College Football Ratings
Based on 136 games between 50 teams
played between 9/26/1896 and 12/19/1896

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 2.52

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Rank  Team                       Div  Rating   W   L   T   PF   PA     PMV   Rk     NMV   Rk     Pow   Rk     Off   Rk     Def   Rk     Sch   Rk 
   1  Princeton                  I-A   94.29   9   0   1  253   12   94.73    1   92.28    1   36.10    1   23.96    1   12.14    4   12.00   23  
   2  Lafayette                  I-A   91.66   9   0   1  173   10   91.01    2   90.85    2   25.00    9   15.41   13    9.59    6    8.70   31  
   3  Pennsylvania               I-A   89.76  14   1   0  326   24   90.35    3   87.82    4   27.18    6   18.59    8    8.59    8    7.04   35  
   4  Yale                       I-A   88.56   9   1   0  168   38   87.44    4   88.37    3   29.47    3   19.31    6   10.16    5   16.47   15  
   5  Harvard                    I-A   86.36   6   2   0  103   24   86.53    5   84.98    5   28.49    5   16.25   11   12.24    3   18.62   11  
   6  Dartmouth                  I-A   79.67   3   2   1   80   78   79.01    8   79.41    6   15.69   17   17.04    9   -1.35   23   15.36   17  
   7  Navy                       I-A   78.21   3   2   0  119   42   79.13    6   76.46    8   20.17   12   19.15    7    1.02   18    4.77   39  
   8  Brown                      I-A   77.93   4   5   1  126  100   78.66    9   76.36    9   19.70   13   15.58   12    4.12   16   17.10   14  
   9  Carlisle                   I-A   77.70   3   5   0  118  102   79.03    7   75.57   11   22.67   10   19.73    5    2.94   17   20.67    9  
  10  Army                       I-A   77.54   2   2   1   49   45   76.62   11   77.63    7   17.93   14   13.28   16    4.65   14   17.13   13  
  11  West Virginia              I-A   76.86   0   3   0    0   58   77.26   10   75.67   10    5.67   26    9.59   24   -3.92   28   25.00    3  
  12  Cornell                    I-A   76.23   4   3   1  114   82   76.35   12   75.34   12   15.40   18   16.46   10   -1.06   21   11.40   26  
  13  Wisconsin                  I-A   74.18   5   1   1  138   30   76.15   13   71.60   17   29.10    4   20.43    4    8.67    7   13.67   22  
  14  Williams                   I-A   73.93   5   4   1   84   50   74.21   14   72.99   14   12.90   19    8.36   26    4.55   15    9.50   29  
  15  Wesleyan                   I-A   72.32   4   5   1   86  106   71.88   16   72.16   16    9.00   22   10.09   22   -1.08   22   11.00   27  
  16  Virginia                   I-A   71.51   0   2   0    0   68   67.97   23   74.64   13   -2.36   32   10.36   21  -12.73   44   31.64    1  
  17  Trinity (CT)               I-A   71.21   4   3   0   68   72   70.93   18   70.95   18    5.99   25    9.18   25   -3.19   25    6.56   37  
  18  Michigan                   I-A   70.53   5   1   0  144   11   72.31   15   68.29   21   29.74    2   22.43    3    7.31   10    7.58   34  
  19  Northwestern               I-A   69.80   3   1   2  116   40   71.21   17   67.94   22   27.13    7   22.45    2    4.68   13   14.46   18  
  20  Amherst                    I-A   69.10   3   6   1   62  128   67.78   24   69.99   20    4.98   27    6.78   30   -1.80   24   11.58   25  
  21  Bucknell                   I-A   67.70   3   2   1   34  100   62.58   27   72.83   15   -8.14   40    0.59   42   -8.73   35    2.86   41  
  22  Chicago                    I-A   67.61   6   2   1  127   82   68.11   22   66.72   24   16.66   15   11.12   18    5.54   12   11.66   24  
  23  Beloit                     I-A   66.98   0   1   1    6   12   70.30   20   63.47   29   25.11    8    9.67   23   15.44    1   28.11    2  
  24  Bowdoin                    I-A   66.01   3   2   2   42   56   64.25   25   67.51   23   -2.06   31    1.29   40   -3.35   26   -0.06   43  
  25  Minnesota                  I-A   65.88   2   2   0   30   12   70.64   19   61.16   32   20.73   11    6.40   31   14.33    2   16.23   16  
  26  Penn St.                   I-A   65.51   2   4   0   53  124   61.01   29   70.03   19   -2.95   33    7.22   28  -10.17   37    8.88   30  
  27  Colgate                    I-A   64.06   0   2   0    0   10   69.40   21   58.92   34    9.15   21    1.75   39    7.41    9   14.15   19  
  28  Lehigh                     I-A   63.30   1   5   0   54  130   62.10   28   64.32   26    6.17   24   10.39   20   -4.22   29   18.84   10  
  29  Illinois                   I-A   61.08   3   2   1   78   32   63.56   26   58.61   36   16.33   16   10.63   19    5.71   11    8.67   32  
  30  Dickinson                  I-A   61.02   1   5   0   40   90   57.93   33   64.18   27   -1.74   30    4.20   36   -5.94   31    6.59   36  
  31  Colby                      I-A   60.20   0   1   1    6   18   59.09   31   61.28   31   -8.06   39   -0.35   44   -7.71   33   -2.06   47  
  32  Franklin & Marshall        I-A   59.12   1   4   2   28  125   53.34   42   65.51   25  -14.64   46   -2.28   46  -12.37   43   -0.79   44  
  33  Bloomsburg                 I-A   58.92   0   2   0    6   35   54.92   40   63.21   30   -6.07   37    3.43   37   -9.50   36    8.43   33  
  34  Andover                    I-A   58.31   1   2   0   12   42   56.59   37   60.12   33   -9.26   42    1.76   38  -11.01   40    0.74   42  
  35  Syracuse                   I-A   58.27   0   2   0    6   46   57.65   34   58.92   34   -5.85   36    4.75   35  -10.59   39   14.15   19  
  36  Worcester Tech             I-A   57.23   0   4   0    4   88   57.61   35   56.93   39  -11.08   43    0.51   43  -11.60   42    9.92   28  
  37  Purdue                     I-A   56.97   1   2   1   32   56   59.52   30   54.61   42   11.18   20   11.98   17   -0.79   20   17.18   12  
  38  M.I.T.                     I-A   56.68   0   1   1    6   16   58.91   32   54.63   41   -6.31   38   -2.56   48   -3.75   27   -1.31   46  
  39  Gettysburg                 I-A   56.37   1   3   0   10   96   49.87   45   63.86   28  -22.77   49   -4.08   49  -18.69   47   -1.27   45  
  40  Lake Forest                I-A   55.94   0   3   1    0  138   56.48   38   55.54   40  -11.54   44    6.81   29  -18.35   46   22.96    5  
  41  Tufts                      I-A   55.37   0   6   1   14  105   56.81   36   54.13   43   -8.61   41   -0.68   45   -7.93   34    4.39   40  
  42  Haverford                  I-A   53.21   0   1   1    4   36   48.55   46   58.61   37  -24.19   50   -7.15   50  -17.04   45   -8.19   50  
  43  Grinnell                   I-A   52.42   0   2   0    6   66   55.28   39   49.99   45   -5.09   35   14.50   14  -19.59   48   24.91    4  
  44  Oberlin                    I-A   50.27   0   3   0    6   62   52.49   44   48.52   46    2.25   28    8.19   27   -5.94   32   20.91    7  
  45  Notre Dame                 I-A   48.52   0   2   0   22   46   54.18   41   43.87   47    1.92   29   13.37   15  -11.45   41   13.92   21  
  46  Missouri                   I-A   47.52   1   1   0   10   10   52.55   43   43.43   48    6.33   23    5.71   32    0.63   19    6.33   38  
  47  Rutgers                    I-A   45.00   0   3   0    6  128   35.78   49   57.40   38  -19.85   48    4.98   34  -24.83   50   20.81    8  
  48  Armour                     I-A   42.09   0   2   0    0   78   34.60   50   52.13   44  -17.11   47    5.11   33  -22.22   49   21.89    6  
  49  Texas                      I-A   33.69   1   1   1   22   14   41.54   47   28.25   49   -3.67   34    0.63   41   -4.29   30   -6.33   49  
  50  Dallas                     I-A   27.36   0   1   1    4   22   35.78   48   22.02   50  -12.67   45   -2.29   47  -10.37   38   -3.67   48