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1929 Week 12 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
111.043Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–01.0001+14Beat Colorado College 12–3
2-11.084California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–0–10.9299+20Beat Montana 53–18
311.217Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–01.0001+14Beat Washington & Jefferson 21–0
441.247Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–01.0001+18Beat Drake 19–7
501.369Purdue (PURDUE)B106–01.0001+18Beat Ole Miss 27–7
631.405USCPAC6–10.85713+16Beat Nevada 66–0
7-11.411Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–0–20.85713+10Tied Baylor 0–0
821.494Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON7–01.0001+11Beat Carson Newman 73–0
921.651Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON7–01.0001+11Beat Auburn 52–0
1031.682Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6BYE
1111.690Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–0–20.85713+5Tied West Virginia 0–0; Beat BOSTON COLLEGE 7–6
1231.740Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–10.87511+13Beat Washington 6–0
13-101.771Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–10.83323+12Lost to Iowa 7–9
1421.789TCUIND SWC7–01.0001+5Beat Rice 24–0
1521.805SMUIND SWC4–0–30.78627+4Beat Texas A&M 12–7
16-21.831Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI6–10.85713+9Beat Brown 13–6
1731.832Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–0–10.91710+3Beat West Virginia 36–0
1841.837North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–10.85713+15Beat South Carolina 40–0
1961.945Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85713+10Beat Ohio State 18–6
2061.948Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–10.85713+9Beat Idaho 41–7
21171.967Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–1–10.75029+10Beat Army 17–7
2292.019Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+6Beat Columbia 33–0
2352.027Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON7–10.87511+14Beat Clemson 12–0
2462.095Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–1–20.60056+8BYE
25-42.127Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–1–10.75029+9Tied Maryland 13–13
26-22.127Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON6–10.85713+9Beat Georgia Tech 23–7
27-202.138Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON5–10.83323+7Lost to Alabama 13–24
28-52.145Oregon (OREGON)PAC5–10.83323+7BYE
29142.193Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI6–10.85713+8Beat Pennsylvania 19–7
30192.271Iowa (IOWA)B104–1–10.75029+7Beat Minnesota 9–7
31192.375Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON5–20.71435+7Beat Kentucky 24–13
3212.412Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–1–10.81326+5Tied Texas 0–0
3382.514Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI4–1–10.75029+2Beat Western Reserve 33–6
34122.530NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI5–20.71435+8Beat Georgia 27–19
3552.559Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–20.71435+7Beat East Central Oklahoma 52–7
36-22.589Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY3–1–10.70047+5Beat Colorado Mines 13–9
37-192.599Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI4–1–20.714350Lost to Pittsburgh 0–21
38-192.623Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON6–20.75029+9Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–12
39-122.662Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–20.71435+7Lost to Penn State 7–19
40-112.775Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–2–10.58360+7Lost to Northwestern 6–18
4172.807Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–1–10.78627+5Tied Navy 0–0
4292.811Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–20.71435+1Beat Niagara 20–0
43112.825Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–1–10.70047+4Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 6–0
44-92.861Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–2–10.64351+7Lost to Notre Dame 7–19
45132.874Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–20.71435+4Beat Virginia 32–12
4693.004Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY5–20.71435+6Beat Utah State 7–6
47123.112Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71435-2Beat Mississippi State 33–19
48223.143Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–40.50068+10Beat Chicago 20–6
49-133.198Chicago (CHICAGO)B106–20.75029-1Lost to Wisconsin 6–20
50-133.266Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–20.50068+5Lost to Utah 3–12
51-43.308Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–2–10.64351+2Lost to Illinois 7–17
52123.326Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC4–1–20.71435-3Beat Carleton 27–6
53-213.365LSUIND SOCON5–20.71435-3Lost to Duke 6–32
54-23.393Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON4–20.66749+6BYE
55-133.416Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–2–10.64351+1Lost to Virginia Tech 12–32
5643.440Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–2–20.571620Tied Georgetown 0–0
5783.452Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY5–20.71435+3Beat Wyoming 13–0
58133.496Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–30.57162+5Beat Harvard 14–12
5983.516Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–30.571620BYE
60-163.526Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–20.60056+3Lost to Colorado State 6–7
61-223.553Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–2–10.583600Lost to Michigan 12–14
6213.641Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–40.42977+1Lost to SMU 7–12
63-183.669Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–20.60056+3Lost to Kansas 0–7
64-113.672Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–30.57162-2Lost to Colgate 0–33
6533.913Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC4–20.66749-3BYE
66-43.965Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–30.50068+3Lost to Washington State 7–41
67-63.998Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–1–10.625540BYE
68-24.005Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–40.33387+3Lost to Vanderbilt 7–23
69104.046BYUIND SKY4–30.57162+6Beat Northern Colorado 25–13
70-134.115South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–30.57162-3Lost to North Carolina 0–40
7114.191West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–3–20.50068+7Tied Fordham 0–0; Lost to DETROIT MERCY 0–36
7264.220Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–30.50068+1Beat Iowa State 3–2
73-44.277Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON3–40.42977+6Lost to NEW York University 19–27
74-184.277Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY3–20.600560Lost to BYU 13–25
7554.484Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI5–30.62554-2Beat Wofford 18–0
76124.504Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–30.50068-1Beat Oklahoma 7–0
77-14.563UCLAPAC3–30.50068-3BYE
78-54.658Montana (MONTANA)PAC3–3–10.50068-5Lost to California 18–53
79-44.659Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–4–10.35786-4Lost to Stanford 0–6
8014.806Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI4–40.50068-7Beat NC State 13–0
8145.084Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–40.42977-5Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 18–6
82-55.327Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–3–10.41783-4Lost to Missouri 0–6
8345.328Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI2–3–10.41783-6Beat Lehigh 20–0
84-25.344Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–3–20.42977-5Tied Yale 13–13
85-15.421Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–40.42977-2Lost to Dartmouth 6–13
8635.682Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–5–10.21493-3Lost to Purdue 7–27
87-15.893Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON2–50.28692-5Lost to Tulane 0–52
88-146.088Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–3–20.42977-4Lost to Rhodes 0–9
89-66.392Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41783-4Lost to Creighton 6–13
9006.662Indiana (INDIANA)B101–5–10.21493-4BYE
9106.731Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–40.20095-4Lost to Colorado 9–13
9286.829Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON2–40.33387+3Beat LSU 32–6
9306.876Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–40.333870Lost to TCU 0–24
9446.958Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY2–40.33387-10Beat Regis 25–23
9526.966Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–40.33387-4Beat Marquette 13–6
96-27.369NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–50.16796-8Lost to Davidson 0–13
97-57.461Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–50.16796-9Lost to Montana State 0–13
98-37.575Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–50.16796-8Lost to Kansas State 2–3
99-38.093Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON1–50.16796-8Lost to Michigan State 19–33
100-18.989Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI1–50.16796-7Lost to Western State 23–25

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