1896 Final College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 0.556 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 4 | +22 | BYE |
| 2 | 0 | 0.727 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Oberlin 10–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.757 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +17 | BYE |
| 4 | 3 | 1.043 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 12–1 | 0.923 | 6 | +30 | Beat Penn State 27–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.088 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 4 | +18 | Beat Bloomsburg 17–0; Beat WYOMING SEMINARY 23–0; Beat FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 38–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 1.174 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 13–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +31 | Beat NEW Jersey A.c. 16–0 |
| 7 | -3 | 1.590 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 9 | +16 | Lost to Chicago 6–18 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.694 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 7 | +4 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 1.716 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 14–2–1 | 0.853 | 8 | +9 | Tied Lake Forest 0–0; Beat NORTHWESTERN 18–6 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.080 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 11 | +3 | Tied Williams 0–0 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.211 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | -2 | 2.404 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 10 | +26 | Lost to Boston A.c. 6–8 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.405 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +4 | BYE |
| 14 | 1 | 2.733 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | -1 | Beat Notre Dame 28–22 |
| 15 | -1 | 2.819 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | BYE |
| 16 | 2 | 2.988 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 19 | +5 | Beat Amherst 32–0 |
| 17 | -1 | 3.033 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–3–1 | 0.650 | 16 | -1 | Tied Cornell 0–0 |
| 18 | -1 | 3.774 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 17 | -3 | Lost to Wesleyan 12–24; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 40–0 |
| 19 | 2 | 3.838 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 4–2–2 | 0.625 | 17 | -3 | Beat Maine 12–6 |
| 20 | 2 | 3.945 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | 0 | Beat Bloomsburg 18–6 |
| 21 | 2 | 3.971 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 26 | -1 | Beat Cincinnati 28–0 |
| 22 | -2 | 4.122 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 23 | -4 | 4.408 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–27 |
| 24 | 2 | 4.567 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 20 | -3 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 24–12 |
| 25 | -1 | 4.864 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 26 | -8 | BYE |
| 26 | 1 | 6.054 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 23 | -3 | Lost to Lafayette 0–38 |
| 27 | -2 | 6.188 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 23 | -2 | Tied Chicago 0–0; Lost to RIPON 0–12 |
| 28 | 1 | 6.404 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 28 | -7 | Beat Maryland A.c. 26–0 |
| 29 | -1 | 7.523 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–6–1 | 0.278 | 29 | -4 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–32 |
| 30 | 0 | 8.545 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 30 | -13 | Lost to Andover 8–12 |
1896 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 0.572 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 4 | +20 | Beat Harvard 12–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.608 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Minnesota 6–4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.745 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Chicago 24–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.994 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 5 | +17 | Beat Illinois 10–4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.112 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 5 | +14 | BYE |
| 6 | -2 | 1.159 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +27 | Beat Boston A.c. 10–0; Beat BROWN 18–6 |
| 7 | 0 | 1.181 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 7 | +23 | Beat Dickinson 30–2; Beat CARLISLE 21–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.777 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +3 | Lost to Michigan 4–6 |
| 9 | 0 | 1.847 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 13–2 | 0.867 | 9 | +4 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–24 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.912 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 10 | +23 | Lost to Princeton 0–12 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.010 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +1 | Lost to Northwestern 4–10 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.159 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 11 | +3 | Beat Bucknell 54–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.407 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +3 | Beat Lehigh 24–10 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.779 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | Tied Wesleyan 12–12 |
| 15 | 1 | 2.959 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | -1 | Beat Depauw 22–0 |
| 16 | -4 | 3.115 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Amherst 4–6 |
| 17 | 1 | 3.253 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 12 | +2 | BYE |
| 18 | 3 | 3.739 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | BYE |
| 19 | 0 | 3.740 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | BYE |
| 20 | 0 | 4.216 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Yale 6–18 |
| 21 | 2 | 4.393 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–2–2 | 0.571 | 19 | -3 | Tied Colby 6–6 |
| 22 | -5 | 4.565 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | 0 | Lost to Cornell 0–54 |
| 23 | -1 | 4.716 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–21 |
| 24 | 1 | 4.960 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 26 | -7 | Lost to Pennsylvania 2–30; Beat HAVERFORD 32–0 |
| 25 | -1 | 5.083 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 20 | -2 | BYE |
| 26 | 0 | 5.408 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 24 | -6 | Tied Army 12–12 |
| 27 | 0 | 5.463 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 20 | -3 | Beat Swarthmore 10–0 |
| 28 | 1 | 6.807 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 28 | -2 | Beat Williams 6–4 |
| 29 | -1 | 7.711 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -7 | Lost to Navy 10–24 |
| 30 | 0 | 7.972 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 29 | -12 | Beat Exeter 6–4 |
1896 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 0.590 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 5 | +12 | Beat Lawrenceville 46–0; Beat CORNELL 37–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.627 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Lehigh 40–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.923 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 6–0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1.036 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | Beat Elizabeth A.c. 12–6; Beat ARMY 16–2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.050 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 8 | +13 | BYE |
| 6 | 2 | 1.147 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 6 | +11 | Beat Dickinson 18–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.244 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 9 | +15 | Beat Brown 16–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.369 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Minnesota Alumni 8–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.632 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 13–1 | 0.929 | 6 | +4 | Beat Illinois 12–0 |
| 10 | -6 | 1.683 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 10 | +22 | Lost to Harvard Alumni 5–8; Beat CARLISLE 4–0 |
| 11 | -6 | 1.701 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 11 | +2 | Lost to Chicago 0–12 |
| 12 | 4 | 2.587 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 12 | +5 | Beat Bowdoin 22–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 2.756 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 19 | +1 | Lost to Yale 2–16 |
| 14 | 7 | 2.836 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Beat Rutgers 40–6 |
| 15 | -2 | 3.023 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–37 |
| 16 | 2 | 3.085 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | BYE |
| 17 | 7 | 3.128 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 12 | +2 | Beat Penn State 10–0 |
| 18 | 2 | 3.396 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 14 | +1 | Beat Amherst 12–0 |
| 19 | -5 | 3.647 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +1 | Lost to Bucknell 0–10 |
| 20 | -5 | 3.752 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–16; Tied DARTMOUTH 10–10 |
| 21 | 1 | 3.763 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 19 | +2 | Tied Brown 10–10 |
| 22 | -5 | 4.033 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 26 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–4 |
| 23 | -4 | 4.390 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 18 | -3 | Lost to Williams 0–22 |
| 24 | 2 | 4.991 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 19 | -1 | Beat Bennett Medical 56–0 |
| 25 | -2 | 5.150 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 26 | -5 | Lost to Lafayette 0–18 |
| 26 | -1 | 5.486 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 24 | -6 | Beat Tufts 28–4 |
| 27 | 3 | 6.834 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 25 | -3 | Beat Mount Airy Deaf School 32–0 |
| 28 | -1 | 7.082 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 29 | -4 | Lost to Michigan 0–40 |
| 29 | 0 | 8.302 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 28 | -7 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–12 |
| 30 | -2 | 9.318 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 30 | -12 | Lost to Wesleyan 4–28 |
1896 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 0.603 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 7 | +8 | Beat Virginia 48–0; Beat PENN STATE 39–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.738 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Purdue 16–0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0.763 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Grinnell 54–6 |
| 4 | -1 | 0.787 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +17 | Beat Cornell 13–4 |
| 5 | -4 | 0.940 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Oberlin 22–6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0.976 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Wesleyan 16–0; Beat CARLISLE 12–6 |
| 7 | 7 | 1.079 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 9 | +12 | Beat Chicago 46–6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1.178 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 9 | +8 | Beat Pennsylvania 6–4 |
| 9 | -1 | 1.289 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Iowa State 18–6 |
| 10 | -6 | 1.441 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 11 | +9 | Beat Amherst 14–0; Lost to LAFAYETTE 4–6 |
| 11 | -1 | 1.796 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 12–1 | 0.923 | 8 | 0 | Beat Armour 36–0; Lost to NORTHWESTERN 6–46 |
| 12 | 7 | 2.096 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 16 | +1 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 44–0 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.126 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 12 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 4–13 |
| 14 | -2 | 2.694 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 13 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–39 |
| 15 | 5 | 2.857 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 18 | +2 | Beat Lehigh 16–0 |
| 16 | 2 | 2.976 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 14 | +2 | Beat Colgate 4–0 |
| 17 | 0 | 3.013 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | Lost to Yale 6–12 |
| 18 | -2 | 3.148 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–16 |
| 19 | -4 | 3.422 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 15 | -1 | Lost to Dartmouth 10–28 |
| 20 | 3 | 3.648 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 18 | +1 | Beat Tufts 16–2 |
| 21 | -12 | 3.683 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania Reserves 0–6 |
| 22 | 4 | 3.794 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | +2 | Beat Bowdoin 28–10 |
| 23 | -2 | 4.178 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | -3 | BYE |
| 24 | -2 | 4.377 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 16 | -1 | BYE |
| 25 | 0 | 6.287 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 26 | -5 | Lost to Yale 0–16; Lost to AMHERST 4–6 |
| 26 | 1 | 6.478 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 25 | 0 | BYE |
| 27 | -3 | 6.491 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 28 | -3 | Lost to Brown 0–16 |
| 28 | 0 | 8.240 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 30 | -5 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 2–16 |
| 29 | 1 | 8.311 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 28 | -5 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–14; Beat WESLEYAN 6–4 |
| 30 | -1 | 9.435 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 27 | -3 | Lost to Gettysburg 0–10 |
1896 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 0.710 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Missouri 10–0 |
| 2 | 7 | 0.710 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 28–0; Beat LAKE FOREST 66–0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0.809 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Brown 12–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.841 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Virginia 20–0; Beat LEHIGH 34–0 |
| 5 | -3 | 0.852 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Madison High 18–0; Beat RUSH MEDICAL 50–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0.860 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 11 | +4 | Beat Carlisle 22–6; Beat ARMY 11–0 |
| 7 | 8 | 1.017 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Williams 22–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 42–0 |
| 8 | 4 | 1.121 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Purdue 14–0 |
| 9 | 9 | 1.262 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +1 | Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 50–0 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.268 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Notre Dame 18–0; Beat OBERLIN 30–0 |
| 11 | -8 | 1.295 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 11 | 0 | Beat West Virginia 18–0; Beat WEST VIRGINIA 6–0; Beat WEST VIRGINIA 34–0 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.301 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | BYE |
| 13 | 0 | 1.331 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Tufts 18–0 |
| 14 | 2 | 1.526 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 11 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 16–6 |
| 15 | 2 | 1.703 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 14 | +1 | Beat Colby 12–0 |
| 16 | -8 | 2.346 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–14 |
| 17 | -7 | 2.433 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 6–22 |
| 18 | 2 | 2.871 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 15 | +2 | Lost to Yale 0–22; Beat SYRACUSE 24–6 |
| 19 | -15 | 3.013 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +1 | Lost to Princeton 0–11 |
| 20 | -1 | 3.227 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–12 |
| 21 | 1 | 3.438 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | -1 | Beat Susquehanna 40–0 |
| 22 | 4 | 3.867 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 15 | 0 | Beat Pennsylvania Reserves 10–0 |
| 23 | 2 | 4.204 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Beat M.i.t. 16–6 |
| 24 | 3 | 4.492 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 27 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 44–0; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–34 |
| 25 | 3 | 4.802 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | -2 | Beat Amherst 6–0 |
| 26 | -5 | 5.239 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 27 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–42 |
| 27 | -3 | 6.478 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 25 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–66 |
| 28 | -5 | 6.500 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 29 | -1 | Lost to Cornell 0–18 |
| 29 | 0 | 6.977 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 26 | -1 | Tied Haverford 4–4 |
| 30 | 0 | 10.542 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 30 | -4 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–6 |
1896 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | -0.035 | Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Knox 70–4 |
| 2 | 18 | 0.213 | Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Lake Forest 34–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.639 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 17 | 0 | Tied Princeton 0–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.745 | Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 5 | -3 | 0.781 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Navy 8–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 16–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0.958 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Newton A.c. 18–0; Beat WESLEYAN 28–0 |
| 7 | -3 | 1.065 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 15 | 0 | Tied Lafayette 0–0; Beat LEHIGH 16–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 1.065 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 32–4 |
| 9 | 7 | 1.100 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Grand Rapids High 44–0 |
| 10 | -1 | 1.242 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 11 | 0 | 1.250 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Hahnemann Medical 34–0; Beat IOWA 6–0 |
| 12 | -4 | 1.260 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Grinnell 12–0 |
| 13 | 4 | 1.301 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Western Reserve 48–0 |
| 14 | -2 | 1.396 | Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Dickinson 8–0 |
| 15 | -2 | 1.402 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Brown 18–0; Beat ORANGE A.C. 12–0 |
| 16 | 5 | 1.419 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 14 | 0 | Beat Armour 42–0; Tied BELOIT 6–6 |
| 17 | -2 | 1.490 | Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 15 | +1 | Beat Bates 22–0 |
| 18 | 1 | 1.605 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 20 | +1 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–8; Beat FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 49–0 |
| 19 | -5 | 2.682 | Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–18; Beat AMHERST 44–6 |
| 20 | 2 | 2.755 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 17 | +1 | Beat Andover 24–0 |
| 21 | -11 | 3.271 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–16 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.751 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Penn State 0–8 |
| 23 | 5 | 4.642 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | 0 | Beat Boston College 22–8 |
| 24 | 1 | 4.940 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | Beat Northwestern Academy 6–0; Lost to WISCONSIN 0–34 |
| 25 | 4 | 5.030 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | 0 | Beat Worcester Tech 12–0 |
| 26 | 1 | 5.115 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 20 | 0 | BYE |
| 27 | -9 | 6.090 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–16 |
| 28 | 2 | 6.165 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | -1 | Beat Worcester Tech 12–4; Lost to HARVARD 0–28 |
| 29 | -5 | 7.180 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | -1 | Lost to Navy 0–49 |
| 30 | -4 | 10.271 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 29 | -1 | Lost to Brown 6–44 |
1896 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings
1896 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.
1896 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings
1896 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 | 17 | 0.000 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 5 | 0.000 | Army (ARMY) | 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 | — | 0.000 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 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 | 19 | 0.000 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 12 | 0.000 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 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 | 6 | 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 | 23 | 0.000 | Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 22 | 0.000 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 1 | 0.000 | Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 10 | 0.000 | Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 0.000 | Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 15 | 0.000 | Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | — | 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 | 4 | 0.000 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 13 | 0.000 | Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 16 | 0.000 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 18 | 0.000 | Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 11 | 0.000 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 21 | 0.000 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | Preseason |
| 1 | 9 | 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 |
1895 Final College Football Team Rankings
1895 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.
