College Football 1917
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1917/9/15 and 1918/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Fri Jan 24 14:36:17 2025

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 0 Arkansas State 1 0 - 0 - 1 1 0 2 0 Miami OH 1 0 - 0 - 1 2 0 3 0 Pittsburg State 1 0 - 0 - 1 3 0 4 0 362nd Infantry 1 0 - 0 - 1 4 0 5 1 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 1 6 1 Denison University 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 1 7 3 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 3 8 4 Bethany WV 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 4 9 5 Beloit College 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 5 10 8 Case Western Reserve 2 0 - 2 - 0 10 8 11 10 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 10 12 11 Morningside 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 11 13 11 Camp Sherman 2 0 - 2 - 0 13 11 14 12 Michigan State 4 0 - 4 - 0 14 12 15 13 Westminster PA 2 0 - 2 - 0 15 13 16 13 Kalamazoo College 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 13 17 14 Camp Lewis 2 0 - 2 - 0 17 14 18 14 Minnesota 5 4 - 1 - 0 18 14 19 15 Lake Forest College 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 15 20 16 Mount Union College 1 0 - 1 - 0 20 16 21 16 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 21 16 22 16 Detroit 1 0 - 1 - 0 22 16 23 19 Haverford 1 0 - 1 - 0 23 19 24 19 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 24 19 25 19 Wisconsin 7 4 - 2 - 1 25 19 26 22 Kiski Preparatory 1 0 - 1 - 0 26 22 27 22 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 27 22 28 23 Ohio State 9 8 - 0 - 1 28 23 29 24 Villanova 2 0 - 2 - 0 29 24 30 26 Springfield YMCA 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 26 31 26 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 31 26 32 26 Tufts University 3 1 - 2 - 0 32 26 33 27 Navy Reserves 1 1 - 0 - 0 33 27 34 27 Colby College 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 27 35 27 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 35 27 36 27 Camp Devens 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 27 37 28 League Island Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 28 38 28 Camp Wadsworth 1 0 - 1 - 0 38 28 39 28 Newport NTS 1 0 - 1 - 0 39 28 40 28 Boston College 2 0 - 2 - 0 40 28 41 28 Lebanon Valley College 3 0 - 3 - 0 41 28 42 30 Holy Cross 2 0 - 2 - 0 42 30 43 31 7th Infantry 1 0 - 1 - 0 43 31 44 31 West Virginia Wesleyan 3 1 - 2 - 0 44 31 45 31 University of Chicago 6 3 - 2 - 1 45 31 46 32 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 46 32 47 34 Illinois 8 5 - 2 - 1 47 34 48 35 Carnegie Mellon 3 0 - 3 - 0 48 35 49 35 Syracuse 10 8 - 1 - 1 49 35 50 36 Springfield College 2 0 - 2 - 0 50 36 51 38 Illinois Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 51 38 52 38 DePauw University 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 38 53 38 Franklin College 2 0 - 2 - 0 53 38 54 38 Wabash College 2 0 - 2 - 0 54 38 55 40 47th Infantry 3 1 - 1 - 1 55 40 56 41 Saint Bonaventure 2 0 - 2 - 0 56 41 57 41 Northwestern 7 5 - 2 - 0 57 41 58 41 Pittsburgh 9 9 - 0 - 0 58 41 59 42 Fordham 3 1 - 2 - 0 59 42 60 44 Middlebury College 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 44 61 44 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 44 62 46 St. Mary's CA 2 1 - 1 - 0 62 46 63 46 Nebraska 7 5 - 2 - 0 63 46 64 46 Washington and Jefferson 10 7 - 3 - 0 64 46 65 50 2nd Texas 132nd Infantry 1 1 - 0 - 0 65 50 66 50 111th Ambulance 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 50 67 50 1st Texas Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 67 50 68 50 Emporia State 2 0 - 2 - 0 68 50 69 50 Washburn University 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 50 70 50 Gettysburg College 3 0 - 2 - 1 70 50 71 51 Southwestern (Texas) 6 0 - 5 - 1 71 51 72 51 Iowa 8 3 - 5 - 0 72 51 73 51 West Virginia 10 6 - 3 - 1 73 51 74 53 Great Lakes 1 1 - 0 - 0 74 53 75 53 Cornell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 53 76 53 Michigan 10 8 - 2 - 0 76 53 77 55 Hardin-Simmons 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 55 78 55 Ursinus College 3 0 - 3 - 0 78 55 79 56 Austin College 4 0 - 4 - 0 79 56 80 57 Fort Sheridan 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 57 81 57 Olympic Club 3 1 - 2 - 0 81 57 82 58 Notre Dame 8 6 - 1 - 1 82 58 83 59 Richmond 1 0 - 1 - 0 83 59 84 59 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 59 85 61 Emory & Henry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 85 61 86 61 Cornell 9 3 - 6 - 0 86 61 87 62 Purdue 7 3 - 4 - 0 87 62 88 63 Baker University 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 63 89 63 Albright 2 0 - 2 - 0 89 63 90 66 Coe College 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 66 91 68 Dallas 2 0 - 1 - 1 91 68 92 68 Muhlenberg College 2 1 - 1 - 0 92 68 93 68 Swarthmore College 3 1 - 2 - 0 93 68 94 68 Carlisle 8 2 - 6 - 0 94 68 95 70 Camp Doniphan 1 1 - 0 - 0 95 70 96 70 Kingfisher 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 70 97 70 Bucknell 9 3 - 5 - 1 97 70 98 70 Pennsylvania 11 9 - 2 - 0 98 70 99 71 Dartmouth 8 5 - 3 - 0 99 71 100 72 Colgate 6 4 - 2 - 0 100 72 101 72 Brown 10 8 - 2 - 0 101 72 102 74 Williams College 1 1 - 0 - 0 102 74 103 74 Oberlin College 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 74 104 74 Trinity University TX 4 0 - 4 - 0 104 74 105 75 Indiana 7 5 - 2 - 0 105 75 106 75 Georgetown 8 7 - 1 - 0 106 75 107 75 Lehigh 9 7 - 2 - 0 107 75 108 76 Mare Island 8 8 - 0 - 0 108 76 109 76 Penn State 9 5 - 4 - 0 109 76 110 77 Dickinson College 1 1 - 0 - 0 110 77 111 77 Mansfield University 1 0 - 1 - 0 111 77 112 78 Meridian 2 0 - 2 - 0 112 78 113 78 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 113 78 114 79 Occidental 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 79 115 79 Navy Hospital Corps 1 0 - 1 - 0 115 79 116 79 Roanoke 4 0 - 4 - 0 116 79 117 79 Kansas 8 6 - 2 - 0 117 79 118 81 Howard Payne 2 1 - 1 - 0 118 81 119 81 Army Ambulance Corps 4 0 - 4 - 0 119 81 120 82 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 120 82 121 83 Multnomah Agricultural 2 0 - 2 - 0 121 83 122 84 Vancouver Barracks 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 84 123 84 Army 8 7 - 1 - 0 123 84 124 85 John Hopkins 3 0 - 3 - 0 124 85 125 85 Lafayette 8 3 - 5 - 0 125 85 126 85 Rutgers 9 7 - 1 - 1 126 85 127 86 Samford 3 0 - 2 - 1 127 86 128 88 Georgia Tech 9 9 - 0 - 0 128 88 129 89 Saint Louis 2 1 - 1 - 0 129 89 130 90 Davidson 10 6 - 4 - 0 130 90 131 91 Washington & Lee 7 4 - 3 - 0 131 91 132 91 California 11 5 - 5 - 1 132 91 133 93 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 93 134 93 Washington Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 93 135 93 Jefferson (Texas) 1 0 - 1 - 0 135 93 136 96 Texas 8 4 - 4 - 0 136 96 137 97 Missouri 8 3 - 5 - 0 137 97 138 100 Oregon 7 4 - 3 - 0 138 100 139 101 Camp Funston 2 1 - 1 - 0 139 101 140 101 Phillips 2 1 - 1 - 0 140 101 141 101 Transylvania 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 101 142 101 Central Oklahoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 142 101 143 102 Washington 4 1 - 2 - 1 143 102 144 103 Rice 8 7 - 1 - 0 144 103 145 105 Auburn 9 6 - 2 - 1 145 105 146 106 Texas A&M 8 8 - 0 - 0 146 106 147 106 Vanderbilt 8 5 - 3 - 0 147 106 148 107 Baylor 9 6 - 2 - 1 148 107 149 107 Wake Forest 8 1 - 6 - 1 149 107 150 107 Oklahoma 11 6 - 4 - 1 150 107 151 110 Virginia Tech 9 6 - 2 - 1 151 110 152 110 Texas Christian 10 8 - 2 - 0 152 110 153 111 Franklin & Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 111 154 111 Southern California 3 1 - 1 - 1 154 111 155 111 North Carolina State 9 6 - 2 - 1 155 111 156 112 Oklahoma State 9 4 - 5 - 0 156 112 157 114 Iowa State 7 5 - 2 - 0 157 114 158 116 Hampden-Sydney College 3 0 - 2 - 1 158 116 159 116 Haskell Indian Nation 3 1 - 2 - 0 159 116 160 116 Oregon State 7 4 - 2 - 1 160 116 161 117 Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0 - 1 - 0 161 117 162 117 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 162 117 163 119 William Jewell 1 0 - 1 - 0 163 119 164 119 Marion 2 0 - 2 - 0 164 119 165 119 Idaho 5 2 - 3 - 0 165 119 166 121 Grinnell College 2 2 - 0 - 0 166 121 167 121 Tulsa 8 0 - 7 - 1 167 121 168 122 Kansas State 8 6 - 2 - 0 168 122 169 122 Maryland 8 4 - 3 - 1 169 122 170 123 Southern Methodist 8 3 - 2 - 3 170 123 171 123 Drake 7 0 - 5 - 2 171 123 172 123 Virginia Military 9 4 - 4 - 1 172 123 173 124 Camp Gordon 1 1 - 0 - 0 173 124 174 124 Ohio Am Corp 1 0 - 1 - 0 174 124 175 125 Tulane 8 5 - 3 - 0 175 125 176 125 Furman 8 3 - 5 - 0 176 125 177 127 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 177 127 178 127 Gallaudet 1 0 - 1 - 0 178 127 179 127 Simpson College 2 0 - 1 - 1 179 127 180 127 Guilford College 4 0 - 4 - 0 180 127 181 131 Bailey 1 0 - 1 - 0 181 131 182 132 Camp MacAurthur 1 1 - 0 - 0 182 132 183 134 Central Missouri 2 0 - 2 - 0 183 134 184 134 Whitman 4 1 - 3 - 0 184 134 185 134 Florida 6 2 - 4 - 0 185 134 186 136 Hendrix 1 0 - 1 - 0 186 136 187 137 Clemson 8 6 - 2 - 0 187 137 188 139 Washington State 7 6 - 0 - 1 188 139 189 140 Kentucky 9 3 - 5 - 1 189 140 190 143 Sewanee 8 4 - 2 - 2 190 143 191 143 Louisiana State 8 3 - 5 - 0 191 143 192 147 Centre College 2 2 - 0 - 0 192 147 193 147 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 2 - 0 193 147 194 147 Montana 5 1 - 4 - 0 194 147 195 149 Granite High 1 0 - 1 - 0 195 149 196 149 Utah Field Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 196 149 197 151 Mississippi 6 1 - 4 - 1 197 151 198 153 Mississippi College 4 0 - 4 - 0 198 153 199 154 Alabama 8 5 - 2 - 1 199 154 200 157 Washington MO 7 4 - 3 - 0 200 157 201 157 Wofford 9 5 - 4 - 0 201 157 202 158 Lombard 1 0 - 1 - 0 202 158 203 158 Rose-Hulman 1 0 - 1 - 0 203 158 204 165 South Carolina 8 3 - 5 - 0 204 165 205 166 Newberry College 6 0 - 6 - 0 205 166 206 166 Mississippi State 7 6 - 1 - 0 206 166 207 168 Maryville College 1 0 - 1 - 0 207 168 208 168 Butler 1 0 - 1 - 0 208 168 209 168 Fort Logan 2 0 - 2 - 0 209 168 210 169 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 210 169 211 173 Erskine 5 2 - 3 - 0 211 173 212 174 Citadel 6 3 - 3 - 0 212 174 213 177 Presbyterian 9 8 - 1 - 0 213 177 214 179 Utah 6 2 - 4 - 0 214 179 215 180 Colorado Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 215 180 216 180 Arkansas 7 5 - 1 - 1 216 180 217 181 Montana State 4 0 - 2 - 2 217 181 218 184 Florida Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 218 184 219 188 Colorado State 8 0 - 7 - 1 219 188 220 189 William Penn College 1 0 - 0 - 1 220 189 221 189 Creighton 2 2 - 0 - 0 221 189 222 190 South Dakota Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 222 190 223 190 Northern Colorado 4 0 - 4 - 0 223 190 224 191 Charleston Navy School 1 0 - 1 - 0 224 191 225 193 Colorado School of Mines 8 5 - 3 - 0 225 193 226 196 Drury 1 1 - 0 - 0 226 196 227 197 Colorado College 6 3 - 3 - 0 227 197 228 197 Wyoming 7 3 - 4 - 0 228 197 229 197 Colorado 8 6 - 2 - 0 229 197 230 204 Camp Lyons 1 0 - 1 - 0 230 204 231 209 Denver 9 9 - 0 - 0 231 209 232 210 Utah State 8 7 - 0 - 1 232 210