1898 Final College Football Team Rankings

December 6, 1898By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1898 Season Tags: • No Comments

1898 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.483	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	12–1	0.923	4	+59	BYE
2	0	0.556	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+56	BYE
3	0	0.584	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	11–0–1	0.958	3	+48	BYE
4	0	1.046	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	9–1	0.900	5	+15	BYE
5	0	1.158	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+31	BYE
6	0	1.568	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	10–2	0.833	8	+13	BYE
7	1	1.627	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+31	BYE
8	-1	1.637	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	14–2–1	0.853	7	+24	BYE
9	0	1.835	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	6	+16	BYE
10	0	2.207	Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	12	+13	BYE
11	2	2.417	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	15	+15	Beat Dartmouth 17–6
12	-1	2.488	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	18	+9	BYE
13	-1	2.491	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	10	-1	BYE
14	0	2.946	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	15	+13	BYE
15	0	3.049	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	9–4–1	0.679	14	-4	BYE
16	0	3.132	Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)	IND FBSI	8–3–1	0.708	11	-4	Tied Portland A.c. 0–0
17	0	3.198	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	15	+3	BYE
18	0	3.325	M.i.t. (M.I.T.)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	12	-4	BYE
19	0	4.581	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	22	+4	Lost to Carlisle 6–17
20	0	5.016	Beloit (BELOIT)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	23	-7	BYE
21	0	5.357	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	23	-6	BYE
22	0	5.432	Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–4–2	0.500	19	-3	BYE
23	0	5.580	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3	0.500	19	-2	BYE
24	0	5.710	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	4–4–3	0.500	19	-13	BYE
25	0	5.857	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–5	0.444	25	+3	BYE
26	0	5.896	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–5	0.444	25	0	BYE
27	0	6.664	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	27	-9	BYE
28	0	7.206	Williams (WILLIAMS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	29	-20	BYE
29	0	7.417	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	29	-9	BYE
30	0	8.240	Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))	IND FBSI	2–5–2	0.333	28	-20	BYE
31	0	10.564	Tufts (TUFTS)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	31	-13	BYE

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