1896 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Princeton                   7.5 -  0.5   2.1853 
  2 Yale                        9   -  1     1.6240 
  3 Pennsylvania               13   -  1     1.5750 
  4 Lafayette                   5.5 -  0.5   1.5095 
  5 Harvard                     6   -  2     0.8705 
  6 Michigan                    4   -  1     0.6182 
  7 Dartmouth                   3.5 -  2.5   0.5711 
  8 Wisconsin                   3.5 -  1.5   0.5118 
  9 Chicago                     3.5 -  2.5   0.4743 
 10 Northwestern                2.5 -  1.5   0.4701 

 11 Brown                       4.5 -  5.5   0.3828 
 12 Carlisle                    3   -  5     0.3721 
 13 Bucknell                    2.5 -  2.5   0.3602 
 14 Cornell                     2.5 -  3.5   0.3484 
 15 Army                        2.5 -  2.5   0.3480 
 16 Navy                        2   -  2     0.3432 
 17 Trinity (Connecticut)       3   -  3     0.3382 
 18 Wesleyan                    4.5 -  5.5   0.3349 
 19 Williams                    2.5 -  4.5   0.2799 
 20 Amherst                     3.5 -  6.5   0.2473 

 21 Minnesota                   1   -  2     0.2449 
 22 Bowdoin                     1.5 -  2.5   0.2429 
 23 Illinois                    1.5 -  2.5   0.2420 
 24 Penn State                  2   -  4     0.2396 
 25 Gettysburg                  1   -  3     0.2072 
 26 Lake Forest                 0.5 -  3.5   0.2055 
 27 Franklin & Marshall         1.5 -  4.5   0.2018 
 28 Purdue                      0.5 -  2.5   0.1681 
 29 Lehigh                      0   -  5     0.1492 
 30 Dickinson                   0   -  5     0.1308 

 31 Worcester Tech              0   -  4     0.1141 
 32 Tufts                       0   -  5     0.0891 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.5464