1900 Week 8 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 | 1 | 0.567 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat S.b. Howard Park 64–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.698 |  Iowa (IOWA) |  B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Simpson 47–0 |
| 3 | 7 | 0.870 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Amherst 18–0; Beat COLUMBIA 24–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0.990 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Dickinson 35–0; Beat BROWN 12–0 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.028 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0–2 | 0.833 | 15 | +1 | Tied Chicago 6–6 |
| 6 | -1 | 1.121 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Bates 50–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 17–0 |
| 7 | 5 | 1.126 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Northern Iowa 50–0 |
| 8 | 6 | 1.222 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 11–0 |
| 9 | -3 | 1.273 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Virginia 17–2 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.315 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Penn State 26–0; Beat JOHNS HOPKINS 11–0; Beat NAVY 5–0 |
| 11 | 8 | 1.375 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 15 | +1 | Beat Iowa State 30–0 |
| 12 | -4 | 1.425 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 6–0; Beat KNOX 16–0 |
| 13 | -4 | 1.467 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Manhattan 11–0; Beat SWARTHMORE 34–2 |
| 14 | 1 | 1.493 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 14 | +3 | Beat Rush Medical 40–0; Tied MINNESOTA 6–6 |
| 15 | 1 | 1.640 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Washington & Jefferson 16–5 |
| 16 | 5 | 1.663 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 15 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 28–0 |
| 17 | 0 | 1.694 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Case 24–6 |
| 18 | -15 | 1.805 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–11 |
| 19 | 6 | 2.077 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 19 | 0 | Beat NEW York University 12–0 |
| 20 | -9 | 2.267 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 19 | +2 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–12 |
| 21 | 16 | 2.478 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Colby 68–0; Beat TUFTS 5–0 |
| 22 | 6 | 2.710 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Depauw 28–5 |
| 23 | 7 | 3.065 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 22 | 0 | Tied Columbia 0–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 5–0 |
| 24 | 9 | 3.192 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 18 | +1 | Beat Indiana 12–0 |
| 25 | -5 | 3.271 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 26 | +1 | Tied Williams 0–0; Lost to HARVARD 0–24 |
| 26 | 8 | 3.400 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 6–0 |
| 27 | -5 | 3.460 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–26 |
| 28 | -1 | 3.660 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–18 |
| 29 | 0 | 3.810 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 26 | +1 | Tied Andover 0–0 |
| 30 | -6 | 3.834 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–5 |
| 31 | 0 | 4.074 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–16 |
| 32 | -9 | 4.102 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–17 |
| 33 | 5 | 4.259 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | +1 | Beat Bucknell 12–6 |
| 34 | -16 | 4.798 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | -1 | Lost to Northwestern 0–12 |
| 35 | -3 | 5.074 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | -3 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–17 |
| 36 | 4 | 5.126 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | +1 | Beat Massachusetts 17–0 |
| 37 | -1 | 5.172 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Nebraska 0–30 |
| 38 | -3 | 5.242 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–35 |
| 39 | -13 | 5.243 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -2 | Lost to Lehigh 6–12 |
| 40 | 1 | 6.467 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 40 | 0 | Lost to Army 0–28 |
| 41 | -2 | 6.810 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 40 | -1 | Lost to Bowdoin 0–5 |