College Football 1897
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1897/9/18 and 1897/11/25
Ranking of Schedule
Sorensen's Rankings - Fri Jan 24 14:36:00 2025

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 0 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 0 - 1 1 0 2 0 Purdue Alumni 1 0 - 0 - 1 2 0 3 1 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 1 4 2 Elizabeth AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 2 5 2 Rutgers 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 2 6 3 Newtowne AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 3 7 4 Chicago Athletic Club 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 4 8 5 Stevens Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 5 9 6 Maryland-Baltimore 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 6 10 6 Princeton B 1 0 - 1 - 0 10 6 11 6 White Squadron 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 6 12 7 Temperance AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 7 13 7 Wyoming Seminary 1 0 - 1 - 0 13 7 14 7 Newton AC 4 0 - 4 - 0 14 7 15 9 Syracuse 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 9 16 11 Gettysburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 16 11 17 15 Princeton 11 10 - 1 - 0 17 15 18 16 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 18 16 19 16 Virginia 3 1 - 2 - 0 19 16 20 17 Bloomsburg University 3 0 - 3 - 0 20 17 21 18 Williams College 8 0 - 7 - 1 21 18 22 18 Penn State 9 3 - 6 - 0 22 18 23 18 Lehigh 10 3 - 7 - 0 23 18 24 18 Brown 11 7 - 4 - 0 24 18 25 19 Pennsylvania 15 15 - 0 - 0 25 19 26 21 Carlisle 6 2 - 4 - 0 26 21 27 22 Army 8 6 - 1 - 1 27 22 28 22 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 28 22 29 23 Williamsport 1 0 - 1 - 0 29 23 30 23 Pennsylvania Reserves 3 0 - 1 - 2 30 23 31 24 Dartmouth 7 4 - 3 - 0 31 24 32 25 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 32 25 33 25 Yale 11 9 - 0 - 2 33 25 34 25 Franklin & Marshall 10 2 - 6 - 2 34 25 35 25 Harvard 12 10 - 1 - 1 35 25 36 25 Lafayette 12 9 - 2 - 1 36 25 37 26 New York University 1 0 - 1 - 0 37 26 38 26 Wesleyan University 13 6 - 7 - 0 38 26 39 27 Boston University 2 1 - 1 - 0 39 27 40 27 Andover 2 1 - 1 - 0 40 27 41 28 Exeter 2 1 - 1 - 0 41 28 42 28 Bucknell 7 3 - 3 - 1 42 28 43 29 Colgate 2 1 - 1 - 0 43 29 44 30 Villanova 2 0 - 2 - 0 44 30 45 31 Trinity College CT 6 2 - 4 - 0 45 31 46 32 Dickinson College 5 3 - 2 - 0 46 32 47 34 Amherst College 10 2 - 6 - 2 47 34 48 36 Bowdoin College 7 1 - 5 - 1 48 36 49 37 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 49 37 50 37 Tufts University 13 6 - 7 - 0 50 37 51 38 Wisconsin Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 51 38 52 38 Platteville 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 38 53 38 Madison High 2 0 - 2 - 0 53 38 54 41 Swarthmore College 1 0 - 0 - 1 54 41 55 41 Haverford 1 1 - 0 - 0 55 41 56 41 Lancaster Crescents 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 41 57 44 Englewood High 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 44 58 44 Notre Dame 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 44 59 44 Armour Institute 1 0 - 1 - 0 59 44 60 44 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 44 61 44 Hyde Park High 2 0 - 2 - 0 61 44 62 45 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 62 45 63 45 Lake Forest College 3 0 - 3 - 0 63 45 64 46 Beloit College 3 0 - 3 - 0 64 46 65 47 MIT 4 1 - 3 - 0 65 47 66 48 Rush Medical 2 0 - 2 - 0 66 48 67 50 New Hampshire 2 0 - 2 - 0 67 50 68 54 Knox College 1 0 - 1 - 0 68 54 69 54 Holy Cross 2 0 - 1 - 1 69 54 70 54 Eureka College 2 0 - 2 - 0 70 54 71 55 Ohio State 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 55 72 55 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 55 73 55 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 73 55 74 56 Bates College 1 1 - 0 - 0 74 56 75 56 Colby College 2 1 - 0 - 1 75 56 76 56 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0 - 2 - 0 76 56 77 58 Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 77 58 78 58 Northwestern Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 58 79 59 Maine 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 59 80 63 Northwestern 7 4 - 3 - 0 80 63 81 63 Wisconsin 10 9 - 1 - 0 81 63 82 66 University of Chicago 12 11 - 1 - 0 82 66 83 67 Oberlin College 2 1 - 1 - 0 83 67 84 68 Illinois 8 6 - 2 - 0 84 68 85 75 Michigan 8 6 - 1 - 1 85 75 86 77 Purdue 9 5 - 3 - 1 86 77 87 77 Minnesota 8 4 - 4 - 0 87 77 88 80 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 80 89 80 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 80 90 80 Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 90 80 91 80 Indiana 1 0 - 1 - 0 91 80 92 87 Iowa State 1 1 - 0 - 0 92 87 93 87 Carleton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 87 94 87 Grinnell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 87 95 87 Minneapolis South High 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 87 96 87 Macalester College 1 0 - 1 - 0 96 87