1901 Week 14 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 | 0.428 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +29 | Beat Beloit 89–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.768 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | 0.805 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +67 | Beat Yale 22–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.174 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–1–1 | 0.885 | 7 | +46 | Lost to Harvard 0–22 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.364 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 8–1 | 0.889 | 6 | +21 | BYE |
| 6 | 4 | 1.368 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 10–1 | 0.909 | 4 | +23 | Beat Vermont 67–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.390 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–1–1 | 0.864 | 9 | +26 | BYE |
| 8 | -1 | 1.496 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 9–1 | 0.900 | 5 | +24 | Beat ST. Paul's (NEW HAMPSHIRE) 24–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.533 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 8–1–1 | 0.850 | 10 | +19 | Beat Northwestern 16–0 |
| 10 | 5 | 1.812 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 4–1–2 | 0.714 | 19 | +16 | Beat Pennsylvania 24–0 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.909 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +11 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 34–0 |
| 12 | -3 | 1.990 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 15 | +22 | Lost to Minnesota 0–16 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.056 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +8 | Beat Drake 5–0 |
| 14 | 0 | 2.165 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 11 | +13 | Beat Tufts 17–5 |
| 15 | -7 | 2.200 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 8 | +16 | Lost to Williams 0–17 |
| 16 | 4 | 2.498 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 14 | +17 | Beat Vermont 38–0 |
| 17 | 0 | 2.510 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 15 | +4 | BYE |
| 18 | 0 | 2.617 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 6–2 | 0.750 | 15 | +11 | BYE |
| 19 | -3 | 2.830 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–4 | 0.714 | 19 | +20 | Lost to Army 0–24 |
| 20 | 1 | 2.833 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 5–3 | 0.625 | 22 | +2 | Beat Ohio State 18–6 |
| 21 | -2 | 3.183 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 6–3–1 | 0.650 | 21 | +11 | Lost to Columbia 5–6 |
| 22 | 1 | 3.222 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 18 | +12 | Beat Lehigh 41–0 |
| 23 | 4 | 3.475 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 7–5 | 0.583 | 26 | +17 | Beat Navy 6–5 |
| 24 | 8 | 3.492 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 28 | +3 | Beat Massachusetts 17–0 |
| 25 | -1 | 3.671 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 27 | -5 | BYE |
| 26 | 2 | 3.684 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 22 | +6 | Beat Dickinson 12–0 |
| 27 | -1 | 3.876 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–5–2 | 0.600 | 24 | -7 | BYE |
| 28 | -6 | 3.964 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–3–3 | 0.550 | 29 | -1 | Lost to Michigan 0–89 |
| 29 | 5 | 4.087 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 24 | -10 | Beat Athens A.c. 17–6 |
| 30 | 0 | 4.312 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 6–6 | 0.500 | 30 | -4 | Lost to Holy Cross 5–17 |
| 31 | -2 | 4.314 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | Lost to Grinnell 0–5 |
| 32 | 1 | 4.436 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 30 | -2 | BYE |
| 33 | -8 | 4.650 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–5–2 | 0.455 | 35 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 11–15 |
| 34 | 1 | 4.685 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–6–1 | 0.458 | 34 | +2 | Tied Washington & Jefferson 0–0 |
| 35 | -4 | 5.138 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 5–5–1 | 0.500 | 30 | +2 | Lost to Syracuse 0–38; Lost to CORNELL 0–67 |
| 36 | 1 | 5.594 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | 0.350 | 39 | -8 | Beat Amherst 15–11 |
| 37 | -1 | 5.771 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–5 | 0.444 | 36 | -13 | Lost to Penn State 0–12 |
| 38 | 0 | 6.243 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–6–1 | 0.409 | 38 | -8 | BYE |
| 39 | 0 | 6.421 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–5–2 | 0.333 | 40 | -9 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 28–12 |
| 40 | 2 | 6.525 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 3–4–2 | 0.444 | 36 | -2 | Beat Texas 12–0 |
| 41 | 0 | 7.933 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 41 | -17 | Lost to Andover 0–11 |
| 42 | -2 | 7.983 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 2–7 | 0.222 | 42 | -10 | Lost to Maine 5–22 |
| 43 | 0 | 8.614 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–6–1 | 0.188 | 43 | -15 | BYE |
| 44 | 0 | 9.739 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–10 | 0.091 | 44 | -22 | Lost to Lafayette 0–41 |
| 45 | 0 | 13.809 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 45 | -6 | BYE |