1899 Week 8 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 | 0.480 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Northwestern 38–0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.960 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Pennsylvania 16–5 |
| 3 | 14 | 1.008 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Lafayette 12–0; Beat COLUMBIA 11–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.063 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Amherst 41–0; Beat ARMY 18–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.135 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +5 | Beat Campello 25–0 |
| 6 | -2 | 1.159 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Dartmouth 12–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.231 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 10 | +9 | Beat Dixon 29–0; Beat CORNELL 17–6 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.344 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | 0 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 51–0 |
| 9 | -2 | 1.344 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +1 | Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.421 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Carleton 35–5 |
| 11 | 9 | 1.427 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Illinois 5–0 |
| 12 | 4 | 1.454 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 14 | 0 | Beat William Penn 35–0 |
| 13 | -11 | 1.574 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–1–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +5 | Beat Virginia 33–6; Lost to CARLISLE 5–16 |
| 14 | -2 | 1.619 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Simpson 18–0; Beat SOUTH DAKOTA 11–6 |
| 15 | 4 | 1.729 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Western Reserve 17–0 |
| 16 | -8 | 1.868 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | +7 | Lost to Chicago 6–17 |
| 17 | 8 | 2.210 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +1 | Beat Lake Forest 38–0 |
| 18 | 0 | 2.231 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Beat RUTGERS 57–0 |
| 19 | 5 | 2.365 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | +2 | Beat Worcester Tech 23–0 |
| 20 | -6 | 2.603 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–11 |
| 21 | 6 | 2.788 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 15 | 0 | Beat Lehigh 5–0 |
| 22 | -13 | 2.804 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | +1 | Lost to Yale 0–12 |
| 23 | 5 | 2.915 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 24 | 5 | 2.931 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | +2 | BYE |
| 25 | -3 | 2.980 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | +2 | Lost to Indiana 0–5 |
| 26 | 4 | 3.282 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 22 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 12–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 12–5 |
| 27 | -14 | 3.534 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -2 | Lost to Knox 5–6 |
| 28 | -2 | 3.580 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 36 | +2 | Lost to Harvard 0–18 |
| 29 | 2 | 3.657 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Beat Georgetown 12–0 |
| 30 | 3 | 4.061 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -1 | Beat NEW York University 10–5 |
| 31 | 3 | 4.544 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | +1 | Beat Grinnell 6–5 |
| 32 | -11 | 4.595 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Oberlin 0–12 |
| 33 | 5 | 4.848 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | -1 | Beat Bowdoin 6–0 |
| 34 | 6 | 5.512 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 29 | -2 | Beat Pittsfield A.c. 12–0 |
| 35 | 1 | 5.564 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–3 | 0.500 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–38 |
| 36 | -4 | 6.010 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 36 | -2 | Lost to Bucknell 0–5 |
| 37 | 2 | 6.938 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Harvard 0–41 |
| 38 | -1 | 7.112 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 35 | -1 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–38 |
| 39 | -4 | 7.320 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -3 | Lost to Tufts 0–6 |
| 40 | 1 | 10.276 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 40 | -3 | Lost to Williams 0–12 |
| 41 | -18 | 15.724 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 40 | 0 | Lost to Boston College 0–24 |