1902 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
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.
1902 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings
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.
1902 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings
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.
1902 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings
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.
1901 Final 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.
1901 Week 15 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.
1901 Week 14 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 | 0 | 0.428 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +29 | Beat Beloit 89–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.768 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | 0.805 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +67 | Beat Yale 22–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.174 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–1–1 | 0.885 | 7 | +46 | Lost to Harvard 0–22 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.364 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +21 | BYE |
| 6 | 4 | 1.368 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 4 | +23 | Beat Vermont 67–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.390 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–1–1 | 0.864 | 9 | +26 | BYE |
| 8 | -1 | 1.496 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 5 | +24 | Beat ST. Paul's (NEW HAMPSHIRE) 24–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.533 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 8–1–1 | 0.850 | 10 | +19 | Beat Northwestern 16–0 |
| 10 | 5 | 1.812 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 4–1–2 | 0.714 | 19 | +16 | Beat Pennsylvania 24–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.909 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +11 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 34–0 |
| 12 | -3 | 1.990 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 15 | +22 | Lost to Minnesota 0–16 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.056 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +8 | Beat Drake 5–0 |
| 14 | 0 | 2.165 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +13 | Beat Tufts 17–5 |
| 15 | -7 | 2.200 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +16 | Lost to Williams 0–17 |
| 16 | 4 | 2.498 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 14 | +17 | Beat Vermont 38–0 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.510 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 15 | +4 | BYE |
| 18 | 0 | 2.617 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 6–2 | 0.750 | 15 | +11 | BYE |
| 19 | -3 | 2.830 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–4 | 0.714 | 19 | +20 | Lost to Army 0–24 |
| 20 | 1 | 2.833 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 5–3 | 0.625 | 22 | +2 | Beat Ohio State 18–6 |
| 21 | -2 | 3.183 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 6–3–1 | 0.650 | 21 | +11 | Lost to Columbia 5–6 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.222 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 18 | +12 | Beat Lehigh 41–0 |
| 23 | 4 | 3.475 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 7–5 | 0.583 | 26 | +17 | Beat Navy 6–5 |
| 24 | 8 | 3.492 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 28 | +3 | Beat Massachusetts 17–0 |
| 25 | -1 | 3.671 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 27 | -5 | BYE |
| 26 | 2 | 3.684 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 22 | +6 | Beat Dickinson 12–0 |
| 27 | -1 | 3.876 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–5–2 | 0.600 | 24 | -7 | BYE |
| 28 | -6 | 3.964 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–3 | 0.550 | 29 | -1 | Lost to Michigan 0–89 |
| 29 | 5 | 4.087 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 24 | -10 | Beat Athens A.c. 17–6 |
| 30 | 0 | 4.312 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–6 | 0.500 | 30 | -4 | Lost to Holy Cross 5–17 |
| 31 | -2 | 4.314 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | Lost to Grinnell 0–5 |
| 32 | 1 | 4.436 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | BYE |
| 33 | -8 | 4.650 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–5–2 | 0.455 | 35 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 11–15 |
| 34 | 1 | 4.685 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–6–1 | 0.458 | 34 | +2 | Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0 |
| 35 | -4 | 5.138 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 5–5–1 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | Lost to Syracuse 0–38; Lost to CORNELL 0–67 |
| 36 | 1 | 5.594 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | 0.350 | 39 | -8 | Beat Amherst 15–11 |
| 37 | -1 | 5.771 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–5 | 0.444 | 36 | -13 | Lost to Penn State 0–12 |
| 38 | 0 | 6.243 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 38 | -8 | BYE |
| 39 | 0 | 6.421 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–5–2 | 0.333 | 40 | -9 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 28–12 |
| 40 | 2 | 6.525 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 3–4–2 | 0.444 | 36 | -2 | Beat Texas 12–0 |
| 41 | 0 | 7.933 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 41 | -17 | Lost to Andover 0–11 |
| 42 | -2 | 7.983 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–7 | 0.222 | 42 | -10 | Lost to Maine 5–22 |
| 43 | 0 | 8.614 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -15 | BYE |
| 44 | 0 | 9.739 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–10 | 0.091 | 44 | -22 | Lost to Lafayette 0–41 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.809 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 45 | -6 | BYE |
1901 Week 13 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 | 0 | 0.586 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +24 | Beat Chicago 22–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.762 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +20 | Beat Minnesota 18–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.930 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +51 | Beat Dartmouth 27–12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.965 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 5 | +43 | Beat Princeton 12–0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1.328 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 7 | +21 | Beat Purdue 28–6 |
| 6 | -2 | 1.365 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–1–1 | 0.864 | 9 | +25 | Lost to Yale 0–12 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.463 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 7 | +22 | Lost to Harvard 12–27 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.496 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Tufts 6–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.618 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +22 | Tied Beloit 11–11 |
| 10 | 2 | 1.623 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 6 | +16 | Beat Columbia 24–0 |
| 11 | -4 | 1.728 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +12 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–18 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.926 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +11 | Beat Indiana 18–5 |
| 13 | -4 | 2.160 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +3 | Lost to Iowa 11–17 |
| 14 | 1 | 2.250 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +8 | Beat Boston College 11–0 |
| 15 | 1 | 2.318 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +5 | BYE |
| 16 | 2 | 2.488 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–3 | 0.769 | 15 | +20 | Beat Carlisle 16–14 |
| 17 | 3 | 2.528 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +2 | Beat Kansas 29–5 |
| 18 | 4 | 2.597 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +9 | Beat Grinnell 17–11 |
| 19 | 2 | 2.603 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 19 | +17 | Beat Washington & Jefferson 17–11 |
| 20 | -7 | 2.831 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +11 | Lost to Syracuse Alumni 0–6 |
| 21 | -4 | 2.934 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | +2 | Lost to Notre Dame 5–18 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.049 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2–3 | 0.611 | 22 | -1 | Tied Northwestern 11–11 |
| 23 | -4 | 3.511 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 20 | +10 | Lost to Homestead A.c. 10–48 |
| 24 | 0 | 3.670 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 28 | -5 | Lost to Illinois 6–28 |
| 25 | 3 | 3.795 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–4–2 | 0.500 | 32 | +3 | Beat Bowdoin 29–6 |
| 26 | 0 | 3.799 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–5–2 | 0.600 | 24 | -5 | Lost to Michigan 0–22 |
| 27 | -2 | 3.845 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 6–5 | 0.545 | 30 | +11 | Lost to Cornell 0–24 |
| 28 | 7 | 3.943 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | +4 | Beat Lehigh 38–0 |
| 29 | 0 | 3.976 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | -2 | Beat Iowa State 12–5 |
| 30 | -3 | 3.999 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–5 | 0.545 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Massachusetts 0–6 |
| 31 | 2 | 4.025 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 5–3–1 | 0.611 | 22 | +5 | Beat Middlebury 20–0 |
| 32 | 2 | 4.321 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 32 | -5 | Beat Troy Laureates 6–0 |
| 33 | -2 | 4.332 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 32 | 0 | BYE |
| 34 | 2 | 4.409 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 29 | -9 | Beat Burlingame A.c. 34–0 |
| 35 | -3 | 4.683 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–6 | 0.455 | 36 | +3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 14–16 |
| 36 | -6 | 5.275 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 32 | -9 | Lost to Medico Chirurgical 6–11 |
| 37 | 1 | 5.990 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–6–1 | 0.278 | 40 | -9 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 11–0 |
| 38 | 1 | 6.144 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 37 | -7 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 24–5 |
| 39 | 1 | 7.147 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–5–2 | 0.250 | 41 | -8 | Lost to Drake 5–12 |
| 40 | -3 | 7.151 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 41 | -8 | Lost to Amherst 6–29 |
| 41 | 0 | 7.243 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 39 | -16 | Lost to Holy Cross 0–11 |
| 42 | 0 | 7.396 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–4–2 | 0.375 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Nebraska 5–29 |
| 43 | 0 | 8.665 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -13 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–11 |
| 44 | 0 | 9.561 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–9 | 0.100 | 44 | -17 | Beat Haverford 21–5; Lost to PENN STATE 0–38 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.600 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 45 | -5 | Lost to Texas 0–11; Lost to HASKELL 0–19 |
1901 Week 12 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 | 0 | 0.526 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Ohio State 21–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.871 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Iowa State 45–0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1.026 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +38 | Beat Pennsylvania 33–6 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.076 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 7 | +22 | Tied Army 6–6 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.076 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 6 | +30 | Beat Orange A.c. 30–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.145 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Vermont 22–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.315 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 8 | +10 | Beat North Dakota 10–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.472 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +16 | Beat Iowa 27–0 |
| 9 | -1 | 1.534 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 9 | +4 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 1.594 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Amherst 15–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.666 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +20 | Beat Chicago 6–5 |
| 12 | -1 | 1.739 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 10 | +9 | Beat Lehigh 30–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.057 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 13 | +10 | Beat Columbia 11–5 |
| 14 | 4 | 2.121 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 14 | +7 | Beat Purdue 12–6 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.330 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 14 | +6 | Beat Pittsfield A.c. 14–0 |
| 16 | 4 | 2.386 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +4 | Tied Princeton 6–6 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.471 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +3 | BYE |
| 18 | -3 | 2.610 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–3 | 0.750 | 17 | +12 | Lost to Harvard 6–33 |
| 19 | -6 | 2.624 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 16 | +9 | Lost to Philadelphia A.c. 0–23; Beat BROWN 11–6 |
| 20 | 4 | 2.652 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 18 | +1 | Beat Missouri 51–0 |
| 21 | 2 | 2.655 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 20 | +15 | Beat Carlisle 16–5 |
| 22 | -6 | 3.032 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 5–2 | 0.714 | 18 | +3 | Lost to Illinois 0–27 |
| 23 | 2 | 3.080 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2–2 | 0.625 | 25 | -1 | BYE |
| 24 | -3 | 3.192 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 23 | -3 | Lost to Notre Dame 6–12 |
| 25 | 1 | 3.498 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 26 | +11 | Beat Georgetown 18–0; Lost to SYRACUSE 5–11 |
| 26 | 1 | 3.642 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–4–2 | 0.643 | 23 | -5 | Lost to Northwestern 5–6 |
| 27 | 5 | 3.792 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 26 | 0 | Beat Manhattan 5–0; Beat WORCESTER TECH 12–0; Beat BOSTON COLLEGE 12–0 |
| 28 | 0 | 4.120 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–4–2 | 0.444 | 35 | +2 | Lost to Massachusetts 0–15 |
| 29 | 2 | 4.285 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | BYE |
| 30 | 4 | 4.288 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 28 | -7 | Beat Swarthmore 28–6 |
| 31 | 4 | 4.288 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | 0 | Beat Bowdoin 11–0 |
| 32 | -3 | 4.313 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–5 | 0.500 | 30 | +5 | Lost to Navy 5–16 |
| 33 | -11 | 4.367 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 29 | +6 | Lost to Union (NEW YORK) 5–22; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–22 |
| 34 | 2 | 4.491 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 36 | -4 | Beat Wesleyan 11–5 |
| 35 | -2 | 4.752 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 36 | -6 | 4.847 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -9 | Lost to Washington & Jefferson 5–11 |
| 37 | 2 | 6.373 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 40 | -3 | Lost to Bates 0–11 |
| 38 | 2 | 6.484 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -8 | Lost to Williams 5–11 |
| 39 | -2 | 6.524 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | 0.350 | 38 | -4 | Lost to Homestead A.c. 0–34; Lost to LAFAYETTE 6–11 |
| 40 | 1 | 6.551 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–4–2 | 0.286 | 40 | -4 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–45 |
| 41 | 1 | 6.880 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 39 | -13 | Lost to Tufts 0–12 |
| 42 | -4 | 7.019 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–3–2 | 0.429 | 36 | 0 | Lost to Haskell 5–18 |
| 43 | 0 | 7.702 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 42 | -5 | BYE |
| 44 | 0 | 10.404 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–8 | 0.000 | 45 | -12 | Lost to Cornell 0–30 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.417 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–4–1 | 0.100 | 44 | -5 | Lost to Nebraska 0–51 |
1901 Week 11 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 | 0 | 0.331 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Carlisle 22–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.853 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Nebraska 18–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.044 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Cornell 8–6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.105 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 7 | +24 | Tied Army 5–5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.148 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +26 | Beat Brown 48–0 |
| 6 | -2 | 1.200 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 8 | +9 | Beat Haskell 28–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.261 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Wesleyan 29–12 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.534 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 8 | +4 | Beat Iowa State 23–0 |
| 9 | 4 | 1.656 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 11 | +11 | Beat Indiana 18–0 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.669 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | BYE |
| 11 | -3 | 1.733 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 10 | +9 | Lost to Princeton 6–8 |
| 12 | 0 | 1.760 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 11 | +10 | BYE |
| 13 | 1 | 1.849 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 11 | +5 | Beat Lehigh 29–0 |
| 14 | 2 | 2.074 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 14 | +5 | BYE |
| 15 | 0 | 2.392 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–2 | 0.818 | 16 | +13 | Lost to Columbia 0–11 |
| 16 | 2 | 2.422 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 5–1 | 0.833 | 14 | +4 | Beat COE 11–0; Beat KNOX 23–6 |
| 17 | -6 | 2.434 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 23 | +3 | Lost to Illinois 0–18 |
| 18 | 2 | 2.452 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 17 | +3 | Beat Lake Forest 16–0 |
| 19 | 4 | 2.552 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 17 | +3 | Beat Andover 37–5 |
| 20 | -1 | 2.583 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 21 | +3 | Tied Yale 5–5 |
| 21 | 0 | 2.620 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 17 | -2 | Beat Case 22–0 |
| 22 | 0 | 2.860 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 17 | +3 | BYE |
| 23 | 3 | 3.025 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 25 | +9 | Beat Dickinson 12–6 |
| 24 | -7 | 3.092 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 23 | +1 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–18 |
| 25 | 0 | 3.161 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2–2 | 0.625 | 26 | -1 | Tied Kansas 0–0; Tied CHICAGO 17–17 |
| 26 | 7 | 3.449 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 26 | +11 | Beat Haverford 29–6; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 11–0 |
| 27 | 1 | 3.472 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–3–2 | 0.692 | 22 | -3 | Tied Beloit 17–17 |
| 28 | 2 | 3.907 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–3–2 | 0.500 | 30 | +1 | Tied Union (NEW YORK) 0–0 |
| 29 | 0 | 3.984 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 29 | +6 | Lost to Michigan 0–22 |
| 30 | 2 | 4.016 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 28 | -7 | Beat Gettysburg 51–6 |
| 31 | -7 | 4.187 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -1 | Lost to Simpson 5–10 |
| 32 | 3 | 4.615 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 36 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 21–0 |
| 33 | -6 | 4.804 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | Lost to Homestead A.c. 0–39 |
| 34 | -3 | 4.833 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -6 | Lost to Navy 6–12 |
| 35 | 1 | 4.906 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 37 | -1 | Beat Colby 17–6 |
| 36 | 3 | 5.046 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 39 | -4 | Beat Hamilton 33–0 |
| 37 | -3 | 5.299 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 35 | -1 | Lost to Harvard 0–48 |
| 38 | -1 | 5.491 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | 0 | Tied Beloit 0–0 |
| 39 | 3 | 5.767 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 39 | 0 | Beat Exeter 16–6 |
| 40 | 0 | 5.996 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 42 | -4 | Lost to Dartmouth 12–29 |
| 41 | -3 | 6.160 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–3–2 | 0.333 | 39 | -3 | Lost to Grinnell 0–23 |
| 42 | -1 | 6.448 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 37 | -7 | BYE |
| 43 | 0 | 8.082 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 42 | -5 | Lost to Tufts 0–21; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 16–5 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.540 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–7 | 0.000 | 45 | -8 | Lost to Lafayette 0–29 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.661 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 44 | -3 | Tied Ottawa 6–6 |
1901 Week 10 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 | 0 | 0.167 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Buffalo 128–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.918 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Kansas 50–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1.085 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Orange A.c. 29–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 6–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.114 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 9 | +7 | Beat Iowa 16–0 |
| 5 | -2 | 1.158 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +17 | Beat Bates 21–0; Beat COLUMBIA 10–5 |
| 6 | 0 | 1.236 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Bowdoin 35–6 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.238 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Carlisle 29–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.339 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Oberlin 29–0 |
| 9 | 5 | 1.530 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 9 | +3 | Beat DES Moines 44–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.669 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Worcester Tech 18–12 |
| 11 | 5 | 1.789 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 16 | +3 | Beat Purdue 11–6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1.822 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 6–1 | 0.857 | 12 | +8 | Beat Illinois 17–11 |
| 13 | -8 | 1.902 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 5–1 | 0.833 | 13 | +7 | Lost to Northwestern 11–17 |
| 14 | -4 | 1.923 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 13 | +5 | Lost to Princeton 0–6 |
| 15 | 2 | 1.932 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 11 | +15 | Beat Gettysburg 22–0; Beat CHICAGO 11–0 |
| 16 | -1 | 2.038 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 13 | +5 | Beat Amherst 28–17 |
| 17 | 4 | 2.497 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 16 | +1 | Beat Iowa State 17–0 |
| 18 | -7 | 2.521 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +4 | Lost to Minnesota 0–16 |
| 19 | 4 | 2.559 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +1 | Beat Williams 15–0 |
| 20 | 9 | 2.603 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 22 | +3 | Beat Beloit 5–0 |
| 21 | -9 | 2.687 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 22 | -1 | Lost to Indiana 6–11 |
| 22 | 0 | 2.859 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +2 | Tied Wesleyan 0–0 |
| 23 | 1 | 2.868 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 22 | +2 | Tied Brown 6–6 |
| 24 | 1 | 3.148 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | -1 | Beat Missouri 24–0 |
| 25 | -5 | 3.260 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 25 | -1 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–5 |
| 26 | -7 | 3.298 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 30 | +7 | Lost to Penn State 6–11 |
| 27 | 4 | 3.335 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | +2 | Beat Navy 11–6 |
| 28 | -2 | 3.512 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–3–1 | 0.708 | 21 | -2 | Beat Hyde Park High 17–0; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–11 |
| 29 | -2 | 3.575 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 26 | +6 | Lost to Harvard 0–29 |
| 30 | -2 | 3.965 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Syracuse 17–28 |
| 31 | 3 | 4.139 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 27 | -3 | Beat Haverford 10–0 |
| 32 | 4 | 4.322 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 31 | -4 | Beat Lehigh 10–0 |
| 33 | -1 | 4.467 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 31 | +1 | Lost to Yale 5–10 |
| 34 | 1 | 4.599 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Tied Holy Cross 6–6 |
| 35 | 4 | 5.151 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 38 | -1 | Beat Maine 18–5 |
| 36 | 2 | 5.470 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 39 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–21 |
| 37 | -4 | 5.533 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–50 |
| 38 | -8 | 5.819 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–2–2 | 0.400 | 36 | -2 | Lost to Nebraska 0–17 |
| 39 | -2 | 5.838 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | -4 | Lost to Army 0–15 |
| 40 | 0 | 6.037 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 39 | -4 | Tied Vermont 0–0 |
| 41 | 2 | 6.346 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 36 | -6 | Beat NEW Hampshire 17–0 |
| 42 | -1 | 6.423 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–35 |
| 43 | -1 | 8.591 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–4–1 | 0.100 | 43 | -1 | Lost to Hamilton 7–12 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.835 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–6 | 0.000 | 44 | -6 | Lost to Bucknell 0–10 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.374 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 44 | -2 | Lost to Drake 0–24 |
1901 Week 9 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 | 0 | 0.532 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Northwestern 29–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.980 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Knox 23–5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1.093 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Bowdoin 45–0; Beat PENN STATE 22–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.148 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Dickinson 23–0; Beat BROWN 35–0 |
| 5 | 6 | 1.191 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Chicago 24–0 |
| 6 | -3 | 1.277 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Williams 6–2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1.321 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 12 | +3 | BYE |
| 8 | 0 | 1.322 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Wesleyan 16–0; Beat ARMY 6–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.343 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Carlisle 17–0 |
| 10 | -6 | 1.401 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Manhattan 16–6; Beat ORANGE A.C. 17–0 |
| 11 | 6 | 1.491 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Iowa State 12–0 |
| 12 | -2 | 1.499 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 14 | 0 | Beat Depauw 19–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.608 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Smts 10–0 |
| 14 | 4 | 1.674 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 12 | +2 | Beat Simpson 35–0 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.097 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | +3 | Beat Clarkson 27–0 |
| 16 | 6 | 2.148 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Beat Franklin 76–0 |
| 17 | -11 | 2.175 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 14 | +6 | Beat Virginia 20–5; Beat BUCKNELL 6–0; Lost to NAVY 5–6 |
| 18 | -5 | 2.239 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–1 | 0.833 | 16 | +2 | Lost to Michigan 0–29 |
| 19 | 13 | 2.402 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 25 | +7 | Beat Lehigh 18–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 6–5 |
| 20 | 5 | 2.504 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | 0 | Beat Elgin Academy 55–0 |
| 21 | 0 | 2.884 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | BYE |
| 22 | 6 | 2.942 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | +1 | Beat Tufts 6–5; Beat ST. LAWRENCE 16–5 |
| 23 | -8 | 2.980 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–6 |
| 24 | 2 | 3.004 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | +1 | Beat Tufts 12–5 |
| 25 | 2 | 3.038 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat Northern Iowa 33–2 |
| 26 | -6 | 3.155 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–24 |
| 27 | -4 | 3.350 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 24 | +4 | Beat Haverford 29–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–17 |
| 28 | 3 | 3.439 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 30 | +1 | Beat Bates 5–0; Tied TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 0–0 |
| 29 | 1 | 3.453 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 27 | -1 | Beat Chicago Medical 32–0 |
| 30 | -14 | 3.549 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 0–12 |
| 31 | -7 | 4.126 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–22 |
| 32 | 6 | 4.271 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 29 | +1 | Beat Hamilton 12–0 |
| 33 | 3 | 4.534 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 27 | 0 | Tied Washburn 0–0 |
| 34 | -1 | 4.688 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -2 | Lost to Princeton 0–23 |
| 35 | -1 | 4.791 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–35 |
| 36 | -1 | 5.000 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 36 | -3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–6 |
| 37 | 2 | 5.058 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Dartmouth 2–6 |
| 38 | -9 | 5.262 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | -1 | Lost to Amherst 0–5 |
| 39 | -2 | 5.948 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | -1 | Lost to Vermont 5–6; Lost to HOLY CROSS 5–12 |
| 40 | 1 | 6.234 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | -4 | Lost to Harvard 0–16 |
| 41 | 1 | 6.268 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–45; Beat NEW HAMPSHIRE 48–0 |
| 42 | -2 | 7.461 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 43 | -1 | Tied Amherst 0–0 |
| 43 | 0 | 7.664 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -5 | Beat Exeter 11–0 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.751 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 44 | -2 | Lost to Navy 0–18 |
| 45 | 0 | 14.330 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 44 | 0 | BYE |
1901 Week 8 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 | 0 | 0.733 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Indiana 33–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.781 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 40–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.130 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Boston College 45–0; Beat TUFTS 22–0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1.148 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Syracuse 5–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.239 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Wesleyan 24–0; Beat NAVY 24–0 |
| 6 | 5 | 1.287 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Swarthmore 28–0; Beat BROWN 26–0 |
| 7 | 5 | 1.303 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lehigh 35–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.315 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Amherst 11–0; Beat COLUMBIA 18–0 |
| 9 | 8 | 1.321 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 15 | +3 | Beat Nebraska 19–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.375 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 17 | 0 | Tied Chicago 5–5 |
| 11 | -9 | 1.393 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 23–0; Beat WASHINGTON (MISSOURI) 21–0 |
| 12 | -3 | 1.406 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Hamilton 39–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 24–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.497 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Notre Dame 2–0 |
| 14 | 2 | 1.522 | Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Wesleyan 6–0 |
| 15 | 6 | 1.638 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 17–0 |
| 16 | 3 | 1.650 | Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0–2 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Tied Northern Iowa 0–0 |
| 17 | 6 | 1.782 | Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Drake 6–5 |
| 18 | 0 | 1.873 | Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 16 | +1 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 11–5 |
| 19 | -12 | 2.209 | Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | +3 | Lost to Lafayette 0–5 |
| 20 | 8 | 2.830 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 17 | 0 | Beat Illinois Wesleyan 22–0; Tied PURDUE 5–5 |
| 21 | 1 | 2.884 | Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–19 |
| 22 | -12 | 2.890 | Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–33 |
| 23 | 9 | 2.946 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 19 | +4 | Beat Bucknell 6–5 |
| 24 | 3 | 2.983 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 25 | -5 | 3.042 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–40 |
| 26 | 8 | 3.351 | Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Worcester Tech 14–5 |
| 27 | -1 | 3.440 | Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 5–6 |
| 28 | -23 | 3.603 | Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Norwich 56–0; Lost to MIDDLEBURY 0–12 |
| 29 | 6 | 3.678 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat Boston College 6–0 |
| 30 | -5 | 3.712 | Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Northwestern 0–2 |
| 31 | 2 | 3.782 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–11; Beat WILLISTON 15–0 |
| 32 | -8 | 3.820 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 28–2; Lost to YALE 0–24 |
| 33 | 5 | 3.838 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -1 | Beat Medico Chirurgical 6–0 |
| 34 | -5 | 4.229 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 30 | -1 | Beat Manhattan 6–5; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–26 |
| 35 | -5 | 4.233 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Carlisle 5–6 |
| 36 | 5 | 4.466 | Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat American Osteopath 17–6 |
| 37 | -6 | 4.769 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | +1 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–22 |
| 38 | -2 | 4.801 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–18 |
| 39 | 3 | 5.348 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | -2 | Beat Colgate 29–0 |
| 40 | -1 | 5.565 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Army 0–17 |
| 41 | -1 | 6.187 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 40 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–24; Lost to MASSACHUSETTS 0–6 |
| 42 | -5 | 9.322 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Colby 0–12 |
| 43 | 0 | 9.670 | Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 41 | -3 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–45; Lost to BATES 0–6 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.157 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–35; Lost to SWARTHMORE 5–6 |
| 45 | 0 | 14.174 | Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Simpson 0–10 |
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 |
1901 Week 6 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.