1927 college football season

1927 NCAA football season
Total # of teams	99
Number of bowls	1
Bowl games	January 1, 1928
Champions	Illinois Fighting Illini Georgia Bulldogs Texas A&M Aggies Yale Bulldogs
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1927 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Illinois +	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	1
Minnesota +	3	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	2
Michigan	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Chicago	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Indiana	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Iowa	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

1927 Missouri Valley football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Nebraska	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Iowa State	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Washington (MO)	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Kansas	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	2
Kansas State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Drake	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Grinnell	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

1927 New England Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maine $	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Connecticut	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
New Hampshire	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

1927 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford * +	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
USC +	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Idaho +	2	–	0	–	2			4	–	1	–	3
Washington	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Oregon	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

1927 RMFAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Colorado	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1927 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Mississippi College +	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Centenary +	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Chattanooga +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Furman +	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Stetson	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Georgetown	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	1
Western Kentucky	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Presbyterian	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
Louisville	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Louisiana College	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Loyola	1	–	0	–	1			1	–	0	–	1
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Howard	1	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
Southern	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Millsaps	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wofford	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Mercer	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	3	–	0
Centre	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Erskine	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Rollins	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Union (TN)	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Transylvania	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Newberry	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
Kentucky Wesleyan	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

1927 SCIAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pomona $	6	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
SBUC	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Whittier	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Caltech	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Occidental	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
San Diego State	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Redlands	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
La Verne	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1927 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
NC State +	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Maryland	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Auburn	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions

1927 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas A&M $	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
SMU	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Texas	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
TCU	1	–	2	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Rice	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Baylor	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1927 NCAA football season ended with the Illini of the University of Illinois (7-0-1) being recognized as champion under the Dickinson System. At season's end, the Rissler Cup was awarded to the team that finished first in the "Dickinson ratings", which considered strength of schedule, in that a win, loss or tie against a "strong" opponent was worth more than one against a lesser team, and the results were averaged.

Until the final week, when the team was upset by Georgia Tech, Georgia's "Dream and Wonder team" was ranked #1. Georgia had upset Eastern power Yale 14–10. Though most selectors have either Illinois or Georgia as the 1927 national champion, Dana X. Bible's Texas Aggies were retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, Jeff Sagarin.

In the Rose Bowl, the Pittsburgh Panthers (8-0-1) were invited to play against the Pacific Coast Conference champion. Though USC and Stanford had identical records in conference play, Stanford was given a chance to "avenge" its 7-7 tie against Alabama in the previous years Rose Bowl. Stanford won 7–6. Although an Illinois vs. USC matchup would have been equally plausible for the 1928 Rose Bowl, their Pasadena meeting would have to wait 80 years—until 2008.

The major rules change in 1927 was the moving of the goal posts from the goal line, to the end of the end zone, where they have been ever since. The move was for both safety reasons and to de-emphasize the kicking game

September 17 Washington defeated Willamette 32-6. September 24 USC beat Occidental 33-0; Army beat Boston University, 13-0; Pittsburgh beat Thiel College 42-0. Texas A&M shut out Trinity 45-0.

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