1902 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1902 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 | 4 | 0.817 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Michigan State 119–0; Beat INDIANA 60–0 |
| 2 | 15 | 1.160 |  Alabama (ALABAMA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Birmingham High 57–0; Beat MARION 81–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 1.221 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 32 | +2 | Tied Massachusetts 0–0; Beat TUFTS 29–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.224 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Wesleyan 35–0; Beat BROWN 10–0 |
| 5 | 8 | 1.281 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 5–0–1 | 0.917 | 31 | +4 | Beat Hamline 59–0; Beat BELOIT 29–0 |
| 6 | -5 | 1.296 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–0–2 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Tied Dartmouth 0–0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1.416 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ole Miss 29–0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.428 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Grinnell 17–0 |
| 9 | 30 | 1.482 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Haskell 24–10; Beat WASHINGTON (MISSOURI) 44–0 |
| 10 | 6 | 1.489 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Hobart 57–0; Beat WILLIAMS 37–6 |
| 11 | 31 | 1.512 |  North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Furman 10–0 |
| 12 | 32 | 1.514 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Drake 12–0 |
| 13 | -6 | 1.537 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Dickinson 11–0 |
| 14 | 32 | 1.560 |  Texas (TEXAS) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Sewanee 11–0 |
| 15 | 3 | 1.567 |  Auburn (AUBURN) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Georgia Tech 18–6 |
| 16 | 29 | 1.592 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Carlisle 16–0 |
| 17 | 24 | 1.621 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 21–0; Beat PURDUE 33–0 |
| 18 | -6 | 1.627 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Haverford 30–0 |
| 19 | -10 | 1.658 |  Clemson (CLEMSON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 20 | -12 | 1.661 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Haverford 18–5; Beat SWARTHMORE 11–6 |
| 21 | 4 | 1.673 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Simpson 11–6 |
| 22 | 13 | 1.685 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Amherst 6–0; Beat MAINE 22–0 |
| 23 | 14 | 1.729 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Colgate 23–0 |
| 24 | -9 | 1.733 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fordham 45–0; Beat BUFFALO 5–0 |
| 25 | 13 | 1.740 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lake Forest 28–0 |
| 26 | 6 | 1.748 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Gettysburg 14–0 |
| 27 | 23 | 1.788 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lawrence 52–0 |
| 28 | 20 | 1.816 |  Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 32 | 0 | Beat Colorado Springs High 36–0 |
| 29 | 11 | 1.857 |  Georgetown (GEORGETOWN) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Virginia Military Institute 23–11 |
| 30 | -10 | 1.863 |  Georgia (GEORGIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 69 | 0 | BYE |
| 31 | -9 | 1.863 |  LSU | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 69 | 0 | BYE |
| 32 | -8 | 1.863 |  Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 69 | 0 | BYE |
| 33 | -5 | 1.863 |  Tulane (TULANE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 69 | 0 | BYE |
| 34 | 13 | 1.909 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Nashville 27–0 |
| 35 | -16 | 1.914 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Utah State 24–5 |
| 36 | 17 | 1.919 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Washburn 34–0 |
| 37 | 14 | 1.995 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rush Medical 11–0 |
| 38 | -11 | 2.019 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat King 12–0 |
| 39 | 13 | 2.671 |  Furman (FURMAN) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 36 | +1 | Beat Davidson 6–0; Lost to NORTH CAROLINA 0–10; Beat NORTH CAROLINA STATE 5–2 |
| 40 | 15 | 2.686 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 34 | 0 | Beat Quincy A.c. 10–0 |
| 41 | 22 | 2.805 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Beat Northern Iowa 52–0 |
| 42 | 17 | 2.850 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 44 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–6; Beat HOLY CROSS 29–5 |
| 43 | 18 | 2.851 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 34 | 0 | Beat Villanova 32–0 |
| 44 | -33 | 2.899 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–33 |
| 45 | -12 | 2.930 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Bucknell 0–16 |
| 46 | 18 | 2.934 |  Colorado (COLORADO) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Beat Denver 24–0 |
| 47 | 10 | 2.955 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | 0 | BYE |
| 48 | -14 | 3.084 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Minnesota 0–29 |
| 49 | -45 | 3.089 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | +1 | Lost to Yale 0–10 |
| 50 | -44 | 3.194 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 0–12 |
| 51 | -20 | 3.209 | Sewanee (SEWANEE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | 0 | Lost to Texas 0–11 |
| 52 | -26 | 3.293 | Simpson (SIMPSON) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 61 | 0 | Lost to Missouri 6–11 |
| 53 | -4 | 3.295 | Haskell (HASKELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 37 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 10–24 |
| 54 | 6 | 3.458 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 61 | 0 | BYE |
| 55 | -34 | 3.753 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 61 | 0 | Lost to Auburn 6–18 |
| 56 | 9 | 3.881 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 54 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 34–0 |
| 57 | -21 | 4.200 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–60 |
| 58 | 8 | 4.448 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 54 | 0 | Lost to Cornell 6–37 |
| 59 | -16 | 4.645 | Davidson (DAVIDSON) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | -1 | Lost to Furman 0–6 |
| 60 | -37 | 4.871 |  Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 61 | 0 | Lost to Vanderbilt 0–29 |
| 61 | -5 | 5.183 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 53 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–35; Tied SPRINGFIELD 0–0 |
| 62 | -4 | 5.496 |  NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 60 | -1 | Lost to Furman 2–5 |
| 63 | -9 | 5.532 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | -2 | Lost to Amherst 5–29 |
| 64 | 3 | 5.672 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 59 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–29 |
| 65 | -35 | 5.858 |  Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI)) | IND FBSI | 0–1–1 | 0.250 | 57 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–44 |
| 66 | 2 | 5.960 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 54 | 0 | Lost to Army 0–11 |
| 67 | 4 | 6.356 | Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 44 | 0 | Beat Denver A.c. 11–6 |
| 68 | -6 | 6.712 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–2–2 | 0.250 | 57 | -1 | Lost to Nebraska 0–17 |
| 69 | 0 | 7.699 |  Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 61 | -2 | BYE |
| 70 | 0 | 8.707 |  Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 61 | -6 | BYE |
| 71 | 1 | 11.249 |  Denver (DENVER) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 61 | -1 | Lost to Colorado 0–24 |
| 72 | -43 | 12.827 |  Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 61 | 0 | Lost to Washington & LEE 0–6 |