1901 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
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.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 0.921 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Case 57–0 |
| 2 | 6 | 1.112 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Marion Sims 52–0 |
| 3 | 12 | 1.124 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 51–0; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 23–0 |
| 4 | 20 | 1.148 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Hyde Park High 62–0 |
| 5 | 17 | 1.172 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Vermont Methodist Seminary 43–0 |
| 6 | -4 | 1.172 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Amherst 6–0; Beat TUFTS 29–5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1.251 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Brown 20–0 |
| 8 | 10 | 1.279 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ursinus 40–0; Beat SUSQUEHANNA 42–5 |
| 9 | 22 | 1.315 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Rochester 50–0; Beat BUCKNELL 6–0 |
| 10 | 20 | 1.315 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rose Hulman 56–0 |
| 11 | -10 | 1.363 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 6–0; Beat PENN STATE 23–6 |
| 12 | -3 | 1.363 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Haverford 47–0; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 23–0 |
| 13 | 15 | 1.375 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wabash 45–0 |
| 14 | -4 | 1.512 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest 11–0 |
| 15 | -11 | 1.514 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Bowdoin 12–0; Beat BATES 16–6 |
| 16 | -13 | 1.566 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Pittsfield A.c. 6–0 |
| 17 | 9 | 1.578 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 21 | 0 | Beat Chicago College 27–0 |
| 18 | 14 | 1.638 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 23 | +1 | Beat Drake 6–5 |
| 19 | -2 | 1.650 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 24 | 0 | Beat Still 23–0 |
| 20 | 5 | 1.706 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 11–0 |
| 21 | -9 | 1.722 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 20–0 |
| 22 | 11 | 1.754 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Doane 29–0 |
| 23 | -7 | 1.817 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Northern Iowa 16–0 |
| 24 | -4 | 1.913 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Tied Georgetown 0–0 |
| 25 | -4 | 2.057 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 24 | 0 | Beat Ohio Medical 6–0 |
| 26 | -3 | 3.064 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Grinnell 5–6 |
| 27 | 0 | 3.085 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 6–23 |
| 28 | 10 | 3.113 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 22 | 0 | Beat Milwaukee Medical 12–0; Beat KNOX 6–0 |
| 29 | -24 | 3.217 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 27 | 0 | Beat Colby 16–0; Lost to SYRACUSE 0–20 |
| 30 | 5 | 3.369 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Cornell 0–6 |
| 31 | -24 | 3.578 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | +1 | Lost to Yale 5–29 |
| 32 | -3 | 3.584 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 24 | +1 | Lost to Gettysburg 5–6; Beat DICKINSON 16–11 |
| 33 | 3 | 3.830 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–6 |
| 34 | 7 | 3.911 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat M.i.t. 15–0 |
| 35 | -22 | 4.183 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 6–16 |
| 36 | 8 | 4.319 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 27 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 27–0; Beat WILLIAMS 5–0 |
| 37 | -23 | 4.391 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–12 |
| 38 | -4 | 5.107 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Carlisle 11–16 |
| 39 | 3 | 5.539 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–23 |
| 40 | -3 | 5.669 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Beat Springfield 2–0 |
| 41 | 4 | 6.080 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat Emporia State 36–10 |
| 42 | -2 | 6.948 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 39 | -1 | Lost to Columbia 0–5 |
| 43 | -4 | 9.817 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | -1 | BYE |
| 44 | -1 | 10.130 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Buffalo 0–16 |
| 45 | -26 | 14.304 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to American Osteopath 5–22 |