1899 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 2, 1900By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1899 Season Tags: • No Comments

1899 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	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.748	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	16–0–2	0.944	2	+55	BYE
2	0	0.791	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	10–0–1	0.955	1	+53	BYE
3	0	1.021	Iowa (IOWA)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	2	+19	BYE
4	2	1.107	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	6	+22	Beat Phoenix Indians 104–0
5	-1	1.191	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	12–1	0.923	4	+56	BYE
6	-1	1.203	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	9–2	0.818	6	+31	BYE
7	0	1.407	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	12–1	0.923	4	+35	BYE
8	0	1.479	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	8–3–2	0.692	16	+32	BYE
9	0	1.634	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	10	+22	BYE
10	0	1.721	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	8	+28	BYE
11	0	2.025	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	14	+32	BYE
12	0	2.205	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–2	0.800	8	+4	BYE
13	0	2.348	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	18	+13	BYE
14	0	2.375	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	10	+11	BYE
15	0	2.431	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	10	+6	BYE
16	0	2.585	Beloit (BELOIT)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	19	+9	BYE
17	0	2.737	Indiana (INDIANA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	10	-2	BYE
18	0	2.756	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	20	+15	BYE
19	0	3.173	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–3–2	0.636	21	-3	BYE
20	0	3.239	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	9–4	0.692	16	+13	BYE
21	0	3.390	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	23	+2	BYE
22	0	3.486	Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	14	-8	BYE
23	0	3.677	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	25	-7	BYE
24	0	4.378	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	7–6	0.538	26	+13	BYE
25	1	4.401	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	32	+6	BYE
26	-1	4.402	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	27	-3	BYE
27	0	4.421	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	21	+1	BYE
28	0	4.513	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	24	+2	BYE
29	0	4.545	Knox (KNOX)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	27	+2	BYE
30	0	5.004	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	6–6–1	0.500	27	-13	BYE
31	0	5.119	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	27	-5	BYE
32	0	5.254	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	27	-6	BYE
33	0	5.363	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	35	-6	BYE
34	0	5.918	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	34	-3	BYE
35	0	5.982	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	4–7–1	0.375	37	-14	BYE
36	0	6.251	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	39	-17	BYE
37	0	6.854	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	35	-7	BYE
38	0	7.185	Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	4–6–2	0.417	33	-13	BYE
39	0	7.776	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	40	-16	BYE
40	0	8.246	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	38	-22	BYE
41	0	11.733	M.i.t. (M.I.T.)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	41	-20	BYE

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