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1936 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

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1936 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
100.869LSUSEC9–0–10.9501+45BYE
201.120Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC8–0–10.9442+36BYE
301.160Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–10.8755+26BYE
401.190Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI7–10.8755+30BYE
511.195Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON9–10.9004+44BYE
6-11.212Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–1–10.83311+27BYE
701.263Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC7–1–10.83311+30BYE
801.307Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY7–0–10.9383+26BYE
901.326Yale (YALE)IND FBSI7–10.8755+25BYE
1001.421Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI7–10.8755+23BYE
1101.427Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–20.77817+24BYE
1201.499Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–1–10.83311+19BYE
1301.564TCUIND SWC8–2–20.75022+31BYE
1411.571Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–2–10.75022+30BYE
15-11.592Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B107–10.8755+20BYE
1601.605Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI7–10.8755+19BYE
1701.662North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON8–20.80016+33BYE
1801.685Denver (DENVER)IND SKY7–1–10.83311+22BYE
1911.728Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–1–20.75022+13BYE
20-11.729Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI6–1–20.77817+14BYE
2101.769Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–2–10.72227+21BYE
2201.825Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–30.70031+28BYE
2301.875Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–2–20.70031+19BYE
2401.947ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI6–3–10.65045+23BYE
2501.957George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI7–1–10.83311+11BYE
2602.015Utah (UTAH)IND SKY6–30.66738+20BYE
2702.076Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC7–2–10.75022+16BYE
2812.103Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–30.62552+13BYE
2912.152Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–30.66738+19BYE
3012.153Tulane (TULANE)SEC6–3–10.65045+21BYE
31-32.172Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR5–2–30.65045+14BYE
3202.189Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–2–10.75022+21BYE
3302.197Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI7–20.77817+21BYE
3402.265Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–2–10.72227+12BYE
3512.333Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–3–10.70830+21BYE
36-12.335Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI7–20.77817+14BYE
3702.353Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI6–2–10.72227+10BYE
3802.366Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–2–20.62552+7BYE
3902.377Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–2–20.66738+8BYE
4002.526Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI7–30.70031+18BYE
4102.533Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON7–20.77817+15BYE
4202.568Purdue (PURDUE)B105–2–10.68835+7BYE
4312.641Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–3–10.65045+15BYE
4412.653Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–30.66738+4BYE
45-22.669USCPAC4–2–30.61156+6BYE
4602.689Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI6–30.66738+4BYE
4702.721Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–2–20.70031+1BYE
4802.745Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–30.57165+11BYE
4912.875Indiana (INDIANA)B105–2–10.68835+2BYE
50-12.901UCLAPAC6–3–10.65045+9BYE
5132.951Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–4–10.55071+14BYE
52-12.963Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–3–20.63651+6BYE
53-12.979Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI6–40.60058+5BYE
54-12.980Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON5–40.55667+10BYE
5503.025Montana (MONTANA)PAC6–30.66738+3BYE
5603.035Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC6–3–10.65045+4BYE
5713.087Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–40.60058+8BYE
5813.151Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–5–20.50077+7BYE
5923.210Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–40.55667+8BYE
6023.227Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI6–30.66738-3BYE
61113.304Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–5–10.50077+7Beat California 13–7
6213.318Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–3–20.556670BYE
6313.354Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI5–30.62552+1BYE
6423.418Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI6–4–20.58364+1BYE
6523.453Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI5–30.62552-3BYE
6623.454Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–50.50077+11BYE
6723.497NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI5–3–10.61156-6BYE
68-33.504UTEPIND BOR5–2–10.68835+3BYE
6913.597SMUIND SWC5–4–10.550710BYE
7013.616Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY4–4–10.50077+4BYE
71-143.646California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–50.54575-3Lost to Georgia Tech 7–13
7213.678Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC6–40.60058-3BYE
7323.742Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–40.60058+3BYE
7403.752West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–40.600580BYE
7513.768Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–3–10.563660BYE
7613.827Iowa (IOWA)B103–4–10.438920BYE
7713.878SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI4–4–20.50077-4BYE
7813.911Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–60.250118+1BYE
7913.932Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–3–20.500770BYE
8013.940Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–70.41796-3BYE
81-213.970New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR6–4–10.59163+5Lost to Santa Barbara 14–25
8203.998Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–4–10.43892-3BYE
8304.057BYUIND SKY4–50.44488+1BYE
8404.088Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON6–50.54575+2BYE
8504.112Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI4–4–10.50077-5BYE
8604.179Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–3–30.50077-4BYE
8704.251South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–70.41796+7BYE
8804.301Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–40.50077+2BYE
8904.303ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND FBSI5–4–10.55071+6BYE
9004.372Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–50.375103-4BYE
9114.392Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR5–4–10.55071+6BYE
92-14.477Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–60.40098-4BYE
9304.643Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY5–40.55667-4BYE
9414.780Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–50.44488-9BYE
95-14.870Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–5–20.333107-4BYE
9604.964Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–50.50077-16BYE
9704.988Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–4–10.43892-6BYE
9805.061Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–6–10.278115-9BYE
9915.131Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–5–10.389102-4BYE
100-15.131Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–50.375103-4BYE
10115.140Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–60.40098-14BYE
102-15.176Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–70.125127-7BYE
10305.322Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–50.44488-7BYE
10405.395Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–4–20.50077-13BYE
10505.479Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–60.250118-12BYE
10605.498Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–5–10.313109-7BYE
10705.618Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))IND FBSI4–60.40098-4BYE
10805.690NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–70.300111-3BYE
10905.704Idaho (IDAHO)PAC3–70.300111-11BYE
11005.722Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY3–50.375103-14BYE
11105.794Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–60.40098-16BYE
11205.944Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–70.300111-12BYE
11305.972Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–70.300111-16BYE
11416.109Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI3–6–10.350106-7BYE
115-16.141Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–6–10.278115-17BYE
11616.245Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI4–50.44488-22BYE
117-16.327Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–4–10.43892-3BYE
11806.458Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–5–10.313109-13BYE
11906.468Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI3–60.333107-23BYE
12006.845Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–6–10.188124-12BYE
12117.387Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–70.222121-27BYE
122-17.443New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR2–70.222121-14BYE
12307.452Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–60.250118-23BYE
12408.115Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–6–10.278115-23BYE
12508.425Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–90.100130-27BYE
12618.510Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–70.125127-23BYE
127-18.516Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–60.143126-18BYE
12808.895Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–70.222121-18BYE
12909.055Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI1–7–10.167125-27BYE
13009.401William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–80.111129-28BYE
131010.515Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–6–10.071131-21BYE

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