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1920 Week 8 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
110.680Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–0–10.75042+3Tied Tulane 0–0
2-10.987Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.0001+4Beat Iowa 20–3
341.026Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–0–10.83338+2Tied LSU 0–0
401.080Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Vanderbilt 44–0
5-21.115Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Transylvania 55–0
601.154Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Citadel 35–0
721.225Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Furman 7–0
841.281Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–0–10.83338+2Tied Syracuse 7–7
9201.308Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Washington & LEE 34–0
1001.327California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–01.00010Beat Nevada 79–7
11321.327Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–01.0001+1Beat Denver 31–0
1241.349Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Clemson 21–0
1321.366Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Mississippi College 57–0
1431.440Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1BYE
15121.440Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.0001+2Beat Northwestern 27–7
16-31.463Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–0–10.833380Tied Rice 0–0
17141.504Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Nebraska 16–7
18181.528Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat NC State 41–0
19-111.593Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–01.0001+1Beat Wabash 41–0
20-11.614LSUIND FBSI3–0–10.875340Tied Texas A&M 0–0
2151.614Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+1Beat Purdue 17–0
2261.659Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 14–2
2301.663Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–0–10.875340Tied Pittsburgh 7–7
24-61.664Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 21–0
25101.671Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI3–0–10.87534+2Beat Rochester 41–0
26251.750Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Drake 7–3
2771.758Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Utah 20–2
28221.765Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Union (NEW YORK) 60–0
29191.765Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Oglethorpe 21–13
30191.777Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Grinnell 23–14
31-91.788Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI3–0–10.875340Beat Geneva 14–0
3261.803Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.00010Beat Michigan State 35–0
3371.809Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–0–10.833380Tied Emporia State 7–7
34221.820Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Colorado Mines 27–3
35191.871Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Lafayette 7–0
36101.894Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–0–10.750420Beat North Georgia 34–7
37151.908Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Williams 38–0
38151.919Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Colgate 14–0
3961.959Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–0–10.500660Tied Multnomah A.c. 0–0
40-11.962Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 14–7
41181.969TCUIND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Arkansas 19–2
42162.024Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat Hardin Simmons 13–7
43172.098Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010BYE
44-392.114Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI2–10.66750+5Lost to Georgia Tech 0–44
45162.121Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–01.00010BYE
46-352.440Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.66750+2Lost to Illinois 3–20
47-222.711Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI2–10.66750+2Lost to Notre Dame 7–16
48-162.755Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI3–10.750420Lost to Georgia 0–7
49-162.783Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–1–10.70049+1Lost to Auburn 0–21
50162.821Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.750420Beat Johns Hopkins 14–0
51132.875SMUIND SWC2–1–10.625640Beat Howard Payne 14–0
52222.933West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–1–10.625640Beat George Washington 81–0
53-332.939Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–10.66750+1Lost to Wisconsin 7–27
54132.946Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI3–10.750420Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 35–0
5573.079Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.66750+1BYE
56123.118Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.750420Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 20–6
57-363.136Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI2–10.66750+1Lost to Princeton 0–34
58113.173Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–10.667500Beat Holy Cross 27–14
5943.200Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66750+1Beat Wyoming 42–0
60-303.350Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–10.75042-2Lost to Rutgers 6–19
6143.362Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–20.500660Lost to Kansas 3–7
6293.746North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–10.667500Beat South Carolina 7–0
63203.761Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66750-1Beat Southern Military Academy 33–0
64-503.816Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–10.66750+2Lost to Boston College 13–21
6573.931Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI1–2–10.375750Lost to Sewanee 13–21
66-243.963Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–1–20.333770Lost to Brown 0–14
67114.046Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–10.66750-1Beat Bucknell 7–2
68224.069Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.50066+5Beat Virginia Tech 19–6
69-284.111Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–1–10.250870Lost to TCU 2–19
70-334.151Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–10.66750-2Lost to Samford 13–33
71-244.161Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–10.000900Lost to Colorado College 2–20
7234.221Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.333770Lost to Ohio State 0–17
73-494.303Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–10.667500Lost to Miami (OH) 0–14
74-304.458Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–10.000900Lost to Utah State 3–27
75134.487Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI2–20.50066-2Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 27–0
7614.679NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50066+3Lost to Penn State 0–41
7754.751Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI2–20.50066-1Beat Ole Miss 27–6
78-84.930Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50066-1BYE
7974.952Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–20.33377-1Lost to Pennsylvania 0–7
80155.088Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–2–10.37575+2Beat Mercer 33–13
81-55.105Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–20.33377-1Beat Wofford 9–7
82-95.193South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI1–20.33377-1Lost to North Carolina 0–7
83-285.230Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–1–10.50066-1Lost to Tennessee 0–35
8415.531Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33377+1Lost to Missouri 2–14
8525.557Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B81–20.33377-2Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 14–23
86-25.754Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–20.33377-2Lost to Colorado 0–31
87-76.173Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI0–30.00090-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–35
88-76.263Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–20.33377-1Lost to Colorado State 0–42
89-326.300Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.500660Lost to Montana 14–18
9046.751Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–30.00090-1Lost to Alabama 0–57
9116.756Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI1–30.25087-3Beat Wake Forest 27–7
92-38.019Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–20.333770Lost to USC 0–10
9338.433Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–30.00090-1Lost to Texas 0–21
94-38.973Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–40.00090-5Lost to Davidson 7–27
95-169.381Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–2–10.167890Lost to Austin 0–28
96-39.802Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–30.00090-5Lost to Newberry 7–9

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