College Football 1879
Ranking of ALL Teams

Based on games played between 1879/10/18 and 1879/11/22
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1870 1869
Ranking of teams in all divisions based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif Win_Loss Schedule Total Division Conference
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Name Rank Games Record Name
2 6.69 1 22.27 5 4.67 Yale 5 3-0-2 2 5 3-0-2 NoDivi 2 5 3-0-2 Major
1 7.76 2 17.85 6 5.25 Princeton 5 4-0-1 1 5 4-0-1 NoDivi 1 5 4-0-1 Major
6 -3.17 3 4.40 8 6.00 Rutgers 5 2-1-2 5 5 2-1-2 NoDivi 5 5 2-1-2 Major
4 -0.32 4 3.43 2 2.83 Pennsylvania 4 2-2-0 4 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 4 3 1-2-0 Major
3 2.26 5 -4.15 7 5.50 Harvard 5 2-1-2 3 4 2-1-1 NoDivi 3 2 0-1-1 Major
5 -2.40 6 -8.65 1 2.33 Columbia 5 0-3-2 6 5 0-3-2 NoDivi 6 5 0-3-2 Major
8 -6.91 7 -8.99 3 3.75 Stevens Tech 5 0-3-2 7 5 0-3-2 NoDivi 7 5 0-3-2 Major
7 -3.92 8 -26.15 4 4.00 Brittania 2 0-2-0 8 2 0-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
Unrated teams with less than 2 games against rated teams
McGill 1 0-0-1
Pennsylvania Military 1 0-1-0
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