1916

1917 Rankings
​Final

1918

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(9-0-0)		0.8200	SIAA
2	Ohio State	(8-0-1)		0.7329	Big Ten
3	Pittsburgh	(10-0-0)		0.7048	Independent
4	Minnesota	(4-1-0)		0.6776	Big Ten
5	Texas A&M	(8-0-0)		0.6415	Southwest
6	Wisconsin	(4-2-1)		0.6102	Big Ten
7	Illinois	(5-2-1)		0.5645	Big Ten
8	Auburn	(6-2-1)		0.5502	SIAA
9	Navy	(7-1-0)		0.5489	Independent
10	Notre Dame	(6-1-1)		0.5413	Independent
11	Clemson	(6-2-0)		0.5249	SIAA
12	Georgetown	(7-1-0)		0.5079	South Atlantic
13	Davidson	(6-4-0)		0.4955	South Atlantic
14	Rice	(7-1-0)		0.4926	Southwest
15	Denver	(9-0-0)		0.4878	Rocky Mountain
16	Nebraska	(5-2-0)		0.4698	Missouri Valley
17	Chicago	(3-2-1)		0.4646	Big Ten
18	Presbyterian	(8-1-0)		0.4635	Independent
19	Kansas	(6-2-0)		0.4516	Missouri Valley
20	Mare Island Marines	(8-0-0)		0.4492	Independent
21	Syracuse	(8-1-1)		0.4330	Independent
22	Pennsylvania	(9-2-0)		0.4167	Independent
23	Northwestern	(5-2-0)		0.3911	Big Ten
24	Army	(7-1-0)		0.3810	Independent
25	Mississippi State	(6-1-0)		0.3782	SIAA
26	Washington & Jefferson	(7-3-0)		0.3579	Independent
27	Rutgers	(7-1-1)		0.3438	Independent
28	North Carolina State	(6-2-1)		0.3399	South Atlantic
29	Washington State	(6-0-1)		0.3384	Pacific Coast
30	Virginia Tech	(6-2-1)		0.3379	South Atlantic
31	West Virginia	(6-3-1)		0.3363	Independent
32	Michigan	(8-2-0)		0.3347	Big Ten
33	Lehigh	(7-2-0)		0.3184	Independent
34	Utah State	(7-0-1)		0.3123	Rocky Mountain
35	Kansas State	(6-2-0)		0.3079	Missouri Valley
36	Iowa State	(5-2-0)		0.2990	Missouri Valley
37	Colorado	(6-2-0)		0.2818	Rocky Mountain
38	Indiana	(5-2-0)		0.2814	Big Ten
39	Washington & Lee	(4-3-0)		0.2756	South Atlantic
40	Vanderbilt	(5-3-0)		0.2407	SIAA
41	Colgate	(4-2-0)		0.2272	Independent
42	Texas Christian	(8-2-0)		0.2179	Independent
43	Tulane	(5-3-0)		0.2132	SIAA
44	Baylor	(6-2-1)		0.1787	Southwest
45	Arkansas	(5-1-1)		0.1734	Southwest
46	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.1603	Independent
47	Brown	(8-2-0)		0.1385	Independent
48	Wofford	(5-4-0)		0.1329	SIAA
49	Texas	(4-4-0)		0.1311	Southwest
50	Colorado College	(3-3-0)		0.1014	Rocky Mountain
51	Oregon State	(4-2-1)		0.0891	Pacific Coast
52	Richmond	(2-1-0)		0.0819	South Atlantic
53	Citadel	(3-3-0)		0.0753	SIAA
54	Oregon	(4-3-0)		0.0728	Pacific Coast
55	Oklahoma	(6-4-1)		0.0528	Southwest
56	Maryland	(4-3-1)		0.0310	South Atlantic
57	Virginia Military Institute	(4-4-1)		0.0264	South Atlantic
58	Dartmouth	(5-3-0)		0.0054	Independent
59	Alabama	(5-2-1)		-0.0245	SIAA
60	Purdue	(3-4-0)		-0.0507	Big Ten
61	Furman	(3-5-0)		-0.0518	SIAA
62	South Carolina	(3-5-0)		-0.0540	SIAA
63	Colorado Mines	(5-3-0)		-0.0544	Rocky Mountain
64	Missouri	(3-5-0)		-0.0608	Missouri Valley
65	Erskine	(2-3-0)		-0.0968	Independent
66	Carlisle	(3-6-0)		-0.1188	Independent
67	Iowa	(3-5-0)		-0.1417	Big Ten
68	Louisiana State	(3-5-0)		-0.1622	SIAA
69	Idaho	(2-3-0)		-0.1629	Independent
70	California	(5-5-1)		-0.1893	Pacific Coast
71	Sewanee	(4-2-2)		-0.2129	SIAA
72	Southern Methodist	(3-2-3)		-0.2141	Independent
73	Washington	(1-2-1)		-0.2189	Pacific Coast
74	Florida	(2-4-0)		-0.2306	SIAA
75	Wake Forest	(1-6-1)		-0.3023	Independent
76	Kentucky	(3-5-1)		-0.3036	Independent
77	Washington (Missouri)	(4-3-0)		-0.3075	Missouri Valley
78	Oklahoma State	(4-5-0)		-0.3401	Southwest
79	Bucknell	(3-5-1)		-0.3615	Independent
80	Southwestern (Texas)	(1-5-1)		-0.3627	Independent
81	Utah	(2-4-0)		-0.3941	Rocky Mountain
82	Wyoming	(3-4-0)		-0.3987	Rocky Mountain
83	Montana	(1-4-0)		-0.3996	Independent
84	Lafayette	(3-5-0)		-0.4811	Independent
85	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.5444	Independent
86	Colorado State	(0-7-1)		-0.6087	Rocky Mountain
87	Mississippi	(1-4-1)		-0.6714	SIAA
88	Newberry	(0-6-0)		-0.8008	Independent
89	William & Mary	(3-5-0)		-0.8145	South Atlantic
90	Tulsa	(0-8-1)		-0.8894	Independent
91	Mississippi College	(0-4-0)		-0.9662	SIAA
92	Drake	(0-5-2)		-1.2062	Missouri Valley

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.3865
2	Southwest	0.1900
3	South Atlantic	0.1424
4	SIAA	0.0351
5	Independent	0.0335
6	Pacific Coast	0.0184
7	Missouri Valley	-0.0066
8	Rocky Mountain	-0.0341