1898 Week 12 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 | 0.705 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +39 | Beat Brown 17–6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.718 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 4 | +40 | Beat Carlisle 35–5 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.722 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 3 | +39 | Beat Yale 6–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.275 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +7 | Lost to Chicago 0–6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.289 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Illinois 12–5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.440 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 5 | +9 | Beat Lafayette 47–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.510 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 14–1–1 | 0.906 | 6 | +22 | Beat Wisconsin 6–0 |
| 8 | -3 | 1.533 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 7 | +26 | Lost to Princeton 0–6 |
| 9 | 0 | 1.719 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 10 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 22–0 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.994 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +11 | Beat Lehigh 6–5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2.233 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 13 | +11 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 30–0; Beat RUTGERS 59–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.284 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | Beat Lebanon Valley 56–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 2.546 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 9–3 | 0.750 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Minnesota 6–17 |
| 14 | 0 | 2.566 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 18 | +9 | BYE |
| 15 | -2 | 2.934 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +6 | Lost to Pennsylvania 5–35 |
| 16 | -5 | 3.012 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 15 | +8 | Lost to Chicago A.c. 5–17 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.423 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 14 | -1 | Beat Colby 17–0 |
| 18 | -1 | 3.720 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 20 | -1 | Lost to Harvard 6–17 |
| 19 | 0 | 3.735 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 19 | -5 | Tied Dixon 0–0 |
| 20 | 1 | 3.969 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2–3 | 0.611 | 16 | -5 | Beat Maryland A.c. 6–5; Tied FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 11–11 |
| 21 | -1 | 4.025 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +3 | BYE |
| 22 | 0 | 4.422 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 17 | -1 | Beat Indiana 14–0 |
| 23 | 1 | 5.387 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +8 | Beat Northwestern 17–6 |
| 24 | 3 | 6.195 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 26 | -6 | Beat Williams 16–5 |
| 25 | -2 | 6.291 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–4 | 0.429 | 25 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 5–12 |
| 26 | 0 | 6.356 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | -2 | Tied Bucknell 11–11 |
| 27 | 1 | 7.035 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 28 | -3 | Lost to Navy 5–6 |
| 28 | -3 | 7.271 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–4–1 | 0.357 | 27 | -10 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–30 |
| 29 | 0 | 8.046 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–8 | 0.200 | 29 | -17 | Lost to Amherst 5–16 |
| 30 | 0 | 9.749 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–8 | 0.111 | 31 | -13 | Lost to Cornell 0–47 |
| 31 | 0 | 10.841 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–7 | 0.125 | 30 | -12 | Lost to Exeter 0–10 |