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| 1898 - Ranking of No Division Affiliation teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss | ||||||||||||
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| ScoreDif | Win_Loss | Schedule | Team | Division | Global | Conference | ||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | ||
| 1 | 35.77 | 1 | 35.12 | 13 | 14.35 | Harvard | 10 | 10-0-0 | 1 | 11 | 11-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 3 | 29.56 | 2 | 32.38 | 10 | 14.05 | Princeton | 11 | 10-0-1 | 2 | 12 | 11-0-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 2 | 31.00 | 3 | 28.25 | 14 | 14.46 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 11-1-0 | 3 | 13 | 12-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 4 | 24.87 | 4 | 25.82 | 8 | 13.60 | Yale | 10 | 8-2-0 | 4 | 11 | 9-2-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 8 | 13.39 | 5 | 21.95 | 15 | 14.58 | Navy | 6 | 4-1-1 | 5 | 8 | 6-1-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 5 | 21.49 | 6 | 20.44 | 7 | 11.75 | Army | 6 | 3-2-1 | 6 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 6 | 21.03 | 7 | 16.84 | 24 | 19.44 | Cornell | 8 | 6-2-0 | 7 | 12 | 10-2-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 9 | 13.29 | 8 | 16.51 | 12 | 14.29 | Penn State | 7 | 4-3-0 | 8 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 15 | 8.84 | 9 | 14.87 | 34 | 26.25 | Michigan | 4 | 4-0-0 | 9 | 10 | 10-0-0 | Western |
| 14 | 9.80 | 13 | 9.51 | 23 | 18.67 | Brown | 9 | 5-4-0 | 13 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 19 | 2.71 | 16 | 5.58 | 9 | 13.94 | Lehigh | 8 | 2-4-2 | 15 | 10 | 3-5-2 | Eastern Indep |
| 17 | 3.72 | 17 | 5.14 | 1 | 3.83 | Virginia | 3 | 0-3-0 | 17 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 20 | -2.68 | 18 | 3.81 | 5 | 10.94 | Lafayette | 9 | 2-7-0 | 18 | 11 | 3-8-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 18 | 3.04 | 19 | 3.80 | 18 | 15.38 | Dartmouth | 8 | 3-5-0 | 19 | 11 | 5-6-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 22 | -4.42 | 21 | 1.35 | 19 | 16.38 | Amherst College | 8 | 3-5-0 | 21 | 10 | 4-5-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 24 | -4.96 | 22 | -0.88 | 26 | 20.21 | Bucknell | 7 | 2-3-2 | 24 | 11 | 4-4-3 | Eastern Indep |
| 12 | 10.96 | 24 | -2.12 | 41 | 32.00 | Wisconsin | 7 | 6-1-0 | 23 | 10 | 9-1-0 | Western |
| 25 | -5.24 | 25 | -6.03 | 25 | 19.67 | Holy Cross | 3 | 1-2-0 | 26 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoConf |
| 33 | -10.36 | 26 | -6.71 | 16 | 14.67 | Syracuse | 3 | 0-2-1 | 25 | 3 | 0-2-1 | NoConf |
| 23 | -4.74 | 31 | -10.78 | 33 | 25.21 | Northwestern | 7 | 3-4-0 | 31 | 11 | 7-4-0 | Western |
| 28 | -8.20 | 32 | -12.05 | 27 | 21.12 | Illinois | 4 | 1-3-0 | 32 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Western |
| 21 | -3.62 | 34 | -14.00 | 38 | 28.75 | Minnesota | 4 | 2-2-0 | 34 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Western |
| 37 | -17.04 | 40 | -31.29 | 35 | 26.83 | Boston College | 3 | 0-3-0 | 41 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
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