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 |