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 - Sat Oct 28 22:28:21 2023

 
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 13438 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 13438 2 13157 Rutgers 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 13157 3 13157 Elizabeth AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 13157 4 11621 Newtowne AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 11621 5 11347 Chicago Athletic Club 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 11347 6 10498 Stevens Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 10498 7 10391 Princeton B 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 10391 8 10391 Maryland-Baltimore 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 10391 9 10391 White Squadron 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 10391 10 9851 Newton AC 4 0 - 4 - 0 10 9851 11 9696 Temperance AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 9696 12 9696 Wyoming Seminary 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 9696 13 9328 Gettysburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 13 9328 14 8865 Virginia 3 1 - 2 - 0 14 8865 15 8728 Syracuse 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 8728 16 7605 Carlisle 6 2 - 4 - 0 16 7605 17 7528 Penn State 9 3 - 6 - 0 17 7528 18 7520 Lehigh 10 3 - 7 - 0 18 7520 19 7155 Princeton 11 10 - 1 - 0 19 7155 20 7052 Brown 11 7 - 4 - 0 20 7052 21 6972 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 21 6972 22 6843 Williams College 8 0 - 7 - 1 22 6843 23 6661 Bloomsburg University 3 0 - 3 - 0 23 6661 24 6608 Dartmouth 7 4 - 3 - 0 24 6608 25 6408 Pennsylvania 15 15 - 0 - 0 25 6408 26 6314 Army 8 6 - 1 - 1 26 6314 27 6076 Pennsylvania Reserves 3 0 - 1 - 2 27 6076 28 5890 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 28 5890 29 5838 Wesleyan University 13 6 - 7 - 0 29 5838 30 5687 Lafayette 12 9 - 2 - 1 30 5687 31 5656 Harvard 12 10 - 1 - 1 31 5656 32 5613 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 32 5613 33 5604 Franklin & Marshall 10 2 - 6 - 2 33 5604 34 5543 Yale 11 9 - 0 - 2 34 5543 35 5461 Bucknell 7 3 - 3 - 1 35 5461 36 5351 Andover 2 1 - 1 - 0 36 5351 37 5351 Boston University 2 1 - 1 - 0 37 5351 38 5068 Williamsport 1 0 - 1 - 0 38 5068 39 4951 Exeter 2 1 - 1 - 0 39 4951 40 4669 New York University 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 4669 41 4652 Colgate 2 1 - 1 - 0 41 4652 42 4302 Trinity College CT 6 2 - 4 - 0 42 4302 43 4138 Villanova 2 0 - 2 - 0 43 4138 44 3812 Dickinson College 5 3 - 2 - 0 44 3812 45 3520 Amherst College 10 2 - 6 - 2 45 3520 46 3295 Bowdoin College 7 1 - 5 - 1 46 3295 47 2906 Wisconsin Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 47 2906 48 2906 Platteville 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 2906 49 2906 Madison High 2 0 - 2 - 0 49 2906 50 2768 Swarthmore College 1 0 - 0 - 1 50 2768 51 2768 Haverford 1 1 - 0 - 0 51 2768 52 2768 Lancaster Crescents 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 2768 53 2732 Tufts University 13 6 - 7 - 0 53 2732 54 2720 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 54 2720 55 2344 Notre Dame 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 2344 56 2344 Englewood High 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 2344 57 2344 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2344 58 2344 Armour Institute 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 2344 59 2344 Hyde Park High 2 0 - 2 - 0 59 2344 60 2085 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 2085 61 1614 Lake Forest College 3 0 - 3 - 0 61 1614 62 1231 Beloit College 3 0 - 3 - 0 62 1231 63 827 MIT 4 1 - 3 - 0 63 827 64 782 New Hampshire 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 782 65 674 Rush Medical 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 674 66 0 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 0 - 1 66 0 67 0 Purdue Alumni 1 0 - 0 - 1 67 0 68 -407 Knox College 1 0 - 1 - 0 68 -407 69 -407 Eureka College 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 -407 70 -416 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 -416 71 -416 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 -416 72 -416 Ohio State 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 -416 73 -520 Bates College 1 1 - 0 - 0 73 -520 74 -520 Colby College 2 1 - 0 - 1 74 -520 75 -982 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0 - 2 - 0 75 -982 76 -1035 Holy Cross 2 0 - 1 - 1 76 -1035 77 -1557 Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 77 -1557 78 -1557 Northwestern Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 -1557 79 -2332 Maine 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 -2332 80 -2673 Northwestern 7 4 - 3 - 0 80 -2673 81 -2788 Wisconsin 10 9 - 1 - 0 81 -2788 82 -3202 University of Chicago 12 11 - 1 - 0 82 -3202 83 -3503 Oberlin College 2 1 - 1 - 0 83 -3503 84 -4197 Illinois 8 6 - 2 - 0 84 -4197 85 -5560 Michigan 8 6 - 1 - 1 85 -5560 86 -6591 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 -6591 87 -6591 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 -6591 88 -6591 Indiana 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 -6591 89 -6591 Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 -6591 90 -8058 Purdue 9 5 - 3 - 1 90 -8058 91 -8352 Iowa State 1 1 - 0 - 0 91 -8352 92 -8352 Carleton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 -8352 93 -8352 Grinnell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 -8352 94 -8352 Minneapolis South High 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 -8352 95 -8352 Macalester College 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 -8352 96 -8645 Minnesota 8 4 - 4 - 0 96 -8645