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1929 Week 9 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
120.937Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–01.0001+5Beat Denver 3–2
280.980Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–01.0001+6Beat Northwestern 26–14
3111.053California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–0–10.87524+6Beat Pennsylvania 12–7
441.062Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–01.0001+4Beat Drake 20–0
5-41.193USCPAC4–01.0001+6Beat Occidental 64–0
6141.220Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Columbia 34–0
7111.239Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–01.0001+8Beat Oregon State 40–7
891.271Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+7Beat Wisconsin 19–0
9311.312Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado 40–0
1031.440Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Nebraska 12–7
11121.499Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+5Beat Michigan 7–0
12231.500Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+4Beat Alabama 6–0
1381.525LSUIND SOCON4–01.0001+2Beat Mississippi State 31–6
1411.527Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI4–01.0001+3Beat Holy Cross 7–0
15-81.568Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Carson Newman 58–0
1681.601Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–01.0001+5Beat Wofford 30–0
1781.642Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+3Beat Oklahoma 21–0
18101.645Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–01.0001+2Beat Arkansas 31–20
1901.645Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–0–10.83327+1Tied Iowa 7–7
20-91.652Purdue (PURDUE)B103–01.0001+4Beat Depauw 26–7
2111.669Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON4–01.0001+2Beat Louisiana 60–0
22101.684Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–0–10.87524+3Tied Harvard 20–20
23141.718TCUIND SWC4–01.0001+2Beat Texas A&M 13–7
2491.748Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–0–10.833270Tied Army 20–20
25111.797Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI4–01.0001+1Beat Princeton 13–7
26131.833Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI3–0–10.875240Tied Carnegie Tech 0–0
27-231.937North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+6Lost to Georgia 12–19
28131.944Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–0–10.833270Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0
29-201.960Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–10.75031+4Lost to Missouri 0–20
30122.008Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI3–01.00010BYE
31272.048Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–10.75031+3Beat Idaho 34–7
32122.052Chicago (CHICAGO)B105–01.0001+1Beat Ripon 10–0; Beat INDIANA STATE 18–0
33122.058SMUIND SWC2–0–20.750310BYE
34192.086NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–10.75031+3Beat Penn State 7–0
35-332.129Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–1–10.50070+3Lost to Pittsburgh 7–12
36-62.342Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI3–10.75031+3Lost to California 7–12
37142.451Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–10.75031+3Beat Colorado Mines 12–0
38192.485Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–10.80030+2Beat Virginia 20–7
39-332.489Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–10.75031+4Lost to Oregon 7–34
40202.517Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–10.75031+1Beat Duke 45–13
41-102.521Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+1Lost to Tennessee 0–6
42142.554Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC3–10.75031+1Beat Washington 20–13
43-312.621Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+4Lost to Georgia Tech 6–19
44-152.636Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+2Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–20
45-182.638Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–10.75031+3Lost to Minnesota 14–26
46-122.689Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI3–10.750310Lost to Dartmouth 0–34
47172.692Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON3–10.75031+2Beat Auburn 41–2
48112.732South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+1Beat Presbyterian 41–0
49292.794Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON3–10.75031+5Beat North Carolina 19–12
50-42.796Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75031-1Beat Johns Hopkins 85–6
51-12.877Iowa (IOWA)B102–1–10.625610Tied Illinois 7–7
52182.900Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.66755+2Beat Florida 19–6
53152.910Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–10.75031+1Beat Indiana 21–6
54-162.925Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY2–10.66755+2Lost to Utah 0–40
55-292.928Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–10.66755+2Lost to Colorado College 2–3
56242.979Yale (YALE)IND FBSI2–10.66755+1Beat Brown 14–6
5793.019Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–10.750310Beat Creighton 32–13
5833.077Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON3–10.75031-1Beat William & Mary 25–14
59103.084Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON2–1–10.625610Beat Cumberland 33–6
60-173.128Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75031-1Lost to NEW York University 0–7
61-93.229Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–20.60064+2Lost to Ohio State 0–7
62-153.285Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–20.60064+2Lost to Notre Dame 0–19
63-83.298Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–20.50070+1Lost to TCU 7–13
64-593.408Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.50070+1Lost to Texas 0–21
65-163.410Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.600640Lost to Stanford 7–40
66193.722Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.667550Beat Iowa State 14–6
67-23.725Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.500700Lost to Baylor 20–31
68163.735Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI3–10.750310Beat West Virginia Wesleyan 19–0
6963.742Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–20.600640Beat Citadel 7–6
7074.097Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–1–10.625610Tied Washington (MISSOURI) 0–0
7124.156Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY3–20.60064+2Beat Montana 14–12
72154.231UCLAPAC2–20.500700Beat California Tech 31–0
73-194.308Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–20.50070-1Lost to West Virginia 6–26
74-264.446Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33386+1Lost to Marquette 6–14
75-34.604Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC1–1–10.50070-1Tied Grinnell 0–0
76184.638Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50070-3Beat Adrian 74–0
77-614.679Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–10.50070+1Lost to BYU 6–7
78-154.734Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI3–20.60064-3Lost to NC State 6–8
79174.755West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–2–10.50070+2Beat Washington & LEE 26–6
80124.880Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON2–20.50070-2Beat Gallaudet 13–6
81-74.904Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–2–10.37585-1Lost to Washington State 13–20
82-155.021Montana (MONTANA)PAC2–2–10.50070-3Lost to Montana State 12–14
8335.055Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.667550BYE
84-35.070Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY1–10.500700Beat Western State 6–0
85135.359NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON1–20.33386+1Beat Wake Forest 8–6
86-75.489Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON1–20.33386-1Lost to Navy 13–45
87105.567Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–20.33386-1Beat Kansas 6–0
8805.615Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–20.33386-2Lost to Cornell 7–13
89105.746BYUIND SKY2–20.50070-1Beat Utah State 7–6
90-85.753Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–20.500700Lost to Yale 6–14
91-295.776Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–20.33386-1Lost to Colorado State 0–12
92-215.897Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–20.33386-2Lost to Kansas State 0–6
9306.051Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON1–30.25097-2Beat Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 26–24
94-116.055Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON1–30.25097-2Lost to Vanderbilt 2–41
95-66.138Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI1–20.33386-2BYE
96-66.176Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY1–20.33386-2BYE
97-26.555Indiana (INDIANA)B101–40.20099-1Lost to Colgate 6–21
98-226.604Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–20.33386-2Lost to Oklahoma State 13–32
99-87.277Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–20.33386-3Lost to Northern Colorado 0–6
10008.249Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON0–40.000100-1Lost to LSU 6–31

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