1899 Week 9 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 | 2 | 0.860 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Penn State 12–0; Beat ARMY 23–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.897 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Dickinson 16–7 |
| 3 | -2 | 0.907 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) |  B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | +8 | Lost to Yale 0–6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.992 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Bates 29–0; Beat BROWN 11–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.084 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Wisconsin 6–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.155 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 7 | +11 | Beat Oberlin 58–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.200 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Iowa State 6–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.480 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Notre Dame 12–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.554 |  Iowa (IOWA) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 8 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 17–0 |
| 10 | 6 | 1.615 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +10 | Beat Lehigh 6–0 |
| 11 | 7 | 1.842 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +5 | Beat Pennsylvania 6–0 |
| 12 | -7 | 1.914 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 17 | +7 | Lost to Harvard 0–11 |
| 13 | 7 | 2.019 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | +1 | Beat NEW York University 40–0; Beat AMHERST 18–0 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.105 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 19 | +6 | Beat Wesleyan 17–6; Lost to LAFAYETTE 0–6 |
| 15 | -1 | 2.129 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–6 |
| 16 | -8 | 2.137 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Carlisle 7–16 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.152 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | +4 | Lost to Michigan 0–12; Beat INDIANA 17–0 |
| 18 | 8 | 2.440 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 13 | +7 | Beat Holy Cross 23–5; Beat DARTMOUTH 12–10 |
| 19 | 4 | 2.688 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | +2 | Beat Northwestern 11–0 |
| 20 | 9 | 2.728 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | +3 | Beat Penn State 6–0 |
| 21 | 6 | 3.053 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 14 | -2 | Beat Simpson 5–0 |
| 22 | -3 | 3.232 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Williams 5–23; Beat FITCHBURG YMCA 12–0 |
| 23 | -12 | 3.280 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Notre Dame 0–17 |
| 24 | -15 | 3.383 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 29 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Lost to NAVY 0–6 |
| 25 | 0 | 3.542 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | +1 | BYE |
| 26 | -4 | 3.712 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | -1 | Lost to Williams 10–12 |
| 27 | 3 | 3.745 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | -1 | BYE |
| 28 | -4 | 3.780 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 6–17; Beat M.I.T. 44–6 |
| 29 | -8 | 4.221 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 20 | -1 | Lost to Duquesne A.c. 0–35 |
| 30 | 1 | 4.229 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 31 | 1 | 4.483 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 20 | 0 | BYE |
| 32 | 1 | 4.586 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 28 | -2 | Beat Bowdoin 17–5 |
| 33 | -5 | 5.268 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 37 | +1 | Lost to Princeton 0–23 |
| 34 | 4 | 6.082 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 30 | -3 | Beat South Side Academy 11–5 |
| 35 | 0 | 6.348 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 3–4 | 0.429 | 34 | -2 | Lost to Beloit 0–11 |
| 36 | 0 | 6.508 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 37 | -5 | Lost to Cornell 0–6 |
| 37 | 0 | 6.788 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 37 | -3 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0; Lost to COLUMBIA 0–18 |
| 38 | -4 | 6.904 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 35 | -7 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 5–16 |
| 39 | 1 | 7.038 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 36 | -2 | Tied Amherst 0–0; Beat MASSACHUSETTS 16–5 |
| 40 | -1 | 8.260 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 40 | -6 | Lost to Tufts 5–17 |
| 41 | 0 | 15.238 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | -2 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–44 |