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1916 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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110 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · SIAA	—	8–0–1	267.01	343.84	120.91	—
2	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	255.95	303.70	144.64	—
3	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	★	8–0	234.36	297.22	114.90	—
4	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–0–1	232.25	294.60	108.36	—
5	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–1	230.72	297.14	122.98	—
6	Army FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0	213.68	275.04	102.33	—
7	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	6–1	212.90	296.97	97.94	—
8	Vanderbilt FBS · SIAA	—	7–1–1	211.45	267.02	108.05	—
9	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–2	199.19	245.55	100.51	—
10	Tennessee FBS · SIAA	—	8–0–1	195.88	250.48	86.85	—
11	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	191.97	238.36	114.91	—
12	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	6–1–2	191.97	234.12	108.36	—
13	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	7–0–1	187.95	239.36	91.01	▲ 8
14	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	187.06	223.05	118.35	▼ 1
15	Georgetown FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	8–1	181.66	238.97	79.99	▼ 1
16	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	178.87	207.46	120.13	▼ 1
17	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	178.39	194.98	137.61	▼ 1
18	LSU FBS · SIAA	—	7–1–2	176.09	219.65	91.70	▼ 1
19	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	7–0	171.79	211.18	93.88	▼ 1
20	Auburn FBS · SIAA	—	6–2	170.20	197.23	116.82	▼ 1
21	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	169.26	193.25	124.84	▼ 1
22	Missouri FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–1–1	158.63	186.87	92.98	▲ 1
23	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	9–1	155.58	187.15	73.43	▲ 1
24	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	153.72	188.15	86.38	▲ 1
25	Virginia Tech FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	7–2	153.43	180.60	92.32	▲ 1
26	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	152.24	160.43	113.97	▼ 4
27	Georgia FBS · SIAA	—	6–3	151.46	163.18	119.11	—
28	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	148.69	175.39	100.94	—
29	North Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	147.53	156.10	125.84	—
30	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	6–1	146.39	176.60	81.53	—
31	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	144.24	155.09	104.36	—
32	Washington and Lee FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	143.08	149.15	119.32	—
33	Sewanee FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	139.52	153.91	116.49	—
34	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–2	139.52	151.16	114.18	—
35	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	138.57	96.66	191.97	—
36	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–2–1	137.03	153.80	113.40	—
37	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	136.57	158.21	89.32	—
38	Maryland FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1	131.17	141.09	118.66	—
39	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	6–0–1	130.58	159.72	67.01	▲ 1
40	Michigan FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	130.33	159.84	78.91	▼ 1
41	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	124.85	128.77	107.43	—
42	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	6–1–1	122.28	142.15	67.53	—
43	Illinois FBS · Western	—	3–3–1	121.53	108.53	132.79	—
44	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	118.14	131.71	75.49	—
45	Tulane FBS · SIAA	—	4–3–1	116.79	98.22	134.07	—
46	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–1–1	115.27	119.30	85.35	—
47	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	6–3	113.47	105.59	99.64	—
48	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–2–2	112.45	118.11	118.45	—
49	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	4–2–1	112.42	114.81	105.14	—
50	Kentucky FBS · SIAA	—	4–1–2	111.57	104.35	105.73	—
51	Davidson FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	5–3–1	110.49	116.75	94.76	—
52	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–2–1	108.33	90.63	132.18	—
53	Virginia FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	4–5	104.27	88.43	132.78	—
54	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3–1	103.60	100.93	104.14	—
55	Alabama FBS · SIAA	—	6–3	102.93	100.30	97.94	—
56	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	102.35	102.75	104.40	—
57	Chicago FBS · Western	—	3–4	101.61	96.07	113.52	—
58	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	101.45	74.55	142.03	—
59	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2–1	98.82	108.24	80.08	—
60	Oklahoma FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	97.33	110.92	79.57	—
61	Iowa FBS · Western	—	4–3	93.63	76.26	103.26	▲ 1
62	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2	93.44	92.03	87.23	▼ 1
63	Washington State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	90.80	76.02	122.56	▲ 1
64	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	89.19	39.03	171.06	▼ 1
65	Mississippi State FBS · SIAA	—	4–4–1	86.53	96.16	88.27	—
66	Southwestern U FBS · Southwest	—	1–5–1	82.37	79.46	115.56	—
67	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	81.64	124.70	29.29	—
68	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	79.52	60.64	124.85	—
69	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	79.45	25.32	169.52	—
70	TCU FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	6–2–1	76.90	69.09	70.30	—
71	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0–1	71.36	120.00	27.86	—
72	Montana State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0–1	71.36	120.00	29.29	—
73	Arizona State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
74	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
75	Montana FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
76	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
77	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
78	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
79	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	70.87	13.75	168.17	—
80	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–4–1	69.43	72.55	87.92	—
81	Mississippi College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	67.06	59.53	78.35	—
82	Mercer FBS · SIAA	—	0–3	60.93	1.00	155.88	—
83	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5–1	59.76	28.32	130.35	—
84	Richmond FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–2	59.51	27.57	128.85	—
85	VMI FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	58.94	57.26	81.27	—
86	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–5	57.18	44.34	86.75	▲ 1
87	Chattanooga FBS · SIAA	—	0–4	57.12	14.18	141.54	▼ 1
88	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–4	53.86	33.17	113.33	—
89	Newberry FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2	50.19	40.23	41.35	—
90	NC State FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	2–5	46.93	11.15	120.31	—
91	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	4–4	45.04	20.71	72.38	—
92	Florida FBS · SIAA	—	0–5	44.25	1.00	137.98	—
93	Clemson FBS · SIAA	—	3–6	44.14	14.29	103.57	—
94	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3	43.55	25.09	72.66	—
95	Oklahoma State FBS · Southwest	—	4–4	42.80	16.45	75.85	—
96	California FBS · Pacific	—	6–4–1	40.57	20.67	50.05	—
97	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	4–5	38.55	24.83	66.98	—
98	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5	37.60	13.97	80.12	—
99	Purdue FBS · Western	—	2–4–1	35.26	19.60	82.50	—
100	West Virginia Wesleyan FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	33.45	5.30	97.71	—
101	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	30.42	26.95	78.93	—
102	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5–1	29.29	1.00	85.43	—
103	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–9	28.08	19.00	82.82	▲ 1
104	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	27.86	1.00	93.31	▼ 1
105	Ole Miss FBS · SIAA	—	3–6	27.27	1.00	80.57	—
106	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–3–1	26.95	10.38	55.34	—
107	Idaho FBS · Northwest (historical)	—	1–1	20.95	17.45	43.23	—
108	HHaskell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	19.54	1.00	62.09	—
109	William & Mary FBS · Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	18.61	1.00	58.94	—
110	SMU FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–8–2	17.39	1.00	98.57	—