1896 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1896 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0.572 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 4 | +20 | Beat Harvard 12–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.608 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Minnesota 6–4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.745 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Chicago 24–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.994 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 5 | +17 | Beat Illinois 10–4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.112 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 5 | +14 | BYE |
| 6 | -2 | 1.159 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +27 | Beat Boston A.c. 10–0; Beat BROWN 18–6 |
| 7 | 0 | 1.181 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 7 | +23 | Beat Dickinson 30–2; Beat CARLISLE 21–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.777 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +3 | Lost to Michigan 4–6 |
| 9 | 0 | 1.847 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 13–2 | 0.867 | 9 | +4 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–24 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.912 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 10 | +23 | Lost to Princeton 0–12 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.010 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +1 | Lost to Northwestern 4–10 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.159 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 11 | +3 | Beat Bucknell 54–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.407 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +3 | Beat Lehigh 24–10 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.779 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | Tied Wesleyan 12–12 |
| 15 | 1 | 2.959 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | -1 | Beat Depauw 22–0 |
| 16 | -4 | 3.115 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Amherst 4–6 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.253 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +2 | BYE |
| 18 | 3 | 3.739 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | BYE |
| 19 | 0 | 3.740 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | BYE |
| 20 | 0 | 4.216 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Yale 6–18 |
| 21 | 2 | 4.393 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–2–2 | 0.571 | 19 | -3 | Tied Colby 6–6 |
| 22 | -5 | 4.565 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Lost to Cornell 0–54 |
| 23 | -1 | 4.716 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21 |
| 24 | 1 | 4.960 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 26 | -7 | Lost to Pennsylvania 2–30; Beat HAVERFORD 32–0 |
| 25 | -1 | 5.083 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | -2 | BYE |
| 26 | 0 | 5.408 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | -6 | Tied Army 12–12 |
| 27 | 0 | 5.463 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 20 | -3 | Beat Swarthmore 10–0 |
| 28 | 1 | 6.807 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 28 | -2 | Beat Williams 6–4 |
| 29 | -1 | 7.711 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -7 | Lost to Navy 10–24 |
| 30 | 0 | 7.972 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 29 | -12 | Beat Exeter 6–4 |