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		                     Record    Record 
   No   Team                       Division     Total          Division CWDR

    1   Duquesne                    1- 0-0    1- 0-0       1   6584
    2   Harvard                    11- 0-0   11- 0-0       2   6194
    3   Princeton                  11- 0-1   11- 0-1       3   5721
    4   Pennsylvania               12- 1-0   12- 1-0       4   5408
    5   New York University         1- 0-0    1- 0-0       5   5073

    6   Yale                        9- 2-0    9- 2-0       6   4809
    7   Cincinnati                  1- 0-0    1- 0-0       7   4286
    8   Army                        3- 2-1    3- 2-1       8   3991
    9   Cornell                    10- 2-0   10- 2-0       9   3972
   10   Bates College               1- 0-0    1- 0-0      10   3896

   11   Navy                        6- 1-1    6- 1-1      11   3819
   12   Penn State                  6- 4-0    6- 4-0      12   3428
   13   Wesleyan University         7- 3-0    7- 3-0      13   3291
   14   Chicago Athletic Club       1- 2-0    1- 2-0      14   2939
   15   Michigan                   10- 0-0   10- 0-0      15   2864

   16   Washington and Jefferson    1- 1-0    1- 1-0      16   2594
   17   Newtowne AC                 0- 1-0    0- 1-0      17   2538
   18   Brown                       6- 4-0    6- 4-0      18   2533
   19   Dickinson College           2- 1-0    2- 1-0      19   2499
   20   Carlisle                    2- 4-0    2- 4-0      20   2438

   21   University of Chicago       9- 2-0    9- 2-0      21   2328
   22   Iowa State                  1- 0-0    1- 0-0      22   2319
   23   Buffalo                     1- 1-0    1- 1-0      23   2286
   24   Minnesota Alumni            1- 0-0    1- 0-0      24   2284
   25   Grinnell College            1- 0-0    1- 0-0      25   2075

   26   Stevens Tech                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      26   1816
   27   Dartmouth                   5- 6-0    5- 6-0      27   1815
   28   Lehigh                      3- 5-2    3- 5-2      28   1731
   29   Purdue Alumni               1- 0-0    1- 0-0      29   1526
   30   Mansfield University        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      30   1463

   31   Virginia                    0- 3-0    0- 3-0      31   1458
   32   Andover                     1- 0-0    1- 0-0      32   1413
   33   Worcester Tech              1- 0-0    1- 0-0      33   1347
   34   Oberlin College             1- 1-0    1- 1-0      34   1208
   35   Amherst College             4- 5-1    4- 5-1      35   1141

   36   Massachusetts               0- 0-1    0- 0-1      36   1141
   37   Wisconsin                   9- 1-0    9- 1-0      37    973
   38   Lafayette                   3- 8-0    3- 8-0      38    948
   39   Franklin & Marshall         4- 4-2    4- 4-2      39    703
   40   Ursinus College             0- 0-1    0- 0-1      40    703

   41   Bowdoin College             6- 3-0    6- 3-0      41    685
   42   Bucknell                    4- 4-3    4- 4-3      42    674
   43   Bradford                    0- 0-1    0- 0-1      43    674
   44   Notre Dame                  1- 1-0    1- 1-0      44    577
   45   Virginia Military           0- 1-0    0- 1-0      45    541

   46   Swarthmore College          1- 1-0    1- 1-0      46    460
   47   Newton AC                   0- 2-0    0- 2-0      47    457
   48   Williams College            1- 6-0    1- 6-0      48    410
   49   Knox College                1- 1-0    1- 1-0      49    245
   50   Holy Cross                  1- 2-0    1- 2-0      50    170

   51   Hamilton College            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      51     74
   52   Exeter                      1- 1-0    1- 1-0      52     22
   53   Syracuse                    0- 2-1    0- 2-1      53     -2
   54   Columbia Athletic Club      0- 1-0    0- 1-0      54    -17
   55   MIT                         3- 1-0    3- 1-0      55    -75

   56   Trinity College CT          0- 4-1    0- 4-1      56   -343
   57   Northwestern                7- 4-0    7- 4-0      57   -423
   58   Case Western Reserve        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      58   -485
   59   Western Reserve             0- 1-0    0- 1-0      59   -702
   60   Eastern Michigan            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      60   -770

   61   Gettysburg College          0- 3-0    0- 3-0      61   -835
   62   Minnesota                   4- 5-0    4- 5-0      62   -891
   63   Kenyon College              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      63   -911
   64   Maryland Agricultural       0- 4-0    0- 4-0      64  -1007
   65   Michigan State              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      65  -1019

   66   Physicians & Surgeons       1- 2-0    1- 2-0      66  -1129
   67   Wisconsin Alumni            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      67  -1145
   68   Rutgers                     0- 2-0    0- 2-0      68  -1192
   69   Illinois                    4- 5-0    4- 5-0      69  -1241
   70   Illinois Alumni             1- 1-0    1- 1-0      70  -1276

   71   Colgate                     0- 2-0    0- 2-0      71  -1276
   72   Monmouth NJ                 0- 1-0    0- 1-0      72  -1366
   73   Susquehanna                 0- 2-0    0- 2-0      73  -1475
   74   Iowa                        0- 1-0    0- 1-0      74  -1546
   75   Purdue                      3- 3-0    3- 3-0      75  -1684

   76   Beloit College              4- 5-1    4- 5-1      76  -1754
   77   Tufts University            1- 9-0    1- 9-0      77  -1762
   78   Vermont                     0- 1-0    0- 1-0      78  -1935
   79   Colby College               0- 3-0    0- 3-0      79  -2383
   80   Phialdelphia YMCA           0- 1-0    0- 1-0      80  -2473

   81   Wyoming Seminary            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      81  -2536
   82   Villanova                   0- 1-0    0- 1-0      82  -2567
   83   Haverford                   0- 1-0    0- 1-0      83  -2670
   84   Boston College              0- 3-0    0- 3-0      84  -2742
   85   Williston                   0- 1-0    0- 1-0      85  -2856

   86   Ripon College               0- 1-0    0- 1-0      86  -2978
   87   Dixon                       0- 2-1    0- 2-1      87  -3029
   88   Maine                       0- 1-0    0- 1-0      88  -3076
   89   Rush Medical                0- 4-0    0- 4-0      89  -3428
   90   New Hampshire               0- 2-0    0- 2-0      90  -3512

   91   Hyde Park High              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      91  -3989
   92   Englewood High              0- 1-0    0- 1-0      92  -4079
   93   Lake Forest College         0- 1-0    0- 1-0      93  -4169
   94   Madison High                0- 2-0    0- 2-0      94  -4253
   95   Northwest Division High     0- 1-0    0- 1-0      95  -4260

   96   North Dakota                0- 1-0    0- 1-0      96  -4381
   97   Wisconsin Whitewater        0- 3-0    0- 3-0      97  -4473
   98   Carleton College            0- 1-0    0- 1-0      98  -4707
   99   DePauw University           0- 1-0    0- 1-0      99  -4757
  100   Illinois Wesleyan           0- 1-0    0- 1-0     100  -4807

  101   Haskell Indian Nation       0- 2-0    0- 2-0     101  -5017
  102   Indiana                     0- 1-0    0- 1-0     102  -5146