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1902 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1902 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.627Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1011–01.0001+43Beat Minnesota 23–6
200.753Yale (YALE)IND FBSI11–0–10.9583+62BYE
300.925Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI10–01.0001+50Beat Northwestern 12–0
421.362Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI11–10.9175+47BYE
531.478Chicago (CHICAGO)B1014–10.9334+44Beat Wisconsin 11–0
6-21.490Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B109–2–10.79215+32Lost to Michigan 6–23
731.556Illinois (ILLINOIS)B1010–2–10.80814+28Beat Iowa 80–0
8-11.573Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–1–10.81313+18Beat Navy 22–8
901.585Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI8–10.8896+27BYE
10-51.610Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI8–10.8896+17Lost to Sewanee 5–11
1101.729Colorado (COLORADO)IND FBSI5–10.83311+11BYE
1271.810Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI6–10.8578+19Beat Tennessee 11–0
13-11.889LSUIND FBSI6–10.8578+16Beat Mississippi State 6–0; Beat ALABAMA 11–0
1401.962Knox (KNOX)IND FBSI9–20.81812+17Beat Chicago Dental 68–5
1532.028Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI8–1–10.85010+11Tied North Carolina 12–12
1602.135Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI8–2–10.77317+17Beat Washington (MISSOURI) 18–0
1732.179Purdue (PURDUE)B107–2–10.75018+6Tied Notre Dame 6–6
1832.317North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI5–1–30.72223+4Tied Virginia 12–12
1992.334Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI8–30.72720+18Beat Georgetown 21–0
2092.349Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI7–20.77816+11Beat Vanderbilt 11–5
2122.359Amherst (AMHERST)IND FBSI7–30.70029+17BYE
22102.372Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND FBSI4–1–20.71428+5Beat Colorado College 17–0
23-12.394Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223+16BYE
24-112.422Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI6–20.75018+9Lost to Clemson 0–11
2502.492Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223+9Tied Columbia 6–6
26-112.494Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–30.66735+12Lost to Chicago 0–11
27-102.503Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI8–30.72720+3Lost to Pennsylvania 11–12
28-12.541Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223+1Tied Purdue 6–6
2942.658Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI7–3–10.68234+5Beat Swarthmore 41–0
3082.915Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI4–2–10.64338+10Beat Auburn 12–5
3132.964Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI9–40.69232+19Beat Cornell 12–11
3232.972Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI8–30.72720+3Beat Dickinson 23–0
3343.178Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI5–4–10.55047+16BYE
3463.183Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–2–10.72223-4Beat Boston College 22–0
35-113.223Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70029+2Lost to Steelton Ymca 5–6
36-53.252Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI7–30.70029-1Lost to Carlisle 0–21
37-113.359Texas (TEXAS)IND FBSI6–3–10.65036+9Lost to Texas A&M 0–12
3873.397Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–2–10.58344+9Beat Virginia Military Institute 50–5
3953.435Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI5–2–10.68833-1Beat Grinnell 47–0
40-103.494Missouri (MISSOURI)IND FBSI5–30.62539+3Lost to Kansas 5–17
4103.496Vermont (VERMONT)IND FBSI5–3–20.60040-1BYE
4213.505Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND FBSI6–3–10.65036-2Beat Simpson 18–11
43-13.584Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)IND FBSI4–30.57145-2Beat Tulane 10–0
4433.744Kansas (KANSAS)IND FBSI6–40.60040-2Beat Missouri 17–5
45-93.922Iowa (IOWA)B105–40.55646+8Lost to Illinois 0–80
4603.953Furman (FURMAN)IND FBSI4–3–40.54548+2Tied Charleston 5–5
4714.085Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI6–4–10.59143-10Tied Syracuse 6–6
48-94.155Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI6–40.60040+6Lost to Waterton 0–6
4904.334Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–60.50049-7Lost to Nebraska 0–12
5024.407Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI4–40.50049-9Beat Georgia Tech 26–0; Lost to LSU 0–11
51-14.760Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI2–4–10.35761-2Lost to Georgia 5–12
5225.239Indiana (INDIANA)B103–5–10.38958-7Tied Ohio State 6–6
53-25.258Simpson (SIMPSON)IND FBSI2–30.40056-3Lost to Iowa State 11–18
54105.375NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)IND FBSI3–4–20.44451-11Beat Richmond 30–5
5515.402Tufts (TUFTS)IND FBSI4–6–10.40955-4Tied Exeter 0–0
56-35.506Dickinson (DICKINSON)IND FBSI4–60.40056+1Lost to Lafayette 0–23
57-25.556Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–40.42953+2Lost to Colorado Mines 0–17
5875.638Denver (DENVER)IND FBSI3–4–10.43852-5Beat Pueblo Ymca 2–0
59-15.842Williams (WILLIAMS)IND FBSI3–6–10.35062-6BYE
60-35.915Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–7–10.25068-5Lost to Army 8–22
61-15.989Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)IND FBSI3–6–10.35062-14BYE
62-16.004Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND FBSI3–5–10.38958-4Tied Guilford 0–0
63-46.138Beloit (BELOIT)IND FBSI3–50.37560-12BYE
64-26.205Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)IND FBSI2–3–20.42953-5BYE
65-26.587Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND FBSI2–6–10.27866-14Lost to Haskell 0–18
6627.078Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–3–20.33364-9BYE
6707.354Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND FBSI2–7–20.27367-14Lost to Drake 0–47
68-27.667Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI1–4–20.28665-7Lost to Ole Miss 0–10
6908.210Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)IND FBSI1–4–10.25068-8Lost to LSU 0–6
70110.318Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK))IND FBSI0–60.00071-13BYE
71-110.449Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–6–20.12570-16Lost to Alabama 0–26
72012.447Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–90.00071-23Lost to Holy Cross 0–22

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