1905 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
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.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0.961 |  Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Alabama 34–0 |
| 2 | 35 | 1.067 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Wesleyan 27–0; Beat SYRACUSE 16–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.078 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Georgetown 34–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.180 |  Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Cumberland 12–0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.263 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Bowdoin 16–0; Beat MAINE 22–0 |
| 6 | 42 | 1.292 |  Colorado (COLORADO) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Regis 109–0 |
| 7 | 18 | 1.299 |  Colorado State (COLORADO STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Denver 12–0 |
| 8 | -2 | 1.339 | Carlisle (CARLISLE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Susquehanna 47–0; Beat PENN STATE 11–0 |
| 9 | 4 | 1.362 | Chicago (CHICAGO) |  B10 | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Beloit 38–0; Beat IOWA 42–0 |
| 10 | -2 | 1.378 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Colgate 18–6 |
| 11 | 24 | 1.418 |  Utah (UTAH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wyoming 31–0 |
| 12 | 4 | 1.418 |  Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI)) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 46 | 0 | Tied Rose Hulman 0–0 |
| 13 | 50 | 1.445 |  Tennessee (TENNESSEE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat American 104–0 |
| 14 | 5 | 1.451 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Vermont 12–0; Beat HOLY CROSS 16–6 |
| 15 | 13 | 1.484 |  Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat North Georgia 54–0 |
| 16 | 1 | 1.488 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat North Dakota 45–0 |
| 17 | -5 | 1.494 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Colby 70–0 |
| 18 | -17 | 1.520 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Gettysburg 16–6; Beat SWARTHMORE 11–4 |
| 19 | 15 | 1.551 |  Texas (TEXAS) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat TCU 11–0 |
| 20 | -6 | 1.557 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | B10 | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 21 | -10 | 1.559 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Kalamazoo 44–0; Beat CASE 36–0 |
| 22 | 18 | 1.586 |  Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Mount Union 57–0 |
| 23 | -14 | 1.617 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Wabash 6–0; Beat NORTH CENTRAL 24–0 |
| 24 | -6 | 1.623 |  Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 25 | -20 | 1.637 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Northern Iowa 28–0 |
| 26 | 18 | 1.650 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Marquette 29–0; Beat LAWRENCE 34–0 |
| 27 | 16 | 1.657 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Hobart 28–0; Beat BUCKNELL 24–0 |
| 28 | 10 | 1.723 |  Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Michigan State 28–0 |
| 29 | 21 | 1.736 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Haverford 44–0 |
| 30 | -1 | 1.749 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–0 |
| 31 | 8 | 1.785 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat NC State 10–0 |
| 32 | 9 | 1.789 |  Washburn (WASHBURN) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Emporia State 29–6 |
| 33 | 16 | 1.812 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | B10 | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wabash 5–0 |
| 34 | 18 | 1.820 |  Nebraska (NEBRASKA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat South Dakota 42–6 |
| 35 | 26 | 1.822 |  Drake (DRAKE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat COE 32–15 |
| 36 | -5 | 1.829 |  Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Central Oklahoma 28–0 |
| 37 | 27 | 1.855 | Bates (BATES) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Colby 28–0; Beat MASSACHUSETTS 16–0 |
| 38 | -17 | 1.855 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 78 | 0 | BYE |
| 39 | -17 | 1.855 |  Auburn (AUBURN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 78 | 0 | BYE |
| 40 | -17 | 1.855 |  Clemson (CLEMSON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 78 | 0 | BYE |
| 41 | -17 | 1.855 |  Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 78 | 0 | BYE |
| 42 | -10 | 1.855 | Sewanee (SEWANEE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 78 | 0 | BYE |
| 43 | 2 | 1.892 |  Kansas (KANSAS) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Emporia College 45–0; Beat ARKANSAS 6–0; Beat DRURY 11–0 |
| 44 | 9 | 1.908 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 43 | 0 | Beat Seton Hall 21–0; Tied WESLEYAN 0–0 |
| 45 | 12 | 1.913 |  Indiana (INDIANA) | B10 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Kentucky 29–0 |
| 46 | 8 | 1.928 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ursinus 18–0 |
| 47 | 8 | 1.975 | Haskell (HASKELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fort Hays State 12–0 |
| 48 | 17 | 1.988 |  Missouri (MISSOURI) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Simpson 26–0 |
| 49 | 11 | 2.094 |  Grinnell (GRINNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 43 | 0 | Beat William Penn 6–5 |
| 50 | -20 | 2.120 |  North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Davidson 6–0 |
| 51 | 19 | 2.853 |  Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 46 | 0 | Beat Ohio 57–0 |
| 52 | 17 | 2.956 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 45 | 0 | Beat Medico Chirurgical 23–0; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 11–2 |
| 53 | -7 | 2.985 |  Syracuse (SYRACUSE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 46 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–16 |
| 54 | -28 | 3.127 |  Cumberland (CUMBERLAND) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Beat Georgia 39–10; Lost to VIRGINIA TECH 0–12 |
| 55 | 20 | 3.131 | Knox (KNOX) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Beat Illinois Wesleyan 47–0 |
| 56 | -41 | 3.149 |  Iowa (IOWA) | B10 | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–42 |
| 57 | -6 | 3.221 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Lost to Carlisle 0–11 |
| 58 | -48 | 3.273 |  Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–16 |
| 59 | -12 | 3.301 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Lost to Cornell 0–24 |
| 60 | 14 | 3.314 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | +1 | Beat NEW Hampshire 13–0 |
| 61 | 12 | 3.340 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 12–0 |
| 62 | 5 | 3.377 | Colgate (COLGATE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 64 | 0 | Lost to Army 6–18 |
| 63 | -5 | 3.418 |  Vermont (VERMONT) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 49 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–12; Beat MIDDLEBURY 11–0 |
| 64 | -31 | 3.489 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 4–11 |
| 65 | 7 | 3.586 | Wabash (WABASH) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | Lost to Illinois 0–6; Lost to NORTHWESTERN 0–5 |
| 66 | -24 | 3.654 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–27; Tied COLUMBIA 0–0 |
| 67 | -8 | 3.738 |  Denver (DENVER) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Lost to Colorado State 0–12 |
| 68 | 0 | 3.802 |  TCU | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 64 | 0 | Lost to Texas 0–11 |
| 69 | -13 | 3.811 |  Maine (MAINE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–22 |
| 70 | 1 | 4.051 |  Lawrence (LAWRENCE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 64 | 0 | Lost to Wisconsin 0–34 |
| 71 | -51 | 4.081 |  Alabama (ALABAMA) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Beat Maryville 17–0; Lost to VANDERBILT 0–34 |
| 72 | -10 | 4.186 |  Georgetown (GEORGETOWN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–34 |
| 73 | -37 | 4.877 |  Wyoming (WYOMING) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | Lost to Utah 0–31 |
| 74 | 5 | 5.224 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 69 | 0 | Lost to Chicago 0–38 |
| 75 | 2 | 5.620 |  NEW Hampshire (NEW HAMPSHIRE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 64 | -1 | Lost to Tufts 0–13 |
| 76 | 0 | 5.730 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 70 | -1 | Lost to Bates 0–16 |
| 77 | 5 | 6.010 | Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 55 | 0 | Beat North Denver High 36–0 |
| 78 | 0 | 6.342 | COE | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 70 | -1 | Lost to Drake 15–32 |
| 79 | -13 | 6.422 |  Bowdoin (BOWDOIN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 64 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–16; Lost to EXETER 0–11 |
| 80 | 0 | 7.827 |  Villanova (VILLANOVA) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 70 | 0 | Lost to Steelton Ymca 0–6 |
| 81 | -54 | 11.007 |  Georgia (GEORGIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 70 | -1 | Lost to Cumberland 10–39 |
| 82 | -1 | 12.424 |  Baylor (BAYLOR) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 70 | -2 | BYE |