1903 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1903 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 | 0.930 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Gettysburg 68–0; Beat BROWN 29–0 |
| 2 | 23 | 1.085 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) |  B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Albion 76–0; Beat BELOIT 79–0 |
| 3 | 6 | 1.162 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Haverford 58–0; Beat PENN STATE 39–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 1.183 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Hamline 65–0; Beat IOWA STATE 46–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.229 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Vermont 36–0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.281 | Haskell (HASKELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Texas 6–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.296 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Cornell (IOWA) 23–0; Beat PURDUE 22–0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.325 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 30 | +4 | Beat Dickinson 12–0 |
| 9 | -6 | 1.416 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Wesleyan 33–0; Beat SPRINGFIELD 22–0 |
| 10 | -6 | 1.428 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 40–0; Beat RUSH MEDICAL 64–0 |
| 11 | 16 | 1.441 |  North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat South Carolina 17–0 |
| 12 | -1 | 1.480 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 30–0 |
| 13 | 16 | 1.503 |  Clemson (CLEMSON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Georgia 29–0 |
| 14 | 4 | 1.549 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Denver 10–0 |
| 15 | 28 | 1.570 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Harvard 5–0 |
| 16 | 25 | 1.573 | Sewanee (SEWANEE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Cumberland 6–0 |
| 17 | 7 | 1.585 |  Colorado (COLORADO) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Colorado State 5–0 |
| 18 | 1 | 1.654 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Drake 22–6 |
| 19 | 3 | 1.689 |  Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 32 | 0 | Tied Kingfisher 0–0 |
| 20 | 6 | 1.692 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Hamilton 29–0; Beat WILLIAMS 5–0 |
| 21 | 15 | 1.727 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Lawrence 40–7 |
| 22 | 18 | 1.735 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Susquehanna 43–0 |
| 23 | 15 | 1.758 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Chicago Dental 18–11; Beat WASHINGTON (MISSOURI) 23–0 |
| 24 | 20 | 1.774 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Carson Newman 38–0 |
| 25 | 12 | 1.797 |  Auburn (AUBURN) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 26 | -5 | 1.797 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Emporia State 12–0 |
| 27 | -14 | 1.805 |  Baylor (BAYLOR) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fort Worth 23–0 |
| 28 | 21 | 1.844 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Randolph Macon 37–0 |
| 29 | 1 | 1.859 |  Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 67 | 0 | BYE |
| 30 | 2 | 1.859 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 67 | 0 | BYE |
| 31 | 3 | 1.859 | Simpson (SIMPSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 67 | 0 | BYE |
| 32 | 3 | 1.859 |  Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 67 | 0 | BYE |
| 33 | 15 | 1.867 |  Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat TCU 11–0 |
| 34 | -1 | 1.921 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Gallaudet 18–0 |
| 35 | 11 | 1.964 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Colgate 12–0 |
| 36 | 14 | 2.244 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 32 | +2 | Beat Swarthmore 10–5 |
| 37 | 2 | 2.538 |  South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Welch Neck High 89–0; Lost to NORTH CAROLINA 0–17 |
| 38 | -18 | 2.600 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 31 | +2 | Beat Bates 23–0; Lost to AMHERST 0–5 |
| 39 | -25 | 2.773 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–1 | 0.750 | 32 | +1 | Lost to Chicago 0–22 |
| 40 | -38 | 2.777 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | +3 | Lost to Colorado 0–5 |
| 41 | -24 | 2.831 |  Cumberland (CUMBERLAND) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | +1 | Lost to Sewanee 0–6 |
| 42 | 15 | 2.928 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 32 | +1 | Beat Missouri 15–6 |
| 43 | 10 | 3.014 |  Georgetown (GEORGETOWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat ST. Albans 25–0 |
| 44 | -28 | 3.070 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–39 |
| 45 | 9 | 3.126 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | +1 | Beat Wesleyan 11–5 |
| 46 | 16 | 3.139 | Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Golden High 40–0 |
| 47 | 8 | 3.222 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Watertown 12–6 |
| 48 | -25 | 3.236 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–29 |
| 49 | -37 | 3.248 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | 0 | Lost to Iowa 6–22 |
| 50 | -5 | 3.546 |  Texas (TEXAS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | 0 | Lost to Haskell 0–6 |
| 51 | -4 | 3.553 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Omaha Light Guards 18–0; Lost to MINNESOTA 0–46 |
| 52 | 13 | 3.730 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 45 | 0 | Beat Worcester Tech 16–0; Beat BATES 23–0 |
| 53 | -11 | 3.799 |  Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI)) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | 0 | Lost to Northwestern 0–23 |
| 54 | -3 | 3.859 |  Denver (DENVER) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 44 | -1 | Lost to Nebraska 0–10 |
| 55 | 4 | 4.079 |  TCU | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 63 | 0 | Lost to Texas A&M 0–11 |
| 56 | 5 | 4.108 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 45 | 0 | Beat Massachusetts 17–0; Lost to COLUMBIA 0–5 |
| 57 | 10 | 4.124 | Lombard (LOMBARD) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 60 | 0 | Beat Hedding 98–0 |
| 58 | -43 | 4.419 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | -1 | Lost to Grinnell 6–15 |
| 59 | 7 | 4.550 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 45 | -1 | Lost to Lehigh 5–10; Beat ST. JOHN'S (MARYLAND) 6–0 |
| 60 | -8 | 4.713 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 45 | -1 | Beat Alabama 30–0 |
| 61 | 3 | 4.871 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 56 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–36 |
| 62 | 6 | 5.099 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 55 | 0 | Beat Mercersburg Academy 23–5; Lost to ARMY 0–12 |
| 63 | -32 | 5.262 |  Georgia (GEORGIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 63 | 0 | Lost to Clemson 0–29 |
| 64 | 5 | 5.944 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 60 | -3 | Lost to Williams 0–17; Beat RHODE ISLAND 46–0 |
| 65 | 5 | 6.217 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 1–2 | 0.333 | 56 | 0 | Beat Earlham 39–0 |
| 66 | -8 | 6.333 | Cornell (iowa) (CORNELL (IOWA)) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 60 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–23; Lost to HIGHLAND PARK 6–27 |
| 67 | -4 | 6.407 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 56 | -1 | Lost to Michigan 0–79 |
| 68 | -8 | 6.564 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 56 | 0 | Lost to American Osteopath 0–17 |
| 69 | -13 | 6.682 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 63 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–33; Lost to HOLY CROSS 5–11 |
| 70 | -42 | 11.279 |  Alabama (ALABAMA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 63 | -1 | Lost to Vanderbilt 0–30 |