| Rk | Team | Record | Rating | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard | (10-0-1) | 0.7475 | Independent | |
| 2 | Princeton | (12-1-0) | 0.6945 | Independent | |
| 3 | Chicago | (16-0-2) | 0.6379 | Western | |
| 4 | Iowa | (8-0-1) | 0.5952 | Independent | |
| 5 | Wisconsin | (9-2-0) | 0.5590 | Western | |
| 6 | Yale | (7-2-1) | 0.5348 | Independent | |
| 7 | Lafayette | (12-1-0) | 0.5208 | Independent | |
| 8 | Carlisle | (9-2-0) | 0.5149 | Independent | |
| 9 | Cornell | (7-3-0) | 0.5057 | Independent | |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | (8-3-2) | 0.4938 | Independent | |
| 11 | Wesleyan | (8-2-0) | 0.4878 | Independent | |
| 12 | Brown | (7-3-1) | 0.4054 | Independent | |
| 13 | Michigan | (8-2-0) | 0.3879 | Western | |
| 14 | Columbia | (9-3-0) | 0.3800 | Independent | |
| 15 | Grinnell | (7-2-1) | 0.3465 | Independent | |
| 16 | Williams | (9-4-0) | 0.3052 | Independent | |
| 17 | Beloit | (5-2-2) | 0.2985 | Independent | |
| 18 | Notre Dame | (6-3-1) | 0.2964 | Independent | |
| 19 | Indiana | (6-2-0) | 0.2894 | Independent | |
| 20 | Boston College | (2-1-0) | 0.2850 | Independent | |
| 21 | Minnesota | (6-3-2) | 0.2630 | Western | |
| 22 | Navy | (5-3-0) | 0.2598 | Independent | |
| 23 | Rush Medical | (2-3-0) | 0.2039 | Independent | |
| 24 | Army | (4-5-0) | 0.1931 | Independent | |
| 25 | Oberlin | (1-2-0) | 0.1766 | Independent | |
| 26 | Knox | (4-4-1) | 0.1730 | Independent | |
| 27 | Northwestern | (7-6-0) | 0.1621 | Western | |
| 28 | Massachusetts | (7-3-0) | 0.1590 | Independent | |
| 29 | Iowa State | (5-4-1) | 0.1556 | Independent | |
| 30 | Hamilton | (1-2-0) | 0.1413 | Independent | |
| 31 | Purdue | (4-4-1) | 0.1195 | Western | |
| 32 | Holy Cross | (5-5-0) | 0.1054 | Independent | |
| 33 | Illinois | (3-5-1) | 0.1029 | Western | |
| 34 | Dartmouth | (2-7-0) | 0.0750 | Independent | |
| 35 | Amherst | (4-7-1) | 0.0646 | Independent | |
| 36 | Virginia | (4-3-2) | 0.0350 | Independent | |
| 37 | Tufts | (7-4-0) | 0.0299 | Independent | |
| 38 | Syracuse | (4-4-0) | 0.0220 | Independent | |
| 39 | Penn State | (4-6-1) | 0.0180 | Independent | |
| 40 | Trinity (Connecticut) | (3-5-1) | 0.0017 | Independent | |
| 41 | Bucknell | (6-4-0) | -0.0012 | Independent | |
| 42 | Dickinson | (6-6-1) | -0.0034 | Independent | |
| 43 | Lake Forest | (4-6-2) | -0.0917 | Independent | |
| 44 | Lehigh | (2-9-0) | -0.1204 | Independent | |
| 45 | Gettysburg | (1-2-0) | -0.1544 | Independent | |
| 46 | Union (New York) | (0-3-0) | -0.1650 | Independent | |
| 47 | Bowdoin | (2-6-0) | -0.1718 | Independent | |
| 48 | Bates | (0-3-0) | -0.2197 | Independent | |
| 49 | Nebraska | (0-3-0) | -0.2332 | Independent | |
| 50 | Rutgers | (0-3-0) | -0.2791 | Independent | |
| 51 | MIT | (0-6-0) | -0.3416 | Independent | |
| 52 | Susquehanna | (0-3-0) | -0.5289 | Independent | |
| 53 | New York University | (0-4-0) | -0.5364 | Independent |
Average Ratings by Conference (1899)
| Rk | Conference | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western | 0.3189 | |
| 2 | Independent | 0.1450 |