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1921 Week 8 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
101.169Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON4–01.0001+6Beat Furman 69–0
231.228LSUIND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Texas A&M 6–0
341.282Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON3–01.0001+3Beat Clemson 56–0
451.324Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Princeton 13–0
551.378Iowa (IOWA)B103–01.0001+4Beat Illinois 14–2
6-21.385Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–01.0001+4Beat Iowa State 17–14
761.391Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Brown 28–0
8171.399Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Mississippi College 14–13
9-71.452Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Xavier 28–6
1021.456Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Oglethorpe 21–0
11171.467Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Western Reserve 110–0
1261.468Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON4–01.0001+2Beat Bryson 95–0
13111.471Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Lehigh 28–7
14-61.484Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Presbyterian 20–0
1561.492Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Kentucky 21–14
16-21.508Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–01.0001+5Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–7
17-61.549Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–0–10.875390Beat Willamette 54–0
18141.613Drake (DRAKE)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 15–7
19-31.634Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Bucknell 20–7
20321.642Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Tennessee 14–3
21171.672Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat Georgia 10–7
22131.682South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–0–10.83341+2Tied North Carolina 7–7
23-41.687Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.00010Beat Haskell 41–0
24241.698Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Gonzaga 54–7
25-51.705Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–01.00010Beat Michigan State 30–0
26321.735Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+2Beat Oklahoma State 6–0
27-121.741Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–01.00010BYE
28-21.775Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Williams 23–0
2951.787Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–0–10.875390Tied Swarthmore 7–7
3011.794Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.00010Beat Howard Payne 21–0
3181.858Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–01.00010Beat Ouachita 28–0
32131.858Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–0–10.750430Beat Colorado Mines 14–0
33221.865Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–01.00010Beat Northwestern 27–0
34131.890Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010Beat Wyoming 14–3
35141.912Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–01.00010Beat Carnegie Tech 14–0
3641.922Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Nebraska Wesleyan 21–3
37161.922Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–01.00010Beat Wyoming 14–3; Beat MONTANA STATE 30–7
3851.942Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY0–00.0001020BYE
3971.942Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–0–10.500730Tied Oregon 7–7
40111.957California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–01.00010Beat Pacific Fleet 21–10
41131.994Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Hardin Simmons 9–0
4282.004Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–01.00010Beat New Mexico 7–0
43132.018Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–01.00010Beat Olympic Club 7–0
44152.040Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–01.00010Beat Montana 28–7
45152.104Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–0–10.833410Tied Idaho 7–7
46-402.299Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–10.66754+2Lost to Mississippi State 13–14
47-202.504Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON3–10.75043+3Lost to Dartmouth 3–14
48172.531Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75043+3Beat Cincinnati 21–14
49182.547Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–10.750430Beat Purdue 33–0
50-472.655Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON2–10.66754+2Lost to Harvard 7–10
51-282.692Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–10.66754+2Lost to Navy 0–13
52212.831Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–10.75043+1Beat Richmond 34–0
53-112.845Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–10.75043+1Lost to Virginia 7–14
54-252.872Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–10.667540Lost to Vanderbilt 14–21
55-382.914Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.66754+1Lost to Missouri 14–17
5662.967Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.66754+1Beat SMU 13–0; Lost to LSU 0–6
57-203.013Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI2–10.66754+2Lost to Penn State 7–28
58113.082Indiana (INDIANA)B102–10.667540BYE
59163.199Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI2–1–10.625710Beat Marion 19–0
6013.203Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–10.750430Lost to Syracuse 0–28
6153.203Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–10.66754+2Beat Rice 7–6
62103.229Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI3–10.75043-1Beat Georgetown (KENTUCKY) 31–0
63183.236West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75043-1Beat Ohio 7–0
64-423.401Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500730Lost to Iowa 2–14
65183.403Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–10.667540Beat Elon 20–7
6623.423Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC2–20.50073+2Lost to Oklahoma 0–6
67243.514Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI2–10.66754-1Beat Millsaps 49–0
68-113.721Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500730Lost to Drake 7–15
6983.798North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–1–10.50073+1Tied South Carolina 7–7
70-343.827Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75043+1Lost to Boston College 7–23
7153.856Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY0–3–10.125950Lost to Utah State 3–14; Lost to UTAH 3–14
72213.879Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–10.66754+2Beat Minnesota 27–0
73173.924Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI3–10.750430Beat Mercer 7–0
74-413.938Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–10.66754-1Lost to Ohio State 0–27
7593.973Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B82–10.667540Beat Grinnell 14–13
76-354.002Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–10.66754-2Lost to Rutgers 13–14
77-334.012Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–10.000960Lost to Colorado State 0–14
78-44.053Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI2–20.500730Lost to Sewanee 0–21
79-154.053Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–20.50073+1Lost to Georgia Tech 0–69
80-504.110Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–10.66754+2Lost to Creighton 7–14
8114.111Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62571-1Beat Susquehanna 21–6
82-124.221Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–20.333830Lost to Auburn 0–56
8324.225Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–20.333830BYE
8434.463Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI1–20.333830Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 28–7
8514.582NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.333830BYE
8684.664Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–10.667540Beat NEW York University 19–0
8754.898Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–20.50073-1Beat Washington & LEE 14–13
8885.245Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI1–20.33383-2Beat Charleston 74–0
89-95.288Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI1–20.33383-1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–34
90-275.392SMUIND SWC1–10.50073-1Lost to Texas A&M 0–13
91-205.561Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–20.33383-2Lost to Tulane 6–7
9265.884Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–20.33383-2Beat Charleston 41–0
9345.938TCUIND FBSI2–20.50073-2Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 19–3
94-156.054Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–20.33383+2Lost to ST. John's (MARYLAND) 3–7
95-176.126Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B81–20.33383-2Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 13–14
96-86.425Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI1–30.25093-3Lost to Wake Forest 7–10
97-26.692Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–30.25093-1Beat Davidson 10–7
98-97.538Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI0–30.00096-2Lost to Florida 0–7
9908.171Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–40.00096-1Lost to Wisconsin 0–27
10008.656Purdue (PURDUE)B100–30.00096-1Lost to Notre Dame 0–33
10109.650Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–30.00096-5Lost to Citadel 0–20
102013.751Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–20.000960BYE

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