1926

1927 Rankings
​Final

1928

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(7-1-1)		0.6841	Independent
2	Illinois	(7-0-1)		0.6449	Big Ten
3	Georgia	(9-1-0)		0.6340	Southern
4	Minnesota	(6-0-2)		0.6168	Big Ten
5	Yale	(7-1-0)		0.5996	Independent
6	Army	(9-1-0)		0.5701	Independent
7	Texas A&M	(8-0-1)		0.5593	Southwest
8	Michigan	(6-2-0)		0.5268	Big Ten
9	Missouri	(7-2-0)		0.5186	Missouri Valley
10	Georgia Tech	(8-1-1)		0.5109	Southern
11	Nebraska	(6-2-0)		0.4900	Missouri Valley
12	Pittsburgh	(8-1-1)		0.4883	Independent
13	Southern California	(8-1-1)		0.4675	Pacific Coast
14	Tennessee	(8-0-1)		0.4387	Southern
15	Arkansas	(8-1-0)		0.4218	Southwest
16	North Carolina State	(9-1-0)		0.4161	Southern
17	Furman	(10-1-0)		0.4156	Independent
18	Vanderbilt	(8-1-2)		0.4119	Southern
19	Princeton	(6-1-0)		0.4033	Independent
20	Southern Methodist	(7-2-0)		0.3919	Southwest
21	Washington & Jefferson	(7-0-2)		0.3910	Independent
22	Texas	(6-2-1)		0.3606	Southwest
23	Dartmouth	(7-1-0)		0.3488	Independent
24	Purdue	(6-2-0)		0.3464	Big Ten
25	Washington	(9-2-0)		0.3381	Pacific Coast
26	Stanford	(8-2-1)		0.3357	Pacific Coast
27	Chicago	(4-4-0)		0.3349	Big Ten
28	Detroit Mercy	(7-2-0)		0.3282	Independent
29	New York University	(7-1-2)		0.3252	Independent
30	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.3217	Independent
31	Creighton	(6-1-1)		0.3202	Independent
32	Georgetown	(8-1-0)		0.2994	Independent
33	Penn State	(6-2-1)		0.2941	Independent
34	Oklahoma State	(4-4-0)		0.2902	Missouri Valley
35	California	(7-3-0)		0.2796	Pacific Coast
36	Iowa State	(4-3-1)		0.2710	Missouri Valley
37	Oklahoma	(3-3-2)		0.2657	Missouri Valley
38	Marquette	(6-3-0)		0.2587	Independent
39	Ohio State	(4-4-0)		0.2433	Big Ten
40	Florida	(7-3-0)		0.2382	Southern
41	Alabama	(5-4-1)		0.2166	Southern
42	Northwestern	(4-4-0)		0.2110	Big Ten
43	Texas Christian	(4-3-2)		0.2031	Southwest
44	Washington (Missouri)	(5-2-2)		0.2012	Missouri Valley
45	Wisconsin	(4-4-0)		0.1948	Big Ten
46	Pennsylvania	(6-4-0)		0.1873	Independent
47	Syracuse	(5-3-2)		0.1789	Independent
48	Clemson	(5-3-1)		0.1787	Southern
49	Iowa	(4-4-0)		0.1749	Big Ten
50	Virginia	(5-4-0)		0.1725	Southern
51	Carnegie Tech	(5-4-1)		0.1601	Independent
52	Oregon State	(3-3-1)		0.1597	Pacific Coast
53	Mississippi State	(5-3-0)		0.1567	Southern
54	Indiana	(3-4-1)		0.1527	Big Ten
55	Kansas State	(3-5-0)		0.1489	Missouri Valley
56	Colgate	(4-2-3)		0.1334	Independent
57	Columbia	(5-2-2)		0.1286	Independent
58	Mississippi	(5-3-1)		0.1227	Southern
59	Louisiana State	(4-4-1)		0.1183	Southern
60	Idaho	(4-1-3)		0.1161	Pacific Coast
61	Virginia Tech	(5-4-0)		0.1034	Southern
62	Lafayette	(5-3-1)		0.1018	Independent
63	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0891	Southern
64	Washington State	(3-3-2)		0.0870	Pacific Coast
65	Kansas	(3-4-1)		0.0773	Missouri Valley
66	Harvard	(4-4-0)		0.0758	Independent
67	West Virginia	(2-4-3)		0.0726	Independent
68	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.0531	Southern
69	Washington & Lee	(4-4-1)		0.0390	Southern
70	Cornell	(3-3-2)		0.0301	Independent
71	Drake	(3-6-0)		0.0281	Missouri Valley
72	Tulane	(2-5-1)		0.0204	Southern
73	Duke	(4-5-0)		0.0016	Independent
74	Maryland	(4-7-0)		0.0000	Southern
75	Michigan State	(4-5-0)		-0.0152	Independent
76	Oregon	(2-4-1)		-0.0415	Pacific Coast
77	Brown	(3-6-1)		-0.0750	Independent
78	South Carolina	(4-5-0)		-0.1085	Independent
79	Davidson	(4-4-1)		-0.1467	Independent
80	Sewanee	(2-6-0)		-0.1494	Southern
81	Montana	(3-4-1)		-0.1614	Pacific Coast
82	Kentucky	(3-6-1)		-0.1863	Southern
83	Baylor	(2-7-0)		-0.1968	Southwest
84	Auburn	(0-7-2)		-0.2130	Southern
85	Rice	(2-6-1)		-0.2712	Southwest
86	Wake Forest	(2-6-2)		-0.3745	Independent
87	Grinnell	(0-7-1)		-0.4602	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1927)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.3446
2	Independent		0.2133
3	Southwest		0.2098
4	Missouri Valley		0.1831
5	Pacific Coast		0.1757
6	Southern		0.1606