1898 Week 8 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 | 0.221 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Virginia 40–0; Beat LEHIGH 40–0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.419 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Army 28–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.559 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 42–0 |
| 4 | -2 | 0.567 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Lafayette 34–0; Beat MARYLAND A.C. 24–0; Beat NAVY 30–0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0.819 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Carlisle 23–6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.114 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Newtown A.c. 6–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.257 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Hahnemann Medical 22–6; Beat PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 11–2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.280 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Michigan State 39–0; Beat WESTERN RESERVE 18–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.475 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 10 | +3 | Beat Beloit 21–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.616 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 12–6 |
| 11 | -6 | 1.743 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +2 | Lost to Cornell 6–23; Beat WILLIAMS 17–6 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.875 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 31 | 0 | BYE |
| 13 | 3 | 1.963 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +2 | Beat Vermont 45–6 |
| 14 | -8 | 2.074 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +2 | Lost to Harvard 0–28 |
| 15 | 2 | 2.188 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | 0 | Beat Colby 41–5 |
| 16 | 2 | 2.308 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +1 | Beat Susquehanna 45–6 |
| 17 | -2 | 2.858 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–21 |
| 18 | -11 | 3.135 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 18 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–30 |
| 19 | 3 | 3.488 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | +1 | Beat Holy Cross 12–0; Beat AMHERST 33–0 |
| 20 | 0 | 4.102 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 16 | -1 | Beat Maryland Baltimore 6–0 |
| 21 | -2 | 4.646 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | -1 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–33 |
| 22 | 3 | 5.098 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Beat Gettysburg 26–0 |
| 23 | -2 | 5.691 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Grinnell 6–16 |
| 24 | 4 | 5.779 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Beat Depauw 16–0 |
| 25 | 2 | 5.857 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | -1 | Beat Tufts 18–11 |
| 26 | -3 | 6.139 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 25 | -1 | Lost to Carlisle 6–17 |
| 27 | 2 | 6.997 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | -3 | Beat Worcester Tech 17–0 |
| 28 | -2 | 7.164 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–34; Lost to DICKINSON 6–12 |
| 29 | -5 | 7.473 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–40 |
| 30 | 0 | 12.350 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 29 | -5 | Lost to Bowdoin 11–18 |
| 31 | 0 | 13.700 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–1 | 0.000 | 29 | 0 | BYE |