1936 School Ratings

National Champion: Minnesota (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Larry Kelley (Yale)

AP First #1: Minnesota ▪ AP Final #1: Minnesota

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.

131 Schools

			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Minnesota	Western	12.65	11.96	24.61	32.29	-4.30
2	Pittsburgh	Ind	12.26	10.84	23.10	30.72	-3.40
3	Louisiana State	SEC	10.85	9.02	19.87	33.13	-1.44
4	Nebraska	Big 6	10.68	9.14	19.82	26.54	-1.41
5	Duke	Southern	8.82	9.90	18.72	24.94	-2.50
6	Ohio State	Western	5.82	10.64	16.47	26.92	-4.34
7	Alabama	SEC	7.73	8.70	16.43	22.86	-1.31
8	Washington	PCC	6.70	9.50	16.19	21.56	-1.25
9	Notre Dame	Ind	7.67	8.43	16.10	22.45	-2.21
10	Santa Clara	Ind	6.02	8.53	14.55	18.40	-0.05
11	Texas Christian	SWC	5.03	8.70	13.73	18.35	-0.49
12	Northwestern	Western	8.90	4.68	13.58	22.98	2.49
13	Marquette	Ind	6.86	6.65	13.50	20.70	2.41
14	Southern California	PCC	6.79	6.46	13.26	21.36	2.52
15	Arkansas	SWC	8.51	4.47	12.98	24.41	2.35
16	Pennsylvania	Ind	6.00	6.90	12.90	23.77	0.78
17	Yale	Ind	7.12	5.76	12.88	19.65	-0.44
18	Duquesne	Ind	3.70	9.16	12.85	16.43	-1.93
19	Dartmouth	Ind	6.54	6.22	12.76	27.91	0.98
20	Tennessee	SEC	4.51	8.02	12.53	19.24	-0.69
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Fordham	Ind	3.01	8.81	11.82	18.11	-2.43
22	Auburn	SEC	3.27	8.42	11.69	19.17	-0.67
23	Mississippi State	SEC	4.92	6.67	11.59	22.65	1.19
24	Army	Ind	7.65	3.61	11.25	26.66	3.83
25	North Carolina	Southern	8.53	2.37	10.90	22.88	6.29
26	Purdue	Western	8.36	2.34	10.70	24.01	6.66
27	Princeton	Ind	7.69	2.83	10.52	21.40	2.47
28	Utah State	RMC	0.55	9.75	10.30	11.07	1.34
29	Navy	Ind	3.81	5.83	9.64	17.31	1.26
30	Georgia Tech	SEC	7.97	1.43	9.39	27.02	5.21
31	Texas A&M	SWC	3.47	5.74	9.21	16.33	2.83
32	Tulane	SEC	6.36	2.77	9.14	19.79	5.28
33	Michigan State	Ind	3.18	5.92	9.11	17.67	2.67
34	Indiana	Western	4.82	4.00	8.81	18.85	2.66
35	Washington State	PCC	4.16	4.31	8.47	15.55	6.75
36	George Washington	Ind	2.84	5.54	8.38	18.11	3.32
37	California	PCC	2.52	5.80	8.32	16.31	2.11
38	Utah	RMC	5.41	2.72	8.13	17.72	7.84
39	Detroit Mercy	Ind	5.41	2.65	8.06	19.74	6.31
40	Saint Mary's (CA)	Ind	4.43	3.15	7.58	18.01	6.33
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	UCLA	PCC	4.36	3.11	7.47	16.91	6.10
42	Villanova	Ind	1.39	5.70	7.09	13.29	2.97
43	Tulsa	MVC	2.71	4.18	6.89	17.85	4.34
44	Georgia	SEC	4.74	2.04	6.78	19.02	8.94
45	Colgate	Ind	3.89	2.82	6.71	21.93	5.17
46	Colorado	RMC	4.57	2.13	6.70	16.67	6.88
47	New York University	Ind	4.43	1.89	6.32	20.41	9.18
48	Kentucky	SEC	2.39	3.90	6.29	18.78	5.14
49	Davidson	Southern	5.79	0.37	6.16	18.71	7.85
50	Arizona	BIAA	2.02	3.97	6.00	17.76	5.95
51	Columbia	Ind	3.52	2.47	5.99	20.02	3.70
52	Rice	SWC	2.16	3.83	5.99	15.99	2.85
53	Georgetown	Ind	1.23	4.63	5.86	16.31	4.86
54	Kansas State	Big 6	2.90	2.86	5.76	17.44	7.29
55	Mississippi	SEC	1.60	4.12	5.72	16.54	3.88
56	Iowa	Western	1.44	4.24	5.68	14.46	7.26
57	Denver	RMC	4.68	0.91	5.59	15.11	9.38
58	Southern Methodist	SWC	-0.21	5.66	5.45	16.68	2.51
59	Missouri	Big 6	1.83	3.39	5.22	13.71	5.31
60	Manhattan	Ind	4.27	0.87	5.14	16.22	7.75
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Holy Cross	Ind	0.29	4.60	4.89	14.30	2.48
62	Oklahoma	Big 6	-0.21	4.92	4.71	12.51	3.59
63	Stanford	PCC	2.91	1.77	4.68	16.13	6.22
64	Texas	SWC	3.26	1.40	4.66	17.38	4.93
65	Carnegie Mellon	Ind	1.12	3.51	4.62	15.02	2.96
66	Harvard	Ind	4.97	-0.55	4.42	24.46	8.34
67	Baylor	SWC	2.05	2.30	4.35	15.66	6.37
68	Temple	Ind	-0.29	4.21	3.91	12.71	4.76
69	Oregon State	PCC	4.48	-0.79	3.70	16.92	10.15
70	Clemson	Southern	1.02	2.45	3.47	13.34	5.72
71	Wake Forest	Southern	0.73	2.23	2.96	13.92	6.27
72	Montana	PCC	1.34	0.96	2.29	13.55	10.62
73	Illinois	Western	-1.02	3.23	2.21	10.52	4.12
74	Furman	Southern	1.55	0.54	2.09	13.49	9.27
75	Vanderbilt	SEC	-0.96	2.16	1.20	13.75	4.46
76	Centenary (LA)	Ind	-1.07	2.05	0.99	10.35	6.88
77	Penn State	Ind	0.58	-0.33	0.25	15.92	7.04
78	Loyola Marymount	Ind	1.20	-0.96	0.24	10.42	10.51
79	Miami (FL)	Ind	-2.62	2.76	0.15	9.48	6.12
80	Michigan	Western	-0.08	0.17	0.08	14.83	5.55
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Cornell	Ind	2.76	-2.82	-0.06	23.59	9.97
82	Drake	MVC	4.95	-5.37	-0.41	20.30	15.38
83	Gonzaga	Ind	-0.80	0.29	-0.51	9.46	9.85
84	Iowa State	Big 6	-1.31	0.78	-0.54	11.94	11.12
85	Wisconsin	Western	3.00	-3.80	-0.80	15.04	10.84
86	West Virginia	Ind	0.54	-1.98	-1.43	11.08	11.69
87	Maryland	Southern	-3.15	1.34	-1.81	8.09	7.30
88	Oregon	PCC	-4.87	3.03	-1.83	7.63	6.48
89	North Carolina State	Southern	-4.07	2.15	-1.92	7.82	6.23
90	Florida	SEC	-0.38	-1.78	-2.16	11.12	9.20
91	Washington (MO)	MVC	0.26	-2.49	-2.22	14.56	11.45
92	Brigham Young	RMC	1.60	-3.87	-2.27	13.63	15.42
93	Creighton	MVC	-1.89	-0.55	-2.44	9.26	9.36
94	San Francisco	Ind	-1.22	-1.22	-2.44	8.93	11.29
95	Bucknell	Ind	-3.59	1.05	-2.53	7.74	7.93
96	Colorado State	RMC	-3.02	0.30	-2.72	7.69	10.43
97	Saint Louis	Ind	0.62	-3.60	-2.98	11.29	13.48
98	Texas Tech	BIAA	-2.64	-0.36	-3.00	7.93	10.04
99	South Carolina	Southern	-3.26	-1.28	-4.54	9.89	11.02
100	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	-1.03	-4.01	-5.04	10.71	16.50
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Colorado College	RMC	-8.80	3.15	-5.65	2.23	7.31
102	Idaho	PCC	-2.37	-3.49	-5.86	7.69	12.73
103	New Mexico State	BIAA	-0.57	-5.52	-6.09	16.78	15.80
104	Citadel	Southern	-3.82	-2.43	-6.25	10.01	12.31
105	Washington & Lee	Southern	-1.20	-5.27	-6.47	11.16	18.48
106	Chicago	Western	-2.29	-4.19	-6.48	11.33	16.67
107	Northern Colorado	RMC	-3.26	-4.09	-7.35	5.86	15.77
108	Mercer	Ind	-5.95	-1.57	-7.53	5.49	11.22
109	Kansas	Big 6	-3.42	-4.56	-7.98	8.97	15.42
110	Loyola (LA)	Ind	-4.66	-3.35	-8.01	6.96	16.00
111	Wyoming	RMC	-3.01	-5.33	-8.34	8.37	20.61
112	Montana State	RMC	-3.29	-6.51	-9.80	5.75	17.59
113	Virginia Tech	Southern	-6.75	-3.29	-10.04	3.59	13.87
114	Brown	Ind	-3.61	-6.81	-10.42	8.50	18.71
115	Syracuse	Ind	-6.92	-4.14	-11.06	7.03	10.51
116	Texas-El Paso	BIAA	-7.09	-4.15	-11.24	2.13	14.36
117	Presbyterian	Ind	-5.93	-5.44	-11.36	6.31	18.26
118	Erskine	Ind	-7.23	-4.44	-11.67	2.49	15.45
119	Richmond	Southern	-10.11	-2.80	-12.90	-0.96	12.98
120	Arizona State	BIAA	-6.48	-6.52	-13.00	3.33	16.54
			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Colorado Mines	RMC	-4.38	-9.09	-13.47	7.62	21.52
122	Virginia	Southern	-4.54	-9.02	-13.56	7.22	24.28
123	New Mexico	BIAA	-7.34	-6.23	-13.57	2.76	14.15
124	Oklahoma State	MVC	-6.20	-7.91	-14.11	5.89	19.25
125	Western State	RMC	-8.39	-5.90	-14.29	2.02	16.20
126	Washburn	MVC	-8.05	-6.89	-14.94	2.45	19.13
127	Sewanee	SEC	-8.40	-6.63	-15.04	4.35	28.69
128	William & Mary	Southern	-11.16	-5.78	-16.94	0.04	15.97
129	Northern Arizona	BIAA	-9.75	-7.25	-17.00	0.76	19.77
130	Grinnell	MVC	-9.63	-8.73	-18.36	-0.88	18.28
131	Wofford	Ind	-8.94	-12.11	-21.04	2.63	25.76

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