1896 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 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	Game Status
1	19	0.142	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Franklin & Marshall 24–0
2	4	0.213	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Dickinson 28–6
3	10	0.639	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Volunteer A.c. 44–0
4	25	0.710	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Minneapolis Central High 50–0
5	6	0.781	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Williams 6–0
6	13	0.781	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Gettysburg 40–0
7	21	0.781	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 6–0
8	-5	0.852	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tufts 4–0
9	21	1.114	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	Beat Englewood High 12–0; Beat EUREKA 46–0
10	-9	1.161	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
11	-9	1.161	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
12	-4	1.161	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
13	-1	1.161	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
14	1	1.161	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
15	1	1.161	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
16	1	1.161	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
17	1	1.161	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
18	3	1.161	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
19	3	1.161	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
20	5	1.161	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
21	6	1.161	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
22	-18	1.490	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Worcester Tech 20–0
23	-9	1.703	Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Evanston High 14–0
24	-19	1.845	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wyoming Seminary 10–0
25	-18	1.987	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colgate 6–0
26	-2	2.490	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	14	Lost to Bowdoin 0–4
27	-4	2.800	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	14	Lost to Yale 0–6
28	-2	2.800	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	14	Lost to Harvard 0–6
29	-20	5.277	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	14	Lost to Carlisle 6–28
30	-20	5.587	Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	14	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–24

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