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1927 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.

99 Schools

99 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	Southern		9	1	0	12.01	8.40	20.41	38.36	-6.50
2	Yale	Ind		7	1	0	8.48	11.00	19.47	33.23	-11.49
3	Notre Dame	Ind		7	1	1	9.35	10.10	19.45	32.37	-10.02
4	Minnesota	Western		6	0	2	10.52	8.36	18.88	39.71	-5.66
5	Michigan	Western		6	2	0	7.65	10.19	17.85	31.75	-9.44
6	Pitt	Ind		8	1	1	7.90	8.66	16.56	39.61	-6.87
7	Texas A&M	SWC		8	0	1	8.90	6.97	15.87	36.73	-4.45
8	Illinois	Western		7	0	1	5.97	9.81	15.77	31.91	-7.67
9	USC	PCC		8	1	1	10.55	5.13	15.68	38.72	-3.43
10	Tennessee	Southern		8	0	1	6.04	8.06	14.10	34.87	-5.51
11	Nebraska	MVIAA		6	2	0	9.20	4.80	14.00	37.68	-5.38
12	Army	Ind		9	1	0	5.41	8.35	13.76	29.04	-5.37
13	Dartmouth	Ind		7	1	0	10.46	3.23	13.69	42.39	0.41
14	Vanderbilt	Southern		8	1	2	11.04	2.54	13.58	37.11	-1.00
15	Princeton	Ind		6	1	0	6.40	6.38	12.78	30.52	-3.91
16	Navy	Ind		6	3	0	9.06	3.72	12.77	32.22	-1.41
17	Georgetown	Ind		8	1	0	6.49	6.13	12.62	46.24	-2.10
18	Georgia Tech	Southern		8	1	1	3.17	9.29	12.46	26.18	-8.05
19	Purdue	Western		6	2	0	6.01	6.35	12.36	32.54	-4.06
20	SMU	SWC		7	2	0	9.27	0.98	10.24	38.14	2.55
				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	New York University	Ind		7	1	2	6.72	3.49	10.22	41.30	0.10
22	Detroit Mercy	Ind		7	2	0	4.76	5.41	10.16	33.60	-1.87
23	Furman	Ind		10	1	0	4.73	5.13	9.86	30.87	-0.64
24	Chicago	Western		4	4	0	2.03	7.68	9.70	24.67	-7.58
25	North Carolina State	Southern		9	1	0	6.47	3.08	9.54	29.67	-0.57
26	Washington	PCC		9	2	0	5.39	4.01	9.40	33.59	-0.86
27	Washington & Jefferson	Ind		7	0	2	1.02	8.07	9.09	23.57	-6.41
28	Pennsylvania	Ind		6	4	0	3.77	4.21	7.97	28.39	-2.07
29	Colorado State	RMC		7	1	0	2.23	5.72	7.95	27.72	-5.44
30	Missouri	MVIAA		7	2	0	3.87	4.05	7.92	25.97	-2.63
31	Penn State	Ind		6	2	1	4.48	3.43	7.91	26.51	-2.59
32	Arkansas	SWC		8	1	0	5.73	2.15	7.88	30.94	2.45
33	Alabama	Southern		5	4	1	1.31	5.79	7.10	26.81	-4.08
34	Iowa	Western		4	4	0	2.02	5.01	7.03	26.46	-2.73
35	California	PCC		7	3	0	2.71	4.23	6.93	26.63	-1.63
36	Wisconsin	Western		4	4	0	2.74	4.11	6.85	24.57	-2.91
37	Indiana	Western		3	4	1	4.60	2.18	6.79	28.86	-1.97
38	Stanford	PCC		8	2	1	2.29	4.21	6.50	23.50	-2.17
39	Florida	Southern		7	3	0	4.51	1.92	6.43	26.44	0.17
40	Texas	SWC		6	2	1	2.20	3.95	6.15	26.88	-2.14
				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	Northwestern	Western		4	4	0	5.17	0.95	6.12	30.70	-0.94
42	Ohio State	Western		4	4	0	3.44	2.46	5.90	30.68	-0.81
43	Carnegie Mellon	Ind		5	4	1	3.35	2.11	5.47	32.24	-1.45
44	Marquette	Ind		6	3	0	0.67	3.75	4.41	23.00	0.77
45	Colorado College	RMC		6	2	0	4.54	-0.32	4.22	32.85	2.32
46	Denver	RMC		5	2	0	-2.21	5.96	3.75	25.37	-5.08
47	Oregon State	PCC		3	3	1	4.07	-0.48	3.59	27.00	-0.51
48	Creighton	Ind		6	1	1	-1.15	4.46	3.31	19.41	-0.35
49	Lafayette	Ind		5	3	1	4.72	-1.48	3.24	37.08	5.15
50	Colgate	Ind		4	2	3	-3.03	5.97	2.93	18.88	-3.41
51	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	4	0	-0.35	3.04	2.69	23.03	-0.51
52	Iowa State	MVIAA		4	3	1	-1.31	3.95	2.64	19.91	-0.86
53	Virginia	Southern		5	4	0	2.15	0.21	2.36	25.37	2.57
54	Columbia	Ind		5	2	2	-0.56	2.85	2.30	21.26	1.39
55	Virginia Tech	Southern		5	4	0	-0.46	2.63	2.17	21.84	-0.77
56	Oklahoma	MVIAA		3	3	2	3.26	-1.14	2.12	24.74	4.78
57	Harvard	Ind		4	4	0	0.71	0.88	1.59	23.05	0.07
58	Washington & Lee	Southern		4	4	1	-1.19	2.76	1.57	21.87	-1.94
59	Duke	Ind		4	5	0	3.95	-2.53	1.42	32.58	4.95
60	Syracuse	Ind		5	3	2	-0.97	2.28	1.31	19.90	-0.74
				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
61	Oklahoma State	MVIAA		4	4	0	3.48	-2.96	0.52	24.58	6.22
62	Ole Miss	Southern		5	3	1	0.60	-0.28	0.33	27.03	2.52
63	Texas Christian	SWC		4	3	2	-4.02	4.23	0.21	16.89	-2.25
64	Idaho	PCC		4	1	3	-2.02	2.12	0.10	22.43	1.59
65	Washington State	PCC		3	3	2	-3.27	3.29	0.02	22.85	-0.81
66	Utah	RMC		3	3	1	-3.01	2.75	-0.26	20.74	-2.04
67	Mississippi State	Southern		5	3	0	-1.35	1.03	-0.32	19.46	0.49
68	LSU	Southern		4	4	1	-2.04	1.54	-0.50	25.01	0.67
69	North Carolina	Southern		4	6	0	-1.78	1.07	-0.71	19.35	-0.81
70	West Virginia	Ind		2	4	3	-1.77	0.93	-0.84	20.32	-1.10
71	Cornell	Ind		3	3	2	-1.55	0.63	-0.92	24.66	5.98
72	Kansas State	MVIAA		3	5	0	1.25	-2.40	-1.15	23.13	7.35
73	Maryland	Southern		4	7	0	1.02	-2.44	-1.41	28.31	3.48
74	Brown	Ind		3	6	1	-1.76	0.26	-1.50	19.41	2.16
75	Utah State	RMC		3	4	1	-2.12	0.11	-2.01	23.33	1.08
76	Clemson	Southern		5	3	1	-4.76	2.56	-2.20	14.87	2.20
77	Tulane	Southern		2	5	1	-2.84	0.43	-2.42	21.09	1.58
78	Wyoming	RMC		4	5	0	-0.90	-1.80	-2.70	20.61	6.19
79	Washington (MO)	MVIAA		5	2	2	-4.70	1.92	-2.78	14.70	2.97
80	Drake	MVIAA		3	6	0	-0.66	-2.26	-2.91	20.58	5.64
				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	Oregon	PCC		2	4	1	-5.24	2.17	-3.08	16.99	-0.21
82	Michigan State	Ind		4	5	0	-0.91	-2.68	-3.59	19.83	6.33
83	Kansas	MVIAA		3	4	1	0.39	-4.44	-4.05	21.61	8.16
84	Montana State	RMC		4	4	0	-2.93	-1.21	-4.14	18.30	3.04
85	Kentucky	Southern		3	6	1	-2.40	-2.84	-5.23	22.52	5.30
86	Sewanee	Southern		2	6	0	-1.00	-4.81	-5.81	21.46	5.05
87	Davidson	Ind		4	4	1	-4.97	-2.18	-7.14	16.08	7.73
88	Colorado	RMC		4	5	0	-0.97	-6.55	-7.51	22.16	12.32
89	Auburn	Southern		0	7	2	-7.01	-2.45	-9.47	15.03	4.79
90	Montana	PCC		3	4	1	-5.92	-4.11	-10.03	15.10	10.14
91	South Carolina	Southern		4	5	0	-5.89	-4.16	-10.05	15.17	10.23
92	Baylor	SWC		2	7	0	-5.71	-5.39	-11.10	14.87	8.39
93	Rice	SWC		2	6	1	-7.40	-6.88	-14.28	12.78	10.50
94	Wake Forest	Ind		2	6	2	-7.33	-7.74	-15.07	12.24	15.95
95	Grinnell	MVIAA		0	7	1	-8.43	-6.99	-15.42	13.58	15.03
96	BYU	RMC		2	4	1	-6.85	-9.10	-15.95	17.72	12.31
97	Colorado Mines	RMC		2	5	0	0.71	-17.44	-16.73	24.88	23.52
98	Northern Colorado	RMC		2	7	0	-11.31	-11.58	-22.89	8.11	17.06
99	Western State	RMC		1	6	0	-14.20	-15.00	-29.20	6.21	27.36

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