1933 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 2, 1934By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1933 Season Tags: • No Comments

1933 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	0.855	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–0–1	0.938	2	+29	BYE
2	0	1.008	USC	PAC	10–1–1	0.875	11	+47	BYE
3	0	1.031	LSU	SEC	7–0–3	0.850	15	+32	BYE
4	0	1.200	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–0–4	0.750	28	+15	BYE
5	0	1.271	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+28	BYE
6	0	1.280	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	7	+33	BYE
7	0	1.283	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	7	+35	BYE
8	0	1.385	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	9–1	0.900	4	+33	BYE
9	4	1.418	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	7	+29	Beat Stanford 7–0
10	-1	1.442	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	8–0–4	0.833	16	+22	Tied Arkansas 7–7
11	-1	1.517	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1–1	0.833	16	+26	BYE
12	0	1.586	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–3	0.700	36	+30	BYE
13	1	1.672	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	9–1	0.900	4	+28	BYE
14	1	1.696	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+20	BYE
15	1	1.703	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+19	BYE
16	1	1.754	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1	0.875	11	+17	BYE
17	1	1.799	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+18	Beat Miami 33–7
18	-7	1.840	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	27	+27	Lost to Columbia 0–7
19	0	1.868	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	21	+25	BYE
20	1	2.016	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	5–1–1	0.786	23	+13	BYE
21	-1	2.019	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	11	+8	BYE
22	0	2.039	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	7–2	0.778	24	+16	BYE
23	0	2.044	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	32	+17	BYE
24	0	2.049	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	8–1	0.889	7	+10	BYE
25	0	2.073	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–1–1	0.813	19	+10	BYE
26	0	2.080	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+22	BYE
27	0	2.087	Furman (FURMAN)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	24	+12	BYE
28	0	2.098	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	19	+6	BYE
29	0	2.175	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	6–2–2	0.700	36	+13	BYE
30	0	2.248	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	5–3	0.625	48	+15	BYE
31	0	2.317	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	28	+7	BYE
32	0	2.361	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–3	0.625	48	+14	BYE
33	1	2.370	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–1	0.833	16	+8	BYE
34	-1	2.370	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	6–2–1	0.722	32	+17	BYE
35	2	2.415	TCU	IND SWC	9–2–1	0.792	22	+10	BYE
36	0	2.416	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	5–3	0.625	48	+11	BYE
37	-2	2.422	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	46	+10	BYE
38	0	2.433	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+15	BYE
39	0	2.460	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	41	+12	BYE
40	0	2.518	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–3–1	0.682	39	+14	Tied Centenary 7–7
41	0	2.546	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	28	+3	BYE
42	0	2.586	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	28	+9	BYE
43	0	2.586	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	41	+14	BYE
44	0	2.623	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	48	+6	BYE
45	0	2.675	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	6–3–2	0.636	46	+9	BYE
46	0	2.731	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	32	+8	BYE
47	1	2.800	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	62	+14	BYE
48	-1	2.812	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	48	+10	BYE
49	0	2.840	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+7	BYE
50	0	2.841	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+6	BYE
51	0	2.905	UCLA	PAC	6–4–1	0.591	59	+7	BYE
52	0	2.954	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	62	+12	BYE
53	0	2.983	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	5–3	0.625	48	+3	BYE
54	2	2.996	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	6–2–1	0.722	32	+8	Beat Hawai'i 26–7
55	-1	3.043	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	58	+13	BYE
56	1	3.073	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	60	+6	BYE
57	-2	3.083	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	38	+6	BYE
58	0	3.097	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–3–3	0.550	68	+7	BYE
59	1	3.107	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–3–1	0.611	54	+5	BYE
60	-1	3.109	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	5–5	0.500	72	+12	BYE
61	0	3.163	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	6–3–1	0.650	41	+1	BYE
62	0	3.227	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	72	+4	BYE
63	0	3.279	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	5–3–1	0.611	54	+10	BYE
64	0	3.301	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	4–3–3	0.550	68	+7	BYE
65	1	3.332	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	68	+4	BYE
66	1	3.333	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–4–1	0.500	72	+7	BYE
67	-2	3.337	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	72	+6	BYE
68	0	3.353	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	54	-1	BYE
69	0	3.448	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	62	+3	BYE
70	0	3.657	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	4–3–2	0.556	62	-4	BYE
71	0	3.709	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5	0.500	72	-1	BYE
72	0	3.710	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	72	-2	BYE
73	0	3.751	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	40	-1	BYE
74	0	4.000	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–5	0.500	72	-2	BYE
75	0	4.051	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	4–4	0.500	72	-2	BYE
76	0	4.079	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	4–3	0.571	60	-5	BYE
77	0	4.102	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	4–4	0.500	72	-6	BYE
78	0	4.167	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	92	+1	BYE
79	0	4.247	BYU	IND SKY	5–4	0.556	62	0	BYE
80	0	4.267	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	62	-10	BYE
81	1	4.298	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	85	-5	BYE
82	-1	4.388	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	90	-3	BYE
83	0	4.417	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	87	-2	BYE
84	0	4.434	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	72	-8	BYE
85	0	4.550	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–5–2	0.455	84	-7	BYE
86	0	4.560	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	71	-5	BYE
87	0	4.572	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–5–1	0.313	105	-2	BYE
88	0	4.600	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	3–4–1	0.438	87	-4	BYE
89	0	4.636	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	4–4–2	0.500	72	+2	BYE
90	0	4.720	SMU	IND SWC	4–7–1	0.375	96	0	BYE
91	1	4.904	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	72	-5	BYE
92	-1	4.916	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	92	-8	BYE
93	0	4.955	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	3–4–1	0.438	87	-6	BYE
94	0	4.989	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	100	+2	BYE
95	0	5.140	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	85	-13	BYE
96	0	5.153	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–5–3	0.409	91	-9	BYE
97	0	5.238	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	96	-3	BYE
98	0	5.517	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	102	-7	BYE
99	0	5.583	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	100	-9	BYE
100	0	5.603	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	92	-9	BYE
101	0	5.705	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	3–6–2	0.364	99	-17	BYE
102	0	5.814	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	3–5	0.375	96	0	BYE
103	0	5.931	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	114	-16	BYE
104	0	5.966	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	113	-20	BYE
105	0	6.073	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	2–5–1	0.313	105	-5	BYE
106	1	6.099	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	92	-11	BYE
107	-1	6.113	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–5–2	0.250	114	-11	BYE
108	0	6.271	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	103	-23	BYE
109	0	6.601	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	107	-19	BYE
110	0	6.633	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	103	-8	BYE
111	1	6.715	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–6–2	0.300	107	-19	BYE
112	1	6.745	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	2–6–1	0.278	110	-19	BYE
113	-2	6.756	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	114	-13	BYE
114	0	6.859	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–5–3	0.278	110	-17	BYE
115	0	7.102	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	110	-22	BYE
116	0	7.242	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	1–5	0.167	122	-14	BYE
117	0	7.519	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	120	-7	BYE
118	0	7.542	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–6	0.250	114	-13	BYE
119	0	7.559	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	2–5	0.286	109	-13	BYE
120	0	8.214	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–5–2	0.250	114	-12	BYE
121	0	8.341	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	123	-24	BYE
122	0	8.836	Butler (BUTLER)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	114	-8	BYE
123	0	9.380	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	0–5–1	0.083	124	-14	BYE
124	0	9.802	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	0–8–1	0.056	125	-15	BYE
125	0	9.931	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	120	-13	BYE
126	0	10.370	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	0–5	0.000	126	-22	BYE