1896 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

December 1, 1896By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1896 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.550	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	10–0–1	0.955	2	+37	BYE
2	0	0.730	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	7–0–1	0.938	3	+26	Tied Northwestern 6–6
3	1	0.894	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	14–1	0.933	4	+50	Beat Cornell 32–10
4	1	1.013	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	11–0–1	0.958	1	+30	Beat Navy 18–6
5	-2	1.150	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–1	0.900	6	+15	Lost to Chicago 6–7
6	0	1.388	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	13–1	0.929	5	+38	BYE
7	0	1.551	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	6–1–2	0.778	9	+17	Tied Wisconsin 6–6
8	0	1.626	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	15–2–1	0.861	7	+18	Beat Michigan 7–6
9	0	2.029	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	8–2	0.800	8	+3	Beat Kansas 12–0
10	1	2.230	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	12	0	Tied Purdue 4–4
11	2	2.403	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	10	+12	Beat Newton A.c. 12–6
12	-2	2.717	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	16	+2	Lost to Pennsylvania 10–32
13	2	2.745	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	14	+27	BYE
14	2	2.832	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	20	+5	BYE
15	-3	2.837	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	15	+4	Lost to Lafayette 6–18
16	-2	2.893	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	12	-3	Tied Illinois 4–4
17	1	3.568	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	10	+3	Tied Franklin & Marshall 0–0
18	1	3.760	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	16	-5	Tied Laureate Boat Club 0–0
19	1	3.829	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	19	-4	BYE
20	-3	3.920	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	23	-4	Lost to Brown 12–24
21	0	4.230	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	21	0	Beat Carlisle 24–12
22	1	4.517	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	5–3–2	0.600	18	-4	Beat Andover 10–0
23	1	4.693	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	23	-12	Beat York Ymca 10–0
24	-2	4.998	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	21	-5	BYE
25	0	5.682	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	27	-4	BYE
26	0	6.219	Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	3–4–2	0.444	23	-4	Tied Bucknell 0–0
27	2	6.328	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	28	-7	BYE
28	-1	6.463	Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	26	-3	BYE
29	-1	6.616	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	29	-10	BYE
30	0	8.780	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	30	-16	BYE

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