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| Ranking of teams in all divisions based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss | ||||||||||||||||
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| ScoreDif | Win_Loss | Schedule | Total | Division | Conference | |||||||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Team | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | Name | Rank | Games | Record | Name |
| 1 | 39.00 | 1 | 33.27 | 4 | 6.31 | Yale | 9 | 9-0-0 | 1 | 8 | 8-0-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 8 | 8-0-0 | Major |
| 2 | 31.86 | 2 | 24.61 | 9 | 7.91 | Harvard | 11 | 10-1-0 | 2 | 11 | 10-1-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 9 | 8-1-0 | Major |
| 3 | 26.06 | 3 | 18.12 | 8 | 7.44 | Princeton | 9 | 7-2-0 | 3 | 9 | 7-2-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Major |
| 5 | 8.52 | 4 | 11.16 | 3 | 6.06 | Wesleyan University | 9 | 4-5-0 | 4 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Major |
| 4 | 9.59 | 5 | 9.39 | 15 | 11.42 | MIT | 6 | 5-1-0 | 5 | 6 | 5-1-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 5-1-0 | Major |
| 7 | 2.96 | 6 | 5.72 | 2 | 5.83 | Exeter | 3 | 1-2-0 | 6 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 6 | 8.16 | 7 | 4.67 | 12 | 9.83 | Lafayette | 9 | 7-2-0 | 7 | 6 | 4-2-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 4-2-0 | Major |
| 10 | 0.13 | 8 | 2.41 | 7 | 7.10 | Williams College | 6 | 3-3-0 | 8 | 5 | 2-3-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Major |
| 11 | -2.87 | 9 | -0.02 | 1 | 5.11 | Pennsylvania | 13 | 6-7-0 | 9 | 9 | 2-7-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 9 | 2-7-0 | Major |
| 8 | 1.53 | 10 | -0.40 | 16 | 12.40 | Dartmouth | 5 | 3-1-1 | 10 | 5 | 3-1-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Major |
| 9 | 0.61 | 11 | -5.40 | 5 | 6.50 | Lehigh | 7 | 4-3-0 | 11 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Major |
| 13 | -15.10 | 12 | -10.33 | 13 | 11.00 | Trinity College CT | 7 | 3-3-1 | 12 | 6 | 2-3-1 | NoDivi | 11 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Major |
| 14 | -18.38 | 13 | -10.86 | 6 | 6.75 | Tufts University | 9 | 3-6-0 | 13 | 6 | 1-5-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Major |
| 12 | -11.13 | 14 | -12.16 | 10 | 8.62 | Rutgers | 8 | 2-6-0 | 14 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 8 | 2-6-0 | Major |
| 15 | -21.07 | 15 | -15.60 | 11 | 9.31 | Amherst College | 10 | 4-6-0 | 15 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 14 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Major |
| 17 | -31.05 | 16 | -27.06 | 17 | 13.67 | Boston University | 3 | 0-2-1 | 16 | 3 | 0-2-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 16 | -28.82 | 17 | -27.52 | 14 | 11.17 | Stevens Tech | 7 | 0-6-1 | 17 | 6 | 0-5-1 | NoDivi | 15 | 6 | 0-5-1 | Major |
| Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams | Massachusetts | 2 | 0-2-0 | |||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickinson College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Union College NY | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Active Football Club | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andover | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvard B | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Haverford | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania Alumni | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Swarthmore College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tioga | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Williston | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
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