1901 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1901 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 | 0.526 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Ohio State 21–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.871 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Iowa State 45–0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1.026 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +38 | Beat Pennsylvania 33–6 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.076 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 7 | +22 | Tied Army 6–6 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.076 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 6 | +30 | Beat Orange A.c. 30–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.145 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Vermont 22–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.315 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 8 | +10 | Beat North Dakota 10–0 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.472 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +16 | Beat Iowa 27–0 |
| 9 | -1 | 1.534 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 9 | +4 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 1.594 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Amherst 15–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.666 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–1 | 0.875 | 11 | +20 | Beat Chicago 6–5 |
| 12 | -1 | 1.739 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 10 | +9 | Beat Lehigh 30–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 2.057 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 13 | +10 | Beat Columbia 11–5 |
| 14 | 4 | 2.121 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 14 | +7 | Beat Purdue 12–6 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.330 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 5–1–1 | 0.786 | 14 | +6 | Beat Pittsfield A.c. 14–0 |
| 16 | 4 | 2.386 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +4 | Tied Princeton 6–6 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.471 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +3 | BYE |
| 18 | -3 | 2.610 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 9–3 | 0.750 | 17 | +12 | Lost to Harvard 6–33 |
| 19 | -6 | 2.624 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 16 | +9 | Lost to Philadelphia A.c. 0–23; Beat BROWN 11–6 |
| 20 | 4 | 2.652 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 18 | +1 | Beat Missouri 51–0 |
| 21 | 2 | 2.655 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 20 | +15 | Beat Carlisle 16–5 |
| 22 | -6 | 3.032 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 5–2 | 0.714 | 18 | +3 | Lost to Illinois 0–27 |
| 23 | 2 | 3.080 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2–2 | 0.625 | 25 | -1 | BYE |
| 24 | -3 | 3.192 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–2–1 | 0.643 | 23 | -3 | Lost to Notre Dame 6–12 |
| 25 | 1 | 3.498 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 26 | +11 | Beat Georgetown 18–0; Lost to SYRACUSE 5–11 |
| 26 | 1 | 3.642 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–4–2 | 0.643 | 23 | -5 | Lost to Northwestern 5–6 |
| 27 | 5 | 3.792 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 26 | 0 | Beat Manhattan 5–0; Beat WORCESTER TECH 12–0; Beat BOSTON COLLEGE 12–0 |
| 28 | 0 | 4.120 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–4–2 | 0.444 | 35 | +2 | Lost to Massachusetts 0–15 |
| 29 | 2 | 4.285 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | BYE |
| 30 | 4 | 4.288 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 28 | -7 | Beat Swarthmore 28–6 |
| 31 | 4 | 4.288 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | 0 | Beat Bowdoin 11–0 |
| 32 | -3 | 4.313 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–5 | 0.500 | 30 | +5 | Lost to Navy 5–16 |
| 33 | -11 | 4.367 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 29 | +6 | Lost to Union (NEW YORK) 5–22; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–22 |
| 34 | 2 | 4.491 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 36 | -4 | Beat Wesleyan 11–5 |
| 35 | -2 | 4.752 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | BYE |
| 36 | -6 | 4.847 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -9 | Lost to Washington & Jefferson 5–11 |
| 37 | 2 | 6.373 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 40 | -3 | Lost to Bates 0–11 |
| 38 | 2 | 6.484 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -8 | Lost to Williams 5–11 |
| 39 | -2 | 6.524 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | 0.350 | 38 | -4 | Lost to Homestead A.c. 0–34; Lost to LAFAYETTE 6–11 |
| 40 | 1 | 6.551 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–4–2 | 0.286 | 40 | -4 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–45 |
| 41 | 1 | 6.880 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 39 | -13 | Lost to Tufts 0–12 |
| 42 | -4 | 7.019 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–3–2 | 0.429 | 36 | 0 | Lost to Haskell 5–18 |
| 43 | 0 | 7.702 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 42 | -5 | BYE |
| 44 | 0 | 10.404 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–8 | 0.000 | 45 | -12 | Lost to Cornell 0–30 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.417 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–4–1 | 0.100 | 44 | -5 | Lost to Nebraska 0–51 |