1899 Week 7 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 | 0.327 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 36–0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.725 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 19 | +4 | Beat Bucknell 47–10; Tied BROWN 6–6 |
| 3 | -1 | 1.030 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Bowdoin 13–0; Beat WESLEYAN 20–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.161 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 46–0; Beat BATES 28–0 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.192 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 20 | +3 | Beat Tufts 6–0; Tied PENNSYLVANIA 6–6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1.192 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 1 | 1.240 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Army 6–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.290 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Williams 12–0 |
| 9 | 19 | 1.362 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Bowdoin 37–0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1.381 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 18 | +3 | Beat Notre Dame 23–6; Tied IOWA 5–5 |
| 11 | 8 | 1.423 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Shattuck 40–0 |
| 12 | 5 | 1.432 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Nebraska 33–0 |
| 13 | -6 | 1.440 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat William Penn 23–5 |
| 14 | 4 | 1.580 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 21–0 |
| 15 | 5 | 1.585 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 20 | 0 | Tied Haverford 0–0 |
| 16 | 5 | 1.624 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 22 | 0 | Tied Chicago 5–5 |
| 17 | -1 | 1.689 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Navy 5–0 |
| 18 | -6 | 1.702 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Villanova 13–0; Beat SWARTHMORE 16–6 |
| 19 | 10 | 1.715 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Albion 26–0 |
| 20 | 3 | 1.781 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rose Hulman 16–0 |
| 21 | 10 | 1.807 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Earlham 30–5 |
| 22 | 8 | 1.846 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Knox 5–0 |
| 23 | 1 | 1.905 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | 8 | 2.711 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 39–0 |
| 25 | -12 | 2.801 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 6–23 |
| 26 | -16 | 2.923 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Lost to Penn State 0–6 |
| 27 | -5 | 2.946 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–47; Beat SHAMOKIN 40–0 |
| 28 | -17 | 2.952 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–36 |
| 29 | -24 | 3.226 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–20 |
| 30 | 3 | 3.400 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | +1 | Beat Amherst 38–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–12 |
| 31 | -6 | 4.095 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–5 |
| 32 | 7 | 4.198 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 10–0 |
| 33 | 4 | 4.220 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Syracuse A.c. 6–0 |
| 34 | 2 | 4.976 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–5 |
| 35 | -8 | 5.035 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–13; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–37 |
| 36 | -1 | 5.067 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest Academy 24–5; Lost to RUSH MEDICAL 0–6 |
| 37 | 1 | 5.120 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Tied Lake Forest Alumni 0–0 |
| 38 | 2 | 5.716 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -1 | Lost to Brown 0–6; Beat DEAN ACADEMY 23–0 |
| 39 | -5 | 6.556 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -2 | Lost to Williams 0–38 |
| 40 | 1 | 7.343 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -2 | Beat Springfield 17–0 |
| 41 | -15 | 11.010 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 39 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–46; Lost to HOLY CROSS 0–39 |