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Final Billingsley Rankings
*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games
1926
Season
| Date | CS | AP | RB | Team | W | L | T | Rating | Schedule | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2nd | 1 |
Alabama
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 291.430 | 9 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 2 |
Michigan
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 276.640 | 1 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 3 |
Notre Dame
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 275.800 | 3 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 4 |
Utah
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 265.090 | 54 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 5 |
Navy
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 263.930 | 16 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 6 |
Stanford
|
10 | 0 | 1 | 261.740 | 48 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 7 |
SMU
|
8 | 0 | 1 | 255.370 | 22 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 8 |
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 254.580 | 21 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 9 |
Army
|
7 | 1 | 1 | 254.500 | 23 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 10 |
Pennsylvania
|
7 | 1 | 1 | 254.450 | 27 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 11 |
Illinois
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 253.410 | 11 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 12 |
Wisconsin
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 251.450 | 17 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 13 |
Minnesota
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 249.000 | 8 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 14 |
Utah State
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 247.540 | 36 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 15 |
Brown
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 246.840 | 64 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 16 |
Washington
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 246.170 | 65 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 17 |
Missouri
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 246.090 | 7 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 18 |
Nebraska
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 245.000 | 25 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 19 |
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 242.290 | 18 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 20 |
Southern Cal
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 238.690 | 34 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 21 |
Northwestern
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 235.380 | 33 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 22 |
Tennessee
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 234.000 | 68 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 23 |
Colorado State
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 233.580 | 50 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 24 |
Princeton
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 227.290 | 88 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 25 |
Cornell
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 225.880 | 78 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 26 |
Oklahoma
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 224.480 | 40 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 27 |
Oregon State
|
7 | 1 | 0 | 224.320 | 83 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 28 |
Georgia Tech
|
4 | 5 | 0 | 224.230 | 2 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 29 |
TCU
|
6 | 1 | 2 | 224.190 | 79 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 30 |
Georgia
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 223.520 | 4 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 31 |
Iowa
|
3 | 5 | 0 | 220.820 | 15 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 32 |
Pittsburgh
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 220.030 | 73 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 33 |
Furman
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 218.910 | 86 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 34 |
Colgate
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 217.770 | 57 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 35 |
Dartmouth
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 217.640 | 63 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 36 |
Virginia
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 216.480 | 61 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 37 |
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 216.210 | 26 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 38 |
Chicago
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 215.520 | 5 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 39 |
Yale
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 215.380 | 24 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 40 |
Colorado College
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 215.360 | 46 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 41 |
Syracuse
|
7 | 2 | 1 | 214.810 | 62 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 42 |
Penn State
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 214.570 | 35 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 43 |
Kansas State
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 214.400 | 42 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 44 |
Texas
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 212.070 | 43 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 45 |
Grinnell
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 210.040 | 91 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 46 |
Wash. & Jeff.
|
7 | 1 | 1 | 209.850 | 93 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 47 |
LSU
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 209.510 | 28 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 48 |
Washington State
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 208.870 | 75 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 49 |
Columbia
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 208.860 | 60 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 50 |
Maryland
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 208.290 | 20 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 51 |
Purdue
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 207.360 | 41 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 52 |
Texas A&M
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 207.130 | 74 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 53 |
Washington & Lee
|
4 | 3 | 2 | 206.140 | 13 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 54 |
Denver
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 204.290 | 19 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 55 |
Tulane
|
3 | 5 | 1 | 203.680 | 45 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 56 |
Virginia Tech
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 203.620 | 51 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 57 |
Davidson
|
7 | 2 | 1 | 203.600 | 96 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 58 |
Carnegie Tech
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 202.380 | 52 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 59 |
Baylor
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 202.180 | 58 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 60 |
|
3 | 5 | 0 | 201.330 | 12 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 61 |
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 199.220 | 69 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 62 |
|
3 | 5 | 1 | 198.970 | 47 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 63 |
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 198.910 | 6 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 64 |
West Virginia
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 198.150 | 81 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 65 |
Drake
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 196.210 | 14 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 66 |
Mississippi
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 194.830 | 53 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 67 |
South Carolina
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 193.790 | 77 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 68 |
Mississippi State
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 193.660 | 37 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 69 |
Oklahoma State
|
3 | 4 | 1 | 191.760 | 30 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 70 |
VMI
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 191.120 | 59 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 71 |
Montana State
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 190.930 | 92 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 72 |
North Carolina
|
4 | 5 | 0 | 190.460 | 66 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 73 |
Arkansas
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 187.850 | 56 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 74 |
Oregon
|
2 | 4 | 1 | 185.930 | 44 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 75 |
Northern Colorado
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 184.320 | 70 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 76 |
California
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 184.050 | 55 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 77 |
|
2 | 6 | 2 | 183.600 | 31 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 78 |
Arizona
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 182.050 | 95 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 79 |
|
2 | 4 | 2 | 179.710 | 76 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 80 |
Idaho
|
3 | 4 | 1 | 178.820 | 49 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 81 |
Wake Forest
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 177.460 | 84 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 82 |
Tulsa
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 177.430 | 97 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 83 |
Brigham Young
|
1 | 5 | 1 | 177.020 | 39 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 84 |
Sewanee
|
2 | 6 | 0 | 176.700 | 10 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 85 |
Harvard
|
3 | 5 | 0 | 176.140 | 38 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 86 |
Kentucky
|
2 | 6 | 1 | 174.090 | 29 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 87 |
Rice
|
4 | 4 | 1 | 172.670 | 72 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 88 |
New Mexico
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 170.690 | 94 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 89 |
North Carolina St.
|
4 | 6 | 0 | 167.040 | 85 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 90 |
William & Mary
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 166.550 | 89 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 91 |
Colorado Mines
|
1 | 6 | 0 | 161.080 | 67 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 92 |
Western State
|
0 | 8 | 0 | 157.890 | 71 | Rocky Mountain | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 93 |
Montana
|
3 | 5 | 0 | 155.510 | 87 | Pacific Coast | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 94 |
Washington (MO)
|
1 | 7 | 0 | 152.210 | 32 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 95 |
Arizona State
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 147.540 | 104 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 96 |
Michigan State
|
3 | 4 | 1 | 145.150 | 82 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 97 |
Boston College
|
6 | 0 | 2 | 144.630 | 106 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 98 |
Duke
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 142.530 | 90 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 99 |
Texas Tech
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 141.660 | 100 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 100 |
New Mexico State
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 136.490 | 101 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 101 |
Texas-El Paso
|
3 | 4 | 0 | 120.940 | 103 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 102 |
North Texas
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 116.460 | 99 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 103 |
UCLA
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 114.000 | 98 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 104 |
Clemson
|
2 | 7 | 0 | 110.140 | 80 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 105 |
Rutgers
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 65.130 | 102 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 106 |
Memphis
|
1 | 8 | 0 | 26.830 | 105 | Independent |
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