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1928

1929 Rankings
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1930
Hatch Rankings 1929
Rk Team Record Rating Conference
1Notre Dame(9-0-0)0.8356Independent
2Purdue(8-0-0)0.6878Big Ten
3Illinois(6-1-1)0.6117Big Ten
4Pittsburgh(9-1-0)0.5612Independent
5Southern California(10-2-0)0.5595Pacific Coast
6Tulane(9-0-0)0.5267Southern
7Tennessee(9-0-1)0.5253Southern
8Minnesota(6-2-0)0.5095Big Ten
9Iowa(4-2-2)0.4978Big Ten
10Texas Christian(9-0-1)0.4870Southwest
11California(7-1-1)0.4781Pacific Coast
12Florida(8-2-0)0.4756Southern
13Kentucky(6-1-1)0.4675Southern
14North Carolina(9-1-0)0.4584Southern
15Michigan(5-3-1)0.4529Big Ten
16Southern Methodist(6-0-4)0.4275Southwest
17Colgate(8-1-0)0.4240Independent
18Nebraska(4-1-3)0.4233Big Six
19Dartmouth(7-2-0)0.4173Independent
20Vanderbilt(7-2-0)0.4085Southern
21Virginia Military Institute(8-2-0)0.4056Southern
22Northwestern(6-3-0)0.4008Big Ten
23Stanford(9-2-0)0.3947Pacific Coast
24Harvard(5-2-1)0.3785Independent
25Alabama(6-3-0)0.3771Southern
26Georgia(6-4-0)0.3702Southern
27Yale(5-2-1)0.3652Independent
28Ohio State(4-3-1)0.3580Big Ten
29Pennsylvania(7-2-0)0.3560Independent
30Navy(6-2-2)0.3449Independent
31Detroit Mercy(7-1-1)0.3431Independent
32Texas(5-2-2)0.3384Southwest
33Washington State(10-2-0)0.3316Pacific Coast
34Missouri(5-2-1)0.3201Big Six
35Fordham(7-0-2)0.3125Independent
36Carnegie Tech(5-3-1)0.2969Independent
37Wisconsin(4-5-0)0.2952Big Ten
38Texas A&M(5-4-0)0.2933Southwest
39Clemson(8-3-0)0.2913Southern
40Cornell(6-2-0)0.2893Independent
41Arkansas(7-2-0)0.2759Southwest
42New York University(7-3-0)0.2552Independent
43Chicago(7-3-0)0.2527Big Ten
44Army(6-4-1)0.2491Independent
45Georgetown(5-2-2)0.2256Independent
46Syracuse(6-3-0)0.2234Independent
47Washington & Jefferson(5-2-2)0.1957Independent
48Georgia Tech(3-6-0)0.1915Southern
49Baylor(7-3-1)0.1864Southwest
50Penn State(6-3-0)0.1786Independent
51Drake(5-3-1)0.1759Missouri Valley
52Oregon State(5-4-0)0.1753Pacific Coast
53Kansas(4-4-0)0.1717Big Six
54Oregon(7-3-0)0.1566Pacific Coast
55Grinnell(5-1-2)0.1486Missouri Valley
56Michigan State(5-3-0)0.1398Independent
57West Virginia(4-3-3)0.1377Independent
58South Carolina(6-5-0)0.1292Independent
59Oklahoma(3-3-2)0.1252Big Six
60Virginia Tech(5-4-0)0.0998Southern
61Marquette(4-3-1)0.0955Independent
62Kansas State(3-5-0)0.0913Big Six
63Brown(5-5-0)0.0902Independent
64Louisiana State(6-3-0)0.0808Southern
65Virginia(4-3-2)0.0696Southern
66Davidson(5-5-0)0.0514Independent
67Princeton(2-4-1)0.0492Independent
68Indiana(2-6-1)0.0466Big Ten
69Maryland(4-4-2)0.0359Southern
70Oklahoma State(4-3-2)0.0261Missouri Valley
71Columbia(4-5-0)0.0241Independent
72Wake Forest(6-5-1)-0.0234Independent
73Mississippi(1-6-2)-0.0261Southern
74Washington(2-6-1)-0.0383Pacific Coast
75Washington & Lee(3-5-1)-0.0550Southern
76Washington (Missouri)(3-4-1)-0.0557Missouri Valley
77Auburn(2-7-0)-0.0599Southern
78Duke(4-6-0)-0.0739Southern
79Sewanee(2-5-2)-0.0916Southern
80Idaho(4-5-0)-0.0929Pacific Coast
81UCLA(4-4-0)-0.1118Pacific Coast
82Montana(3-5-1)-0.1505Pacific Coast
83Northern Colorado(4-3-0)-0.1596Independent
84Iowa State(1-7-0)-0.2452Big Six
85Mississippi State(1-5-2)-0.2630Southern
86Rice(2-7-0)-0.3753Southwest
87Regis(2-7-0)-0.4560Independent
88Creighton(2-6-0)-0.4614Missouri Valley
89North Carolina State(1-8-0)-0.5207Southern
Average Ratings by Conference (1929)
Rk Conference Rating
1Big Ten0.4113
2Southwest0.2333
3Independent0.2183
4Pacific Coast0.1702
5Southern0.1679
6Big Six0.1477
7Missouri Valley-0.0333
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