1904 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1904 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 | 43 | 0.657 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Mississippi State 61–0 |
| 2 | 9 | 0.952 |  Colby (COLBY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat NEW Hampshire 23–0 |
| 3 | 12 | 1.033 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Massachusetts 17–0 |
| 4 | 32 | 1.060 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Dickinson 12–0; Beat GEORGETOWN 10–0 |
| 5 | -4 | 1.082 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Swarthmore 6–4; Beat VIRGINIA 24–0 |
| 6 | -3 | 1.087 |  Alabama (ALABAMA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Florida 29–0 |
| 7 | 45 | 1.087 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) |  B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Carleton 65–0 |
| 8 | -4 | 1.113 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Bowdoin 23–0 |
| 9 | 47 | 1.134 | Sewanee (SEWANEE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Tennessee Medical 58–0 |
| 10 | 12 | 1.154 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Williams 24–0 |
| 11 | 5 | 1.234 |  Denver (DENVER) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Colorado State 18–0 |
| 12 | -7 | 1.315 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Tufts 12–0 |
| 13 | 22 | 1.315 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wabash 12–4 |
| 14 | 39 | 1.355 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lincoln High 17–0; Beat GRINNELL 46–0 |
| 15 | 11 | 1.395 |  Maine (MAINE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Brown 6–0 |
| 16 | 38 | 1.402 |  NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Virginia Military Institute 6–0 |
| 17 | 34 | 1.409 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wesleyan 22–0; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 42–0 |
| 18 | 39 | 1.427 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat North Division High 18–0; Beat INDIANA 56–0 |
| 19 | 42 | 1.435 |  Ohio State (OHIO STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Miami (OH) 80–0 |
| 20 | 54 | 1.476 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 28–0; Beat WESLEYAN 16–0 |
| 21 | -15 | 1.585 |  Auburn (AUBURN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 22 | -15 | 1.585 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Tied Holy Cross 0–0 |
| 23 | -15 | 1.585 |  Baylor (BAYLOR) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Tied TCU 0–0 |
| 24 | -14 | 1.585 |  Clemson (CLEMSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 25 | -13 | 1.585 |  Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 26 | -7 | 1.585 |  Georgia (GEORGIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 27 | -4 | 1.585 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 0–0–2 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Tied Bates 0–0 |
| 28 | -3 | 1.585 |  LSU | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 29 | 0 | 1.585 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 30 | 2 | 1.585 | Nashville (NASHVILLE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 31 | 2 | 1.585 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 32 | 6 | 1.585 |  TCU | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Tied Baylor 0–0 |
| 33 | 8 | 1.585 |  Texas (TEXAS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 34 | 8 | 1.585 |  Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 35 | 8 | 1.585 |  Tulane (TULANE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 36 | 9 | 1.585 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | BYE |
| 37 | 31 | 1.592 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Augustana (SOUTH DAKOTA) 33–2; Beat CORNELL (IOWA) 88–0 |
| 38 | 12 | 1.596 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fort Sheridan 45–0 |
| 39 | 16 | 1.657 | Haskell (HASKELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ottawa 34–0 |
| 40 | 24 | 1.737 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Gettysburg 41–0 |
| 41 | 35 | 1.753 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wabash 23–2; Beat KNOX 11–0 |
| 42 | -14 | 1.757 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Case 33–0 |
| 43 | -9 | 1.811 |  North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Guilford 29–0 |
| 44 | 18 | 1.824 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Villanova 26–0 |
| 45 | 24 | 1.858 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat North Central 34–0 |
| 46 | 14 | 1.885 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ursinus 12–0 |
| 47 | -23 | 1.905 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat COE 22–0 |
| 48 | -34 | 1.932 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Colgate 17–0; Beat ROCHESTER 29–6 |
| 49 | 31 | 1.932 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Emporia State 34–0 |
| 50 | 17 | 1.959 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 51 | -4 | 1.959 |  Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Richmond 18–0 |
| 52 | -13 | 1.972 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Maryville 17–0 |
| 53 | 25 | 1.979 |  Colorado (COLORADO) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Utah 33–6 |
| 54 | 23 | 2.059 |  Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI)) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rose Hulman 16–5 |
| 55 | 18 | 2.113 | Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Pueblo High 6–5 |
| 56 | -36 | 2.120 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Camp Mcpherson 11–5 |
| 57 | -26 | 2.120 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Truman State 6–0 |
| 58 | -21 | 2.282 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | +1 | Lost to Pennsylvania 4–6; Beat LEHIGH 20–0 |
| 59 | -50 | 2.859 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Maine 0–6 |
| 60 | -14 | 2.859 |  Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to NC State 0–6 |
| 61 | -34 | 2.891 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–17; Beat WILLIAMS 12–0 |
| 62 | 1 | 2.952 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Beat Allegheny 50–0 |
| 63 | 12 | 2.995 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 43 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Beat ALBRIGHT 58–0 |
| 64 | -62 | 3.111 |  NEW Hampshire (NEW HAMPSHIRE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Lost to Colby 0–23 |
| 65 | 5 | 3.378 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 43 | 0 | Beat Washington & LEE 17–0; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–24 |
| 66 | 0 | 3.440 |  Georgetown (GEORGETOWN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–10 |
| 67 | -54 | 3.561 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Denver 0–18 |
| 68 | -20 | 3.620 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–22; Lost to COLUMBIA 0–16 |
| 69 | 12 | 3.662 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 42 | +2 | Beat Beloit 11–0; Beat EARLHAM 28–11 |
| 70 | 9 | 3.775 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 43 | 0 | Beat Indiana Medical 12–0; Lost to CHICAGO 0–56 |
| 71 | 0 | 3.821 | Wabash (WABASH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 57 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 2–23; Lost to NOTRE DAME 4–12 |
| 72 | 0 | 3.873 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 43 | -1 | Lost to Purdue 0–11; Beat BELOIT HIGH 34–0 |
| 73 | -56 | 4.205 |  Florida (FLORIDA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Alabama 0–29 |
| 74 | -15 | 4.893 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 47 | -1 | Lost to Swarthmore 0–20 |
| 75 | -54 | 5.200 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Nebraska 0–46 |
| 76 | -18 | 5.668 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 60 | -1 | Lost to Army 0–12 |
| 77 | -37 | 5.902 | Tennessee Medical (TENNESSEE MEDICAL) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Sewanee 0–58 |
| 78 | -13 | 5.997 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 57 | 0 | Lost to Amherst 0–23; Lost to EXETER 0–11 |
| 79 | -49 | 6.078 |  Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Vanderbilt 0–61 |
| 80 | -31 | 6.254 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 59 | -1 | Lost to Harvard 0–24; Lost to MASSACHUSETTS 0–12 |
| 81 | -63 | 8.420 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Columbia 0–28; Lost to MCDANIEL 0–12 |