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1928 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

120 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Georgia Tech FBS · Southern	★	10–0	257.08	312.51	126.52	—
2	USC FBS · Pacific	★	9–0–1	246.90	311.62	116.96	—
3	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	7–1–1	205.33	260.74	91.05	—
4	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–0–2	204.21	250.01	114.48	—
5	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	6–2	202.72	248.58	119.16	—
6	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	7–1–1	196.93	226.11	131.50	—
7	Tennessee FBS · Southern	—	9–0–1	196.77	231.95	105.40	—
8	Vanderbilt FBS · Southern	—	8–2	196.71	222.90	125.26	—
9	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–2	190.70	218.25	121.43	—
10	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	189.06	234.35	106.19	—
11	Florida FBS · Southern	—	8–1	188.86	241.80	83.15	—
12	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	8–3–1	185.19	225.31	117.08	—
13	Alabama FBS · Southern	—	6–3	184.54	209.12	131.45	—
14	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0	180.30	227.98	83.83	—
15	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–1	177.88	198.23	118.26	—
16	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	175.52	197.63	122.87	—
17	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–2	173.96	198.80	111.57	—
18	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	166.04	193.29	108.27	—
19	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	163.54	154.70	164.30	—
20	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–2	160.52	185.12	95.99	—
21	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–0	159.38	185.95	101.75	—
22	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	157.03	172.65	106.20	—
23	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–1	154.48	183.72	104.96	—
24	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	7–2	153.72	183.27	95.66	—
25	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	8–2	152.07	182.99	93.85	—
26	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	5–3	150.29	156.88	128.13	—
27	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	148.45	183.22	73.81	—
28	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	147.39	173.96	109.59	—
29	Iowa FBS · Western	—	6–2	145.27	163.83	108.31	—
30	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	144.81	173.92	78.97	—
31	Illinois FBS · Western	—	7–1	144.16	165.60	95.04	—
32	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	6–3	143.03	165.66	98.90	—
33	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	142.06	158.42	112.08	—
34	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–1	141.22	169.70	96.20	—
35	California FBS · Pacific	—	6–2–2	140.73	136.59	135.45	▲ 2
36	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–1	140.60	159.56	83.05	▼ 1
37	Chattanooga FBS · SIAA	—	1–1	139.33	132.76	146.78	▼ 1
38	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	8–3	132.66	150.08	82.50	—
39	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	131.51	149.71	88.18	—
40	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	130.83	140.99	114.48	—
41	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–3	126.48	142.33	93.19	—
42	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	9–2	124.50	138.33	74.93	—
43	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–3–2	123.28	133.21	95.29	—
44	LSU FBS · Southern	—	6–2–1	122.73	135.63	92.34	—
45	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	121.15	140.68	72.18	—
46	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	119.33	127.27	95.27	—
47	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–2	118.64	141.32	74.20	—
48	Michigan FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	116.58	113.66	129.93	—
49	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	116.31	58.89	189.06	—
50	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	2–1–1	115.43	136.30	83.05	—
51	Kentucky FBS · Southern	—	4–3–1	115.35	114.72	122.77	—
52	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	5–3	113.18	125.67	86.75	—
53	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–0	112.43	138.68	87.24	—
54	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–3–1	112.28	114.32	95.09	—
55	Indiana FBS · Western	—	4–4	112.02	98.53	132.15	—
56	Richmond FBS · Virginia Conference	—	0–0–1	110.36	120.00	106.74	—
57	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	110.05	106.80	113.82	—
58	Georgia FBS · Southern	—	4–5	109.63	103.14	126.19	—
59	VMI FBS · Southern	—	5–3–2	106.74	109.85	93.15	▲ 1
60	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	6–3–1	106.65	127.66	72.06	▼ 1
61	Ole Miss FBS · Southern	—	5–4	104.75	97.78	112.60	—
62	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1–1	102.85	79.58	139.75	—
63	Tulane FBS · Southern	—	6–3–1	101.97	105.45	90.45	—
64	Texas Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	100.70	57.16	171.39	—
65	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0–1	98.23	146.00	40.27	—
66	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	4–4	98.08	90.00	110.56	—
67	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	5–4	96.85	102.42	85.94	—
68	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	7–2	95.01	95.96	69.90	—
69	Duke FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	93.18	101.88	86.65	—
70	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	7–4	89.42	91.76	77.87	—
71	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–2–2	89.25	78.97	83.14	—
72	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4–1	88.71	95.91	84.92	—
73	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	88.13	95.36	80.60	—
74	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	84.20	123.32	43.07	—
75	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	7–3	83.19	70.95	77.58	—
76	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1–1	81.39	91.92	75.12	—
77	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	81.24	65.76	107.68	—
78	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–5–1	79.17	71.31	104.32	—
79	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	76.77	74.39	83.43	—
80	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2–2	76.51	66.76	107.75	—
81	NC State FBS · Southern	—	4–5–1	75.71	80.10	77.74	—
82	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	74.11	78.83	63.31	—
83	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3–1	72.17	75.91	66.96	—
84	Arizona State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
85	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
86	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
87	Texas State FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
88	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
89	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	2–5–1	69.32	60.01	102.60	—
90	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–4–1	69.12	57.01	88.39	—
91	BYU FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–3–1	66.78	59.67	84.82	—
92	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	2–4–2	66.65	58.14	91.95	—
93	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	65.65	62.50	81.26	—
94	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	53.14	42.50	79.57	—
95	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–5–1	52.72	67.00	72.33	—
96	Chicago FBS · Western	—	2–7	51.37	22.48	121.07	—
97	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	3–5	50.67	45.69	74.28	—
98	William & Mary FBS · Virginia Conference	—	0–1–1	47.45	56.44	48.99	—
99	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5–1	47.29	31.54	83.83	—
100	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	46.90	39.81	49.18	—
101	Virginia FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	46.87	31.89	98.39	—
102	Mercer FBS · SIAA	—	1–3	45.58	13.00	103.22	—
103	Mississippi State FBS · Southern	—	2–4–2	44.30	30.38	85.72	—
104	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–5	43.07	10.43	105.00	—
105	North Texas FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–3	42.28	1.00	123.62	—
106	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3–2	42.20	33.05	61.62	—
107	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	2–8	39.72	15.67	109.24	—
108	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4–1	37.71	6.88	80.78	—
109	Sewanee FBS · Southern	—	2–7	35.51	3.03	109.12	—
110	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–5–2	33.24	6.68	86.74	—
111	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	4–4–1	32.60	13.62	62.31	—
112	Auburn FBS · Southern	—	1–8	28.04	1.00	109.85	—
113	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–7	26.54	1.00	98.63	—
114	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	4–5–1	23.22	8.60	56.11	—
115	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–2	21.21	18.00	57.28	—
116	Davidson FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	13.44	1.00	70.36	—
117	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–7	12.75	1.00	71.70	—
118	Western Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–7	10.61	1.00	76.29	—
119	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–7	9.34	1.00	57.70	—
120	Sam Houston FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	9.05	18.91	26.54	—