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 |