1900 college football rankings
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| 1900 college football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1900 |
| Bowl season | 1900–01 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Yale |
| college football rankings
1901 → | |
The 1900 college football season rankings included a ranking by New York City newspaper The Sun .[1] [2]
The Sun
[edit ]In December 1900, New York City newspaper The Sun published a top-five ranking of the big Eastern elevens.[1]
| Rank | Team[1] | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | 12–0 |
| 2 | Harvard | 10–1 |
| 3 | Penn | 12–1 |
| 4 | Columbia | 7–3–1 |
| 5 | Lafayette | 9–2 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "In the Football World — Columbia Earns Fourth Place in the General Ratings of the Big Elevens". The Sun . December 4, 1900. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
The football season just closed, while it produced a definite championship eleven in Yale [...] If there could be an official rating now of the leading elevens it would be a case of Yale in first honors without a dispute, for the New Haven eleven beat all comers with comparative ease, as shown by the unusually large scores.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (September 11, 1967). Laguerre, André (ed.). "This Year The Fight Will Be In The Open". Sports Illustrated . Vol. 27, no. 11. Chicago. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 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.