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1920 Week 9 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
120.862Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–0–10.87527+6Beat Phillips 47–0
240.978Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat Pennsylvania 27–7
341.174Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI4–01.0001+8Beat Oglethorpe 27–3
441.183Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–0–10.87527+6Beat Georgia Tech 10–3
541.191Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+8Beat Navy 14–0
6-41.213Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–01.0001+6Beat Michigan 7–6
7-61.219Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–0–10.83332+3Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 19–0
821.327California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–01.00010Beat Utah 63–0
941.331Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Samford 33–0
1021.343Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6Beat Vanderbilt 56–6
1171.445Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Lebanon Valley 109–7
1291.449Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+4Beat Wisconsin 13–7
13301.457Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+3Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 24–14
1451.523Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–01.0001+3Beat Iowa 10–0
15161.554Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–0–10.90025+3Beat Lehigh 7–0
1611.556Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Valparaiso 28–3
17-11.557Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87527+1Beat Ole Miss 32–0
1851.571Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–0–10.90025+2Beat Dartmouth 10–0
19-81.644Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Wyoming 7–0
20171.674Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–01.0001+3Beat Centre 31–14
2131.685Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–01.00010Beat Austin 54–0
2201.707Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Drake 10–7
2351.732Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Colgate 42–6
24151.735Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–0–10.75040+1Beat Washington 3–0
2521.743Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–01.0001+1Beat Denver 21–0
2601.809Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–01.0001+3Beat Iowa State 7–0
2721.826Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–0–10.87527+1Tied Kentucky 6–6
28-241.830Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–10.80034+5Lost to Pittsburgh 3–10
29-151.837Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Florida Southern 13–0
30111.854TCUIND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 20–7
3131.865Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–0–10.833320Tied Montana State 0–0
3211.928Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–0–10.875270Beat Creighton 3–0
3351.962Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–01.00010Beat Springfield 14–0
3461.962Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.00010BYE
35-302.051Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI3–10.75040+1Lost to Harvard 14–31
3692.126Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 13–7
37-222.334Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–10.75040+2Lost to Ohio State 7–13
38162.461Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI4–10.80034+3Beat Clemson 26–0
3982.535Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI3–10.75040+3Beat South Dakota 20–0
4082.539Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI4–10.80034+1Beat Wake Forest 17–0
4192.548Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80034+2Beat Rutgers 7–0
42-72.618Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–10.80034+2Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–27
43-182.663Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI3–1–10.70051+2Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–7
44132.744Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND FBSI3–10.75040+2Beat Roanoke 49–7
45102.752Indiana (INDIANA)B103–10.75040+2Beat Minnesota 21–7
46172.755Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75040+3Beat LSU 12–7
47-172.757Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B83–10.75040+1Lost to Oklahoma 14–24
48-22.761Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50062+3Lost to Chicago 0–10
49-292.893LSUIND FBSI3–1–10.70051-1Lost to Mississippi State 7–12
5092.899Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–10.75040+1Beat Colorado Mines 27–0
51-92.969Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND SWC4–10.800340Lost to Texas A&M 0–47
52173.001Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–1–10.50062+2Beat SMU 6–0
53-213.003Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–10.667530Lost to Illinois 6–7
54-103.088Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI2–20.50062+6Lost to Auburn 6–56
5513.110Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.750400BYE
5683.121Yale (YALE)IND FBSI3–10.75040+4Beat West Virginia 24–0
57263.476Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–1–10.62555+1Beat Mercer 20–0
5803.571Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI2–20.500620Lost to Syracuse 0–10
5923.594Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–30.400750Lost to Missouri 7–10
60-113.730Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–2–10.583610Lost to Tennessee 0–26
61-83.736Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–10.667530BYE
62133.769Maryland (MARYLAND)IND FBSI3–20.600570Beat Virginia Tech 7–0
63133.864NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60057+6Beat North Carolina 13–3
64-123.998West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–2–10.50062-1Lost to Yale 0–24
65-144.110SMUIND SWC2–2–10.50062-1Lost to Arkansas 0–6
6614.149Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–20.500620Lost to Princeton 0–14
67154.200South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–20.50062-1Beat Presbyterian 14–0
6894.320Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI3–20.60057-2Beat Marion 17–6
6934.320Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.333780BYE
7034.352Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND FBSI2–1–10.625550Tied Sewanee 6–6
71-114.401Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–20.60057-5Lost to Maryland 0–7
7274.476Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–20.50062-3Beat Catholic 84–0
73-74.656Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–2–20.250840Lost to Cornell 6–42
74-124.667North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–20.50062-1Lost to NC State 3–13
75-104.874Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI1–3–10.30082-1Lost to Georgia 3–27
76115.189Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI1–30.25084-1Beat Wofford 19–0
77-95.246Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–30.40075+4Lost to Virginia 0–7
78-425.282Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–1–10.50062-2Lost to South Carolina 0–14
79-95.404Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI2–20.50062-4Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 0–20
80-95.423Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–20.000930Lost to California 0–63
8135.462Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–30.25084+1Lost to Kansas 0–7
8285.755Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–30.25084-1Beat Ouachita 6–0
8355.795Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–30.25084-1Lost to Colorado 0–7
8425.861Denver (DENVER)IND SKY1–30.25084-3Lost to Colorado College 0–21
8565.997Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–30.40075-4Beat Richmond 7–0
86-86.065Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–20.33378-2Lost to Indiana 7–21
8726.082Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–20.333780Lost to Oregon State 0–3
8846.146Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.500620Beat Santa Clara 21–7
89-96.238Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–3–10.30082+1Lost to Alabama 0–33
90-166.660Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–20.00093-1Lost to Colorado State 0–27
91-66.756Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B81–20.33378-4BYE
92-117.335Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–30.25084-2Lost to Erskine 0–24
9327.806Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–3–10.125910Lost to Rice 0–19
94-18.482Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–3–10.12591-1Tied Southwestern (KANSAS) 7–7
95-19.357Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–50.00093-8Lost to Furman 0–17
96010.779Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–40.00093-10Lost to Citadel 0–19

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