College Football 1896
Ranking of Teams Within College Conference

Sorensen's Rankings - Fri Jan 24 14:35:59 2025


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The Eastern Independent Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 45
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Lafayette                   4- 0-1   11- 0-1        1   2823
    2   Princeton                   3- 0-1   10- 0-1        2   2436
    3   Pennsylvania                7- 1-0   14- 1-0        3   2326
    4   Navy                        2- 2-0    5- 3-0        4    656
    5   Carlisle                    1- 2-0    3- 5-0        5    -93
    6   Bucknell                    2- 1-1    5- 2-1        6   -300
    7   Franklin & Marshall         0- 3-1    3- 4-2        7  -1501
    8   Lehigh                      0- 3-0    2- 5-0        8  -1660
    9   Penn State                  1- 4-0    3- 4-0        9  -1970
   10   Dickinson College           0- 4-0    0- 4-0       10  -2717

The Northeast Independent

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 103
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Yale                        8- 0-0   13- 1-0        1   3741
    2   Harvard                     5- 0-0    7- 4-0        2   3542
    3   Dartmouth                   3- 1-1    5- 2-1        3   1605
    4   Army                        2- 1-1    3- 2-1        4    814
    5   Brown                       1- 4-1    4- 5-1        5    617
    6   Cornell                     1- 1-1    5- 3-1        6    156
    7   Williams College            2- 4-1    4- 4-1        7     45
    8   Wesleyan University         3- 4-1    4- 5-1        8   -147
    9   Trinity College CT          2- 3-0    2- 3-0        9   -175
   10   Amherst College             2- 5-1    3- 6-1       10  -1117
   11   Bowdoin College             1- 2-1    4- 2-2       11  -1718
   12   Tufts University            0- 5-1    2- 6-1       12  -3682
   13   MIT                         0- 0-1    0- 0-1       13  -3682

The Western Conference

Level: 0
No Division Affiliation
#: 151
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		            Record    Record 
   No   Team                            Conf    Total           Conference CWDR

    1   Wisconsin                   2- 0-1    7- 1-1        1   2991
    2   Northwestern                2- 1-1    6- 1-2        2   1623
    3   University of Chicago       3- 2-0   15- 3-1        3   1110
    4   Michigan                    2- 1-0    9- 1-0        4    336
    5   Minnesota                   1- 2-0    8- 2-0        5   -667
    6   Illinois                    0- 2-1    4- 2-1        6  -2218
    7   Purdue                      0- 2-1    4- 2-1        7  -3176