1908 Final College Football Team Rankings

December 8, 1908By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1908 Season Tags: • No Comments

1908 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.789	Chicago (CHICAGO)	B10	5–0–1	0.917	6	+20	BYE
2	0	1.113	LSU	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+23	BYE
3	1	1.315	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	12	+27	BYE
4	-1	1.346	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	11–0–1	0.958	3	+32	BYE
5	1	1.467	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	5	+17	BYE
6	1	1.477	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	4	+22	BYE
7	1	1.517	Auburn (AUBURN)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+15	BYE
8	4	1.590	Carlisle (CARLISLE)	IND FBSI	10–2–1	0.808	16	+47	Beat Nebraska 37–6; Beat DENVER 8–4
9	0	1.605	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+19	BYE
10	0	1.759	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	11	+8	BYE
11	-6	1.775	Denver (DENVER)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	7	+13	Lost to Carlisle 4–8
12	-1	1.842	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+15	BYE
13	0	1.980	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–1–1	0.786	19	+11	BYE
14	0	2.032	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	9–2–1	0.792	18	+25	BYE
15	1	2.069	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–1–2	0.778	20	+13	BYE
16	1	2.223	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	12	+9	BYE
17	1	2.270	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–1	0.833	12	+6	BYE
18	1	2.317	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	7	+13	BYE
19	1	2.329	Alabama (ALABAMA)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	15	+7	BYE
20	1	2.405	Sewanee (SEWANEE)	IND FBSI	4–1–3	0.688	31	+5	BYE
21	1	2.457	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	22	+9	BYE
22	1	2.461	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	20	+12	BYE
23	1	2.477	Washington & Jefferson (WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON)	IND FBSI	10–2–1	0.808	16	+16	Beat Pittsburgh 14–0
24	-9	2.647	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–2–1	0.750	22	+9	Lost to Carlisle 6–37
25	2	2.763	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	IND FBSI	7–2–1	0.750	22	+13	BYE
26	0	2.860	Colorado College (COLORADO COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+7	BYE
27	4	2.929	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–2–1	0.583	42	+15	BYE
28	0	2.952	Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	6–2–2	0.700	29	+7	BYE
29	1	3.001	ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS)	IND FBSI	6–2–2	0.700	29	0	BYE
30	2	3.025	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	31	+4	BYE
31	-2	3.042	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+4	BYE
32	-7	3.128	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	26	0	Lost to Washington & Jefferson 0–14
33	1	3.130	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	+6	BYE
34	1	3.161	Georgia (GEORGIA)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	31	+4	BYE
35	-2	3.190	Utah (UTAH)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	42	+2	BYE
36	0	3.225	Drake (DRAKE)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	22	-3	BYE
37	0	3.235	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	38	-1	BYE
38	1	3.298	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	38	0	BYE
39	1	3.333	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+2	BYE
40	-2	3.360	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	35	+8	BYE
41	0	3.421	Washington & LEE (WASHINGTON & LEE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	31	-3	BYE
42	0	3.465	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–2–3	0.650	38	+5	BYE
43	0	3.693	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	+3	BYE
44	0	3.780	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	+1	BYE
45	1	4.082	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–3	0.571	44	-3	BYE
46	-1	4.093	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	51	+6	BYE
47	0	4.156	TCU	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	-8	BYE
48	0	4.399	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	44	+2	BYE
49	0	4.468	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
50	0	4.612	Texas (TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	+17	BYE
51	0	4.717	Washington (missouri) (WASHINGTON (MISSOURI))	IND B8	4–4–1	0.500	51	-5	BYE
52	0	4.817	Dickinson (DICKINSON)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	-3	BYE
53	0	4.889	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–3–3	0.500	51	-5	BYE
54	0	5.115	Iowa (IOWA)	IND Western & MVIAA	2–5	0.286	64	-7	BYE
55	0	5.192	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	60	+5	BYE
56	0	5.202	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–4	0.429	55	+2	BYE
57	0	5.322	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–2	0.500	51	-4	BYE
58	1	5.404	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	55	-1	BYE
59	-1	5.493	Colorado Mines (COLORADO MINES)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	57	-5	BYE
60	0	5.847	Haskell (HASKELL)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	59	-4	BYE
61	0	6.087	Georgetown (GEORGETOWN)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	63	-3	BYE
62	1	6.479	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	60	-12	BYE
63	-1	6.529	Bucknell (BUCKNELL)	IND FBSI	3–5–2	0.400	57	-12	BYE
64	0	6.628	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	60	-11	BYE
65	0	6.883	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	66	-7	BYE
66	0	8.052	Clemson (CLEMSON)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	66	-16	BYE
67	0	8.554	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	65	-11	BYE

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