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1921 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1921 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
1100.000Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
120.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Denver (DENVER)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Drake (DRAKE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
100.000Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
180.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1300.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000LSUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1790.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1350.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1120.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
160.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
110.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1370.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1230.000TCUIND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Utah (UTAH)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
150.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1540.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Yale (YALE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason

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