1901 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 7, 1902By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1901 Season Tags: • No Comments

1901 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	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0.396	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	11–0	1.000	1	+38	Beat Stanford 49–0
2	0.701	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+34	BYE
3	0.765	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	12–0	1.000	1	+71	BYE
4	1.174	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	11–1–1	0.885	7	+47	BYE
5	1.266	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	11–1	0.917	4	+34	BYE
6	1.380	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	9–1–1	0.864	8	+29	BYE
7	1.409	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	8	+28	BYE
8	1.453	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	5	+29	BYE
9	1.647	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–1–2	0.750	17	+23	BYE
10	1.758	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	8–2	0.800	13	+21	BYE
11	1.860	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	10	+13	BYE
12	1.977	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+27	BYE
13	2.083	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	11	+7	BYE
14	2.113	Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+18	BYE
15	2.167	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	11	+13	BYE
16	2.468	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+5	BYE
17	2.495	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	14	+18	BYE
18	2.741	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–3	0.667	19	+1	BYE
19	2.956	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	10–5	0.667	19	+18	BYE
20	3.021	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	17	+16	BYE
21	3.087	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	6–3	0.667	19	+10	BYE
22	3.125	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	24	+8	BYE
23	3.199	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	8–5	0.615	23	+23	BYE
24	3.520	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	26	+10	BYE
25	3.601	Beloit (BELOIT)	IND FBSI	5–3–3	0.591	26	-1	BYE
26	3.728	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	22	+5	BYE
27	4.032	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	29	-8	BYE
28	4.076	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	24	-12	BYE
29	4.218	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	8–6–2	0.563	28	-9	BYE
30	4.269	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	6–6–1	0.500	29	-4	BYE
31	4.303	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	29	-2	BYE
32	4.376	Bates (BATES)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	29	-3	BYE
33	5.010	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	4–6–2	0.417	35	-9	BYE
34	5.074	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	5–7–1	0.423	34	-5	BYE
35	5.085	Vermont (VERMONT)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	29	+2	BYE
36	5.497	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	39	-8	BYE
37	6.161	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	36	-18	BYE
38	6.325	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	4–7–1	0.375	38	-10	BYE
39	7.108	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND FBSI	3–5–2	0.400	36	-8	BYE
40	7.205	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–6–2	0.300	40	-10	BYE
41	7.800	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	41	-19	BYE
42	7.905	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	41	-11	BYE
43	8.563	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	43	-15	BYE
44	10.256	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–11	0.083	45	-24	BYE
45	11.186	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	43	-3	BYE

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