1927

1928 Rankings
​Final

1929

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(10-0-0)		0.7780	Southern
2	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.6741	Big Ten
3	Tennessee	(9-0-1)		0.6524	Southern
4	Minnesota	(6-2-0)		0.6430	Big Ten
5	Southern California	(9-0-1)		0.6141	Pacific Coast
6	Illinois	(7-1-0)		0.5823	Big Ten
7	Colorado	(5-1-0)		0.5683	Rocky Mountain
8	Carnegie Tech	(7-1-0)		0.5634	Independent
9	Vanderbilt	(8-2-0)		0.5588	Southern
10	Utah	(5-0-2)		0.5555	Rocky Mountain
11	Colorado State	(6-2-0)		0.5353	Rocky Mountain
12	Northwestern	(5-3-0)		0.5193	Big Ten
13	Ohio State	(5-2-1)		0.5127	Big Ten
14	Texas	(7-2-0)		0.5080	Southwest
15	Iowa	(6-2-0)		0.5011	Big Ten
16	Alabama	(6-3-0)		0.4910	Southern
17	Florida	(8-1-0)		0.4748	Southern
18	Nebraska	(7-1-1)		0.4718	Big Six
19	Detroit Mercy	(9-0-0)		0.4640	Independent
20	New York University	(8-2-0)		0.4636	Independent
21	Purdue	(5-2-1)		0.4565	Big Ten
22	Drake	(7-1-0)		0.4296	Missouri Valley
23	Georgetown	(8-2-0)		0.4262	Independent
24	Notre Dame	(5-4-0)		0.4169	Independent
25	Pennsylvania	(8-1-0)		0.3938	Independent
26	Army	(8-2-0)		0.3850	Independent
27	Indiana	(4-4-0)		0.3761	Big Ten
28	Texas Christian	(8-2-0)		0.3691	Southwest
29	Baylor	(8-2-0)		0.3636	Southwest
30	Kentucky	(4-3-1)		0.3468	Southern
31	Pittsburgh	(6-2-1)		0.3274	Independent
32	Oregon State	(6-3-0)		0.3266	Pacific Coast
33	Arkansas	(7-2-0)		0.3208	Southwest
34	Oregon	(9-2-0)		0.3194	Pacific Coast
35	Colorado College	(5-3-0)		0.3158	Rocky Mountain
36	California	(6-2-2)		0.3140	Pacific Coast
37	Louisiana State	(6-2-1)		0.3024	Southern
38	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.2967	Independent
39	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.2951	Independent
40	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.2903	Pacific Coast
41	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.2791	Southwest
42	Virginia Tech	(7-2-0)		0.2673	Southern
43	Stanford	(8-3-1)		0.2642	Pacific Coast
44	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.2633	Independent
45	Utah State	(5-3-1)		0.2607	Rocky Mountain
46	Princeton	(5-1-2)		0.2576	Independent
47	Tulane	(6-3-1)		0.2424	Southern
48	Michigan	(3-4-1)		0.1951	Big Ten
49	Clemson	(8-3-0)		0.1871	Southern
50	Harvard	(5-2-1)		0.1865	Independent
51	Oklahoma	(5-3-0)		0.1584	Big Six
52	Navy	(5-3-1)		0.1532	Independent
53	Brigham Young	(3-3-1)		0.1445	Rocky Mountain
54	Maryland	(6-3-1)		0.1255	Southern
55	North Carolina	(5-3-2)		0.1181	Southern
56	Denver	(4-4-1)		0.1103	Rocky Mountain
57	Virginia Military Institute	(5-3-2)		0.1087	Southern
58	Washington	(7-4-0)		0.1030	Pacific Coast
59	Missouri	(4-4-0)		0.0842	Big Six
60	Mississippi	(5-4-0)		0.0761	Southern
61	Georgia	(4-5-0)		0.0754	Southern
62	Yale	(4-4-0)		0.0663	Independent
63	Texas A&M	(5-4-1)		0.0560	Southwest
64	Northern Colorado	(4-4-0)		0.0446	Rocky Mountain
65	South Carolina	(6-2-2)		0.0235	Southern
66	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.0043	Independent
67	Marquette	(5-3-1)		-0.0011	Independent
68	Creighton	(3-5-1)		-0.0307	Missouri Valley
69	Grinnell	(4-3-1)		-0.0619	Missouri Valley
70	Columbia	(5-3-1)		-0.0700	Independent
71	Chicago	(2-7-0)		-0.0875	Big Ten
72	Syracuse	(4-4-1)		-0.0971	Independent
73	Iowa State	(2-5-1)		-0.1138	Big Six
74	Duke	(5-5-0)		-0.1160	Independent
75	North Carolina State	(4-5-1)		-0.1309	Southern
76	Furman	(5-4-0)		-0.1568	Independent
77	Michigan State	(3-4-1)		-0.1570	Independent
78	Montana State	(4-4-1)		-0.1671	Independent
79	Fordham	(4-5-0)		-0.1709	Independent
80	Kansas State	(3-5-0)		-0.1996	Big Six
81	Penn State	(3-5-1)		-0.2037	Independent
82	Washington & Lee	(2-8-0)		-0.2091	Southern
83	Idaho	(3-4-1)		-0.2136	Pacific Coast
84	Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.2306	Southern
85	Kansas	(2-4-2)		-0.2334	Big Six
86	Cornell	(3-3-2)		-0.2531	Independent
87	Colorado Mines	(2-5-0)		-0.2708	Rocky Mountain
88	UCLA	(4-4-1)		-0.2937	Pacific Coast
89	Montana	(4-5-1)		-0.3148	Pacific Coast
90	Sewanee	(2-7-0)		-0.3476	Southern
91	Mississippi State	(2-4-2)		-0.3513	Southern
92	Washington (Missouri)	(2-5-1)		-0.3528	Missouri Valley
93	Auburn	(1-8-0)		-0.4869	Southern
94	Washington & Jefferson	(2-5-2)		-0.5101	Independent
95	Rice	(2-7-0)		-0.5651	Southwest
96	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.7632	Independent
97	Wake Forest	(2-6-2)		-0.7699	Independent
98	Wyoming	(2-7-0)		-0.7917	Rocky Mountain
99	Western State	(0-7-0)		-0.9041	Rocky Mountain
100	Oklahoma State	(1-7-0)		-1.0409	Missouri Valley

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Ten	0.4373
2	Southwest	0.1902
3	Pacific Coast	0.1410
4	Southern	0.1396
5	Independent	0.0527
6	Rocky Mountain	0.0517
7	Big Six	0.0279
8	Missouri Valley	-0.2114