1902 college football season
The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions.
Conference and program changes
Conference changes
- One conference began play in 1902:
- *Ohio Athletic Conference – now a Division III conference
Membership changes
Conference standings
Major conference standings
Major independents
Minor conferences
Minor conference standings
Minor independents
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:| Position | Name | Height | Weight | Class | Hometown | Team |
| QB | Foster Rockwell | So. | Vermont | Yale | ||
| HB | George B. Chadwick | Sr. | Brooklyn, New York | Yale | ||
| HB | Thomas A. Barry | Sr. | Brockton, Massachusetts | Brown | ||
| FB | Blondy Graydon | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Harvard | ||
| E | Tom Shevlin | 5'10" | 195 | Fr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| T | Ralph Kinney | Jr. | Yale | |||
| T | James Hogan | 5'10" | 210 | So. | County Tipperary, Ireland | Yale |
| G | Edgar Glass | Sr. | Syracuse, New York | Yale | ||
| G | John DeWitt | 6'1" | 198 | Jr. | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Princeton |
| C | Henry Holt | Sr. | Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York | Yale | ||
| C | Robert Boyers | Sr. | Bellaire, Ohio | Army | ||
| G | Bill Warner | 6'4" | 210 | Sr. | Springville, New York | Cornell |
| T | Paul Bunker | 5'11" | 186 | Sr. | Alpena, Michigan | Army |
| E | Edward Bowditch | Jr. | Albany, New York | Harvard |
Statistical leaders
- Team scoring most points: Michigan, 644
- Player scoring most points: Albert E. Herrnstein, Michigan, 130
- Rushing leader: Willie Heston, Michigan, 487
- Rushing avg leader: Willie Heston, 8.7
- Rushing touchdowns leader: Al Herrnstein, 26