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1936 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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128 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	8–0–1	270.89	346.25	122.56	▲ 1
2	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	262.28	310.70	156.12	▲ 3
3	Duke FBS · Southern	—	9–1	260.56	328.87	114.46	—
4	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–1–1	259.33	321.03	137.51	▼ 3
5	Minnesota FBS · Western	★	7–1	243.10	290.39	140.65	▼ 1
6	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–0–1	230.96	284.07	113.56	▲ 1
7	Nebraska FBS · Big 6	—	7–2	230.27	275.22	134.35	▲ 1
8	SSanta Clara FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1	221.14	257.03	125.35	▲ 5
9	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	7–2–1	217.16	255.39	132.37	▼ 3
10	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	9–2–2	211.69	249.04	126.14	▲ 5
11	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	200.18	222.15	144.74	▼ 1
12	MMarquette FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	200.09	227.19	128.35	▼ 3
13	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	198.06	234.21	115.13	▼ 2
14	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	7–1	194.41	216.27	131.34	▼ 2
15	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1	193.15	233.83	106.28	▼ 1
16	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	8–2	188.89	219.47	110.22	—
17	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	7–3	187.82	213.45	133.46	—
18	Duquesne FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	186.70	214.02	121.89	▲ 5
19	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–2	185.89	213.84	129.49	▼ 1
20	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	5–3	185.55	208.88	141.83	▼ 1
21	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	6–2–2	183.09	193.30	147.47	▼ 1
22	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–1–1	182.24	208.62	109.14	▼ 1
23	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–3	179.23	209.93	128.27	▼ 1
24	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–2	172.94	203.60	111.98	—
25	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	7–2–2	171.32	171.12	141.54	—
26	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	169.91	201.33	101.74	—
27	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–3	167.94	180.66	128.04	—
28	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	162.70	176.32	120.20	—
29	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–2–2	158.75	184.78	123.28	—
30	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	6–3–1	157.43	153.96	144.25	▲ 1
31	USC FBS · Pacific	—	4–2–3	157.31	176.56	124.82	▼ 1
32	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	150.65	182.97	94.86	—
33	SSaint Mary's (CA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	150.05	165.00	113.98	▲ 1
34	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–4–1	149.54	157.12	139.33	▼ 1
35	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	147.90	166.38	124.65	—
36	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	147.51	175.07	94.78	▲ 1
37	Arizona FBS · Border	—	5–2–3	145.34	188.33	75.01	▲ 1
38	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	7–3–1	142.97	143.45	123.58	▼ 2
39	Missouri FBS · Big 6	—	6–2–1	137.00	146.30	103.81	▲ 1
40	California FBS · Pacific	—	6–5	136.87	158.05	111.32	▼ 1
41	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	133.15	148.46	88.68	▲ 1
42	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–3–1	132.10	127.08	114.49	▼ 1
43	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2–2	129.31	146.61	91.81	—
44	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1–1	127.50	132.77	117.22	—
45	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	126.86	146.34	94.35	—
46	Indiana FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	125.24	132.97	100.69	—
47	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	124.93	137.25	96.66	—
48	NNew York University FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	123.88	138.94	107.04	—
49	GGeorge Washington FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	121.08	139.41	75.31	—
50	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	118.88	115.76	112.97	—
51	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	6–3	117.56	136.74	81.50	—
52	Iowa FBS · Western	—	3–4–1	117.09	124.72	120.55	—
53	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	5–5	116.95	110.77	120.72	—
54	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–4	114.91	116.44	108.07	—
55	Furman FBS · Southern	—	7–2	114.76	130.81	69.85	—
56	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–1	113.10	108.64	105.61	▲ 2
57	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	5–4	112.95	112.45	108.50	▼ 1
58	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	4–6	111.47	115.16	124.68	▼ 1
59	Illinois FBS · Western	—	4–3–1	109.43	105.14	114.13	▲ 2
60	Kansas State FBS · Big 6	—	4–3–2	109.30	111.32	107.19	—
61	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–5–2	108.73	103.03	123.31	▼ 2
62	UCLA FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	104.37	95.78	104.91	—
63	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6	103.78	79.34	163.56	▲ 2
64	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	2–6–1	103.62	84.88	159.48	▼ 1
65	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4–1	103.34	92.92	116.34	▼ 1
66	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–4–1	101.42	94.78	116.04	—
67	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	100.60	125.89	54.89	—
68	CCentenary (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–2	99.53	100.96	95.24	—
69	Oklahoma FBS · Big 6	—	3–3–3	98.42	92.32	113.38	—
70	MManhattan FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	97.66	96.65	93.45	▲ 2
71	SSaint Louis FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	97.59	116.44	73.90	▼ 1
72	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	6–3–1	96.81	73.43	113.43	▼ 1
73	Stanford FBS · Pacific	—	2–5–2	96.80	89.50	131.82	—
74	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–2	92.94	76.41	104.08	—
75	Wake Forest FBS · Southern	—	5–4	92.53	83.15	100.78	—
76	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	90.95	98.96	78.14	—
77	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	89.68	96.06	102.35	—
78	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–7	88.35	67.89	135.14	—
79	Michigan FBS · Western	—	1–7	86.99	58.53	164.34	—
80	BYU FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–5	82.12	62.81	114.63	—
81	Iowa State FBS · Big 6	—	3–3–2	79.18	72.53	93.79	▲ 1
82	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–4–1	78.89	82.10	85.55	▲ 1
83	GGonzaga FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	78.03	81.55	71.91	▲ 1
84	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–5	77.35	84.99	87.14	▲ 2
85	LLoyola (LA) FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	77.26	76.36	103.89	—
86	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	76.73	58.45	110.87	▲ 1
87	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	5–7	71.39	64.00	96.15	▲ 1
88	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–5–1	68.60	37.79	123.85	▲ 1
89	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	3–7	64.42	56.12	107.77	▲ 1
90	SSan Francisco FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–2	63.67	49.24	90.81	▲ 1
91	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	5–5	62.67	76.20	49.62	▲ 1
92	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	61.70	29.99	115.28	▲ 1
93	CCreighton FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–4	61.37	47.20	80.86	▲ 2
94	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	59.73	1.00	160.23	▲ 2
95	LLoyola Marymount FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	59.18	49.60	60.73	▲ 2
96	New Mexico FBS · Border	—	2–7	58.86	86.23	56.55	▼ 2
97	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	2–6	56.81	28.20	126.43	▲ 1
98	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	54.01	1.00	147.32	▲ 1
99	UTEP FBS · Border	—	5–3–1	53.94	53.55	43.45	▼ 18
100	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–5	53.59	43.36	76.18	—
101	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	4–4–2	53.04	72.24	37.37	—
102	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	52.97	49.20	89.41	—
103	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	52.59	23.61	84.03	▲ 4
104	NC State FBS · Southern	—	3–7	52.36	27.57	113.63	▼ 1
105	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–5–1	51.86	19.63	117.28	▼ 1
106	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	51.81	40.96	55.29	▼ 1
107	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	2–6–1	50.31	31.36	112.59	▼ 1
108	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–6	46.77	52.00	60.88	—
109	Kansas FBS · Big 6	—	1–6–1	43.13	10.42	122.53	—
110	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–6	40.66	20.10	89.75	—
111	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	38.39	9.96	98.46	—
112	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–4	36.41	14.25	56.50	—
113	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–6	36.12	29.66	75.84	—
114	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	6–5	34.70	14.17	57.25	—
115	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	34.03	9.34	71.00	—
116	Texas Tech FBS · Border	—	5–4–1	33.03	1.00	71.77	▲ 1
117	Chicago FBS · Western	—	2–5–1	32.26	17.34	84.45	▼ 1
118	New Mexico State FBS · Border	—	6–4–1	22.99	1.00	35.97	—
119	EErskine FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5	20.16	15.37	35.41	—
120	Arizona State FBS · Border	—	4–5	17.68	1.00	45.89	—
121	Western Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–6	16.23	1.00	82.23	▲ 1
122	Sewanee FBS · SEC	—	0–6–1	16.10	1.00	87.10	▼ 1
123	Virginia FBS · Southern	—	2–7	13.26	1.00	69.58	—
124	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7	12.92	1.00	73.03	—
125	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–9	9.33	1.00	80.46	—
126	Washburn FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–6–1	7.80	1.00	49.22	—
127	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–7	3.49	1.00	41.46	—
128	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	1–8	1.89	1.00	50.15	—