1920 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 1920By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1920 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	58	0.816	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Birmingham Southern 54–0
2	-1	0.924	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oglethorpe 55–0
3	52	0.953	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 110–0
4	12	1.089	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 40–0
5	69	1.123	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hampden Sydney 136–0
6	79	1.219	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 88–0
7	23	1.236	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi College 27–0
8	48	1.304	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 79–0
9	10	1.349	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Indiana 14–7
10	60	1.361	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 27–0
11	-9	1.372	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 14–7
12	-1	1.395	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 13–0
13	55	1.406	SMU	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	59	0	Tied Hardin Simmons 0–0
14	36	1.429	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 10–0
15	-11	1.452	Centre (CENTRE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Morris Harvey 66–0
16	19	1.474	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 6–0
17	45	1.474	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 6–0
18	5	1.497	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhodes 62–0
19	53	1.520	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 66–0
20	44	1.520	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lawrence 60–0
21	5	1.531	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lanier 59–0
22	3	1.548	LSU	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Jefferson 81–0; Beat NORTHWESTERN STATE 34–0
23	15	1.576	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 55–0
24	65	1.582	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mare Island Marines 88–0
25	46	1.588	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marion 49–0
26	61	1.610	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	58	0	Tied Presbyterian 7–7; Beat NEWBERRY 26–6
27	-24	1.629	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
28	-23	1.629	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
29	-22	1.629	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Susquehanna 0–0
30	-22	1.629	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
31	-21	1.629	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
32	-17	1.629	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
33	-15	1.629	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
34	-7	1.629	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
35	4	1.629	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
36	5	1.629	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
37	5	1.629	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
38	6	1.629	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	63	0	Tied Clemson 7–7
39	8	1.629	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
40	17	1.629	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
41	17	1.629	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
42	18	1.629	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
43	20	1.629	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	82	0	BYE
44	31	1.650	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 49–0
45	-24	1.667	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia State 47–0
46	-3	1.667	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Geneva 47–0
47	31	1.678	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryville 47–0
48	38	1.678	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 65–0
49	18	1.701	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carnegie Tech 44–0
50	-33	1.724	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Penn 42–0
51	-20	1.735	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Wesleyan 41–0
52	0	1.735	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Mary's 41–0
53	-16	1.758	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kalamazoo 39–0
54	-45	1.769	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 41–3
55	-27	1.769	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Dakota 41–3
56	36	1.780	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 7–0
57	25	1.780	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 41–0
58	-45	1.848	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 31–0
59	24	1.882	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	59	0	Tied West Virginia 7–7
60	21	1.882	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 21–0
61	23	1.882	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	59	0	Tied West Virginia Wesleyan 7–7
62	18	1.888	Phillips (PHILLIPS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 27–7
63	30	1.951	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maine 41–0
64	15	1.962	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 7–0
65	-11	1.962	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tusculum 21–0
66	-5	1.962	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri Rolla 21–0
67	-53	1.973	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Colorado 20–0
68	-44	1.973	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Muhlenberg 20–0
69	-16	1.973	TCU	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southeastern Oklahoma State 20–0
70	18	1.985	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 13–0
71	19	2.013	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gettysburg 13–0
72	-50	2.041	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Hays State 14–0
73	-40	2.041	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washburn 14–0
74	-38	2.041	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Knox 14–0
75	16	2.041	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	59	0	Tied Lehigh 7–7
76	-31	2.075	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Swarthmore 17–6
77	-31	2.087	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depauw 10–0
78	-66	2.121	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rochester 13–6
79	-30	2.121	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bryson 7–0
80	-48	2.948	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to NC State 7–14
81	-41	2.948	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Baylor 0–7
82	-17	3.097	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–10
83	-17	3.245	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Colorado State 0–13
84	-7	3.252	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Iowa 7–14
85	9	3.320	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to Washington & LEE 0–6
86	-52	3.592	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Clemson 6–26
87	-18	3.677	Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–55
88	7	3.839	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	71	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–6
89	-13	3.906	Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–54
90	-61	3.938	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Mississippi State 0–27
91	-40	3.938	Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Texas 0–27
92	-86	4.581	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to Georgia 0–40
93	-20	4.874	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Rutgers 0–6
94	2	5.579	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	63	+1	Beat Maryland 6–0
95	-47	6.957	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	70	0	Lost to Auburn 0–88
96	-76	12.400	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	71	0	Lost to COE 0–6