1922 College Football Final Rankings

With multiple undefeated teams and no clear way to determine a national champion - okay, not even polls, which aren't exactly clear themselves - 1922 is a season for which there is very little agreement about who had the best season. Our analysis agrees with the National Championship Foundation which retroactively declared the California Golden Bears national champion. Other polls have retroactively picked Cornell (our #2) Drake (our #18) and Princeton (our #10).

1. California Golden Bears (9-0) - 1.0
2. Cornell Big Red (8-0) - 2.3
3. Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-1) - 3.8
4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-1-1) - 4.6
5. Vanderbilt Commodores (8-0-1) - 5.2
6. Army Black Knights (8-0-2) - 6.7
7. Centre Colonels (8-2) - 7.2
8. Virginia Tech Hokies (8-1-1) - 9.0
9. West Virginia Mountaineers (10-0-1) - 10.6
10. Princeton Tigers (8-0) - 10.8
11. Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0) - 11.6
(tie) Michigan Wolverines (6-0-1) - 11.6
13. Yale Bulldogs (6-3-1) - 13.0
14. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 13.7
15. Auburn Tigers (8-2) - 14.5
16. VMI Keydets (7-2) - 14.8
17. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-2) - 17.4
18. Drake Bulldogs (7-0) - 17.5
19. USC Trojans (10-1) - 19.1
20. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-1) - 20.2
21. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-2) - 21.3
(tie) Syracuse Orange (6-1-2) - 21.3
23. Tennessee Volunteers (8-2) - 21.4
24. Florida Gators (7-2) - 23.3
25. Navy Midshipmen (5-2) - 25.0
26. Colorado State Rams (5-2-1) - 27.5
27. Texas Longhorns (7-2) - 28.4
28. Chicago Maroons (5-1-1) - 28.9
29. Pennsylvania Relays (6-3) - 29.0
30. Colgate Raiders (6-3) - 29.7
31. Penn State Nittany Lions (6-4-1) - 31.1
32. Georgia Bulldogs (5-4-1) - 32.3
33. Lafayette Leopards (7-2) - 32.9
34. Kentucky Wildcats (6-3) - 35.6
35. Kansas Jayhawks (3-4-1) - 36.6
36. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-3-1) - 38.0
37. Furman Paladins (8-3) - 38.6
38. Virginia Cavaliers (4-4-1) - 38.7
39. Wisconsin Badgers (4-2-1) - 39.3
40. Utah Utes (7-1) - 39.7
41. Brown Bears (6-2-1) - 40.6
42. Richmond Spiders (6-2-1) - 41.2
43. South Carolina Gamecocks (5-4) - 42.3
44. Colorado Mines Orediggers (4-2-1) - 43.4
45. Presbyterian Blue Hose (6-2-1) - 44.6
(tie) William & Mary Tribe (6-3) - 44.6
47. Kansas State Wildcats (5-1-2) - 47.3
48. Clemson Tigers (5-4) - 47.5
49. Carnegie Mellon Tartans (5-3-1) - 48.9
50. Washington & Lee Generals (5-3-1) - 50.7
51. Washington Huskies (6-1-1) - 50.9
52. Denver Pioneers (6-1-1) - 52.3
53. Duke Blue Devils (7-2-1) - 53.0
54. Sewanee Tigers (3-4-1) - 53.1
55. Washington & Jefferson Presidents (6-3-1) - 55.0
56. Missouri Tigers (5-3) - 55.6
57. Northwestern Wildcats (3-3-1) - 56.1
58. Dartmouth Big Green (6-3) - 56.8
59. Colorado College Tigers (3-3-1) - 58.7
60. Colorado Buffaloes (4-4) - 60.5
61. Minnesota Golden Gophers (3-3-1) - 61.0
62. Oregon Ducks (6-1-1) - 62.9
63. Tulane Green Wave (4-4) - 63.5
64. Baylor Bears (8-3) - 64.2
65. NC State Wolfpack (4-6) - 64.6
66. Idaho Vandals (3-5) - 64.8
67. Maryland Terrapins (4-5-1) - 66.6
68. Illinois Fighting Illini (2-5) - 67.8
69. Oklahoma Sooners (2-3-3) - 69.1
70. Ohio State Buckeyes (3-4) - 69.9
71. Utah State Aggies (5-4) - 70.0
72. SMU Mustangs (6-3-1) - 71.0
73. Davidson Wildcats (2-6-2) - 71.8
74. Washington State Cougars (2-5) - 74.8
75. Mississippi College Choctaws (6-3) - 75.5
76. Texas A&M Aggies (5-4) - 76.9
77. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (6-2-1) - 77.7
78. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-4-1) - 79.5
79. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-4) - 80.2
80. Oregon State Beavers (3-4) - 80.9
81. Spring Hill Badgers (4-4) - 81.3
82. Gonzaga Bulldogs (5-3) - 82.2
83. Arkansas Razorbacks (4-5) - 83.3
84. Lehigh Mountain Hawks (3-5-1) - 83.9
85. Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-4-2) - 85.0
86. Citadel Bulldogs (3-5) - 86.3
87. Rice Owls (4-4) - 87.1
88. Ole Miss Rebels (4-5-1) - 88.7
89. Purdue Boilermakers (1-5-1) - 88.9
90. Birmingham-Southern Panthers (2-6-1) - 90.0
91. Stanford Cardinal (4-5) - 90.8
92. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (3-5-2) - 91.1
93. Columbia Lions (5-4) - 91.4
94. Fort Benning Doughboys (5-5) - 91.9
95. Mercer Bears (5-6) - 95.5
96. Grinnell Pioneers (3-5) - 96.1
97. Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels (1-9) - 96.7
98. Newberry Wolves (2-5) - 97.7
99. Indiana Hoosiers (1-4-2) - 99.0
100. Iowa State Cyclones (2-6) - 99.9
101. LSU Tigers (3-7) - 101.1
(tie) Washington (MO) Bears (1-5-1) - 101.1
103. BYU Cougars (1-5) - 104.5
104. Hampden-Sydney Tigers (1-8) - 104.6
(tie) Wyoming Cowboys (1-8) - 104.6
106. Samford Bulldogs (2-6-2) - 106.1
107. TCU Horned Frogs (2-5-3) - 107.9
108. Wofford Terriers (2-7) - 108.5
109. Erskine Flying Fleet (0-8) - 109.5

Special thanks to James Howell's College Football Scores, which provided the data for our analysis.