1898 Week 9 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 | 0.451 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Wesleyan 17–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 32–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.535 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Cornell 6–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.619 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 17–0 |
| 4 | -2 | 0.629 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Newtown A.c. 22–0; Beat CHICAGO A.C. 39–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.026 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Brown 22–6; Beat CARLISLE 18–5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1.343 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–0–1 | 0.962 | 8 | +11 | Beat Northwestern 34–5 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.352 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Case 23–5; Beat NOTRE DAME 23–0 |
| 8 | -3 | 1.395 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 10 | +5 | Beat Buffalo 27–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1.435 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 11 | +5 | Beat Amherst 64–6 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.602 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wyoming Seminary 23–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.875 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 31 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | 2 | 1.962 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +5 | Beat Lehigh 18–0 |
| 13 | -6 | 1.976 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 9 | +3 | Beat Chicago A.c. 5–0; Lost to CHICAGO 5–34 |
| 14 | 4 | 2.171 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | +6 | Beat Penn State 16–11 |
| 15 | -4 | 2.655 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Lost to Yale 5–18 |
| 16 | -1 | 2.800 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Lost to Yale 6–22 |
| 17 | -1 | 3.223 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Lost to Navy 11–16 |
| 18 | 2 | 3.262 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 13 | -1 | Beat Swarthmore 34–18 |
| 19 | 0 | 3.531 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | +3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–17; Beat WILLIAMS 22–0 |
| 20 | -3 | 3.630 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | -1 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–17 |
| 21 | 10 | 4.401 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Beat Haskell 5–0; Beat HASKELL 15–0 |
| 22 | 0 | 4.416 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Beat Susquehanna 6–0 |
| 23 | 2 | 4.883 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | 0 | Beat Colby 24–0 |
| 24 | 0 | 4.917 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Beat Illinois Alumni 10–6 |
| 25 | -4 | 6.140 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 26 | -2 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–64 |
| 26 | 1 | 6.235 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 24 | -5 | Beat Hamilton 18–5 |
| 27 | -1 | 7.175 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 27 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–22 |
| 28 | -5 | 7.179 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–3 | 0.400 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Iowa State 0–6 |
| 29 | -1 | 7.732 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -2 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–32 |
| 30 | -1 | 7.983 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -1 | Lost to Army 0–18 |
| 31 | -1 | 9.758 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -6 | Beat Boston College 6–5 |