1899 Final College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Season
1899 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 0 | 0.799 | Chicago (CHICAGO) |  B10 | 14–0–2 | 0.938 | 2 | +39 | Beat Minnesota 29–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.828 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 1 | +47 | BYE |
| 3 | 2 | 1.118 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 12–1 | 0.923 | 4 | +52 | Beat Yale 11–10 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.175 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 2 | +15 | BYE |
| 5 | -2 | 1.226 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +22 | Beat Lawrence 58–0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.460 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 5 | +28 | Beat Lehigh 35–0 |
| 7 | 0 | 1.466 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 9 | +35 | BYE |
| 8 | -2 | 1.556 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +21 | Lost to Princeton 10–11 |
| 9 | 6 | 1.721 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 11 | +12 | Beat Oberlin 81–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.741 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 9 | +24 | Beat Williams 11–5 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.864 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–3–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +24 | BYE |
| 12 | -2 | 1.899 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 9–2 | 0.818 | 8 | +13 | BYE |
| 13 | -4 | 1.902 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +6 | Beat Kalamazoo 24–9 |
| 14 | 0 | 1.983 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +12 | Beat Dartmouth 16–5 |
| 15 | -4 | 2.016 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 14 | +14 | BYE |
| 16 | 0 | 2.545 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 16 | +7 | BYE |
| 17 | 2 | 2.606 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 14 | +6 | Beat Drake 18–6 |
| 18 | 0 | 2.707 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 20 | +9 | BYE |
| 19 | 2 | 3.040 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 16 | -5 | BYE |
| 20 | 0 | 3.253 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 9–4 | 0.692 | 19 | +14 | Lost to Wesleyan 5–11 |
| 21 | -4 | 3.292 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 6–3–2 | 0.636 | 23 | -2 | Lost to Chicago 0–29 |
| 22 | 2 | 3.558 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 18 | -7 | Beat Springfield 34–0 |
| 23 | 2 | 3.711 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 26 | -2 | Beat Vermont 45–0 |
| 24 | -1 | 3.810 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 21 | +2 | BYE |
| 25 | -3 | 3.827 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–4–1 | 0.550 | 27 | -7 | BYE |
| 26 | 5 | 4.524 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–6 | 0.538 | 29 | +13 | Beat Purdue 29–0 |
| 27 | 6 | 4.661 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 24 | +2 | Beat M.i.t. 29–0 |
| 28 | -1 | 4.681 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 29 | -3 | 4.772 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 25 | -3 | Beat Illinois 5–0; Lost to NORTHWESTERN 0–29 |
| 30 | -1 | 4.778 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 32 | -3 | Lost to Purdue 0–5; Beat ST. LOUIS 29–0 |
| 31 | -3 | 4.944 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 6–5–1 | 0.542 | 28 | -12 | Lost to Syracuse 7–18; Beat SUSQUEHANNA 16–6 |
| 32 | 0 | 5.055 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 36 | +1 | BYE |
| 33 | 2 | 5.376 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -5 | Beat Dickinson 18–7 |
| 34 | 2 | 5.740 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 33 | -11 | Beat Worcester Tech 24–5 |
| 35 | -5 | 5.898 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 33 | -2 | Lost to Duquesne A.c. 5–64 |
| 36 | -2 | 6.130 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–7 | 0.222 | 39 | -15 | Lost to Brown 5–16 |
| 37 | 0 | 6.774 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -5 | BYE |
| 38 | 0 | 7.075 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–8 | 0.200 | 40 | -13 | Lost to Lafayette 0–35 |
| 39 | 0 | 8.081 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–6–2 | 0.364 | 37 | -11 | Tied Bennett Medical 0–0 |
| 40 | 0 | 8.246 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 38 | -21 | BYE |
| 41 | 0 | 11.924 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 41 | -14 | Lost to Tufts 0–29 |
1899 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 0 | 0.917 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +38 | Beat Dartmouth 11–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.923 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–0–2 | 0.929 | 2 | +25 | Beat Northwestern 76–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.192 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 4 | +37 | Beat North Carolina 30–0; Beat CARLISLE 12–0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1.296 | Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 2 | +9 | Beat Grinnell 16–0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.339 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 6 | +18 | Beat Penn State 42–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 1.342 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 7 | +14 | Beat Illinois 23–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.569 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 12 | +30 | Beat Columbia 29–0; Lost to LAFAYETTE 5–6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.596 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 5 | +18 | Beat Newark A.c. 16–0; Beat CORNELL 6–5 |
| 9 | -5 | 1.973 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 7 | +5 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–11 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.010 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 14 | +12 | BYE |
| 11 | -2 | 2.085 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 10 | +9 | Lost to Cornell 0–29; Beat ARMY 16–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.093 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–3–2 | 0.636 | 22 | +16 | Beat Michigan 11–10 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.146 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 11 | +7 | Tied Minnesota 5–5 |
| 14 | -4 | 2.150 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 17 | +9 | Lost to Princeton 0–12 |
| 15 | -1 | 2.210 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 6–1–2 | 0.778 | 12 | -1 | Beat Minnesota Alumni 6–5; Tied BELOIT 5–5 |
| 16 | 1 | 2.242 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 19 | +7 | Beat M.i.t. 38–0 |
| 17 | 1 | 2.310 | Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | 0 | Beat Depauw 34–0 |
| 18 | 1 | 2.327 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 17 | +8 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 41–0 |
| 19 | 2 | 2.699 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | +5 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 35–0 |
| 20 | 0 | 2.988 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 16 | +13 | BYE |
| 21 | -5 | 3.024 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 21 | +2 | Lost to Iowa 0–16 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.262 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 14 | +3 | BYE |
| 23 | -1 | 3.342 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–3–1 | 0.611 | 24 | -3 | Tied Northern Iowa 0–0 |
| 24 | 2 | 3.830 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 26 | +1 | BYE |
| 25 | -1 | 3.960 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 28 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–42 |
| 26 | 5 | 4.325 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 23 | -6 | Beat UConn 34–6 |
| 27 | 2 | 4.344 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 26 | +1 | Beat Eureka 34–0 |
| 28 | -1 | 4.446 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 25 | 0 | BYE |
| 29 | -4 | 4.616 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 34 | +1 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–23 |
| 30 | -2 | 5.038 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 28 | -6 | Beat Mount ST. Mary's 41–0; Lost to GETTYSBURG 5–11 |
| 31 | 6 | 5.345 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 28 | -5 | Beat Rochester 23–0 |
| 32 | -2 | 5.352 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–6 | 0.455 | 32 | +5 | Lost to Chicago 0–76 |
| 33 | 0 | 5.620 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -2 | Lost to Columbia 0–16 |
| 34 | 1 | 5.746 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -9 | Lost to Harvard 0–11 |
| 35 | -3 | 5.913 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 33 | -4 | Lost to Navy 0–35 |
| 36 | 2 | 5.946 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -7 | Beat Bowdoin 11–6 |
| 37 | 2 | 5.998 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 28 | -3 | Beat Medford A.c. 12–0 |
| 38 | -4 | 6.547 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 40 | -9 | Lost to Newark A.c. 0–10 |
| 39 | -3 | 7.113 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -10 | Lost to Kalamazoo 6–21 |
| 40 | 0 | 7.763 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 37 | -18 | Lost to Amherst 6–11 |
| 41 | 0 | 12.867 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 41 | -9 | Lost to Brown 0–38 |
1899 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 2 | 0.860 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Penn State 12–0; Beat ARMY 23–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.897 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Dickinson 16–7 |
| 3 | -2 | 0.907 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | +8 | Lost to Yale 0–6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.992 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Bates 29–0; Beat BROWN 11–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.084 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Wisconsin 6–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.155 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 7 | +11 | Beat Oberlin 58–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.200 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Iowa State 6–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.480 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Notre Dame 12–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.554 | Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 17–0 |
| 10 | 6 | 1.615 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +10 | Beat Lehigh 6–0 |
| 11 | 7 | 1.842 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +5 | Beat Pennsylvania 6–0 |
| 12 | -7 | 1.914 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 17 | +7 | Lost to Harvard 0–11 |
| 13 | 7 | 2.019 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +1 | Beat NEW York University 40–0; Beat AMHERST 18–0 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.105 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 19 | +6 | Beat Wesleyan 17–6; Lost to LAFAYETTE 0–6 |
| 15 | -1 | 2.129 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–6 |
| 16 | -8 | 2.137 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Carlisle 7–16 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.152 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | +4 | Lost to Michigan 0–12; Beat INDIANA 17–0 |
| 18 | 8 | 2.440 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 13 | +7 | Beat Holy Cross 23–5; Beat DARTMOUTH 12–10 |
| 19 | 4 | 2.688 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | +2 | Beat Northwestern 11–0 |
| 20 | 9 | 2.728 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | +3 | Beat Penn State 6–0 |
| 21 | 6 | 3.053 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | -2 | Beat Simpson 5–0 |
| 22 | -3 | 3.232 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Williams 5–23; Beat FITCHBURG YMCA 12–0 |
| 23 | -12 | 3.280 | Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–17 |
| 24 | -15 | 3.383 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Lost to NAVY 0–6 |
| 25 | 0 | 3.542 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | +1 | BYE |
| 26 | -4 | 3.712 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | -1 | Lost to Williams 10–12 |
| 27 | 3 | 3.745 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | -1 | BYE |
| 28 | -4 | 3.780 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 6–17; Beat M.I.T. 44–6 |
| 29 | -8 | 4.221 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | -1 | Lost to Duquesne A.c. 0–35 |
| 30 | 1 | 4.229 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 31 | 1 | 4.483 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | BYE |
| 32 | 1 | 4.586 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 28 | -2 | Beat Bowdoin 17–5 |
| 33 | -5 | 5.268 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 37 | +1 | Lost to Princeton 0–23 |
| 34 | 4 | 6.082 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 30 | -3 | Beat South Side Academy 11–5 |
| 35 | 0 | 6.348 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–4 | 0.429 | 34 | -2 | Lost to Beloit 0–11 |
| 36 | 0 | 6.508 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 37 | -5 | Lost to Cornell 0–6 |
| 37 | 0 | 6.788 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 37 | -3 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0; Lost to COLUMBIA 0–18 |
| 38 | -4 | 6.904 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 35 | -7 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 5–16 |
| 39 | 1 | 7.038 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 36 | -2 | Tied Amherst 0–0; Beat MASSACHUSETTS 16–5 |
| 40 | -1 | 8.260 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 40 | -6 | Lost to Tufts 5–17 |
| 41 | 0 | 15.238 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | -2 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–44 |
1899 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 0 | 0.480 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Northwestern 38–0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.960 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Pennsylvania 16–5 |
| 3 | 14 | 1.008 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Lafayette 12–0; Beat COLUMBIA 11–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.063 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Amherst 41–0; Beat ARMY 18–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.135 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +5 | Beat Campello 25–0 |
| 6 | -2 | 1.159 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Dartmouth 12–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.231 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 10 | +9 | Beat Dixon 29–0; Beat CORNELL 17–6 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.344 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | 0 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 51–0 |
| 9 | -2 | 1.344 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +1 | Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.421 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Carleton 35–5 |
| 11 | 9 | 1.427 | Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Illinois 5–0 |
| 12 | 4 | 1.454 | Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 14 | 0 | Beat William Penn 35–0 |
| 13 | -11 | 1.574 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +5 | Beat Virginia 33–6; Lost to CARLISLE 5–16 |
| 14 | -2 | 1.619 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Simpson 18–0; Beat SOUTH DAKOTA 11–6 |
| 15 | 4 | 1.729 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Western Reserve 17–0 |
| 16 | -8 | 1.868 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | +7 | Lost to Chicago 6–17 |
| 17 | 8 | 2.210 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +1 | Beat Lake Forest 38–0 |
| 18 | 0 | 2.231 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Beat RUTGERS 57–0 |
| 19 | 5 | 2.365 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +2 | Beat Worcester Tech 23–0 |
| 20 | -6 | 2.603 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–11 |
| 21 | 6 | 2.788 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | 0 | Beat Lehigh 5–0 |
| 22 | -13 | 2.804 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | +1 | Lost to Yale 0–12 |
| 23 | 5 | 2.915 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | 5 | 2.931 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +2 | BYE |
| 25 | -3 | 2.980 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | +2 | Lost to Indiana 0–5 |
| 26 | 4 | 3.282 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 22 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 12–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 12–5 |
| 27 | -14 | 3.534 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -2 | Lost to Knox 5–6 |
| 28 | -2 | 3.580 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 36 | +2 | Lost to Harvard 0–18 |
| 29 | 2 | 3.657 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Georgetown 12–0 |
| 30 | 3 | 4.061 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -1 | Beat NEW York University 10–5 |
| 31 | 3 | 4.544 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Beat Grinnell 6–5 |
| 32 | -11 | 4.595 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Oberlin 0–12 |
| 33 | 5 | 4.848 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | -1 | Beat Bowdoin 6–0 |
| 34 | 6 | 5.512 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | -2 | Beat Pittsfield A.c. 12–0 |
| 35 | 1 | 5.564 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–3 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–38 |
| 36 | -4 | 6.010 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 36 | -2 | Lost to Bucknell 0–5 |
| 37 | 2 | 6.938 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Harvard 0–41 |
| 38 | -1 | 7.112 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 35 | -1 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–38 |
| 39 | -4 | 7.320 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -3 | Lost to Tufts 0–6 |
| 40 | 1 | 10.276 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 40 | -3 | Lost to Williams 0–12 |
| 41 | -18 | 15.724 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 40 | 0 | Lost to Boston College 0–24 |
1899 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 0 | 0.327 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 36–0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.725 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 19 | +4 | Beat Bucknell 47–10; Tied BROWN 6–6 |
| 3 | -1 | 1.030 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Bowdoin 13–0; Beat WESLEYAN 20–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.161 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 46–0; Beat BATES 28–0 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.192 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 20 | +3 | Beat Tufts 6–0; Tied PENNSYLVANIA 6–6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1.192 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 1 | 1.240 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Army 6–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.290 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Williams 12–0 |
| 9 | 19 | 1.362 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Bowdoin 37–0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1.381 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 18 | +3 | Beat Notre Dame 23–6; Tied IOWA 5–5 |
| 11 | 8 | 1.423 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Shattuck 40–0 |
| 12 | 5 | 1.432 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Nebraska 33–0 |
| 13 | -6 | 1.440 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat William Penn 23–5 |
| 14 | 4 | 1.580 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 21–0 |
| 15 | 5 | 1.585 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 20 | 0 | Tied Haverford 0–0 |
| 16 | 5 | 1.624 | Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 22 | 0 | Tied Chicago 5–5 |
| 17 | -1 | 1.689 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Navy 5–0 |
| 18 | -6 | 1.702 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Villanova 13–0; Beat SWARTHMORE 16–6 |
| 19 | 10 | 1.715 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Albion 26–0 |
| 20 | 3 | 1.781 | Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rose Hulman 16–0 |
| 21 | 10 | 1.807 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Earlham 30–5 |
| 22 | 8 | 1.846 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Knox 5–0 |
| 23 | 1 | 1.905 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | 8 | 2.711 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 39–0 |
| 25 | -12 | 2.801 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 6–23 |
| 26 | -16 | 2.923 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Lost to Penn State 0–6 |
| 27 | -5 | 2.946 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–47; Beat SHAMOKIN 40–0 |
| 28 | -17 | 2.952 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–36 |
| 29 | -24 | 3.226 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–20 |
| 30 | 3 | 3.400 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | +1 | Beat Amherst 38–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–12 |
| 31 | -6 | 4.095 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–5 |
| 32 | 7 | 4.198 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 10–0 |
| 33 | 4 | 4.220 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Syracuse A.c. 6–0 |
| 34 | 2 | 4.976 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–5 |
| 35 | -8 | 5.035 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–13; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–37 |
| 36 | -1 | 5.067 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest Academy 24–5; Lost to RUSH MEDICAL 0–6 |
| 37 | 1 | 5.120 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Tied Lake Forest Alumni 0–0 |
| 38 | 2 | 5.716 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -1 | Lost to Brown 0–6; Beat DEAN ACADEMY 23–0 |
| 39 | -5 | 6.556 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -2 | Lost to Williams 0–38 |
| 40 | 1 | 7.343 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 34 | -2 | Beat Springfield 17–0 |
| 41 | -15 | 11.010 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 39 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–46; Lost to HOLY CROSS 0–39 |
1899 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.
1899 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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.