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Record Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Division Rank Strength 1 28926 Harvard Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 9 9697 2 25297 Princeton 11 10 - 0 - 1 10 - 0 - 1 25 5476 3 23331 Yale 14 13 - 1 - 0 13 - 1 - 0 21 6167 4 22126 Pennsylvania 15 14 - 1 - 0 14 - 1 - 0 33 4995 5 21058 Lafayette 12 11 - 0 - 1 11 - 0 - 1 49 3773 6 19564 Boston AC 2 1 - 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 0 6 10681 7 19395 Harvard 11 7 - 4 - 0 7 - 4 - 0 14 7414 8 14384 Dartmouth 8 5 - 2 - 1 5 - 2 - 1 38 4918 9 14112 Bucknell 8 5 - 2 - 1 5 - 2 - 1 40 4762 10 12921 Elizabeth AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 3 11665 11 12817 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 5 - 3 - 1 43 4361 12 12522 Army 6 3 - 2 - 1 3 - 2 - 1 32 5144 13 12514 Brown 10 4 - 5 - 1 4 - 5 - 1 17 6624 14 12314 Carlisle 8 3 - 5 - 0 3 - 5 - 0 15 7396 15 12072 Pennsylvania Reserves 2 1 - 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 0 23 6149 16 10487 Navy 8 5 - 3 - 0 5 - 3 - 0 52 3407 17 10260 Orange Agricultural 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 5 11665 18 10214 Lawrenceville 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 1 12648 19 9911 Michigan 10 9 - 1 - 0 9 - 1 - 0 85 -792 20 9838 Wisconsin 9 7 - 1 - 1 7 - 1 - 1 82 88 21 9830 New Jersey AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 4 11665 22 9204 Virginia 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 2 11855 23 8893 Williams College 9 4 - 4 - 1 4 - 4 - 1 47 4275 24 8040 Wesleyan University 10 4 - 5 - 1 4 - 5 - 1 41 4751 25 7975 Penn State 7 3 - 4 - 0 3 - 4 - 0 28 5330 26 7802 Trinity College CT 5 2 - 3 - 0 2 - 3 - 0 31 5165 27 7468 West Virginia 3 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 8 10529 28 7292 Northwestern 9 6 - 1 - 2 6 - 1 - 2 84 -33 29 6017 Volunteer AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 7 10529 30 5825 Amherst College 10 3 - 6 - 1 3 - 6 - 1 24 5580 31 5640 University of Chicago 19 15 - 3 - 1 15 - 3 - 1 89 -1672 32 4846 Ripon College 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 97 -4110 33 4815 Newton AC 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 12 8444 34 4811 Bloomsburg University 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 10 8792 35 4565 Andover 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0 92 -2469 36 4024 Wyoming Seminary 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 11 8792 37 3939 Lehigh 7 2 - 5 - 0 2 - 5 - 0 39 4841 38 3882 Minnesota 10 8 - 2 - 0 8 - 2 - 0 91 -2229 39 2853 Dickinson College 4 0 - 4 - 0 0 - 4 - 0 13 8158 40 2453 Beloit College 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 46 4282 41 2257 Haverford 1 0 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 1 72 1128 42 2257 Franklin & Marshall 9 3 - 4 - 2 3 - 4 - 2 63 2152 43 1355 Bowdoin College 8 4 - 2 - 2 4 - 2 - 2 88 -981 44 963 Illinois 7 4 - 2 - 1 4 - 2 - 1 90 -1757 45 737 Gettysburg College 4 1 - 3 - 0 1 - 3 - 0 44 4326 46 0 MIT 1 0 - 0 - 1 0 - 0 - 1 83 0 47 -96 White Squadron 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 30 5243 48 -165 Worcester AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 16 7192 49 -1367 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 27 5427 50 -1497 Oberlin College 4 1 - 3 - 0 1 - 3 - 0 62 2769 51 -1850 Purdue 7 4 - 2 - 1 4 - 2 - 1 95 -2735 52 -2127 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 22 6157 53 -2173 Rutgers 3 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 18 6620 54 -2296 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 19 6408 55 -2515 Union College NY 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 20 6261 56 -2549 Syracuse 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 26 5427 57 -2818 Pittsburgh 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 48 3987 58 -3782 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 35 4955 59 -3855 Madison High 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 37 4919 60 -4312 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 45 4300 61 -4531 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 34 4955 62 -4657 Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 29 5243 63 -4684 Worcester Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 42 4396 64 -4769 Chicago Athletic Club 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 50 3646 65 -4938 Tufts University 9 2 - 6 - 1 2 - 6 - 1 75 1006 66 -5126 Grand Rapids High 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 36 4955 67 -5176 Colby College 2 0 - 1 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 79 677 68 -6554 Chicago Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 61 2820 69 -6685 Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 56 2820 70 -7073 Grinnell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 51 3430 71 -7507 Carleton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 68 1941 72 -7649 Englewood High 3 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 54 3095 73 -7902 Iowa State 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 66 1941 74 -8221 Lake Forest College 8 3 - 4 - 1 3 - 4 - 1 96 -2853 75 -8413 Armour Institute 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 53 3233 76 -8544 Hyde Park High 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 55 2820 77 -8701 Minnesota Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 71 1941 78 -9050 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 77 677 79 -9093 Hahneman Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 60 2820 80 -9185 Kansas 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 67 1941 81 -9373 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 59 2820 82 -9438 Eureka College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 58 2820 83 -9457 Wheaton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 57 2820 84 -9661 Notre Dame 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 76 947 85 -10379 Maryland Agricultural 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 65 1969 86 -10575 Swarthmore College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 73 1128 87 -10832 Rush Medical 2 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 64 1997 88 -10851 Minneapolis South High 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 70 1941 89 -11262 Minneapolis Central High 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 69 1941 90 -11869 Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 81 481 91 -12387 Mount Airy Deaf School 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 74 1128 92 -12679 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 78 677 93 -14104 Knox College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 80 481 94 -14169 Exeter 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 94 -2469 95 -15889 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 86 -925 96 -16665 Greer 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 87 -925 97 -16834 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 93 -2469 98 -20551 Northwestern Academy 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 98 -4110 99 -21515 Evanston High School 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 100 -4110 100 -23443 Bennett Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 99 -4110