1931 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 5, 1932By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1931 Season Tags: • No Comments

1931 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	0	0.571	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	3	+62	Beat Tulane 21–12
2	0	1.135	Tulane (TULANE)	IND SOCON	11–1	0.917	2	+47	Lost to USC 12–21
3	0	1.139	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND SOCON	9–0–1	0.950	1	+32	BYE
4	0	1.419	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	6–0–3	0.833	15	+16	BYE
5	0	1.461	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND SOCON	9–1	0.900	4	+23	BYE
6	0	1.475	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	15	+28	BYE
7	0	1.572	SMU	IND SWC	9–1–1	0.864	11	+33	BYE
8	1	1.575	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+24	BYE
9	-1	1.578	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	19	+30	BYE
10	0	1.581	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	34	+26	BYE
11	0	1.723	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	8–2–1	0.773	27	+23	BYE
12	0	1.729	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	25	+22	BYE
13	0	1.783	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+19	BYE
14	0	1.805	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	25	+16	BYE
15	0	1.854	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+13	BYE
16	0	1.856	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+11	BYE
17	0	1.870	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	9–1	0.900	4	+18	BYE
18	0	1.872	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	15	+12	BYE
19	0	1.915	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1–1	0.850	12	+16	BYE
20	0	1.958	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	19	+28	BYE
21	0	1.973	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+15	BYE
22	0	2.003	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–2–2	0.727	33	+18	BYE
23	0	2.028	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	15	+8	BYE
24	0	2.034	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	29	+8	BYE
25	0	2.059	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	8–2	0.800	19	+20	BYE
26	0	2.117	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	19	+32	BYE
27	0	2.148	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	12	+13	BYE
28	0	2.167	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	12	+12	BYE
29	0	2.303	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–2–2	0.700	35	+14	BYE
30	0	2.318	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	29	+25	BYE
31	0	2.361	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–3	0.700	35	+16	BYE
32	0	2.395	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	35	+17	BYE
33	0	2.403	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	59	+16	BYE
34	0	2.427	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	42	+11	BYE
35	0	2.469	TCU	IND SWC	9–2–1	0.792	24	+20	BYE
36	0	2.497	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	39	+14	BYE
37	0	2.510	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	19	+10	BYE
38	0	2.537	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	48	+12	BYE
39	0	2.624	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	IND SOCON	5–2–2	0.667	39	+8	BYE
40	0	2.651	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	6–2	0.750	29	+11	BYE
41	0	2.668	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	42	+6	BYE
42	0	2.767	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	8–2–1	0.773	27	+9	BYE
43	0	2.857	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	48	+3	BYE
44	1	2.890	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	48	-1	BYE
45	-1	2.898	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	5–3–2	0.600	52	+10	BYE
46	0	2.982	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	BYE
47	0	3.011	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+9	BYE
48	1	3.167	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	6–2	0.750	29	+7	BYE
49	-1	3.168	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND SOCON	5–3–1	0.611	48	+4	BYE
50	0	3.187	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	42	+3	BYE
51	0	3.293	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	59	+10	BYE
52	0	3.300	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	52	+2	BYE
53	0	3.317	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–3–3	0.550	63	+6	BYE
54	0	3.340	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	45	+5	BYE
55	2	3.341	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	45	+4	BYE
56	0	3.355	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	39	-1	BYE
57	-2	3.359	LSU	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	59	+4	BYE
58	0	3.428	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	35	-1	BYE
59	0	3.540	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4–1	0.550	63	+3	BYE
60	0	3.679	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	52	+5	BYE
61	0	3.867	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	66	-2	BYE
62	0	3.932	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	6–4	0.600	52	-1	BYE
63	0	3.974	UCLA	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	79	+1	BYE
64	1	4.114	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	59	-9	BYE
65	-1	4.117	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	84	-1	BYE
66	0	4.339	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	-11	BYE
67	0	4.380	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	66	-3	BYE
68	0	4.456	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	45	-9	BYE
69	0	4.468	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	66	-4	BYE
70	0	4.539	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	63	-5	BYE
71	1	4.545	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	6–4	0.600	52	-4	BYE
72	-1	4.545	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	3–4–2	0.444	77	-3	BYE
73	0	4.687	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	75	0	BYE
74	0	4.829	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	3–4	0.429	80	-7	BYE
75	0	4.879	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	82	-9	BYE
76	0	4.952	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–5–1	0.313	93	-6	BYE
77	0	4.980	BYU	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	66	-3	BYE
78	0	5.010	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	74	+4	BYE
79	0	5.023	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–5–1	0.450	75	-11	BYE
80	0	5.023	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	77	+4	BYE
81	0	5.136	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	66	-10	BYE
82	0	5.151	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	4–6	0.400	82	-12	BYE
83	0	5.157	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	3–3–1	0.500	66	-5	BYE
84	0	5.350	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	95	-8	BYE
85	0	5.400	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–5–1	0.389	84	-12	BYE
86	0	5.487	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	91	-16	BYE
87	0	5.522	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	66	+1	BYE
88	0	5.578	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	80	-9	BYE
89	0	5.769	Florida (FLORIDA)	IND SOCON	2–6–2	0.300	94	-9	BYE
90	0	5.876	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–5–1	0.389	84	-8	BYE
91	0	5.917	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	107	-11	BYE
92	5	5.978	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–7–1	0.375	87	-8	Beat Hawai'i 7–0
93	-1	6.002	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	3–5	0.375	87	+2	BYE
94	-1	6.053	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	97	-13	BYE
95	-1	6.117	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–6	0.250	97	-16	BYE
96	-1	6.210	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	2–4–1	0.357	89	-13	BYE
97	-1	6.342	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	90	-12	BYE
98	0	6.521	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	2–6–1	0.278	95	-10	BYE
99	0	6.635	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	91	-12	BYE
100	0	6.641	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	104	-11	BYE
101	0	7.190	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	1–7–2	0.200	104	-20	BYE
102	0	7.518	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	97	-18	BYE
103	0	7.520	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	104	-10	BYE
104	0	7.673	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	110	-16	BYE
105	0	7.932	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	1–6	0.143	108	-14	BYE
106	0	8.530	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	1–6–2	0.222	100	-8	BYE
107	0	9.008	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–6	0.143	108	-19	BYE
108	0	9.135	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	1–5–1	0.214	102	-16	BYE
109	0	9.137	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	2–7	0.222	100	-19	BYE
110	0	9.665	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–5–1	0.214	102	-19	BYE