1899 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
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.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0.917 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +38 | Beat Dartmouth 11–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.923 | Chicago (CHICAGO) |  B10 | 12–0–2 | 0.929 | 2 | +25 | Beat Northwestern 76–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.192 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 4 | +37 | Beat North Carolina 30–0; Beat CARLISLE 12–0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1.296 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 2 | +9 | Beat Grinnell 16–0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.339 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 6 | +18 | Beat Penn State 42–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 1.342 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 7 | +14 | Beat Illinois 23–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.569 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 12 | +30 | Beat Columbia 29–0; Lost to LAFAYETTE 5–6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.596 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 5 | +18 | Beat Newark A.c. 16–0; Beat CORNELL 6–5 |
| 9 | -5 | 1.973 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 7 | +5 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–11 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.010 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 14 | +12 | BYE |
| 11 | -2 | 2.085 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 10 | +9 | Lost to Cornell 0–29; Beat ARMY 16–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.093 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–3–2 | 0.636 | 22 | +16 | Beat Michigan 11–10 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.146 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 11 | +7 | Tied Minnesota 5–5 |
| 14 | -4 | 2.150 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 17 | +9 | Lost to Princeton 0–12 |
| 15 | -1 | 2.210 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 6–1–2 | 0.778 | 12 | -1 | Beat Minnesota Alumni 6–5; Tied BELOIT 5–5 |
| 16 | 1 | 2.242 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 19 | +7 | Beat M.i.t. 38–0 |
| 17 | 1 | 2.310 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | 0 | Beat Depauw 34–0 |
| 18 | 1 | 2.327 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 17 | +8 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 41–0 |
| 19 | 2 | 2.699 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | +5 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 35–0 |
| 20 | 0 | 2.988 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 16 | +13 | BYE |
| 21 | -5 | 3.024 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 21 | +2 | Lost to Iowa 0–16 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.262 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 14 | +3 | BYE |
| 23 | -1 | 3.342 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–3–1 | 0.611 | 24 | -3 | Tied Northern Iowa 0–0 |
| 24 | 2 | 3.830 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 26 | +1 | BYE |
| 25 | -1 | 3.960 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 28 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–42 |
| 26 | 5 | 4.325 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 23 | -6 | Beat UConn 34–6 |
| 27 | 2 | 4.344 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 26 | +1 | Beat Eureka 34–0 |
| 28 | -1 | 4.446 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 25 | 0 | BYE |
| 29 | -4 | 4.616 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 34 | +1 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–23 |
| 30 | -2 | 5.038 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 28 | -6 | Beat Mount ST. Mary's 41–0; Lost to GETTYSBURG 5–11 |
| 31 | 6 | 5.345 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 28 | -5 | Beat Rochester 23–0 |
| 32 | -2 | 5.352 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–6 | 0.455 | 32 | +5 | Lost to Chicago 0–76 |
| 33 | 0 | 5.620 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -2 | Lost to Columbia 0–16 |
| 34 | 1 | 5.746 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -9 | Lost to Harvard 0–11 |
| 35 | -3 | 5.913 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 33 | -4 | Lost to Navy 0–35 |
| 36 | 2 | 5.946 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -7 | Beat Bowdoin 11–6 |
| 37 | 2 | 5.998 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 28 | -3 | Beat Medford A.c. 12–0 |
| 38 | -4 | 6.547 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 40 | -9 | Lost to Newark A.c. 0–10 |
| 39 | -3 | 7.113 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -10 | Lost to Kalamazoo 6–21 |
| 40 | 0 | 7.763 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -18 | Lost to Amherst 6–11 |
| 41 | 0 | 12.867 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 41 | -9 | Lost to Brown 0–38 |