College Football Ratings
Based on 153 games between 56 teams
played between 9/17/1898 and 12/3/1898

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 0.74

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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  Harvard                    I-A   97.13   9   0   0  196   19   94.18    1   96.79    1   40.97    1   25.10    4   15.87    2   21.30    6  
   2  Princeton                  I-A   92.13   9   0   1  200    5   88.71    3   92.73    2   33.37    5   21.82    7   11.55    5   13.87   28  
   3  Pennsylvania               I-A   91.91  11   1   0  348   32   91.62    2   89.37    3   39.88    2   29.46    1   10.41    6   13.54   29  
   4  Yale                       I-A   89.02   7   2   0  130   34   86.81    4   88.65    4   31.93    7   18.58   12   13.35    3   21.27    7  
   5  Army                       I-A   86.29   3   2   1   90   51   84.53    6   85.71    5   29.04    8   21.85    6    7.19   10   22.54    5  
   6  Cornell                    I-A   85.20  10   2   0  296   29   86.33    5   81.89    8   36.28    3   26.35    3    9.93    7   14.03   26  
   7  Wesleyan                   I-A   80.80   7   3   0  215   54   80.46    9   79.31   10   28.55   10   20.21   10    8.34    8   12.45   32  
   8  Michigan                   I-A   80.52   5   0   0   75   21   76.97   12   82.34    7   24.13   12   17.64   13    6.49   11   13.33   30  
   9  Navy                       I-A   79.72   5   1   0   57   46   72.60   15   85.62    6   10.60   24    9.43   24    1.18   22    8.77   40  
  10  Carlisle                   I-A   79.70   6   4   0  203   99   79.20   11   78.45   11   26.34   11   22.62    5    3.73   17   15.94   21  
  11  Brown                      I-A   77.92   5   4   0  119   91   76.65   13   77.61   12   21.07   14   17.09   14    3.98   15   17.96   15  
  12  Chicago                    I-A   77.81   5   2   0  122   40   83.41    7   71.13   19   32.31    6   20.74    8   11.56    4   20.59    8  
  13  Penn St.                   I-A   77.69   6   3   0  169   73   74.18   14   79.74    9   13.80   19   13.65   18    0.15   32    3.14   47  
  14  Oberlin                    I-A   74.29   1   1   0   10    6   79.31   10   68.42   22   28.62    9   11.20   21   17.42    1   26.62    2  
  15  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   73.88   1   1   0   22   11   72.50   16   74.06   13   11.26   22    7.64   28    3.61   19    5.76   42  
  16  Buffalo                    I-A   73.83   1   1   0   36   32   72.46   17   73.99   14   17.70   15   19.79   11   -2.10   35   15.70   23  
  17  Dartmouth                  I-A   73.10   4   4   0  143   96   71.75   18   73.30   17   23.50   13   20.40    9    3.10   20   17.63   18  
  18  Notre Dame                 I-A   71.76   1   1   0    5   23   68.88   21   73.70   16    9.35   25    8.54   26    0.80   28   18.35   13  
  19  Wisconsin                  I-A   71.74   5   1   0  191    6   81.07    8   62.58   32   34.87    4   26.88    2    7.99    9    4.04   46  
  20  Virginia                   I-A   71.45   0   3   0    0   58   68.08   23   73.94   15    8.62   28    7.71   27    0.90   24   27.95    1  
  21  Amherst                    I-A   68.50   3   5   0   46  223   65.71   27   70.64   20   -1.67   38   12.02   19  -13.69   47   20.45    9  
  22  Dickinson                  I-A   68.22   6   2   0  132   86   63.55   30   72.48   18   -3.28   40    4.81   34   -8.09   43   -9.03   55  
  23  Lehigh                     I-A   67.62   2   5   1   44   96   65.56   28   69.07   21    4.03   34    3.85   40    0.18   30   10.53   36  
  24  Williams                   I-A   67.54   3   7   0   52  111   67.76   25   66.68   24   14.20   18    9.27   25    4.93   13   20.10   10  
  25  Illinois                   I-A   66.79   1   3   0   16   38   67.97   24   65.06   28   12.57   20    6.97   29    5.60   12   18.07   14  
  26  Lafayette                  I-A   65.28   2   8   0   23  191   61.90   32   68.38   23   -2.29   39    4.58   35   -6.87   41   14.51   25  
  27  Holy Cross                 I-A   64.18   1   2   0   12   31   64.91   29   63.14   31    9.01   26    5.39   30    3.62   18   15.34   24  
  28  Knox                       I-A   64.11   1   1   0   18   22   70.47   19   58.02   36   15.89   17   15.28   15    0.61   29   17.89   17  
  29  Minnesota                  I-A   62.66   1   2   0   27   46   69.80   20   56.08   42   12.46   21   11.61   20    0.85   25   18.79   11  
  30  Bucknell                   I-A   62.30   1   4   2   50   98   58.55   40   66.10   25   -4.89   45    1.45   45   -6.34   39    1.97   48  
  31  Bowdoin                    I-A   62.28   6   2   0  148   84   58.95   38   65.62   26    7.43   29   10.51   22   -3.08   36   -0.57   50  
  32  Syracuse                   I-A   61.56   0   2   1    0   58   59.63   35   63.46   30    4.70   32    5.07   32   -0.38   34   24.03    4  
  33  Purdue                     I-A   61.31   2   2   0   20   27   68.30   22   54.96   44   16.96   16   14.49   17    2.47   21   18.71   12  
  34  Trinity (CT)               I-A   60.72   2   5   2   35  136   59.52   36   61.92   33   -0.47   37    4.16   38   -4.63   37   10.75   35  
  35  M.I.T.                     I-A   60.17   3   1   1   42   16   60.03   34   60.33   34   -3.61   42   -4.44   55    0.83   26   -8.81   53  
  36  Northwestern               I-A   59.22   2   4   0   90  115   67.08   26   52.38   48    8.94   27   14.71   16   -5.76   38   13.11   31  
  37  Colgate                    I-A   59.21   0   2   0    5   34   62.80   31   55.92   43   10.74   23    9.93   23    0.81   27   25.24    3  
  38  Andover                    I-A   58.60   1   1   0    5    6   60.48   33   56.95   38    4.80   31    0.88   48    3.92   16    5.30   44  
  39  Swarthmore                 I-A   58.23   1   1   0   28   40   52.21   49   65.17   27  -15.65   50    4.94   33  -20.59   51   -9.65   56  
  40  Bloomsburg                 I-A   58.08   0   2   0    0   49   56.29   43   60.14   35  -12.97   47   -2.18   51  -10.79   45   11.53   34  
  41  Franklin & Marshall        I-A   57.87   3   4   1   60  142   52.34   48   64.24   29  -14.42   49   -2.63   54  -11.79   46   -4.17   52  
  42  Exeter                     I-A   57.34   1   2   0   20   35   58.16   41   56.80   39    4.11   33    3.95   39    0.16   31    9.11   38  
  43  Rutgers                    I-A   54.96   0   2   0    0   71   52.83   47   57.70   37  -19.21   51    4.26   37  -23.47   53   16.29   20  
  44  Worcester Tech             I-A   54.82   1   1   0   17   22   55.58   44   54.57   45   -4.53   44    2.11   44   -6.64   40   -2.03   51  
  45  Beloit                     I-A   50.98   2   5   1   44   95   58.84   39   44.91   52    3.47   35    2.47   42    1.00   23    9.85   37  
  46  Tufts                      I-A   50.16   1   9   0   39  150   54.28   46   47.22   51   -3.60   41    4.56   36   -8.16   44    7.50   41  
  47  Susquehanna                I-A   49.80   0   4   0    6  123   45.02   52   56.15   41  -23.64   52   -2.50   53  -21.14   52    5.61   43  
  48  Hamilton                   I-A   49.74   0   2   0    5   59   49.03   50   51.45   49   -9.10   46    5.15   31  -14.24   48   17.90   16  
  49  Dixon                      I-A   48.49   0   2   1    0  133   55.36   45   43.43   53  -28.57   54    1.07   46  -29.65   54   15.76   22  
  50  Haskell                    I-A   48.31   0   2   0    0   20   59.26   37   40.28   54    6.96   30    2.47   43    4.49   14   16.96   19  
  51  Boston College             I-A   46.35   0   3   0    5   18   56.70   42   38.93   55    0.29   36    0.55   49   -0.26   33    4.62   45  
  52  Colby                      I-A   45.95   0   3   0    5   82   40.93   54   53.07   46  -13.69   48    0.94   47  -14.63   49   11.98   33  
  53  Haverford                  I-A   45.83   0   2   0    0   35   41.18   53   52.47   47  -26.35   53   -9.94   56  -16.41   50   -8.85   54  
  54  New Hampshire              I-A   39.95   0   2   0    0   81   34.97   55   47.78   50  -38.59   56   -1.13   50  -37.47   56    1.91   49  
  55  Gettysburg                 I-A   39.68   0   4   0    0  167   29.16   56   56.57   40  -32.76   55   -2.33   52  -30.43   55    8.99   39  
  56  Wisconsin-Whitewater       I-A   37.33   0   3   0    0   55   45.15   51   32.62   56   -4.40   43    3.33   41   -7.72   42   13.94   27