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1929 Regular Season Final 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
100.997Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI9–01.0001+32BYE
201.020Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–01.0001+45BYE
301.148Utah (UTAH)IND SKY7–01.0001+23BYE
411.342Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON9–0–10.9506+25Beat South Carolina 54–0
5-11.395Purdue (PURDUE)B108–01.0001+26BYE
601.414USCPAC8–20.80015+30BYE
701.479Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON9–01.0001+25BYE
801.522TCUIND SWC9–0–10.9506+19BYE
911.557SMUIND SWC6–0–40.80015+15BYE
10-11.577California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–1–10.83311+26BYE
1101.586Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–1–10.81313+23BYE
1201.635North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON9–10.9008+34Beat Duke 48–7
1301.763Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON6–1–10.81313+16BYE
1401.769Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI7–0–20.8899+7BYE
1501.823Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI8–10.8899+17BYE
1601.949Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY5–1–10.78621+17BYE
1701.975Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–20.77823+16BYE
1801.997Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–1–30.68836+14BYE
1942.014Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON8–20.80015+32Beat Oregon 20–6
2002.046Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–1–10.83311+10BYE
21-22.074Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON8–20.80015+23BYE
22-12.132Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–20.80015+23BYE
23-12.174Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–2–20.70032+15BYE
2402.275Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–20.77823+17BYE
2502.288Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC8–20.80015+11BYE
2632.405Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+14BYE
27-12.410Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON7–20.77823+12BYE
2832.430Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–1–10.78621+10Beat Regis 32–18
29-22.438Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–20.77823+10BYE
30-22.442Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–20.75027+14BYE
31-12.459Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+10BYE
3202.553Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI5–2–10.68836+8BYE
3302.591Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–2–20.66742+8BYE
3422.699NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI7–30.70032+13BYE
35-12.724Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75027+2BYE
3612.756Iowa (IOWA)B104–2–20.62551+7BYE
3722.797Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–3–10.61154+12BYE
3802.807Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–30.72731+9BYE
3912.838Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC5–1–20.75027-1BYE
4012.867Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON6–30.66742+6BYE
4122.947Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–2–10.68836+8BYE
4202.953Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–30.66742+4BYE
4312.974Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC7–3–10.68241+9BYE
4423.021Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–40.55661+8BYE
4503.027Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–30.66742+6BYE
4613.040Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–3–10.65050+2BYE
4713.133Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI5–2–20.66742-3BYE
4883.144Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON6–40.60056+20Beat Georgia Tech 12–6
49-143.169Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–30.70032+11Lost to Florida 6–20
50-13.175Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–2–20.66742+6BYE
51-13.202Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY4–30.57157+9BYE
52-13.237Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–3–10.56359+5BYE
53-13.349Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66742+10BYE
5403.364Chicago (CHICAGO)B107–30.700320BYE
5503.369Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY6–20.750270BYE
5613.437LSUIND SOCON6–30.66742-4BYE
57-43.475Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–40.55661+2BYE
5803.487Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–30.62551-3BYE
5903.595West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–3–30.55067+11BYE
6003.630Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–3–10.61154+8BYE
6103.696BYUIND SKY5–30.62551+8BYE
6203.805Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–50.44476+8BYE
6303.808Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–40.55661+5BYE
6423.961Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–40.55661-2BYE
6524.041Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–3–20.55661-1BYE
66-24.223South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–50.54568-4Lost to Tennessee 0–54
6724.234Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–40.42980+3BYE
6834.333Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–40.50070-2BYE
6914.337Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–3–20.55661-6BYE
7024.515Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY4–30.57157-6BYE
71-34.553Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON3–60.33386+1Lost to Georgia 6–12
7214.648Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56359-3BYE
7314.671Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–50.44476-10BYE
7414.730Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI5–50.50070-9BYE
7514.787Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–3–20.50070-2BYE
7614.862Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–50.50070-6BYE
77-124.890Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–4–20.50070-3Lost to Mcdaniel 0–12
7805.131Idaho (IDAHO)PAC4–50.44476-2BYE
7915.133Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37584-1BYE
80-15.161UCLAPAC4–40.50070-4BYE
8115.228Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI6–5–10.54269-12BYE
8215.374Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–5–10.38982-9BYE
83-25.382Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–6–10.27890-13BYE
8415.562Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–4–10.43879-11BYE
8515.601Indiana (INDIANA)B102–6–10.278900BYE
8615.671Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–5–10.38982-14BYE
87-35.751Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–60.40081+5Lost to North Carolina 7–48
8805.979Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–4–10.35785-12BYE
8906.054Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.28688-8BYE
9006.240Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–6–20.22294-8BYE
9106.300Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–5–20.33386-8BYE
9206.661Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON2–70.22294-17BYE
9307.453Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY2–50.28688-16BYE
9407.589Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–70.12598-16BYE
9507.663Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–70.22294-9BYE
9607.739Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–70.12598-17BYE
9707.822Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–60.25092-6BYE
9807.840Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI2–70.22294-12Lost to Denver 18–32
9908.391Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–5–20.25092-12BYE
10009.145NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–80.111100-22BYE

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