1901 college football rankings | |
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Season | 1901 |
Bowl season | 1901–02 bowl games |
End of season champions | Princeton |
The 1901 college football season rankings included a ranking by Caspar Whitney for Outing.
Writing for Outing, alongside his All-America Eleven for 1901, Caspar Whitney ranked the top twenty teams in the country at the conclusion of the season. [1] [2]
Whitney is designated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a "major selector" of national championships, and his contemporary rankings in Outing for 1905–1907 are included in the NCAA college football records book. [3]
Rank | Team [1] | Record |
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1 | Harvard | 12–0 |
2 | Yale | 11–1–1 |
3 | Michigan | 11–0 |
4 | Wisconsin | 9–0 |
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.
Caspar Whitney (1901-07), one of the founders of the first All-American Football Team. Also selected national polls for Outing magazine.