College Football 1897
Teams in each conference

Based on games played between 1897/9/18 and 1897/11/25
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 1897
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
1 24.991 1 18.53 8 6.417 Princeton 6 6-0-0 2 9 8-1-0 2 11 10-1-0
2 19.190 2 15.78 9 7.071 Pennsylvania 7 7-0-0 1 13 13-0-0 1 15 15-0-0
3 6.453 3 7.69 7 6.357 Lafayette 7 5-2-0 7 10 7-2-1 7 12 9-2-1
4 3.219 4 7.46 6 5.833 Navy 3 2-1-0 6 5 4-1-0 6 8 7-1-0
5 2.106 5 -4.85 1 1.500 Carlisle 2 0-2-0 16 5 1-4-0 16 6 2-4-0
6 -5.903 6 -5.85 10 7.375 Dickinson College 4 2-2-0 13 4 2-2-0 13 5 3-2-0
8 -12.374 7 -7.65 5 5.125 Bucknell 4 1-3-0 14 6 2-3-1 14 7 3-3-1
7 -7.275 8 -8.67 4 3.917 Penn State 6 1-5-0 17 8 2-6-0 17 9 3-6-0
9 -14.983 9 -9.48 3 3.786 Lehigh 7 1-6-0 15 9 2-7-0 15 10 3-7-0
10 -15.425 10 -12.96 2 3.000 Franklin & Marshall 4 0-4-0 22 6 0-5-1 22 10 2-6-2
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The Northeast Independent [Northeast Indep] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1897
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 23.129 1 22.06 9 6.667 Harvard 9 8-0-1 4 11 9-1-1 4 12 10-1-1
3 16.771 2 18.37 7 6.500 Yale 7 5-0-2 3 10 8-0-2 3 11 9-0-2
2 19.175 3 17.54 3 5.417 Army 6 4-1-1 5 7 5-1-1 5 8 6-1-1
6 8.211 4 9.78 1 4.750 Brown 6 3-3-0 8 9 5-4-0 8 11 7-4-0
5 9.264 5 9.62 6 6.500 Cornell 3 2-1-0 9 7 3-3-1 9 9 5-3-1
4 10.342 6 6.59 11 7.500 Dartmouth 3 2-1-0 10 6 3-3-0 10 7 4-3-0
7 0.325 7 2.61 8 6.600 Wesleyan University 10 5-5-0 12 13 6-7-0 12 13 6-7-0
9 -6.711 8 -4.48 12 8.000 Tufts University 8 4-4-0 18 7 3-4-0 18 13 6-7-0
8 -6.114 9 -9.11 5 6.400 Trinity College CT 5 1-4-0 23 6 2-4-0 23 6 2-4-0
10 -16.849 10 -10.72 2 5.333 Williams College 6 0-5-1 25 7 0-6-1 25 8 0-7-1
12 -18.109 11 -13.58 10 6.750 Amherst College 8 1-6-1 26 8 1-6-1 26 10 2-6-2
11 -18.041 12 -17.63 4 6.000 Bowdoin College 3 0-3-0 28 3 0-3-0 28 7 1-5-1
13 -21.395 13 -31.03 13 10.000 MIT 2 0-2-0 -1 0 0-0-0 0 4 1-3-0
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The Western Conference [Western] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1897
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 21.707 1 18.99 6 4.667 Wisconsin 3 3-0-0 21 5 5-0-0 21 10 9-1-0
2 12.708 2 15.25 2 3.250 University of Chicago 4 3-1-0 24 6 5-1-0 24 12 11-1-0
4 3.358 3 1.67 7 5.000 Michigan 3 2-1-0 31 3 2-1-0 31 8 6-1-1
3 5.981 4 1.20 4 4.000 Illinois 2 1-1-0 29 4 2-2-0 29 8 6-2-0
5 -6.461 5 -4.88 1 1.500 Northwestern 2 0-2-0 30 3 1-2-0 30 7 4-3-0
6 -18.382 6 -12.84 5 4.667 Purdue 3 1-2-0 35 3 1-2-0 35 9 5-3-1
7 -18.911 7 -19.39 3 3.500 Minnesota 3 0-3-0 36 3 0-3-0 36 8 4-4-0
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