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Final power ratings for the 1898 season are listed below. Home field advantage for this year was .701 and the root for determining point spreads was 1.611.
The average home field advantage for this year is 6.03 points.
Some game locations are unknown and have been estimated. Research continues.
KEY: PR=Final power rating, PS=Pre-season power rating, SOS=strength of schedule.
| Rank | Team | PR | PS | SOS | PF | PA | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Conference |
| 1 | Harvard | .880 | .755 | .282 | 23.36 | 1.73 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Northeast Independent |
| 2 | Princeton | .844 | .815 | .273 | 22.17 | 0.42 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .958 | Eastern Independent |
| 3 | Michigan | .791 | .599 | .089 | 20.50 | 2.60 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Western |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | .786 | .849 | .231 | 30.62 | 2.46 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | Eastern Independent |
| 5 | Wisconsin | .768 | .640 | .259 | 29.80 | 1.70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | Western |
| 6 | Yale | .767 | .817 | .431 | 13.27 | 3.09 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Northeast Independent |
| 7 | Chicago | .731 | .640 | .255 | 19.45 | 3.64 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Western |
| 8 | Cornell | .727 | .554 | .250 | 24.67 | 2.42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | Northeast Independent |
| 9 | Wesleyan | .713 | .462 | .502 | 21.50 | 5.40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | Northeast Independent |
| 10 | Carlisle | .671 | .538 | .588 | 20.50 | 9.90 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Eastern Independent |
| 11 | Penn State | .654 | .338 | .627 | 17.40 | 9.10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Eastern Independent |
| 12 | Dickinson | .649 | .424 | .197 | 21.10 | 8.80 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | Eastern Independent |
| 13 | Bowdoin | .573 | .226 | .173 | 17.00 | 7.50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .708 | Northeast Independent |
| 14 | Brown | .567 | .563 | .412 | 13.50 | 9.60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Northeast Independent |
| 15 | Navy | .539 | .446 | .063 | 16.25 | 7.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | Eastern Independent |
| 16 | Dartmouth | .523 | .487 | .545 | 18.64 | 12.36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | Northeast Independent |
| 17 | Northwestern | .521 | .401 | .216 | 18.36 | 7.82 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | Western |
| 18 | Amherst | .453 | .335 | .578 | 14.60 | 22.30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | Northeast Independent |
| 19 | Beloit | .449 | .226 | .504 | 8.90 | 9.50 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | Eastern Independent |
| 20 | Bucknell | .438 | .348 | .433 | 6.18 | 9.36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .500 | Eastern Independent |
| 21 | Army | .425 | .562 | .381 | 15.00 | 8.50 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .583 | Northeast Independent |
| 22 | Franklin & Marshall | .405 | .285 | .361 | 7.50 | 15.20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | Eastern Independent |
| 23 | Illinois | .340 | .458 | .209 | 9.22 | 8.67 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | Western |
| 24 | Lehigh | .340 | .358 | .459 | 4.90 | 10.60 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | Eastern Independent |
| 25 | Minnesota | .340 | .444 | .231 | 10.22 | 8.11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | Western |
| 26 | M.I.T. | .337 | .226 | .050 | 8.40 | 3.20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .700 | Northeast Independent |
| 27 | Lafayette | .278 | .663 | .568 | 3.55 | 17.36 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | Eastern Independent |
| 28 | Trinity (Connecticut) | .271 | .415 | .418 | 3.89 | 15.11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .333 | Northeast Independent |
| 29 | Williams | .265 | .328 | .391 | 4.73 | 10.64 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | Northeast Independent |
| 30 | Purdue | .258 | .420 | .144 | 5.67 | 5.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | Western |
| 31 | Wild Card U | .228 | .226 | .697 | 3.15 | 20.25 | 22 | 99 | 6 | .197 | |
| 32 | Tufts | .136 | .342 | .277 | 3.90 | 15.00 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | Northeast Independent |
| Conference | PR | PS | SOS | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Teams |
| Eastern Independent | .550 | .481 | .391 | 68 | 39 | 8 | .626 | 11 |
| Western | .536 | .514 | .201 | 46 | 20 | 0 | .697 | 7 |
| Northeast Independent | .511 | .467 | .361 | 72 | 50 | 6 | .586 | 13 |
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1999.
Last Updated on 09/15/13
By James Howell
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