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1921 Week 9 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
1141.140Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Texas 20–0
2-11.205Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON5–01.0001+9Beat Rutgers 48–14
3-11.210LSUIND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Spring Hill 41–7
4341.228Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY1–01.0001+2Beat Denver 10–7
5291.228Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.0001+4Beat Colorado College 14–3
641.250Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Alabama 17–0
7101.290Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–0–10.90024+3Beat Washington 24–0
8-41.324Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4BYE
9-41.356Iowa (IOWA)B103–01.0001+5BYE
1011.399Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+2Beat Colgate 31–7
1121.471Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–0–10.90024+4Tied Harvard 21–21
1281.489Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6Beat Columbia 31–7
13-41.495Centre (CENTRE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Transylvania 98–0
14121.516Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–01.0001+5Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 28–13
1531.563Drake (DRAKE)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Cornell (IOWA) 41–0
1661.563South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–0–10.87527+3Beat Presbyterian 48–0
17-141.594Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON4–01.0001+3Beat Fort Benning 14–7
1811.638Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+4Beat Fordham 28–7
19101.639Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI4–0–10.90024+3Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–7
2071.655Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–01.0001+2Beat Princeton 9–0
2101.655Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–0–10.91723+5Tied Penn State 21–21
22-61.704Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–01.0001+6Beat Johns Hopkins 14–7
23171.734California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–01.0001+2Beat Oregon 39–0
2401.794Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 20–3
25101.805Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+2Beat Lehigh 14–7
26221.813Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–10.80028+7Beat Syracuse 35–0
2761.816Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–01.0001+1Beat Illinois 20–0
2801.897Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+1Beat Army 14–7
29321.897Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–10.75035+7Beat Mississippi State 7–0
3021.922Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–0–10.750350BYE
31162.039Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON4–10.80028+7Beat Florida 9–0
32-252.138Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–10.80028+4Lost to Pittsburgh 0–35
33162.162Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80028+2Beat Nebraska 7–0
34-222.212Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON4–10.80028+2Lost to Sewanee 0–17
35152.246Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON3–10.75035+5Beat Oglethorpe 14–0
36102.343Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–10.75035+2Beat Union (TENNESSEE) 35–0
37-292.445Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON3–10.75035+4Lost to Tulane 0–7
38-322.472Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–10.75035+4Lost to Kansas State 5–7
39152.560Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON3–10.750350Beat Georgetown (KENTUCKY) 33–0
40322.594Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–10.75035+6Beat Michigan 14–0
41-112.682Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–10.750350Lost to Vanderbilt 0–20
42202.688Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–10.800280Beat Samford 26–3
43272.795Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–10.80028+5Beat Phillips 34–6
44232.811Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI3–10.75035-1Beat Rhodes 35–0
45112.844Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–10.75035+1Beat Arizona 17–13
46-42.854Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–10.75035+1Lost to Utah 3–14
47-222.869Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.75035-1Lost to Ohio State 0–14
48202.943Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.66759+2Beat Iowa State 14–7
49252.945Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75035+1Beat Indiana 6–0
50162.975Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND SWC3–20.60063+5Beat Arkansas 7–0
51-72.988Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–10.750350Lost to Oregon State 0–24
52112.991West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–1–10.70057-1Tied Bucknell 0–0
53-393.012Citadel (CITADEL)IND FBSI3–10.750350Lost to Erskine 6–13
54263.063Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.75035+5Beat Missouri 7–5
55-193.199Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–10.667590Lost to Colorado 7–10
56-153.207Phillips (PHILLIPS)IND FBSI3–10.75035-1Lost to Baylor 6–34
57-263.262Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–10.75035-2Lost to Oklahoma State 0–7
58-73.299Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–20.50068+2Lost to Chicago 0–9
59-363.335Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–10.66759-1Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
6003.349Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–1–10.70057-1Tied Springfield 0–0
61-83.405Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND FBSI3–20.60063+1Lost to Pennsylvania 7–21
62143.416Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–10.75035-3Beat Morris Harvey 33–7
63-63.531Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI2–20.50068+2Lost to Washington & Jefferson 7–14
64153.591Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI2–2–10.50068+2Tied Clemson 0–0
65233.629Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI2–20.50068+1Beat Citadel 13–6
66-213.663Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–1–10.625620Lost to California 0–39
67-303.823Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–10.75035+1Lost to Nevada 0–41
68-253.873Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–10.750350Lost to Pacific Fleet 7–27
69163.881NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–20.50068+1Beat North Carolina 7–0
70-63.882Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–20.333870Lost to Wisconsin 0–20
71-133.940Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.50068-1Lost to Minnesota 0–6
72-203.986Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–20.60063-1Lost to Maryland 7–10
73184.061Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–20.50068-2Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 28–0
7414.246Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND B82–20.500680Lost to Oklahoma 13–28
75-364.256Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–1–10.250910Lost to Washington State 3–20
7664.351Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON1–2–10.375850Tied Furman 0–0
77-224.644Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–20.50068-1Lost to Kansas 7–14
78-54.654Florida (FLORIDA)IND FBSI3–20.600630Lost to Tennessee 0–9
79-14.705Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)IND FBSI2–30.40082-1Lost to Georgia 0–14
8014.760Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–2–10.50068-2Lost to Cornell 7–31
81154.809Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–30.40082-2Beat Wofford 87–0
82114.924TCUIND FBSI3–20.60063-2Beat Tulsa 16–0
8344.978Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–30.40082-1Lost to Georgia Tech 14–48
84105.010Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–20.50068+4Beat Virginia Tech 10–7
8515.101Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.500680Lost to Dartmouth 7–31
86-25.255Spring Hill (SPRING HILL)IND FBSI1–30.25091-1Lost to LSU 7–41
87-285.309Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)IND FBSI2–2–10.50068-4Lost to Mercer 0–20
88-175.432Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–3–10.30090-2Beat Colorado Mines 14–7
89-65.459Samford (SAMFORD)IND FBSI1–30.25091-2Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 3–26
90-215.592North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–2–10.37585-1Lost to NC State 0–7
9175.734Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI1–30.25091-1Beat Birmingham Southern 20–0
92-275.838Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI2–20.50068-4Lost to Davidson 0–87
93-15.846Newberry (NEWBERRY)IND FBSI1–20.33387-2BYE
94-47.236SMUIND SWC1–20.33387-1Lost to Austin 6–17
95-67.310Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI1–30.25091-2Lost to Hampden Sydney 5–7
9637.856Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–40.00098-1BYE
97-208.101Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY0–20.00098-3Lost to Wyoming 7–14
98-18.225Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI1–40.20097-2Lost to William & Mary 14–21
99-48.236Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND B81–30.25091-4Lost to COE 0–10
10008.295Purdue (PURDUE)B100–30.00098-1BYE
10109.394Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI0–40.00098-6Lost to South Carolina 0–48
102012.909Southwestern (texas) (SOUTHWESTERN (TEXAS))IND FBSI0–30.00098-2Lost to Rice 0–28

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