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1929 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

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1929 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
101.038Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI9–01.0001+32BYE
201.054Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–01.0001+46BYE
301.145Utah (UTAH)IND SKY7–01.0001+23BYE
401.340Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON9–0–10.9506+25BYE
511.371USCPAC9–20.81813+35Beat Carnegie Tech 45–13
6-11.387Purdue (PURDUE)B108–01.0001+26BYE
701.476Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON9–01.0001+25BYE
801.520TCUIND SWC9–0–10.9506+19BYE
901.554SMUIND SWC6–0–40.80016+15BYE
1011.569Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–1–10.81314+23BYE
11-11.584California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–1–10.83311+27BYE
1201.635North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON9–10.9008+34BYE
1301.763Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON6–1–10.81314+16BYE
1401.766Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI7–0–20.8899+7BYE
1501.817Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.8899+17BYE
1601.949Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–1–10.78621+17BYE
1701.975Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–20.77823+16BYE
1802.004Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–1–30.68836+14BYE
1902.027Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON8–20.80016+32BYE
2002.043Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–1–10.83311+10BYE
2102.091Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–20.80016+23BYE
2202.142Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–20.80016+23BYE
2302.174Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–2–20.70032+15BYE
2402.272Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–20.77823+17BYE
2502.301Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC8–20.80016+11BYE
2602.400Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+14BYE
2702.407Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON7–20.77823+12BYE
2822.428Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–20.75027+14BYE
29-12.430Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–1–10.78621+10BYE
30-12.431Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–20.77823+10BYE
3112.553Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+8BYE
3212.591Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–2–20.66741+8BYE
3322.724Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75027+2BYE
3422.740Iowa (IOWA)B104–2–20.62550+7BYE
35-12.749NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI7–30.70032+12BYE
3612.776Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–3–10.61153+12BYE
3712.814Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–30.72731+9BYE
3812.838Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC5–1–20.75027-1BYE
3912.852Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON6–30.66741+6BYE
4012.936Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–2–10.68836+8BYE
4112.937Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–30.66741+4BYE
4212.959Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC7–3–10.68240+9BYE
43-122.992Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61153+8Lost to USC 13–45
4413.012Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66741+6BYE
45-13.021Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–40.55661+8BYE
4603.025Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65049+2BYE
4703.133Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–2–20.66741-3BYE
4803.140Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON6–40.60056+20BYE
4903.162Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–30.70032+11BYE
5003.170Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–2–20.66741+6BYE
5103.202Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–30.57157+9BYE
5203.218Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–3–10.56359+5BYE
5303.325Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66741+10BYE
5403.350Chicago (CHICAGO)B107–30.700320BYE
5503.365Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY6–20.750270BYE
5603.422LSUIND SOCON6–30.66741-4BYE
5713.465Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62550-3BYE
58-13.480Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–40.55661+2BYE
5903.595West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–3–30.55067+11BYE
6003.614Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–3–10.61153+8BYE
6103.680BYUIND SKY5–30.62550+8BYE
6203.787Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–50.44476+8BYE
6303.808Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–40.55661+5BYE
6403.966Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–40.55661-2BYE
6504.048Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–3–20.55661-1BYE
6614.226Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–40.42980+3BYE
67-14.228South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–50.54568-4BYE
6814.330Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–3–20.55661-6BYE
69-14.339Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–40.50070-2BYE
7004.508Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY4–30.57157-6BYE
7104.553Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–60.33386+1BYE
7204.648Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56359-3BYE
7304.665Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–50.44476-10BYE
7404.730Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–50.50070-9BYE
7504.787Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–3–20.50070-2BYE
7604.857Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–50.50070-6BYE
7704.896Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–4–20.50070-3BYE
7805.131Idaho (IDAHO)PAC4–50.44476-2BYE
7905.141Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37584-1BYE
8005.161UCLAPAC4–40.50070-4BYE
8105.228Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI6–5–10.54269-12BYE
8205.381Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–5–10.38982-9BYE
8305.382Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–6–10.27890-13BYE
8415.584Indiana (INDIANA)B102–6–10.278900BYE
8515.679Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–5–10.38982-14BYE
86-25.696Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–4–10.43879-12BYE
8705.746Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–60.40081+5BYE
8805.968Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–4–10.35785-12BYE
8906.054Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.28688-8BYE
9006.216Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–6–20.22294-8BYE
9106.280Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–5–20.33386-8BYE
9206.670Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON2–70.22294-17BYE
9307.443Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY2–50.28688-16BYE
9407.589Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–70.12598-16BYE
9507.654Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–70.22294-9BYE
9607.729Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–70.12598-17BYE
9707.813Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–60.25092-6BYE
9807.840Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI2–70.22294-12BYE
9908.365Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–5–20.25092-12BYE
10009.136NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–80.111100-22BYE

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