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		                     Record    Record 
   No   Team                       Division     Total          Division CWDR

    1   Harvard Alumni              1- 0-0    1- 0-0       1   7504
    2   Princeton                  10- 0-1   10- 0-1       2   6453
    3   Yale                       13- 1-0   13- 1-0       3   6060
    4   Pennsylvania               14- 1-0   14- 1-0       4   5780
    5   Lafayette                  11- 0-1   11- 0-1       5   5679

    6   Boston AC                   1- 1-0    1- 1-0       6   5076
    7   Harvard                     7- 4-0    7- 4-0       7   5023
    8   Dartmouth                   5- 2-1    5- 2-1       8   3796
    9   Elizabeth AC                0- 1-0    0- 1-0       9   3349
   10   Bucknell                    5- 2-1    5- 2-1      10   3296

   11   Brown                       4- 5-1    4- 5-1      11   3243
   12   Army                        3- 2-1    3- 2-1      12   3237
   13   Carlisle                    3- 5-0    3- 5-0      13   3170
   14   Cornell                     5- 3-1    5- 3-1      14   3154
   15   Pennsylvania Reserves       1- 1-0    1- 1-0      15   3010

   16   Navy                        5- 3-0    5- 3-0      16   2840
   17   Orange Agricultural         0- 1-0    0- 1-0      17   2656
   18   Michigan                    9- 1-0    9- 1-0      18   2567
   19   New Jersey AC               0- 1-0    0- 1-0      19   2544
   20   Wisconsin                   7- 1-1    7- 1-1      20   2527

   21   Lawrenceville               0- 1-0    0- 1-0      21   2525
   22   Williams College            4- 4-1    4- 4-1      22   2439
   23   Virginia                    0- 2-0    0- 2-0      23   2339
   24   West Virginia               0- 3-0    0- 3-0      24   2140
   25   Wesleyan University         4- 5-1    4- 5-1      25   2103

   26   Ripon College               1- 0-0    1- 0-0      26   2054
   27   Penn State                  3- 4-0    3- 4-0      27   2028
   28   Trinity College CT          2- 3-0    2- 3-0      28   2013
   29   Volunteer AC                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      29   1762
   30   Northwestern                6- 1-2    6- 1-2      30   1673

   31   Amherst College             3- 6-1    3- 6-1      31   1441
   32   Newton AC                   0- 2-0    0- 2-0      32   1266
   33   Andover                     1- 0-0    1- 0-0      33   1219
   34   Franklin & Marshall         3- 4-2    3- 4-2      34   1203
   35   Haverford                   0- 0-1    0- 0-1      35   1203

   36   Bloomsburg University       0- 2-0    0- 2-0      36   1140
   37   University of Chicago      15- 3-1   15- 3-1      37   1055
   38   Lehigh                      2- 5-0    2- 5-0      38   1019
   39   Minnesota                   8- 2-0    8- 2-0      39    969
   40   Wyoming Seminary            0- 2-0    0- 2-0      40    935

   41   Bowdoin College             4- 2-2    4- 2-2      41    680
   42   Dickinson College           0- 4-0    0- 4-0      42    675
   43   Beloit College              0- 1-1    0- 1-1      43    514
   44   Gettysburg College          1- 3-0    1- 3-0      44    500
   45   Illinois                    4- 2-1    4- 2-1      45    217

   46   White Squadron              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      46     84
   47   Worcester AC                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      47      6
   48   Colgate                     0- 2-0    0- 2-0      48   -383
   49   Purdue                      4- 2-1    4- 2-1      49   -559
   50   Rutgers                     0- 3-0    0- 3-0      50   -578

   51   Cincinnati                  0- 1-0    0- 1-0      51   -590
   52   Oberlin College             1- 3-0    1- 3-0      52   -601
   53   Union College NY            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      53   -679
   54   Syracuse                    0- 2-0    0- 2-0      54   -691
   55   Western Reserve             0- 1-0    0- 1-0      55   -782

   56   Pittsburgh                  0- 1-0    0- 1-0      56   -782
   57   Eastern Michigan            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      57   -999
   58   Colby College               0- 1-1    0- 1-1      58  -1021
   59   Madison High                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      59  -1038
   60   Saint John's (Maryland)     0- 1-0    0- 1-0      60  -1104

   61   Wittenberg                  0- 1-0    0- 1-0      61  -1194
   62   Physicians & Surgeons       0- 2-0    0- 2-0      62  -1245
   63   Worcester Tech              0- 3-0    0- 3-0      63  -1250
   64   Tufts University            2- 6-1    2- 6-1      64  -1255
   65   MIT                         0- 0-1    0- 0-1      65  -1255

   66   Lake Forest College         3- 4-1    3- 4-1      66  -1349
   67   Grand Rapids High           0- 1-0    0- 1-0      67  -1349
   68   Chicago Athletic Club       0- 1-0    0- 1-0      68  -1468
   69   Grinnell College            0- 2-0    0- 2-0      69  -1882
   70   Carleton College            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      70  -1997

   71   Maine                       0- 1-0    0- 1-0      71  -2030
   72   Iowa State                  0- 1-0    0- 1-0      72  -2100
   73   Chicago Alumni              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      73  -2121
   74   Swarthmore College          0- 1-0    0- 1-0      74  -2139
   75   Iowa                        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      75  -2155

   76   Minnesota Alumni            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      76  -2308
   77   Englewood High              0- 3-0    0- 3-0      77  -2344
   78   Kansas                      0- 1-0    0- 1-0      78  -2434
   79   Armour Institute            0- 2-0    0- 2-0      79  -2513
   80   Mount Airy Deaf School      0- 1-0    0- 1-0      80  -2611

   81   Hyde Park High              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      81  -2639
   82   Maryland Agricultural       0- 1-0    0- 1-0      82  -2710
   83   Notre Dame                  0- 2-0    0- 2-0      83  -2755
   84   Hahneman Medical            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      84  -2782
   85   Monmouth NJ                 0- 1-0    0- 1-0      85  -2856

   86   Minneapolis South High      0- 1-0    0- 1-0      86  -2868
   87   Eureka College              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      87  -2872
   88   Wheaton College             0- 1-0    0- 1-0      88  -2877
   89   Rush Medical                0- 2-0    0- 2-0      89  -2884
   90   Bates College               0- 1-0    0- 1-0      90  -2975

   91   Minneapolis Central High    0- 1-0    0- 1-0      91  -2975
   92   Missouri                    0- 1-0    0- 1-0      92  -3125
   93   Exeter                      0- 1-0    0- 1-0      93  -3660
   94   Knox College                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      94  -3707
   95   DePauw University           0- 1-0    0- 1-0      95  -4215

   96   Boston College              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      96  -4354
   97   Greer                       0- 1-0    0- 1-0      97  -4417
   98   Northwestern Academy        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      98  -4560
   99   Evanston High School        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      99  -4811
  100   Bennett Medical             0- 1-0    0- 1-0     100  -5313