College Football Ratings
Based on 220 games between 79 teams
played between 9/22/1899 and 12/9/1899

Data courtesy of James Howell

True Ratings | Normalized Ratings

Homefield Advantage: 1.73

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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   90.27  10   0   1  210   10   89.92    1   89.91    2   38.10    2   23.04    8   15.06    1   19.92   20  
   2  Princeton                  I-A   88.94  11   1   0  157   21   86.76    4   90.46    1   34.33    7   19.88   12   14.45    2   22.99    8  
   3  Buffalo                    I-A   88.69   2   0   0   46    0   88.34    3   88.34    4   34.45    6   24.82    3    9.63    8   11.45   45  
   4  Chicago                    I-A   88.16  10   0   2  366   28   88.36    2   87.28    5   39.73    1   30.25    1    9.48   10   11.57   44  
   5  Lafayette                  I-A   85.83   9   1   0  190   23   82.75   11   88.38    3   33.11    9   22.83    9   10.28    7   16.41   28  
   6  Carlisle                   I-A   85.70   7   2   0  277   46   85.20    6   85.58    6   37.31    3   29.73    2    7.58   13   11.64   43  
   7  Yale                       I-A   84.49   7   2   1  191   16   85.96    5   82.46    9   34.76    4   22.12   10   12.64    4   17.26   26  
   8  Pennsylvania               I-A   84.37   8   3   2  268   81   83.71    8   84.45    8   34.75    5   23.42    6   11.33    5   20.37   16  
   9  Cornell                    I-A   84.12   6   3   0   92   52   83.01   10   84.66    7   27.57   12   16.85   14   10.73    6   23.13    7  
  10  Wisconsin                  I-A   81.67   7   2   0  236   28   83.32    9   79.54   11   29.80   10   23.36    7    6.44   16    6.69   56  
  11  Iowa                       I-A   81.49   7   0   1  206    5   83.81    7   78.72   13   33.64    8   24.68    4    8.97   12    8.52   52  
  12  Columbia                   I-A   80.62   7   3   0  148   85   80.42   13   80.32   10   19.97   19   15.15   16    4.82   22   13.67   35  
  13  Brown                      I-A   80.32   5   3   1  115   57   80.62   12   79.53   12   27.69   11   18.14   13    9.55    9   21.25   12  
  14  Michigan                   I-A   79.02   4   2   0   94   37   79.80   14   77.79   15   22.10   16   15.25   15    6.85   15   12.60   39  
  15  Wesleyan                   I-A   78.29   8   2   0  207   53   77.44   15   78.69   14   25.49   13   20.52   11    4.97   21   10.09   47  
  16  Navy                       I-A   76.32   5   3   0   94   27   76.40   17   75.84   19   23.35   15   14.16   17    9.19   11   14.97   31  
  17  Williams                   I-A   75.62   8   4   0  134   83   74.02   18   76.85   17   18.14   20   13.74   19    4.39   24   13.89   33  
  18  Bucknell                   I-A   75.56   3   3   0   65   89   73.54   21   77.23   16   14.21   26   12.81   22    1.40   34   18.21   24  
  19  Washington & Jefferson     I-A   75.45   0   1   1    0    6   76.50   16   74.03   23   21.73   17    8.06   37   13.67    3   24.73    3  
  20  Army                       I-A   74.74   4   5   0   57  100   74.00   19   75.10   20   17.63   21   13.98   18    3.64   27   22.40    9  
  21  Troy Laureates             I-A   74.45   1   1   0   11   16   71.77   25   76.85   17   15.64   23    9.89   28    5.74   18   18.14   25  
  22  Penn St.                   I-A   73.82   3   5   1   61  112   73.86   20   73.43   24   15.13   24   13.46   21    1.67   32   20.80   15  
  23  Notre Dame                 I-A   73.47   3   2   1   83   45   73.33   22   73.26   26    9.87   31    9.27   31    0.60   38    3.53   61  
  24  Oberlin                    I-A   73.19   1   2   0   12  139   71.15   26   74.93   21  -20.47   65    6.57   41  -27.04   72   21.87   11  
  25  Boston College             I-A   72.35   2   1   0   41   18   72.98   23   71.40   28   16.93   22   11.39   25    5.54   19    9.26   48  
  26  Hamilton                   I-A   71.69   1   2   0   18   50   69.79   30   73.33   25    9.64   34    8.72   33    0.91   36   20.30   17  
  27  Virginia                   I-A   71.34   1   2   0   16   71   70.44   28   71.94   27    3.89   41   11.97   23   -8.08   53   22.22   10  
  28  Swarthmore                 I-A   70.80   1   1   0   12   21   67.03   39   74.47   22   14.79   25   10.84   26    3.96   26   19.29   22  
  29  Beloit                     I-A   70.65   5   2   2  136   82   70.04   29   70.97   30    2.09   43    3.35   59   -1.26   41   -3.91   70  
  30  Dartmouth                  I-A   70.56   2   7   0   70   95   72.85   24   68.07   33   20.41   18   13.49   20    6.92   14   23.19    6  
  31  Andover                    I-A   70.20   1   1   0   10   10   69.16   31   70.97   29   12.51   30    8.13   35    4.38   25   12.51   40  
  32  Northwestern               I-A   69.81   4   4   0   67  148   68.73   33   70.64   31   -3.60   54    6.28   46   -9.88   56    6.53   57  
  33  Exeter                     I-A   68.81   1   1   0   39   16   70.87   27   66.58   38   25.15   14   23.90    5    1.25   35   13.65   36  
  34  Indiana                    I-A   68.12   4   2   0   82   33   67.86   35   68.16   32   -4.96   56    0.12   64   -5.09   48  -13.13   75  
  35  Syracuse                   I-A   67.73   2   4   0   34   63   67.61   36   67.64   34    8.69   35    6.46   43    2.23   28   13.52   37  
  36  Kalamazoo                  I-A   67.37   1   1   0   30   30   67.20   37   67.34   36    0.74   48    8.72   34   -7.98   52    0.74   68  
  37  Minnesota                  I-A   67.35   1   3   2   21   69   68.64   34   65.88   40    7.73   37    5.95   50    1.78   30   15.73   30  
  38  Lehigh                     I-A   67.20   2   8   0   60  134   67.09   38   67.09   37    9.82   32    8.09   36    1.73   31   17.22   27  
  39  Grinnell                   I-A   66.55   5   2   1   71   32   69.13   32   63.88   46   12.77   28    7.28   38    5.49   20    7.89   53  
  40  Knox                       I-A   66.44   3   3   1   81   91   66.41   40   66.27   39    1.16   46    5.98   49   -4.82   46    2.59   63  
  41  Gettysburg                 I-A   66.10   1   2   0   11   66   64.43   48   67.62   35    0.97   47    6.55   42   -5.58   49   19.31   21  
  42  North Carolina             I-A   65.46   0   2   0    0   42   65.11   45   65.63   42    7.84   36   11.82   24   -3.98   44   28.84    1  
  43  Purdue                     I-A   65.27   2   4   1   60  112   64.56   47   65.82   41  -11.44   61   -2.10   69   -9.34   55   -4.01   71  
  44  Holy Cross                 I-A   64.92   4   5   0  123   81   65.07   46   64.61   44    9.67   33   10.61   27   -0.94   40    5.00   59  
  45  Tufts                      I-A   64.78   5   4   0   68   83   64.31   49   65.09   43    6.89   38    5.01   54    1.88   29    8.56   51  
  46  Union (NY)                 I-A   64.71   0   3   0    5   74   65.36   44   63.92   45   -1.80   51    6.40   44   -8.19   54   21.20   13  
  47  Illinois                   I-A   64.70   1   5   0    5   96   65.91   41   63.37   48   -3.45   53    1.33   61   -4.78   45   11.72   42  
  48  Trinity (CT)               I-A   62.69   3   5   1   61  161   61.59   51   63.71   47   -3.97   55    6.16   47  -10.13   57    7.14   55  
  49  Dickinson                  I-A   61.97   4   6   1  132  108   63.31   50   60.56   51    5.48   40    6.09   48   -0.61   39    3.30   62  
  50  Amherst                    I-A   61.44   4   7   1   72  193   60.18   53   62.65   49   -1.33   49    4.25   58   -5.58   50    8.75   49  
  51  Northern Iowa              I-A   61.28   0   1   1    0   22   65.71   43   57.08   54   12.62   29    6.71   39    5.91   17   23.62    4  
  52  Iowa St.                   I-A   60.37   2   4   1   51   32   65.74   42   55.39   58   13.60   27    9.15   32    4.45   23   10.89   46  
  53  Lawrence                   I-A   59.47   0   2   0    0   69   59.29   55   59.61   53  -18.55   64    2.59   60  -21.14   67   15.95   29  
  54  Massachusetts              I-A   59.42   5   3   0   90   60   58.09   57   60.74   50   -6.09   58   -2.35   70   -3.74   43   -9.84   74  
  55  Haverford                  I-A   58.61   0   1   1    6   11   60.84   52   56.44   56   -1.75   50   -2.37   71    0.62   37    0.75   67  
  56  Rutgers                    I-A   58.59   0   3   0    0   93   57.55   59   59.62   52  -10.03   60    5.61   52  -15.64   62   20.97   14  
  57  Bowdoin                    I-A   56.12   1   5   0   27   90   57.71   58   54.61   59    1.75   44    6.68   40   -4.93   47   12.25   41  
  58  Lake Forest                I-A   55.26   0   5   0    6  148   53.73   64   56.89   55  -20.62   66   -1.22   67  -19.40   65    7.78   54  
  59  Georgetown                 I-A   55.01   0   2   0    0   17   60.06   54   50.45   68    5.91   39    4.29   57    1.62   33   14.41   32  
  60  William Penn               I-A   54.85   0   2   0    5   58   56.09   60   53.71   61   -3.30   52    9.73   29  -13.02   60   23.20    5  
  61  M.I.T.                     I-A   54.59   0   6   0   17  157   55.81   61   53.47   63   -9.57   59    5.87   51  -15.45   61   13.76   34  
  62  Susquehanna                I-A   54.34   0   3   0    6  117   55.02   62   53.75   60  -18.00   63    4.79   56  -22.79   68   19.00   23  
  63  Wisconsin-Whitewater       I-A   54.16   0   2   0    0   75   52.10   67   56.40   57  -35.41   76   -1.26   68  -34.15   76    2.09   64  
  64  NYU                        I-A   53.60   0   4   0    5  128   54.06   63   53.24   64  -22.12   67    0.91   62  -23.03   69    8.63   50  
  65  Vanderbilt                 I-A   52.20   1   1   0    6   20   50.99   69   53.58   62  -24.96   70   -5.09   75  -19.88   66  -17.96   76  
  66  Simpson                    I-A   50.71   0   2   0    0   23   58.61   56   44.01   76    1.68   45    4.97   55   -3.29   42   13.18   38  
  67  Vermont                    I-A   50.06   0   2   0    6   56   52.53   66   47.87   71  -23.21   69    0.66   63  -23.87   70    1.79   65  
  68  Bates                      I-A   49.99   0   3   0    6   73   51.47   68   48.73   70    2.54   42    9.59   30   -7.05   51   24.87    2  
  69  Nebraska                   I-A   49.76   0   3   0    0   75   52.91   65   46.97   73   -5.00   57    6.30   45  -11.30   59   20.00   19  
  70  Worcester Tech             I-A   47.52   0   2   0    5   47   46.30   70   49.00   69  -16.83   62   -0.76   66  -16.07   63    4.17   60  
  71  Williston                  I-A   45.03   0   2   0    0   37   43.35   72   47.06   72  -22.21   68   -4.66   73  -17.55   64   -3.71   69  
  72  Eureka                     I-A   45.01   0   2   0    0   69   39.43   74   51.70   66  -33.34   75   -4.82   74  -28.52   74    1.16   66  
  73  DePauw                     I-A   44.23   0   2   0    0   74   37.64   76   52.33   65  -45.20   78   -7.21   76  -37.99   78   -8.20   73  
  74  Springfield                I-A   42.83   0   2   0    0   51   40.05   73   46.16   74  -31.59   74   -3.74   72  -27.85   73   -6.09   72  
  75  Texas                      I-A   41.73   3   1   0   49    6   45.02   71   39.00   77  -30.96   73  -19.88   79  -11.09   58  -41.71   79  
  76  Lebanon Valley             I-A   40.09   0   1   0    0   36   35.29   77   45.99   75  -30.52   72   -0.61   65  -29.91   75    5.48   58  
  77  Franklin & Marshall        I-A   38.81   0   2   0    0   99   29.80   79   51.10   67  -29.38   71    5.36   53  -34.75   77   20.12   18  
  78  Texas A&M                  I-A   30.59   0   1   0    0    6   39.06   75   24.43   78  -36.96   77  -11.09   77  -25.88   71  -30.96   77  
  79  Tulane                     I-A   27.20   0   2   0    0   43   31.06   78   24.43   78  -52.46   79  -11.09   77  -41.38   79  -30.96   77