1902 college football season

{{Infobox college football season

| year = 1902

| image = 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team.jpg

| image_size = 250

| image_caption=Michigan team picture.

| number_of_teams =

| preseason_ap =

| regular_season =

| bowl_start =

| bowl_end =

| champion = Michigan
Yale

| heisman = Not awarded until 1935

}}

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.{{cite book | url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf | title=Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book | pages=76–77 | publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2009 | location=Indianapolis, IN | access-date=2009-10-16}}

Conference and program changes

=Conference changes=

One conference began play in 1902:
Ohio Athletic Conference – now a Division III conference

=Membership changes=

class="wikitable sortable" ! School !! 1901 Conference !! 1902 Conference
style="text-align:center;" \| Centre College merged with Central University Colonels	Independent	SIAA
style="text-align:center;" \| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	Independent	SIAA
style="text-align:center;" \|Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football	Program Established	Independent

Conference standings

=Major conference standings=

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Colorado Football Association standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Western Conference football standings}}

=Independents=

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|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Eastern college football independents records}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Midwestern college football independents records}}

|valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Southern college football independents records}}

valign="top" width=25em|{{1902 Pacific college football independents records}}

=Minor conferences=

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Conference !Champion(s) !Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association \| Alma \| 4–1
Ohio Athletic Conference \| Case \| 5–0

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Conference

!Champion(s)

!Record

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| Alma

| 4–1

Ohio Athletic Conference

| Case

| 5–0