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1906 college football rankings

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Source revisionDec 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ124465928 ↗
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The 1906 college football season rankings included a ranking by Caspar Whitney for The Outing Magazine.

Caspar Whitney

Writing for The Outing Magazine, alongside his All-America Eleven for 1906, Caspar Whitney ranked the top twelve teams in the country at the conclusion of the season.

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.

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