College Football 1896
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1896/9/12 and 1896/12/5
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Sat Oct 28 22:28:19 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 12648 Lawrenceville 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 12648 2 11855 Virginia 2 0 - 2 - 0 2 11855 3 11665 Elizabeth AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 11665 4 11665 New Jersey AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 11665 5 11665 Orange Agricultural 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 11665 6 10681 Boston AC 2 1 - 1 - 0 6 10681 7 10529 Volunteer AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 10529 8 10529 West Virginia 3 0 - 3 - 0 8 10529 9 9697 Harvard Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 9 9697 10 8792 Bloomsburg University 2 0 - 2 - 0 10 8792 11 8792 Wyoming Seminary 2 0 - 2 - 0 11 8792 12 8444 Newton AC 2 0 - 2 - 0 12 8444 13 8158 Dickinson College 4 0 - 4 - 0 13 8158 14 7414 Harvard 11 7 - 4 - 0 14 7414 15 7396 Carlisle 8 3 - 5 - 0 15 7396 16 7192 Worcester AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 16 7192 17 6624 Brown 10 4 - 5 - 1 17 6624 18 6620 Rutgers 3 0 - 3 - 0 18 6620 19 6408 Western Reserve 1 0 - 1 - 0 19 6408 20 6261 Union College NY 1 0 - 1 - 0 20 6261 21 6167 Yale 14 13 - 1 - 0 21 6167 22 6157 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 22 6157 23 6149 Pennsylvania Reserves 2 1 - 1 - 0 23 6149 24 5580 Amherst College 10 3 - 6 - 1 24 5580 25 5476 Princeton 11 10 - 0 - 1 25 5476 26 5427 Syracuse 2 0 - 2 - 0 26 5427 27 5427 Colgate 2 0 - 2 - 0 27 5427 28 5330 Penn State 7 3 - 4 - 0 28 5330 29 5243 Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0 - 1 - 0 29 5243 30 5243 White Squadron 1 0 - 1 - 0 30 5243 31 5165 Trinity College CT 5 2 - 3 - 0 31 5165 32 5144 Army 6 3 - 2 - 1 32 5144 33 4995 Pennsylvania 15 14 - 1 - 0 33 4995 34 4955 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 34 4955 35 4955 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 35 4955 36 4955 Grand Rapids High 1 0 - 1 - 0 36 4955 37 4919 Madison High 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 4919 38 4918 Dartmouth 8 5 - 2 - 1 38 4918 39 4841 Lehigh 7 2 - 5 - 0 39 4841 40 4762 Bucknell 8 5 - 2 - 1 40 4762 41 4751 Wesleyan University 10 4 - 5 - 1 41 4751 42 4396 Worcester Tech 3 0 - 3 - 0 42 4396 43 4361 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 43 4361 44 4326 Gettysburg College 4 1 - 3 - 0 44 4326 45 4300 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0 - 2 - 0 45 4300 46 4282 Beloit College 2 0 - 1 - 1 46 4282 47 4275 Williams College 9 4 - 4 - 1 47 4275 48 3987 Pittsburgh 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 3987 49 3773 Lafayette 12 11 - 0 - 1 49 3773 50 3646 Chicago Athletic Club 1 0 - 1 - 0 50 3646 51 3430 Grinnell College 2 0 - 2 - 0 51 3430 52 3407 Navy 8 5 - 3 - 0 52 3407 53 3233 Armour Institute 2 0 - 2 - 0 53 3233 54 3095 Englewood High 3 0 - 3 - 0 54 3095 55 2820 Hyde Park High 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 2820 56 2820 Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 2820 57 2820 Wheaton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2820 58 2820 Eureka College 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 2820 59 2820 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 2820 60 2820 Hahneman Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 2820 61 2820 Chicago Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 61 2820 62 2769 Oberlin College 4 1 - 3 - 0 62 2769 63 2152 Franklin & Marshall 9 3 - 4 - 2 63 2152 64 1997 Rush Medical 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 1997 65 1969 Maryland Agricultural 1 0 - 1 - 0 65 1969 66 1941 Iowa State 1 0 - 1 - 0 66 1941 67 1941 Kansas 1 0 - 1 - 0 67 1941 68 1941 Carleton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 68 1941 69 1941 Minneapolis Central High 1 0 - 1 - 0 69 1941 70 1941 Minneapolis South High 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 1941 71 1941 Minnesota Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 1941 72 1128 Haverford 1 0 - 0 - 1 72 1128 73 1128 Swarthmore College 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 1128 74 1128 Mount Airy Deaf School 1 0 - 1 - 0 74 1128 75 1006 Tufts University 9 2 - 6 - 1 75 1006 76 947 Notre Dame 2 0 - 2 - 0 76 947 77 677 Maine 1 0 - 1 - 0 77 677 78 677 Bates College 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 677 79 677 Colby College 2 0 - 1 - 1 79 677 80 481 Knox College 1 0 - 1 - 0 80 481 81 481 Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 81 481 82 88 Wisconsin 9 7 - 1 - 1 82 88 83 0 MIT 1 0 - 0 - 1 83 0 84 -33 Northwestern 9 6 - 1 - 2 84 -33 85 -792 Michigan 10 9 - 1 - 0 85 -792 86 -925 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 -925 87 -925 Greer 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 -925 88 -981 Bowdoin College 8 4 - 2 - 2 88 -981 89 -1672 University of Chicago 19 15 - 3 - 1 89 -1672 90 -1757 Illinois 7 4 - 2 - 1 90 -1757 91 -2229 Minnesota 10 8 - 2 - 0 91 -2229 92 -2469 Andover 1 1 - 0 - 0 92 -2469 93 -2469 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 -2469 94 -2469 Exeter 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 -2469 95 -2735 Purdue 7 4 - 2 - 1 95 -2735 96 -2853 Lake Forest College 8 3 - 4 - 1 96 -2853 97 -4110 Ripon College 1 1 - 0 - 0 97 -4110 98 -4110 Northwestern Academy 1 0 - 1 - 0 98 -4110 99 -4110 Bennett Medical 1 0 - 1 - 0 99 -4110 100 -4110 Evanston High School 1 0 - 1 - 0 100 -4110