1897 NCAA Football Rankings

Rank  Team                       Record       Rank     H-Rank   V-Rank 
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  1   Pennsylvania               15  - 0      0.944    0.964    0.869  
  2   Princeton                  10  - 1      0.912    0.944    0.851  
  3   Chicago                    11  - 1      0.906    0.926    0.856  
  4   Harvard                    10.5- 1.5    0.905    0.946    0.467  
  5   Yale                       10  - 1      0.892    0.904    0.867  
  6   Lafayette                   9.5- 2.5    0.871    0.874    0.868  
  7   Wisconsin                   9  - 1      0.870    0.821    0.912  
  8   Army                        6.5- 1.5    0.863    0.925    0.666  
  9   Brown                       7  - 4      0.828    0.900    0.597  
 10   Navy                        7  - 1      0.828    0.878    0.500  

 11   Michigan                    6.5- 1.5    0.827    0.865    0.671  
 12   Cornell                     5.5- 3.5    0.793    0.843    0.699  
 13   Carlisle                    6  - 4      0.792    0.814    0.776  
 14   Illinois                    6  - 2      0.745    0.803    0.552  
 15   Dartmouth                   4  - 3      0.738    0.820    0.630  
 16   Wisconsin Alumni            1  - 0      0.725    0.500    0.811  
 17   Iowa                        1  - 0      0.714    0.500    0.799  
 18   Wesleyan                    6  - 7      0.704    0.857    0.564  
 19   Iowa State                  1  - 0      0.701    0.500    0.786  
 20   Northwestern                5  - 3      0.700    0.747    0.567  

 21   Dickinson                   8  - 4      0.672    0.706    0.641  
 22   Oberlin                     1  - 1      0.656    0.500    0.714  
 23   Purdue                      5.5- 3.5    0.634    0.710    0.457  
 24   Boston University           1  - 1      0.624    0.500    0.680  
 25   Ohio Wesleyan               0.5- 0.5    0.622    0.500    0.683  
 26   Exeter                      1  - 1      0.594    0.500    0.634  
 27   Purdue Alumni               0.5- 0.5    0.570    0.500    0.605  
 28   Mount St. Mary's            0.5- 0.5    0.569    0.500    0.603  
 29   Minnesota                   4  - 4      0.563    0.670    0.291  
 30   York YMCA                   0.5- 0.5    0.558    0.547    0.569  

 31   Haverford                   1  - 1      0.540    0.291    0.753  
 32   Tufts                       6  - 7      0.539    0.493    0.599  
 33   Bucknell                    3.5- 3.5    0.535    0.513    0.578  
 34   Penn State                  3  - 6      0.534    0.701    0.362  
 35   Colgate                     1  - 1      0.532    0.500    0.550  
 36   Andover                     1  - 1      0.524    0.277    0.748  
 37   Virginia                    1  - 2      0.523    0.653    0.380  
 38   Lehigh                      3  - 7      0.515    0.693    0.216  
 39   Washington & Jefferson      0  - 1      0.483    0.500    0.467  
 40   Pennsylvania Reserves       1  - 2      0.477    0.500    0.470  

 41   Connecticut-Waterbury       0.5- 0.5    0.474    0.462    0.500  
 42   Newtowne A.C.               0  - 1      0.474    0.500    0.451  
 43   Elizabeth A.C.              0  - 1      0.474    0.500    0.450  
      Rutgers                     0  - 1      0.474    0.500    0.450  
 45   Notre Dame                  0  - 1      0.465    0.500    0.435  
      Armour                      0  - 1      0.465    0.500    0.435  
      Monmouth                    0  - 1      0.465    0.500    0.435  
      Englewood High              0  - 1      0.465    0.500    0.435  
 49   Stevens                     0  - 1      0.465    0.500    0.435  
 50   Trinity (Connecticut)       4.5- 4.5    0.460    0.503    0.423  

 51   Chicago A.C.                0  - 1      0.456    0.500    0.419  
 52   White Squadron              0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  
      Maryland-Baltimore          0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  
      Princeton A.C.              0  - 1      0.446    0.500    0.402  
 55   Temperance A.C.             0  - 1      0.444    0.500    0.399  
 56   Holy Cross                  0.5- 0.5    0.442    0.500    0.414  
 57   Wyoming Seminary            0  - 1      0.442    0.396    0.500  
 58   Wittenberg                  0  - 1      0.441    0.500    0.394  
      Ohio State                  0  - 1      0.441    0.500    0.394  
      Eastern Michigan            0  - 1      0.441    0.500    0.394  

 61   Hyde Park High              0  - 2      0.435    0.500    0.385  
 62   Syracuse                    0  - 1      0.432    0.500    0.380  
 63   Wisconsin-Platteville       0  - 1      0.424    0.500    0.368  
 64   Pennsylvania College        0  - 1      0.421    0.500    0.364  
 65   Knox                        0  - 1      0.418    0.500    0.359  
 66   Ohio Medical                0  - 1      0.408    0.345    0.500  
      Cincinnati                  0  - 1      0.408    0.345    0.500  
 68   Northwestern Alumni         0  - 1      0.399    0.500    0.332  
      Evanston High               0  - 1      0.399    0.500    0.332  
 70   Missouri                    0  - 1      0.387    0.500    0.316  

      Indiana                     0  - 1      0.387    0.500    0.316  
      Illinois State              0  - 1      0.387    0.500    0.316  
 73   Susquehanna                 0  - 1      0.386    0.500    0.315  
 74   Grinnell                    0  - 1      0.376    0.500    0.301  
      Carleton                    0  - 1      0.376    0.500    0.301  
      Macalester                  0  - 1      0.376    0.500    0.301  
      Minneapolis South High      0  - 1      0.376    0.500    0.301  
 78   Gettysburg                  0  - 2      0.375    0.500    0.300  
 79   Franklin & Marshall         3  - 7      0.369    0.510    0.221  
 80   Madison High                0  - 2      0.368    0.500    0.291  

 81   Phoenix A.C.                0  - 1      0.368    0.291    0.500  
 82   Boston College              0  - 1      0.357    0.277    0.500  
 83   Rush Medical                0  - 2      0.349    0.500    0.268  
 84   Lake Forest                 0  - 3      0.345    0.500    0.263  
 85   Physicians & Surgeons       0  - 2      0.345    0.500    0.263  
 86   Williamsport                0  - 1      0.336    0.500    0.253  
 87   Lancaster Crescents         0  - 1      0.336    0.500    0.253  
 88   Hamilton                    0  - 1      0.334    0.500    0.251  
 89   New Hampshire               0  - 1      0.332    0.500    0.248  
 90   Eureka                      0  - 2      0.329    0.345    0.314  

 91   Swarthmore                  0.5- 1.5    0.328    0.265    0.500  
 92   DePauw                      0  - 1      0.324    0.240    0.500  
 93   Beloit                      0  - 3      0.313    0.349    0.284  
 94   Amherst                     3  - 7      0.309    0.327    0.257  
 95   Troy Laureates              0  - 1      0.285    0.500    0.199  
 96   Villanova                   0  - 2      0.280    0.500    0.195  
 97   New York University         0  - 2      0.277    0.500    0.192  
 98   Newton A.C.                 0  - 4      0.255    0.178    0.451  
 99   Bowdoin                     0  - 3      0.255    0.277    0.236  
100   Williams                    1.5- 7.5    0.252    0.247    0.258  

101   M.I.T.                      0  - 2      0.241    0.277    0.213  
102   Bloomsburg                  0  - 4      0.238    0.396    0.170  
103   Massachusetts               0  - 3      0.216    0.500    0.138