# 1900 college football season

The 1900 college football season ended with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as having been selected national champions.

## Conference and program changes

* The Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, commonly known as the Western Conference and the precursor to the modern Big Ten Conference, added two new members, Indiana and Iowa, to increase its membership to nine. It was after this expansion that the conference first gained the unofficial moniker Big Nine Conference.
| School | 1899 Conference | 1900 Conference |
| Indiana Hoosiers | Independent | Big Nine (Western) |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | Independent | Big Nine (Western) |

## Conference standings
### Major conference standings

1900 Colorado Football Association standings :
| 1900 Colorado Football Association standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Colorado College $ 3 –0 –06 –2 –0 Colorado Mines 2 –1 –04 –3 –0 Colorado 1 –2 –06 –4 –0 Colorado Agricultural 0 –3 –01 –3 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1900 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Clemson + 2 –0 –06 –0 –0 Auburn 4 –0 –04 –0 –0 Tulane 3 –0 –05 –0 –0 Texas 1 –0 –06 –0 –0 Sewanee + 5 –0 –16 –1 –1 North Carolina 3 –0 –14 –1 –3 Vanderbilt 2 –3 –14 –4 –1 Alabama 1 –3 –02 –3 –0 Nashville 1 –3 –02 –3 –0 Georgia 1 –4 –02 –4 –0 Tennessee 0 –2 –13 –2 –1 Cumberland (TN) 0 –1 –00 –1 –0 LSU 0 –1 –02 –2 –0 Kentucky State 0 –2 –04 –6 –0 Ole Miss 0 –3 –00 –3 –0 Georgia Tech 0 –3 –00 –4 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1900 Triangular Football League standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Wesleyan $ 2 –0 –05 –4 –0 Williams 1 –1 –06 –4 –1 Amherst 0 –2 –04 –7 –1 $ – Conference champion |
| 1900 Western Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Minnesota + 3 –0 –110 –0 –2 Iowa + 2 –0 –17 –0 –1 Wisconsin 2 –1 –08 –1 –0 Michigan 3 –2 –07 –2 –1 Northwestern 2 –1 –27 –2 –3 Chicago 2 –3 –19 –5 –1 Indiana 1 –2 –14 –2 –2 Illinois 1 –3 –27 –3 –2 Purdue 0 –4 –04 –4 –0 + – Conference co-champions |

### Independents

1900 Eastern college football independents records :
| 1900 Eastern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Yale   –  12 –0 –0 Penn   –  12 –1 –0 Harvard   –  10 –1 –0 Cornell   –  10 –2 –0 Geneva   –  5 –1 –1 Lafayette   –  9 –2 –0 Syracuse   –  7 –2 –1 Princeton   –  8 –3 –0 Drexel   –  5 –2 –0 Fordham   –  3 –1 –1 Army   –  7 –3 –1 Brown   –  7 –3 –1 Columbia   –  7 –3 –1 Villanova   –  5 –2 –2 Washington & Jefferson   –  6 –3 –1 Swarthmore   –  6 –3 –2 Holy Cross   –  5 –3 –1 Carlisle   –  6 –4 –1 Buffalo   –  3 –2 –2 Dickinson   –  5 –4 –0 Western Univ. of Penn   –  5 –4 –0 Bucknell   –  4 –4 –1 Pittsburgh College   –  3 –3 –1 Rutgers   –  4 –4 –0 Vermont   –  4 –4 –1 Lehigh   –  5 –6 –0 Frankin & Marshall   –  4 –5 –0 Temple   –  3 –4 –1 Penn State   –  4 –6 –1 Amherst   –  4 –7 –1 Dartmouth   –  2 –4 –2 NYU   –  3 –6 –1 Tufts   –  3 –6 –1 Wesleyan   –  3 –6 –1 New Hampshire   –  1 –5 –1 Colgate   –  2 –8 –0 CCNY   –  0 –1 –0 | 1900 Midwestern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Central Michigan   –  1 –0 –0 Lake Forest   –  1 –0 –0 Haskell   –  9 –1 –0 North Dakota Agricultural   –  8 –1 –1 Ohio State   –  8 –1 –1 Nebraska   –  6 –1 –1 Beloit   –  7 –1 –2 Kirksville Osteopaths   –  7 –2 –1 Washburn   –  6 –2 –0 Wittenberg   –  5 –2 –1 Drake   –  6 –3 –0 Doane   –  2 –1 –0 Notre Dame   –  6 –3 –1 Fairmount   –  5 –3 –0 Detroit College   –  3 –2 –0 South Dakota Agricultural   –  3 –2 –0 Washington University   –  3 –2 –1 Carthage   –  4 –3 –0 Wabash   –  5 –4 –0 Missouri   –  4 –4 –1 Northern Illinois State   –  2 –2 –2 Iowa State Normal   –  3 –4 –1 Buchtel   –  2 –3 –1 Cincinnati   –  3 –5 –1 Ohio   –  2 –4 –1 Kansas State   –  2 –4 –0 Kansas   –  2 –5 –2 Ohio Wesleyan   –  2 –5 –2 Iowa State   –  2 –5 –1 Butler   –  0 –1 –3 Heidelberg   –  0 –2 –2 Michigan Agricultural   –  1 –3 –0 Chicago P&S   –  1 –3 –0 Mount Union   –  1 –4 –1 Miami (OH)   –  0 –4 –0 | 1900 Southern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Baylor   –  3 –0 –0 Davidson   –  4 –1 –0 Centre   –  4 –1 –1 Virginia   –  7 –2 –1 Georgetown   –  5 –1 –3 VMI   –  4 –1 –2 Oklahoma   –  3 –1 –1 Kendall   –  2 –1 –0 Marshall   –  1 –0 –2 Navy   –  6 –3 –0 Arkansas   –  2 –1 –1 South Carolina   –  4 –3 –0 West Virginia   –  4 –3 –0 VPI   –  3 –3 –1 Texas A&M   –  2 –2 –1 Richmond   –  3 –4 –0 Maryland   –  3 –4 –1 Delaware   –  2 –3 –1 William & Mary   –  1 –2 –0 North Carolina A&M   –  1 –5 –0 Furman   –  0 –2 –1 |
| 1900 Far West college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Washington Agricultural   –  4 –0 –1 Arizona   –  3 –1 –0 Stanford   –  7 –2 –1 Utah   –  2 –1 –0 California   –  4 –2 –1 Nevada State   –  4 –2 –1 Oregon   –  3 –3 –1 New Mexico A&M   –  3 –3 –1 San Jose State   –  3 –3 –1 Arizona Normal   –  1 –1 –0 USC   –  1 –1 –1 Wyoming   –  3 –3 –0 Washington   –  1 –2 –2 Montana   –  0 –1 –0 Utah Agricultural   –  0 –2 –0 |

### Minor conferences

| Conference | Champion(s) | Record |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Albion | 5–0–1 |