Early Modern Era. Early Modern Era; calculated independently but excluded from default cross-season statistics.

1927 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

118 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–0–1	269.20	352.49	111.69	—
2	Georgia FBS · Southern	★	9–1	268.36	329.52	129.55	—
3	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	★	7–1	237.40	283.32	136.64	—
4	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	6–0–2	225.46	281.81	121.38	—
5	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	7–1–1	225.15	255.44	147.53	—
6	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	216.75	262.01	127.64	—
7	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	208.58	261.74	106.73	—
8	Tennessee FBS · Southern	—	8–0–1	206.47	258.67	96.38	—
9	Illinois FBS · Western	★	7–0–1	205.64	257.83	107.56	—
10	Georgia Tech FBS · Southern	—	8–1–1	205.12	236.27	120.59	—
11	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–1–1	201.57	246.93	112.28	▲ 1
12	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–1	195.11	245.69	82.09	▲ 1
13	Michigan FBS · Western	—	6–2	192.41	222.02	127.94	▲ 1
14	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1	190.51	244.91	101.17	▲ 1
15	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	7–2	190.07	226.35	119.72	▲ 1
16	Vanderbilt FBS · Southern	—	8–1–2	188.68	223.91	108.16	▲ 1
17	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	188.60	230.35	101.22	▼ 6
18	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	10–1	185.92	221.13	94.84	—
19	NC State FBS · Southern	—	9–1	183.44	223.49	79.54	—
20	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	168.88	216.85	84.56	—
21	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–0–2	163.70	212.70	82.64	—
22	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	8–1	160.74	194.72	83.91	—
23	Purdue FBS · Western	—	6–2	160.60	210.13	91.18	—
24	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–2	159.29	202.80	85.29	—
25	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	6–2–1	157.68	176.58	115.02	▲ 1
26	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	157.61	186.48	105.60	▼ 1
27	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	151.60	172.36	119.21	—
28	Missouri FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2	148.07	154.34	109.46	—
29	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–2	142.80	167.91	90.47	—
30	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	141.67	186.74	65.44	—
31	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–2	141.54	178.47	67.87	—
32	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	8–2–1	134.05	136.15	103.84	▲ 13
33	California FBS · Pacific	—	7–3	133.95	146.36	100.51	▼ 1
34	Chicago FBS · Western	—	4–4	132.62	128.28	136.82	▼ 1
35	Florida FBS · Southern	—	7–3	132.33	147.41	95.22	▼ 1
36	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	9–2	132.29	149.03	81.10	▼ 1
37	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–4	129.59	133.47	122.42	▼ 1
38	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	128.82	85.66	179.35	▼ 1
39	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	125.53	153.60	81.79	▼ 1
40	Virginia FBS · Southern	—	5–4	121.31	126.44	108.57	▼ 1
41	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–6	120.67	146.37	102.60	▼ 1
42	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	119.81	136.67	95.49	▼ 1
43	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	4–4	118.55	119.46	121.91	▼ 1
44	Chattanooga FBS · SIAA	—	1–1	116.25	89.46	140.01	▼ 1
45	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–3–1	113.95	130.35	94.26	▼ 1
46	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–3–2	109.41	98.62	126.04	—
47	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	108.42	108.52	97.59	—
48	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	4–4	108.38	96.65	122.85	—
49	CCreighton FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	107.31	112.24	78.66	—
50	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	4–4	106.27	95.25	125.70	—
51	Texas Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	106.20	51.35	189.31	—
52	Alabama FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	105.53	103.08	106.30	—
53	Oklahoma FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–3–2	103.02	112.14	101.41	—
54	Iowa FBS · Western	—	4–4	101.42	84.24	125.68	—
55	Indiana FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	98.42	79.83	132.48	—
56	Mercer FBS · SIAA	—	1–3	97.89	65.95	152.67	—
57	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–4–1	97.48	106.24	98.77	—
58	North Texas FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	92.48	23.46	190.07	—
59	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	4–1–3	91.50	103.85	67.08	—
60	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–2	91.43	88.32	91.25	—
61	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	5–4	91.35	115.55	68.46	—
62	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	90.87	44.09	150.48	—
63	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	89.72	84.63	76.05	—
64	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	3–3–1	88.09	92.31	90.05	▲ 1
65	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–4	87.05	90.55	75.39	▼ 1
66	William & Mary FBS · Virginia Conference	—	0–2	82.36	46.76	140.97	—
67	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	82.35	95.13	57.52	—
68	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	80.85	58.21	112.07	—
69	Sewanee FBS · Southern	—	2–6	79.42	60.67	131.31	—
70	Duke FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	79.37	75.38	95.65	—
71	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	79.07	120.35	14.41	—
72	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5	78.90	63.61	117.27	—
73	Ole Miss FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	78.20	87.03	69.71	—
74	Tulane FBS · Southern	—	2–5–1	77.20	68.00	113.59	—
75	Kentucky FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	76.75	80.58	103.11	—
76	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–4–1	76.62	72.36	87.97	—
77	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2–2	76.54	77.60	69.22	—
78	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1	75.29	53.84	100.06	—
79	BYU FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–4–1	74.78	94.15	67.62	—
80	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3–1	72.87	45.61	105.09	—
81	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
82	Arizona State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
83	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
84	Texas State FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
86	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
87	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3–2	70.62	63.34	82.74	—
88	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	3–3–2	68.24	56.15	86.55	—
89	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	66.54	71.90	73.49	—
90	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	66.26	41.07	110.52	—
91	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–5	65.23	42.72	101.57	—
92	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	63.14	53.61	74.13	—
93	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	57.65	38.85	81.52	—
94	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–4–1	57.53	42.47	84.44	—
95	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	57.16	40.93	103.19	—
96	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2–3	55.81	42.27	65.20	—
97	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–6–1	52.54	31.49	107.02	—
98	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–5	50.77	20.56	102.67	—
99	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–6	49.48	19.81	110.10	—
100	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	2–4–1	45.84	29.03	85.27	—
101	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4	43.86	18.37	78.25	—
102	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	42.67	2.93	111.21	—
103	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–5	41.29	20.98	89.41	—
104	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	0–4	41.14	33.27	94.14	—
105	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	39.86	22.92	76.05	—
106	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	4–7	36.91	1.00	105.91	—
107	Mississippi State FBS · Southern	—	5–3	33.22	22.24	42.57	—
108	Davidson FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	31.46	1.00	78.62	—
109	LSU FBS · Southern	—	4–4–1	31.39	1.00	75.84	—
110	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6–1	31.25	11.64	81.43	—
111	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–5	31.18	17.94	61.38	—
112	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	2–7	28.43	2.99	107.15	—
113	Auburn FBS · Southern	—	0–7–2	24.35	4.39	101.10	—
114	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–2	24.06	1.00	85.32	—
115	Richmond FBS · Virginia Conference	—	0–3	20.84	1.61	79.01	—
116	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–7–1	17.23	1.00	92.48	—
117	Sam Houston FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	14.46	9.60	52.54	—
118	Western Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–6	14.41	1.00	68.43	—