1901 Week 13 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 | 0.586 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +24 | Beat Chicago 22–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.762 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +20 | Beat Minnesota 18–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.930 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +51 | Beat Dartmouth 27–12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.965 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 5 | +43 | Beat Princeton 12–0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1.328 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 7 | +21 | Beat Purdue 28–6 |
| 6 | -2 | 1.365 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–1–1 | 0.864 | 9 | +25 | Lost to Yale 0–12 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.463 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 7 | +22 | Lost to Harvard 12–27 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.496 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Tufts 6–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.618 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +22 | Tied Beloit 11–11 |
| 10 | 2 | 1.623 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 6 | +16 | Beat Columbia 24–0 |
| 11 | -4 | 1.728 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 10 | +12 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–18 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.926 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +11 | Beat Indiana 18–5 |
| 13 | -4 | 2.160 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +3 | Lost to Iowa 11–17 |
| 14 | 1 | 2.250 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 12 | +8 | Beat Boston College 11–0 |
| 15 | 1 | 2.318 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–2 | 0.667 | 21 | +5 | BYE |
| 16 | 2 | 2.488 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–3 | 0.769 | 15 | +20 | Beat Carlisle 16–14 |
| 17 | 3 | 2.528 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +2 | Beat Kansas 29–5 |
| 18 | 4 | 2.597 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +9 | Beat Grinnell 17–11 |
| 19 | 2 | 2.603 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 19 | +17 | Beat Washington & Jefferson 17–11 |
| 20 | -7 | 2.831 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 16 | +11 | Lost to Syracuse Alumni 0–6 |
| 21 | -4 | 2.934 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | +2 | Lost to Notre Dame 5–18 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.049 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–2–3 | 0.611 | 22 | -1 | Tied Northwestern 11–11 |
| 23 | -4 | 3.511 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 7–3 | 0.700 | 20 | +10 | Lost to Homestead A.c. 10–48 |
| 24 | 0 | 3.670 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 28 | -5 | Lost to Illinois 6–28 |
| 25 | 3 | 3.795 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–4–2 | 0.500 | 32 | +3 | Beat Bowdoin 29–6 |
| 26 | 0 | 3.799 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–5–2 | 0.600 | 24 | -5 | Lost to Michigan 0–22 |
| 27 | -2 | 3.845 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 6–5 | 0.545 | 30 | +11 | Lost to Cornell 0–24 |
| 28 | 7 | 3.943 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | +4 | Beat Lehigh 38–0 |
| 29 | 0 | 3.976 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 25 | -2 | Beat Iowa State 12–5 |
| 30 | -3 | 3.999 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–5 | 0.545 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Massachusetts 0–6 |
| 31 | 2 | 4.025 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 5–3–1 | 0.611 | 22 | +5 | Beat Middlebury 20–0 |
| 32 | 2 | 4.321 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 32 | -5 | Beat Troy Laureates 6–0 |
| 33 | -2 | 4.332 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 32 | 0 | BYE |
| 34 | 2 | 4.409 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 29 | -9 | Beat Burlingame A.c. 34–0 |
| 35 | -3 | 4.683 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–6 | 0.455 | 36 | +3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 14–16 |
| 36 | -6 | 5.275 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 32 | -9 | Lost to Medico Chirurgical 6–11 |
| 37 | 1 | 5.990 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–6–1 | 0.278 | 40 | -9 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 11–0 |
| 38 | 1 | 6.144 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 37 | -7 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 24–5 |
| 39 | 1 | 7.147 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–5–2 | 0.250 | 41 | -8 | Lost to Drake 5–12 |
| 40 | -3 | 7.151 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 41 | -8 | Lost to Amherst 6–29 |
| 41 | 0 | 7.243 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 39 | -16 | Lost to Holy Cross 0–11 |
| 42 | 0 | 7.396 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–4–2 | 0.375 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Nebraska 5–29 |
| 43 | 0 | 8.665 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -13 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–11 |
| 44 | 0 | 9.561 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–9 | 0.100 | 44 | -17 | Beat Haverford 21–5; Lost to PENN STATE 0–38 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.600 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 45 | -5 | Lost to Texas 0–11; Lost to HASKELL 0–19 |