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1921 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

116 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	California FBS · Pacific	★	9–0–1	266.84	343.26	118.05	—
2	Georgia Tech FBS · SIAA	—	8–1	257.53	328.60	120.58	—
3	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–1	253.62	322.56	128.62	—
4	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–0–2	250.27	306.92	136.71	—
5	Vanderbilt FBS · SIAA	—	7–0–1	243.49	300.72	125.80	—
6	Centre FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	234.54	297.29	114.15	—
7	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0	220.38	285.87	110.21	—
8	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	★	10–0–1	206.76	241.91	118.05	▲ 2
9	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	202.83	257.07	107.47	▼ 1
10	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	★	8–0	201.14	279.76	63.80	▼ 1
11	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1–1	197.99	223.95	147.95	—
12	Georgia FBS · SIAA	—	7–2–1	196.75	230.29	122.73	—
13	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	195.98	237.86	103.52	—
14	Chicago FBS · Western	—	6–1	195.78	230.80	113.12	—
15	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	6–1–2	195.67	237.43	109.00	▲ 9
16	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	191.04	214.68	146.66	▼ 1
17	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1	189.46	233.55	124.47	▼ 1
18	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	183.99	192.32	144.45	▼ 1
19	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	6–1–1	181.28	225.35	97.27	▲ 1
20	Georgetown FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	180.65	110.55	257.53	▼ 2
21	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	180.52	208.79	134.37	▼ 2
22	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	7–2–1	174.68	210.65	94.07	▼ 1
23	Iowa FBS · Western	★	7–0	169.16	210.33	81.23	▼ 1
24	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	169.13	174.36	134.66	▼ 1
25	Tennessee FBS · SIAA	—	6–2–1	160.67	189.40	99.59	—
26	Auburn FBS · SIAA	—	5–3	157.89	173.18	118.58	—
27	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	5–1–1	151.14	187.08	92.99	—
28	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	148.98	82.91	220.38	—
29	Missouri FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	146.71	172.05	93.07	—
30	Sewanee FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	146.26	171.22	94.26	—
31	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–1–1	145.42	160.92	103.95	—
32	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	140.17	83.46	215.10	▲ 5
33	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	134.66	163.19	70.92	—
34	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	133.83	142.46	104.54	▼ 2
35	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	5–2	133.55	153.53	100.66	▼ 1
36	Michigan FBS · Western	—	5–1–1	132.20	155.76	92.55	▼ 1
37	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–2	131.59	155.82	77.38	▼ 1
38	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	127.86	140.41	89.85	—
39	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3	126.60	126.15	121.06	—
40	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	124.06	97.45	183.99	—
41	Oklahoma FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–3	122.69	117.98	114.48	—
42	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–1	118.12	128.81	79.04	—
43	LSU FBS · SIAA	—	6–1–1	114.55	125.17	74.30	▲ 1
44	North Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	114.45	126.93	82.52	▼ 1
45	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	113.23	57.00	196.09	—
46	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–4	113.15	110.57	125.37	—
47	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–2–1	113.14	115.22	105.42	—
48	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–3	106.10	109.04	95.43	—
49	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–4	105.20	100.22	109.58	—
50	Richmond FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	4–3–1	101.40	135.48	54.17	—
51	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–3–1	100.04	96.16	109.88	—
52	Mississippi College FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	99.56	114.41	55.16	—
53	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	97.74	96.49	109.72	—
54	Alabama FBS · SIAA	—	5–4–2	97.46	95.81	94.82	—
55	Florida FBS · SIAA	—	6–3–2	97.15	93.40	85.61	—
56	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	4–2–1	95.48	88.76	95.86	—
57	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	4–2–2	93.71	88.00	112.22	—
58	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	90.75	42.66	164.09	—
59	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3–1	90.17	42.90	169.56	—
60	Tulane FBS · SIAA	—	4–6	89.60	91.33	104.39	—
61	EErskine FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	87.75	92.40	60.96	—
62	Virginia Tech FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	7–3	86.88	83.29	66.98	—
63	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3–1	86.09	91.72	83.37	—
64	Kentucky FBS · SIAA	—	4–3–1	85.08	61.28	107.37	—
65	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2	83.85	87.73	67.19	—
66	Duke FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–0	81.88	120.87	20.46	—
67	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–2–1	81.48	87.73	74.69	—
68	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–1	81.31	63.64	118.12	—
69	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–2	81.10	65.59	107.03	—
70	Virginia FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	5–4	80.22	69.80	88.74	—
71	Davidson FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	3–4–3	79.11	78.97	87.32	—
72	Mississippi State FBS · SIAA	—	4–4–1	77.30	70.07	87.07	—
73	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	5–1–3	76.86	73.59	61.97	—
74	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	73.12	86.63	71.61	—
75	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4	71.61	68.00	80.35	—
76	William & Mary FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	1–2	71.21	77.40	70.15	—
77	Arizona State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
78	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
79	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
80	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
81	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	69.37	46.69	105.57	—
82	OOglethorpe FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	68.81	46.46	92.68	—
83	NC State FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	3–3–3	68.74	56.21	91.50	—
84	Oklahoma State FBS · Southwest	—	5–4–1	68.66	61.93	76.10	—
85	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	66.54	57.67	77.74	—
86	Indiana FBS · Western	—	3–4	66.46	55.21	100.93	—
87	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5	61.64	61.41	93.70	—
88	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	61.63	45.69	97.17	—
89	TCU FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	59.15	66.00	41.77	—
90	Clemson FBS · SIAA	—	1–6–2	53.88	9.58	142.97	—
91	Idaho FBS · Northwest (historical)	—	4–3–1	53.85	51.81	56.45	—
92	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	6–3	53.25	36.17	64.23	—
93	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	3–4	51.47	21.17	98.04	—
94	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	4–4–1	49.83	23.98	85.74	—
95	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–4–2	45.54	35.74	85.70	—
96	Newberry FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3–1	45.13	30.82	68.07	—
97	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–2	41.06	24.08	70.70	—
98	Purdue FBS · Western	—	1–6	39.98	3.43	120.65	—
99	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–3–1	39.17	24.70	48.75	—
100	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–3–2	38.44	27.15	58.42	—
101	SSpring Hill FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	37.26	19.94	61.94	—
102	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	3–3–2	37.19	21.66	65.81	—
103	Maryland FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	3–5–1	33.70	1.00	98.04	—
104	Mercer FBS · SIAA	—	3–6	33.08	1.00	98.05	—
105	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	1–6	28.10	4.80	93.99	—
106	VMI FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	3–5–1	27.15	16.84	66.82	—
107	Montana FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	23.85	18.93	61.61	—
108	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	22.15	1.00	85.33	—
109	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–5	20.36	6.23	63.90	—
110	PPhillips FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–2	20.10	1.00	54.02	—
111	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	19.52	1.00	70.27	—
112	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	1–6–1	15.19	1.10	76.44	▲ 3
113	Ole Miss FBS · SIAA	—	3–6	14.98	1.00	51.35	▼ 1
114	Southwestern U FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–6–1	14.17	1.00	78.55	▼ 1
115	Chattanooga FBS · SIAA	—	4–6	14.00	1.00	52.38	▼ 1
116	Birmingham-Southern FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	12.95	1.00	33.58	—