1896 NCAA Football Rankings

Rank  Team                       Record       Rank     H-Rank   V-Rank 
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  1   Yale                       13  - 1      0.935    0.944    0.922  
  2   Pennsylvania               14  - 1      0.930    0.949    0.867  
  3   Princeton                  10.5- 0.5    0.917    0.923    0.911  
  4   Lafayette                  11.5- 0.5    0.916    0.897    0.931  
  5   Michigan                    9  - 1      0.875    0.873    0.877  
  6   Chicago                    15.5- 2.5    0.866    0.898    0.773  
  7   Minnesota                   8  - 2      0.841    0.879    0.761  
  8   Dartmouth                   5.5- 2.5    0.820    0.859    0.780  
  9   Harvard                     7  - 4      0.811    0.821    0.781  
 10   Wisconsin                   7.5- 1.5    0.809    0.895    0.601  

 11   Bucknell                    5.5- 2.5    0.782    0.899    0.595  
 12   Northwestern                7  - 2      0.777    0.734    0.856  
 13   Boston A.C.                 2  - 1      0.765    0.748    0.778  
 14   Harvard Alumni              1  - 0      0.725    0.500    0.811  
 15   Cornell                     5.5- 3.5    0.718    0.825    0.465  
 16   Illinois                    4.5- 2.5    0.709    0.790    0.591  
 17   Trinity (Connecticut)       5.5- 3.5    0.688    0.757    0.580  
 18   Carlisle                    5  - 5      0.672    0.577    0.749  
 19   Purdue                      4.5- 2.5    0.667    0.657    0.682  
 20   Pennsylvania Reserves       1  - 1      0.662    0.500    0.725  

 21   Ripon                       1  - 0      0.645    0.724    0.500  
 22   Navy                        5  - 3      0.644    0.676    0.500  
 23   Brown                       4.5- 5.5    0.638    0.772    0.486  
 24   Williams                    6.5- 4.5    0.633    0.548    0.721  
 25   Army                        3.5- 2.5    0.632    0.662    0.500  
 26   Lake Forest                 3.5- 4.5    0.624    0.849    0.407  
 27   Bowdoin                     6  - 4      0.605    0.730    0.492  
 28   Laureate Boat Club          0.5- 0.5    0.586    0.500    0.629  
 29   Dickinson                   4  - 5      0.570    0.804    0.267  
 30   Wesleyan                    4.5- 5.5    0.555    0.855    0.345  

 31   Amherst                     3.5- 6.5    0.519    0.589    0.451  
 32   Penn State                  3  - 4      0.509    0.637    0.281  
 33   Franklin & Marshall         4  - 5      0.488    0.702    0.248  
 34   New Jersey A.C.             0  - 1      0.473    0.500    0.449  
      Elizabeth A.C.              0  - 1      0.473    0.500    0.449  
 36   Orange A.C.                 0  - 1      0.468    0.464    0.473  
 37   Lawrenceville               0  - 1      0.459    0.424    0.500  
 38   Beloit                      0.5- 1.5    0.457    0.278    0.617  
 39   Iowa                        0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
      Hahnemann Medical           0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  

      Chicago Alumni              0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
      Monmouth                    0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
      Eureka                      0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
      Wheaton High                0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
      Hyde Park High              0  - 1      0.454    0.500    0.416  
 46   Volunteer A.C.              0  - 1      0.453    0.500    0.414  
 47   Madison High                0  - 1      0.453    0.500    0.414  
 48   Minnesota Alumni            0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  
      Iowa State                  0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  
      Carleton                    0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  

 51   Wittenberg                  0  - 1      0.444    0.500    0.399  
      Grand Rapids High           0  - 1      0.444    0.500    0.399  
      Eastern Michigan            0  - 1      0.444    0.500    0.399  
 54   Virginia                    0  - 2      0.443    0.500    0.398  
 55   Lehigh                      2  - 5      0.441    0.714    0.201  
 56   Bennett Medical             0  - 1      0.434    0.500    0.384  
      Northwestern Academy        0  - 1      0.434    0.500    0.384  
      Evanston High               0  - 1      0.434    0.500    0.384  
 59   Bloomsburg                  0  - 2      0.427    0.439    0.416  
      Wyoming Seminary            0  - 2      0.427    0.439    0.416  

 61   Western Reserve             0  - 1      0.425    0.500    0.370  
 62   Kansas                      0  - 1      0.424    0.404    0.446  
 63   Colby                       0.5- 1.5    0.421    0.496    0.325  
 64   Susquehanna                 0  - 1      0.418    0.500    0.359  
      Ursinus                     0  - 1      0.418    0.500    0.359  
 66   Knox                        0  - 1      0.413    0.500    0.352  
 67   Worcester A.C.              0  - 1      0.410    0.347    0.500  
 68   Grinnell                    0  - 2      0.408    0.500    0.344  
 69   Minneapolis Central High    0  - 1      0.404    0.338    0.500  
      Minneapolis South High      0  - 1      0.404    0.338    0.500  

 71   New York University         0  - 1      0.402    0.500    0.337  
 72   Duquesne A.C.               0  - 1      0.400    0.333    0.500  
 73   West Virginia               0  - 3      0.397    0.414    0.382  
 74   Chicago A.C.                0  - 1      0.395    0.500    0.326  
 75   Maine                       0  - 1      0.394    0.500    0.325  
      Bates                       0  - 1      0.394    0.500    0.325  
 77   Maryland A.C.               0  - 1      0.389    0.500    0.318  
 78   Swarthmore                  0  - 1      0.385    0.500    0.313  
      Mount Airy Deaf School      0  - 1      0.385    0.500    0.313  
 80   Missouri                    0  - 1      0.382    0.355    0.413  

 81   Gettysburg                  1  - 3      0.382    0.666    0.206  
 82   Andover                     1  - 2      0.381    0.667    0.205  
 83   DePauw                      0  - 1      0.379    0.305    0.500  
 84   Newton A.C.                 0  - 2      0.379    0.500    0.305  
 85   White Squadron              0  - 1      0.378    0.500    0.303  
      St. John's (Maryland)       0  - 1      0.378    0.500    0.303  
 87   Union (New York)            0  - 1      0.374    0.500    0.298  
 88   Greer                       0  - 1      0.372    0.500    0.297  
 89   Haverford                   0.5- 1.5    0.368    0.374    0.359  
 90   Pittsburgh                  0  - 1      0.367    0.500    0.290  

 91   Armour                      0  - 2      0.366    0.500    0.288  
 92   Physicians & Surgeons       0  - 2      0.359    0.500    0.280  
 93   Cincinnati                  0  - 1      0.351    0.500    0.271  
 94   Oberlin                     0  - 3      0.348    0.500    0.266  
 95   Rush Medical                0  - 2      0.345    0.500    0.264  
 96   Troy Laureates              0  - 1      0.344    0.500    0.263  
 97   Syracuse                    0  - 2      0.344    0.321    0.370  
      Colgate                     0  - 2      0.344    0.321    0.370  
 99   York YMCA                   0  - 1      0.341    0.289    0.418  
100   Englewood High              0  - 3      0.340    0.500    0.258  

101   M.I.T.                      0.5- 1.5    0.332    0.272    0.387  
102   Notre Dame                  0  - 2      0.324    0.239    0.500  
103   Rutgers                     0  - 3      0.296    0.500    0.211  
104   Boston College              0  - 1      0.290    0.500    0.204  
105   Exeter                      0  - 1      0.286    0.200    0.500  
106   Tufts                       2.5- 6.5    0.264    0.273    0.252  
107   Worcester Tech              0  - 4      0.227    0.272    0.195