1898 Week 3 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 Pre-Season 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 | 26 | 0.000 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 4 | 0.000 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 14 | 0.000 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 19 | 0.000 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 11 | 0.000 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 5 | 0.000 | Chicago (CHICAGO) |  B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 12 | 0.000 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 13 | 0.000 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 15 | 0.000 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 25 | 0.000 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 3 | 0.000 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 9 | 0.000 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 8 | 0.000 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 24 | 0.000 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 6 | 0.000 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 20 | 0.000 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 10 | 0.000 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 16 | 0.000 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 22 | 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 | 1 | 0.000 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 17 | 0.000 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 18 | 0.000 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 23 | 0.000 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 21 | 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 | 7 | 0.000 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 2 | 0.000 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
1897 Final College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 0.269 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +25 | Beat Lafayette 57–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.379 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +27 | Beat Carlisle 20–10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.827 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +21 | Beat Wesleyan 34–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 0.937 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Notre Dame 34–5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.062 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 7 | +3 | Beat Purdue 34–4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1.109 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 10 | +15 | Beat Lehigh 48–6 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.143 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 6 | +17 | Beat Chicago A.c. 16–6 |
| 8 | -3 | 1.143 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Beloit 11–0 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.662 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 8 | +3 | BYE |
| 10 | -2 | 1.901 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 19 | +5 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–20 |
| 11 | 1 | 2.178 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 12 | +6 | Beat Williams 42–0 |
| 12 | -1 | 2.481 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 11 | +5 | Lost to Princeton 0–57 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.752 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 16 | +9 | Beat Newton A.c. 24–0 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.755 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 8 | +1 | Beat Virginia 4–0 |
| 15 | 0 | 3.393 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 17 | +2 | BYE |
| 16 | 0 | 3.479 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | BYE |
| 17 | 0 | 3.607 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–2–2 | 0.667 | 13 | -8 | Tied York Ymca 0–0; Tied MOUNT ST. MARY'S 0–0 |
| 18 | 5 | 3.926 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | +1 | Beat Amherst 54–0 |
| 19 | 0 | 3.953 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 14–0 |
| 20 | 1 | 3.965 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 18 | -6 | Beat Amherst 18–0 |
| 21 | -3 | 4.340 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 19 | -2 | Lost to Harvard 0–34 |
| 22 | -2 | 5.348 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–3 | 0.500 | 19 | -1 | Lost to Michigan 4–34 |
| 23 | -1 | 6.303 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 5–6 | 0.455 | 22 | -2 | Lost to Exeter 0–4; Lost to ANDOVER 4–6 |
| 24 | 0 | 7.703 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Army 6–48 |
| 25 | 0 | 7.704 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 27 | -5 | BYE |
| 26 | 1 | 8.141 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 24 | -2 | Beat Lancaster Crescents 12–4 |
| 27 | -1 | 10.238 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 26 | -14 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–54; Lost to TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 0–18 |
| 28 | 0 | 11.986 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 28 | -11 | Lost to Cornell 0–42 |
1897 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 0.303 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +21 | Beat Brown 40–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.455 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Elizabeth A.c. 12–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 30–0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0.936 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Illinois 18–12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.944 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +13 | Beat Cornell 24–5 |
| 5 | 4 | 1.024 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Minnesota 39–0 |
| 6 | -3 | 1.057 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 6 | +15 | Tied Army 6–6 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.315 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 7 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | 5 | 1.349 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | +5 | Beat Pennsylvania College 84–0 |
| 9 | -2 | 1.510 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 12 | +12 | Tied Yale 6–6 |
| 10 | -4 | 1.620 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 9 | +3 | Lost to Chicago 12–18 |
| 11 | -1 | 1.757 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 8 | +4 | Beat Lehigh 34–0 |
| 12 | 0 | 2.501 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 14 | +6 | Lost to Harvard 5–24; Beat PENN STATE 45–0 |
| 13 | 2 | 2.942 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | +1 | BYE |
| 14 | -3 | 3.042 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 19 | +9 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–40 |
| 15 | 1 | 3.245 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 18 | +2 | Beat Bloomsburg 6–0 |
| 16 | -2 | 3.425 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–39 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.510 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 11 | -6 | BYE |
| 18 | 1 | 3.942 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 19 | -2 | Beat Amherst 14–0 |
| 19 | 2 | 4.471 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 6–0 |
| 20 | 2 | 4.661 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | -1 | Beat Indiana 20–6 |
| 21 | -4 | 4.690 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 22 | -5 | Lost to Tufts 10–18 |
| 22 | 1 | 5.393 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 21 | -3 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 18–10 |
| 23 | -3 | 5.475 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–30 |
| 24 | 0 | 6.778 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 23 | +2 | Lost to Lafayette 0–34 |
| 25 | 0 | 7.704 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 26 | -4 | Lost to Cornell 0–45 |
| 26 | 0 | 8.081 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 24 | -6 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–14; Tied WILLIAMS 6–6 |
| 27 | 0 | 9.504 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 26 | -1 | BYE |
| 28 | 0 | 11.451 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–5–1 | 0.083 | 28 | -7 | Tied Amherst 6–6 |
1897 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 0.260 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 54–0; Beat CORNELL 10–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.387 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Penn State 24–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 46–0 |
| 3 | 5 | 0.948 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +13 | Beat Brown 18–14; Beat CARLISLE 24–9 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Newton A.c. 24–0; Beat BROWN 18–0; Beat NEWTOWNE A.C. 22–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.015 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Northwestern 21–6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1.043 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Purdue 34–4 |
| 7 | 7 | 1.203 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +10 | Beat Tufts 30–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 1.315 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | Beat Oberlin 16–6 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.328 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Madison High 29–0 |
| 10 | -5 | 2.040 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 10 | +2 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–46 |
| 11 | -8 | 2.074 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 15 | +7 | Lost to Yale 14–18; Lost to HARVARD 0–18 |
| 12 | 0 | 2.359 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 14 | +4 | Lost to Princeton 0–10 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.465 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 17 | +5 | Lost to Yale 9–24 |
| 14 | -5 | 2.613 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Iowa State 10–12 |
| 15 | 0 | 2.990 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +1 | Beat Penn State 4–0 |
| 16 | 1 | 3.436 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 17 | +2 | Beat Lehigh 28–20 |
| 17 | 6 | 3.529 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | -1 | Beat NEW York University 32–0 |
| 18 | -2 | 3.650 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 13 | -5 | Lost to Lehigh 0–5; Beat VILLANOVA 52–0 |
| 19 | 3 | 4.121 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 17 | -2 | Beat Williams 22–0 |
| 20 | -1 | 4.732 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | 0 | BYE |
| 21 | 0 | 5.196 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 6–21 |
| 22 | -4 | 5.266 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 4–34 |
| 23 | -3 | 5.599 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 17 | -4 | Lost to Army 0–30 |
| 24 | 1 | 6.253 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | +3 | Beat Dickinson 5–0; Lost to BUCKNELL 20–28 |
| 25 | -1 | 6.606 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 26 | -2 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–24; Lost to NAVY 0–4 |
| 26 | 1 | 7.198 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 25 | -3 | Beat Massachusetts 20–4 |
| 27 | -1 | 9.652 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 27 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–54; Lost to HAVERFORD 10–12 |
| 28 | 0 | 11.319 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 28 | -6 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–22 |
1897 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 0.197 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Penn State 34–0; Beat CARLISLE 18–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.541 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Virginia 42–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 34–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.948 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Andover 20–4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.009 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Army 10–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.017 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 10 | +2 | Tied Cornell 4–4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.057 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Armour 24–0; Beat BELOIT 39–6 |
| 7 | 4 | 1.062 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 12 | 0 | Beat Ohio State 36–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 1.123 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Newton A.c. 10–0 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.290 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Grinnell 6–0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1.340 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest 36–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.384 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wisconsin Platteville 20–0 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.479 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +4 | Tied Lafayette 4–4 |
| 13 | -10 | 1.697 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | +4 | Lost to Princeton 0–18 |
| 14 | -5 | 2.063 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | +4 | Lost to Harvard 0–10 |
| 15 | 11 | 3.426 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Beat Pennsylvania Reserves 22–0; Beat PRINCETON A.C. 6–0 |
| 16 | 1 | 3.441 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 13 | -1 | Beat Haverford 6–5 |
| 17 | 2 | 4.294 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 22 | 0 | BYE |
| 18 | 5 | 4.325 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Beat Depauw 8–0 |
| 19 | -3 | 4.566 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–34 |
| 20 | 1 | 4.582 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 19 | 0 | Beat NEW Hampshire 12–4; Beat BOWDOIN 20–8 |
| 21 | -6 | 4.619 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 6–12 |
| 22 | 0 | 4.636 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 21 | -1 | Beat Amherst 24–0; Beat MASSACHUSETTS 18–5 |
| 23 | -3 | 4.655 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | -1 | Beat Hamilton 16–0 |
| 24 | -6 | 5.057 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–34 |
| 25 | -1 | 7.513 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 26 | 2 | 7.671 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 26 | 0 | Beat Villanova 28–0 |
| 27 | -2 | 10.234 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 27 | -3 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–24 |
| 28 | -1 | 10.772 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 27 | -2 | Lost to Colgate 0–18 |
1897 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 0.303 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Rutgers 53–0; Beat NAVY 28–0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0.493 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Gettysburg 57–0; Beat LEHIGH 58–0 |
| 3 | -2 | 0.531 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Bloomsburg 26–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.834 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Wesleyan 24–12; Beat BOSTON UNIVERSITY 44–0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0.882 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Amherst 38–0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0.910 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 8–0; Beat TEMPERANCE A.C. 64–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 0.910 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Amherst 18–0; Beat WILLIAMS 32–0 |
| 8 | 6 | 1.032 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest 71–0 |
| 9 | -6 | 1.043 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wesleyan 12–9 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.062 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Carleton 48–6 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.290 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 15 | 0 | Tied Ohio Wesleyan 0–0 |
| 12 | -4 | 1.366 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Madison High 8–0; Beat RUSH MEDICAL 28–0 |
| 13 | 2 | 1.505 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Tufts 15–0 |
| 14 | -3 | 1.593 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 6–0 |
| 15 | 3 | 1.972 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Beloit 6–0 |
| 16 | 3 | 2.814 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | BYE |
| 17 | 4 | 3.392 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 15 | 0 | Beat Swarthmore 20–4 |
| 18 | 2 | 3.411 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | BYE |
| 19 | 3 | 4.211 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 21 | 0 | Tied Pennsylvania Reserves 6–6 |
| 20 | 4 | 4.748 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | 0 | Beat Massachusetts 26–5 |
| 21 | 4 | 5.695 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 20 | 0 | Beat Boston College 12–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–15 |
| 22 | 4 | 5.724 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Brown 12–24; Lost to ARMY 9–12 |
| 23 | -13 | 5.816 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Oberlin 6–22 |
| 24 | 3 | 7.219 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 22 | 0 | Beat Williams 5–0; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–58 |
| 25 | -9 | 7.876 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–18; Lost to HARVARD 0–38 |
| 26 | -9 | 7.876 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–28 |
| 27 | -4 | 8.593 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 24 | -2 | Lost to Lehigh 0–5; Lost to YALE 0–32 |
| 28 | 0 | 10.690 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Lafayette 0–8 |
1897 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 6 | -0.076 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Dickinson 36–0 |
| 2 | 11 | 0.038 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lehigh 43–0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0.455 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 38–6 |
| 4 | -3 | 0.607 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 5 | -3 | 0.806 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Washington & Jefferson 18–4; Beat BUCKNELL 33–0 |
| 6 | 12 | 0.910 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 10–0; Beat WESLEYAN 30–0 |
| 7 | -4 | 1.024 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Bowdoin 24–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 13–0 |
| 8 | 9 | 1.062 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest 30–0 |
| 9 | 13 | 1.113 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wyoming Seminary 26–0; Beat PENN STATE 24–0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1.138 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Illinois State 28–0 |
| 11 | -3 | 1.214 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Eureka 26–0 |
| 12 | -2 | 1.290 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Eastern Michigan 24–0 |
| 13 | 7 | 1.290 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Macalester 26–0 |
| 14 | 7 | 1.413 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Monmouth 41–4 |
| 15 | 9 | 1.783 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Syracuse 16–0 |
| 16 | -11 | 1.793 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 27 | 0 | BYE |
| 17 | -6 | 1.793 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 27 | 0 | BYE |
| 18 | -6 | 1.972 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Evanston High 6–0 |
| 19 | -15 | 2.881 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–13 |
| 20 | -1 | 3.478 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Lafayette 0–24 |
| 21 | 2 | 3.964 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Carlisle 0–36 |
| 22 | 3 | 4.128 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–33 |
| 23 | 4 | 6.303 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | -9 | 6.469 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–10; Lost to ARMY 6–38 |
| 25 | 1 | 6.973 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Boston University 6–20 |
| 26 | -10 | 7.959 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–30 |
| 27 | -18 | 10.110 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–43 |
| 28 | 0 | 13.503 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Virginia 0–38 |
1897 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings
1897 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.
1897 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings
1897 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 | 26 | 0.000 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 14 | 0.000 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 20 | 0.000 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 17 | 0.000 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 16 | 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 | 11 | 0.000 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 10 | 0.000 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 22 | 0.000 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 25 | 0.000 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 12 | 0.000 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 9 | 0.000 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 2 | 0.000 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 27 | 0.000 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 3 | 0.000 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 8 | 0.000 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 13 | 0.000 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 6 | 0.000 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 24 | 0.000 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 1 | 0.000 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 0 | 0.000 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 15 | 0.000 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 18 | 0.000 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 29 | 0.000 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 23 | 0.000 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 19 | 0.000 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 4 | 0.000 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 5 | 0.000 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |