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1937 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

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1937 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
100.676Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–0–10.90013+11Beat Wisconsin 21–0
210.914North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–0–10.90013+10Beat Tulane 13–0
351.076Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–01.0001+9Beat Texas A&M 13–0
401.081Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–01.0001+9Beat George Washington 19–0
5131.247Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–0–20.80022+6Beat Georgia Tech 21–0
691.267Yale (YALE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Cornell 9–0
7141.285California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–01.0001+10Beat USC 20–6
8151.379Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–01.0001+9Beat LSU 7–6
9-31.389Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI3–0–20.80022+7Beat Carnegie Tech 7–0
1031.423Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–0–10.87516+4Beat Bucknell 21–0
11131.427Santa Clara (SANTA CLARA)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8BYE
12141.431Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Harvard 20–2
13-61.446Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–0–10.87516+5Beat Missouri 7–0
14-21.466Duke (DUKE)IND SOCON4–0–10.90013+8Beat Colgate 13–0
15-11.478Western State (WESTERN STATE)IND SKY3–01.0001+4Beat Northern Colorado 7–0
1631.485Colorado (COLORADO)IND SKY4–01.0001+4Beat Colorado State 47–0
17151.498Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Boston College 14–0
18101.578Montana (MONTANA)PAC5–01.0001+7Beat Montana State 19–0
1931.660Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Mcdaniel 6–0
2091.724Fordham (FORDHAM)IND FBSI3–0–10.87516+1Beat TCU 7–6
21-101.774LSUSEC4–10.80022+7Lost to Vanderbilt 6–7
22-201.780Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–1–10.70045+8Lost to Notre Dame 7–9
2371.786Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND SKY3–10.75033+7Beat Colorado Mines 13–6
24111.885Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75033+4BYE
25161.885Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–10.75033+6Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 47–7
2671.914Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–0–10.833190BYE
27-182.007Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI3–20.60059+7Lost to Yale 0–9
28152.127Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–10.75033+4Beat Northwestern 7–0
2992.136Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80022+4Beat Mercer 19–0
30-252.140Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–1–10.62555+5Lost to Baylor 0–13
31-112.148Tulane (TULANE)SEC3–1–10.70045+4Lost to North Carolina 0–13
32102.148Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON5–10.83319+4Beat Richmond 26–0
33202.176Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–1–10.70045+5Beat Sewanee 32–0
34102.192Centenary (CENTENARY)IND FBSI4–1–10.75033+4Beat Arizona 18–13
3522.202Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–1–10.70045+3Beat Ouachita 46–0
36-262.271Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI2–1–10.62555+3Lost to Dartmouth 2–20
37132.278Denver (DENVER)IND SKY4–10.80022+4Beat Utah 13–7
38-112.337Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–10.80022+3Lost to Pittsburgh 0–21
3962.338Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC5–10.83319+4Beat Iowa State 30–0
40412.345Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–1–10.62555+5Beat Navy 9–7
41142.423Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–1–10.70045+3Beat SMU 13–0
42-262.493Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75033+2Lost to Maryland 0–13
43-32.532Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–1–20.60059+3Beat UCLA 3–0
4472.534ST. Mary's (ST. MARY'S)IND FBSI3–20.60059+5Beat Idaho 6–0
45-202.535Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–10.75033+3Lost to Ohio State 0–7
4632.537West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80022+2Beat Waynesburg 13–0
47-162.557Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62555+2Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–14
48-122.643Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–20.60059+3Lost to Auburn 0–21
49-322.651New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR4–10.80022+6Lost to San Diego State 0–20
5022.666Duquesne (DUQUESNE)IND FBSI3–10.750330BYE
51102.667NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND SOCON3–1–10.70045+4Beat Wake Forest 20–0
52152.700Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–1–10.70045-1Beat Presbyterian 52–0
5362.704Indiana (INDIANA)B103–10.750330Beat Cincinnati 27–0
54212.727Maryland (MARYLAND)IND SOCON4–10.80022+2Beat Syracuse 13–0
5592.786Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80022+1Beat Marquette 21–7
5672.824ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)IND MVC4–10.80022-1Beat Catholic 7–2
5792.854Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–1–10.70045+2Beat Oklahoma State 27–0
58-102.896Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.750330BYE
59-202.922USCPAC3–20.60059+3Lost to California 6–20
60442.929Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY1–1–20.50074+2Beat Wyoming 34–7
61-273.118George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND FBSI2–10.66753+1Lost to Alabama 0–19
6263.153TCUIND SWC1–2–20.40089+2Lost to Fordham 6–7
6383.223Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI3–10.75033-1Beat Rutgers 6–0
64123.250SAN Francisco (SAN FRANCISCO)IND FBSI3–20.60059+1Beat Gonzaga 7–0
6593.275Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–20.60059+2Beat Manhattan 19–0
66123.275Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON4–20.66753+7Beat Virginia 26–7
6763.411Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–20.60059+1Beat Florida 14–13
68-33.507UTEPIND BOR2–1–20.60059-1Tied Santa Barbara 13–13
69153.509Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–2–10.50074+2Beat Oregon 14–0
70253.557Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–10.75033+2Beat Oklahoma 6–3
71-243.561Utah (UTAH)IND SKY3–20.60059+1Lost to Denver 7–13
72113.596Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI3–20.60059+1Beat Columbia 7–6
73163.613Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND BOR3–30.50074+3Beat New Mexico 27–0
74143.732Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–30.250114+1Lost to Nebraska 0–7
75-183.738Idaho (IDAHO)PAC2–2–10.50074+2Lost to ST. Mary's 0–6
76183.758Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.500740Beat Washington 13–7
77153.786William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–20.60059-1Beat American 38–0
7823.911Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI1–2–10.375104+2Tied Georgetown 0–0
79-233.929Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND MVC3–20.60059-1Lost to Tulsa 0–27
80-113.946SMUIND SWC2–30.400890Lost to Arkansas 0–13
81-93.980Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–20.50074-1Lost to Centenary 13–18
82-54.002Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI2–2–10.50074-1Lost to Villanova 0–21
83-374.009NEW York University (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI3–20.60059+1Lost to Lafayette 0–13
8414.102Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.50074-1BYE
85-154.124Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI2–20.50074-2Lost to Brown 6–7
86-324.126Manhattan (MANHATTAN)IND FBSI2–30.40089+1Lost to Kentucky 0–19
87244.139Clemson (CLEMSON)IND SOCON2–30.40089-1Beat South Carolina 34–6
88-304.163Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–30.40089-1Lost to Mississippi State 13–14
89114.260Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–1–20.50074-1BYE
90-304.309Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–2–10.500740Lost to Stanford 7–13
91-294.545Loyola Marymount (LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)IND FBSI3–20.60059-1Lost to Hardin Simmons 0–7
92134.562Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–20.500740Beat Creighton 15–7
93-74.669Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–30.40089-3Lost to Duke 0–13
9454.829Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–2–20.40089-1Lost to Kansas 3–6
95-134.867South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–3–10.41787-3Lost to Clemson 6–34
96264.952Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–40.333108-2Beat Washington & LEE 19–7
97-75.018Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND SKY1–20.333108-2Lost to Colorado College 6–13
9855.060Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–30.40089-4Lost to Michigan State 7–21
9975.085Carnegie Tech (CARNEGIE TECH)IND FBSI1–30.250114-2Lost to Temple 0–7
100195.153Northern Arizona (NORTHERN ARIZONA)IND BOR3–30.50074-4Beat Arizona State 7–0
101-55.220Sewanee (SEWANEE)SEC2–30.40089-4Lost to Tennessee 0–32
102-95.320Creighton (CREIGHTON)IND MVC2–30.40089-5Lost to Kansas State 7–15
103-15.321Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND MVC2–30.40089-5Lost to Army 7–47
104-135.353Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)IND SOCON2–30.40089-5Lost to Virginia Tech 7–19
105-265.403BYUIND SKY2–30.40089-1Lost to Portland 10–13
106105.407Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–30.250114-2Beat Iowa 7–6
10715.481Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–3–10.41787-6Lost to Citadel 0–26
108-215.502Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–30.40089-3Lost to Oregon State 0–14
109-115.504UCLAPAC1–2–10.375104-1Lost to Washington State 0–3
11045.638Chicago (CHICAGO)B100–30.000123-2BYE
111-25.687Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–40.200119-3Lost to Drake 0–30
112-155.703Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–3–10.300110-1Lost to Rice 7–14
113-125.973New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND BOR1–3–10.300110-5Lost to Texas Tech 0–27
114-15.975Northern Colorado (NORTHERN COLORADO)IND SKY1–30.250114-4Lost to Western State 0–7
11566.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–2–10.375104-2Beat Texas 14–7
116-66.031Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–30.40089-2Lost to Utah State 7–34
117-56.124Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)IND SOCON1–40.200119-3Lost to NC State 0–20
11806.129Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI1–2–10.3751040Tied Pennsylvania 0–0
119-46.271Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–40.200119-5Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–26
12006.626Montana State (MONTANA STATE)IND SKY1–3–10.300110-5Lost to Montana 0–19
121-147.104Iowa (IOWA)B101–30.250114-6Lost to Michigan 6–7
122-57.292Gonzaga (GONZAGA)IND FBSI1–3–10.300110-7Lost to SAN Francisco 0–7
12307.455Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–50.167122-6Lost to Centre 0–8
12408.299Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–40.000123-6Lost to Colorado 0–47
12509.752Washburn (WASHBURN)IND MVC0–50.000123-4Lost to Grinnell 0–13
126011.521Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR0–40.000123-5Lost to Northern Arizona 0–7

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