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1921 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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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
100.928Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–0–10.9387+30BYE
201.056Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+34BYE
301.181Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–0–20.9009+24Beat Washington 21–7
401.238Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI8–01.0001+16BYE
501.325California (CALIFORNIA)PAC9–01.0001+14BYE
601.348Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON8–10.88910+27BYE
701.388Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–10.87512+19BYE
801.411Iowa (IOWA)B107–01.0001+21BYE
901.493Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI9–01.0001+17BYE
1001.530Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI10–01.0001+21BYE
1101.559Chicago (CHICAGO)B106–10.85714+16BYE
1201.647Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI7–2–10.75021+22BYE
1301.739Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI10–10.9098+15BYE
1401.772Yale (YALE)IND FBSI8–10.88910+15BYE
1541.794LSUIND FBSI6–1–10.81316+15Beat Mississippi State 17–14
1621.798Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON7–2–10.75021+27BYE
17-21.838Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–1–10.81316+8BYE
18-11.843South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–1–20.75021+12BYE
1922.001Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–10.85714+7BYE
2032.037Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI6–20.75021+16BYE
2132.059Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI7–2–10.75021+20BYE
2242.098Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–1–20.75021+13BYE
2322.108Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–1–10.75021+10BYE
24-22.123Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON6–2–10.72232+18BYE
2532.126Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI7–20.77820+15BYE
2612.136Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–20.75021+17BYE
2722.187Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–1–10.78618+6BYE
2822.238Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–1–10.78618+4BYE
2922.245Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72232+13BYE
3022.305Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61148+15BYE
31-112.461Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI7–2–10.75021+8Lost to Baylor 0–24
3212.570Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–30.57152+13BYE
3312.577Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI6–20.75021+7BYE
3412.603Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY7–10.87512+5BYE
3592.727North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–2–20.66737+15Beat Florida 14–10
3622.797Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–20.71434+11BYE
37-12.806Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–30.62544+11BYE
38-12.834Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON5–30.62544+9BYE
3962.950Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC8–30.72731+11Beat Mississippi College 24–0
40-242.958Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–2–10.64340+11Lost to USC 7–28
4103.001Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–1–30.643400BYE
42-23.007Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON7–30.70036+2BYE
43-13.008Drake (DRAKE)IND B85–20.714340BYE
44-13.040Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–30.57152+9BYE
4523.316Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–3–10.61148+1BYE
46-73.324Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI6–3–20.63643+12Lost to North Carolina 10–14
4713.348Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON6–30.66737-2BYE
48-23.355Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON4–3–10.56354+1BYE
4913.398Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–3–10.61148-1BYE
5033.403Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON5–4–20.54564+4Beat Tulane 14–7
5103.448Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–2–10.64340-2BYE
5203.489Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–30.62544+10BYE
5323.591Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–2–20.62544+4BYE
5403.601Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–3–20.556580BYE
5543.664Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–2–10.58351+8BYE
5613.692Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–40.42980+2BYE
57-13.714NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–3–30.50065+3BYE
5823.779Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–40.50065+3BYE
59-103.850Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON4–4–10.50065+4Lost to LSU 14–17
6023.874Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI4–40.50065+9BYE
6123.895West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–4–10.55062-1BYE
62-13.896Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B84–3–10.56354+2BYE
6313.900Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC5–4–10.55062+8BYE
64-63.934Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–3–20.55658-1BYE
6504.006Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI5–40.55658-1BYE
6614.017Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–40.55658-1BYE
67-14.028TCUIND FBSI6–3–10.65039+2BYE
6804.128Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–3–20.50065-2BYE
6914.277Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50065-2BYE
7014.396Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–4–20.50065-6BYE
7114.486Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI4–40.50065-7BYE
7214.574Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI4–3–10.56354-5BYE
7314.584Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–50.444770BYE
7424.612Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–40.429800BYE
7564.622Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI4–3–10.56354-3Beat 9TH Amry Corps 6–0
7614.670Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–3–10.41783+1BYE
77-84.773Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–60.40084+5Lost to Alabama 7–14
7804.778Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–4–10.50065-12BYE
7904.829Indiana (INDIANA)B103–40.42980-6BYE
8004.978Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–40.50065-6BYE
81-65.002Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–4–10.43879-5Lost to Penn State 7–21
8205.328Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI4–4–10.50065-5BYE
8305.355Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–4–30.45076-12BYE
8405.724Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI3–60.33389-3BYE
8505.832Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38986-13BYE
8615.852Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON3–5–10.38986+6BYE
87-16.108Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–50.37588-13BYE
8806.157Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–6–20.22294-8BYE
8906.223Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–60.40084-15BYE
9006.424Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI3–4–20.44477-7BYE
9106.770Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI3–60.33389-24BYE
9237.023Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–4–20.28691-9BYE
93-17.034Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–50.16798-7BYE
94-17.097Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B82–50.28691-12BYE
95-17.104Purdue (PURDUE)B101–60.14399-7BYE
9607.862SMUIND SWC1–6–10.18897-14BYE
9707.920Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–60.25093-6BYE
9807.997Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–60.14399-12BYE
9908.621Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI2–80.20096-11BYE
10008.885Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–70.22294-21BYE
10109.169Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI1–70.125101-17BYE
102011.134Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–6–10.071102-8BYE

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