1916

1917 Rankings
​Final

1918

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(9-0-0)		0.7545	SIAA
2	Minnesota	(4-1-0)		0.7021	Big Ten
3	Ohio State	(8-0-1)		0.6704	Big Ten
4	Pittsburgh	(10-0-0)		0.6587	Independent
5	Texas A&M	(8-0-0)		0.5950	Southwest
6	Wisconsin	(4-2-1)		0.5507	Big Ten
7	Navy	(7-1-0)		0.5214	Independent
7=	Illinois	(5-2-1)		0.5214	Big Ten
9	Auburn	(6-2-1)		0.5125	SIAA
10	Clemson	(6-2-0)		0.4915	SIAA
11	Georgetown	(7-1-0)		0.4846	South Atlantic
12	Davidson	(6-4-0)		0.4842	South Atlantic
13	Notre Dame	(6-1-1)		0.4800	Independent
14	Syracuse	(8-1-1)		0.4661	Independent
15	Rice	(7-1-0)		0.4592	Southwest
16	Chicago	(3-2-1)		0.4580	Big Ten
17	Nebraska	(5-2-0)		0.4574	Missouri Valley
18	Presbyterian	(8-1-0)		0.4351	Independent
19	Kansas	(6-2-0)		0.4306	Missouri Valley
20	Mare Island Marines	(8-0-0)		0.4218	Independent
21	Washington State	(6-0-1)		0.4086	Pacific Coast
22	West Virginia	(6-3-1)		0.3972	Independent
23	Pennsylvania	(9-2-0)		0.3923	Independent
24	Northwestern	(5-2-0)		0.3743	Big Ten
25	North Carolina State	(6-2-1)		0.3601	South Atlantic
26	Mississippi State	(6-1-0)		0.3562	SIAA
27	Virginia Tech	(6-2-1)		0.3549	South Atlantic
28	Army	(7-1-0)		0.3515	Independent
29	Washington & Jefferson	(7-3-0)		0.3410	Independent
30	Rutgers	(7-1-1)		0.3325	Independent
31	Michigan	(8-2-0)		0.3244	Big Ten
32	Lehigh	(7-2-0)		0.3127	Independent
33	Iowa State	(5-2-0)		0.3013	Missouri Valley
34	Kansas State	(6-2-0)		0.2956	Missouri Valley
35	Washington & Lee	(4-3-0)		0.2896	South Atlantic
36	Indiana	(5-2-0)		0.2811	Big Ten
37	Vanderbilt	(5-3-0)		0.2633	SIAA
38	Texas Christian	(8-2-0)		0.2560	Independent
39	Baylor	(6-2-1)		0.2498	Southwest
40	Colgate	(4-2-0)		0.2269	Independent
41	Tulane	(5-3-0)		0.2267	SIAA
42	Brown	(8-2-0)		0.2254	Independent
43	Arkansas	(5-1-1)		0.2241	Southwest
44	Oregon State	(4-2-1)		0.2016	Pacific Coast
45	Penn State	(5-4-0)		0.1835	Independent
46	Wofford	(5-4-0)		0.1770	SIAA
47	Texas	(4-4-0)		0.1737	Southwest
48	Oregon	(4-3-0)		0.1538	Pacific Coast
49	Oklahoma	(6-4-1)		0.1351	Southwest
50	Dartmouth	(5-3-0)		0.1325	Independent
51	Richmond	(2-1-0)		0.1270	South Atlantic
52	Maryland	(4-3-1)		0.1268	South Atlantic
53	Alabama	(5-2-1)		0.1086	SIAA
54	Virginia Military Institute	(4-4-1)		0.1009	South Atlantic
55	Citadel	(3-3-0)		0.0862	SIAA
56	Furman	(3-5-0)		0.0534	SIAA
57	South Carolina	(3-5-0)		0.0404	Independent
58	Purdue	(3-4-0)		0.0380	Big Ten
59	Sewanee	(4-2-2)		0.0309	SIAA
60	Southern Methodist	(3-2-3)		0.0195	Independent
61	Missouri	(3-5-0)		0.0181	Missouri Valley
62	California	(5-5-1)		-0.0122	Pacific Coast
63	Iowa	(3-5-0)		-0.0123	Big Ten
64	Carlisle	(3-6-0)		-0.0151	Independent
65	Louisiana State	(3-5-0)		-0.0396	SIAA
66	Erskine	(2-3-0)		-0.0595	Independent
67	Kentucky	(3-5-1)		-0.0874	Independent
68	Washington	(1-2-1)		-0.0942	Pacific Coast
69	Idaho	(2-3-0)		-0.0952	Independent
70	Wake Forest	(1-6-1)		-0.0973	Independent
71	Oklahoma State	(4-5-0)		-0.1136	Southwest
72	Washington (Missouri)	(4-3-0)		-0.1140	Missouri Valley
73	Bucknell	(3-5-1)		-0.1161	Independent
74	Southwestern (Texas)	(1-5-1)		-0.1308	Independent
75	Florida	(2-4-0)		-0.1356	SIAA
76	Lafayette	(3-5-0)		-0.2197	Independent
77	Cornell	(3-6-0)		-0.2830	Independent
78	William & Mary	(3-5-0)		-0.4073	South Atlantic
79	Mississippi	(1-4-1)		-0.4254	SIAA
80	Montana	(1-4-0)		-0.4642	Independent
81	Tulsa	(0-8-1)		-0.5452	Independent
82	Newberry	(0-6-0)		-0.6166	Independent
83	Drake	(0-5-2)		-0.6221	Missouri Valley
84	Mississippi College	(0-4-0)		-0.7164	SIAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1917)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.3908
2	Southwest		0.2462
3	South Atlantic		0.2134
4	Pacific Coast		0.1315
5	SIAA		0.1163
6	Independent		0.1118
7	Missouri Valley		0.1095