| Rank | Year | Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | EWP | EWPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1917 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 31 | 0.960 | 87.92 |
| 2 | 1917 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 17 | 0.948 | 87.32 |
| 3 | 1917 | Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 25 | 0.938 | 86.82 |
| 4 | 1917 | Ohio St. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 6 | 0.933 | 86.60 |
| 5 | 1917 | Navy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 20 | 0.914 | 85.60 |
| 6 | 1917 | Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 54 | 0.890 | 84.43 |
| 7 | 1917 | Georgetown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 46 | 0.890 | 84.42 |
| 8 | 1917 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 30 | 0.882 | 84.01 |
| 9 | 1917 | Illinois | 4 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 40 | 0.877 | 83.74 |
| 10 | 1917 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0.874 | 83.60 |
| 11 | 1917 | West Virginia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 101 | 30 | 0.869 | 83.34 |
| 12 | 1917 | Washington & Jefferson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 0.826 | 81.19 |
| 13 | 1917 | Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 0.826 | 81.18 |
| 14 | 1917 | Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 33 | 0.825 | 81.16 |
| 15 | 1917 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 61 | 0.825 | 81.12 |
| 16 | 1917 | Lehigh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 58 | 0.816 | 80.68 |
| 17 | 1917 | Chicago | 3 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 51 | 0.814 | 80.57 |
| 18 | 1917 | Texas A&M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0.813 | 80.54 |
| 19 | 1917 | Indiana | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 59 | 0.796 | 79.68 |
| 20 | 1917 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 0.793 | 79.54 |
| 21 | 1917 | Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 28 | 0.766 | 78.16 |
| 22 | 1917 | Rice | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 23 | 0.748 | 77.28 |
| 23 | 1917 | Army | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 7 | 0.748 | 77.28 |
| 24 | 1917 | Davidson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 253 | 116 | 0.740 | 76.86 |
| 25 | 1917 | Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 79 | 0.738 | 76.75 |
| 26 | 1917 | Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 37 | 0.734 | 76.53 |
| 27 | 1917 | Auburn | 4 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 102 | 0.724 | 76.04 |
| 28 | 1917 | Kansas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 44 | 0.723 | 75.99 |
| 29 | 1917 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 69 | 0.716 | 75.63 |
| 30 | 1917 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 102 | 0.690 | 74.35 |
| 31 | 1917 | Penn St. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 54 | 0.678 | 73.72 |
| 32 | 1917 | Colgate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 34 | 0.677 | 73.71 |
| 33 | 1917 | North Carolina St. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 71 | 0.672 | 73.42 |
| 34 | 1917 | TCU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 32 | 0.670 | 73.35 |
| 35 | 1917 | Clemson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 64 | 0.619 | 70.78 |
| 36 | 1917 | Baylor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 41 | 0.572 | 68.41 |
| 37 | 1917 | Kansas St. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 25 | 0.559 | 67.73 |
| 38 | 1917 | Iowa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 95 | 0.544 | 66.98 |
| 39 | 1917 | Iowa St. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 20 | 0.543 | 66.93 |
| 40 | 1917 | Presbyterian | 6 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 40 | 0.539 | 66.76 |
| 41 | 1917 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 1 | 114 | 73 | 0.515 | 65.51 |
| 42 | 1917 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 170 | 0.508 | 65.17 |
| 43 | 1917 | Texas | 3 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 40 | 0.507 | 65.15 |
| 44 | 1917 | Tulane | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 105 | 0.495 | 64.54 |
| 45 | 1917 | Mississippi St. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 27 | 0.487 | 64.13 |
| 46 | 1917 | Mare Island Marines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0.477 | 63.63 |
| 47 | 1917 | SMU | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.473 | 63.40 |
| 48 | 1917 | Sewanee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 23 | 0.465 | 63.00 |
| 49 | 1917 | Cornell | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 99 | 0.460 | 62.77 |
| 50 | 1917 | Alabama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 10 | 0.457 | 62.61 |
| 51 | 1917 | Maryland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 156 | 0.454 | 62.47 |
| 52 | 1917 | Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 0.440 | 61.74 |
| 53 | 1917 | Purdue | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 0.431 | 61.29 |
| 54 | 1917 | Washington St. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 0.427 | 61.11 |
| 55 | 1917 | Oklahoma St. | 2 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 49 | 0.405 | 60.01 |
| 56 | 1917 | Bucknell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 106 | 0.390 | 59.27 |
| 57 | 1917 | VMI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 94 | 0.389 | 59.21 |
| 58 | 1917 | Lafayette | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 138 | 0.376 | 58.56 |
| 59 | 1917 | Furman | 3 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 147 | 0.365 | 58.00 |
| 60 | 1917 | Wofford | 3 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 114 | 0.359 | 57.69 |
| 61 | 1917 | Missouri | 2 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 118 | 0.323 | 55.87 |
| 62 | 1917 | Carlisle | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 0.300 | 54.69 |
| 63 | 1917 | Southwestern (TX) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 135 | 0.298 | 54.62 |
| 64 | 1917 | South Carolina | 3 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 96 | 0.288 | 54.11 |
| 65 | 1917 | Denver | 6 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 32 | 0.277 | 53.55 |
| 66 | 1917 | Citadel | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 61 | 0.276 | 53.51 |
| 67 | 1917 | Erskine | 2 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 71 | 0.272 | 53.31 |
| 68 | 1917 | Kentucky | 1 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 53 | 0.253 | 52.35 |
| 69 | 1917 | Utah St. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 13 | 0.250 | 52.19 |
| 70 | 1917 | Wake Forest | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 208 | 0.235 | 51.43 |
| 71 | 1917 | LSU | 1 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 88 | 0.224 | 50.86 |
| 72 | 1917 | Oregon St. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 33 | 0.204 | 49.90 |
| 73 | 1917 | Florida | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 240 | 0.198 | 49.56 |
| 74 | 1917 | Washington (MO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 80 | 0.195 | 49.41 |
| 75 | 1917 | Oregon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 67 | 0.191 | 49.21 |
| 76 | 1917 | California | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 77 | 0.172 | 48.29 |
| 77 | 1917 | Idaho | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 62 | 0.115 | 45.39 |
| 78 | 1917 | Colorado | 4 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 56 | 0.098 | 44.57 |
| 79 | 1917 | Tulsa | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 160 | 0.092 | 44.23 |
| 80 | 1917 | Drake | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 0.090 | 44.16 |
| 81 | 1917 | Newberry | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 212 | 0.088 | 44.04 |
| 82 | 1917 | Mississippi | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 226 | 0.086 | 43.93 |
| 83 | 1917 | Colorado Mines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 79 | 0.073 | 43.29 |
| 84 | 1917 | Montana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 0.071 | 43.16 |
| 85 | 1917 | Colorado College | 2 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 62 | 0.052 | 42.20 |
| 86 | 1917 | Utah | 2 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 65 | 0.041 | 41.67 |
| 87 | 1917 | Wyoming | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 0.021 | 40.67 |
| 88 | 1917 | Colorado St. | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 128 | 0.017 | 40.44 |