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1917 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

102 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · SIAA	★	9–0	333.38	447.83	118.48	—
2	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–0	234.48	309.88	88.14	—
3	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	232.85	310.76	116.98	—
4	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–0	218.86	261.31	117.04	—
5	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	8–0–1	212.36	263.93	119.11	—
6	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	9–0	211.02	283.09	64.58	—
7	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	4–1	203.84	252.24	132.87	—
8	MMare Island Marines FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0	193.23	254.22	83.26	▲ 1
9	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	193.18	222.04	114.29	▼ 1
10	Davidson FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	6–4	192.71	227.97	127.38	—
11	Illinois FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	190.69	229.09	126.85	—
12	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	7–1	180.33	215.54	104.38	—
13	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	6–0–1	178.82	231.53	81.14	—
14	Georgetown FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	7–1	173.19	201.97	104.76	—
15	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2	168.86	192.22	118.24	—
16	Auburn FBS · SIAA	—	6–2–1	167.15	170.12	136.95	—
17	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–0–1	167.00	226.74	64.42	—
18	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	165.86	185.82	96.08	—
19	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	4–2–1	161.61	162.27	146.42	—
20	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	158.09	200.59	86.26	—
21	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	152.46	179.58	98.09	—
22	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	147.45	166.71	105.35	—
23	Clemson FBS · SIAA	—	6–2	145.78	172.49	90.18	—
24	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	145.44	182.96	80.26	—
25	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–2	144.09	165.67	90.80	—
26	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	140.10	146.34	114.31	—
27	Michigan FBS · Western	—	8–2	139.56	169.25	87.34	—
28	Washington and Lee FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	137.45	141.97	126.05	—
29	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	135.48	150.96	108.12	—
30	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	5–2	135.20	151.98	101.96	—
31	Chicago FBS · Western	—	3–2–1	134.69	128.86	138.53	—
32	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	132.04	168.25	71.09	—
33	Tulane FBS · SIAA	—	5–3	127.88	125.48	121.07	—
34	TCU FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	8–2	126.01	159.46	63.26	—
35	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	124.44	63.94	195.47	—
36	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2	120.90	152.74	75.80	—
37	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	4–4	117.96	137.81	91.95	—
38	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–2–1	109.78	122.92	86.77	—
39	Vanderbilt FBS · SIAA	—	5–3	109.24	98.41	111.17	—
40	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–3	108.72	125.64	91.03	—
41	Mississippi State FBS · SIAA	—	6–1	106.89	121.67	59.68	—
42	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–3	105.78	102.51	102.94	—
43	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	99.11	89.33	125.43	—
44	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	97.84	110.19	86.90	—
45	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	97.61	85.28	117.54	—
46	Idaho FBS · Northwest (historical)	—	2–3	94.58	99.73	98.38	—
47	Virginia Tech FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	6–2–1	93.74	88.59	82.15	—
48	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	92.76	85.56	72.19	—
49	NC State FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	6–2–1	90.84	86.45	79.72	—
50	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2	89.87	92.27	66.53	—
51	Indiana FBS · Western	—	5–2	88.88	80.10	77.79	—
52	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	3–5	88.57	76.00	114.29	—
53	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–3	86.39	77.35	89.41	—
54	Kentucky FBS · SIAA	—	3–5–1	85.18	116.99	69.86	—
55	Iowa FBS · Western	—	3–5	79.68	86.29	94.20	—
56	Richmond FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	78.23	50.46	137.45	—
57	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–1–1	77.69	92.31	45.07	—
58	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	1–2–1	76.75	67.92	99.66	—
59	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	75.48	103.22	60.58	—
60	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–2–1	74.91	53.01	76.67	—
61	California FBS · Pacific	—	5–5–1	73.35	66.67	92.06	—
62	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
63	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
64	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
65	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
66	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
67	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
68	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
69	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
70	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
71	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
72	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	64.45	45.22	106.83	—
73	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–4	64.26	18.03	153.85	—
74	Sewanee FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2–2	63.60	59.37	63.62	—
75	Oklahoma State FBS · Southwest	—	4–5	61.68	70.00	62.81	—
76	Montana FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–4	60.84	45.44	105.13	—
77	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	57.45	36.52	83.55	—
78	LSU FBS · SIAA	—	3–5	52.80	38.82	82.00	—
79	VMI FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	48.69	36.37	70.15	—
80	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–2–2	48.58	5.62	116.33	—
81	Missouri FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5	48.41	35.84	80.32	—
82	Alabama FBS · SIAA	—	5–2–1	46.72	32.48	48.42	—
83	CCarlisle FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	46.33	1.00	119.73	—
84	Southwestern U FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–5–1	45.41	10.71	114.14	—
85	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3	42.15	37.78	42.46	—
86	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–4	41.61	19.37	84.93	—
87	Maryland FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	4–3–1	40.18	18.00	64.50	—
88	Oklahoma FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	39.07	4.99	71.57	—
89	Florida FBS · SIAA	—	2–4	38.42	1.00	99.98	—
90	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–4	35.12	1.00	96.95	—
91	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	34.00	16.85	85.28	—
92	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6–1	31.12	1.00	107.66	—
93	Purdue FBS · Western	—	3–4	30.59	1.00	82.83	—
94	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	28.59	1.00	82.56	—
95	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	3–3	27.97	1.00	60.31	—
96	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	27.73	1.00	80.44	—
97	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–7–1	26.44	5.80	105.32	—
98	Ole Miss FBS · SIAA	—	1–4–1	23.34	25.04	48.28	—
99	SMU FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	3–2–3	18.19	1.00	55.71	—
100	William & Mary FBS · Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	11.83	2.19	48.69	—
101	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–5–2	7.21	1.00	52.50	—
102	Newberry FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–6	4.71	1.00	61.86	—