1900 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings
1900 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 | 0.520 |  Iowa (IOWA) |  B10 | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 2 | +25 | Tied Northwestern 5–5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.602 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +62 | BYE |
| 3 | 1 | 0.770 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +32 | BYE |
| 4 | -1 | 0.780 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 10–0–2 | 0.917 | 4 | +34 | Beat Nebraska 20–12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0.865 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 12–1 | 0.923 | 3 | +66 | Beat Cornell 27–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 0.930 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 5 | +60 | BYE |
| 7 | 3 | 1.572 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 7–1–2 | 0.800 | 9 | +5 | Beat Knox 43–0 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.905 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 9–2 | 0.818 | 8 | +21 | Beat Dickinson 10–6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.907 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 14 | +33 | BYE |
| 10 | -3 | 1.944 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 7–1–2 | 0.800 | 9 | +11 | Lost to Minnesota 12–20 |
| 11 | -2 | 2.103 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 10–2 | 0.833 | 7 | +17 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–27 |
| 12 | -4 | 2.158 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +16 | Lost to Chicago 6–15 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.277 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 11 | +9 | BYE |
| 14 | 0 | 2.346 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +4 | BYE |
| 15 | 3 | 2.376 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 7–3–1 | 0.682 | 16 | +22 | Beat Carlisle 17–6 |
| 16 | 1 | 2.531 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–2–3 | 0.708 | 15 | +19 | Tied Iowa 5–5 |
| 17 | 5 | 2.572 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–2–2 | 0.625 | 24 | +6 | Beat Purdue 24–5 |
| 18 | -2 | 2.577 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 7–3–2 | 0.667 | 19 | +7 | BYE |
| 19 | 1 | 2.688 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 7–3–1 | 0.682 | 16 | +14 | Beat Dartmouth 12–5 |
| 20 | 1 | 2.800 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–3–1 | 0.650 | 22 | -5 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 5–0 |
| 21 | -6 | 2.862 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 7–3–1 | 0.682 | 16 | +12 | Lost to Navy 7–11 |
| 22 | 4 | 3.028 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 19 | +9 | Beat Army 11–7 |
| 23 | 2 | 3.172 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–5–1 | 0.633 | 23 | +10 | Beat Michigan 15–6 |
| 24 | -1 | 3.377 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 19 | +7 | BYE |
| 25 | -6 | 3.410 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–4–1 | 0.550 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Columbia 6–17 |
| 26 | 2 | 3.757 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 28 | +15 | BYE |
| 27 | -3 | 3.999 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 25 | -11 | Lost to Beloit 0–43 |
| 28 | 1 | 4.344 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–4–1 | 0.591 | 26 | +6 | BYE |
| 29 | -2 | 4.367 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–4 | 0.500 | 31 | -12 | Lost to Indiana 5–24 |
| 30 | 1 | 4.556 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 27 | +7 | BYE |
| 31 | -1 | 4.741 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–5 | 0.500 | 31 | -11 | Lost to Lafayette 6–10 |
| 32 | 1 | 5.147 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 5–4–1 | 0.550 | 29 | -12 | BYE |
| 33 | -1 | 5.621 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 5–5 | 0.500 | 31 | -22 | Lost to Amherst 0–18 |
| 34 | 1 | 5.672 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | 0.350 | 39 | -5 | Tied M.i.t. 0–0 |
| 35 | 3 | 5.688 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 5–6 | 0.455 | 34 | -3 | Beat Swarthmore 18–0 |
| 36 | 4 | 5.689 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–7–1 | 0.375 | 37 | -14 | Beat Massachusetts 18–0 |
| 37 | -3 | 5.928 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–4–2 | 0.375 | 37 | -6 | Lost to Brown 5–12 |
| 38 | -2 | 6.231 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 36 | -17 | BYE |
| 39 | 0 | 6.561 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–6 | 0.333 | 40 | -6 | BYE |
| 40 | -3 | 6.719 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 35 | -9 | Lost to Buffalo 0–10 |
| 41 | 0 | 7.667 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 41 | -10 | BYE |