College Football 1916
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1916/9/16 and 1917/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:29:46 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 13148 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 13148 2 13136 Allegheny College 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 13136 3 12533 Rochester 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 12533 4 12410 Rhode Island 2 0 - 2 - 0 4 12410 5 12288 Amherst College 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 12288 6 12288 Vermont 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 12288 7 11813 Maine 2 0 - 2 - 0 7 11813 8 11813 Springfield College 2 0 - 2 - 0 8 11813 9 11690 Trinity College CT 2 0 - 2 - 0 9 11690 10 11619 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 11619 11 11619 Oberlin College 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 11619 12 10997 Carnegie Mellon 3 0 - 3 - 0 12 10997 13 10805 North Dakota 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 10805 14 10368 Bremerton Navy 1 0 - 1 - 0 14 10368 15 10368 Ballard Meteors 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 10368 16 10305 Multnomah Agricultural 3 1 - 2 - 0 16 10305 17 9875 Williams College 2 0 - 2 - 0 17 9875 18 9564 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 18 9564 19 9280 South Dakota State 2 0 - 2 - 0 19 9280 20 8996 Case Western Reserve 3 0 - 3 - 0 20 8996 21 8884 Washington State 2 0 - 2 - 0 21 8884 22 8762 Lake Forest College 1 0 - 1 - 0 22 8762 23 8684 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 23 8684 24 8684 Colby College 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 8684 25 8666 Holy Cross 3 0 - 3 - 0 25 8666 26 8480 Villanova 3 0 - 3 - 0 26 8480 27 8323 Alma College 1 0 - 1 - 0 27 8323 28 8323 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 28 8323 29 7965 Geneva 2 0 - 2 - 0 29 7965 30 7935 Bethany WV 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 7935 31 7758 Illinois 7 3 - 3 - 1 31 7758 32 7754 Lawrence University 1 0 - 1 - 0 32 7754 33 7685 Michigan State 2 0 - 2 - 0 33 7685 34 7590 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 34 7590 35 7553 Westminster PA 4 0 - 4 - 0 35 7553 36 7551 George Washington 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 7551 37 7551 Eastern College 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 7551 38 7494 Whitman 2 0 - 2 - 0 38 7494 39 7472 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 7472 40 7344 Franklin & Marshall 3 0 - 3 - 0 40 7344 41 7341 Yale 9 8 - 1 - 0 41 7341 42 7302 University of Chicago 7 3 - 4 - 0 42 7302 43 7048 Carroll WI 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 7048 44 7048 Mount Union College 1 0 - 1 - 0 44 7048 45 6996 Colgate 9 8 - 1 - 0 45 6996 46 6988 Pennsylvania 11 7 - 3 - 1 46 6988 47 6816 Brown 9 8 - 1 - 0 47 6816 48 6782 Susquehanna 4 1 - 3 - 0 48 6782 49 6670 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 49 6670 50 6625 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 50 6625 51 6625 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 6625 52 6625 Colorado College Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 6625 53 6387 Ohio University 1 0 - 1 - 0 53 6387 54 6387 East Syracuse AA 1 0 - 1 - 0 54 6387 55 6360 Tufts University 4 2 - 2 - 0 55 6360 56 6334 Dickinson College 2 0 - 1 - 1 56 6334 57 6321 Pittsburgh 8 8 - 0 - 0 57 6321 58 6178 Oregon 8 7 - 0 - 1 58 6178 59 6109 Carleton College 1 1 - 0 - 0 59 6109 60 5886 Cornell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 5886 61 5718 Swarthmore College 2 2 - 0 - 0 61 5718 62 5629 Navy 10 6 - 3 - 1 62 5629 63 5525 Gettysburg College 4 1 - 3 - 0 63 5525 64 5484 Lafayette 9 2 - 6 - 1 64 5484 65 5462 Harvard 10 7 - 3 - 0 65 5462 66 5406 Oregon State 9 4 - 5 - 0 66 5406 67 5376 Marietta College 3 1 - 2 - 0 67 5376 68 5328 Occidental 1 1 - 0 - 0 68 5328 69 5328 Olympic Club 2 0 - 1 - 1 69 5328 70 5328 St. Mary's CA 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 5328 71 5328 Whittier College 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 5328 72 5328 Originals AC 2 0 - 2 - 0 72 5328 73 5303 Ohio State 7 7 - 0 - 0 73 5303 74 5266 Lebanon Valley College 5 0 - 4 - 1 74 5266 75 5205 Iowa 7 4 - 3 - 0 75 5205 76 5134 Wisconsin 7 4 - 2 - 1 76 5134 77 5134 Princeton 8 6 - 2 - 0 77 5134 78 5128 Southwestern KS 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 5128 79 5128 Baker University 1 0 - 1 - 0 79 5128 80 5109 Minnesota 7 6 - 1 - 0 80 5109 81 5028 Syracuse 9 5 - 4 - 0 81 5028 82 5025 Wabash College 2 0 - 2 - 0 82 5025 83 4901 Morningside 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 4901 84 4901 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 4901 85 4901 Highland Park 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 4901 86 4847 Rutgers 7 3 - 2 - 2 86 4847 87 4621 Oregon State Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 87 4621 88 4558 Army 9 9 - 0 - 0 88 4558 89 4442 Washburn University 2 0 - 2 - 0 89 4442 90 4442 Emporia State 2 0 - 2 - 0 90 4442 91 4385 Cornell 8 6 - 2 - 0 91 4385 92 4237 Northwestern 7 6 - 1 - 0 92 4237 93 4200 Ursinus College 2 1 - 1 - 0 93 4200 94 4191 Southern California 3 0 - 3 - 0 94 4191 95 4155 Nebraska 8 6 - 2 - 0 95 4155 96 4143 Dartmouth 9 5 - 2 - 2 96 4143 97 4040 Albright 4 0 - 4 - 0 97 4040 98 4005 Southwestern (TN) 1 0 - 1 - 0 98 4005 99 4005 New Mexico 2 0 - 2 - 0 99 4005 100 3959 Washington and Jefferson 10 8 - 2 - 0 100 3959 101 3836 Tusculum College 1 0 - 1 - 0 101 3836 102 3804 Indiana 7 2 - 4 - 1 102 3804 103 3789 Davis & Elkins 2 0 - 2 - 0 103 3789 104 3759 Cumberland TN 2 0 - 2 - 0 104 3759 105 3758 Penn State 10 8 - 2 - 0 105 3758 106 3750 Washington & Lee 9 5 - 2 - 2 106 3750 107 3729 Catholic University 3 1 - 2 - 0 107 3729 108 3585 West Virginia Wesleyan 9 3 - 6 - 0 108 3585 109 3577 Purdue 7 2 - 4 - 1 109 3577 110 3574 Washington 7 6 - 0 - 1 110 3574 111 3544 California 11 6 - 4 - 1 111 3544 112 3523 Bucknell 12 3 - 9 - 0 112 3523 113 3498 West Virginia 9 5 - 2 - 2 113 3498 114 3431 Creighton 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 3431 115 3296 Kansas 8 4 - 3 - 1 115 3296 116 3258 Muhlenberg College 2 1 - 1 - 0 116 3258 117 3233 Maryland 2 1 - 1 - 0 117 3233 118 3220 Haskell Indian Nation 5 1 - 4 - 0 118 3220 119 3143 Texas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 119 3143 120 3077 Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 3077 121 3011 Grinnell College 2 1 - 1 - 0 121 3011 122 2986 Lehigh 9 6 - 2 - 1 122 2986 123 2944 Colorado 7 1 - 5 - 1 123 2944 124 2879 Michigan 9 7 - 2 - 0 124 2879 125 2673 Central Missouri 2 0 - 2 - 0 125 2673 126 2665 Tennessee Chattanooga 4 0 - 4 - 0 126 2665 127 2498 North Carolina State 7 2 - 5 - 0 127 2498 128 2482 Notre Dame 9 8 - 1 - 0 128 2482 129 2437 Richmond 2 0 - 2 - 0 129 2437 130 2427 Roanoke 4 0 - 4 - 0 130 2427 131 2413 Samford 1 0 - 1 - 0 131 2413 132 2315 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 2315 133 2198 Austin College 4 0 - 3 - 1 133 2198 134 2181 Florida 5 0 - 5 - 0 134 2181 135 2067 North Carolina 9 5 - 4 - 0 135 2067 136 2063 Jefferson (Texas) 2 0 - 2 - 0 136 2063 137 1995 Drake 8 3 - 5 - 0 137 1995 138 1991 Virginia 9 4 - 5 - 0 138 1991 139 1812 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 139 1812 140 1763 DePauw University 2 0 - 2 - 0 140 1763 141 1759 Howard Payne 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 1759 142 1706 Iowa State 8 5 - 2 - 1 142 1706 143 1527 Georgetown 9 8 - 1 - 0 143 1527 144 1438 Kingfisher 1 0 - 1 - 0 144 1438 145 1405 Denver 7 4 - 2 - 1 145 1405 146 1164 Missouri 8 6 - 1 - 1 146 1164 147 1146 Muskingum College 1 0 - 1 - 0 147 1146 148 1130 Colorado College 7 6 - 1 - 0 148 1130 149 1057 Hampden-Sydney College 2 0 - 2 - 0 149 1057 150 943 Tulane 8 4 - 3 - 1 150 943 151 913 Southwestern (Texas) 6 1 - 4 - 1 151 913 152 908 Maryville College 3 0 - 2 - 1 152 908 153 853 Kansas State 8 6 - 1 - 1 153 853 154 838 Rose-Hulman 2 0 - 2 - 0 154 838 155 815 Wyoming 5 1 - 4 - 0 155 815 156 774 Utah 5 3 - 2 - 0 156 774 157 708 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 708 158 708 Middle Tennessee 1 0 - 1 - 0 158 708 159 672 Mercer 3 0 - 3 - 0 159 672 160 589 Georgia Tech 9 8 - 0 - 1 160 589 161 546 Georgia 9 6 - 3 - 0 161 546 162 394 Colorado State 7 6 - 0 - 1 162 394 163 386 Colorado School of Mines 6 3 - 2 - 1 163 386 164 380 Butler 1 0 - 1 - 0 164 380 165 380 Centre College 1 0 - 1 - 0 165 380 166 380 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 166 380 167 376 Meridian 1 0 - 1 - 0 167 376 168 333 Central Oklahoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 168 333 169 333 Southwestern Oklahoma State 2 0 - 2 - 0 169 333 170 211 New York University 1 1 - 0 - 0 170 211 171 211 Bloomsburg University 1 0 - 1 - 0 171 211 172 197 South Alabama 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 197 173 197 Birmingham Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 173 197 174 168 Texas 9 7 - 2 - 0 174 168 175 136 William Penn College 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 136 176 136 Simpson College 1 0 - 1 - 0 176 136 177 72 Oklahoma 11 6 - 5 - 0 177 72 178 29 Virginia Tech 9 7 - 2 - 0 178 29 179 0 Fordham 1 0 - 0 - 1 179 0 180 0 Denver Freshmen 1 0 - 0 - 1 180 0 181 0 Colorado Alumni 1 0 - 0 - 1 181 0 182 -41 Southern Methodist 10 0 - 8 - 2 182 -41 183 -42 Tulsa 3 3 - 0 - 0 183 -42 184 -428 Charleston Navy School 1 0 - 1 - 0 184 -428 185 -473 Idaho 2 1 - 1 - 0 185 -473 186 -771 Northwest Oklahoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 -771 187 -792 Bethany KS 1 0 - 1 - 0 187 -792 188 -851 Rice 9 6 - 1 - 2 188 -851 189 -904 Texas A&M 9 6 - 3 - 0 189 -904 190 -951 Trinity University TX 3 1 - 2 - 0 190 -951 191 -1156 Auburn 8 6 - 2 - 0 191 -1156 192 -1209 Clemson 9 3 - 6 - 0 192 -1209 193 -1481 Oklahoma State 8 4 - 4 - 0 193 -1481 194 -1531 Davidson 9 5 - 3 - 1 194 -1531 195 -1547 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 195 -1547 196 -1547 Gallaudet 1 0 - 1 - 0 196 -1547 197 -1651 Transylvania 3 1 - 2 - 0 197 -1651 198 -1669 Missouri Rolla 3 0 - 3 - 0 198 -1669 199 -1730 Vanderbilt 9 7 - 1 - 1 199 -1730 200 -1757 Alabama 9 6 - 3 - 0 200 -1757 201 -1776 Washington MO 7 3 - 3 - 1 201 -1776 202 -1804 Virginia Military 9 4 - 5 - 0 202 -1804 203 -1839 Louisiana State 10 7 - 1 - 2 203 -1839 204 -1983 Utah State 7 1 - 5 - 1 204 -1983 205 -2001 Sewanee 11 6 - 3 - 2 205 -2001 206 -2196 Southern Mississippi 1 0 - 1 - 0 206 -2196 207 -2196 Ouachita 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 -2196 208 -2313 Mississippi State 9 4 - 4 - 1 208 -2313 209 -2328 Knox College 1 0 - 0 - 1 209 -2328 210 -2328 Saint Louis 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 -2328 211 -2331 Baylor 10 9 - 1 - 0 211 -2331 212 -2566 Dallas 2 1 - 1 - 0 212 -2566 213 -2820 Tennessee 9 8 - 0 - 1 213 -2820 214 -2913 Texas Christian 9 6 - 2 - 1 214 -2913 215 -2998 Daniel Baker 2 1 - 1 - 0 215 -2998 216 -3407 Mississippi College 7 4 - 3 - 0 216 -3407 217 -3435 South Carolina 9 2 - 7 - 0 217 -3435 218 -3780 Kentucky 7 4 - 1 - 2 218 -3780 219 -3909 Furman 8 3 - 5 - 0 219 -3909 220 -3920 Oklahoma Mines 1 0 - 1 - 0 220 -3920 221 -3920 Pittsburg State 1 0 - 1 - 0 221 -3920 222 -4358 Wake Forest 6 3 - 3 - 0 222 -4358 223 -4566 Arkansas 8 4 - 4 - 0 223 -4566 224 -4583 Citadel 8 6 - 1 - 1 224 -4583 225 -4844 Mississippi 9 3 - 6 - 0 225 -4844 226 -5072 Chick Springs Military 1 0 - 1 - 0 226 -5072 227 -5072 Georgia B 1 0 - 1 - 0 227 -5072 228 -5531 Hendrix 2 0 - 2 - 0 228 -5531 229 -5568 Nevada Reno 1 1 - 0 - 0 229 -5568 230 -5568 Montana State 1 0 - 0 - 1 230 -5568 231 -5568 West Logan High 1 0 - 1 - 0 231 -5568 232 -5828 Wofford 9 2 - 7 - 0 232 -5828 233 -5978 Bailey 1 0 - 1 - 0 233 -5978 234 -6509 Erskine 4 1 - 3 - 0 234 -6509 235 -6766 Presbyterian 7 4 - 3 - 0 235 -6766 236 -7062 Guilford College 2 0 - 2 - 0 236 -7062 237 -7142 Arkansas State 1 0 - 1 - 0 237 -7142 238 -7142 Union (Tennessee) 1 0 - 1 - 0 238 -7142 239 -8118 Newberry College 7 5 - 2 - 0 239 -8118