1917 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Pittsburgh                  6   -  0     2.3313 
  2 Georgia Tech                9   -  0     2.0101 
  3 Texas A&M                   7   -  0     1.8623 
  4 Denver                      8   -  0     1.7543 
  5 Washington State            6   -  0     1.4738 
  6 Syracuse                    6   -  1     1.3685 
  7 Ohio State                  4.5 -  0.5   1.3561 
  8 Presbyterian                7   -  1     1.0258 
  9 Rice                        5   -  1     1.0247 
 10 Mare Island Marines         3   -  0     1.0065 

 11 Utah State                  5.5 -  0.5   1.0044 
 12 Auburn                      4.5 -  2.5   0.9557 
 13 Georgetown                  4   -  1     0.8817 
 14 Texas Christian             5   -  1     0.8723 
 15 West Virginia               5.5 -  2.5   0.8611 
 16 Clemson                     6   -  2     0.8467 
 17 Colorado                    5   -  2     0.8003 
 18 Pennsylvania                6   -  2     0.7980 
 19 Minnesota                   3   -  1     0.7557 
 20 Notre Dame                  3.5 -  1.5   0.7509 

 21 Navy                        4   -  1     0.7174 
 22 Davidson                    6   -  4     0.7130 
 23 Nebraska                    4   -  2     0.6742 
 24 Kansas                      4   -  2     0.6681 
 25 North Carolina State        6.5 -  2.5   0.6361 
 26 Illinois                    4.5 -  2.5   0.6162 
 27 Mississippi State           4   -  1     0.5989 
 28 Wisconsin                   3.5 -  2.5   0.5925 
 29 Northwestern                4   -  2     0.5664 
 30 Baylor                      4.5 -  2.5   0.5618 

 31 Virginia Tech               4.5 -  2.5   0.5537 
 32 Brown                       2   -  1     0.5371 
 33 Michigan                    3   -  2     0.5262 
 34 Sewanee                     3.5 -  1.5   0.5040 
 35 Vanderbilt                  3   -  3     0.4889 
 36 Rutgers                     1.5 -  1.5   0.4880 
 37 Colorado Mines              3   -  2     0.4746 
 38 Alabama                     3.5 -  1.5   0.4667 
 39 Chicago                     3.5 -  2.5   0.4518 
 40 Lehigh                      2   -  2     0.4387 

 41 Colgate                     2   -  2     0.4376 
 42 Dartmouth                   2   -  2     0.4325 
 43 Iowa State                  3   -  2     0.4212 
 44 Kansas State                3   -  2     0.4156 
 45 Oregon State                2.5 -  2.5   0.4118 
 46 Tulane                      2   -  3     0.4036 
 47 Arkansas                    2.5 -  1.5   0.3982 
 48 Southern Methodist          3   -  2     0.3975 
 49 Wofford                     5   -  4     0.3751 
 50 Army                        2   -  1     0.3706 

 51 Texas                       4   -  4     0.3614 
 52 Washington & Jefferson      2   -  3     0.3598 
 53 Oklahoma                    3.5 -  3.5   0.3497 
 54 Oregon                      2   -  3     0.3440 
 55 Washington & Lee            2   -  3     0.3345 
 56 Indiana                     1   -  2     0.3234 
 57 Colorado College            2   -  3     0.3111 
 58 California                  2   -  3     0.3070 
 59 Oklahoma State              2   -  3     0.3046 
 60 Iowa                        1   -  3     0.2872 

 61 Washington                  1.5 -  2.5   0.2803 
 62 Utah                        2   -  3     0.2748 
 63 Idaho                       2   -  3     0.2685 
 64 Citadel                     2   -  3     0.2652 
 65 Wyoming                     3   -  4     0.2591 
 66 Erskine                     2   -  3     0.2585 
 67 Whitman                     1   -  3     0.2500 
 68 Penn State                  2   -  4     0.2382 
 69 Montana State               1   -  3     0.2329 
 70 Furman                      3   -  5     0.2239 

 71 Cornell                     1   -  3     0.2220 
 72 Maryland                    1.5 -  3.5   0.2207 
 73 Washington (Missouri)       1   -  2     0.2150 
 74 Lafayette                   1   -  3     0.2055 
 75 Southwestern (Texas)        0.5 -  5.5   0.2011 
 76 South Carolina              3   -  5     0.2003 
 77 Bucknell                    1   -  4     0.1995 
 78 Louisiana State             2   -  5     0.1876 
 79 Missouri                    2   -  5     0.1831 
 80 Virginia Military Institute 1.5 -  4.5   0.1780 

 81 Florida                     1   -  4     0.1721 
 82 Montana                     1   -  4     0.1714 
 83 Kentucky                    1   -  4     0.1643 
 84 Mississippi                 1   -  4     0.1585 
 85 Austin                      0   -  4     0.1546 
 86 Michigan State              0   -  4     0.1545 
 87 Wake Forest                 1   -  6     0.1516 
 88 Tulsa                       0   -  4     0.1470 
 89 Trinity (Texas)             0   -  4     0.1415 
 90 Roanoke                     0   -  4     0.1377 

 91 Carlisle                    0   -  6     0.1334 
 92 Purdue                      0   -  4     0.1241 
 93 Northern Colorado           0   -  4     0.1187 
 94 Army Ambulance Corps        0   -  4     0.1163 
 95 Guilford                    0   -  4     0.1156 
 96 Mississippi College         0   -  4     0.1137 
 97 Colorado State              0.5 -  7.5   0.1089 
 98 Drake                       0   -  3     0.1074 
 99 Newberry                    0   -  6     0.0836 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.5247