1898 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.474 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +28 | Beat Chicago 23–11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.624 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Minnesota 29–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.630 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | Beat Penn State 5–0; Beat BROWN 23–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.688 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Carlisle 11–5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0.993 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +20 | Beat Army 10–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.352 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 3 | 1.438 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 22–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.527 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +8 | Beat Williams 10–6 |
| 9 | -1 | 1.559 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 10 | +5 | Beat Oberlin 6–0 |
| 10 | -4 | 1.723 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–1–1 | 0.893 | 9 | +12 | Lost to Pennsylvania 11–23 |
| 11 | 0 | 1.875 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.982 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 9–1 | 0.900 | 8 | +2 | Beat Lake Forest 27–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.246 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +7 | Beat Lafayette 18–0 |
| 14 | -2 | 2.334 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | +6 | Lost to Yale 0–10 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.993 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | +4 | Beat Amherst 28–0 |
| 16 | -1 | 3.047 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 5–11 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.203 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 13 | -1 | Tied Lehigh 0–0 |
| 18 | -2 | 3.253 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | +1 | Beat Boston College 6–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–23 |
| 19 | 1 | 3.766 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | -2 | BYE |
| 20 | 3 | 3.808 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 59–0 |
| 21 | 0 | 4.401 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | BYE |
| 22 | -5 | 4.713 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–5; Lost to DUQUESNE A.C. 5–18 |
| 23 | 1 | 4.863 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | -2 | 4.956 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Dickinson 0–22 |
| 25 | 1 | 6.235 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 25 | -6 | Tied M.i.t. 0–0 |
| 26 | -1 | 6.713 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 27 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–28 |
| 27 | 0 | 7.196 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 28 | -7 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–10 |
| 28 | 0 | 7.402 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–4 | 0.333 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–29 |
| 29 | 1 | 8.128 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 28 | -2 | Tied Bucknell 0–0 |
| 30 | -1 | 8.242 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 31 | -5 | Lost to Navy 0–18 |
| 31 | 0 | 10.555 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -8 | Lost to Holy Cross 0–12 |