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Iowa 20–7
10	0	1.657	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–0–1	0.929	6	+11	BYE
11	1	1.668	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	28	+22	BYE
12	2	1.745	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	23	+21	BYE
13	0	1.777	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	15	+16	BYE
14	2	1.799	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	15	+13	BYE
15	0	1.836	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat USS Franklin 5–0
16	1	2.039	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–1–2	0.714	29	+11	Tied Wisconsin 6–6
17	-6	2.061	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	9	+13	Lost to Yale 0–8
18	0	2.143	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	15	+5	BYE
19	1	2.145	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	15	+3	BYE
20	5	2.156	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	11	+16	Beat Minnesota 15–6
21	-2	2.234	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	10	+6	BYE
22	-1	2.317	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	20	+16	Beat Mount Union 17–3
23	-1	2.381	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	11	+2	BYE
24	7	2.534	LSU	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+7	Beat Transylvania 52–0
25	3	2.540	TCU	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	21	+6	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 12–0
26	4	2.663	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	21	+1	Beat Holy Cross 9–5
27	-1	2.674	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	25	+7	BYE
28	6	2.710	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	39	+10	BYE
29	0	2.746	Haskell (HASKELL)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	25	+6	BYE
30	11	2.769	Texas (TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	40	+8	Beat Oklahoma 30–0
31	1	2.873	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–1–1	0.700	35	+4	Tied Chicago 6–6
32	4	2.898	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	25	+2	Beat Georgia 12–6
33	6	2.929	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+13	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 12–0
34	4	2.966	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	35	+10	Beat Carlisle 21–8
35	5	3.035	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	37	+1	Beat Carnegie Tech 38–6
36	-9	3.136	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	38	+4	Lost to Brown 8–21
37	0	3.147	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–1–2	0.714	29	+8	Tied Alabama 5–5
38	-15	3.153	Denver (DENVER)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+1	Lost to Nebraska 5–6
39	7	3.168	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–2–2	0.571	49	+4	Beat Denver 6–5
40	3	3.243	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	40	+6	Beat Birmingham 26–0
41	1	3.261	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+11	BYE
42	5	3.351	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–2	0.714	29	+10	Beat Syracuse 17–8
43	7	3.352	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	43	-1	Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 49–0
44	-9	3.352	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	46	+3	BYE
45	-1	3.404	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+4	Beat Hardin Simmons 16–3
46	-22	3.720	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	43	-2	Lost to Parris Island Marines 5–17
47	1	3.841	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	46	-1	BYE
48	1	3.875	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	48	0	BYE
49	4	3.876	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	-4	BYE
50	-17	3.894	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	55	-2	Lost to Texas A&M 8–14; Lost to TEXAS 0–30
51	4	3.967	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	49	+1	BYE
52	-1	4.034	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–2–1	0.643	40	-5	BYE
53	4	4.110	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–3	0.571	49	-2	Beat Purdue 36–3
54	4	4.201	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	53	-3	Beat Davidson 45–6
55	-10	4.326	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	3–3	0.500	57	-2	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–12
56	-4	4.334	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	55	+5	Lost to Lafayette 0–21
57	-3	4.357	Iowa (IOWA)	IND Western & MVIAA	2–4–1	0.357	67	+2	Lost to Kansas 7–20
58	3	4.639	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	53	-2	Beat Mount Carmel ALL Stars 39–0
59	5	4.684	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	3–3–2	0.500	57	-5	Beat Union (TENNESSEE) 45–0
60	6	4.871	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	0	Beat Wyoming 23–6
61	-5	5.036	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	61	-8	Lost to Illinois 8–17
62	-3	5.144	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	57	-2	BYE
63	5	5.728	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	63	-6	Beat South Carolina 5–3
64	-4	5.749	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	1–3–2	0.333	68	-4	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–12
65	-3	6.390	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	61	-3	Lost to William & Mary 0–15
66	-1	6.451	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	64	-8	Lost to Navy 6–45
67	-4	6.740	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–4–2	0.375	64	-4	Lost to Swarthmore 0–29
68	1	6.917	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	71	-2	BYE
69	-2	7.271	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	64	-5	Lost to Colorado Mines 6–23
70	1	7.577	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	68	-8	BYE
71	-1	8.064	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–5	0.286	72	-9	Lost to Indiana 3–36
72	0	9.126	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–3–2	0.333	68	-7	Tied Tennessee 0–0
73	1	9.659	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	0–6–2	0.125	74	-9	Tied Tennessee Chattanooga 0–0
74	-1	9.855	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	73	-16	Lost to Mercer 3–5