1927

1928 Rankings
​Final

1929

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia Tech	(10-0-0)		0.7372	Southern
2	Wisconsin	(7-1-1)		0.6368	Big Ten
3	Tennessee	(9-0-1)		0.6151	Southern
4	Minnesota	(6-2-0)		0.5979	Big Ten
5	Illinois	(7-1-0)		0.5632	Big Ten
6	Southern California	(9-0-1)		0.5459	Pacific Coast
7	Carnegie Tech	(7-1-0)		0.5413	Independent
8	Vanderbilt	(8-2-0)		0.5228	Southern
9	Ohio State	(5-2-1)		0.5171	Big Ten
10	Northwestern	(5-3-0)		0.4990	Big Ten
11	Iowa	(6-2-0)		0.4907	Big Ten
12	Texas	(7-2-0)		0.4904	Southwest
13	Alabama	(6-3-0)		0.4662	Southern
14	Nebraska	(7-1-1)		0.4512	Big Six
15	New York University	(8-2-0)		0.4495	Independent
16	Florida	(8-1-0)		0.4417	Southern
17	Detroit Mercy	(9-0-0)		0.4369	Independent
18	Drake	(7-1-0)		0.4257	Missouri Valley
19	Notre Dame	(5-4-0)		0.4175	Independent
20	Georgetown	(8-2-0)		0.4164	Independent
21	Purdue	(5-2-1)		0.4158	Big Ten
22	Army	(8-2-0)		0.4060	Independent
23	Pennsylvania	(8-1-0)		0.3917	Independent
24	Indiana	(4-4-0)		0.3813	Big Ten
25	Baylor	(8-2-0)		0.3621	Southwest
26	Arkansas	(7-2-0)		0.3601	Southwest
27	Texas Christian	(8-2-0)		0.3548	Southwest
28	California	(6-2-2)		0.3403	Pacific Coast
29	Oregon State	(6-3-0)		0.3336	Pacific Coast
30	Oregon	(9-2-0)		0.3312	Pacific Coast
31	Kentucky	(4-3-1)		0.3253	Southern
32	Louisiana State	(6-2-1)		0.3210	Southern
33	Pittsburgh	(6-2-1)		0.3173	Independent
34	Brown	(8-1-0)		0.3136	Independent
35	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.3124	Independent
36	Princeton	(5-1-2)		0.3122	Independent
37	Stanford	(8-3-1)		0.3114	Pacific Coast
38	Southern Methodist	(6-3-1)		0.3074	Southwest
39	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.3006	Pacific Coast
40	Virginia Tech	(7-2-0)		0.2893	Southern
41	Michigan	(3-4-1)		0.2850	Big Ten
42	West Virginia	(8-2-0)		0.2817	Independent
43	Harvard	(5-2-1)		0.2744	Independent
44	Tulane	(6-3-1)		0.2552	Southern
45	Clemson	(8-3-0)		0.2468	Southern
46	Navy	(5-3-1)		0.2437	Independent
47	Oklahoma	(5-3-0)		0.2212	Big Six
48	North Carolina	(5-3-2)		0.2173	Southern
49	Virginia Military Institute	(5-3-2)		0.2018	Southern
50	Maryland	(6-3-1)		0.1963	Southern
51	Mississippi	(5-4-0)		0.1778	Southern
52	South Carolina	(6-2-2)		0.1739	Independent
53	Washington	(7-4-0)		0.1646	Pacific Coast
54	Missouri	(4-4-0)		0.1580	Big Six
55	Yale	(4-4-0)		0.1542	Independent
56	Georgia	(4-5-0)		0.1366	Southern
57	Texas A&M	(5-4-1)		0.1251	Southwest
57=	Marquette	(5-3-1)		0.1251	Independent
59	Dartmouth	(5-4-0)		0.1021	Independent
60	Grinnell	(4-3-1)		0.0992	Missouri Valley
61	Columbia	(5-3-1)		0.0712	Independent
62	Iowa State	(2-5-1)		0.0452	Big Six
63	Syracuse	(4-4-1)		0.0404	Independent
64	North Carolina State	(4-5-1)		0.0177	Southern
65	Duke	(5-5-0)		0.0146	Independent
66	Chicago	(2-7-0)		0.0111	Big Ten
67	Michigan State	(3-4-1)		0.0089	Independent
68	Creighton	(3-5-1)		-0.0040	Missouri Valley
69	Cornell	(3-3-2)		-0.0093	Independent
70	Kansas	(2-4-2)		-0.0108	Big Six
71	Furman	(5-4-0)		-0.0124	Independent
72	Idaho	(3-4-1)		-0.0316	Pacific Coast
73	Fordham	(4-5-0)		-0.0375	Independent
74	Penn State	(3-5-1)		-0.0437	Independent
75	Kansas State	(3-5-0)		-0.0538	Big Six
76	Virginia	(2-6-1)		-0.0655	Southern
77	UCLA	(4-4-1)		-0.0697	Pacific Coast
78	Washington & Lee	(2-8-0)		-0.0743	Southern
79	Mississippi State	(2-4-2)		-0.0785	Southern
80	Montana	(4-5-1)		-0.1187	Pacific Coast
81	Washington (Missouri)	(2-5-1)		-0.1297	Missouri Valley
82	Sewanee	(2-7-0)		-0.1447	Southern
83	Montana State	(4-4-1)		-0.1570	Independent
84	Washington & Jefferson	(2-5-2)		-0.1934	Independent
85	Auburn	(1-8-0)		-0.2603	Southern
86	Rice	(2-7-0)		-0.2846	Southwest
87	Wake Forest	(2-6-2)		-0.3413	Independent
88	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.4147	Independent
89	Oklahoma State	(1-7-0)		-0.5854	Missouri Valley

Average Ratings by Conference (1928)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Ten		0.4398
2	Southwest		0.2451
3	Southern		0.2164
4	Pacific Coast		0.2108
5	Independent		0.1532
6	Big Six		0.1352
7	Missouri Valley		-0.0388