1903 Week 8 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 | 28 | 0.558 |  Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Longmont High 106–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.917 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Lehigh 12–0; Beat CARLISLE 11–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.971 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) |  B10 | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Iowa 75–0 |
| 4 | -2 | 1.153 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Ohio Northern 65–0; Beat INDIANA 51–0 |
| 5 | -2 | 1.202 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Gettysburg 72–0; Beat BROWN 30–0 |
| 6 | 7 | 1.255 |  Clemson (CLEMSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Georgia Tech 73–0 |
| 7 | -2 | 1.274 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 34–0; Beat WILLIAMS 17–0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.315 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Chicago Dental 54–0; Beat PURDUE 24–0 |
| 9 | 0 | 1.319 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Holy Cross 36–10; Beat PENN STATE 27–0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1.339 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Haskell 16–0 |
| 11 | 10 | 1.343 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Beloit 87–0 |
| 12 | -5 | 1.382 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | B10 | 9–0–1 | 0.950 | 20 | +7 | Beat Rush Medical 40–0; Tied NORTHWESTERN 0–0 |
| 13 | 7 | 1.503 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Swarthmore 5–0; Beat AMHERST 12–0 |
| 14 | 2 | 1.523 | Sewanee (SEWANEE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Tennessee Medical 52–0 |
| 15 | 19 | 1.539 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Virginia 6–5; Beat DICKINSON 5–0 |
| 16 | 9 | 1.549 |  Auburn (AUBURN) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Samford 58–0 |
| 17 | 9 | 1.584 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Colorado 12–11 |
| 18 | 1 | 1.689 |  Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA) | IND FBSI | 1–0–2 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Tied Texas 6–6 |
| 19 | 3 | 1.693 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fordham 41–0 |
| 20 | 3 | 1.716 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 21 | +4 | Tied Chicago 0–0 |
| 21 | 11 | 1.813 |  Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat ST. Albans 29–0; Beat NORTH CAROLINA STATE 21–0 |
| 22 | 13 | 1.837 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Bucknell 6–0 |
| 23 | 4 | 1.851 |  Baylor (BAYLOR) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 23 | 0 | Tied Texas A&M 0–0 |
| 24 | 9 | 1.913 |  Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 23 | 0 | Tied Baylor 0–0 |
| 25 | 18 | 2.186 |  Georgetown (GEORGETOWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | +4 | Beat North Carolina 33–0 |
| 26 | -14 | 2.322 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 25 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–11 |
| 27 | -21 | 2.349 | Haskell (HASKELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | +3 | Lost to Nebraska 0–16 |
| 28 | -13 | 2.380 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 25 | +6 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 18–0; Lost to COLUMBIA 0–12 |
| 29 | 7 | 2.424 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 36 | +3 | Lost to Princeton 0–12; Beat VILLANOVA 71–0 |
| 30 | 8 | 2.431 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 22 | +5 | Beat Wesleyan 17–6; Beat ARMY 5–0 |
| 31 | -14 | 2.486 |  Colorado (COLORADO) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | +1 | Lost to Kansas 11–12 |
| 32 | 9 | 2.580 |  Cumberland (CUMBERLAND) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 46 | +2 | BYE |
| 33 | -22 | 2.663 |  North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 25 | +2 | Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–6; Lost to GEORGETOWN 0–33 |
| 34 | -16 | 2.691 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 4–1 | 0.800 | 25 | +3 | Lost to Minnesota 0–75 |
| 35 | -7 | 2.777 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | 0 | Lost to Navy 5–6 |
| 36 | 1 | 2.783 |  South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | -1 | Beat Georgia 17–0 |
| 37 | 5 | 2.784 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 25 | +1 | Beat Simpson 24–5 |
| 38 | 22 | 3.030 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | +1 | Beat Tennessee 40–0 |
| 39 | 12 | 3.098 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 30 | 0 | Beat COE 36–5 |
| 40 | 13 | 3.208 |  Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI)) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Shurtleff 28–0 |
| 41 | -33 | 3.251 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 43 | +3 | Lost to Harvard 0–5 |
| 42 | 7 | 3.298 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | 0 | Beat Missouri 17–0 |
| 43 | -4 | 3.432 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 3–2 | 0.600 | 44 | +1 | Lost to Illinois 0–24 |
| 44 | 1 | 3.480 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 44 | +5 | Lost to Yale 10–36; Beat TUFTS 6–5 |
| 45 | 9 | 3.485 |  Denver (DENVER) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 36 | -1 | Beat East Denver High 23–0 |
| 46 | -2 | 3.694 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–27 |
| 47 | -7 | 3.701 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 46 | +3 | BYE |
| 48 | 8 | 3.790 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 46 | +3 | Beat Tufts 11–0; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–17 |
| 49 | -1 | 3.915 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | +1 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–30 |
| 50 | -26 | 4.044 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 36 | -1 | Lost to Vanderbilt 0–40 |
| 51 | 6 | 4.053 | Lombard (LOMBARD) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 57 | 0 | Beat Monmouth 12–0 |
| 52 | -5 | 4.114 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | -1 | Lost to Cornell 0–6 |
| 53 | 8 | 4.117 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | 0 | Beat ST. Lawrence 21–0 |
| 54 | 5 | 4.322 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 46 | -2 | Lost to Columbia 0–5; Beat DELAWARE 11–0 |
| 55 | -5 | 4.714 |  Texas (TEXAS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 46 | -1 | Tied Oklahoma 6–6 |
| 56 | 12 | 5.154 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | 0 | Beat Physicians & Surgeons 20–0 |
| 57 | -11 | 5.414 | Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 46 | -1 | Lost to Colorado College Alumni 5–6 |
| 58 | 6 | 5.426 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 57 | -5 | Beat Springfield 12–0 |
| 59 | 3 | 5.675 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 59 | -1 | Lost to Navy 0–5 |
| 60 | -2 | 5.819 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 59 | -2 | Lost to Drake 0–17 |
| 61 | -9 | 6.113 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 59 | -6 | Lost to Williams 0–11; Lost to HOLY CROSS 5–6 |
| 62 | 7 | 6.538 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 65 | -5 | Lost to Harvard 6–17; Beat RENSSELAER 30–0 |
| 63 | 2 | 6.581 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 1–3 | 0.250 | 62 | 0 | Lost to Michigan 0–51 |
| 64 | -1 | 7.037 |  Georgia (GEORGIA) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 66 | -1 | Lost to South Carolina 0–17 |
| 65 | 1 | 7.055 | Cornell (iowa) (CORNELL (IOWA)) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 62 | -1 | BYE |
| 66 | -11 | 7.239 |  TCU | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 66 | 0 | Lost to Daniel Baker 5–10 |
| 67 | 0 | 7.489 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 62 | -2 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–87 |
| 68 | -37 | 8.118 | Simpson (SIMPSON) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 66 | -1 | Lost to Grinnell 5–24 |
| 69 | -39 | 8.389 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 66 | 0 | Lost to Clemson 0–73 |
| 70 | 0 | 12.006 |  Alabama (ALABAMA) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 66 | -1 | Lost to Mississippi State 0–11 |