1899 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings
1899 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 | 0.799 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | 14–0–2 | 0.938 | 2 | +39 | Beat Minnesota 29–0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0.828 | IND FBSI | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 1 | +47 | BYE | |
| 3 | 2 | 1.118 | IND FBSI | 12–1 | 0.923 | 4 | +52 | Beat Yale 11–10 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1.175 | IND FBSI | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 2 | +15 | BYE | |
| 5 | -2 | 1.226 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +22 | Beat Lawrence 58–0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 1.460 | IND FBSI | 11–1 | 0.917 | 5 | +28 | Beat Lehigh 35–0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1.466 | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 9 | +35 | BYE | |
| 8 | -2 | 1.556 | IND FBSI | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +21 | Lost to Princeton 10–11 | |
| 9 | 6 | 1.721 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 11 | +12 | Beat Oberlin 81–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.741 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 9 | +24 | Beat Williams 11–5 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.864 | IND FBSI | 7–3–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +24 | BYE | |
| 12 | -2 | 1.899 | IND FBSI | 9–2 | 0.818 | 8 | +13 | BYE | |
| 13 | -4 | 1.902 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +6 | Beat Kalamazoo 24–9 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 1.983 | IND FBSI | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +12 | Beat Dartmouth 16–5 | |
| 15 | -4 | 2.016 | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 14 | +14 | BYE | |
| 16 | 0 | 2.545 | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 16 | +7 | BYE | |
| 17 | 2 | 2.606 | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 14 | +6 | Beat Drake 18–6 | |
| 18 | 0 | 2.707 | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 20 | +9 | BYE | |
| 19 | 2 | 3.040 | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 16 | -5 | BYE | |
| 20 | 0 | 3.253 | IND FBSI | 9–4 | 0.692 | 19 | +14 | Lost to Wesleyan 5–11 | |
| 21 | -4 | 3.292 | 6–3–2 | 0.636 | 23 | -2 | Lost to Chicago 0–29 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 3.558 | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 18 | -7 | Beat Springfield 34–0 | |
| 23 | 2 | 3.711 | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 26 | -2 | Beat Vermont 45–0 | |
| 24 | -1 | 3.810 | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 21 | +2 | BYE | |
| 25 | -3 | 3.827 | IND FBSI | 5–4–1 | 0.550 | 27 | -7 | BYE | |
| 26 | 5 | 4.524 | 7–6 | 0.538 | 29 | +13 | Beat Purdue 29–0 | ||
| 27 | 6 | 4.661 | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 24 | +2 | Beat M.i.t. 29–0 | |
| 28 | -1 | 4.681 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 29 | -3 | 4.772 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 25 | -3 | Beat Illinois 5–0; Lost to NORTHWESTERN 0–29 | ||
| 30 | -1 | 4.778 | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 32 | -3 | Lost to Purdue 0–5; Beat ST. LOUIS 29–0 | ||
| 31 | -3 | 4.944 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 6–5–1 | 0.542 | 28 | -12 | Lost to Syracuse 7–18; Beat SUSQUEHANNA 16–6 |
| 32 | 0 | 5.055 | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 36 | +1 | BYE | |
| 33 | 2 | 5.376 | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -5 | Beat Dickinson 18–7 | |
| 34 | 2 | 5.740 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 33 | -11 | Beat Worcester Tech 24–5 |
| 35 | -5 | 5.898 | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 33 | -2 | Lost to Duquesne A.c. 5–64 | |
| 36 | -2 | 6.130 | IND FBSI | 2–7 | 0.222 | 39 | -15 | Lost to Brown 5–16 | |
| 37 | 0 | 6.774 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 35 | -5 | BYE |
| 38 | 0 | 7.075 | IND FBSI | 2–8 | 0.200 | 40 | -13 | Lost to Lafayette 0–35 | |
| 39 | 0 | 8.081 | IND FBSI | 3–6–2 | 0.364 | 37 | -11 | Tied Bennett Medical 0–0 | |
| 40 | 0 | 8.246 | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 38 | -21 | BYE | |
| 41 | 0 | 11.924 | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 41 | -14 | Lost to Tufts 0–29 |