College Football 1897
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1897/9/18 and 1897/11/25
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank Strength 1 26876 Pennsylvania 15 15 - 0 - 0 25 6408 2 26315 Princeton 11 10 - 1 - 0 19 7155 3 23243 Harvard 12 10 - 1 - 1 31 5656 4 22694 Yale 11 9 - 0 - 2 34 5543 5 20997 Army 8 6 - 1 - 1 26 6314 6 20782 Navy 8 7 - 1 - 0 32 5613 7 19392 Lafayette 12 9 - 2 - 1 30 5687 8 18144 Wisconsin Alumni 1 1 - 0 - 0 47 2906 9 17456 Cornell 9 5 - 3 - 1 21 6972 10 17237 Brown 11 7 - 4 - 0 20 7052 11 15636 Dartmouth 7 4 - 3 - 0 24 6608 12 14434 Washington and Jefferson 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 13438 13 14131 Haverford 1 1 - 0 - 0 51 2768 14 13685 Virginia 3 1 - 2 - 0 14 8865 15 13244 Elizabeth AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 3 13157 16 11781 Carlisle 6 2 - 4 - 0 16 7605 17 11301 Chicago Athletic Club 1 0 - 1 - 0 5 11347 18 11128 Rutgers 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 13157 19 11066 Colby College 2 1 - 0 - 1 74 -520 20 11016 Dickinson College 5 3 - 2 - 0 44 3812 21 10640 Wesleyan University 13 6 - 7 - 0 29 5838 22 10437 Penn State 9 3 - 6 - 0 17 7528 23 10137 Bucknell 7 3 - 3 - 1 35 5461 24 9960 Colgate 2 1 - 1 - 0 41 4652 25 9342 Boston University 2 1 - 1 - 0 37 5351 26 9338 Lehigh 10 3 - 7 - 0 18 7520 27 9204 Newtowne AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 4 11621 28 9020 Andover 2 1 - 1 - 0 36 5351 29 8716 Bates College 1 1 - 0 - 0 73 -520 30 8655 Exeter 2 1 - 1 - 0 39 4951 31 8624 Maine 1 1 - 0 - 0 79 -2332 32 8555 Stevens Tech 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 10498 33 8451 Princeton B 1 0 - 1 - 0 7 10391 34 8194 White Squadron 1 0 - 1 - 0 9 10391 35 7491 Pennsylvania Reserves 3 0 - 1 - 2 27 6076 36 7292 Iowa 1 1 - 0 - 0 77 -1557 37 5902 Maryland-Baltimore 1 0 - 1 - 0 8 10391 38 5813 Wisconsin 10 9 - 1 - 0 81 -2788 39 5756 Newton AC 4 0 - 4 - 0 10 9851 40 5537 Swarthmore College 1 0 - 0 - 1 50 2768 41 5537 Franklin & Marshall 10 2 - 6 - 2 33 5604 42 5160 Trinity College CT 6 2 - 4 - 0 42 4302 43 5068 Wyoming Seminary 1 0 - 1 - 0 12 9696 44 4688 University of Chicago 12 11 - 1 - 0 82 -3202 45 4170 Tufts University 13 6 - 7 - 0 53 2732 46 4112 Temperance AC 1 0 - 1 - 0 11 9696 47 3951 Syracuse 1 0 - 1 - 0 15 8728 48 3175 Gettysburg College 2 0 - 2 - 0 13 9328 49 1155 Williams College 8 0 - 7 - 1 22 6843 50 522 Amherst College 10 2 - 6 - 2 45 3520 51 360 Bloomsburg University 3 0 - 3 - 0 23 6661 52 0 Ohio Wesleyan 1 0 - 0 - 1 66 0 53 0 Purdue Alumni 1 0 - 0 - 1 67 0 54 -814 Illinois 8 6 - 2 - 0 84 -4197 55 -833 Michigan 8 6 - 1 - 1 85 -5560 56 -1040 Bowdoin College 7 1 - 5 - 1 46 3295 57 -1048 Cincinnati 1 0 - 1 - 0 28 5890 58 -3114 Northwestern 7 4 - 3 - 0 80 -2673 59 -4665 MIT 4 1 - 3 - 0 63 827 60 -4922 Williamsport 1 0 - 1 - 0 38 5068 61 -5652 New York University 1 0 - 1 - 0 40 4669 62 -5767 Lancaster Crescents 1 0 - 1 - 0 52 2768 63 -6504 Oberlin College 2 1 - 1 - 0 83 -3503 64 -6581 Villanova 2 0 - 2 - 0 43 4138 65 -6693 Holy Cross 2 0 - 1 - 1 76 -1035 66 -7395 Massachusetts 3 0 - 3 - 0 54 2720 67 -7726 Madison High 2 0 - 2 - 0 49 2906 68 -8056 Platteville 1 0 - 1 - 0 48 2906 69 -8110 Iowa State 1 1 - 0 - 0 91 -8352 70 -8805 Hyde Park High 2 0 - 2 - 0 59 2344 71 -8897 Boston College 1 0 - 1 - 0 60 2085 72 -9242 Notre Dame 1 0 - 1 - 0 55 2344 73 -9265 Englewood High 1 0 - 1 - 0 56 2344 74 -9496 Armour Institute 1 0 - 1 - 0 58 2344 75 -9784 Monmouth NJ 1 0 - 1 - 0 57 2344 76 -10778 Beloit College 3 0 - 3 - 0 62 1231 77 -11727 Lake Forest College 3 0 - 3 - 0 61 1614 78 -11823 New Hampshire 2 0 - 2 - 0 64 782 79 -12768 Rush Medical 2 0 - 2 - 0 65 674 80 -13182 Purdue 9 5 - 3 - 1 90 -8058 81 -14138 Eureka College 2 0 - 2 - 0 69 -407 82 -14304 Physicians & Surgeons 2 0 - 2 - 0 75 -982 83 -15018 Eastern Michigan 1 0 - 1 - 0 70 -416 84 -15482 Wittenberg 1 0 - 1 - 0 71 -416 85 -15648 Ohio State 1 0 - 1 - 0 72 -416 86 -16135 Knox College 1 0 - 1 - 0 68 -407 87 -16704 Minnesota 8 4 - 4 - 0 96 -8645 88 -17368 Northwestern Alumni 1 0 - 1 - 0 78 -1557 89 -25328 Indiana 1 0 - 1 - 0 88 -6591 90 -25344 Missouri 1 0 - 1 - 0 89 -6591 91 -25774 DePauw University 1 0 - 1 - 0 87 -6591 92 -27628 Illinois State 1 0 - 1 - 0 86 -6591 93 -29034 Grinnell College 1 0 - 1 - 0 93 -8352 94 -30739 Minneapolis South High 1 0 - 1 - 0 94 -8352 95 -31023 Macalester College 1 0 - 1 - 0 95 -8352 96 -31219 Carleton College 1 0 - 1 - 0 92 -8352