1908 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States football rankings | |
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Season | 1908 |
Bowl season | 1908–09 bowl games |
End of season champions | Harvard |
The 1908 college football season rankings included a ranking by New York City newspaper The Sun. [1] [2]
In November 1908, New York City newspaper The Sun published their top-twelve ranking. [1]
Rank | Team [1] | Record |
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1 | Harvard | 9–0–1 |
2 | Penn | 11–0–1 |
3 | Yale | 7–1–1 |
4 | Dartmouth | 6–1–1 |
5 | Cornell | 7–1–1 |
6 | Army | 6–1–2 |
7 | Navy | 9–2–1 |
8 | Princeton | 5–2–3 |
9 | Brown | 5–3–1 |
10 | Syracuse | 6–3–1 |
11 | Carlisle | 10–2–1 |
12 | Colgate | 4–3 |
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.