1936 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 1936By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1936 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	1.113	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon 26–0
2	18	1.117	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington & LEE 28–0
3	43	1.117	ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat California 10–0
4	21	1.150	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Citadel 20–14
5	47	1.158	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Cornell 23–0
6	3	1.183	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Furman 13–0
7	0	1.208	Utah (UTAH)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arizona 14–6
8	24	1.242	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washburn 19–6
9	29	1.258	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 18–7
10	9	1.288	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tennessee 14–6
11	7	1.292	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
12	21	1.300	Marquette (MARQUETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wisconsin 12–6
13	45	1.337	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat West Virginia 34–0
14	26	1.383	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW York University 60–0
15	-14	1.413	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sewanee 58–0
16	52	1.425	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Clemson 32–0
17	47	1.433	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Chicago 37–0
18	-4	1.458	Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Loyola Marymount 13–6
19	-8	1.517	Duke (DUKE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat South Carolina 21–0
20	-7	1.554	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico 9–7
21	46	1.561	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 38–0
22	14	1.600	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 34–0
23	58	1.642	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Detroit Mercy 13–6
24	-20	1.658	LSU	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	65	+1	Tied Texas 6–6
25	34	1.704	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Adams State 67–0
26	0	1.708	Fordham (FORDHAM)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Franklin & Marshall 66–7
27	27	1.717	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND BOR	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma City 34–6
28	-12	1.721	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Davidson 19–6
29	27	1.725	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont 56–0
30	75	1.738	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 13–7
31	-19	1.758	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	65	+1	Tied Auburn 0–0
32	7	1.767	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Carnegie Tech 21–7
33	-16	1.783	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND SKY	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
34	-24	1.800	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 14–13
35	25	1.808	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
36	-21	1.813	Denver (DENVER)	IND SKY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado College 7–2
37	24	1.813	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat COE 53–6
38	3	1.817	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	65	0	Beat Colorado 8–0
39	23	1.825	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	65	0	Tied Tulane 0–0
40	2	1.825	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Muhlenberg 45–0
41	24	1.833	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	65	0	Tied Tampa 0–0
42	32	1.842	Maryland (MARYLAND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 6–0
43	43	1.852	Centenary (CENTENARY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Baylor 10–0
44	51	1.858	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 31–0
45	45	1.867	Duquesne (DUQUESNE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 14–0
46	30	1.871	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 21–7
47	26	1.872	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 12–7
48	-21	1.875	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Delaware 39–0
49	33	1.881	UCLA	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana 30–0
50	-20	1.883	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Centre 38–0
51	-8	1.908	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 35–0
52	-28	1.917	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maine 34–0
53	22	1.925	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Elon 39–0
54	49	1.925	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M Kingsville 60–0
55	-6	1.925	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	65	0	Beat Central Oklahoma 40–7
56	-27	1.933	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Amherst 38–6
57	-10	1.942	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clarkson 31–0
58	31	1.946	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 7–0
59	4	1.950	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Providence 21–6
60	-12	1.970	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0–1	0.500	81	0	Tied LSU 6–6
61	23	1.971	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Samford 35–0
62	18	1.988	Manhattan (MANHATTAN)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Niagara 33–7
63	16	1.992	Creighton (CREIGHTON)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
64	-36	2.033	Gonzaga (GONZAGA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Washington 27–7
65	5	2.033	Loyola (new Orleans) (LOYOLA (NEW ORLEANS))	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Birmingham Southern 13–6
66	-31	2.033	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southeast Missouri State 20–0
67	-23	2.033	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Williams 27–7
68	30	2.042	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND BOR	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California Tech 26–0
69	2	2.050	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hardin Simmons 3–0
70	23	2.087	SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	64	0	Beat San José State 13–0
71	30	2.092	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lebanon Valley 20–0
72	30	2.150	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0–2	0.667	71	0	Tied Roanoke 0–0
73	-67	2.563	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	81	+1	Lost to Utah 6–14
74	36	2.590	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	81	+1	Beat Idaho 22–0
75	49	2.949	TCU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	71	+1	Beat Arkansas 18–14
76	-68	2.978	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	71	+2	Lost to Kentucky 0–38
77	-72	3.000	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	71	+1	Lost to Alabama 0–32
78	-76	3.036	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	81	+1	Lost to Georgia 0–13
79	-24	3.112	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	71	0	Lost to Florida 14–20
80	29	3.180	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	81	+1	Beat NC State 9–0
81	-28	3.222	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Yale 0–23
82	25	3.236	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	81	0	Beat Ursinus 54–0
83	38	3.246	Mercer (MERCER)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	71	0	Beat Oglethorpe 20–6
84	-6	3.257	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	71	0	Lost to ST. Mary's 0–10
85	-62	3.321	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Denver 2–7
86	1	3.334	Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	71	0	Lost to Santa Clara 6–13
87	28	3.336	Western State (WESTERN STATE)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	81	0	Beat Colorado Mines 13–0
88	-22	3.377	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Villanova 6–13
89	25	3.394	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to Washington State 13–14
90	-68	3.430	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–8
91	-19	3.442	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Illinois 7–13
92	-9	3.445	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	71	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–34
93	20	3.485	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to Virginia 0–7
94	26	3.534	Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	81	0	Beat Wyoming 13–7
95	-7	3.583	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Marquette 6–12
96	1	3.641	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to North Carolina 6–14
97	-76	3.648	Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–21
98	-64	3.648	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Michigan State 7–21
99	-5	3.661	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Centenary 0–10
100	-9	3.662	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Northwestern 7–18
101	16	3.695	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–2	0.333	107	0	Lost to Temple 7–12
102	-25	3.714	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Army 0–28
103	-34	3.740	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–37
104	4	3.747	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	107	+1	Lost to Navy 6–19
105	-5	3.748	Washburn (WASHBURN)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Kansas 6–19
106	-14	3.815	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to USC 0–26
107	16	3.876	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	81	0	Beat Willamette 13–0
108	14	3.964	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	107	0	Lost to Duquesne 0–14
109	7	4.030	Montana (MONTANA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to UCLA 0–30
110	-79	4.376	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1–1	0.250	114	0	Lost to Nebraska 0–34
111	-54	4.677	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	81	-1	Lost to TCU 14–18
112	-6	4.920	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	107	-1	Lost to Duke 0–21
113	-9	4.971	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	71	0	Lost to Northern Iowa 0–24
114	5	5.049	BYU	IND SKY	1–1	0.500	81	-1	Beat Montana State 19–0
115	-70	5.248	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–58
116	-79	5.321	NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–60
117	9	5.336	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	107	-1	Lost to Maryland 0–6
118	-33	5.364	Idaho (IDAHO)	PAC	1–1	0.500	81	-1	Lost to Washington 0–22
119	-23	6.300	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Depaul 0–6
120	-21	6.356	Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)	IND BOR	1–1	0.500	81	0	Lost to Santa Barbara 7–13
121	-10	6.503	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Western State 0–13
122	-10	6.612	Montana State (MONTANA STATE)	IND SKY	0–2	0.000	115	-1	Lost to BYU 0–19
123	8	6.627	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	81	0	Beat Rhode Island 7–6
124	-6	6.669	Wofford (WOFFORD)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	107	-2	Beat Piedmont 37–0
125	0	7.067	Presbyterian (PRESBYTERIAN)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	115	-1	BYE
126	1	7.156	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	107	-3	Lost to Wake Forest 0–9
127	3	8.048	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND BOR	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to Colorado State 7–9
128	1	8.521	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	115	0	Lost to Kansas State 0–31
129	-78	9.176	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND SKY	0–1	0.000	115	-1	Lost to Northern Colorado 7–13
130	-2	10.358	Erskine (ERSKINE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	115	-3	BYE
131	-81	12.885	UTEP	IND BOR	0–1	0.000	115	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–13