1901 Week 8 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 | 0.733 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Indiana 33–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.781 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 40–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.130 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Boston College 45–0; Beat TUFTS 22–0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1.148 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Syracuse 5–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.239 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Wesleyan 24–0; Beat NAVY 24–0 |
| 6 | 5 | 1.287 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Swarthmore 28–0; Beat BROWN 26–0 |
| 7 | 5 | 1.303 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lehigh 35–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.315 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Amherst 11–0; Beat COLUMBIA 18–0 |
| 9 | 8 | 1.321 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 15 | +3 | Beat Nebraska 19–0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1.375 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 17 | 0 | Tied Chicago 5–5 |
| 11 | -9 | 1.393 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 23–0; Beat WASHINGTON (MISSOURI) 21–0 |
| 12 | -3 | 1.406 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Hamilton 39–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 24–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.497 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Notre Dame 2–0 |
| 14 | 2 | 1.522 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Wesleyan 6–0 |
| 15 | 6 | 1.638 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 17–0 |
| 16 | 3 | 1.650 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0–2 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Tied Northern Iowa 0–0 |
| 17 | 6 | 1.782 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Drake 6–5 |
| 18 | 0 | 1.873 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 16 | +1 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 11–5 |
| 19 | -12 | 2.209 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | +3 | Lost to Lafayette 0–5 |
| 20 | 8 | 2.830 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–1–1 | 0.833 | 17 | 0 | Beat Illinois Wesleyan 22–0; Tied PURDUE 5–5 |
| 21 | 1 | 2.884 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–19 |
| 22 | -12 | 2.890 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–33 |
| 23 | 9 | 2.946 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 19 | +4 | Beat Bucknell 6–5 |
| 24 | 3 | 2.983 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | BYE |
| 25 | -5 | 3.042 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–40 |
| 26 | 8 | 3.351 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Worcester Tech 14–5 |
| 27 | -1 | 3.440 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 5–6 |
| 28 | -23 | 3.603 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat Norwich 56–0; Lost to MIDDLEBURY 0–12 |
| 29 | 6 | 3.678 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat Boston College 6–0 |
| 30 | -5 | 3.712 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Northwestern 0–2 |
| 31 | 2 | 3.782 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–11; Beat WILLISTON 15–0 |
| 32 | -8 | 3.820 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 28–2; Lost to YALE 0–24 |
| 33 | 5 | 3.838 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | -1 | Beat Medico Chirurgical 6–0 |
| 34 | -5 | 4.229 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 30 | -1 | Beat Manhattan 6–5; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–26 |
| 35 | -5 | 4.233 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Carlisle 5–6 |
| 36 | 5 | 4.466 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 23 | 0 | Beat American Osteopath 17–6 |
| 37 | -6 | 4.769 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | +1 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–22 |
| 38 | -2 | 4.801 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–18 |
| 39 | 3 | 5.348 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | -2 | Beat Colgate 29–0 |
| 40 | -1 | 5.565 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Army 0–17 |
| 41 | -1 | 6.187 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 40 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–24; Lost to MASSACHUSETTS 0–6 |
| 42 | -5 | 9.322 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Colby 0–12 |
| 43 | 0 | 9.670 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 41 | -3 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–45; Lost to BATES 0–6 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.157 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–35; Lost to SWARTHMORE 5–6 |
| 45 | 0 | 14.174 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 41 | 0 | Lost to Simpson 0–10 |