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1931 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

122 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	USC FBS · Pacific	★	10–1	363.25	456.04	175.28	—
2	Tulane FBS · Southern	—	11–1	280.63	338.92	140.67	—
3	Tennessee FBS · Southern	—	9–0–1	268.26	339.71	128.22	—
4	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	253.57	300.70	158.29	—
5	Georgia FBS · Southern	—	8–2	236.24	263.28	159.86	—
6	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	★	8–1	219.58	269.39	119.13	—
7	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	9–1–1	213.10	259.56	107.86	—
8	Alabama FBS · Southern	—	9–1	213.03	266.01	105.54	—
9	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	7–1–1	207.50	239.65	127.25	—
10	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–2	200.41	256.65	96.63	—
11	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	189.30	241.48	105.18	—
12	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	7–2–2	188.93	210.01	140.78	—
13	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2–1	188.23	218.59	125.03	—
14	Vanderbilt FBS · Southern	—	5–4	186.55	188.35	172.52	—
15	California FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	183.67	194.96	142.03	—
16	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	175.57	203.16	108.17	—
17	Purdue FBS · Western	★	9–1	173.34	217.65	77.54	—
18	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	172.50	174.15	139.54	—
19	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	169.50	196.83	119.45	—
20	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	167.92	177.65	139.60	—
21	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	167.89	201.28	93.92	—
22	Michigan FBS · Western	—	8–1–1	164.37	205.30	81.59	—
23	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	163.80	207.14	87.66	—
24	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	7–3	153.68	172.63	109.08	—
25	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	152.74	161.55	133.53	▲ 1
26	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	8–2	152.71	165.11	101.86	▼ 1
27	Kentucky FBS · Southern	—	5–2–2	149.51	166.71	113.34	—
28	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	5–3–1	149.03	142.15	150.00	▲ 1
29	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	8–1–1	148.62	179.80	75.73	▼ 1
30	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2–1	147.16	155.28	139.26	—
31	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	146.06	179.68	81.38	—
32	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	6–3	145.37	156.97	120.44	—
33	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	9–2–1	143.57	151.86	102.54	—
34	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	140.50	159.78	108.38	▲ 1
35	Auburn FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	139.98	155.55	121.20	▼ 1
36	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	8–2	139.42	176.28	67.85	—
37	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–0	138.65	180.26	64.60	—
38	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	6–2–2	136.66	131.12	131.77	—
39	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	135.60	151.25	90.58	—
40	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	134.43	154.13	74.68	—
41	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–0–3	133.44	152.09	83.75	—
42	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–2	133.39	136.92	112.61	—
43	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	129.85	153.62	68.53	—
44	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	128.39	146.15	80.01	—
45	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	126.92	129.94	116.74	—
46	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–2–1	122.92	134.86	78.72	—
47	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	6–4	122.13	100.29	146.17	—
48	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	120.66	126.65	103.89	▲ 1
49	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	120.44	126.70	110.52	▼ 1
50	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	120.24	144.05	86.10	—
51	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	118.43	119.76	105.20	—
52	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–2	117.29	138.52	64.90	—
53	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–3–3	117.05	118.37	114.80	—
54	Duke FBS · Southern	—	5–3–2	116.08	117.71	98.45	—
55	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	114.99	108.83	137.43	—
56	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–3	111.99	124.33	83.92	—
57	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	109.98	108.85	115.31	—
58	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	109.69	82.03	167.92	—
59	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–4	103.24	102.50	95.98	—
60	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	101.23	106.89	115.24	—
61	Georgia Tech FBS · Southern	—	2–7–1	100.43	90.05	154.88	—
62	LSU FBS · Southern	—	5–4	97.88	83.54	119.32	—
63	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	5–4–1	95.62	86.36	105.78	—
64	Furman FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1–1	94.06	109.71	77.05	—
65	North Texas FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–2	93.92	42.62	178.34	—
66	Richmond FBS · Virginia Conference	—	1–1	93.47	88.36	93.58	—
67	Sewanee FBS · Southern	—	6–3–1	90.61	79.35	96.17	—
68	Ole Miss FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	86.72	76.54	130.31	—
69	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	86.40	75.74	91.89	—
70	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	86.09	67.10	120.04	—
71	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	5–5	85.35	95.92	78.62	—
72	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	83.07	90.42	90.29	—
73	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	81.02	92.00	107.94	—
74	Texas Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–1	80.08	102.04	40.05	—
75	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3–2	77.95	74.27	86.03	—
76	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–6	77.80	105.06	72.89	—
77	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	77.31	61.90	108.25	—
78	William & Mary FBS · Virginia Conference	—	0–1–2	75.96	90.07	74.44	—
79	Sam Houston FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	75.72	55.51	120.66	—
80	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	74.75	66.72	85.24	—
81	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1–2	74.48	77.40	91.79	—
82	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–5–1	72.78	43.40	133.77	—
83	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	71.71	75.47	66.90	—
84	Texas State FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	3–4	70.33	64.75	103.63	—
86	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4	69.68	54.66	87.94	—
87	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	3–5–1	69.13	73.01	87.55	—
88	BYU FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4	69.04	69.66	70.79	—
89	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	6–2	66.22	54.74	53.58	—
90	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	65.27	56.63	62.03	—
91	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	3–6	63.37	44.32	110.28	—
92	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	6–4	62.97	68.02	45.97	—
93	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	4–7–1	60.51	49.73	96.70	▲ 4
94	Arizona FBS · Border	—	3–5–1	60.06	61.19	77.38	▼ 1
95	Chicago FBS · Western	—	2–6–1	58.90	58.31	92.97	▼ 1
96	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	3–4–2	58.37	48.58	82.67	▼ 1
97	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	5–3	58.04	41.77	71.08	▼ 1
98	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–5	56.35	61.64	62.03	—
99	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	54.98	53.26	69.31	—
100	Iowa FBS · Western	—	1–6–1	53.44	11.56	143.92	—
101	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	1–6	51.98	20.73	132.37	—
102	Florida FBS · Southern	—	2–6–2	51.06	4.88	140.16	—
103	GGonzaga FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4	49.31	42.25	75.01	—
104	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	1–2–1	48.41	59.04	51.62	—
105	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–4	47.25	36.33	52.88	—
106	CCentenary (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	42.01	8.94	83.41	—
107	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	1–6–2	39.21	10.58	104.44	—
108	Illinois FBS · Western	—	2–6	39.12	1.00	115.05	—
109	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–6	37.13	13.69	80.26	—
110	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	2–8	34.24	17.44	97.69	—
111	Mississippi State FBS · Southern	—	2–6	32.64	1.00	104.14	—
112	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	29.87	1.00	74.33	—
113	Davidson FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–2	23.67	1.00	57.80	—
114	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	23.36	8.82	70.02	—
115	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	20.71	1.00	88.90	—
116	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	3–3–1	20.01	1.00	47.52	—
117	Virginia FBS · Southern	—	1–7–2	16.17	1.00	79.63	—
118	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–3	15.79	1.00	25.86	—
119	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5–1	13.85	8.92	49.83	—
120	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5–1	7.69	1.00	46.66	—
121	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–7	6.77	1.00	44.90	—
122	Western Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–6	6.70	1.00	51.99	—