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1897 College Football Standings

Champions: Pennsylvania (HELMS, NCF)

28 Schools

28 Schools Table
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Pennsylvania	Ind	15	0	0	1.000					30.9	1.3	19.83	0.17
2	Princeton	Ind	10	1	0	.909					30.8	0.5	19.45	1.17
3	Yale	Ind	9	0	2	.909					15.5	3.2	13.33	1.97
4	Harvard	Ind	10	1	1	.875					19.4	1.7	16.99	1.24
5	Navy	Ind	7	1	0	.875					13.8	4.3	4.10	-5.03
6	Army	Ind	6	1	1	.813					24.3	5.1	15.16	1.78
7	Lafayette	Ind	9	2	1	.792					21.3	9.4	10.59	-0.66
8	Dickinson	Ind	7	3	2	.667					12.2	5.8	-1.51	-5.93
9	Brown	Ind	7	4	0	.636					16.4	13.8	7.06	3.24
10	Cornell	Ind	5	3	1	.611					14.8	4.7	8.16	2.61
11	Carlisle	Ind	6	4	0	.600					23.2	9.8	7.96	2.26
12	Dartmouth	Ind	4	3	0	.571					23.4	11.0	6.58	1.58
13	Bucknell	Ind	3	3	1	.500					12.7	14.7	-3.46	0.11
14	Trinity (CT)	Ind	4	4	1	.500					12.4	8.6	-0.05	-3.38
15	Tufts	Ind	6	7	0	.462					7.4	10.2	-7.03	-4.03
16	Wesleyan (CT)	Ind	6	7	0	.462					9.3	14.2	0.27	2.88
17	Penn State	Ind	3	6	0	.333					7.7	15.7	-1.84	4.05
18	Amherst	Ind	2	6	2	.300					4.0	18.8	-10.65	-0.75
19	Franklin & Marshall	Ind	2	6	2	.300					5.8	19.9	-9.29	-1.39
20	Lehigh	Ind	3	7	0	.300					8.4	26.1	-5.94	5.06
21	Williams	Ind	1	7	1	.167					1.3	21.9	-13.78	0.89
			Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS
Rk	School	Conf	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	Notes
22	Wisconsin	Western	9	1	0	.900	3	0	0	1.000	21.0	1.4	9.71	-6.79
23	Chicago	Western	11	1	0	.917	3	1	0	.750	26.9	5.7	9.92	-5.25
24	Michigan	Western	6	1	1	.813	2	1	0	.667	21.0	3.9	7.81	-6.07
25	Illinois	Western	6	2	0	.750	1	1	0	.500	23.8	5.6	5.90	-4.85
26	Purdue	Western	5	3	1	.611	1	2	0	.333	11.8	12.0	-4.81	-5.59
27	Northwestern	Western	5	3	0	.625	0	2	0	.000	8.6	6.9	-3.45	-5.33
28	Minnesota	Western	4	4	0	.500	0	3	0	.000	14.0	9.6	-1.77	-4.90

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