1907 college football rankings

The 1907 college football season rankings included a ranking by Caspar Whitney for The Outing Magazine.

Caspar Whitney

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Writing for The Outing Magazine, alongside his All-America Eleven for 1907, Caspar Whitney ranked the top fourteen teams in the country at the conclusion of the season.[1][2][3]

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.[2]

Rank Team[1] Record
1 Yale 9–0–1
2 Princeton 7–2
3 Carlisle 10–1
4 Penn 11–1
5 Harvard 7–3
6 Cornell 8–2
7 Michigan 5–1
8 Chicago 4–1
9 Annapolis 9–2–1
10 Army 6–2–1
11 Minnesota 2–2–1
12 Brown 7–3
13 Dartmouth 8–0–1
14 Swarthmore 6–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Whitney, Caspar (January 1908). Whitney, Caspar (ed.). "The View-Point: Team Ranking 1907". The Outing Magazine. Vol. LI, no. 4. Outing Publishing Company. pp. 495–498, 514–516. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "National Champion Major Selections (1896 to Present)". 2022 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2022. p. 114. Retrieved January 4, 2023. Caspar Whitney (1905-07), one of the founders of the first All-American Football Team. Also selected national polls for Outing magazine.
  3. ^ 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.