College Football 1898
Ranking of ALL Teams

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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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 35.87 1 35.24 14 14.40 Harvard 11 11-0-0 1 10 10-0-0 NoDivi 1 7 7-0-0 Northeast Indep
3 29.74 2 32.47 12 14.00 Princeton 12 11-0-1 2 11 10-0-1 NoDivi 1 5 5-0-0 Eastern Indep
2 31.16 3 28.39 13 14.38 Pennsylvania 13 12-1-0 3 12 11-1-0 NoDivi 2 5 5-0-0 Eastern Indep
4 24.94 4 25.87 11 13.70 Yale 11 9-2-0 4 10 8-2-0 NoDivi 2 7 6-1-0 Northeast Indep
8 13.53 5 21.94 16 14.83 Navy 8 6-1-1 5 6 4-1-1 NoDivi 3 5 3-1-1 Eastern Indep
6 21.67 6 20.69 9 11.50 Army 6 3-2-1 6 6 3-2-1 NoDivi 5 4 2-2-0 Northeast Indep
5 21.68 7 17.27 23 18.75 Cornell 12 10-2-0 7 8 6-2-0 NoDivi 3 2 2-0-0 Northeast Indep
10 13.06 8 16.33 15 14.64 Penn State 10 6-4-0 8 7 4-3-0 NoDivi 4 6 3-3-0 Eastern Indep
15 9.41 9 15.15 35 26.25 Michigan 10 10-0-0 9 4 4-0-0 NoDivi 1 3 3-0-0 Western
11 12.82 10 14.61 3 8.00 Chicago Athletic Club 3 1-2-0 10 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
7 14.94 11 13.39 22 17.67 Wesleyan University 10 7-3-0 11 9 6-3-0 NoDivi 4 7 5-2-0 Northeast Indep
16 4.12 12 12.77 20 16.83 Dickinson College 3 2-1-0 12 3 2-1-0 NoDivi 5 3 2-1-0 Eastern Indep
14 9.86 13 9.59 24 18.78 Brown 10 6-4-0 13 9 5-4-0 NoDivi 6 4 2-2-0 Northeast Indep
13 10.37 14 9.52 6 10.50 Carlisle 6 2-4-0 14 6 2-4-0 NoDivi 6 1 0-1-0 Eastern Indep
17 4.09 15 6.78 10 12.79 Lehigh 10 3-5-2 16 8 2-4-2 NoDivi 7 6 1-3-2 Eastern Indep
9 13.44 16 5.82 32 23.57 University of Chicago 11 9-2-0 15 7 5-2-0 NoDivi 2 4 3-1-0 Western
18 3.87 17 5.20 1 3.83 Virginia 3 0-3-0 17 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
20 -2.54 18 3.86 7 10.83 Lafayette 11 3-8-0 18 9 2-7-0 NoDivi 8 8 2-6-0 Eastern Indep
19 3.11 19 3.85 17 15.31 Dartmouth 11 5-6-0 19 8 3-5-0 NoDivi 7 6 3-3-0 Northeast Indep
25 -6.06 20 2.97 18 15.40 Franklin & Marshall 10 4-4-2 20 5 1-3-1 NoDivi 9 4 0-3-1 Eastern Indep
22 -4.53 21 1.28 19 16.56 Amherst College 10 4-5-1 21 8 3-5-0 NoDivi 8 8 3-5-0 Northeast Indep
30 -8.88 22 -1.60 39 28.67 Bowdoin College 9 6-3-0 23 6 4-2-0 NoDivi 9 4 2-2-0 Northeast Indep
12 10.73 23 -2.20 41 31.79 Wisconsin 10 9-1-0 24 7 6-1-0 NoDivi 4 3 2-1-0 Western
26 -6.46 24 -2.33 26 20.83 Bucknell 11 4-4-3 22 7 2-3-2 NoDivi 10 5 0-3-2 Eastern Indep
28 -7.07 25 -4.73 2 6.00 Syracuse 3 0-2-1 26 3 0-2-1 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
24 -5.18 26 -5.99 25 19.67 Holy Cross 3 1-2-0 25 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
39 -21.80 27 -8.39 8 11.33 Gettysburg College 3 0-3-0 27 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
27 -6.76 28 -8.63 4 10.08 Williams College 7 1-6-0 29 6 0-6-0 NoDivi 10 6 0-6-0 Northeast Indep
35 -14.00 29 -9.17 5 10.12 Trinity College CT 5 0-4-1 28 5 0-4-1 NoDivi 11 4 0-4-0 Northeast Indep
32 -9.67 30 -9.36 42 32.33 MIT 4 3-1-0 30 3 2-1-0 NoDivi 12 2 1-1-0 Northeast Indep
23 -5.03 31 -11.01 34 25.14 Northwestern 11 7-4-0 31 7 3-4-0 NoDivi 7 4 0-4-0 Western
29 -8.02 32 -11.96 27 21.25 Illinois 9 4-5-0 32 4 1-3-0 NoDivi 3 2 1-1-0 Western
31 -9.57 33 -12.37 31 23.33 Physicians & Surgeons 3 1-2-0 33 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
21 -3.64 34 -13.96 38 28.50 Minnesota 9 4-5-0 34 4 2-2-0 NoDivi 5 3 1-2-0 Western
33 -10.58 35 -16.78 21 17.12 Maryland Agricultural 4 0-4-0 35 4 0-4-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
34 -13.04 36 -17.75 37 27.43 Beloit College 10 4-5-1 36 8 3-4-1 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 Eastern Indep
36 -16.33 37 -19.75 33 23.79 Tufts University 10 1-9-0 37 7 1-6-0 NoDivi 13 5 0-5-0 Northeast Indep
41 -30.35 38 -20.26 28 21.83 Colby College 3 0-3-0 38 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
40 -30.05 39 -29.06 29 22.25 Dixon 3 0-2-1 39 3 0-2-1 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
38 -21.10 40 -30.81 30 23.12 Rush Medical 4 0-4-0 41 4 0-4-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
37 -17.01 41 -31.27 36 27.00 Boston College 3 0-3-0 40 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
42 -30.72 42 -35.60 40 29.17 Wisconsin Whitewater 3 0-3-0 42 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams
Buffalo 2 1-1-0
Cincinnati 1 1-0-0
Eastern Michigan 1 0-1-0
Indiana 1 0-1-0
Iowa 1 0-1-0
Iowa State 1 1-0-0
Massachusetts 1 0-0-1
Michigan State 1 0-1-0
Notre Dame 2 1-1-0
Purdue 6 3-3-0
Rutgers 2 0-2-0
Colgate 2 0-2-0
Maine 1 0-1-0
Monmouth NJ 1 0-1-0
New Hampshire 2 0-2-0
North Dakota 1 0-1-0
Villanova 1 0-1-0
Virginia Military 1 0-1-0
Duquesne 1 1-0-0
Bates College 1 1-0-0
Carleton College 1 0-1-0
Case Western Reserve 1 0-1-0
DePauw University 1 0-1-0
Grinnell College 1 1-0-0
Hamilton College 1 0-1-0
Illinois Wesleyan 1 0-1-0
Kenyon College 1 0-1-0
Knox College 2 1-1-0
Lake Forest College 1 0-1-0
Oberlin College 2 1-1-0
Ripon College 1 0-1-0
Susquehanna 2 0-2-0
Ursinus College 1 0-0-1
Washington and Jefferson 2 1-1-0
Worcester Tech 1 1-0-0
Andover 1 1-0-0
Bradford 1 0-0-1
Columbia Athletic Club 1 0-1-0
Englewood High 1 0-1-0
Exeter 2 1-1-0
Haskell Indian Nation 2 0-2-0
Haverford 1 0-1-0
Hyde Park High 1 0-1-0
Illinois Alumni 2 1-1-0
Madison High 2 0-2-0
Mansfield University 1 0-1-0
Minnesota Alumni 1 1-0-0
New York University 1 1-0-0
Newton AC 2 0-2-0
Newtowne AC 1 0-1-0
Northwest Division High 1 0-1-0
Phialdelphia YMCA 1 0-1-0
Purdue Alumni 1 1-0-0
Stevens Tech 1 0-1-0
Swarthmore College 2 1-1-0
Vermont 1 0-1-0
Western Reserve 1 0-1-0
Williston 1 0-1-0
Wisconsin Alumni 1 0-1-0
Wyoming Seminary 1 0-1-0
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       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Sun Jan 25 01:28:31 2026