1899 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 5, 1899By 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	1	0.801	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	10–0–1	0.955	1	+51	BYE
2	-1	0.807	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	15–0–2	0.941	3	+46	Beat Brown 17–6
3	1	1.015	Iowa (IOWA)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	2	+19	Beat Illinois 58–0
4	1	1.057	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	9–1	0.900	6	+31	Beat Michigan 17–5
5	-2	1.200	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	12–1	0.923	4	+54	BYE
6	3	1.235	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	9	+22	Beat Columbia 45–0
7	-1	1.407	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	12–1	0.923	4	+35	Beat Dickinson 36–0
8	3	1.489	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	8–3–2	0.692	16	+32	Beat Cornell 29–0
9	-1	1.602	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	10	+22	BYE
10	0	1.690	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	7	+28	Beat Amherst 11–5
11	-4	2.025	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	14	+32	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–29
12	1	2.174	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–2	0.800	7	+5	Lost to Wisconsin 5–17
13	1	2.348	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	18	+13	Lost to Chicago 6–17
14	-2	2.391	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	10	+11	Lost to Carlisle 0–45
15	2	2.398	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	10	+6	Beat Nebraska 12–0
16	2	2.585	Beloit (BELOIT)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	19	+10	Tied Knox 6–6
17	2	2.737	Indiana (INDIANA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	10	-2	Beat Purdue 17–5
18	-3	2.745	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	20	+15	Lost to Physicians & Surgeons 0–5
19	2	3.173	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–3–2	0.636	21	-2	BYE
20	0	3.232	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	9–4	0.692	16	+13	BYE
21	-5	3.390	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	23	+2	Lost to Army 5–17
22	0	3.476	Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	14	-8	BYE
23	2	3.651	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	25	-7	BYE
24	2	4.378	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	7–6	0.538	26	+14	BYE
25	7	4.386	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	32	+6	Beat Navy 17–5
26	-3	4.389	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	27	-3	Lost to Boston College 0–17
27	0	4.421	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	21	+1	Beat M.i.t. 10–6
28	-4	4.513	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	24	+2	Lost to Buffalo 0–30
29	-1	4.531	Knox (KNOX)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	27	+2	Tied Beloit 6–6
30	1	5.037	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	6–6–1	0.500	27	-13	Lost to Lafayette 0–36
31	-2	5.119	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	27	-5	Lost to Indiana 5–17
32	1	5.254	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	27	-6	BYE
33	-3	5.344	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	35	-5	Lost to Iowa 0–58
34	1	5.903	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	34	-3	BYE
35	-1	5.940	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	4–7–1	0.375	37	-14	Lost to Wesleyan 5–11
36	0	6.210	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	39	-17	BYE
37	0	6.836	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	35	-7	BYE
38	1	7.185	Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	4–6–2	0.417	33	-12	Beat Pontiac A.c. 21–6
39	-1	7.776	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	40	-16	Lost to Virginia 0–10
40	0	8.246	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	38	-22	BYE
41	0	11.695	M.i.t. (M.I.T.)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	41	-20	Lost to Tufts 6–10

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