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1929 Week 8 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
110.987USCPAC3–01.0001+5Beat Washington 48–0
2481.035Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–0–10.75044+2Beat Syracuse 13–6
3451.100Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY1–01.0001+2Beat Colorado State 14–13
4-31.118North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+5Beat Georgia Tech 18–7
5471.285Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Creighton 26–0
6131.314Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat Montana 19–0
7241.361Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON2–01.0001+2Beat Washington & LEE 20–6
8411.361Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 19–0
931.369Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–01.0001+3Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 20–0
10231.394Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–01.0001+2Beat Vanderbilt 15–6
11291.405Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.0001+3Beat Michigan 30–16
12-31.416Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+4Beat Auburn 19–0
13-81.459Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat West Virginia 27–7
14431.465California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–0–10.83343+2Beat Washington State 14–0
15211.467Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat NEW York University 26–0
16231.470Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–01.0001+2BYE
17121.476Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Navy 14–7
1831.487Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–01.0001+3Beat UCLA 57–0
19-21.503Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.0001+1Beat Bradley 45–0
20-131.517Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Allegheny 53–0
21-111.521LSUIND SOCON3–01.0001+1Beat Sewanee 27–14
22-61.543Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Mississippi State 34–0
23371.547Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+2Beat Iowa 7–6
24-181.582Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+3Beat NC State 26–0
25381.619Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat Arkansas 27–0
26171.623Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Wyoming 19–6
27391.695Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–01.0001+3Beat Wisconsin 7–0
28-151.704Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–01.00010Beat ST. Edward's 19–0
29-31.721Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Swarthmore 12–7
30371.739Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Tech 14–8
31-111.743Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 46–0
32231.743Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Davidson 23–7
33-151.748Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 35–0
3481.783Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Wesleyan 52–0
35121.783Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat Ole Miss 52–7
36-11.801Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Hampden Sydney 40–6
37-71.804TCUIND SWC3–01.00010Beat Centenary 28–0
38-41.813Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Northern Colorado 19–0
39-161.833Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Bucknell 14–6
4051.862Utah (UTAH)IND SKY1–01.00010BYE
41171.944Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Thiel 26–0
42172.008Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Tulsa 21–6
43212.018Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat Marshall 26–7
44212.026Chicago (CHICAGO)B103–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 13–7
45232.058SMUIND SWC2–0–20.750440Beat Austin 16–0
46-382.599Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–10.667510Lost to Nebraska 6–13
47-92.610Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–10.75044+2Lost to Northwestern 0–7
48-442.661Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.50072+2Lost to Missouri 0–19
49242.795Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–10.750440Beat Portland 71–7
50-262.815Iowa (IOWA)B102–10.667510Lost to Ohio State 6–7
51-402.873Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–10.66751+2Lost to Colorado College 13–14
52-252.881Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.75044+1Lost to Purdue 16–30
53-392.920NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–10.667510Lost to Fordham 0–26
54-392.925Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–10.667510Lost to Kentucky 6–20
55172.932Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.667510Beat Kansas State 19–0
56-282.945Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–10.667510Lost to California 0–14
57142.962Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–10.750440Beat Citadel 13–7
58172.991Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–10.667510Beat Willamette 34–0
59193.011South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–10.66751+1Beat Maryland 26–6
60-163.050Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–10.667510Lost to Notre Dame 7–14
61-53.121Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.667510Lost to Pennsylvania 8–14
62143.174Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–10.50072+1Beat Western State 20–13
63163.192Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI3–10.750440Beat Elon 25–6
64-113.194Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON2–10.667510Lost to Minnesota 6–15
65-193.204Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.667510Lost to Texas 0–27
66153.292Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC2–10.667510Beat Oklahoma City 18–0
67-53.309Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–1–10.625710Lost to Idaho 0–19
6823.323Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–10.667510Beat Michigan State 31–0
69-443.487Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON1–1–10.500720Lost to LSU 14–27
70-333.730Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.500720Lost to North Carolina 7–18
71213.746Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.500720Beat Emporia State 38–0
72-183.813Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–10.500720Lost to Drake 0–20
73183.827Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY2–20.50072+1Beat BYU 13–12
74-523.943Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–1–10.500720Lost to USC 0–48
7523.976Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI2–20.500720Lost to Army 7–23
76-154.004Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–10.500720Lost to Oklahoma 0–26
7784.071Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–10.667510Beat Marquette 9–7
78154.213Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON2–10.66751+1Beat Yale 15–0
79114.319Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–10.500720BYE
80-774.324Yale (YALE)IND FBSI1–10.50072-1Lost to Georgia 0–15
81-304.400Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY0–10.000960Lost to Colorado 0–19
82144.433Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–10.66751+1Beat Princeton 13–12
8334.486Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–20.333880Lost to Florida 0–19
84104.607Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–10.667510Beat ST. Louis 13–0
85-534.750Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI1–10.50072-1Lost to Grinnell 7–9
86134.993Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.667510Beat Southwestern (TEXAS) 14–6
8715.097UCLAPAC1–20.333880Lost to Stanford 0–57
88-195.141Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–10.50072-1Lost to Brown 12–13
89-55.415Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI1–20.33388-1Beat Carroll (MONTANA) 13–0
90-75.454Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–20.33388-1Lost to Denver 6–19
91-505.476Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–10.50072-1Lost to Colorado Mines 13–20
92-55.659Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON1–20.33388-1Lost to South Carolina 6–26
93-116.222Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON0–30.00096-1Lost to Tennessee 7–52
94-206.222Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33388-2Lost to Colgate 0–31
9526.255Indiana (INDIANA)B101–30.250950Lost to Chicago 7–13
96-16.474West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–2–10.375870Lost to Pittsburgh 7–27
97-176.610Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–20.00096-1Lost to Texas A&M 0–19
98-96.990NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON0–20.00096-1Lost to Clemson 0–26
99-18.090BYUIND SKY1–20.33388-2Lost to Montana State 12–13
10009.786Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–30.00096-1Lost to Tulane 0–34

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