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1905 Final College Football Team Rankings

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1905 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.653Chicago (CHICAGO)B1011–01.0001+69Beat Michigan 2–0
200.773Yale (YALE)IND FBSI10–01.0001+60BYE
300.971Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B1010–10.9097+36BYE
411.171Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI12–0–10.9623+55Beat Cornell 6–5
531.176Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)IND FBSI7–10.87511+22Beat Sewanee 68–4
601.225Colorado (COLORADO)IND FBSI8–10.88910+29Beat Haskell 39–0
7-31.249Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1012–10.9235+33Lost to Chicago 0–2
8-11.302Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE)IND FBSI7–10.87511+32BYE
901.336Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–0–10.9294+16Beat Clemson 17–10
1001.413Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)IND FBSI5–0–10.9176+15Beat Denver 46–0
1101.517Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI10–1–10.87511+34Tied Army 6–6
1201.651Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI8–20.80018+41BYE
1321.659Kansas (KANSAS)IND FBSI10–10.9097+24Beat Missouri 24–0
1401.691Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI7–1–20.80018+32BYE
15-21.742Purdue (PURDUE)B106–1–10.81317+22BYE
1601.765Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI9–10.9009+15Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–0
1701.782Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI8–2–10.77324+38BYE
1811.856Indiana (INDIANA)B108–1–10.85014+15Beat Ohio State 11–0
19-11.869Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B108–20.80018+24BYE
2011.921Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND FBSI9–20.81816+21Beat Illinois 24–6
2111.974Iowa (IOWA)B108–20.80018+17Beat ST. Louis 31–0
22-22.228Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI10–20.83315+6Lost to Penn State 0–6
2352.369Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI7–2–10.75026+8Beat Bucknell 47–0
24-12.382Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)IND FBSI7–2–10.75026+16BYE
2562.460Utah (UTAH)IND FBSI6–20.75026+8Beat Colorado State 24–0
2602.475Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI7–40.63642+20BYE
2732.480Amherst (AMHERST)IND FBSI3–1–20.66737+13BYE
28-42.508Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND FBSI7–20.77822+6BYE
2952.596Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–1–20.75026+13Beat Washburn 6–0
30-32.612Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B108–2–10.77324+6BYE
3162.656Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–30.72732+12Beat Pittsburgh 6–0
3242.784Carlisle (CARLISLE)IND FBSI10–40.71434+33Beat Georgetown 76–0
3382.867Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66737+8Beat Drake 17–12
3442.897Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)IND FBSI9–30.750260Beat Lehigh 24–0
3502.933Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI8–30.72732+9BYE
3632.952Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI6–30.66737+7Beat Fordham 28–5
37-82.987Washburn (WASHBURN)IND FBSI7–30.70035+7Lost to Colorado College 0–6
38-63.037Clemson (CLEMSON)IND FBSI3–2–10.58347+8Lost to Georgia Tech 10–17
39-63.037Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–40.60044+14Lost to Pennsylvania 5–6
4003.068Grinnell (GRINNELL)IND FBSI7–2–10.750260BYE
4113.092Lawrence (LAWRENCE)IND FBSI7–30.700350BYE
4213.174Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND FBSI7–20.77822+6BYE
43-183.300Sewanee (SEWANEE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64341+7Lost to Vanderbilt 4–68
4413.350Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50060+11Tied Navy 6–6
4513.451Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND FBSI4–3–20.55651+10BYE
4623.491Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))IND FBSI6–3–10.65040+7Beat Knox 17–6
47123.540North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI4–3–10.56349+5Beat Virginia 17–0
4823.736Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–40.55651-9BYE
4963.759Alabama (ALABAMA)IND FBSI6–40.60044+1Beat Tennessee 29–0
5023.837Tufts (TUFTS)IND FBSI5–30.62543+4BYE
51-73.943Virginia (VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–40.55651-4Lost to North Carolina 0–17
52-53.968Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–40.55651+4Lost to Nebraska 6–24
5303.971Texas (TEXAS)IND FBSI5–40.55651+9BYE
5464.107Vermont (VERMONT)IND FBSI6–4–10.59146-8BYE
5534.149Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–40.55651-9BYE
5614.191Wabash (WABASH)IND FBSI4–50.44466+1BYE
5754.291Maine (MAINE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56349-3BYE
5834.315Dickinson (DICKINSON)IND FBSI4–40.50060-4BYE
5954.324Bates (BATES)IND FBSI3–2–20.57148-4BYE
6034.346Williams (WILLIAMS)IND FBSI6–50.54559-1BYE
61-124.348Drake (DRAKE)IND FBSI4–40.50060-2Lost to Iowa State 12–17
62-114.413Haskell (HASKELL)IND FBSI5–4–10.55058-6Lost to Colorado 0–39
63-94.418Missouri (MISSOURI)IND FBSI5–40.556510Lost to Kansas 0–24
6414.997Bucknell (BUCKNELL)IND FBSI5–50.50060-8Lost to Lafayette 0–47
6515.201Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI3–40.42968-2Lost to Utah 0–24
6635.297TCUIND FBSI4–40.50060-12BYE
6715.395Cumberland (CUMBERLAND)IND FBSI3–40.42968-2BYE
68-15.469Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI6–70.46265-14Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–24
6925.639Bowdoin (BOWDOIN)IND FBSI4–50.44466-6BYE
7035.711Wyoming (WYOMING)IND FBSI3–40.42968-7Beat Fort Warren 26–0
71-15.799Denver (DENVER)IND FBSI3–5–20.40072-7Lost to Colorado Mines 0–46
72-165.853Tennessee (TENNESSEE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38973-7Lost to Alabama 0–29; Lost to TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA 0–5
73-15.875Beloit (BELOIT)IND FBSI3–6–10.35075-4BYE
7406.844Knox (KNOX)IND FBSI4–6–10.40971-20Lost to Washington (MISSOURI) 6–17
7546.999Auburn (AUBURN)IND FBSI2–40.33376-6Beat Georgia 20–0
76-17.177Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)IND FBSI3–70.30077-16BYE
77-17.282NEW Hampshire (NEW HAMPSHIRE)IND FBSI2–4–20.37574-17BYE
78-17.316Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–70.30077-12BYE
79-18.103Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)IND FBSI2–70.22279-25Lost to Carlisle 0–76
8019.066Baylor (BAYLOR)IND FBSI1–60.14382-12BYE
81-19.114Georgia (GEORGIA)IND FBSI1–50.16780-14Lost to Auburn 0–20
8209.515COEIND FBSI1–7–10.16780-14BYE

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