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| 1888 - Ranking of all teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference | ||||||||||||||||
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| ScoreDif | WinLoss | Schedule | Total | Division | Conference | |||||||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Team | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | Name | Rank | Games | Record | Name |
| 1 | 36.05 | 1 | 26.69 | 16 | 10.42 | Yale | 13 | 13-0-0 | 1 | 13 | 13-0-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 6 | 6-0-0 | IFA |
| 2 | 33.42 | 2 | 25.13 | 8 | 7.50 | Princeton | 12 | 11-1-0 | 2 | 12 | 11-1-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 5-1-0 | IFA |
| 3 | 27.05 | 3 | 18.33 | 15 | 10.27 | Harvard | 13 | 12-1-0 | 3 | 13 | 12-1-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 4 | 3-1-0 | IFA |
| 4 | 15.60 | 5 | 10.76 | 3 | 5.62 | Pennsylvania | 16 | 9-7-0 | 4 | 16 | 9-7-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 7 | 1-6-0 | IFA |
| 5 | 9.62 | 4 | 14.12 | 17 | 11.27 | Lehigh | 12 | 10-2-0 | 5 | 12 | 10-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 10 | 10-0-0 | Major-Ind |
| 6 | 8.51 | 7 | 4.02 | 18 | 11.50 | Dartmouth | 7 | 3-4-0 | 6 | 7 | 3-4-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Major-Ind |
| 7 | 6.49 | 6 | 8.39 | 14 | 10.22 | Lafayette | 9 | 6-3-0 | 7 | 9 | 6-3-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 7 | 5-2-0 | Major-Ind |
| 8 | 4.49 | 9 | 2.43 | 1 | 5.22 | Wesleyan University | 9 | 2-7-0 | 8 | 9 | 2-7-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 7 | 0-7-0 | IFA |
| 9 | 3.47 | 8 | 3.64 | 12 | 9.75 | Cornell | 6 | 4-2-0 | 9 | 6 | 4-2-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 3-2-0 | Major-Ind |
| 10 | 3.25 | 10 | -0.51 | 13 | 9.94 | Williams College | 8 | 4-4-0 | 10 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 6 | 4-2-0 | Major-Ind |
| 11 | -6.11 | 14 | -7.19 | 7 | 7.00 | Stevens Tech | 8 | 1-6-1 | 11 | 8 | 1-6-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 5 | 1-3-1 | Major-Ind |
| 12 | -6.20 | 11 | -1.59 | 20 | 15.92 | Trinity College (CT) | 7 | 5-1-1 | 12 | 7 | 5-1-1 | NoDivi | 14 | 7 | 5-1-1 | Major-Ind |
| 13 | -6.39 | 15 | -7.53 | 6 | 6.92 | MIT | 6 | 1-5-0 | 13 | 6 | 1-5-0 | NoDivi | 15 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Major-Ind |
| 14 | -7.91 | 13 | -6.52 | 9 | 7.50 | Worcester Tech | 5 | 1-4-0 | 14 | 5 | 1-4-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Major-Ind |
| 15 | -8.56 | 12 | -3.98 | 10 | 9.67 | Haverford | 3 | 1-2-0 | 15 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Major-Ind |
| 16 | -9.07 | 16 | -8.43 | 2 | 5.50 | Rutgers | 8 | 1-6-1 | 16 | 8 | 1-6-1 | NoDivi | 11 | 4 | 0-3-1 | Major-Ind |
| 17 | -15.55 | 19 | -15.31 | 5 | 6.70 | Swarthmore College | 5 | 0-5-0 | 17 | 5 | 0-5-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Major-Ind |
| 18 | -19.12 | 18 | -14.94 | 11 | 9.73 | Amherst College | 11 | 2-8-1 | 18 | 11 | 2-8-1 | NoDivi | 18 | 7 | 2-4-1 | Major-Ind |
| 19 | -22.80 | 17 | -13.98 | 4 | 6.50 | Bucknell | 5 | 2-3-0 | 19 | 5 | 2-3-0 | NoDivi | 16 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Major-Ind |
| 20 | -46.22 | 20 | -33.56 | 19 | 15.83 | Massachusetts | 3 | 0-3-0 | 20 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 21 | 3 | 0-3-0 | Major-Ind |
| Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams | Navy | 1 | 0-1-0 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickinson College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Hopkins | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Union College (NY) | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Andover | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Crescent Athletic Club | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Exeter | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Palmyra | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia All-Stars | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ridgefield AC | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint John's NY | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tioga | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wyoming Seminary | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
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