1897 college football rankings

none December 2024 December 2025 1897 PennsylvaniaYale The 1897 college football season rankings included a ranking by New York City newspaper The Sun.Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Laguerre André André Laguerre This Year The Fight Will Be In The Open Sports Illustrated September 11, 1967 28–34 27 11 Chicago https://vault.si.com/vault/1967/09/11/this-year-the-fight-will-be-in-the-open February 8, 2016 Polls and systems to determine the No. 1 team are not nearly so ancient as the mere naming of the "intercollegiate champion" by a Casper Whitney or a J. Parmly Paret. The Sun In November 1897, New York City newspaper The Sun published a top-thirteen ranking of teams. Rank TeamNovember 28, 1897 Summary of Football — How the Big College Elevens Compare in Strength https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-1897-summary-of-college-football/161466038/ The Sun Pennsylvania and Yale as Even Match — Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and West Point Next in Order Record 1 Penn 15–0 Yale 9–0–2 3 Princeton 10–1 4 Harvard 10–1–1 5 Cornell 5–3–1 6 Army 6–1–1 7 Brown 7–4 8 Carlisle 6–4 9 Lafayette 9–2–1 10 Wesleyan 6–6 11 Dartmouth 4–3 12 Amherst 2–6–2 13 Williams 1–7–1 See also 1897 College Football All-America Team References * Category:College football rankings