1899 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings

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Final power ratings for the 1899 season are listed below. Home field advantage for this year was .601 and the root for determining point spreads was 1.007.

The average home field advantage for this year is 4.41 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 Princeton .884 .830 .571 14.23 1.62 12 1 0 .923 Eastern Independent
2 Harvard .877 .818 .417 19.09 0.91 10 0 1 .955 Northeast Independent
3 Chicago .826 .685 .342 29.07 2.00 12 0 2 .929 Western
4 Lafayette .825 .471 .373 19.46 1.77 12 1 0 .923 Eastern Independent
5 Carlisle .764 .605 .367 34.82 4.00 9 2 0 .818 Eastern Independent
6 Iowa .741 .227 .161 24.56 0.56 8 0 1 .944 Eastern Independent
7 Yale .740 .792 .361 19.10 1.60 7 2 1 .750 Northeast Independent
8 Cornell .730 .640 .559 13.40 5.20 7 3 0 .700 Northeast Independent
9 Wisconsin .720 .704 .300 24.55 3.00 9 2 0 .818 Western
10 Pennsylvania .717 .818 .623 20.62 6.23 8 3 2 .692 Eastern Independent
11 Wesleyan .704 .587 .374 20.70 5.30 8 2 0 .800 Northeast Independent
12 Brown .657 .565 .393 15.91 5.18 7 3 1 .682 Northeast Independent
13 Columbia .646 .227 .369 17.64 7.73 8 3 0 .727 Northeast Independent
14 Michigan .615 .695 .066 17.60 4.30 8 2 0 .800 Western
15 Grinnell .607 .227 .193 12.90 3.80 7 2 1 .750 Eastern Independent
16 Williams .592 .297 .349 12.31 7.15 9 4 0 .692 Northeast Independent
17 Notre Dame .520 .227 .137 16.90 5.50 6 3 1 .650 Eastern Independent
18 Beloit .517 .338 .297 15.11 9.11 5 2 2 .667 Eastern Independent
19 Massachusetts .497 .227 .069 13.60 6.60 7 3 0 .700 Northeast Independent
20 Minnesota .494 .392 .153 13.73 7.18 6 3 2 .636 Western
21 Indiana .492 .227 .097 16.63 4.13 6 2 0 .750 Eastern Independent
22 Iowa State .477 .227 .273 11.70 3.80 5 4 1 .550 Eastern Independent
23 Bucknell .462 .393 .203 14.90 12.90 6 4 0 .600 Eastern Independent
24 Tufts .435 .239 .050 9.36 7.55 7 4 0 .636 Northeast Independent
25 Navy .428 .492 .167 11.75 3.38 5 3 0 .625 Eastern Independent
26 Northwestern .417 .461 .331 10.00 14.33 6 6 0 .500 Western
27 Holy Cross .415 .227 .214 13.50 8.10 5 5 0 .500 Northeast Independent
28 Dickinson .402 .537 .123 14.00 8.31 6 6 1 .500 Eastern Independent
29 Knox .397 .227 .274 10.78 10.56 4 4 1 .500 Eastern Independent
30 Penn State .378 .496 .403 9.45 16.00 4 6 1 .409 Eastern Independent
31 Army .375 .493 .451 6.33 11.11 4 5 0 .444 Northeast Independent
32 Amherst .352 .394 .476 6.00 16.08 4 7 1 .375 Northeast Independent
33 Dartmouth .347 .505 .635 7.78 10.56 2 7 0 .222 Northeast Independent
34 Syracuse .336 .227 .188 7.88 7.88 4 4 0 .500 Northeast Independent
35 Purdue .331 .339 .142 11.11 13.56 4 4 1 .500 Western
36 Illinois .312 .399 .330 4.44 10.67 3 5 1 .389 Western
37 Trinity (Connecticut) .309 .343 .369 6.78 17.89 3 5 1 .389 Northeast Independent
38 Lake Forest .293 .227 .204 5.50 16.83 4 6 2 .417 Eastern Independent
39 Lehigh .266 .349 .574 5.45 13.09 2 9 0 .182 Eastern Independent
40 Wild Card U .205 .227 .541 3.70 21.47 22 124 6 .164  
41 Bowdoin .192 .399 .231 5.13 12.00 2 6 0 .250 Northeast Independent
42 M.I.T. .112 .282 .398 2.83 26.17 0 6 0 .000 Northeast Independent

Conference PR PS SOS Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
Eastern Independent .539 .407 .297 109 58 13 .642 17
Western .531 .525 .238 48 22 6 .671 7
Northeast Independent .489 .427 .347 94 69 5 .574 17

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