1929 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 1, 1929By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1929 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	73	0.545	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 76–0
2	47	0.741	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 48–0
3	27	0.904	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 39–6
4	10	1.220	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Regis 14–0
5	72	1.242	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 19–7
6	84	1.263	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 32–14
7	41	1.361	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 77–0
8	59	1.361	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 77–0
9	-1	1.366	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
10	-1	1.366	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
11	0	1.366	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
12	0	1.366	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
13	0	1.366	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
14	3	1.366	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
15	4	1.366	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
16	11	1.366	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
17	12	1.366	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
18	13	1.366	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
19	14	1.366	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
20	14	1.366	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
21	14	1.366	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
22	14	1.366	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
23	15	1.366	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
24	18	1.366	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
25	20	1.366	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
26	21	1.366	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
27	23	1.366	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
28	23	1.366	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
29	23	1.366	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
30	23	1.366	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
31	23	1.366	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
32	23	1.366	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
33	28	1.366	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
34	28	1.366	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
35	40	1.366	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
36	40	1.366	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
37	44	1.366	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
38	47	1.366	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
39	49	1.366	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	70	0	BYE
40	-22	1.470	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Norwich 67–0
41	27	1.536	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Daniel Baker 61–0
42	47	1.547	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 32–0
43	-27	1.547	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 60–0
44	-34	1.557	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Lawrence 59–0
45	-8	1.568	LSU	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana College 58–0
46	11	1.568	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific (OREGON) 58–0
47	36	1.568	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lynchburg 64–6
48	-47	1.601	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi College 55–0
49	-26	1.612	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida Southern 54–0
50	-9	1.623	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alma 59–6
51	9	1.623	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Waynesburg 53–0
52	32	1.677	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albertson 48–0
53	-7	1.688	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Denison 47–0
54	17	1.688	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 54–7
55	25	1.688	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Whitman 47–0
56	-24	1.699	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carroll (WISCONSIN) 46–0
57	8	1.699	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Tech 46–0
58	-34	1.732	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Westminster (PENNSYLVANIA) 43–0
59	10	1.764	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centre 40–0
60	-39	1.775	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Simpson 39–0
61	-59	1.797	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ozarks 37–0
62	10	1.830	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern State 40–6
63	19	1.841	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio Northern 33–0
64	-49	1.851	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middlebury 38–6
65	30	1.879	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 40–0
66	-27	1.906	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington (MARYLAND) 34–7
67	-64	1.917	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 26–0
68	-43	1.917	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mount ST. Mary's 26–0
69	22	1.922	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Olympic Club 6–0
70	22	1.928	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Davis 19–0
71	-31	1.933	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albion 39–0; Beat MOUNT UNION 16–6
72	14	1.966	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ripon 22–0; Beat SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 21–0
73	-66	1.971	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 27–6
74	4	1.971	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Randolph Macon 27–6
75	-55	1.982	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Depaul 27–7
76	-10	1.993	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Erskine 26–7
77	2	1.993	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Roanoke 19–0
78	19	2.009	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carroll (MONTANA) 19–0
79	-21	2.026	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 16–0
80	-58	2.058	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mercer 19–6
81	-53	2.058	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William Penn 13–0
82	-12	2.058	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Edward's 13–0
83	-27	2.069	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern Oklahoma State 12–0
84	16	2.091	SMU	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	57	0	Tied Howard Payne 13–13
85	-81	2.124	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 7–0
86	-27	2.124	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 14–7
87	0	2.124	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Black Hills State 13–6
88	-82	2.167	BYU	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nevada 10–7
89	-46	2.891	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 7–19
90	-27	2.986	Regis (REGIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Colorado State 0–14
91	8	3.676	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Clemson 14–32
92	1	3.741	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Idaho 6–39
93	1	4.003	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–48
94	-21	5.933	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to USC 0–76
95	3	6.177	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Davis & Elkins 6–13
96	0	6.312	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Ohio 0–18
97	-71	12.158	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Oglethorpe 6–13
98	-54	12.158	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Henderson State 0–7
99	-94	12.206	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Springfield 6–14
100	-36	13.632	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	63	0	Lost to Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 0–38