1903 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 29, 1903By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1903 Season Tags: • No Comments

1903 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	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	24	0.356	Haskell (HASKELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado College 45–0
2	36	0.589	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Swarthmore 34–0
3	34	0.635	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Dickinson 27–0
4	27	0.914	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Albright 83–0
5	13	0.930	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Massachusetts 12–0
6	8	0.961	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wesleyan 10–0
7	55	1.015	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lombard 43–0
8	-7	1.023	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
9	18	1.023	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell (IOWA) 6–0
10	-8	1.183	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
11	-7	1.183	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	34	0	Tied Colgate 0–0
12	-7	1.183	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
13	-7	1.183	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
14	-5	1.183	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
15	-5	1.183	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
16	-4	1.183	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
17	-4	1.183	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
18	-1	1.183	Cumberland (CUMBERLAND)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
19	0	1.183	Drake (DRAKE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
20	1	1.183	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
21	1	1.183	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
22	10	1.183	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
23	10	1.183	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
24	10	1.183	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
25	11	1.183	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
26	14	1.183	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
27	14	1.183	Simpson (SIMPSON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
28	14	1.183	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
29	15	1.183	TCU	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
30	15	1.183	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
31	15	1.183	Texas (TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
32	15	1.183	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
33	15	1.183	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
34	15	1.183	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
35	17	1.183	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
36	17	1.183	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
37	19	1.183	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	44	0	BYE
38	22	1.270	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
39	-15	1.340	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Williams 17–0; Beat BOWDOIN 24–0
40	18	1.425	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Division High 33–0; Beat LAWRENCE 23–0
41	27	1.573	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grand Island 64–0
42	-31	1.580	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boulder High 40–0
43	21	1.627	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gettysburg 46–0
44	-14	1.642	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Gallaudet 36–0
45	12	1.658	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 35–0
46	-7	1.673	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Englewood High 34–0
47	-18	1.704	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Emporia College 32–0
48	17	1.747	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minneapolis Eastern High 37–0; Beat CARLETON 29–0
49	1	1.782	Vermont (VERMONT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vermont Methodist Seminary 27–0
50	16	1.787	Denver (DENVER)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Denver High 27–0; Beat SACRED HEART 30–0
51	18	1.828	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fort Sheridan 28–0; Beat ENGLEWOOD HIGH 35–0; Beat NORTH CENTRAL 22–6
52	-44	1.844	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colby 23–0
53	-33	1.844	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland Baltimore 23–0
54	13	1.937	Knox (KNOX)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
55	-52	1.952	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Union (NEW YORK) 16–0
56	-28	1.952	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Highland Park 16–0
57	-6	1.952	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat ST. Albans 16–0
58	-35	1.960	Grinnell (GRINNELL)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat East DES Moines High 11–0; Beat COE 20–0
59	-24	1.968	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Guilford 15–0
60	-45	2.014	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hobart 12–0
61	-54	2.123	Beloit (BELOIT)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Beloit High 10–5
62	-46	2.338	Cornell (iowa) (CORNELL (IOWA))	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Iowa 0–6
63	-4	2.541	Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	37	0	Lost to Dartmouth 0–12
64	-10	2.608	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Columbia 0–10
65	-10	3.082	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Harvard 0–17
66	-5	3.155	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	34	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–27
67	-4	3.619	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	34	0	Lost to Haskell 0–45
68	-25	4.231	Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Princeton 0–34
69	1	4.535	Lombard (LOMBARD)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	37	0	Lost to Illinois 0–43
70	-44	11.735	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	37	0	Lost to Wabash 0–5