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 |