The 1897 college football season rankings included a ranking by New York City newspaper The Sun.
The Sun
In November 1897, New York City newspaper The Sun published a top-thirteen ranking of teams.
Rank Team Record 1 Penn 15–0 Yale 9–0–2 3 Princeton 10–1 4 Harvard 10–1–1 5 Cornell 5–3–1 6 Army 6–1–1 7 Brown 7–4 8 Carlisle 6–4 9 Lafayette 9–2–1 10 Wesleyan 6–6 11 Dartmouth 4–3 12 Amherst 2–6–2 13 Williams 1–7–1
See also
1897 College Football All-America Team
References