College Football 1896
Teams in each conference

Based on games played between 1896/9/12 and 1896/12/5
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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The Eastern Independent Conference [Eastern Indep] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1896
Ranking of teams in Eastern Indep based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif Win_Loss Schedule Conference Division Global
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Rank Games Record
Lake Forest College 0 0-0-0 34 4 0-3-1 36 8 3-4-1
1 18.474 1 18.86 8 5.300 Lafayette 5 4-0-1 2 9 8-0-1 2 12 11-0-1
3 17.108 2 15.00 9 5.750 Princeton 4 3-0-1 1 9 8-0-1 1 11 10-0-1
2 17.913 3 13.00 10 6.250 Pennsylvania 8 7-1-0 4 14 13-1-0 4 15 14-1-0
4 8.025 4 3.10 6 4.750 Navy 4 2-2-0 8 5 3-2-0 9 8 5-3-0
6 -7.245 5 -0.30 11 7.125 Bucknell 4 2-1-1 14 5 2-2-1 13 8 5-2-1
5 0.736 6 -1.80 5 4.500 Carlisle 3 1-2-0 12 7 2-5-0 12 8 3-5-0
8 -12.881 7 -7.84 3 3.250 Franklin & Marshall 4 0-3-1 22 6 1-4-1 23 9 3-4-2
9 -15.922 8 -11.41 7 5.200 Penn State 5 1-4-0 21 6 2-4-0 20 7 3-4-0
7 -9.787 9 -11.63 2 3.000 Lehigh 3 0-3-0 25 6 1-5-0 24 7 2-5-0
10 -16.423 10 -16.96 4 4.375 Dickinson College 4 0-4-0 27 4 0-4-0 27 4 0-4-0
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The Northeast Independent [Northeast Indep] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1896
Ranking of teams in Northeast Indep based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif Win_Loss Schedule Conference Division Global
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Rank Games Record
1 23.993 1 23.78 3 6.250 Yale 8 8-0-0 3 10 9-1-0 3 14 13-1-0
2 22.953 2 21.87 10 6.900 Harvard 5 5-0-0 5 8 6-2-0 5 11 7-4-0
3 9.325 3 10.87 6 6.600 Dartmouth 5 3-1-1 6 6 3-2-1 7 8 5-2-1
5 5.095 4 6.06 4 6.375 Army 4 2-1-1 7 5 2-2-1 6 6 3-2-1
4 6.579 5 2.52 1 3.583 Brown 6 1-4-1 10 10 4-5-1 10 10 4-5-1
7 1.728 6 -0.60 2 5.929 Williams College 7 2-4-1 13 7 2-4-1 16 9 4-4-1
6 3.238 7 -0.68 8 6.833 Cornell 3 1-1-1 11 6 2-3-1 8 9 5-3-1
8 -0.129 8 -0.73 9 6.875 Wesleyan University 8 3-4-1 15 10 4-5-1 14 10 4-5-1
9 -1.305 9 -1.13 7 6.600 Trinity College CT 5 2-3-0 17 5 2-3-0 17 5 2-3-0
10 -9.130 10 -5.26 5 6.375 Amherst College 8 2-5-1 20 10 3-6-1 19 10 3-6-1
11 -15.371 11 -10.08 11 7.875 Bowdoin College 4 1-2-1 24 4 1-2-1 26 8 4-2-2
12 -23.487 12 -23.31 12 8.667 Tufts University 6 0-5-1 33 5 0-5-0 33 9 2-6-1
13 -23.487 13 -23.31 13 12.000 MIT 1 0-0-1 -1 0 0-0-0 0 1 0-0-1
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The Western Conference [Western] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1896
Ranking of teams in Western based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif Win_Loss Schedule Conference Division Global
Rank Rating Rank Rating Rank Rating Team Games Record Rank Games Record Rank Games Record
1 16.477 1 19.69 2 3.500 Wisconsin 3 2-0-1 16 5 3-1-1 15 9 7-1-1
2 7.321 2 12.12 3 3.750 Northwestern 4 2-1-1 18 5 3-1-1 18 9 6-1-2
5 1.110 3 10.55 1 2.900 University of Chicago 5 3-2-0 23 10 6-3-1 22 19 15-3-1
3 3.309 4 1.12 7 5.167 Michigan 3 2-1-0 19 6 5-1-0 21 10 9-1-0
4 1.812 5 -7.59 4 3.833 Minnesota 3 1-2-0 29 3 1-2-0 29 10 8-2-0
6 -13.019 6 -14.31 5 4.333 Illinois 3 0-2-1 28 5 2-2-1 28 7 4-2-1
7 -17.010 7 -21.59 6 4.667 Purdue 3 0-2-1 35 3 0-2-1 35 7 4-2-1
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