College Football 1896
Method 3: Chi Square Linear WL - SD
Based on games played between 1896/9/12 and 1896/12/5
Soren Sorensen - Wed Nov 10 23:52:38 1999
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Rank Rating Team #G Record Link to team info
1 3.254 Harvard Alumni 1 1- 0-0 Harvard Alumni
2 2.855 Princeton 11 10- 0-1 Princeton
3 2.613 Yale 14 13- 1-0 Yale
4 2.485 Pennsylvania 15 14- 1-0 Pennsylvania
5 2.362 Lafayette College 12 11- 0-1 Lafayette College
6 2.249 Boston A.C. 2 1- 1-0 Boston A.C.
7 2.148 Harvard 11 7- 4-0 Harvard
8 1.576 Dartmouth College 8 5- 2-1 Dartmouth College
9 1.426 Army 6 3- 2-1 Army
10 1.416 Brown University 10 4- 5-1 Brown University
11 1.402 Elizabeth A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Elizabeth A.C.
12 1.394 Carlisle 8 3- 5-0 Carlisle
13 1.373 Bucknell University 8 5- 2-1 Bucknell University
14 1.335 Cornell 9 5- 3-1 Cornell
15 1.249 Navy 8 5- 3-0 Navy
16 1.247 Pennsylvania Reserves 2 1- 1-0 Pennsylvania Reserves
17 1.209 Orange Agricultural 1 0- 1-0 Orange Agricultural
18 1.173 Michigan 10 9- 1-0 Michigan
19 1.149 Wisconsin 9 7- 1-1 Wisconsin
20 0.947 Williams College 9 4- 4-1 Williams College
21 0.927 Lawrenceville 1 0- 1-0 Lawrenceville
22 0.927 Northwestern 9 6- 1-2 Northwestern
23 0.895 Virginia 2 0- 2-0 Virginia
24 0.878 Wesleyan University 10 4- 5-1 Wesleyan University
25 0.824 West Virginia 3 0- 3-0 West Virginia
26 0.806 Trinity College CT 5 2- 3-0 Trinity College CT
27 0.750 Penn State 7 3- 4-0 Penn State
28 0.690 University of Chicago 19 15- 3-1 University of Chicago
29 0.647 Amherst College 10 3- 6-1 Amherst College
30 0.489 Andover 1 1- 0-0 Andover
31 0.482 Minnesota 10 8- 2-0 Minnesota
32 0.472 Newton A.C. 2 0- 2-0 Newton A.C.
33 0.445 Volunteer A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Volunteer A.C.
34 0.434 Beloit College 2 0- 1-1 Beloit College
35 0.399 Lehigh 7 2- 5-0 Lehigh
36 0.388 Bloomsburg University 2 0- 2-0 Bloomsburg University
37 0.353 Wyoming Seminary 2 0- 2-0 Wyoming Seminary
38 0.276 Dickinson College 4 0- 4-0 Dickinson College
39 0.201 Illinois 7 4- 2-1 Illinois
40 0.115 Haverford 1 0- 0-1 Haverford
41 0.115 Franklin & Marshall 9 3- 4-2 Franklin & Marshall
42 0.038 White Squadron 1 0- 1-0 White Squadron
43 0.000 MIT 1 0- 0-1 MIT
44 -0.036 Colgate 2 0- 2-0 Colgate
45 -0.067 Bowdoin College 8 4- 2-2 Bowdoin College
46 -0.122 Purdue 7 4- 2-1 Purdue
47 -0.157 Gettysburg College 4 1- 3-0 Gettysburg College
48 -0.192 Oberlin College 4 1- 3-0 Oberlin College
49 -0.213 Worcester A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Worcester A.C.
50 -0.214 Chicago A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Chicago A.C.
51 -0.367 Cincinnati 1 0- 1-0 Cincinnati
52 -0.393 Eastern Michigan 1 0- 1-0 Eastern Michigan
53 -0.417 Madison High 1 0- 1-0 Madison High
54 -0.421 Rutgers 3 0- 3-0 Rutgers
55 -0.460 Pittsburgh 1 0- 1-0 Pittsburgh
56 -0.471 Syracuse 2 0- 2-0 Syracuse
57 -0.485 Chicago Alumni 1 0- 1-0 Chicago Alumni
58 -0.490 Union College NY 1 0- 1-0 Union College NY
59 -0.501 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0- 2-0 Physicians & Surgeons
60 -0.520 Iowa 1 0- 1-0 Iowa
61 -0.587 Wittenberg 1 0- 1-0 Wittenberg
62 -0.601 Western Reserve 1 0- 1-0 Western Reserve
63 -0.626 Worcester Tech 3 0- 3-0 Worcester Tech
64 -0.652 Tufts University 9 2- 6-1 Tufts University
65 -0.695 St. John's (Maryland) 1 0- 1-0 St. John's (Maryland)
66 -0.743 Grand Rapids High 1 0- 1-0 Grand Rapids High
67 -0.769 Colby College 2 0- 1-1 Colby College
68 -0.795 Minnesota Alumni 1 0- 1-0 Minnesota Alumni
69 -0.834 Englewood High 3 0- 3-0 Englewood High
70 -0.855 Grinnell College 2 0- 2-0 Grinnell College
71 -0.860 Carleton College 1 0- 1-0 Carleton College
72 -0.921 Iowa State 1 0- 1-0 Iowa State
73 -0.921 Kansas 1 0- 1-0 Kansas
74 -1.003 Hyde Park High 1 0- 1-0 Hyde Park High
75 -1.063 Lake Forest College 8 3- 4-1 Lake Forest College
76 -1.066 Armour 2 0- 2-0 Armour
77 -1.107 Notre Dame 2 0- 2-0 Notre Dame
78 -1.141 Missouri 1 0- 1-0 Missouri
79 -1.147 Hahneman Medical 1 0- 1-0 Hahneman Medical
80 -1.220 Monmouth NJ 1 0- 1-0 Monmouth NJ
81 -1.226 Swarthmore College 1 0- 1-0 Swarthmore College
82 -1.237 Eureka College 1 0- 1-0 Eureka College
83 -1.241 Wheaton College 1 0- 1-0 Wheaton College
84 -1.278 Maine 1 0- 1-0 Maine
85 -1.330 Maryland Agricultural 1 0- 1-0 Maryland Agricultural
86 -1.350 Rush Medical 2 0- 2-0 Rush Medical
87 -1.355 Minneapolis South High 1 0- 1-0 Minneapolis South High
88 -1.462 Minneapolis Central High 1 0- 1-0 Minneapolis Central High
89 -1.699 Mount Airy Deaf School 1 0- 1-0 Mount Airy Deaf School
90 -1.723 Exeter 1 0- 1-0 Exeter
91 -1.723 Bates College 1 0- 1-0 Bates College
92 -1.778 DePauw University 1 0- 1-0 DePauw University
93 -1.780 Knox College 1 0- 1-0 Knox College
94 -1.980 Greer 1 0- 1-0 Greer
95 -2.114 Boston College 1 0- 1-0 Boston College