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1920 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1920 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.739Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI8–0–10.9447+46BYE
200.909Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI6–0–10.9299+28BYE
300.987Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–0–20.87515+30BYE
401.077California (CALIFORNIA)PAC8–01.0001+12BYE
501.111Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–0–20.88913+25BYE
601.148Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+26BYE
701.166Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–0–10.9299+20BYE
801.186Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+21BYE
901.191Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI8–10.88913+34BYE
1001.253Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI8–0–10.9447+23BYE
1101.360Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC9–01.0001+18BYE
1201.405Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI10–10.90911+31BYE
1301.549Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–01.0001+15BYE
1401.570Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–1–10.81319+15BYE
1501.676Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY6–1–10.81319+17BYE
1601.681Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI7–20.77823+22BYE
1701.744Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–10.87515+20BYE
1801.748TCUIND FBSI9–01.0001+12BYE
1911.841Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI9–10.90012+18BYE
2011.926Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–10.85717+12BYE
2111.935Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI7–20.77823+9BYE
2212.037Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–20.71432+17BYE
2312.096Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–20.77823+17BYE
2412.176Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–10.83318+7BYE
2512.366Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY5–1–10.78621+7BYE
2622.465Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI7–20.77823+8BYE
2702.489Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–20.71432+8BYE
2812.508Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–2–10.68838+10BYE
29-102.523Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72230+16Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–7
3002.526Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–20.75028+7BYE
3112.540Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI5–3–10.61151+16BYE
32-12.551Indiana (INDIANA)B105–20.71432+9BYE
3302.575Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72230+12BYE
3402.663Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI5–1–10.78621+2BYE
3502.678Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI7–20.77823+5BYE
3602.721NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70037+19BYE
3702.735Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–2–20.66739+4BYE
3802.736Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–2–20.62545+7BYE
3902.769Iowa (IOWA)B105–20.71432+7BYE
4002.835Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI5–3–10.61151+7BYE
4102.852Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–1–20.71432+2BYE
4212.916Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75028-3BYE
43-12.943Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62545+10BYE
4403.055Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–3–10.65043+8BYE
4503.070Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–40.60054+9BYE
4613.145Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–30.62545+14BYE
4713.165Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–30.62545-1BYE
48-23.188LSUIND FBSI5–3–10.611510BYE
4903.221Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI5–2–20.66739-4BYE
5003.377Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–30.66739-4BYE
5103.422Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–2–20.57156+4BYE
5203.563Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI6–30.667390BYE
5303.575Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI5–30.62545+5BYE
5403.667Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56358+1BYE
5503.691West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–4–10.55060+1BYE
5603.787Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI5–30.62545-3BYE
5703.806Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–40.42974+2BYE
5803.853Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI4–4–10.50061+2BYE
5903.904Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY4–2–10.643440BYE
6014.089Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–2–20.500610BYE
61-14.091Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–40.50061+5BYE
6204.151Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–50.50061+2BYE
6304.201South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–40.55659-1BYE
6404.334Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND SWC4–4–20.50061-3BYE
6504.357Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B84–40.50061-7BYE
6604.558Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–3–30.50061-7BYE
6704.584Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–40.42974-2BYE
6804.618Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–30.57156+4BYE
6904.736Drake (DRAKE)IND B84–5–10.45070-1BYE
7004.808Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–4–10.50061-9BYE
7104.846Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY4–5–10.45070-5BYE
7204.913Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI4–6–10.40977-7BYE
7304.957Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–2–10.58355-2BYE
7404.961Denver (DENVER)IND SKY3–40.42974-4BYE
7505.236Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–60.40078-17BYE
7605.385Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B83–3–10.50061-8BYE
7705.581Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI3–4–10.43872-7BYE
7805.634SMUIND SWC3–5–20.40078-5BYE
7905.745Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–4–10.43872-6BYE
8005.818North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–60.25083-8BYE
8106.071Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–50.37581-6BYE
8216.193Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI3–5–10.38980-11BYE
83-16.202Purdue (PURDUE)B102–50.28682-10BYE
8406.336Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI2–60.25083-15BYE
8506.813Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–60.14392-13BYE
8607.070Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–70.22286-2BYE
8707.177Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–5–10.21489+1BYE
8807.328Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–5–20.25083-10BYE
8907.491Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–70.22286-19BYE
9008.144Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–60.00096-14BYE
9108.166Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–50.16791-9BYE
9208.199Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI1–6–10.18890+2BYE
9308.834Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–7–10.06394-6BYE
9409.099Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–70.22286-16BYE
9509.322Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–70.12593-21BYE
96010.334Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–8–10.05695-32BYE

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