College Football 1897
Method 3: Chi Square Linear WL - SD
Based on games played between 1897/9/18 and 1897/11/25
Soren Sorensen - Wed Nov 10 23:52:50 1999
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Rank Rating Team #G Record Link to team info
1 3.239 Pennsylvania 15 15- 0-0 Pennsylvania
2 3.197 Princeton 11 10- 1-0 Princeton
3 2.784 Harvard 12 10- 1-1 Harvard
4 2.675 Yale 11 9- 0-2 Yale
5 2.599 Army 8 6- 1-1 Army
6 2.380 Navy 8 7- 1-0 Navy
7 2.289 Lafayette College 12 9- 2-1 Lafayette College
8 2.175 Cornell 9 5- 3-1 Cornell
9 2.078 Brown University 11 7- 4-0 Brown University
10 1.941 Dartmouth College 7 4- 3-0 Dartmouth College
11 1.877 Wisconsin Alumni 1 1- 0-0 Wisconsin Alumni
12 1.793 Elizabeth A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Elizabeth A.C.
13 1.777 Washington and Jefferson 1 0- 1-0 Washington and Jefferson
14 1.734 Haverford 1 1- 0-0 Haverford
15 1.704 Virginia 3 1- 2-0 Virginia
16 1.408 Carlisle 6 2- 4-0 Carlisle
17 1.402 Colby College 2 1- 0-1 Colby College
18 1.361 Colgate 2 1- 1-0 Colgate
19 1.344 Dickinson College 5 3- 2-0 Dickinson College
20 1.333 Chicago A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Chicago A.C.
21 1.311 Penn State 9 3- 6-0 Penn State
22 1.246 Wesleyan University 13 6- 7-0 Wesleyan University
23 1.241 Rutgers 1 0- 1-0 Rutgers
24 1.220 Bucknell University 7 3- 3-1 Bucknell University
25 1.169 Princeton Reserves 1 0- 1-0 Princeton Reserves
26 1.140 Bates College 1 1- 0-0 Bates College
27 1.137 Stevens Tech 1 0- 1-0 Stevens Tech
28 1.128 Newtowne A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Newtowne A.C.
29 1.106 Andover 2 1- 1-0 Andover
30 1.104 Boston University 2 1- 1-0 Boston University
31 1.102 White Squadron 1 0- 1-0 White Squadron
32 1.067 Maine 1 1- 0-0 Maine
33 0.988 Lehigh 10 3- 7-0 Lehigh
34 0.916 Exeter 2 1- 1-0 Exeter
35 0.870 Pennsylvania Reserves 3 0- 1-2 Pennsylvania Reserves
36 0.774 Iowa 1 1- 0-0 Iowa
37 0.759 Newton A.C. 4 0- 4-0 Newton A.C.
38 0.668 Trinity College CT 6 2- 4-0 Trinity College CT
39 0.666 Wisconsin 10 9- 1-0 Wisconsin
40 0.663 Swarthmore College 1 0- 0-1 Swarthmore College
41 0.663 Franklin & Marshall 10 2- 6-2 Franklin & Marshall
42 0.659 Syracuse 1 0- 1-0 Syracuse
43 0.586 University of Chicago 12 11- 1-0 University of Chicago
44 0.574 Tufts University 13 6- 7-0 Tufts University
45 0.560 Wyoming Seminary 1 0- 1-0 Wyoming Seminary
46 0.363 Gettysburg College 2 0- 2-0 Gettysburg College
47 0.310 Temperance A.C. 1 0- 1-0 Temperance A.C.
48 0.263 Bloomsburg University 3 0- 3-0 Bloomsburg University
49 0.193 Williams College 8 0- 7-1 Williams College
50 0.122 Amherst College 10 2- 6-2 Amherst College
51 0.065 Cincinnati 1 0- 1-0 Cincinnati
52 0.000 Purdue Alumni 1 0- 0-1 Purdue Alumni
53 0.000 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0- 0-1 Ohio Wesleyan
54 -0.001 Bowdoin College 7 1- 5-1 Bowdoin College
55 -0.133 Illinois 8 6- 2-0 Illinois
56 -0.180 Michigan 8 6- 1-1 Michigan
57 -0.394 MIT 4 1- 3-0 MIT
58 -0.436 Northwestern 7 4- 3-0 Northwestern
59 -0.614 Lancaster Crescents 1 0- 1-0 Lancaster Crescents
60 -0.676 Holy Cross College 2 0- 1-1 Holy Cross College
61 -0.702 Williamsport 1 0- 1-0 Williamsport
62 -0.830 Boston College 1 0- 1-0 Boston College
63 -0.854 Massachusetts 3 0- 3-0 Massachusetts
64 -0.855 Villanova 2 0- 2-0 Villanova
65 -0.860 Madison High 2 0- 2-0 Madison High
66 -0.881 Oberlin College 2 1- 1-0 Oberlin College
67 -0.888 Iowa State 1 1- 0-0 Iowa State
68 -0.916 New York University 1 0- 1-0 New York University
69 -0.928 Hyde Park High 2 0- 2-0 Hyde Park High
70 -0.947 Platteville 1 0- 1-0 Platteville
71 -1.049 Englewood High 1 0- 1-0 Englewood High
72 -1.108 Armour 1 0- 1-0 Armour
73 -1.190 Notre Dame 1 0- 1-0 Notre Dame
74 -1.202 Beloit College 3 0- 3-0 Beloit College
75 -1.281 Monmouth NJ 1 0- 1-0 Monmouth NJ
76 -1.347 New Hampshire 2 0- 2-0 New Hampshire
77 -1.496 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0- 2-0 Physicians & Surgeons
78 -1.508 Lake Forest College 3 0- 3-0 Lake Forest College
79 -1.529 Rush Medical 2 0- 2-0 Rush Medical
80 -1.604 Eureka College 2 0- 2-0 Eureka College
81 -1.754 Purdue 9 5- 3-1 Purdue
82 -1.875 Eastern Michigan 1 0- 1-0 Eastern Michigan
83 -1.960 Minnesota 8 4- 4-0 Minnesota
84 -1.995 Wittenberg 1 0- 1-0 Wittenberg
85 -2.038 Ohio State 1 0- 1-0 Ohio State
86 -2.123 Knox College 1 0- 1-0 Knox College
87 -2.148 Northwestern Alumni 1 0- 1-0 Northwestern Alumni
88 -3.032 DePauw University 1 0- 1-0 DePauw University
89 -3.171 Grinnell College 1 0- 1-0 Grinnell College
90 -3.216 Indiana 1 0- 1-0 Indiana
91 -3.321 Missouri 1 0- 1-0 Missouri
92 -3.515 Illinois State 1 0- 1-0 Illinois State
93 -3.616 Minneapolis South High 1 0- 1-0 Minneapolis South High
94 -3.689 Macalester College 1 0- 1-0 Macalester College
95 -3.865 Carleton College 1 0- 1-0 Carleton College