1902 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings

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Final power ratings for the 1902 season are listed below. Home field advantage for this year was .528 and the root for determining point spreads was 0.845.

The average home field advantage for this year is 1.51 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 Yale .974 .841 .892 23.83 1.83 11 0 1 .958 Northeast Independent
2 Nebraska .940 .481 .497 18.60 0.00 10 0 0 1.000 Western Independent
3 Michigan .929 .750 .491 58.55 1.09 11 0 0 1.000 Western
4 Harvard .890 .893 .752 15.33 3.83 11 1 0 .917 Northeast Independent
5 Chicago .871 .575 .565 20.75 2.25 11 1 0 .917 Western
6 Princeton .853 .797 .479 18.22 1.89 8 1 0 .889 Eastern Independent
7 Army .797 .594 .440 22.50 3.50 6 1 1 .813 Northeast Independent
8 Minnesota .794 .688 .573 27.92 2.83 9 2 1 .792 Western
9 Knox .772 .220 .472 20.67 1.83 10 2 0 .833 Eastern Independent
10 Illinois .767 .599 .510 29.23 3.38 10 2 1 .808 Western
11 Carlisle .733 .548 .565 22.82 4.64 8 3 0 .727 Eastern Independent
12 Dartmouth .724 .591 .586 11.67 4.33 6 2 1 .722 Northeast Independent
13 Vanderbilt .715 .220 .296 23.78 6.67 8 1 0 .889 Southern Independent
14 Virginia .708 .220 .283 15.70 5.10 8 1 1 .850 Southern Independent
15 Amherst .708 .427 .663 13.30 5.50 7 3 0 .700 Northeast Independent
16 Pennsylvania .694 .718 .646 12.08 5.23 9 4 0 .692 Eastern Independent
17 Purdue .690 .426 .410 31.50 6.80 7 2 1 .750 Western
18 Cornell .682 .753 .354 29.45 3.45 8 3 0 .727 Northeast Independent
19 Brown .682 .493 .826 11.50 5.20 5 4 1 .550 Northeast Independent
20 Sewanee .665 .220 .340 13.00 3.11 7 2 0 .778 Southern Independent
21 Notre Dame .662 .570 .458 22.56 5.67 6 2 1 .722 Eastern Independent
22 Lafayette .655 .632 .378 18.45 5.09 8 3 0 .727 Eastern Independent
23 Wisconsin .653 .771 .524 25.33 4.33 6 3 0 .667 Western
24 Lehigh .652 .268 .441 22.36 5.18 7 3 1 .682 Eastern Independent
25 Syracuse .649 .524 .478 19.11 10.33 6 2 1 .722 Northeast Independent
26 Penn State .636 .441 .344 21.20 3.40 7 3 0 .700 Eastern Independent
27 North Carolina .634 .220 .339 13.56 3.78 5 1 3 .722 Southern Independent
28 Bucknell .624 .436 .416 16.30 8.20 6 4 0 .600 Eastern Independent
29 Clemson .615 .220 .238 21.71 3.14 6 1 0 .857 Southern Independent
30 Louisiana State .608 .220 .275 11.43 3.86 6 1 0 .857 Southern Independent
31 Georgetown .582 .220 .334 14.20 8.80 7 3 0 .700 Southern Independent
32 Vermont .577 .318 .474 12.50 6.50 5 3 2 .600 Northeast Independent
33 Tennessee .577 .220 .300 11.00 4.88 6 2 0 .750 Southern Independent
34 Columbia .573 .595 .537 14.82 9.18 6 4 1 .591 Northeast Independent
35 Iowa State .570 .298 .268 24.60 5.60 6 3 1 .650 Western Independent
36 Holy Cross .566 .471 .200 9.22 5.00 6 2 1 .722 Northeast Independent
37 Haskell .557 .220 .393 14.50 8.50 8 5 1 .607 Western Independent
38 Kansas .543 .261 .473 10.80 9.30 6 4 0 .600 Western Independent
39 Iowa .535 .554 .643 13.44 26.44 5 4 0 .556 Western
40 Texas .527 .220 .207 8.70 4.00 6 3 1 .650 Western Independent
41 Missouri .514 .155 .418 12.38 10.00 5 3 0 .625 Western Independent
42 Drake .511 .359 .150 15.88 2.88 5 2 1 .688 Western Independent
43 Colorado .492 .220 .224 14.50 3.67 5 1 0 .833 Western Independent
44 Tufts .470 .423 .473 7.18 12.27 4 6 1 .409 Northeast Independent
45 Northwestern .464 .612 .634 6.55 10.64 5 6 0 .455 Western
46 Virginia Tech .461 .220 .383 14.83 3.83 3 2 1 .583 Southern Independent
47 Dickinson .439 .425 .559 7.30 11.50 4 6 0 .400 Eastern Independent
48 Georgia .437 .220 .290 7.86 7.43 4 2 1 .643 Southern Independent
49 Mississippi .433 .220 .285 17.29 6.57 4 3 0 .571 Southern Independent
50 North Carolina State .426 .220 .296 9.00 4.67 3 4 2 .444 Southern Independent
51 Furman .422 .220 .238 3.45 5.09 4 3 4 .545 Southern Independent
52 Williams .421 .543 .650 7.80 14.50 3 6 1 .350 Northeast Independent
53 Indiana .421 .466 .637 10.44 23.00 3 5 1 .389 Western
54 Navy .418 .506 .851 3.50 9.90 2 7 1 .250 Eastern Independent
55 Massachusetts .415 .519 .402 5.71 3.86 2 3 2 .429 Northeast Independent
56 Colorado Mines .402 .220 .050 12.71 6.29 4 1 2 .714 Western Independent
57 Wesleyan .399 .500 .586 6.00 13.70 3 6 1 .350 Northeast Independent
58 Alabama .362 .220 .143 23.88 6.13 4 4 0 .500 Southern Independent
59 Washington (Missouri) .328 .220 .509 9.33 23.33 2 6 1 .278 Western Independent
60 Auburn .316 .220 .371 6.57 6.43 2 4 1 .357 Southern Independent
61 Davidson .311 .220 .286 5.11 13.56 3 5 1 .389 Southern Independent
62 Simpson .307 .220 .390 6.80 10.00 2 3 0 .400 Western Independent
63 Grinnell .279 .474 .486 4.27 21.64 2 7 2 .273 Western Independent
64 Denver .268 .220 .066 4.25 7.50 3 4 1 .438 Western Independent
65 Beloit .260 .536 .477 4.00 19.00 2 5 0 .286 Eastern Independent
66 Colorado College .258 .220 .096 8.29 9.29 3 4 0 .429 Western Independent
67 Wild Card U .236 .220 .652 3.01 24.19 28 180 16 .161  
68 Tulane .223 .220 .207 6.71 9.57 1 4 2 .286 Southern Independent
69 Colorado State .216 .220 .132 7.83 10.33 1 3 2 .333 Western Independent
70 Mississippi State .167 .220 .176 7.17 13.33 1 4 1 .250 Southern Independent
71 Georgia Tech .165 .220 .289 2.88 15.25 0 6 2 .125 Southern Independent
72 Union (New York) .125 .220 .657 0.00 35.83 0 6 0 .000 Northeast Independent
73 Boston College .053 .216 .217 1.89 20.00 0 9 0 .000 Northeast Independent

Conference PR PS SOS Wins Losses Ties Pct Teams
Western .681 .605 .554 67 25 4 .719 9
Eastern Independent .616 .508 .507 77 43 3 .638 12
Northeast Independent .571 .525 .540 89 61 14 .585 17
Southern Independent .465 .220 .283 82 53 19 .594 19
Western Independent .448 .267 .291 68 49 12 .574 15

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