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1930 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1930 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
100.710Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI10–01.0001+59Beat USC 27–0
200.829Alabama (ALABAMA)IND SOCON9–01.0001+47BYE
301.007Utah (UTAH)IND SKY8–01.0001+26BYE
411.206Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC9–01.0001+38BYE
521.318Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND SOCON9–10.9007+35Beat Florida 13–6
601.352Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B107–10.87512+27BYE
7-31.356USCPAC8–20.80020+36Lost to Notre Dame 0–27
811.381Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI9–10.9007+25Beat NEW York University 7–6
9-11.429Michigan (MICHIGAN)B108–0–10.9445+23BYE
1001.642Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI8–10.8899+22BYE
1111.654Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–1–10.85014+23BYE
12-11.659Stanford (STANFORD)PAC9–1–10.86413+24BYE
1301.691Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI8–0–10.9445+15BYE
1401.710Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–1–10.83317+14BYE
1501.750Tulane (TULANE)IND SOCON8–10.8899+21BYE
1601.790BYUIND SKY5–1–40.70034+17BYE
1701.864Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON8–1–20.81818+27Tied North Carolina 0–0
1801.969Georgia (GEORGIA)IND SOCON7–2–10.75025+21Beat Georgia Tech 13–0
1901.970ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI8–10.8899+14BYE
2002.003Army (ARMY)IND FBSI8–1–10.85014+7BYE
2112.023Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY6–1–10.81319+15BYE
22-12.032Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND SOCON8–20.80020+22BYE
2302.047Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72230+17BYE
2402.133Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–2–10.68838+16BYE
2502.167TCUIND SWC9–2–10.79223+15BYE
2612.240Purdue (PURDUE)B106–20.75025+16BYE
2712.335Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI8–1–10.85014+6BYE
2812.337Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75025+4BYE
2912.417Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–2–10.72230+7BYE
3022.444Oregon (OREGON)PAC7–20.77824+12BYE
3102.455Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI6–30.66739+10BYE
3232.463Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–3–10.65046+16BYE
3302.479Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC7–30.70034+13BYE
34-82.481NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI7–30.70034+14Lost to Colgate 6–7
35-12.508Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON8–20.80020+7BYE
3632.584SMUIND SWC6–3–10.65046+15BYE
3742.674Kentucky (KENTUCKY)IND SOCON5–30.62550+11BYE
3842.679Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI6–2–10.72230+5BYE
39-12.681Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–20.75025+1BYE
4002.682Yale (YALE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66739+8BYE
4122.748Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–2–20.66739+2BYE
4232.817North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–3–20.60056+16Tied Duke 0–0
4312.830Kansas (KANSAS)IND B86–20.75025+5BYE
44-72.901Florida (FLORIDA)IND SOCON6–3–10.65046+16Lost to Tennessee 6–13
4522.912Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI7–30.70034+5BYE
4623.030Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC6–2–10.72230+16BYE
4733.061Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI6–30.66739+2BYE
4813.165Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–40.55664+7BYE
4953.287Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY6–30.66739+4BYE
5023.296Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–40.55664+10BYE
5103.299Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–3–10.56363+4BYE
5283.376Rice (RICE)IND SWC8–40.66739-1Beat Iowa State 14–7
5303.402Iowa (IOWA)B104–40.50071+7BYE
54-183.402Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–3–20.60056+10Lost to Loyola (NEW ORLEANS) 6–9
5503.419Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC4–2–20.625500BYE
5683.451Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–40.60056+7Beat Pennsylvania 26–0
57-113.515Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI5–40.55664+4Lost to Navy 0–26
58-13.519LSUIND SOCON6–40.60056-3BYE
59-13.551Regis (REGIS)IND FBSI6–30.66739-4BYE
60-13.556Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI6–3–10.65046+3BYE
6113.660Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–3–10.61154+3BYE
62-13.692Denver (DENVER)IND SKY5–40.55664+6BYE
6303.705Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–3–20.55664+4BYE
6413.803Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–40.55664-1BYE
6513.852Montana (MONTANA)PAC5–30.62550+1BYE
6613.892Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–30.62550-4BYE
6774.002Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI6–40.60056-6Beat Elon 38–0
6814.007Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI4–4–10.50071+3BYE
69-14.010West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–50.50071+2BYE
70-144.011Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON7–50.58362+4Lost to Mcdaniel 0–7
71-14.040Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND FBSI5–3–10.61154+2BYE
72-14.174Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–4–10.43879-3BYE
7304.251South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–40.60056+4BYE
74-24.261Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–50.50071+5BYE
7504.475Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC5–40.55664-8BYE
7604.503California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–50.44477+6BYE
7704.548Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–50.37584-4BYE
7804.718UCLAPAC3–50.37584-6BYE
7914.947Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–4–20.44477-10BYE
80-14.996Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–50.50071-11BYE
8105.093Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY2–2–30.50071-5BYE
8205.208Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND SOCON3–5–10.38981-11BYE
8305.271Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–5–10.38981+1BYE
8435.432Indiana (INDIANA)B102–5–10.31394-4BYE
85-15.549Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–5–10.38981-8BYE
8605.568Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–60.40080-13BYE
8725.597Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–60.33389-2BYE
8805.642Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–4–20.37584-9BYE
8915.656Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–70.22298-12BYE
9015.762Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–60.33389-16BYE
91-65.824Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND SOCON2–6–10.27897-6Lost to Georgia 0–13
9216.149Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–5–10.31394-10BYE
93-16.196Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–5–20.33389-12BYE
9416.207Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND SOCON3–6–10.35087-12BYE
95-16.394Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–5–20.33389-4BYE
9606.491Auburn (AUBURN)IND SOCON3–70.30096-15BYE
9706.560Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–60.33389-13BYE
9806.774Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON3–6–10.35087-20BYE
9907.172NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON2–80.200101-18BYE
10007.565Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI1–5–10.214100-11BYE
10107.773Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC1–70.125104-14BYE
10207.807Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–50.167102-14BYE
10308.466Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–7–10.167102-13BYE
10408.956Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND SOCON2–70.22298-5BYE
10509.764Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–90.000105-29Lost to Rice 7–14
106010.452Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY0–60.000105-20BYE

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