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 |