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No Team Division Total Division CWDR
1 Pennsylvania 15- 0-0 15- 0-0 1 7051
2 Princeton 10- 1-0 10- 1-0 2 6908
3 Harvard 10- 1-1 10- 1-1 3 6093
4 Yale 9- 0-2 9- 0-2 4 5979
5 Army 6- 1-1 6- 1-1 5 5521
6 Navy 7- 1-0 7- 1-0 6 5465
7 Lafayette 9- 2-1 9- 2-1 7 5103
8 Wisconsin Alumni 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 8 4782
9 Cornell 5- 3-1 5- 3-1 9 4597
10 Brown 7- 4-0 7- 4-0 10 4542
11 Dartmouth 4- 3-0 4- 3-0 11 4123
12 Washington and Jefferson 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 12 3811
13 Haverford 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 13 3733
14 Virginia 1- 2-0 1- 2-0 14 3617
15 Elizabeth AC 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 15 3504
16 Carlisle 2- 4-0 2- 4-0 16 3125
17 Chicago Athletic Club 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 17 3011
18 Rutgers 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 18 2952
19 Dickinson College 3- 2-0 3- 2-0 19 2922
20 Wesleyan University 6- 7-0 6- 7-0 20 2825
21 Penn State 3- 6-0 3- 6-0 21 2770
22 Bucknell 3- 3-1 3- 3-1 22 2692
23 Colgate 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 23 2646
24 Boston University 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 24 2486
25 Lehigh 3- 7-0 3- 7-0 25 2484
26 Newtowne AC 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 26 2437
27 Andover 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 27 2402
28 Bates College 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 28 2319
29 Exeter 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 29 2306
30 Maine 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 30 2299
31 Stevens Tech 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 31 2282
32 Princeton B 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 32 2254
33 White Squadron 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 33 2187
34 Pennsylvania Reserves 0- 1-2 0- 1-2 34 2003
35 Iowa 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 35 1957
36 Maryland-Baltimore 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 36 1590
37 Wisconsin 9- 1-0 9- 1-0 37 1571
38 Newton AC 0- 4-0 0- 4-0 38 1552
39 Franklin & Marshall 2- 6-2 2- 6-2 39 1495
40 Swarthmore College 0- 0-1 0- 0-1 40 1495
41 Trinity College CT 2- 4-0 2- 4-0 41 1400
43 Colby College 1- 0-1 1- 0-1 43 1354
44 University of Chicago 11- 1-0 11- 1-0 44 1278
45 Tufts University 6- 7-0 6- 7-0 45 1138
46 Temperance AC 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 46 1123
47 Syracuse 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 47 1080
48 Gettysburg College 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 48 879
49 Williams College 0- 7-1 0- 7-1 49 354
50 Amherst College 2- 6-2 2- 6-2 50 190
51 Bloomsburg University 0- 3-0 0- 3-0 51 147
52 Illinois 6- 2-0 6- 2-0 52 -155
53 Michigan 6- 1-1 6- 1-1 53 -159
54 Ohio Wesleyan 0- 0-1 0- 0-1 54 -159
55 Cincinnati 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 55 -216
56 Bowdoin College 1- 5-1 1- 5-1 56 -222
57 Northwestern 4- 3-0 4- 3-0 57 -754
58 MIT 1- 3-0 1- 3-0 58 -1162
59 Williamsport 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 59 -1229
60 New York University 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 60 -1420
61 Lancaster Crescents 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 61 -1449
62 Oberlin College 1- 1-0 1- 1-0 62 -1637
63 Villanova 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 63 -1661
64 Holy Cross 0- 1-1 0- 1-1 64 -1689
65 Massachusetts 0- 3-0 0- 3-0 65 -1872
66 Madison High 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 66 -1955
67 Platteville 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 67 -2041
68 Iowa State 1- 0-0 1- 0-0 68 -2054
69 Hyde Park High 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 69 -2236
70 Boston College 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 70 -2265
71 Notre Dame 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 71 -2350
72 Englewood High 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 72 -2356
73 Armour Institute 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 73 -2416
74 Monmouth NJ 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 74 -2490
75 Beloit College 0- 3-0 0- 3-0 75 -2750
76 Lake Forest College 0- 3-0 0- 3-0 76 -2997
77 New Hampshire 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 77 -3028
78 Rush Medical 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 78 -3268
79 Purdue 5- 3-1 5- 3-1 79 -3376
80 Purdue Alumni 0- 0-1 0- 0-1 80 -3376
81 Eureka College 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 81 -3625
82 Physicians & Surgeons 0- 2-0 0- 2-0 82 -3668
83 Eastern Michigan 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 83 -3854
84 Wittenberg 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 84 -3975
85 Ohio State 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 85 -4018
86 Knox College 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 86 -4145
87 Minnesota 4- 4-0 4- 4-0 87 -4292
88 Northwestern Alumni 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 88 -4466
89 Indiana 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 89 -6538
90 Missouri 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 90 -6543
91 DePauw University 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 91 -6655
92 Illinois State 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 92 -7138
93 Grinnell College 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 93 -7504
94 Minneapolis South High 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 94 -7948
95 Macalester College 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 95 -8022
96 Carleton College 0- 1-0 0- 1-0 96 -8073