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

1917 Season

FBS Conference Rankings

Conference standings

11 conferences · six-team sample adjustment

Rank	Conference	Teams	Adjusted rating	Team average	Average raw points	Average strength
1	Western	10	124.13	137.71	152.50	105.41
2	Southwest	7	107.32	112.30	126.22	72.61
3	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	6	106.49	111.48	112.24	99.50
4	Pacific	5	104.87	108.90	118.31	89.84
5	SIAA	13	103.28	104.10	109.79	91.81
6	Northwest (historical)	1	100.52	94.58	99.73	100.68
7	Rocky Mountain	9	98.53	96.55	101.14	87.71
8	Missouri Valley	7	96.16	91.57	100.99	73.10
9	FBS Independents	41	95.16	94.23	107.01	75.25
10	Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	2	94.16	72.10	80.23	36.11
11	Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic	1	88.70	11.83	2.19	36.37