College Football Ratings
Based on 128 games between 46 teams
played between 9/22/1897 and 11/25/1897

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 2.41

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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  Pennsylvania               I-A   93.02  14   0   0  445   16   92.13    1   92.84    1   44.79    2   30.91    2   13.88    4   14.15   22  
   2  Harvard                    I-A   90.45   8   1   1  187   20   90.00    3   89.92    3   36.61    3   21.09    7   15.52    1   19.91    8  
   3  Yale                       I-A   89.56   7   0   2  144   29   87.75    4   90.42    2   32.79    5   18.78   10   14.01    3   20.02    7  
   4  Princeton                  I-A   89.29   8   1   0  274    6   90.04    2   87.60    4   48.12    1   33.06    1   15.06    2   18.34   13  
   5  Army                       I-A   86.05   5   1   1  176   37   84.70    5   86.56    5   35.90    4   27.66    3    8.24    8   16.04   18  
   6  Brown                      I-A   80.75   6   4   0  156  152   79.46    7   81.37    6   21.26    9   20.12    9    1.14   14   20.86    4  
   7  Cornell                    I-A   80.37   4   3   1  117   42   81.34    6   78.76    9   31.90    6   20.51    8   11.39    5   22.53    3  
   8  Lafayette                  I-A   79.71   7   2   1  166  113   78.93    9   79.84    8   19.93   11   17.41   11    2.52   12   14.63   21  
   9  Dartmouth                  I-A   78.07   3   3   0  140   77   78.11   10   77.44   10   31.16    7   27.60    4    3.55   10   20.66    5  
  10  Wisconsin                  I-A   77.38   5   0   0  125    8   76.80   11   77.38   11   18.34   14   15.31   13    3.04   11   -5.06   46  
  11  Carlisle                   I-A   77.28   3   4   0  118   86   79.27    8   74.80   12   28.72    8   23.33    6    5.39    9   24.15    2  
  12  Navy                       I-A   76.84   3   1   0   36   34   73.18   13   80.11    7   18.85   13   10.01   20    8.85    7   18.35   12  
  13  Colgate                    I-A   71.67   1   1   0   18    6   74.86   12   68.25   23   19.85   12   10.03   19    9.82    6   13.85   23  
  14  Wesleyan                   I-A   71.59   6   7   0  121  184   71.48   14   71.32   15   10.53   17   10.37   18    0.16   17   15.37   19  
  15  Boston University          I-A   71.45   1   1   0   20   50   70.24   16   72.31   13   -2.01   32   10.42   17  -12.43   40   12.99   25  
  16  Chicago                    I-A   70.54   5   1   0  178   59   70.22   17   70.50   16   21.16   10   24.32    5   -3.16   29    1.33   36  
  17  Virginia                   I-A   69.93   1   2   0   38   46   70.49   15   69.06   19   16.04   15   16.40   12   -0.37   20   18.71   10  
  18  Andover                    I-A   69.55   1   1   0   10   24   66.59   21   72.31   13    5.99   23    5.42   27    0.57   16   12.99   25  
  19  Exeter                     I-A   68.75   1   1   0    4   34   66.91   19   70.35   17    2.94   25    3.62   33   -0.69   22   17.94   14  
  20  Penn St.                   I-A   67.73   3   6   0   69  141   66.21   22   69.02   20   10.40   18   10.50   16   -0.10   18   18.40   11  
  21  Dickinson                  I-A   66.68   5   3   0  126   69   64.84   24   68.33   22    7.47   22    8.72   25   -1.25   23    0.35   37  
  22  Bucknell                   I-A   66.24   2   3   0   38   97   62.57   26   69.90   18    8.55   19   11.35   14   -2.80   28   20.35    6  
  23  Lehigh                     I-A   65.62   3   7   0   84  261   62.36   27   68.85   21   -1.15   30    9.43   23  -10.58   37   16.55   17  
  24  Tufts                      I-A   64.41   4   7   0   72  129   65.43   23   63.25   24    4.72   24    5.03   29   -0.30   19    9.90   31  
  25  Trinity (CT)               I-A   64.10   3   4   0   96   77   67.58   18   60.67   27    7.53   20    9.83   21   -2.30   27    4.82   32  
  26  Illinois                   I-A   63.63   4   2   0  120   45   66.90   20   60.40   28   11.72   16   10.91   15    0.81   15   -0.78   43  
  27  Michigan                   I-A   62.22   3   1   0   76   31   64.08   25   60.33   29    7.49   21    9.42   24   -1.93   25   -3.76   44  
  28  Haverford                  I-A   61.51   1   1   0   17   16   61.30   28   61.66   25    0.47   28    2.12   35   -1.64   24   -0.03   40  
  29  Northwestern               I-A   61.10   1   2   0   12   43   60.76   29   61.40   26    1.88   27    2.41   34   -0.53   21   12.21   27  
  30  Williams                   I-A   57.62   0   7   1    6  197   57.56   34   57.74   31   -4.20   35    5.13   28   -9.34   35   19.67    9  
  31  Bloomsburg                 I-A   57.57   0   4   0    0   56   57.70   33   57.51   32    2.90   26    1.25   37    1.65   13   16.90   16  
  32  Amherst                    I-A   57.45   2   6   1   34  182   58.28   30   56.71   33   -4.33   37    4.49   30   -8.82   34   12.12   28  
  33  Franklin & Marshall        I-A   55.89   1   6   1   44  193   56.93   36   54.99   34   -7.53   38    3.99   32  -11.52   39   11.10   30  
  34  Swarthmore                 I-A   55.13   0   1   1   10   26   55.59   39   54.82   35   -8.03   39   -1.38   42   -6.64   33   -0.03   40  
  35  Oberlin                    I-A   54.91   1   1   0   28   22   57.72   32   52.39   36   -1.96   31    4.15   31   -6.11   32   -4.96   45  
  36  Bowdoin                    I-A   53.92   0   3   0   14   62   57.30   35   50.91   38   -0.65   29    9.64   22  -10.29   36   15.35   20  
  37  Beloit                     I-A   53.77   0   3   0    6   56   56.10   38   51.73   37   -2.87   33    1.78   36   -4.66   30   13.79   24  
  38  Eureka                     I-A   50.87   0   2   0    0   32   56.57   37   46.01   41   -4.28   36    0.81   39   -5.09   31   11.72   29  
  39  M.I.T.                     I-A   50.83   0   2   0    6   14   58.21   31   44.63   43   -3.80   34   -1.56   43   -2.24   26    0.20   38  
  40  Massachusetts              I-A   48.38   0   3   0   14   64   51.47   40   45.83   42  -12.09   40    1.01   38  -13.10   41    4.58   33  
  41  Gettysburg                 I-A   48.38   0   2   0    0   89   40.56   44   58.14   30  -16.90   42    6.89   26  -23.80   43   27.60    1  
  42  Lake Forest                I-A   45.79   0   3   0    0  137   41.60   43   50.90   39  -28.59   44    0.23   41  -28.82   45   17.08   15  
  43  Purdue                     I-A   45.73   1   3   0   20   90   47.51   41   44.45   44  -17.40   43    0.37   40  -17.77   42    0.10   39  
  44  NYU                        I-A   41.71   0   2   0    0   74   36.07   45   48.91   40  -33.81   45   -6.44   46  -27.37   44    3.19   34  
  45  Minnesota                  I-A   38.92   0   3   0    0   59   43.33   42   35.57   46  -16.86   41   -5.55   44  -11.30   38    2.81   35  
  46  Villanova                  I-A   37.64   0   2   0    0   80   32.96   46   43.81   45  -40.03   46   -6.38   45  -33.64   46   -0.03   40