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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 4773 Pennsylvania 15 15 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 15 1131 2 4403 Princeton 11 10 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 11 1409 3 3872 Harvard 12 10 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 18 899 4 3840 Yale 11 9 - 0 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 19 847 5 3374 Army 8 6 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 13 1364 6 2885 Lafayette College 12 9 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 12 1365 7 2422 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 9 1490 8 2164 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 7 1956 9 1999 Brown University 11 7 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 5 2217 10 1209 Dartmouth College 7 4 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 8 1840 11 752 Carlisle 6 2 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 2497 12 752 Wesleyan University 13 6 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 14 1318 13 661 Dickinson College 5 3 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 20 574 14 268 Bucknell University 7 3 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 4 2403 15 122 Lehigh 10 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 6 2207 16 -26 Wisconsin 10 9 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 28 -3729 17 -54 Penn State 9 3 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 2510 18 -378 Tufts University 13 6 - 7 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 22 -127 19 -654 Franklin & Marshall 10 2 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 1 3180 20 -654 Trinity College CT 6 2 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 16 1109 21 -976 University of Chicago 12 11 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 26 -2293 22 -1804 Williams College 8 0 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 10 1416 23 -2041 Amherst College 10 2 - 6 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 21 497 24 -2332 Bowdoin College 7 1 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 17 1038 25 -2528 Illinois 8 6 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 25 -1797 26 -2684 Michigan 8 6 - 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 30 -4140 27 -3935 Northwestern 7 4 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 23 -501 28 -3987 MIT 4 1 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 24 -1209 29 -5167 Purdue 9 5 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 29 -3830 30 -6278 Minnesota 8 4 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 27 -2625