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Rutgers Scarlet Knights college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Rutgers are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Rutgers Scarlet Knights teams.

Top 3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Teams

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2006
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1984
3

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Rutgers football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Rutgers football rankings
Massey Howell Sorenson TFS Hatch Loudsound Jellyjuke Squaregear Entropy CPI Moore Bihl Sagedrive Congrove M Cubed
Season Overall Rating Record Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating
2021 0.385 9 - 4 76 6.68 85 0.48 62 902 74 136.15 82 0.37 85 33.49 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 86 69.77 80 -2.33 N/A N/A 91 68.40 88 -1.34
2020 0.439 3 - 6 61 6.81 89 0.35 81 5372 N/A N/A 91 0.37 N/A N/A 98 -0.57 95 0.44 105 39.25 99 0.00 91 61.83 81 -1.60 N/A N/A 80 62.31 105 -2.16
2019 0.328 2 - 10 119 1.03 121 0.28 116 15167 118 121.39 122 0.15 110 27.64 115 -0.99 119 0.42 123 24.40 122 0.00 116 50.56 115 -11.50 119 0.24 121 9.10 107 -2.17
2018 0.298 1 - 11 106 1.21 126 0.25 116 7795 115 121.33 118 0.09 123 19.19 125 -1.45 125 0.38 119 27.32 128 0.00 105 55.01 121 -15.06 124 0.13 126 5.21 117 -3.02
2017 0.410 4 - 8 81 1.40 96 0.42 80 15505 81 128.81 93 0.31 97 32.29 97 -0.50 97 0.47 97 36.69 102 0.01 90 58.72 81 -2.92 96 0.38 107 18.48 96 -1.67
2016 0.351 2 - 10 109 1.16 119 0.33 109 12940 111 121.42 108 0.22 109 26.49 119 -1.21 115 0.42 103 57.79 122 0.00 111 50.06 114 -12.07 117 0.23 125 8.51 115 -2.68
2015 0.440 4 - 8 83 1.44 93 0.43 82 17245 82 130.80 89 0.33 83 34.37 89 -0.53 91 0.46 87 60.92 95 0.01 92 57.96 88 -5.25 91 0.36 92 43.31 82 -1.45
2014 0.561 8 - 5 42 1.77 51 0.61 38 22671 43 140.14 40 0.54 38 46.78 38 0.50 36 0.56 60 67.57 38 0.05 50 68.81 37 5.91 37 0.66 49 43.48 41 0.24
2013 0.431 6 - 7 84 1.32 85 0.45 83 12844 87 124.02 89 0.31 80 34.69 85 -0.38 84 0.48 85 56.85 82 0.01 85 59.27 87 -4.92 83 0.43 78 29.60 77 -0.73
2012 0.537 9 - 4 51 1.73 39 0.66 48 23938 41 92.75 43 0.53 49 44.62 42 0.41 40 0.55 59 72.46 36 0.05 57 66.94 48 4.24 39 0.65 33 50.18 35 0.29
2011 0.549 9 - 4 35 1.78 32 0.66 35 25501 39 91.27 31 0.59 35 46.36 36 0.45 31 0.57 38 73.93 31 0.05 47 68.68 35 4.72 32 0.68 34 48.94 40 0.46
2010 0.371 4 - 8 90 1.33 91 0.41 95 13090 94 71.24 88 0.30 100 26.14 93 -0.71 90 0.45 88 64.80 92 0.01 88 55.83 91 -7.89 91 0.33 91 20.27 100 -1.34
2009 0.555 9 - 4 40 1.84 37 0.68 40 23869 46 87.68 38 0.56 32 47.10 36 0.48 33 0.56 47 76.41 24 0.06 27 75.35 42 5.09 33 0.67 29 51.36 36 0.56
2008 0.551 8 - 5 30 1.95 37 0.64 41 28273 41 95.07 38 0.55 39 44.38 39 0.39 39 0.55 41 76.73 40 0.04 18 79.66 45 4.02 40 0.63 35 46.75 36 0.45
2007 0.532 8 - 5 38 1.78 44 0.62 47 23489 44 88.66 45 0.52 42 43.41 42 0.36 44 0.54 43 78.21 40 0.04 37 72.88 43 4.33 42 0.62 37 46.14 47 0.41
2006 0.671 11 - 2 15 2.12 9 0.82 12 30708 11 101.69 11 0.72 11 56.72 11 1.29 10 0.63 11 86.70 10 0.12 16 80.25 11 14.58 11 0.86 12 66.40 11 1.49
2005 0.480 7 - 5 63 1.59 59 0.54 54 24687 61 89.76 62 0.44 56 38.30 64 -0.01 64 0.51 62 67.34 53 0.02 61 65.53 52 1.89 58 0.53 52 38.46 68 -0.16
2004 0.393 4 - 7 79 1.28 92 0.39 81 19507 83 83.28 81 0.32 90 28.55 79 -0.35 89 0.45 82 62.87 82 0.01 91 55.28 80 -4.34 88 0.34 88 21.58 79 -0.60
2003 0.423 5 - 7 69 1.46 76 0.45 72 20471 74 82.10 75 0.37 76 34.21 77 -0.30 82 0.47 81 63.57 78 0.01 61 60.34 71 -1.96 81 0.41 74 27.12 71 -0.18
2002 0.277 1 - 11 110 0.83 113 0.23 110 9162 108 95.74 110 0.09 111 19.48 109 -1.42 113 0.37 113 47.61 114 0.00 100 46.51 112 -17.24 114 0.09 114 4.70 109 -2.06
2001 0.284 2 - 9 105 0.94 109 0.20 104 13439 104 96.19 106 0.10 103 20.25 107 -1.31 104 0.38 106 43.47 106 0.00 108 39.85 105 -15.93 105 0.15 105 8.74 104 -3.34
2000 0.361 3 - 8 95 1.03 95 0.33 87 17951 86 104.16 90 0.25 80 30.31 93 -0.87 82 0.44 93 56.61 86 0.00 95 46.00 92 -9.49 86 0.31 97 13.88 83 -0.77
1999 0.283 1 - 10 106 1.03 107 0.25 105 12188 104 83.80 108 0.07 110 16.86 107 -1.34 108 0.38 104 49.01 108 0.00 100 45.00 103 -13.15 108 0.12 110 5.32 108 -2.10
1998 0.405 5 - 6 72 1.41 74 0.40 75 72 68 95.50 76 0.32 66 34.17 69 -0.29 66 0.48 71 63.60 69 0.01 92 50.00 63 -2.17 65 0.43 76 28.17 62 -0.09
1997 0.182 0 - 11 108 0.69 112 0.10 109 -15613 111 71.82 112 -0.10 112 8.23 111 -1.95 112 0.31 110 38.38 112 0.00 98 45.00 111 -22.90 112 -0.05 111 0.00 111 -3.24
1996 0.320 2 - 9 89 1.21 99 0.30 90 -2553 91 87.58 95 0.22 94 25.72 99 -1.09 95 0.42 91 55.57 99 0.00 95 47.00 97 -11.71 96 0.24 103 11.54 86 -0.98
1995 0.388 4 - 7 66 1.52 73 0.41 69 -810 70 92.92 78 0.30 77 27.92 76 -0.64 81 0.44 73 62.39 76 0.00 77 56.00 69 -4.87 77 0.33 69 32.29 73 -0.76
1994 0.452 5 - 5 - 1 67 1.48 54 0.54 55 387 57 99.19 55 0.44 52 37.86 54 0.01 52 0.50 46 71.76 54 0.02 67 61.00 56 -0.52 54 0.51 47 24.96 49 0.21
1993 0.401 4 - 7 73 1.27 65 0.47 71 241 71 95.35 64 0.37 65 33.70 73 -0.44 69 0.48 72 60.98 67 0.01 67 59.00 76 -5.62 69 0.41 55 17.88 61 -0.32
1992 0.497 7 - 4 48 1.59 40 0.56 52 3697 48 101.18 47 0.47 36 40.97 45 0.10 44 0.51 59 74.38 43 0.02 47 66.00 46 0.49 40 0.56 N/A N/A 54 -0.07
1991 0.464 6 - 5 65 1.40 56 0.51 53 2853 55 99.64 53 0.44 59 36.77 52 -0.07 54 0.50 57 70.78 48 0.02 64 60.00 55 -0.76 N/A N/A N/A N/A 55 -0.09
1990 0.337 3 - 8 86 1.11 92 0.32 87 -7795 91 85.92 90 0.21 94 22.03 92 -1.02 92 0.41 85 55.29 93 0.00 90 51.00 90 -11.17 N/A N/A N/A N/A 93 -1.96
1989 0.343 2 - 7 - 2 78 1.08 84 0.33 84 -7223 84 87.32 93 0.17 88 23.36 88 -0.93 90 0.41 81 53.81 89 0.00 73 57.00 89 -10.94 N/A N/A N/A N/A 85 -1.17
1988 0.465 5 - 6 47 1.61 54 0.52 54 -491 56 99.63 57 0.42 60 37.07 67 -0.33 65 0.48 50 75.13 64 0.01 51 65.00 57 -0.79 N/A N/A N/A N/A 74 -0.61
1987 0.493 6 - 5 49 1.56 48 0.54 37 2672 42 104.11 40 0.49 38 40.99 40 0.19 41 0.52 46 74.25 44 0.02 63 60.00 38 3.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A 42 0.17
1986 0.496 5 - 5 - 1 45 1.59 43 0.58 43 2453 40 104.80 45 0.48 53 38.87 49 0.11 42 0.52 38 75.64 48 0.02 51 64.00 45 2.07 N/A N/A N/A N/A 53 -0.04
1985 0.369 2 - 8 - 1 69 1.22 82 0.41 92 -7918 79 90.95 85 0.24 88 27.05 103 -1.14 86 0.43 70 68.23 101 0.00 80 55.00 94 -10.20 N/A N/A N/A N/A 95 -1.81
1984 0.584 7 - 3 28 1.82 34 0.66 16 8221 12 117.13 21 0.63 21 48.24 21 0.69 19 0.58 16 84.73 17 0.07 42 67.00 19 9.28 N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 0.84
1983 0.354 3 - 8 89 1.09 93 0.35 92 -7415 89 91.67 86 0.28 96 24.16 104 -1.25 92 0.42 92 62.12 91 0.00 76 57.00 103 -12.94 N/A N/A N/A N/A 99 -2.10
1982 0.439 5 - 6 70 1.39 71 0.47 67 -2046 60 99.53 67 0.38 63 35.87 77 -0.37 62 0.49 53 73.49 64 0.01 75 55.00 69 -2.70 N/A N/A N/A N/A 62 -0.26
1981 0.464 5 - 6 68 1.33 85 0.50 65 821 65 101.76 67 0.44 75 35.86 73 -0.02 67 0.50 68 74.93 73 0.02 68 59.00 64 1.08 N/A N/A N/A N/A 67 -0.04
1980 0.502 7 - 4 59 1.45 49 0.61 60 1816 47 106.76 51 0.49 49 41.00 48 0.31 47 0.53 65 68.54 51 0.03 34 67.00 59 1.63 N/A N/A N/A N/A 62 -0.01
1979 0.545 8 - 3 43 1.58 40 0.67 54 3586 52 107.58 47 0.52 N/A N/A 32 0.60 32 0.56 50 72.26 28 0.06 42 66.00 44 4.16 N/A N/A N/A N/A 31 0.75
1978 0.545 9 - 3 50 1.49 34 0.67 35 5537 49 106.37 50 0.50 30 47.26 36 0.62 28 0.57 45 74.82 9 0.08 57 62.00 42 4.88 N/A N/A N/A N/A 42 0.47
1977 0.510 8 - 3 57 1.45 52 0.62 60 2480 59 105.61 63 0.47 47 43.28 53 0.25 44 0.55 51 70.94 24 0.07 61 62.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 43 0.48
1976 0.601 11 - 0 27 1.66 18 0.76 28 6355 28 113.18 27 0.62 8 54.92 12 1.21 11 0.61 26 78.40 10 0.10 35 68.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 1.28
1975 0.532 9 - 2 64 1.29 36 0.68 32 6124 51 105.52 60 0.48 36 45.45 27 0.80 40 0.55 41 71.97 23 0.06 49 66.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 57 0.27
1974 0.432 7 - 3 - 1 95 0.93 64 0.55 98 -5932 101 88.98 79 0.36 55 39.99 64 0.09 64 0.51 94 55.97 39 0.04 77 58.00 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 85 -0.70
1973 0.375 6 - 5 99 0.82 84 0.46 96 -6743 97 90.13 101 0.23 86 31.19 78 -0.31 90 0.45 86 54.98 65 0.01 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 119 -5.70
1972 0.411 7 - 4 94 0.92 70 0.50 100 -7967 88 94.79 74 0.37 62 37.65 94 -0.51 61 0.51 89 55.87 36 0.04 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 103 -1.56
1971 0.334 4 - 7 116 0.56 113 0.32 110 -8286 120 78.75 113 0.18 105 25.34 54 0.09 107 0.42 105 50.64 85 0.01 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 125 -42.13
1970 0.328 5 - 5 108 0.60 101 0.37 116 -16285 112 80.66 102 0.22 82 32.19 86 -0.51 89 0.44 104 43.42 75 0.01 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 117 -7.57

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