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1936 Week 12 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
110.919LSUSEC7–0–10.9384+30Beat Auburn 19–6
220.951Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+26Beat Ole Miss 33–0
3-21.082Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–0–10.9384+26Beat Georgia Tech 20–16
411.187Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI5–0–10.9177+13BYE
531.206Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY6–0–10.9296+19Beat Colorado 14–13
641.211Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON8–10.8898+33Beat North Carolina 27–7
7-41.218Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B106–10.85711+20Beat Texas 47–19
8-11.236Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI6–01.0001+15BYE
971.249Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–1–10.81315+20Beat Nebraska 19–6
10-41.394Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B107–01.0001+18Beat Michigan 9–0
1171.427Yale (YALE)IND FBSI6–10.85711+19Beat Princeton 26–23
1231.505Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–10.8759+17Beat Cornell 20–6
1341.522Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI7–10.8759+20Beat Brown 32–0
1461.557Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–1–10.81315+21Beat USC 12–0
15-41.683North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–20.75023+22Lost to Duke 7–27
16-21.694Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–2–10.68840+18Lost to LSU 6–19
1781.699Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC6–1–10.81315+17Beat Utah 20–7
1831.725Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–0–20.83314+4BYE
1931.786Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI6–10.85711+13Beat Penn State 19–12
2031.823Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR4–1–20.71431+10BYE
2161.844Denver (DENVER)IND SKY6–1–10.81315+14Beat BYU 35–7
22-91.851Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–20.71431+12Lost to Pittsburgh 6–19
2381.856TCUIND SWC6–2–10.72230+15Beat Centenary 26–0
2441.908ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI4–2–10.64349+15Tied SAN Francisco 0–0
25-11.918Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI6–20.75023+13Beat Xavier 16–0
2671.932Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–1–10.81315+12Beat Villanova 6–0
2771.934Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–1–10.81315+16Beat UCLA 32–7
28131.948Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–1–20.71431+8Beat Drake 21–6
29-171.972Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI5–1–10.78622+8Lost to Manhattan 0–13
3022.043Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75023+8Beat Kansas 41–0
3192.068Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–30.62555+16Beat SMU 17–0
32-232.101Tulane (TULANE)SEC5–2–10.68840+14Lost to Georgia 6–12
33-142.125Utah (UTAH)IND SKY5–30.62555+15Lost to Texas A&M 7–20
34112.131Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI6–20.75023+11Beat Georgetown 13–0
3512.136George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI6–1–10.81315+6Beat Catawba 50–0
3622.154Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–2–10.68840+11Beat Vanderbilt 26–13
3762.226Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–30.57162+10Beat Illinois 13–0
38202.232Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–20.71431+12Beat Army 20–6
39-132.404Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–20.71431+6Lost to Notre Dame 6–20
40-112.427Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI6–20.75023+8Lost to Temple 0–6
41152.492Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–30.66744+13Beat Clemson 7–6
4272.500Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI6–20.75023+14Beat Carnegie Tech 13–0
43-132.504Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI4–2–10.64349+6Lost to Yale 23–26
4432.529Purdue (PURDUE)B105–20.71431+7Beat Iowa 13–0
45-82.571Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–20.66744+9Lost to Utah State 13–14
46112.616Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI5–30.62555+11Beat Harvard 20–13
47-52.647Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–2–10.64349+3BYE
48202.681Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI5–20.71431+3Beat Texas Tech 26–7
49-142.719USCPAC4–2–10.64349+5Lost to Washington 0–12
50192.795Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–2–20.62555+3Beat Iowa State 47–7
51152.798Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON6–20.75023+7Beat South Carolina 23–6
52112.832Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–2–10.64349+4Beat Oklahoma 21–14
5302.848Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON5–30.62555+10Beat Erskine 19–6
54-102.885UCLAPAC6–30.66744+9Lost to Washington State 7–32
5592.913New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR5–2–10.68840+6Beat New Mexico 7–6
56-172.924Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR5–20.71431+9Lost to Loyola Marymount 7–26
57222.964Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–40.50076+10Beat Tulane 12–6
5872.993Indiana (INDIANA)B105–20.71431+1Beat Chicago 20–7
59-72.995Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–30.57162+1BYE
6073.146Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–40.55673+5Beat SAM Houston State 34–7
6103.157Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI4–30.57162+3BYE
62193.177Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON6–30.66744+6Beat Maryland 13–7
63-123.299Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–4–10.50076+4Lost to Marquette 0–33
64-103.305Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON5–30.62555+2Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–13
65-153.317Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON5–40.55673+9Lost to Kentucky 6–7
66-113.347Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–30.625550Lost to Tulsa 6–21
6733.370California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–40.55673+2Beat Oregon 28–0
6873.392Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–3–20.42995+6Beat Oregon State 20–14
69-233.402SMUIND SWC4–30.571620Lost to Arkansas 0–17
7083.459Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–40.50076+4Beat Centre 27–0
7153.472Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–30.57162+1Beat Syracuse 17–0
72-243.487West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–30.66744+2Lost to Western Reserve 0–7
73-113.518Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–4–10.43890+1Lost to Alabama 16–20
74123.566Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY3–3–10.50076+3Beat Northern Colorado 12–6
75123.746Montana (MONTANA)PAC4–30.57162-2Beat Idaho 16–0
76213.762Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR4–30.57162-1Beat UTEP 19–0
7763.805Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI2–50.286112+1Lost to Duquesne 0–13
7863.847SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–2–20.57162-3Tied ST. Mary's 0–0
79-203.881Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI3–3–10.50076-2Lost to Navy 13–20
80-63.905South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–50.44487+2Lost to Furman 6–23
81-213.929Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC4–30.57162+5Lost to ST. Louis 7–20
82-93.938BYUIND SKY3–40.42995+2Lost to Denver 7–35
8363.964Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57162-4Beat Sewanee 18–7
84114.112Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–3–10.56372-7Beat Oklahoma State 13–0
8574.118Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON4–40.50076-2Beat William & Mary 13–7
86-154.123UTEPIND BOR4–2–10.64349-2Lost to Arizona State 0–19
87-104.144Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI4–4–20.50076-6Lost to TCU 0–26
88-164.197Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–3–10.50076-1Lost to Ohio State 0–13
8914.346Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–3–10.41799-1BYE
90-54.377Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–40.42995-4Lost to Dartmouth 6–20
91-114.619Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–50.375102-3Lost to Stanford 14–20
9274.654Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI3–30.50076-8Beat Portland 14–3
93104.816NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50076-10Beat Rutgers 46–0
9404.818Iowa (IOWA)B102–4–10.357106-5Lost to Purdue 0–13
95-134.899Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–3–30.43890-4Lost to Missouri 14–21
96-54.977Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–4–10.43890-3Lost to Tennessee 13–26
97-95.061Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–3–20.42995-5Lost to Kansas State 7–47
9825.098Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–60.143125-4Lost to Northwestern 0–9
9995.147Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY2–3–10.41799-5Beat Western State 7–0
100-75.177Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY4–40.50076-5Lost to Colorado State 6–12
101175.348ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND FBSI3–4–10.43890+2Beat Creighton 20–7
10255.418Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–50.286112-8Beat Cincinnati 27–6
103-75.466Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–5–10.313111-9Lost to California 0–28
10425.514Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–50.44487-16Beat Virginia 7–6
105-75.685NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–60.333109-1Lost to Catholic 6–7
10665.723Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC3–50.375102-9Beat Mckendree 33–0
107125.897Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–4–20.44487-11Beat Hampden Sydney 14–3
108135.924Mercer (MERCER)IND FBSI3–4–10.43890-4Beat Presbyterian 19–7
109-55.987Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–50.286112-7Lost to Pennsylvania 12–19
110-56.009Chicago (CHICAGO)B102–4–10.357106-9Lost to Indiana 7–20
11126.251Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR2–3–10.41799+2BYE
112-36.284Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI2–60.250117-7Lost to Holy Cross 0–32
113-116.334Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–60.333109-13Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 0–13
114-36.334Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–5–10.214122-11Lost to Minnesota 19–47
115-146.443Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))IND FBSI3–50.375102-6Lost to Rhodes 0–28
11666.475Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY2–50.286112-12Beat Idaho State 32–19
117-76.479Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–60.250117-9Lost to Montana 0–16
118-46.977Erskine (ERSKINE)IND FBSI3–50.375102-19Lost to Wake Forest 6–19
11916.997Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY2–50.286112-15BYE
120-37.129Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–60.250117-20Lost to Virginia Tech 6–7
121-57.195Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–5–10.214122-9Lost to Michigan State 0–41
122-77.271Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)IND FBSI2–60.250117-20Lost to Mercer 7–19
12327.695Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC1–70.125128-13Lost to Baylor 0–13
124-17.717Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC2–4–10.357106-13BYE
12538.084Wofford (WOFFORD)IND FBSI1–5–10.214122-13Tied Newberry 7–7
12638.165New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–70.125128-11Lost to New Mexico State 6–7
12708.556Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–60.143125-17Lost to Columbia 0–17
128-48.563Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND MVC2–60.250117-10Lost to COE 6–13
129-38.757Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY1–60.143125-15Lost to Colorado College 0–7
13009.338William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–70.125128-21Lost to Washington & LEE 7–13
131010.808Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC0–5–10.083131-13Lost to Florida 7–18

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