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.
1899 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 Pre-Season 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 | 20 | 0.000 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 11 | 0.000 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 19 | 0.000 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 15 | 0.000 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 16 | 0.000 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 23 | 0.000 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 10 | 0.000 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 7 | 0.000 | Chicago (CHICAGO) |  B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 5 | 0.000 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 18 | 0.000 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 12 | 0.000 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 1 | 0.000 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 25 | 0.000 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 28 | 0.000 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 26 | 0.000 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 17 | 0.000 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 4 | 0.000 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 24 | 0.000 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 8 | 0.000 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 14 | 0.000 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 13 | 0.000 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 0 | 0.000 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 2 | 0.000 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 22 | 0.000 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 29 | 0.000 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 30 | 0.000 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 9 | 0.000 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 27 | 0.000 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 3 | 0.000 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 6 | 0.000 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
1898 Final College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.
1898 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.
1898 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.
1898 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.705 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +39 | Beat Brown 17–6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.718 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 4 | +40 | Beat Carlisle 35–5 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.722 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 3 | +39 | Beat Yale 6–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.275 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +7 | Lost to Chicago 0–6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.289 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Illinois 12–5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.440 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 5 | +9 | Beat Lafayette 47–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.510 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 14–1–1 | 0.906 | 6 | +22 | Beat Wisconsin 6–0 |
| 8 | -3 | 1.533 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 7 | +26 | Lost to Princeton 0–6 |
| 9 | 0 | 1.719 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 10 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 22–0 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.994 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +11 | Beat Lehigh 6–5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2.233 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 13 | +11 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 30–0; Beat RUTGERS 59–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.284 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | Beat Lebanon Valley 56–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 2.546 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 9–3 | 0.750 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Minnesota 6–17 |
| 14 | 0 | 2.566 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 18 | +9 | BYE |
| 15 | -2 | 2.934 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +6 | Lost to Pennsylvania 5–35 |
| 16 | -5 | 3.012 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 15 | +8 | Lost to Chicago A.c. 5–17 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.423 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 14 | -1 | Beat Colby 17–0 |
| 18 | -1 | 3.720 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 20 | -1 | Lost to Harvard 6–17 |
| 19 | 0 | 3.735 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 19 | -5 | Tied Dixon 0–0 |
| 20 | 1 | 3.969 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2–3 | 0.611 | 16 | -5 | Beat Maryland A.c. 6–5; Tied FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 11–11 |
| 21 | -1 | 4.025 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +3 | BYE |
| 22 | 0 | 4.422 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 17 | -1 | Beat Indiana 14–0 |
| 23 | 1 | 5.387 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–4 | 0.500 | 21 | +8 | Beat Northwestern 17–6 |
| 24 | 3 | 6.195 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 26 | -6 | Beat Williams 16–5 |
| 25 | -2 | 6.291 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–4 | 0.429 | 25 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 5–12 |
| 26 | 0 | 6.356 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | -2 | Tied Bucknell 11–11 |
| 27 | 1 | 7.035 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 28 | -3 | Lost to Navy 5–6 |
| 28 | -3 | 7.271 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–4–1 | 0.357 | 27 | -10 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–30 |
| 29 | 0 | 8.046 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–8 | 0.200 | 29 | -17 | Lost to Amherst 5–16 |
| 30 | 0 | 9.749 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–8 | 0.111 | 31 | -13 | Lost to Cornell 0–47 |
| 31 | 0 | 10.841 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–7 | 0.125 | 30 | -12 | Lost to Exeter 0–10 |
1898 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.
1898 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.474 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +28 | Beat Chicago 23–11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.624 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Minnesota 29–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.630 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | Beat Penn State 5–0; Beat BROWN 23–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.688 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Carlisle 11–5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0.993 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +20 | Beat Army 10–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.352 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 3 | 1.438 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 22–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.527 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +8 | Beat Williams 10–6 |
| 9 | -1 | 1.559 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 10 | +5 | Beat Oberlin 6–0 |
| 10 | -4 | 1.723 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–1–1 | 0.893 | 9 | +12 | Lost to Pennsylvania 11–23 |
| 11 | 0 | 1.875 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.982 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 9–1 | 0.900 | 8 | +2 | Beat Lake Forest 27–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.246 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +7 | Beat Lafayette 18–0 |
| 14 | -2 | 2.334 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | +6 | Lost to Yale 0–10 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.993 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | +4 | Beat Amherst 28–0 |
| 16 | -1 | 3.047 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 5–11 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.203 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 13 | -1 | Tied Lehigh 0–0 |
| 18 | -2 | 3.253 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | +1 | Beat Boston College 6–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–23 |
| 19 | 1 | 3.766 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | -2 | BYE |
| 20 | 3 | 3.808 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 17 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 59–0 |
| 21 | 0 | 4.401 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | BYE |
| 22 | -5 | 4.713 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–5; Lost to DUQUESNE A.C. 5–18 |
| 23 | 1 | 4.863 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | -2 | 4.956 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Dickinson 0–22 |
| 25 | 1 | 6.235 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 25 | -6 | Tied M.i.t. 0–0 |
| 26 | -1 | 6.713 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 27 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–28 |
| 27 | 0 | 7.196 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 28 | -7 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–10 |
| 28 | 0 | 7.402 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–4 | 0.333 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–29 |
| 29 | 1 | 8.128 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 28 | -2 | Tied Bucknell 0–0 |
| 30 | -1 | 8.242 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 31 | -5 | Lost to Navy 0–18 |
| 31 | 0 | 10.555 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -8 | Lost to Holy Cross 0–12 |
1898 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.451 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Wesleyan 17–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 32–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.535 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Cornell 6–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.619 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 17–0 |
| 4 | -2 | 0.629 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Newtown A.c. 22–0; Beat CHICAGO A.C. 39–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.026 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Brown 22–6; Beat CARLISLE 18–5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1.343 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–0–1 | 0.962 | 8 | +11 | Beat Northwestern 34–5 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.352 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Case 23–5; Beat NOTRE DAME 23–0 |
| 8 | -3 | 1.395 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 10 | +5 | Beat Buffalo 27–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1.435 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 11 | +5 | Beat Amherst 64–6 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.602 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wyoming Seminary 23–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.875 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 31 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | 2 | 1.962 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +5 | Beat Lehigh 18–0 |
| 13 | -6 | 1.976 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 9 | +3 | Beat Chicago A.c. 5–0; Lost to CHICAGO 5–34 |
| 14 | 4 | 2.171 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | +6 | Beat Penn State 16–11 |
| 15 | -4 | 2.655 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Lost to Yale 5–18 |
| 16 | -1 | 2.800 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Lost to Yale 6–22 |
| 17 | -1 | 3.223 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Lost to Navy 11–16 |
| 18 | 2 | 3.262 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 13 | -1 | Beat Swarthmore 34–18 |
| 19 | 0 | 3.531 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | +3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–17; Beat WILLIAMS 22–0 |
| 20 | -3 | 3.630 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | -1 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–17 |
| 21 | 10 | 4.401 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Beat Haskell 5–0; Beat HASKELL 15–0 |
| 22 | 0 | 4.416 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Beat Susquehanna 6–0 |
| 23 | 2 | 4.883 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 21 | 0 | Beat Colby 24–0 |
| 24 | 0 | 4.917 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Beat Illinois Alumni 10–6 |
| 25 | -4 | 6.140 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 26 | -2 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–64 |
| 26 | 1 | 6.235 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 24 | -5 | Beat Hamilton 18–5 |
| 27 | -1 | 7.175 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 27 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–22 |
| 28 | -5 | 7.179 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–3 | 0.400 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Iowa State 0–6 |
| 29 | -1 | 7.732 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -2 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–32 |
| 30 | -1 | 7.983 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -1 | Lost to Army 0–18 |
| 31 | -1 | 9.758 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -6 | Beat Boston College 6–5 |
1898 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.221 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Virginia 40–0; Beat LEHIGH 40–0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.419 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Army 28–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.559 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 42–0 |
| 4 | -2 | 0.567 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Lafayette 34–0; Beat MARYLAND A.C. 24–0; Beat NAVY 30–0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0.819 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Carlisle 23–6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.114 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Newtown A.c. 6–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.257 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Hahnemann Medical 22–6; Beat PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 11–2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.280 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Michigan State 39–0; Beat WESTERN RESERVE 18–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.475 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 10 | +3 | Beat Beloit 21–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.616 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 12–6 |
| 11 | -6 | 1.743 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +2 | Lost to Cornell 6–23; Beat WILLIAMS 17–6 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.875 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 31 | 0 | BYE |
| 13 | 3 | 1.963 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +2 | Beat Vermont 45–6 |
| 14 | -8 | 2.074 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +2 | Lost to Harvard 0–28 |
| 15 | 2 | 2.188 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | 0 | Beat Colby 41–5 |
| 16 | 2 | 2.308 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +1 | Beat Susquehanna 45–6 |
| 17 | -2 | 2.858 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–21 |
| 18 | -11 | 3.135 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 18 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–30 |
| 19 | 3 | 3.488 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | +1 | Beat Holy Cross 12–0; Beat AMHERST 33–0 |
| 20 | 0 | 4.102 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 16 | -1 | Beat Maryland Baltimore 6–0 |
| 21 | -2 | 4.646 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | -1 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–33 |
| 22 | 3 | 5.098 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Beat Gettysburg 26–0 |
| 23 | -2 | 5.691 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Grinnell 6–16 |
| 24 | 4 | 5.779 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Beat Depauw 16–0 |
| 25 | 2 | 5.857 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | -1 | Beat Tufts 18–11 |
| 26 | -3 | 6.139 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 25 | -1 | Lost to Carlisle 6–17 |
| 27 | 2 | 6.997 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | -3 | Beat Worcester Tech 17–0 |
| 28 | -2 | 7.164 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 28 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–34; Lost to DICKINSON 6–12 |
| 29 | -5 | 7.473 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–40 |
| 30 | 0 | 12.350 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 29 | -5 | Lost to Bowdoin 11–18 |
| 31 | 0 | 13.700 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–1 | 0.000 | 29 | 0 | BYE |
1898 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 1 | 0.227 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Mansfield 50–0; Beat BROWN 18–0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.355 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 58–0 |
| 3 | 4 | 0.490 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Amherst 53–2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.493 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Madison High 21–0; Beat DIXON 76–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0.636 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 6 | -3 | 0.842 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wesleyan 27–8 |
| 7 | 11 | 0.928 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Bucknell 11–0 |
| 8 | 3 | 0.928 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Amherst 34–0; Beat WILLIAMS 23–0 |
| 9 | -1 | 0.963 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Syracuse 30–0 |
| 10 | -1 | 1.011 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 17–11 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.341 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Kenyon 29–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 1.578 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 13 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 22–0; Beat IOWA 38–0 |
| 13 | 3 | 1.581 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Haverford 24–0 |
| 14 | 3 | 1.875 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 31 | 0 | BYE |
| 15 | -5 | 2.224 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Northwestern 11–17 |
| 16 | 7 | 2.611 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +1 | Beat Bowdoin 35–6 |
| 17 | -4 | 2.687 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | 0 | Beat Tufts 29–6; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–18 |
| 18 | 4 | 2.769 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 5–0 |
| 19 | -18 | 3.104 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–34; Lost to HARVARD 2–53 |
| 20 | 0 | 3.902 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Navy 0–11 |
| 21 | 6 | 3.939 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 12–0 |
| 22 | 2 | 5.075 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Army 8–27 |
| 23 | -2 | 5.536 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 21 | 0 | Lost to Union (NEW YORK) 0–6; Lost to YALE 0–23 |
| 24 | 1 | 6.626 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | 0 | Lost to NEW York University 0–10 |
| 25 | 1 | 7.057 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–58 |
| 26 | -12 | 7.124 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | -1 | Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–16; Lost to PENN STATE 0–5 |
| 27 | 2 | 7.454 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | -1 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–35 |
| 28 | 0 | 7.859 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–5 |
| 29 | 1 | 8.925 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 27 | -2 | BYE |
| 30 | 1 | 11.525 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 27 | -1 | Lost to Brown 6–29; Lost to WORCESTER TECH 5–17 |
| 31 | -12 | 13.475 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–1 | 0.000 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Purdue Alumni 0–6 |
1898 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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 | 0.069 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 12–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.103 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Gettysburg 50–0; Beat PENN STATE 40–0 |
| 3 | 8 | 0.412 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Tufts 40–0 |
| 4 | 17 | 0.412 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ripon 52–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0.636 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Susquehanna 48–0 |
| 6 | -3 | 0.670 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Stevens 42–0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0.802 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Bowdoin 28–6; Beat DARTMOUTH 21–0 |
| 8 | 14 | 0.894 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Hamilton 41–0; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 47–0 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.074 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Hyde Park High 18–0; Beat DIXON 57–0 |
| 10 | 15 | 1.306 | Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Madison High 45–0 |
| 11 | -7 | 1.392 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wesleyan 5–0 |
| 12 | 4 | 1.478 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Eastern Michigan 21–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 1.547 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Holy Cross 19–0 |
| 14 | 0 | 1.650 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Villanova 16–0 |
| 15 | 11 | 1.680 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 16 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 8–0; Beat MONMOUTH 24–0 |
| 16 | 7 | 1.684 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Bloomsburg 6–0 |
| 17 | -2 | 1.750 | M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 29 | 0 | BYE |
| 18 | -1 | 1.750 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 29 | 0 | BYE |
| 19 | -1 | 1.750 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 29 | 0 | BYE |
| 20 | 7 | 1.994 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 17 | 0 | Tied Bradford National Guard 0–0 |
| 21 | 7 | 3.514 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 18 | 0 | Beat Andover 6–0; Beat COLGATE 5–0 |
| 22 | -17 | 3.540 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–40 |
| 23 | 1 | 3.860 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–21 |
| 24 | -4 | 3.913 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–5 |
| 25 | 5 | 4.092 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 12–0 |
| 26 | 5 | 5.207 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Beat Phialdelphia Ymca 5–0 |
| 27 | -19 | 5.259 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota Alumni 0–5 |
| 28 | -15 | 5.801 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 1–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Beat Illinois Wesleyan 18–0; Lost to PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 6–11 |
| 29 | -20 | 6.238 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 25 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 6–28; Lost to BATES 0–6 |
| 30 | -1 | 7.013 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Amherst 0–12; Lost to CORNELL 0–47 |
| 31 | -12 | 9.162 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Army 0–40 |
1898 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.
1898 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings
1898 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.