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| 1905 - 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 | 59.70 | 2 | 50.85 | 3 | 9.92 | Minnesota | 6 | 5-1-0 | 2 | 11 | 10-1-0 | Western |
| 3 | 58.68 | 3 | 50.49 | 7 | 13.17 | Michigan | 6 | 5-1-0 | 3 | 13 | 12-1-0 | Western |
| 4 | 50.58 | 4 | 44.96 | 12 | 15.88 | Wisconsin | 8 | 6-2-0 | 4 | 10 | 8-2-0 | Western |
| 7 | 43.14 | 5 | 42.17 | 11 | 14.50 | Nebraska | 6 | 4-2-0 | 6 | 11 | 9-2-0 | Western Indep |
| 6 | 45.53 | 6 | 41.85 | 15 | 17.86 | Purdue | 7 | 5-1-1 | 5 | 8 | 6-1-1 | Western |
| 5 | 46.73 | 7 | 41.41 | 10 | 14.50 | Indiana | 5 | 3-1-1 | 7 | 10 | 8-1-1 | Western |
| 8 | 38.11 | 8 | 37.12 | 27 | 27.67 | Colorado | 6 | 5-1-0 | 10 | 9 | 8-1-0 | Western Indep |
| 10 | 32.84 | 9 | 37.07 | 13 | 17.21 | Northwestern | 7 | 4-2-1 | 8 | 11 | 8-2-1 | Western |
| 9 | 35.84 | 10 | 36.91 | 23 | 25.19 | Iowa | 8 | 6-2-0 | 9 | 10 | 8-2-0 | Western |
| 12 | 30.01 | 11 | 34.06 | 39 | 32.67 | Colorado School of Mines | 6 | 5-0-1 | 14 | 6 | 5-0-1 | Western Indep |
| 11 | 31.07 | 13 | 31.96 | 34 | 30.14 | Kansas | 7 | 6-1-0 | 15 | 11 | 10-1-0 | Western Indep |
| 14 | 26.81 | 15 | 31.68 | 14 | 17.50 | Illinois | 8 | 4-4-0 | 13 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Western |
| 18 | 24.52 | 16 | 27.26 | 38 | 32.33 | Iowa State | 9 | 6-3-0 | 17 | 9 | 6-3-0 | Western Indep |
| 22 | 20.05 | 19 | 24.62 | 31 | 28.60 | Utah | 5 | 3-2-0 | 19 | 8 | 6-2-0 | Western Indep |
| 25 | 18.07 | 21 | 23.34 | 21 | 22.08 | Washburn University | 6 | 3-3-0 | 20 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Western Indep |
| 19 | 23.59 | 25 | 19.21 | 8 | 13.60 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1-4-0 | 22 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 24 | 18.13 | 26 | 18.44 | 9 | 14.21 | Beloit College | 7 | 1-6-0 | 24 | 10 | 3-6-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 21 | 20.94 | 27 | 17.19 | 56 | 59.10 | Yale | 10 | 10-0-0 | 30 | 10 | 10-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 30 | 12.83 | 28 | 14.97 | 40 | 32.71 | Drake | 7 | 3-4-0 | 27 | 8 | 4-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 34 | 9.51 | 29 | 14.01 | 41 | 33.75 | Oklahoma | 4 | 2-2-0 | 31 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Western Indep |
| 32 | 10.40 | 30 | 13.96 | 65 | 64.46 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 11-0-1 | 33 | 13 | 12-0-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 16 | 25.38 | 32 | 13.33 | 51 | 57.64 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 6-1-0 | 35 | 8 | 7-1-0 | Southern Indep |
| 36 | 8.49 | 33 | 13.15 | 29 | 28.25 | Colorado State | 6 | 2-4-0 | 32 | 7 | 3-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 28 | 13.95 | 37 | 11.29 | 30 | 28.50 | Kansas State | 3 | 1-2-0 | 36 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoConf |
| 37 | 7.89 | 38 | 10.31 | 35 | 30.50 | Missouri | 6 | 2-4-0 | 37 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 54 | -0.37 | 39 | 7.13 | 25 | 25.33 | Northern Iowa | 3 | 0-2-1 | 39 | 3 | 0-2-1 | NoConf |
| 38 | 7.70 | 41 | 5.90 | 68 | 64.78 | Navy | 9 | 7-1-1 | 43 | 12 | 10-1-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 35 | 8.84 | 42 | 5.84 | 53 | 58.20 | Harvard | 10 | 7-2-1 | 42 | 11 | 8-2-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 65 | -7.12 | 43 | 3.73 | 16 | 18.62 | Wyoming | 4 | 0-4-0 | 44 | 7 | 3-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 40 | 6.25 | 45 | 3.28 | 75 | 66.75 | Princeton | 10 | 8-2-0 | 47 | 10 | 8-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 41 | 6.13 | 47 | 2.68 | 72 | 65.11 | Dartmouth | 9 | 6-1-2 | 46 | 10 | 7-1-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 44 | 4.87 | 49 | 1.70 | 89 | 71.93 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 6-1-0 | 50 | 10 | 9-1-0 | Southern Indep |
| 45 | 4.81 | 50 | 1.36 | 94 | 74.08 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 5-0-1 | 51 | 7 | 6-0-1 | Southern Indep |
| 48 | 3.09 | 51 | 1.34 | 47 | 52.94 | Texas | 9 | 5-4-0 | 52 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 61 | -4.91 | 54 | -2.29 | 43 | 49.57 | Columbia | 7 | 2-3-2 | 56 | 9 | 4-3-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 56 | -2.03 | 55 | -2.40 | 64 | 64.21 | Lafayette | 7 | 4-2-1 | 55 | 10 | 7-2-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 50 | 2.21 | 57 | -4.10 | 44 | 51.00 | Army | 8 | 3-4-1 | 58 | 9 | 4-4-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 59 | -3.73 | 59 | -5.70 | 84 | 68.92 | Amherst College | 6 | 3-1-2 | 64 | 6 | 3-1-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 66 | -8.57 | 60 | -6.12 | 93 | 74.07 | Texas A&M | 7 | 5-2-0 | 66 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Western Indep |
| 47 | 3.26 | 61 | -6.44 | 32 | 28.67 | Arkansas | 3 | 0-3-0 | 59 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 62 | -5.10 | 62 | -6.73 | 87 | 71.22 | Penn State | 9 | 6-3-0 | 60 | 11 | 8-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 64 | -6.05 | 63 | -6.76 | 78 | 67.56 | Holy Cross | 8 | 5-3-0 | 62 | 9 | 6-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 52 | 1.22 | 64 | -6.78 | 80 | 67.77 | Brown | 11 | 7-4-0 | 61 | 11 | 7-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 58 | -2.58 | 65 | -7.16 | 58 | 59.75 | Cornell | 8 | 4-4-0 | 63 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 69 | -10.52 | 66 | -7.64 | 60 | 62.33 | North Carolina | 6 | 3-3-0 | 65 | 8 | 4-3-1 | Southern Indep |
| 63 | -5.32 | 67 | -8.98 | 71 | 65.07 | Syracuse | 7 | 4-3-0 | 67 | 11 | 8-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 60 | -4.04 | 68 | -9.68 | 79 | 67.58 | Clemson | 6 | 3-2-1 | 68 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Southern Indep |
| 68 | -9.64 | 69 | -12.77 | 104 | 81.93 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 5-2-0 | 69 | 12 | 10-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 67 | -9.45 | 72 | -14.93 | 69 | 64.93 | Alabama | 7 | 3-4-0 | 72 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Southern Indep |
| 80 | -19.33 | 73 | -15.41 | 49 | 56.60 | Virginia | 5 | 1-4-0 | 73 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Southern Indep |
| 84 | -21.61 | 76 | -17.96 | 85 | 69.31 | Bucknell | 8 | 3-5-0 | 76 | 10 | 5-5-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 77 | -17.61 | 77 | -19.52 | 96 | 76.36 | Maine | 7 | 3-3-1 | 77 | 8 | 4-3-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 70 | -11.36 | 78 | -20.27 | 70 | 65.00 | Colgate | 6 | 2-4-0 | 78 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 78 | -17.81 | 81 | -21.26 | 46 | 51.90 | Tennessee | 5 | 0-4-1 | 81 | 9 | 3-5-1 | Southern Indep |
| 86 | -23.84 | 82 | -21.53 | 101 | 79.21 | Texas Christian | 7 | 3-4-0 | 85 | 8 | 4-4-0 | Western Indep |
| 90 | -28.16 | 83 | -21.64 | 59 | 59.83 | Villanova | 6 | 1-5-0 | 82 | 10 | 3-7-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 89 | -27.61 | 84 | -22.59 | 45 | 51.17 | Virginia Military | 3 | 0-3-0 | 83 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 88 | -24.92 | 85 | -23.46 | 88 | 71.67 | Bowdoin College | 6 | 2-4-0 | 84 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 81 | -20.41 | 86 | -24.46 | 67 | 64.75 | Auburn | 4 | 1-3-0 | 87 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Southern Indep |
| 82 | -21.08 | 87 | -24.79 | 99 | 77.30 | Bates College | 5 | 1-2-2 | 86 | 5 | 1-2-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 92 | -29.17 | 89 | -26.76 | 86 | 69.61 | Lehigh | 9 | 2-7-0 | 88 | 13 | 6-7-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 87 | -24.10 | 90 | -27.46 | 90 | 73.31 | Massachusetts | 8 | 2-6-0 | 90 | 10 | 3-7-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 96 | -35.51 | 92 | -29.44 | 77 | 67.12 | Georgetown | 8 | 1-7-0 | 92 | 9 | 2-7-0 | Southern Indep |
| 99 | -37.11 | 94 | -31.29 | 92 | 73.86 | Baylor | 7 | 1-6-0 | 96 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Western Indep |
| 100 | -37.72 | 97 | -34.12 | 82 | 68.17 | California PA | 3 | 0-3-0 | 97 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 93 | -30.29 | 99 | -34.26 | 103 | 81.64 | New Hampshire | 7 | 1-4-2 | 102 | 8 | 2-4-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 101 | -38.41 | 102 | -36.82 | 81 | 68.00 | Georgia | 5 | 0-5-0 | 101 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Southern Indep |
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Soren Sorensen - Updated Sun Jan 25 01:28:41 2026