College Football 1896
Ranking of ALL Teams

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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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
1 34.71 1 32.85 15 14.25 Princeton 11 10-0-1 1 9 8-0-1 NoDivi 2 4 3-0-1 Eastern Indep
2 26.70 2 30.89 17 14.62 Lafayette 12 11-0-1 2 9 8-0-1 NoDivi 1 5 4-0-1 Eastern Indep
4 25.79 3 25.98 6 11.40 Yale 14 13-1-0 3 10 9-1-0 NoDivi 1 8 8-0-0 Northeast Indep
3 26.66 4 25.41 20 15.14 Pennsylvania 15 14-1-0 4 14 13-1-0 NoDivi 3 8 7-1-0 Eastern Indep
5 23.45 5 21.13 3 10.19 Harvard 11 7-4-0 5 8 6-2-0 NoDivi 2 5 5-0-0 Northeast Indep
11 10.26 6 12.56 10 12.20 Army 6 3-2-1 7 5 2-2-1 NoDivi 4 4 2-1-1 Northeast Indep
8 11.72 7 12.38 11 13.25 Dartmouth 8 5-2-1 6 6 3-2-1 NoDivi 3 5 3-1-1 Northeast Indep
10 10.89 8 11.14 8 11.70 Cornell 9 5-3-1 11 6 2-3-1 NoDivi 7 3 1-1-1 Northeast Indep
6 12.06 9 10.07 24 17.30 Navy 8 5-3-0 8 5 3-2-0 NoDivi 4 4 2-2-0 Eastern Indep
7 12.00 10 9.14 9 11.90 Brown 10 4-5-1 10 10 4-5-1 NoDivi 5 6 1-4-1 Northeast Indep
15 4.77 11 8.89 1 2.00 West Virginia 3 0-3-0 9 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
9 11.70 12 7.31 2 8.07 Carlisle 8 3-5-0 12 7 2-5-0 NoDivi 6 3 1-2-0 Eastern Indep
20 -1.17 13 5.31 19 15.12 Bucknell 8 5-2-1 14 5 2-2-1 NoDivi 5 4 2-1-1 Eastern Indep
17 2.60 14 2.89 23 15.85 Wesleyan University 10 4-5-1 15 10 4-5-1 NoDivi 8 8 3-4-1 Northeast Indep
12 7.39 15 2.02 30 21.60 Wisconsin 9 7-1-1 16 5 3-1-1 NoDivi 1 3 2-0-1 Western
16 3.59 16 1.38 12 13.25 Williams College 9 4-4-1 13 7 2-4-1 NoDivi 6 7 2-4-1 Northeast Indep
18 0.26 17 1.22 21 15.40 Trinity College CT 5 2-3-0 17 5 2-3-0 NoDivi 9 5 2-3-0 Northeast Indep
14 4.82 18 0.71 33 23.50 Northwestern 9 6-1-2 18 5 3-1-1 NoDivi 2 4 2-1-1 Western
22 -3.44 19 -0.34 13 13.33 Amherst College 10 3-6-1 20 10 3-6-1 NoDivi 10 8 2-5-1 Northeast Indep
23 -5.08 20 -0.39 16 14.33 Penn State 7 3-4-0 21 6 2-4-0 NoDivi 8 5 1-4-0 Eastern Indep
13 5.51 21 -1.56 36 27.92 Michigan 10 9-1-0 19 6 5-1-0 NoDivi 4 3 2-1-0 Western
21 -1.67 22 -2.31 34 24.33 University of Chicago 19 15-3-1 23 10 6-3-1 NoDivi 3 5 3-2-0 Western
27 -12.62 23 -5.63 14 13.80 Franklin & Marshall 9 3-4-2 22 6 1-4-1 NoDivi 7 4 0-3-1 Eastern Indep
24 -5.64 24 -6.85 7 11.58 Lehigh 7 2-5-0 25 6 1-5-0 NoDivi 9 3 0-3-0 Eastern Indep
31 -20.53 25 -8.81 26 18.75 Gettysburg College 4 1-3-0 26 4 1-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
29 -14.73 26 -9.35 25 18.67 Bowdoin College 8 4-2-2 24 4 1-2-1 NoDivi 11 4 1-2-1 Northeast Indep
26 -11.30 27 -10.75 5 10.88 Dickinson College 4 0-4-0 27 4 0-4-0 NoDivi 10 4 0-4-0 Eastern Indep
25 -8.30 28 -13.06 35 27.10 Illinois 7 4-2-1 28 5 2-2-1 NoDivi 6 3 0-2-1 Western
19 -0.20 29 -14.60 29 20.67 Minnesota 10 8-2-0 29 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 5 3 1-2-0 Western
34 -22.48 30 -15.93 4 10.83 Rutgers 3 0-3-0 30 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
30 -17.10 31 -17.74 31 21.62 Oberlin College 4 1-3-0 31 4 1-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
33 -20.81 32 -18.50 18 14.83 Worcester Tech 3 0-3-0 32 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
32 -20.80 33 -19.89 22 15.60 Tufts University 9 2-6-1 33 5 0-5-0 NoDivi 12 6 0-5-1 Northeast Indep
35 -24.04 34 -23.38 28 19.67 Englewood High 3 0-3-0 36 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
28 -14.70 35 -24.67 32 22.50 Purdue 7 4-2-1 35 3 0-2-1 NoDivi 7 3 0-2-1 Western
36 -30.26 36 -27.52 27 19.00 Lake Forest College 8 3-4-1 34 4 0-3-1 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Eastern Indep
Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams
Boston College 1 0-1-0
Cincinnati 1 0-1-0
Eastern Michigan 1 0-1-0
Iowa 1 0-1-0
Iowa State 1 0-1-0
Kansas 1 0-1-0
Missouri 1 0-1-0
Notre Dame 2 0-2-0
Pittsburgh 1 0-1-0
Syracuse 2 0-2-0
Virginia 2 0-2-0
Colgate 2 0-2-0
Maine 1 0-1-0
Monmouth NJ 1 0-1-0
Bloomsburg University 2 0-2-0
Bates College 1 0-1-0
Beloit College 2 0-1-1
Carleton College 1 0-1-0
Colby College 2 0-1-1
DePauw University 1 0-1-0
Eureka College 1 0-1-0
Grinnell College 2 0-2-0
Knox College 1 0-1-0
MIT 1 0-0-1
Ripon College 1 1-0-0
Union College NY 1 0-1-0
Wheaton College 1 0-1-0
Wittenberg 1 0-1-0
Andover 1 1-0-0
Armour Institute 2 0-2-0
Bennett Medical 1 0-1-0
Boston AC 2 1-1-0
Chicago Alumni 1 0-1-0
Chicago Athletic Club 1 0-1-0
Elizabeth AC 1 0-1-0
Evanston High School 1 0-1-0
Exeter 1 0-1-0
Grand Rapids High 1 0-1-0
Greer 1 0-1-0
Hahneman Medical 1 0-1-0
Harvard Alumni 1 1-0-0
Haverford 1 0-0-1
Hyde Park High 1 0-1-0
Lawrenceville 1 0-1-0
Madison High 1 0-1-0
Maryland Agricultural 1 0-1-0
Minneapolis Central High 1 0-1-0
Minneapolis South High 1 0-1-0
Minnesota Alumni 1 0-1-0
Mount Airy Deaf School 1 0-1-0
New Jersey AC 1 0-1-0
Newton AC 2 0-2-0
Northwestern Academy 1 0-1-0
Orange Agricultural 1 0-1-0
Pennsylvania Reserves 2 1-1-0
Physicians & Surgeons 2 0-2-0
Rush Medical 2 0-2-0
Saint John's (Maryland) 1 0-1-0
Swarthmore College 1 0-1-0
Volunteer AC 1 0-1-0
Western Reserve 1 0-1-0
White Squadron 1 0-1-0
Worcester AC 1 0-1-0
Wyoming Seminary 2 0-2-0
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