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1917 College Football School Ratings

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

88 Schools

88 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Georgia Tech	Ind		9	0	0	16.59	12.03	28.62	69.74	-17.45
2	Minnesota	Western		4	1	0	18.66	9.53	28.19	55.73	-13.85
3	Ohio State	Western		8	0	1	10.22	11.89	22.11	46.57	-12.07
4	Pitt	Ind		10	0	0	12.00	7.81	19.81	38.58	-7.76
5	Navy	Ind		7	1	0	10.82	8.73	19.56	67.13	-7.89
6	Illinois	Western		5	2	1	8.38	11.15	19.53	38.55	-18.68
7	Texas A&M	SWC		8	0	0	7.05	11.87	18.92	47.86	-12.39
8	Wisconsin	Western		4	2	1	6.66	12.26	18.91	34.40	-16.88
9	Rice	SWC		7	1	0	13.55	3.67	17.22	41.44	-3.79
10	Chicago	Western		3	2	1	4.24	11.21	15.45	36.16	-15.11
11	Mare Island Marines	Ind		8	0	0	7.60	6.26	13.86	28.99	-1.18
12	Georgetown	Ind		7	1	0	8.51	4.79	13.30	30.50	-10.62
13	Nebraska	MVIAA		5	2	0	5.55	7.05	12.60	49.58	-9.23
14	Auburn	Ind		6	2	1	4.58	7.99	12.57	34.59	-8.72
15	Davidson	Ind		6	4	0	9.78	2.71	12.49	43.26	-10.75
16	Notre Dame	Ind		6	1	1	2.60	9.79	12.39	30.08	-9.39
17	Pennsylvania	Ind		9	2	0	5.90	6.26	12.16	32.42	-6.01
18	West Virginia	Ind		6	3	1	4.10	7.66	11.76	31.47	-12.50
19	Indiana	Western		5	2	0	7.72	3.89	11.60	42.38	-4.49
20	Kansas	MVIAA		6	2	0	4.89	6.37	11.26	31.41	-12.74
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Army	Ind		7	1	0	6.41	4.79	11.20	31.01	-3.13
22	Rutgers	Ind		7	1	1	6.49	4.67	11.16	37.92	-1.05
23	Clemson	Ind		6	2	0	6.85	3.76	10.61	34.40	-3.38
24	Washington & Lee	Ind		4	3	0	7.05	3.35	10.40	53.29	1.55
25	Syracuse	Ind		8	1	1	4.47	5.76	10.24	29.96	-4.88
26	Kansas State	MVIAA		6	2	0	5.21	4.86	10.07	37.69	-3.32
27	Michigan	Western		8	2	0	5.49	4.10	9.59	37.25	-2.32
28	Northwestern	Western		5	2	0	6.89	2.60	9.49	35.20	-2.91
29	Tulane	Ind		5	3	0	4.06	4.72	8.77	29.71	-3.75
30	Texas	SWC		4	4	0	0.93	7.13	8.06	27.32	-14.05
31	Washington State	PCC		6	0	1	1.64	6.05	7.68	22.29	-1.04
32	Baylor	SWC		6	2	1	1.85	5.72	7.57	37.59	-4.09
33	Washington & Jefferson	Ind		7	3	0	0.83	6.74	7.57	24.45	-8.95
34	Denver	RMC		9	0	0	5.17	1.54	6.71	29.78	1.75
35	Utah State	RMC		7	0	1	4.96	1.67	6.62	37.46	3.18
36	Colgate	Ind		4	2	0	5.74	0.83	6.57	28.26	1.72
37	Lehigh	Ind		7	2	0	3.40	3.17	6.57	32.67	0.63
38	Mississippi State	Ind		6	1	0	3.70	2.44	6.14	29.43	-0.02
39	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	2	1	2.18	3.83	6.01	37.74	-2.46
40	North Carolina State	Ind		6	2	1	1.74	4.19	5.93	24.99	-7.78
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Iowa State	MVIAA		5	2	0	-0.76	5.93	5.17	28.34	-5.73
42	Texas Christian	Ind		8	2	0	2.00	3.13	5.13	26.71	-0.37
43	Arkansas	SWC		5	1	1	0.71	4.37	5.08	25.12	-5.40
44	Brown	Ind		8	2	0	0.85	3.32	4.17	21.01	2.44
45	Penn State	Ind		5	4	0	0.74	3.25	3.99	39.77	-1.18
46	Oklahoma	SWC		6	4	1	1.86	1.93	3.79	54.03	1.71
47	Vanderbilt	Ind		5	3	0	2.93	0.58	3.51	34.63	5.68
48	Presbyterian	Ind		8	1	0	-1.13	3.93	2.80	21.56	-0.32
49	Dartmouth	Ind		5	3	0	-0.19	1.81	1.62	20.30	-0.26
50	Alabama	Ind		5	2	1	-1.84	3.34	1.50	24.52	-1.65
51	Wofford	Ind		5	4	0	0.51	0.53	1.05	24.15	5.41
52	Oregon State	PCC		4	2	1	-2.14	3.03	0.89	19.23	1.50
53	Purdue	Western		3	4	0	0.35	-0.28	0.07	28.01	1.94
54	Virginia Military Institute	Ind		4	4	1	0.30	-0.41	-0.11	28.62	2.40
55	Colorado	RMC		6	2	0	-3.17	2.84	-0.33	20.24	-1.67
56	Oregon	PCC		4	3	0	-0.65	-0.41	-1.06	19.71	4.93
57	Colorado Mines	RMC		5	3	0	3.25	-4.46	-1.21	33.95	11.96
58	Maryland	Ind		4	3	1	-0.58	-0.91	-1.49	21.38	5.49
59	LSU	Ind		3	5	0	-0.58	-1.12	-1.70	24.74	-0.39
60	Sewanee	Ind		4	2	2	-3.38	1.31	-2.07	27.05	0.79
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	California	PCC		5	5	1	-1.16	-1.05	-2.20	19.73	5.50
62	SMU	Ind		3	2	3	-4.75	1.94	-2.81	15.14	0.37
63	Colorado College	RMC		3	3	0	-0.56	-2.30	-2.86	21.02	2.87
64	Carlisle	Ind		3	6	0	-1.65	-1.36	-3.01	29.92	9.91
65	Missouri	MVIAA		3	5	0	-0.81	-2.21	-3.02	25.71	-0.85
66	South Carolina	Ind		3	5	0	0.94	-4.07	-3.13	21.71	5.51
67	Iowa	Western		3	5	0	0.23	-3.97	-3.75	23.00	6.50
68	Kentucky	Ind		3	5	1	-6.11	2.18	-3.93	16.34	-1.57
69	Oklahoma State	SWC		4	5	0	-3.99	-0.09	-4.08	19.34	-0.93
70	Furman	Ind		3	5	0	-2.89	-2.77	-5.66	19.82	1.55
71	The Citadel	Ind		3	3	0	-3.32	-2.66	-5.98	16.13	5.95
72	Washington (MO)	MVIAA		4	3	0	-4.16	-3.04	-7.20	15.42	11.02
73	Southwestern (TX)	Ind		1	5	1	-2.36	-5.13	-7.49	22.97	3.65
74	Wake Forest	Ind		1	6	1	-2.57	-5.08	-7.65	22.36	10.59
75	Bucknell	Ind		3	5	1	-5.68	-2.13	-7.81	14.41	6.50
76	Cornell	Ind		3	6	0	-4.40	-3.73	-8.13	15.64	9.75
77	Washington	PCC		1	2	1	-6.82	-1.72	-8.54	13.80	6.54
78	Idaho	Ind		2	3	0	-4.43	-4.15	-8.58	16.47	8.95
79	Lafayette	Ind		3	5	0	-4.70	-4.65	-9.35	16.96	17.79
80	Florida	Ind		2	4	0	-1.59	-8.69	-10.27	22.49	30.03
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Utah	RMC		2	4	0	-5.11	-7.51	-12.62	16.42	14.10
82	Wyoming	RMC		3	4	0	-11.31	-2.09	-13.40	8.57	11.04
83	Montana	Ind		1	4	0	-7.27	-6.60	-13.87	11.20	9.85
84	Colorado State	RMC		0	7	1	-6.53	-7.68	-14.20	14.40	9.68
85	Ole Miss	Ind		1	4	1	-3.64	-11.73	-15.37	18.83	29.04
86	Tulsa	Ind		0	8	1	-6.43	-9.59	-16.02	14.12	16.25
87	Drake	MVIAA		0	5	2	-10.63	-9.68	-20.31	9.34	19.89
88	Newberry	Ind		0	6	0	-10.36	-14.72	-25.08	12.10	29.64

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