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 - Sat Oct 28 22:29:50 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 15828 Denison University 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 15828 2 15828 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 15828 3 14641 South Dakota State 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 14641 4 13440 Bethany WV 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 13440 5 12543 Beloit College 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 12543 6 12509 Case Western Reserve 2 0 - 2 - 0 6 12509 7 12151 Camp Sherman 2 0 - 2 - 0 7 12151 8 10957 Westminster PA 2 0 - 2 - 0 8 10957 9 10328 Wisconsin 7 4 - 2 - 1 9 10328 10 10045 Michigan State 4 0 - 4 - 0 10 10045 11 9988 Minnesota 5 4 - 1 - 0 11 9988 12 9728 Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 9728 13 9717 Morningside 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 9717 14 9479 Camp Lewis 2 0 - 2 - 0 14 9479 15 9454 Kalamazoo College 2 0 - 2 - 0 15 9454 16 9379 Lake Forest College 1 0 - 1 - 0 16 9379 17 9191 Western Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 17 9191 18 9191 Mount Union College 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 9191 19 9191 Detroit 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 9191 20 8672 University of Chicago 6 3 - 2 - 1 20 8672 21 8664 Haverford 1 0 - 1 - 0 21 8664 22 8664 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 22 8664 23 8582 Ohio State 9 8 - 0 - 1 23 8582 24 8560 Illinois 8 5 - 2 - 1 24 8560 25 8474 Kiski Preparatory 1 0 - 1 - 0 25 8474 26 8474 Geneva 1 0 - 1 - 0 26 8474 27 8372 Tufts University 3 1 - 2 - 0 27 8372 28 8288 Villanova 2 0 - 2 - 0 28 8288 29 8110 Springfield YMCA 1 0 - 1 - 0 29 8110 30 8075 Navy Reserves 1 1 - 0 - 0 30 8075 31 8075 Camp Devens 1 0 - 1 - 0 31 8075 32 8075 Colby College 1 0 - 1 - 0 32 8075 33 8075 Rhode Island 1 0 - 1 - 0 33 8075 34 7996 Carnegie Mellon 3 0 - 3 - 0 34 7996 35 7993 Boston College 2 0 - 2 - 0 35 7993 36 7969 Newport NTS 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 7969 37 7969 League Island Marines 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 7969 38 7969 Camp Wadsworth 1 0 - 1 - 0 38 7969 39 7929 Pennsylvania Military 2 0 - 2 - 0 39 7929 40 7786 Lebanon Valley College 3 0 - 3 - 0 40 7786 41 7509 Holy Cross 2 0 - 2 - 0 41 7509 42 7336 7th Infantry 1 0 - 1 - 0 42 7336 43 7267 47th Infantry 3 1 - 1 - 1 43 7267 44 7215 West Virginia Wesleyan 3 1 - 2 - 0 44 7215 45 7203 Syracuse 10 8 - 1 - 1 45 7203 46 7087 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 46 7087 47 6976 Northwestern 7 5 - 2 - 0 47 6976 48 6639 Springfield College 2 0 - 2 - 0 48 6639 49 6608 Pittsburgh 9 9 - 0 - 0 49 6608 50 6402 Wabash College 2 0 - 2 - 0 50 6402 51 6402 DePauw University 2 0 - 2 - 0 51 6402 52 6402 Franklin College 2 0 - 2 - 0 52 6402 53 6364 Illinois Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 53 6364 54 6287 Nebraska 7 5 - 2 - 0 54 6287 55 6239 Fordham 3 1 - 2 - 0 55 6239 56 6202 Iowa 8 3 - 5 - 0 56 6202 57 5974 Saint Bonaventure 2 0 - 2 - 0 57 5974 58 5930 Washington and Jefferson 10 7 - 3 - 0 58 5930 59 5910 St. Mary's CA 2 1 - 1 - 0 59 5910 60 5759 West Virginia 10 6 - 3 - 1 60 5759 61 5432 Purdue 7 3 - 4 - 0 61 5432 62 5335 Ursinus College 3 0 - 3 - 0 62 5335 63 5308 Middlebury College 1 0 - 1 - 0 63 5308 64 5308 New Hampshire 1 0 - 1 - 0 64 5308 65 5230 Gettysburg College 3 0 - 2 - 1 65 5230 66 5040 Southwestern (Texas) 6 0 - 5 - 1 66 5040 67 5036 Indiana 7 5 - 2 - 0 67 5036 68 5012 Washburn University 2 0 - 2 - 0 68 5012 69 5012 Emporia State 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 5012 70 4936 Michigan 10 8 - 2 - 0 70 4936 71 4906 Austin College 4 0 - 4 - 0 71 4906 72 4827 Notre Dame 8 6 - 1 - 1 72 4827 73 4773 2nd Texas 132nd Infantry 1 1 - 0 - 0 73 4773 74 4773 1st Texas Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 4773 75 4773 111th Ambulance 1 0 - 1 - 0 75 4773 76 4721 Olympic Club 3 1 - 2 - 0 76 4721 77 4611 Albright 2 0 - 2 - 0 77 4611 78 4608 Cornell 9 3 - 6 - 0 78 4608 79 4458 Great Lakes 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 4458 80 4458 Cornell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 4458 81 4365 Carlisle 8 2 - 6 - 0 81 4365 82 4310 Hardin-Simmons 1 0 - 1 - 0 82 4310 83 4310 Brown 10 8 - 2 - 0 83 4310 84 4279 Fort Sheridan 1 0 - 1 - 0 84 4279 85 4244 Dallas 2 0 - 1 - 1 85 4244 86 4138 Bucknell 9 3 - 5 - 1 86 4138 87 4121 Dartmouth 8 5 - 3 - 0 87 4121 88 4053 Colgate 6 4 - 2 - 0 88 4053 89 4026 Pennsylvania 11 9 - 2 - 0 89 4026 90 4018 Muhlenberg College 2 1 - 1 - 0 90 4018 91 3955 Penn State 9 5 - 4 - 0 91 3955 92 3914 Swarthmore College 3 1 - 2 - 0 92 3914 93 3895 Richmond 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 3895 94 3895 Randolph Macon College 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 3895 95 3646 Lehigh 9 7 - 2 - 0 95 3646 96 3636 Emory & Henry College 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 3636 97 3381 Baker University 1 0 - 1 - 0 97 3381 98 3298 Kansas 8 6 - 2 - 0 98 3298 99 3262 Coe College 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 3262 100 3110 Georgetown 8 7 - 1 - 0 100 3110 101 3036 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 101 3036 102 3027 Camp Doniphan 1 1 - 0 - 0 102 3027 103 3027 Kingfisher 1 0 - 1 - 0 103 3027 104 2947 John Hopkins 3 0 - 3 - 0 104 2947 105 2895 Army Ambulance Corps 4 0 - 4 - 0 105 2895 106 2893 Trinity University TX 4 0 - 4 - 0 106 2893 107 2880 Rutgers 9 7 - 1 - 1 107 2880 108 2836 Camp Funston 2 1 - 1 - 0 108 2836 109 2693 Meridian 2 0 - 2 - 0 109 2693 110 2693 Lafayette 8 3 - 5 - 0 110 2693 111 2679 Saint Louis 2 1 - 1 - 0 111 2679 112 2653 Army 8 7 - 1 - 0 112 2653 113 2638 Williams College 1 1 - 0 - 0 113 2638 114 2638 Oberlin College 1 0 - 1 - 0 114 2638 115 2536 Mare Island 8 8 - 0 - 0 115 2536 116 2527 Roanoke 4 0 - 4 - 0 116 2527 117 2519 Dickinson College 1 1 - 0 - 0 117 2519 118 2519 Mansfield University 1 0 - 1 - 0 118 2519 119 2462 Howard Payne 2 1 - 1 - 0 119 2462 120 2407 Washington & Lee 7 4 - 3 - 0 120 2407 121 2342 Occidental 1 0 - 1 - 0 121 2342 122 2342 Navy Hospital Corps 1 0 - 1 - 0 122 2342 123 2184 Davidson 10 6 - 4 - 0 123 2184 124 2148 Willamette Oregon 1 0 - 1 - 0 124 2148 125 2123 Samford 3 0 - 2 - 1 125 2123 126 2060 Georgia Tech 9 9 - 0 - 0 126 2060 127 2037 Multnomah Agricultural 2 0 - 2 - 0 127 2037 128 1996 California 11 5 - 5 - 1 128 1996 129 1927 Vancouver Barracks 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 1927 130 1749 Texas 8 4 - 4 - 0 130 1749 131 1493 Missouri 8 3 - 5 - 0 131 1493 132 1409 Spring Hill 1 0 - 1 - 0 132 1409 133 1409 Washington Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 133 1409 134 1409 Jefferson (Texas) 1 0 - 1 - 0 134 1409 135 1281 Oklahoma 11 6 - 4 - 1 135 1281 136 1249 Oregon 7 4 - 3 - 0 136 1249 137 1237 Vanderbilt 8 5 - 3 - 0 137 1237 138 1210 Phillips 2 1 - 1 - 0 138 1210 139 1210 Central Oklahoma 2 0 - 2 - 0 139 1210 140 1104 Rice 8 7 - 1 - 0 140 1104 141 1045 Transylvania 2 0 - 2 - 0 141 1045 142 943 Auburn 9 6 - 2 - 1 142 943 143 903 Washington 4 1 - 2 - 1 143 903 144 799 Baylor 9 6 - 2 - 1 144 799 145 732 Texas A&M 8 8 - 0 - 0 145 732 146 723 Southern California 3 1 - 1 - 1 146 723 147 707 Texas Christian 10 8 - 2 - 0 147 707 148 643 Virginia Tech 9 6 - 2 - 1 148 643 149 634 Wake Forest 8 1 - 6 - 1 149 634 150 552 Franklin & Marshall 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 552 151 346 North Carolina State 9 6 - 2 - 1 151 346 152 215 Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0 - 1 - 0 152 215 153 215 Delaware 1 0 - 1 - 0 153 215 154 200 Haskell Indian Nation 3 1 - 2 - 0 154 200 155 157 Iowa State 7 5 - 2 - 0 155 157 156 59 William Jewell 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 59 157 0 Pittsburg State 1 0 - 0 - 1 157 0 158 0 Miami OH 1 0 - 0 - 1 158 0 159 0 Arkansas State 1 0 - 0 - 1 159 0 160 0 362nd Infantry 1 0 - 0 - 1 160 0 161 0 Oklahoma State 9 4 - 5 - 0 161 0 162 -1 Marion 2 0 - 2 - 0 162 -1 163 -78 Hampden-Sydney College 3 0 - 2 - 1 163 -78 164 -242 Oregon State 7 4 - 2 - 1 164 -242 165 -313 Kansas State 8 6 - 2 - 0 165 -313 166 -317 Tulsa 8 0 - 7 - 1 166 -317 167 -325 Tulane 8 5 - 3 - 0 167 -325 168 -362 Camp Gordon 1 1 - 0 - 0 168 -362 169 -362 Ohio Am Corp 1 0 - 1 - 0 169 -362 170 -386 Maryland 8 4 - 3 - 1 170 -386 171 -443 Gallaudet 1 0 - 1 - 0 171 -443 172 -443 William & Mary 1 0 - 1 - 0 172 -443 173 -475 Idaho 5 2 - 3 - 0 173 -475 174 -509 Drake 7 0 - 5 - 2 174 -509 175 -531 Grinnell College 2 2 - 0 - 0 175 -531 176 -537 Bailey 1 0 - 1 - 0 176 -537 177 -603 Southern Methodist 8 3 - 2 - 3 177 -603 178 -606 Camp MacAurthur 1 1 - 0 - 0 178 -606 179 -668 Virginia Military 9 4 - 4 - 1 179 -668 180 -794 Guilford College 4 0 - 4 - 0 180 -794 181 -814 Furman 8 3 - 5 - 0 181 -814 182 -835 Central Missouri 2 0 - 2 - 0 182 -835 183 -1063 Hendrix 1 0 - 1 - 0 183 -1063 184 -1129 Simpson College 2 0 - 1 - 1 184 -1129 185 -1376 Whitman 4 1 - 3 - 0 185 -1376 186 -1651 Clemson 8 6 - 2 - 0 186 -1651 187 -1870 Washington State 7 6 - 0 - 1 187 -1870 188 -2022 Florida 6 2 - 4 - 0 188 -2022 189 -2114 Missouri Rolla 2 0 - 2 - 0 189 -2114 190 -2136 Centre College 2 2 - 0 - 0 190 -2136 191 -2256 Sewanee 8 4 - 2 - 2 191 -2256 192 -2280 Granite High 1 0 - 1 - 0 192 -2280 193 -2280 Utah Field Artillery 1 0 - 1 - 0 193 -2280 194 -2466 Louisiana State 8 3 - 5 - 0 194 -2466 195 -2478 Montana 5 1 - 4 - 0 195 -2478 196 -2568 Kentucky 9 3 - 5 - 1 196 -2568 197 -2853 Mississippi College 4 0 - 4 - 0 197 -2853 198 -2977 Mississippi 6 1 - 4 - 1 198 -2977 199 -3166 Lombard 1 0 - 1 - 0 199 -3166 200 -3166 Rose-Hulman 1 0 - 1 - 0 200 -3166 201 -3341 Alabama 8 5 - 2 - 1 201 -3341 202 -3534 Wofford 9 5 - 4 - 0 202 -3534 203 -3735 Newberry College 6 0 - 6 - 0 203 -3735 204 -3845 Butler 1 0 - 1 - 0 204 -3845 205 -3845 Maryville College 1 0 - 1 - 0 205 -3845 206 -3863 Washington MO 7 4 - 3 - 0 206 -3863 207 -3898 Fort Logan 2 0 - 2 - 0 207 -3898 208 -4026 South Carolina 8 3 - 5 - 0 208 -4026 209 -4056 Louisiana Lafayette 1 0 - 1 - 0 209 -4056 210 -4268 Mississippi State 7 6 - 1 - 0 210 -4268 211 -4675 Colorado Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 211 -4675 212 -4777 Erskine 5 2 - 3 - 0 212 -4777 213 -5202 Presbyterian 9 8 - 1 - 0 213 -5202 214 -5235 Florida Southern 1 0 - 1 - 0 214 -5235 215 -5362 Citadel 6 3 - 3 - 0 215 -5362 216 -5521 William Penn College 1 0 - 0 - 1 216 -5521 217 -5548 Creighton 2 2 - 0 - 0 217 -5548 218 -5575 South Dakota Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 218 -5575 219 -5587 Arkansas 7 5 - 1 - 1 219 -5587 220 -5631 Utah 6 2 - 4 - 0 220 -5631 221 -5675 Charleston Navy School 1 0 - 1 - 0 221 -5675 222 -5678 Montana State 4 0 - 2 - 2 222 -5678 223 -5953 Colorado State 8 0 - 7 - 1 223 -5953 224 -6122 Drury 1 1 - 0 - 0 224 -6122 225 -6395 Northern Colorado 4 0 - 4 - 0 225 -6395 226 -6929 Camp Lyons 1 0 - 1 - 0 226 -6929 227 -7322 Colorado School of Mines 8 5 - 3 - 0 227 -7322 228 -7529 Colorado 8 6 - 2 - 0 228 -7529 229 -7669 Colorado College 6 3 - 3 - 0 229 -7669 230 -7919 Wyoming 7 3 - 4 - 0 230 -7919 231 -8401 Utah State 8 7 - 0 - 1 231 -8401 232 -8566 Denver 9 9 - 0 - 0 232 -8566