1924 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 6, 1925By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1924 Season Tags: • No Comments

1924 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.953	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	6–0–2	0.875	7	+27	BYE
2	0	0.956	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+37	Beat Stanford 27–10
3	1	1.330	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+31	BYE
4	2	1.437	Centre (CENTRE)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	17	+21	BYE
5	3	1.473	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	4	+20	BYE
6	1	1.496	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	2	+14	BYE
7	2	1.511	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–1–3	0.688	36	+16	BYE
8	6	1.560	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	8–0–2	0.900	3	+19	Beat Pennsylvania 14–0
9	2	1.634	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	14	+16	BYE
10	-5	1.689	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	12	+16	Lost to Notre Dame 10–27
11	1	1.740	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	5–0–2	0.857	9	+6	BYE
12	3	1.795	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	6–2–2	0.700	32	+19	BYE
13	3	1.810	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	32	+33	BYE
14	-11	1.851	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	8–1–1	0.850	10	+21	Lost to Hawai'i 0–13
15	-5	1.862	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	8	+14	Lost to California 0–14
16	1	1.892	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	4	+16	BYE
17	1	1.923	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+7	BYE
18	1	1.989	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	14	+10	BYE
19	1	2.065	USC	PAC	9–2	0.818	13	+23	BYE
20	1	2.069	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	24	+9	BYE
21	1	2.086	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	50	+23	BYE
22	1	2.108	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–2–1	0.773	23	+25	BYE
23	1	2.157	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	19	+14	BYE
24	1	2.245	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	4–2	0.667	39	+10	BYE
25	1	2.309	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	5–2–1	0.688	36	+9	BYE
26	1	2.324	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	24	+9	BYE
27	1	2.333	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	24	+10	BYE
28	2	2.353	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND SWC	6–1–2	0.778	19	+6	BYE
29	0	2.361	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+11	BYE
30	1	2.374	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	24	+8	BYE
31	1	2.398	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	5–1–1	0.786	17	-2	BYE
32	1	2.427	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	40	+12	BYE
33	1	2.436	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	40	+15	BYE
34	1	2.563	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–2–3	0.611	50	+9	BYE
35	1	2.569	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–2–1	0.750	24	+23	BYE
36	1	2.631	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	45	+6	BYE
37	-24	2.717	SMU	IND SWC	5–1–4	0.700	32	+9	Lost to West Virginia Wesleyan 7–9
38	0	2.800	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+9	BYE
39	0	2.830	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	5–2–1	0.688	36	+6	BYE
40	0	2.841	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	47	+14	BYE
41	0	2.901	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	32	+9	BYE
42	0	2.916	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–2–2	0.625	47	+8	BYE
43	0	2.937	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2	0.714	31	+4	BYE
44	0	2.948	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–2–1	0.643	45	+2	BYE
45	0	2.960	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	24	+2	BYE
46	0	3.001	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	5–3–2	0.600	56	+10	BYE
47	0	3.038	Newberry (NEWBERRY)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+5	BYE
48	1	3.089	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	30	-2	BYE
49	1	3.095	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	40	+1	BYE
50	-2	3.101	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	47	+9	BYE
51	0	3.205	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–3–1	0.611	50	+4	BYE
52	0	3.367	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	50	+8	BYE
53	1	3.411	Oglethorpe (OGLETHORPE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	40	+20	BYE
54	-1	3.433	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	50	-7	BYE
55	0	3.451	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	59	+3	BYE
56	0	3.470	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	40	-3	BYE
57	0	3.481	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	59	+9	BYE
58	0	3.494	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–2–3	0.611	50	-3	BYE
59	0	3.527	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	65	0	BYE
60	1	3.647	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	65	+4	BYE
61	-1	3.661	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	4–4	0.500	65	-3	BYE
62	0	3.669	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	56	0	BYE
63	0	3.682	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	65	+17	BYE
64	0	3.701	LSU	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	59	-2	BYE
65	0	3.749	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–4	0.500	65	-1	BYE
66	0	3.833	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3–1	0.563	58	+2	BYE
67	0	3.855	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	59	+11	BYE
68	0	3.897	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	80	+7	BYE
69	0	3.907	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	59	-10	BYE
70	0	3.927	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	65	0	BYE
71	0	3.934	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	59	0	BYE
72	1	3.943	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–3–3	0.500	65	+1	BYE
73	-1	3.975	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	4–4–1	0.500	65	+1	BYE
74	0	3.995	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	65	+6	BYE
75	0	4.082	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–3–3	0.438	85	+1	BYE
76	0	4.274	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	65	+4	BYE
77	2	4.357	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	65	+1	BYE
78	-1	4.404	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	3–4–1	0.438	85	-3	BYE
79	1	4.405	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–3–3	0.438	85	-2	BYE
80	-2	4.407	TCU	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	80	-6	BYE
81	0	4.419	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4	0.500	65	-9	BYE
82	0	4.647	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	80	0	BYE
83	0	4.797	BYU	IND SKY	2–3–1	0.417	89	0	BYE
84	0	5.002	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	65	+6	BYE
85	0	5.033	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–5	0.375	92	-8	BYE
86	0	5.126	Duke (DUKE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	80	-12	BYE
87	0	5.134	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–4–1	0.438	85	-8	BYE
88	0	5.208	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	4–4	0.500	65	-10	BYE
89	0	5.224	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	80	-12	BYE
90	0	5.439	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–5–1	0.313	95	-7	BYE
91	0	5.500	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–5–2	0.250	102	-8	BYE
92	1	5.609	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	92	-14	BYE
93	-1	5.613	Birmingham Southern (BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	65	-9	BYE
94	0	5.811	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6–2	0.300	98	-11	BYE
95	1	5.871	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–5–1	0.313	95	-1	BYE
96	-1	5.888	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–6	0.250	102	-9	BYE
97	0	5.970	Mississippi College (MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	95	-12	BYE
98	0	6.216	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	98	-21	BYE
99	0	6.458	Samford (SAMFORD)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	90	-14	BYE
100	0	6.467	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	102	-19	BYE
101	0	6.815	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	94	-5	BYE
102	0	6.856	Millsaps (MILLSAPS)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	90	-15	BYE
103	0	6.941	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	102	0	BYE
104	0	7.281	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	101	-14	BYE
105	0	7.423	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	100	-18	BYE
106	0	7.679	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	107	-9	BYE
107	0	7.683	Whitman (WHITMAN)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	107	-12	BYE
108	0	7.956	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	106	-24	BYE
109	0	8.503	Regis (REGIS)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	110	-18	BYE
110	0	9.993	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	107	-7	BYE
111	0	10.744	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	111	-22	BYE