1902 college football rankings
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The 1902 college football season rankings included a ranking by Caspar Whitney for Outing and a top-sixteen rating in The Sun.
| 1902 college football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1902 |
| Bowl season | 1902â03 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Yale |
Caspar Whitney
Writing for Outing, alongside his All-America Eleven for 1902, Caspar Whitney ranked the top twenty-eight 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 1905â1907 are included in the NCAA college football records book.[3]
The Sun
In December 1902, New York City newspaper The Sun published a ranking of football teams.[4]
| Rank | Team[4] | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | 11â0â1 |
| 2 | Princeton | 8â1 |
| 3 | Harvard | 11â1 |
| 4 | Army | 6â1â1 |
| 5 | Penn | 9â4 |
| 6 | Carlisle | 8â3 |
| 7 | Cornell | 8â3 |
| 8 | Bucknell | 6â4 |
| 9 | Amherst | 7â3 |
| 10 | Dartmouth | 6â2â1 |
| 11 | Navy | 2â7â1 |
| 12 | Lafayette | 8â3 |
| 13 | Brown | 5â4â1 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 6â2â1 |
| 15 | Columbia | 6â4â1 |
| 16 | Lehigh | 7â3â1 |