1901 Week 9 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 | 0.532 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Northwestern 29–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.980 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Knox 23–5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1.093 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Bowdoin 45–0; Beat PENN STATE 22–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.148 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Dickinson 23–0; Beat BROWN 35–0 |
| 5 | 6 | 1.191 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Chicago 24–0 |
| 6 | -3 | 1.277 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Williams 6–2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1.321 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 12 | +3 | BYE |
| 8 | 0 | 1.322 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Wesleyan 16–0; Beat ARMY 6–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1.343 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Carlisle 17–0 |
| 10 | -6 | 1.401 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Manhattan 16–6; Beat ORANGE A.C. 17–0 |
| 11 | 6 | 1.491 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Iowa State 12–0 |
| 12 | -2 | 1.499 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 14 | 0 | Beat Depauw 19–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.608 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Smts 10–0 |
| 14 | 4 | 1.674 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 12 | +2 | Beat Simpson 35–0 |
| 15 | 4 | 2.097 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | +3 | Beat Clarkson 27–0 |
| 16 | 6 | 2.148 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Beat Franklin 76–0 |
| 17 | -11 | 2.175 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 14 | +6 | Beat Virginia 20–5; Beat BUCKNELL 6–0; Lost to NAVY 5–6 |
| 18 | -5 | 2.239 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–1 | 0.833 | 16 | +2 | Lost to Michigan 0–29 |
| 19 | 13 | 2.402 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 25 | +7 | Beat Lehigh 18–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 6–5 |
| 20 | 5 | 2.504 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | 0 | Beat Elgin Academy 55–0 |
| 21 | 0 | 2.884 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | BYE |
| 22 | 6 | 2.942 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 17 | +1 | Beat Tufts 6–5; Beat ST. LAWRENCE 16–5 |
| 23 | -8 | 2.980 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–6 |
| 24 | 2 | 3.004 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 20 | +1 | Beat Tufts 12–5 |
| 25 | 2 | 3.038 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Beat Northern Iowa 33–2 |
| 26 | -6 | 3.155 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 7–2–1 | 0.750 | 20 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–24 |
| 27 | -4 | 3.350 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 24 | +4 | Beat Haverford 29–0; Lost to CORNELL 0–17 |
| 28 | 3 | 3.439 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 30 | +1 | Beat Bates 5–0; Tied TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 0–0 |
| 29 | 1 | 3.453 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 27 | -1 | Beat Chicago Medical 32–0 |
| 30 | -14 | 3.549 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–2 | 0.500 | 31 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 0–12 |
| 31 | -7 | 4.126 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–22 |
| 32 | 6 | 4.271 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 29 | +1 | Beat Hamilton 12–0 |
| 33 | 3 | 4.534 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 27 | 0 | Tied Washburn 0–0 |
| 34 | -1 | 4.688 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 31 | -2 | Lost to Princeton 0–23 |
| 35 | -1 | 4.791 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 31 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–35 |
| 36 | -1 | 5.000 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 36 | -3 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–6 |
| 37 | 2 | 5.058 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -2 | Lost to Dartmouth 2–6 |
| 38 | -9 | 5.262 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 37 | -1 | Lost to Amherst 0–5 |
| 39 | -2 | 5.948 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | -1 | Lost to Vermont 5–6; Lost to HOLY CROSS 5–12 |
| 40 | 1 | 6.234 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 41 | -4 | Lost to Harvard 0–16 |
| 41 | 1 | 6.268 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–45; Beat NEW HAMPSHIRE 48–0 |
| 42 | -2 | 7.461 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 43 | -1 | Tied Amherst 0–0 |
| 43 | 0 | 7.664 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 38 | -5 | Beat Exeter 11–0 |
| 44 | 0 | 10.751 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 44 | -2 | Lost to Navy 0–18 |
| 45 | 0 | 14.330 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 44 | 0 | BYE |