| Rk | Team | Record | Rating | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | (10-0-0) | 0.9181 | Independent | |
| 2 | Chicago | (11-0-0) | 0.7954 | Western | |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | (12-0-1) | 0.6876 | Independent | |
| 4 | Swarthmore | (7-1-0) | 0.6504 | Independent | |
| 5 | Dartmouth | (7-1-2) | 0.6366 | Independent | |
| 6 | Harvard | (8-2-1) | 0.6045 | Independent | |
| 7 | Princeton | (8-2-0) | 0.5473 | Independent | |
| 8 | Minnesota | (10-1-0) | 0.5210 | Western | |
| 9 | Navy | (10-1-1) | 0.5161 | Independent | |
| 10 | Michigan | (12-1-0) | 0.5133 | Western | |
| 11 | Amherst | (3-1-2) | 0.4935 | Independent | |
| 12 | Purdue | (6-1-1) | 0.4834 | Western | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | (7-1-0) | 0.4793 | SIAA | |
| 14 | Wisconsin | (8-2-0) | 0.4773 | Western | |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | (9-1-0) | 0.4722 | Independent | |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | (6-0-1) | 0.4684 | SIAA | |
| 17 | Indiana | (8-1-1) | 0.4181 | Western | |
| 18 | Wesleyan | (7-2-1) | 0.4012 | Independent | |
| 19 | Brown | (7-4-0) | 0.3851 | Independent | |
| 20 | Army | (4-4-1) | 0.3802 | Independent | |
| 21 | Holy Cross | (6-3-0) | 0.3785 | Independent | |
| 22 | Iowa | (8-2-0) | 0.3746 | Western | |
| 23 | Columbia | (4-3-2) | 0.3698 | Independent | |
| 24 | Carlisle | (10-4-0) | 0.3685 | Independent | |
| 25 | Lafayette | (7-2-1) | 0.3533 | Independent | |
| 26 | Penn State | (8-3-0) | 0.3467 | Independent | |
| 27 | Cornell | (6-4-0) | 0.3407 | Independent | |
| 28 | Nebraska | (9-2-0) | 0.3381 | Independent | |
| 29 | Syracuse | (8-3-0) | 0.3288 | Independent | |
| 30 | Kansas | (10-1-0) | 0.3125 | Independent | |
| 31 | Pittsburgh | (10-2-0) | 0.3057 | Independent | |
| 32 | Sewanee | (4-2-1) | 0.2985 | SIAA | |
| 33 | Northwestern | (8-2-1) | 0.2879 | Western | |
| 34 | Colgate | (5-4-0) | 0.2764 | Independent | |
| 35 | Tufts | (5-3-0) | 0.2747 | Independent | |
| 36 | Iowa State | (6-3-0) | 0.2661 | Independent | |
| 37 | Lawrence | (7-3-0) | 0.2553 | Independent | |
| 38 | Washington & Jefferson | (9-3-0) | 0.2549 | Independent | |
| 39 | Clemson | (3-2-1) | 0.2396 | SIAA | |
| 40 | Oklahoma | (7-2-0) | 0.2355 | Independent | |
| 41 | Williams | (6-5-0) | 0.2338 | Independent | |
| 42 | Maine | (4-3-1) | 0.1937 | Independent | |
| 43 | Vermont | (6-4-1) | 0.1911 | Independent | |
| 44 | North Carolina | (4-3-1) | 0.1886 | Independent | |
| 45 | Grinnell | (7-2-1) | 0.1794 | Independent | |
| 46 | Illinois | (5-4-0) | 0.1725 | Western | |
| 47 | Wabash | (4-5-0) | 0.1604 | Independent | |
| 48 | Bates | (3-2-2) | 0.1525 | Independent | |
| 49 | Dickinson | (4-4-0) | 0.1498 | Independent | |
| 50 | Virginia | (5-4-0) | 0.1397 | Independent | |
| 51 | Washington (Missouri) | (6-3-1) | 0.1354 | Independent | |
| 52 | Alabama | (6-4-0) | 0.1315 | SIAA | |
| 53 | Notre Dame | (5-4-0) | 0.1290 | Independent | |
| 54 | Drake | (4-4-0) | 0.1209 | Independent | |
| 55 | Bucknell | (5-5-0) | 0.1098 | Independent | |
| 56 | Washburn | (7-3-0) | 0.0944 | Independent | |
| 57 | Texas | (5-4-0) | 0.0780 | SIAA | |
| 58 | Texas A&M | (7-2-0) | 0.0575 | Independent | |
| 59 | Bowdoin | (4-5-0) | 0.0476 | Independent | |
| 60 | Cumberland | (3-4-0) | 0.0227 | SIAA | |
| 61 | Missouri | (5-4-0) | 0.0045 | Independent | |
| 62 | Beloit | (3-6-1) | 0.0019 | Independent | |
| 63 | Haskell | (5-4-1) | 0.0000 | Independent | |
| 64 | Lehigh | (6-7-0) | -0.0056 | Independent | |
| 65 | Marquette | (1-3-0) | -0.0121 | Independent | |
| 66 | Tennessee | (3-5-1) | -0.0247 | SIAA | |
| 67 | Utah | (6-2-0) | -0.0546 | Independent | |
| 68 | New Hampshire | (2-4-2) | -0.0565 | Independent | |
| 69 | Villanova | (3-7-0) | -0.0801 | Independent | |
| 70 | Texas Christian | (4-4-0) | -0.0890 | Independent | |
| 71 | Massachusetts | (3-7-0) | -0.1001 | Independent | |
| 72 | Ursinus | (1-3-0) | -0.1111 | Independent | |
| 73 | Knox | (4-6-1) | -0.1144 | Independent | |
| 74 | Auburn | (2-4-0) | -0.1411 | SIAA | |
| 75 | Georgetown | (2-7-0) | -0.2068 | Independent | |
| 76 | Springfield | (0-4-0) | -0.2163 | Independent | |
| 77 | Worcester Tech | (0-4-0) | -0.2314 | Independent | |
| 78 | Colby | (0-4-0) | -0.3874 | Independent | |
| 79 | Coe | (1-7-1) | -0.4453 | Independent | |
| 80 | Wyoming | (3-4-0) | -0.4636 | Independent | |
| 81 | Georgia | (1-5-0) | -0.5283 | SIAA | |
| 82 | Simpson | (0-4-0) | -0.6060 | Independent | |
| 83 | Baylor | (1-6-0) | -0.6394 | Independent |
Average Ratings by Conference (1905)
| Rk | Conference | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western | 0.4493 | |
| 2 | Independent | 0.1589 | |
| 3 | SIAA | 0.1024 |