| 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.
The Sun
In December 1900, New York City newspaper The Sun published a top-five ranking of the big Eastern elevens.
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | 12–0 |
| 2 | Harvard | 10–1 |
| 3 | Penn | 12–1 |
| 4 | Columbia | 7–3–1 |
| 5 | Lafayette | 9–2 |
See also
References
- ^ "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.
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