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1927 Rankings
​Final

1928

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(7-1-1)		0.7739	Independent
2	Illinois	(7-0-1)		0.7274	Big Ten
3	Minnesota	(6-0-2)		0.6987	Big Ten
4	Georgia	(9-1-0)		0.6774	Southern
5	Yale	(7-1-0)		0.6593	Independent
6	Army	(9-1-0)		0.6165	Independent
7	Texas A&M	(8-0-1)		0.5825	Southwest
8	Michigan	(6-2-0)		0.5811	Big Ten
9	Georgia Tech	(8-1-1)		0.5693	Southern
10	Missouri	(7-2-0)		0.5412	Missouri Valley
11	Nebraska	(6-2-0)		0.5276	Missouri Valley
12	Pittsburgh	(8-1-1)		0.5169	Independent
13	Colorado State	(7-1-0)		0.5108	Rocky Mountain
14	Southern California	(8-1-1)		0.5050	Pacific Coast
15	Tennessee	(8-0-1)		0.5012	Southern
16	Vanderbilt	(8-1-2)		0.4616	Southern
17	Arkansas	(8-1-0)		0.4521	Southwest
18	North Carolina State	(9-1-0)		0.4465	Southern
19	Furman	(10-1-0)		0.4375	Independent
20	Purdue	(6-2-0)		0.4177	Big Ten
21	Princeton	(6-1-0)		0.4165	Independent
22	Creighton	(6-1-1)		0.3816	Independent
22=	Washington & Jefferson	(7-0-2)		0.3816	Independent
24	Dartmouth	(7-1-0)		0.3749	Independent
25	Southern Methodist	(7-2-0)		0.3743	Southwest
26	Texas	(6-2-1)		0.3681	Southwest
27	Colorado College	(6-2-0)		0.3498	Rocky Mountain
28	Chicago	(4-4-0)		0.3488	Big Ten
29	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3464	Independent
30	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.3455	Independent
31	Washington	(9-2-0)		0.3338	Pacific Coast
32	Denver	(5-2-0)		0.3042	Rocky Mountain
33	New York University	(7-1-2)		0.2888	Independent
34	Iowa State	(4-3-1)		0.2864	Missouri Valley
35	Georgetown	(8-1-0)		0.2759	Independent
36	Marquette	(6-3-0)		0.2755	Independent
37	California	(7-3-0)		0.2710	Pacific Coast
38	Stanford	(8-2-1)		0.2679	Pacific Coast
39	Oklahoma State	(4-4-0)		0.2646	Missouri Valley
40	Northwestern	(4-4-0)		0.2631	Big Ten
41	Ohio State	(4-4-0)		0.2513	Big Ten
42	Penn State	(6-2-1)		0.2419	Independent
43	Iowa	(4-4-0)		0.2292	Big Ten
44	Florida	(7-3-0)		0.2120	Southern
45	Oklahoma	(3-3-2)		0.2034	Missouri Valley
46	Alabama	(5-4-1)		0.1975	Southern
47	Wisconsin	(4-4-0)		0.1958	Big Ten
48	Texas Christian	(4-3-2)		0.1844	Southwest
49	Utah	(3-3-1)		0.1827	Rocky Mountain
50	Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.1558	Southern
51	Indiana	(3-4-1)		0.1462	Big Ten
52	Pennsylvania	(6-4-0)		0.1325	Independent
53	Mississippi State	(5-3-0)		0.1224	Southern
54	Oregon State	(3-3-1)		0.1177	Pacific Coast
55	Kansas State	(3-5-0)		0.1042	Missouri Valley
56	Carnegie Tech	(5-4-1)		0.0948	Independent
57	Clemson	(5-3-1)		0.0909	Southern
58	Washington (Missouri)	(5-2-2)		0.0862	Missouri Valley
59	Virginia Tech	(5-4-0)		0.0524	Southern
60	Louisiana State	(4-4-1)		0.0465	Southern
61	Syracuse	(5-3-2)		0.0372	Independent
62	Colorado	(4-5-0)		0.0313	Rocky Mountain
63	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0218	Southern
64	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.0092	Independent
65	Mississippi	(5-3-1)		0.0091	Southern
66	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		-0.0085	Southern
67	Utah State	(3-4-1)		-0.0099	Rocky Mountain
68	Colgate	(4-2-3)		-0.0156	Independent
69	Drake	(3-6-0)		-0.0318	Missouri Valley
70	Lafayette	(5-3-1)		-0.0361	Independent
71	Montana State	(4-4-0)		-0.0374	Rocky Mountain
72	Kansas	(3-4-1)		-0.0410	Missouri Valley
73	Washington & Lee	(4-4-1)		-0.0614	Southern
74	Columbia	(5-2-2)		-0.0658	Independent
75	Maryland	(4-7-0)		-0.0686	Southern
76	Duke	(4-5-0)		-0.0722	Independent
77	West Virginia	(2-4-3)		-0.0752	Independent
78	Wyoming	(4-5-0)		-0.0856	Rocky Mountain
79	Washington State	(3-3-2)		-0.0979	Pacific Coast
80	Idaho	(4-1-3)		-0.1016	Pacific Coast
81	Tulane	(2-5-1)		-0.1064	Southern
82	Michigan State	(4-5-0)		-0.1082	Independent
83	Oregon	(2-4-1)		-0.1213	Pacific Coast
84	Cornell	(3-3-2)		-0.1969	Independent
85	Brown	(3-6-1)		-0.2266	Independent
86	South Carolina	(4-5-0)		-0.2907	Southern
87	Colorado Mines	(2-5-0)		-0.3048	Rocky Mountain
88	Sewanee	(2-6-0)		-0.3159	Southern
89	Brigham Young	(2-4-1)		-0.3863	Rocky Mountain
90	Davidson	(4-4-1)		-0.3894	Independent
91	Baylor	(2-7-0)		-0.3906	Southwest
92	Kentucky	(3-6-1)		-0.4043	Southern
93	Auburn	(0-7-2)		-0.4748	Southern
94	Montana	(3-4-1)		-0.5075	Pacific Coast
95	Rice	(2-6-1)		-0.5813	Southwest
96	Grinnell	(0-7-1)		-0.7904	Missouri Valley
97	Wake Forest	(2-6-2)		-0.8062	Independent
98	Northern Colorado	(2-7-0)		-0.8612	Rocky Mountain
99	Western State	(1-6-0)		-0.9089	Rocky Mountain

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.3859
2	Independent	0.1591
3	Southwest	0.1414
4	Missouri Valley	0.1150
5	Southern	0.0834
6	Pacific Coast	0.0741
7	Rocky Mountain	-0.1013