College Football 1897
Ranking of Teams Within College Conference

Sorensen's Rankings - Fri Jan 24 14:36:00 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   Princeton                   6- 0-0   10- 1-0        1   3271
    2   Pennsylvania                7- 0-0   15- 0-0        2   2591
    3   Lafayette                   5- 2-0    9- 2-1        3   1166
    4   Navy                        2- 1-0    7- 1-0        4   1012
    5   Carlisle                    0- 2-0    2- 4-0        5   -272
    6   Dickinson College           2- 2-0    3- 2-0        6   -940
    7   Penn State                  1- 5-0    3- 6-0        7  -1417
    8   Bucknell                    1- 3-0    3- 3-1        8  -1551
    9   Lehigh                      1- 6-0    3- 7-0        9  -1640
   10   Franklin & Marshall         0- 4-0    2- 6-2       10  -2219

The Northeast Independent

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

    1   Harvard                     8- 0-1   10- 1-1        1   3523
    2   Yale                        5- 0-2    9- 0-2        2   2760
    3   Army                        4- 1-1    6- 1-1        3   2725
    4   Cornell                     2- 1-0    5- 3-1        4   1554
    5   Brown                       3- 3-0    7- 4-0        5   1425
    6   Dartmouth                   2- 1-0    4- 3-0        6   1203
    7   Wesleyan University         5- 5-0    6- 7-0        7    358
    8   Tufts University            4- 4-0    6- 7-0        8   -882
    9   Trinity College CT          1- 4-0    2- 4-0        9  -1199
   10   Williams College            0- 5-1    0- 7-1       10  -1990
   11   Amherst College             1- 6-1    2- 6-2       11  -2399
   12   Bowdoin College             0- 3-0    1- 5-1       12  -2670
   13   MIT                         0- 2-0    1- 3-0       13  -4407

The Western Conference

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

    1   Wisconsin                   3- 0-0    9- 1-0        1   2927
    2   University of Chicago       3- 1-0   11- 1-0        2   2097
    3   Illinois                    1- 1-0    6- 2-0        3    582
    4   Michigan                    2- 1-0    6- 1-1        4    450
    5   Northwestern                0- 2-0    4- 3-0        5   -917
    6   Purdue                      1- 2-0    5- 3-1        6  -2059
    7   Minnesota                   0- 3-0    4- 4-0        7  -3079