1935

1936 Rankings
​Final

1937

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Louisiana State	(9-1-1)		0.7455	Southeastern
2	Pittsburgh	(8-1-1)		0.7300	Independent
3	Santa Clara	(8-1-0)		0.7068	Independent
4	Minnesota	(7-1-0)		0.7002	Big Ten
5	Texas Christian	(9-2-2)		0.6763	Southwest
6	Alabama	(8-0-1)		0.6706	Southeastern
7	Duke	(9-1-0)		0.6422	Southern
8	Yale	(7-1-0)		0.6326	Independent
9	Utah State	(7-0-1)		0.6243	Rocky Mountain
10	Arkansas	(7-3-0)		0.6119	Southwest
11	Northwestern	(7-1-0)		0.5915	Big Ten
12	Fordham	(5-1-2)		0.5854	Independent
13	Marquette	(7-2-0)		0.5821	Independent
14	Auburn	(7-2-2)		0.5780	Southeastern
15	Nebraska	(7-2-0)		0.5659	Big Six
16	Notre Dame	(6-2-1)		0.5640	Independent
17	Duquesne	(8-2-0)		0.5545	Independent
18	Pennsylvania	(7-1-0)		0.5407	Independent
19	Tennessee	(6-2-2)		0.5256	Southeastern
20	North Carolina	(8-2-0)		0.5247	Southern
21	Texas A&M	(8-3-1)		0.5220	Southwest
22	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.5170	Independent
23	Washington	(7-2-1)		0.5027	Pacific Coast
24	Denver	(7-1-1)		0.4887	Rocky Mountain
25	Navy	(6-3-0)		0.4832	Independent
26	Tulane	(6-3-1)		0.4706	Southeastern
27	Ohio State	(5-3-0)		0.4496	Big Ten
28	George Washington	(7-1-1)		0.4477	Independent
29	Michigan State	(6-1-2)		0.4353	Independent
30	Villanova	(7-2-1)		0.4225	Independent
31	Utah	(6-3-0)		0.4170	Rocky Mountain
32	St. Mary's	(6-3-1)		0.4040	Independent
33	Georgia	(5-4-1)		0.4020	Southeastern
34	Baylor	(6-3-1)		0.4016	Southwest
35	Mississippi State	(7-3-1)		0.3992	Southeastern
36	Princeton	(4-2-2)		0.3965	Independent
37	Purdue	(5-2-1)		0.3851	Big Ten
38	Colorado	(4-3-0)		0.3835	Rocky Mountain
39	Southern California	(4-2-3)		0.3820	Pacific Coast
40	Holy Cross	(7-2-1)		0.3796	Independent
41	Missouri	(6-2-1)		0.3717	Big Six
42	Detroit Mercy	(7-3-0)		0.3628	Independent
43	Indiana	(5-2-1)		0.3606	Big Ten
44	Tulsa	(5-2-2)		0.3548	Missouri Valley
45	Southern Methodist	(5-4-1)		0.3508	Southwest
46	Washington State	(6-3-1)		0.3392	Pacific Coast
47	Temple	(6-3-2)		0.3049	Independent
48	Mississippi	(5-5-2)		0.3045	Southeastern
49	Rice	(5-7-0)		0.3036	Southwest
50	Army	(6-3-0)		0.3027	Independent
51	Georgetown	(6-2-1)		0.3004	Independent
52	Furman	(7-2-0)		0.2999	Southern
53	Colgate	(6-3-0)		0.2935	Independent
54	New York University	(5-3-1)		0.2931	Independent
55	Arizona	(5-2-3)		0.2862	Border
56	Manhattan	(6-4-0)		0.2861	Independent
57	Centenary	(6-4-2)		0.2829	Independent
58	Texas	(2-6-1)		0.2823	Southwest
59	Kansas State	(4-3-2)		0.2696	Big Six
60	Davidson	(5-4-0)		0.2679	Southern
61	Oklahoma	(3-3-3)		0.2668	Big Six
62	Georgia Tech	(5-5-1)		0.2638	Southeastern
63	California	(6-5-0)		0.2552	Pacific Coast
64	UCLA	(6-3-1)		0.2527	Pacific Coast
65	Wake Forest	(5-4-0)		0.2454	Southern
66	Kentucky	(6-4-0)		0.2415	Southeastern
67	Loyola Marymount	(6-3-0)		0.2297	Independent
68	Columbia	(5-3-0)		0.2251	Independent
69	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.2178	Southern
70	Colorado State	(4-4-1)		0.2162	Rocky Mountain
71	Iowa	(3-4-1)		0.2153	Big Ten
72	Carnegie Tech	(2-6-0)		0.2130	Independent
73	Montana	(6-3-0)		0.2037	Pacific Coast
74	Illinois	(4-3-1)		0.1996	Big Ten
75	Miami (Florida)	(6-2-2)		0.1985	Independent
76	Gonzaga	(5-3-0)		0.1857	Independent
77	Stanford	(2-5-2)		0.1554	Pacific Coast
78	Oregon State	(4-6-0)		0.1493	Pacific Coast
79	Harvard	(3-4-1)		0.1399	Independent
80	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.1302	Independent
81	Iowa State	(3-3-2)		0.1195	Big Six
82	Cornell	(3-5-0)		0.1112	Independent
83	Colorado College	(3-4-1)		0.1084	Rocky Mountain
84	Brigham Young	(4-5-0)		0.1078	Rocky Mountain
85	Bucknell	(4-4-1)		0.1067	Independent
86	Drake	(6-4-0)		0.1038	Missouri Valley
87	San Francisco	(4-4-2)		0.1035	Independent
88	Maryland	(6-5-0)		0.0908	Southern
89	Penn State	(3-5-0)		0.0896	Independent
90	Texas Tech	(5-4-1)		0.0887	Independent
91	Creighton	(4-4-0)		0.0811	Missouri Valley
92	St. Louis	(5-4-1)		0.0774	Independent
93	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-0)		0.0725	Southern
94	Florida	(4-6-0)		0.0585	Southeastern
95	Vanderbilt	(3-5-1)		0.0428	Southeastern
96	Wisconsin	(2-6-0)		0.0275	Big Ten
97	North Carolina State	(3-7-0)		0.0268	Southern
98	South Carolina	(5-7-0)		0.0167	Southern
99	Northern Colorado	(5-4-0)		0.0119	Rocky Mountain
100	Michigan	(1-7-0)		0.0109	Big Ten
101	New Mexico State	(6-4-1)		-0.0235	Border
102	Oregon	(2-6-1)		-0.0353	Pacific Coast
103	Wyoming	(2-5-1)		-0.0537	Rocky Mountain
104	Washington (Missouri)	(3-7-0)		-0.0602	Missouri Valley
105	Idaho	(3-7-0)		-0.0653	Pacific Coast
106	Virginia Tech	(5-5-0)		-0.0687	Southern
107	Mercer	(3-6-1)		-0.0736	Independent
108	Washington & Lee	(4-5-0)		-0.0779	Southern
109	Loyola (New Orleans)	(4-6-0)		-0.0795	Independent
110	Citadel	(4-6-0)		-0.1252	Southern
111	Texas-El Paso	(5-3-1)		-0.1337	Border
112	Kansas	(1-6-1)		-0.1379	Big Six
113	Montana State	(3-5-0)		-0.1451	Independent
114	Richmond	(4-4-2)		-0.1624	Southern
115	Chicago	(2-5-1)		-0.1710	Big Ten
116	Brown	(3-7-0)		-0.1955	Independent
117	Erskine	(4-5-0)		-0.2111	Independent
118	New Mexico	(2-7-0)		-0.2207	Border
119	Presbyterian	(3-6-0)		-0.2526	Independent
120	Washburn	(2-6-1)		-0.2606	Missouri Valley
120=	Arizona State	(4-5-0)		-0.2606	Border
122	Virginia	(2-7-0)		-0.2617	Southern
123	Colorado Mines	(2-6-0)		-0.2801	Rocky Mountain
124	Western State	(1-6-0)		-0.2812	Rocky Mountain
125	Northern Arizona	(3-4-1)		-0.2897	Border
126	Oklahoma State	(1-9-0)		-0.3122	Missouri Valley
127	Sewanee	(0-6-1)		-0.4087	Southeastern
128	Grinnell	(2-7-0)		-0.4213	Missouri Valley
129	Syracuse	(1-7-0)		-0.4243	Independent
130	William & Mary	(1-8-0)		-0.5451	Southern
131	Wofford	(1-7-1)		-0.6104	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1936)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4498
2	Southeastern		0.3303
3	Big Ten		0.2769
4	Big Six		0.2426
5	Independent		0.2381
6	Pacific Coast		0.2140
7	Rocky Mountain		0.1584
8	Southern		0.0727
9	Missouri Valley		-0.0735
10	Border		-0.1070