1916 college football rankings

1916 college football rankings
Season	1916
Bowl season	1916–17 bowl games
End of season champions	Pittsburgh
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The 1916 college football season rankings included a ranking by The New York Times . ^{[1] [2]}

The New York Times

In December 1916, The New York Times ranked Pittsburgh as football's top team in an end-of-year listing of champions in all sports. ^[1]

Rank	Team [1]	Record
1	Pittsburgh	8–0
2	Colgate	8-1
3	Brown	8–1
4	Yale	8–1
5	Army	9–0

See also

• 1916 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "High Standard Set In Sports By Dying Year". The New York Times . December 17, 1916. Sports; 1, 2, 3. Unusual Year for College Elevens — Traditional Leaders Unseated by Great Work of Pittsburgh, Colgate, and Brown.
2. 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.