College Football 1909
Ranking of ALL Teams

Based on games played between 1909/9/25 and 1909/11/26
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 46.61 1 45.71 6 17.58 Yale 10 10-0-0 1 6 6-0-0 NoDivi 1 5 5-0-0 Northeast Indep
2 42.77 2 44.07 9 18.67 Michigan 7 6-1-0 2 3 3-0-0 NoDivi 1 1 1-0-0 Eastern Indep
4 31.18 3 38.85 28 27.08 Texas A&M 8 7-0-1 3 7 6-0-1 NoDivi 1 6 5-0-1 Western Indep
3 38.22 4 36.72 4 15.00 Harvard 9 8-1-0 5 4 3-1-0 NoDivi 2 4 3-1-0 Northeast Indep
5 31.16 5 36.54 17 22.90 Lafayette 8 7-0-1 4 5 4-0-1 NoDivi 3 4 3-0-1 Eastern Indep
7 30.37 6 31.74 25 25.70 Penn State 7 5-0-2 9 5 3-0-2 NoDivi 4 5 3-0-2 Eastern Indep
6 30.95 7 31.50 20 24.72 Pennsylvania 10 7-1-2 6 9 6-1-2 NoDivi 2 6 3-1-2 Eastern Indep
12 25.33 8 29.15 15 20.29 Princeton 9 6-2-1 7 7 5-2-0 NoDivi 8 2 1-1-0 Eastern Indep
9 29.89 9 29.09 18 23.12 Pittsburgh 9 6-2-1 18 5 3-1-1 NoDivi 5 5 3-1-1 Eastern Indep
25 13.82 10 27.56 44 39.90 Missouri 8 7-0-1 10 5 4-0-1 NoDivi 1 4 3-0-1 MVIAA
8 29.89 11 27.35 35 32.92 Minnesota 7 6-1-0 12 6 5-1-0 NoDivi 1 3 3-0-0 Western
10 26.62 12 25.86 48 44.50 Arkansas 7 7-0-0 11 3 3-0-0 NoDivi 2 1 1-0-0 Western Indep
11 26.41 13 25.24 1 10.83 Army 5 3-2-0 14 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 6 2 0-2-0 Northeast Indep
13 25.26 14 25.20 2 11.60 Brown 10 7-3-0 15 5 2-3-0 NoDivi 3 3 1-2-0 Northeast Indep
15 19.87 15 24.73 10 19.00 Texas Christian 8 5-2-1 8 6 3-2-1 NoDivi 3 6 3-2-1 Western Indep
17 17.47 16 23.36 14 19.67 Baylor 8 5-3-0 13 6 3-3-0 NoDivi 4 5 2-3-0 Western Indep
26 13.10 17 21.54 23 25.40 Haskell Indian Nation 5 3-2-0 17 5 3-2-0 NoDivi 6 4 2-2-0 Western Indep
14 21.13 18 21.42 26 26.12 Texas 8 4-3-1 16 8 4-3-1 NoDivi 5 6 3-3-0 Western Indep
16 19.19 19 20.52 32 30.33 Washington and Jefferson 10 8-1-1 26 4 2-1-1 NoDivi 6 3 2-1-0 Eastern Indep
20 15.61 20 19.99 45 41.50 Sewanee 7 6-1-0 19 6 5-1-0 NoDivi 1 4 4-0-0 Southern Indep
23 14.57 21 18.85 49 44.92 Kansas 9 8-1-0 20 6 5-1-0 NoDivi 3 3 2-1-0 MVIAA
39 5.98 22 18.78 39 36.33 Drake 8 7-1-0 21 3 2-1-0 NoDivi 2 2 1-1-0 MVIAA
18 17.31 23 17.40 37 33.85 Carlisle 12 8-3-1 24 10 6-3-1 NoDivi 7 5 2-2-1 Eastern Indep
29 11.28 24 16.33 7 18.17 Colgate 8 5-2-1 25 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 5 3 1-2-0 Northeast Indep
31 9.60 25 14.82 8 18.17 Lehigh 9 4-3-2 22 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 10 1 0-1-0 Eastern Indep
21 14.64 26 13.30 27 26.88 Villanova 5 3-2-0 27 4 2-2-0 NoDivi 13 2 0-2-0 Eastern Indep
22 14.62 27 12.69 58 53.43 Virginia Tech 7 6-1-0 23 7 6-1-0 NoDivi 1 5 5-0-0 Mid-Atlantic
19 16.52 28 12.43 29 27.83 Fordham 6 2-1-3 36 4 1-1-2 NoDivi 4 2 1-0-1 Northeast Indep
30 9.65 29 10.76 21 24.83 Southwestern (Texas) 3 1-2-0 28 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 9 2 0-2-0 Western Indep
35 7.79 30 10.28 24 25.50 Swarthmore College 3 1-2-0 31 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
36 7.71 31 9.48 46 41.60 Louisiana State 8 6-2-0 30 5 3-2-0 NoDivi 2 4 3-1-0 Southern Indep
24 14.39 32 9.35 50 45.64 University of Chicago 7 4-1-2 34 7 4-1-2 NoDivi 3 6 4-1-1 Western
37 7.59 33 9.25 42 39.50 Wisconsin 5 3-1-1 33 4 2-1-1 NoDivi 4 4 2-1-1 Western
28 11.57 34 9.10 65 58.21 Vanderbilt 10 7-3-0 29 7 6-1-0 NoDivi 3 5 4-1-0 Southern Indep
40 5.38 35 6.32 11 19.25 Dickinson College 5 1-3-1 44 4 0-3-1 NoDivi 11 4 0-3-1 Eastern Indep
42 4.39 36 6.09 31 28.83 Iowa 7 2-4-1 37 6 1-4-1 NoDivi 2 1 0-1-0 Western
50 1.23 37 5.87 47 44.50 Tulane 9 4-3-2 35 5 2-1-2 NoDivi 5 3 2-0-1 Southern Indep
51 1.17 38 5.34 13 19.62 West Virginia 9 4-3-2 41 5 0-3-2 NoDivi 9 5 0-3-2 Eastern Indep
43 3.87 39 5.32 30 28.40 Nebraska 8 3-3-2 40 5 1-3-1 NoDivi 6 1 0-1-0 MVIAA
27 11.63 40 5.26 5 15.38 Cornell 8 3-4-1 47 4 0-3-1 NoDivi 8 2 0-2-0 Northeast Indep
55 -0.88 41 5.18 3 12.00 Trinity University TX 3 0-3-0 38 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
54 -0.80 42 4.74 36 33.62 Bucknell 9 3-4-2 46 8 2-4-2 NoDivi 12 5 0-3-2 Eastern Indep
32 9.52 43 4.65 69 60.08 Virginia 8 7-1-0 32 6 5-1-0 NoDivi 2 3 3-0-0 Mid-Atlantic
45 2.42 44 3.64 34 32.92 Oklahoma 10 6-4-0 43 6 2-4-0 NoDivi 7 3 0-3-0 Western Indep
48 1.62 45 3.04 63 56.88 North Carolina State 7 6-1-0 39 4 3-1-0 NoDivi 4 2 1-1-0 Mid-Atlantic
41 4.97 46 3.01 61 56.21 Auburn 7 5-2-0 42 7 5-2-0 NoDivi 4 6 4-2-0 Southern Indep
33 9.30 47 2.24 12 19.58 Syracuse 10 4-5-1 55 6 0-5-1 NoDivi 7 3 0-2-1 Northeast Indep
57 -3.63 48 1.90 19 24.12 Iowa State 8 4-3-1 49 4 0-3-1 NoDivi 4 2 0-1-1 MVIAA
53 0.21 49 1.79 73 62.36 Alabama 8 5-1-2 45 8 5-1-2 NoDivi 6 6 3-1-2 Southern Indep
38 7.42 50 1.45 56 52.58 Illinois 7 5-2-0 51 6 4-2-0 NoDivi 5 4 3-1-0 Western
49 1.36 51 0.39 60 55.83 Kentucky 3 2-1-0 48 3 2-1-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
46 2.04 52 -0.62 88 76.50 Colorado 6 6-0-0 52 3 3-0-0 NoDivi 8 2 2-0-0 Western Indep
58 -4.97 53 -2.32 16 20.38 Washington MO 7 3-4-0 56 4 0-4-0 NoDivi 5 2 0-2-0 MVIAA
52 0.95 54 -3.37 78 64.56 Georgia Tech 9 7-2-0 54 8 6-2-0 NoDivi 7 5 3-2-0 Southern Indep
34 8.69 55 -4.09 38 35.12 Navy 8 4-3-1 50 5 1-3-1 NoDivi 7 2 1-1-0 Mid-Atlantic
44 3.70 56 -4.44 72 61.83 Denver 9 7-2-0 57 6 4-2-0 NoDivi 10 4 3-1-0 Western Indep
59 -6.28 57 -4.64 79 65.50 North Carolina 7 5-2-0 53 7 5-2-0 NoDivi 3 5 4-1-0 Mid-Atlantic
61 -7.55 58 -5.48 22 25.00 Gettysburg College 3 0-3-0 63 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
67 -11.29 59 -7.41 67 58.50 Samford 5 2-2-1 62 5 2-2-1 NoDivi 9 5 2-2-1 Southern Indep
60 -6.45 60 -8.10 54 51.70 Mississippi 9 4-3-2 58 6 2-3-1 NoDivi 8 5 1-3-1 Southern Indep
47 1.89 61 -9.32 53 51.40 Indiana 7 4-3-0 65 5 2-3-0 NoDivi 6 4 1-3-0 Western
56 -2.34 62 -10.71 33 31.00 George Washington 3 0-3-0 66 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
62 -7.83 63 -10.86 80 65.94 Clemson 9 6-3-0 60 8 5-3-0 NoDivi 8 4 3-1-0 Mid-Atlantic
63 -9.21 64 -11.20 71 61.00 Washington & Lee 7 4-3-0 61 6 3-3-0 NoDivi 6 5 2-3-0 Mid-Atlantic
68 -13.19 65 -12.34 51 46.00 Northwestern 5 1-3-1 68 4 1-3-0 NoDivi 7 4 1-3-0 Western
66 -11.27 66 -13.03 62 56.67 Georgetown 6 3-2-1 59 4 1-2-1 NoDivi 5 3 1-2-0 Mid-Atlantic
71 -15.90 67 -13.21 59 55.00 Virginia Military 3 1-2-0 64 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
64 -9.52 68 -15.16 77 64.00 Mississippi State 9 5-4-0 67 7 3-4-0 NoDivi 12 5 1-4-0 Southern Indep
65 -10.80 69 -15.63 83 73.42 Colorado College 7 5-2-0 71 6 4-2-0 NoDivi 11 4 2-2-0 Western Indep
69 -14.24 70 -16.32 74 63.07 Davidson 9 3-4-2 70 9 3-4-2 NoDivi 11 6 1-4-1 Mid-Atlantic
73 -20.24 71 -17.07 40 38.83 Washburn University 3 0-3-0 73 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
77 -23.48 72 -18.49 75 63.20 Richmond 10 3-5-2 69 5 2-3-0 NoDivi 9 4 1-3-0 Mid-Atlantic
74 -20.28 73 -19.25 70 60.50 Mercer 7 3-4-0 72 6 2-4-0 NoDivi 11 5 1-4-0 Southern Indep
72 -16.37 74 -19.45 43 39.67 Saint Louis 3 0-3-0 77 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
70 -15.17 75 -19.95 64 57.40 Georgia 7 1-4-2 76 7 1-4-2 NoDivi 10 4 1-3-0 Southern Indep
80 -26.16 76 -19.98 41 39.00 Southwestern (TN) 3 0-3-0 75 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
78 -24.15 77 -21.55 89 80.17 North Carolina Medical 3 2-1-0 74 3 2-1-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
76 -22.77 78 -25.59 52 48.12 Purdue 7 2-5-0 84 4 0-4-0 NoDivi 8 4 0-4-0 Western
75 -20.66 79 -25.81 55 52.58 Tennessee 9 1-6-2 79 7 0-6-1 NoDivi 13 5 0-4-1 Southern Indep
81 -26.80 80 -26.14 57 53.00 Gordon 3 0-3-0 78 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
79 -25.17 81 -26.61 76 63.88 Colorado School of Mines 6 3-3-0 82 4 1-3-0 NoDivi 12 4 1-3-0 Western Indep
83 -27.99 82 -26.66 81 68.50 Colorado State 3 1-2-0 83 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
86 -32.50 83 -29.71 68 59.00 Union (Tennessee) 3 0-3-0 85 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
84 -30.29 84 -30.48 84 75.00 Wake Forest 6 2-4-0 81 6 2-4-0 NoDivi 10 4 1-3-0 Mid-Atlantic
82 -27.00 85 -31.40 66 58.50 Hampden-Sydney College 3 0-3-0 86 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
85 -30.75 86 -33.59 86 76.33 Tennessee Chattanooga 7 2-3-2 80 5 1-2-2 NoDivi 14 4 0-2-2 Southern Indep
87 -33.13 87 -37.93 85 75.19 South Carolina 8 2-6-0 88 8 2-6-0 NoDivi 12 4 1-3-0 Mid-Atlantic
91 -46.74 88 -39.89 90 82.00 Camp Russell 3 1-2-0 90 3 1-2-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
90 -43.89 89 -40.73 87 76.42 Wyoming 8 3-5-0 91 6 1-5-0 NoDivi 13 3 0-3-0 Western Indep
89 -40.78 90 -45.13 82 72.00 Maryville College 3 0-3-0 89 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
88 -34.32 91 -46.06 91 83.38 Citadel 9 4-3-2 87 6 2-2-2 NoDivi 13 3 0-2-1 Mid-Atlantic
92 -55.08 92 -65.50 92 88.67 Charleston Southern 3 0-3-0 92 3 0-3-0 NoDivi 0 0 0-0-0 NoConf
Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams
Cincinnati 1 0-1-0
Kansas State 2 0-2-0
Louisiana Tech 1 0-1-0
Maryland 1 0-1-0
Massachusetts 1 0-1-0
Memphis 1 0-1-0
New Mexico 1 0-1-0
Notre Dame 2 2-0-0
Ohio State 2 1-1-0
Rutgers 2 0-2-0
Texas State 1 0-1-0
Utah 1 0-1-0
Washington State 1 0-1-0
Dartmouth 2 0-1-1
Holy Cross 2 0-1-1
Maine 1 0-1-0
Monmouth NJ 1 0-1-0
Rhode Island 1 0-1-0
South Dakota 2 0-1-1
William & Mary 2 1-1-0
Central Oklahoma 1 0-1-0
Emporia State 1 0-1-0
Henderson State 2 0-1-1
Indiana PA 1 0-1-0
Missouri Rolla 1 0-1-0
Northwest Oklahoma 1 0-1-0
Ouachita 1 0-1-0
Slippery Rock 1 0-1-0
West Virginia Wesleyan 1 0-1-0
Amherst College 2 0-2-0
Austin College 2 0-2-0
Bates College 2 0-2-0
Bethany WV 1 0-1-0
Bowdoin College 1 0-1-0
Carnegie Mellon 2 0-2-0
Case Western Reserve 1 0-1-0
Centre College 2 1-0-1
Coe College 2 0-2-0
Cornell College 2 0-2-0
Denison University 1 0-1-0
DePauw University 2 0-2-0
Franklin & Marshall 1 1-0-0
Gallaudet 1 0-1-0
Geneva 2 0-2-0
Grinnell College 2 0-2-0
Grove City College 1 0-1-0
Hamilton College 2 0-2-0
Hardin-Simmons 1 0-1-0
Hobart College 1 0-1-0
Illinois Wesleyan 1 0-0-1
John Hopkins 1 0-1-0
Birmingham Southern 1 0-1-0
Knox College 2 0-2-0
Lake Forest College 1 0-1-0
Lawrence University 2 0-2-0
Lebanon Valley College 2 0-2-0
Marietta College 2 0-2-0
Mount Union College 1 0-1-0
Oberlin College 1 0-1-0
Ohio Northern 1 0-1-0
Randolph Macon College 2 1-0-1
Rensselaer 1 0-1-0
Rochester 2 0-2-0
Rose-Hulman 2 0-2-0
Saint Lawrence 1 0-1-0
Simpson IA 1 0-1-0
Springfield College 1 0-1-0
Susquehanna 1 0-1-0
Trinity College CT 2 0-1-1
Tufts University 2 0-2-0
Ursinus College 2 0-1-1
Wabash College 1 1-0-0
Waynesburg College 2 0-2-0
Wesleyan University 1 0-1-0
Westminster PA 1 0-1-0
Williams College 2 1-1-0
Cumberland TN 1 0-1-0
Doane College 1 0-1-0
11th Cavalry 1 1-0-0
Athens 1 0-1-0
Boulder High 1 0-1-0
Castle Heights 1 0-1-0
Cheyenne High School 1 0-1-0
Colorado Alumni 1 0-1-0
Colorado Springs High 1 0-1-0
Des Moines 2 0-2-0
Drake Alumni 1 0-1-0
Drury 1 0-1-0
Epworth 1 0-1-0
Havana Athletic Club 1 1-0-0
Haverford 1 0-1-0
Jackson BR-New Orleans 1 0-1-0
James Milliken 2 0-2-0
Kingfisher 1 0-1-0
Laramie High 1 0-1-0
Longmont High 1 0-1-0
Loyola Marymount 1 0-1-0
Marquette 1 0-1-0
Maryland Agricultural 1 0-1-0
Maryland-Baltimore 1 0-1-0
Mooney 1 0-1-0
Mount Saint Mary's 1 0-1-0
New Orleans Gym Club 1 0-1-0
New York University 1 0-0-1
Niagara 1 0-1-0
Norman Park 1 0-1-0
Parris Island Marines 1 1-0-0
Port Royal 1 0-1-0
Porter Military 1 0-1-0
Roanoke 1 0-1-0
Saint John's (Maryland) 2 0-2-0
Saint Mary's (Texas) 1 0-1-0
Shurtleff 1 0-1-0
Steelton AC 1 0-1-0
Stevens Tech 1 0-1-0
Stroudsburg 1 0-1-0
Tennessee Doctor's 1 0-1-0
Transylvania 2 0-2-0
USS Franklin 1 0-1-0
Vanderbilt Alumni 1 1-0-0
Vermont 2 0-2-0
Virginia Boat Club 1 0-0-1
Washington (Maryland) 1 0-1-0
West End Amateurs 1 0-1-0
Western Reserve 1 0-1-0
Wichita State 1 0-1-0
Wyoming Seminary 1 0-1-0
Texas Poly 1 0-1-0
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