The 1907 college football season rankings included a ranking by Caspar Whitney for The Outing Magazine.
| 1907 college football rankings | |
|---|---|
| Season | 1907 |
| Bowl season | 1907–08 bowl games |
| End of season champions | Yale |
Caspar Whitney
editWriting 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.