| # | Team | State | Ovr. | Rating | Str. | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Horizon | CO | 3-7-5 | 3.24 | 7.7 | +121 |
| 1902 | Otsego | MI | 9-5-1 | 3.23 | -1.6 | -16 |
| 1903 | Trinity Christian | VA | 11-7-1 | 3.21 | 1.5 | -86 |
| 1904 | Grand Forks Central | ND | 10-8-3 | 3.20 | 3.1 | -114 |
| 1905 | Totino-Grace | MN | 7-9-0 | 3.19 | 5.5 | +106 |
| 1906 | Riverside-Durham | NC | 8-10-1 | 3.17 | 6.6 | -242 |
| 1907 | Tigard | OR | 5-8-2 | 3.17 | 6.7 | +26 |
| 1908 | Folsom | CA | 4-11-0 | 3.16 | 11.6 | +58 |
| 1909 | Forest Grove | OR | 8-7-1 | 3.16 | 2.5 | -3 |
| 1910 | Humboldt | MN | 8-7-0 | 3.15 | 1.4 | -35 |
| 1911 | Eagle | ID | 6-11-1 | 3.14 | 8.6 | +377 |
| 1912 | Goldstein | NY | 9-5-0 | 3.14 | -1.9 | +10 |
| 1913 | Greenwood | KY | 5-16-2 | 3.14 | 11.0 | +60 |
| 1914 | Batavia | OH | 10-6-1 | 3.14 | -1.1 | +13 |
| 1915 | St. Pius X | NM | 10-12-1 | 3.14 | 3.7 | +153 |
| 1916 | Waterville | ME | 10-5-0 | 3.11 | -2.0 | +149 |
| 1917 | Hope Christian | NM | 12-10-1 | 3.10 | 1.1 | +134 |
| 1918 | Cloquet | MN | 13-6-0 | 3.09 | -2.4 | -126 |
| 1919 | Sugar-Salem | ID | 15-2-1 | 3.05 | -7.3 | -795 |
| 1920 | Smithtown East | NY | 8-7-0 | 3.05 | 2.6 | +146 |
| 1921 | Cedar Ridge | NC | 9-12-0 | 3.03 | 6.3 | +37 |
| 1922 | Healdsburg | CA | 10-8-2 | 3.03 | 1.3 | +16 |
| 1923 | Kelseyville | CA | 12-2-4 | 3.02 | -6.1 | -105 |
| 1924 | Franklin | MI | 4-8-1 | 3.01 | 8.6 | +193 |
| 1925 | Coxsackie-Athens | NY | 7-5-1 | 3.01 | -0.3 | -60 |