College Football 1898
Teams in each conference

Based on games played between 1898/9/17 and 1898/12/3
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 1898
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
Beloit College 0 0-0-0 36 8 3-4-1 36 10 4-5-1
2 21.089 1 18.94 9 6.200 Princeton 5 5-0-0 2 11 10-0-1 2 12 11-0-1
1 24.063 2 16.40 10 6.800 Pennsylvania 5 5-0-0 3 12 11-1-0 3 13 12-1-0
4 3.856 3 7.11 7 5.800 Navy 5 3-1-1 5 6 4-1-1 5 8 6-1-1
3 5.234 4 3.24 5 4.833 Penn State 6 3-3-0 8 7 4-3-0 8 10 6-4-0
5 -4.277 5 1.81 11 7.000 Dickinson College 3 2-1-0 12 3 2-1-0 12 3 2-1-0
7 -4.757 6 -5.60 2 1.500 Carlisle 1 0-1-0 14 6 2-4-0 14 6 2-4-0
6 -4.648 7 -5.82 6 5.333 Lehigh 6 1-3-2 16 8 2-4-2 15 10 3-5-2
8 -10.254 8 -8.55 4 4.688 Lafayette 8 2-6-0 18 9 2-7-0 18 11 3-8-0
10 -15.552 9 -11.28 3 4.375 Franklin & Marshall 4 0-3-1 20 5 1-3-1 20 10 4-4-2
9 -14.755 10 -16.26 8 6.200 Bucknell 5 0-3-2 22 7 2-3-2 24 11 4-4-3
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The Northeast Independent [Northeast Indep] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1898
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 25.157 1 23.57 8 6.714 Harvard 7 7-0-0 1 10 10-0-0 1 11 11-0-0
2 17.958 2 17.84 7 6.357 Yale 7 6-1-0 4 10 8-2-0 4 11 9-2-0
4 11.388 3 9.06 12 10.250 Cornell 2 2-0-0 7 8 6-2-0 7 12 10-2-0
3 12.276 4 8.79 9 7.357 Wesleyan University 7 5-2-0 11 9 6-3-0 11 10 7-3-0
5 11.014 5 6.33 3 4.875 Army 4 2-2-0 6 6 3-2-1 6 6 3-2-1
6 7.602 6 4.82 4 5.750 Brown 4 2-2-0 13 9 5-4-0 13 10 6-4-0
7 2.213 7 2.74 6 6.250 Dartmouth 6 3-3-0 19 8 3-5-0 19 11 5-6-0
9 -9.954 8 -2.74 5 6.125 Amherst College 8 3-5-0 21 8 3-5-0 21 10 4-5-1
10 -12.891 9 -5.86 11 8.500 Bowdoin College 4 2-2-0 23 6 4-2-0 22 9 6-3-0
8 -9.447 10 -12.12 1 4.250 Williams College 6 0-6-0 29 6 0-6-0 28 7 1-6-0
12 -17.799 11 -13.76 2 4.375 Trinity College CT 4 0-4-0 28 5 0-4-1 29 5 0-4-1
11 -16.788 12 -13.81 13 10.750 MIT 2 1-1-0 30 3 2-1-0 30 4 3-1-0
13 -20.728 13 -24.87 10 8.300 Tufts University 5 0-5-0 37 7 1-6-0 37 10 1-9-0
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The Western Conference [Western] - No Division Affiliation - College Football 1898
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
3 5.770 1 21.71 4 4.000 Michigan 3 3-0-0 9 4 4-0-0 9 10 10-0-0
1 14.192 2 9.71 7 4.500 University of Chicago 4 3-1-0 15 7 5-2-0 16 11 9-2-0
4 -4.720 3 5.71 3 3.500 Illinois 2 1-1-0 32 4 1-3-0 32 9 4-5-0
2 13.910 4 1.71 6 4.500 Wisconsin 3 2-1-0 24 7 6-1-0 23 10 9-1-0
5 -6.656 5 -10.29 5 4.500 Minnesota 3 1-2-0 34 4 2-2-0 34 9 4-5-0
6 -8.938 6 -12.29 1 1.500 Purdue 1 0-1-0 -1 0 0-0-0 0 6 3-3-0
7 -13.557 7 -16.29 2 2.875 Northwestern 4 0-4-0 31 7 3-4-0 31 11 7-4-0
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