Taken from the final 1999 ratings of David Rothman, and placed in order by winning percentage, here are some not-quite-real league standings from the 1999 college football season.
Conjunction Conference
North Carolina A&T...................11-2 .846 Washington & Jefferson............... 9-3 .750 Florida A&M..........................10-4 .714 Texas A&M College Station............ 8-4 .667 Emory & Henry........................ 6-4 .600 Alabama A&M.......................... 6-5 .545 William & Mary....................... 6-5 .545 Washington & Lee..................... 5-5 .500 Texas A&M Kingsville................. 5-6 .455 Texas A&M Commerce................... 4-7 .364 West Texas A&M....................... 3-8 .273 Franklin & Marshall.................. 2-8 .200 Prairie View A&M..................... 2-8 .200 Lewis & Clark........................ 0-9 .000
Davis & Elkins dropped football in 1962.
Presidential Conference
Taylor...............................10-2 .833 Jackson State........................ 9-3 .750 Washington & Jefferson............... 9-3 .750 Washington (Missouri)................ 8-3 .727 James Madison........................ 8-4 .667 Washington (Seattle)................. 7-5 .583 Harding.............................. 5-5 .500 Truman State......................... 4-7 .364 Lincoln (Missouri)................... 0-3 .000
Berg & Burg Conference
Wittenberg...........................11-1 .917 Wartburg.............................10-1 .909 Pittsburg State......................10-2 .833 Frostburg State...................... 8-3 .727 Shippensburg State................... 8-3 .727 Bloomsburg State..................... 7-4 .636 Augsburg............................. 6-4 .600 Fitchburg State...................... 6-4 .600 Muhlenberg........................... 6-4 .600 Waynesburg........................... 5-4 .556 Heidelberg........................... 4-6 .400 East Stroudsburg State............... 4-7 .364 Gettysburg........................... 3-7 .300
Wesleyan Conference
Ohio Wesleyan........................8- 2 .800 Illinois Wesleyan....................6- 3 .667 Kentucky Wesleyan....................7- 4 .636 Wesleyan (CT)........................5- 3 .625 Nebraska Wesleyan....................4- 6 .400 Kansas Wesleyan......................2- 7 .222 West Virginia Wesleyan...............2- 8 .200 Iowa Wesleyan........................1- 9 .100 Dakota Wesleyan......................0-10 .000
All-Hyphen Conference
Carson-Newman........................13-1 .929 Hardin-Simmons.......................12-1 .923 Pomona-Pitzer........................ 7-1 .875 Winston-Salem........................ 8-3 .727 Bethune-Cookman...................... 7-4 .636 Gardner-Webb......................... 7-4 .636 Baldwin-Wallace...................... 6-4 .600 Tri-State Indiana.................... 6-4 .600 Randolph-Macon....................... 5-5 .500 Lenoir-Rhyne......................... 5-6 .455 Rose-Hulman.......................... 2-8 .200 Culver-Stockton...................... 1-9 .100 Hampden-Sydney....................... 1-9 .100
Games we'd like to see:
Tennessee - Williams
Slippery Rock - Stony Brook
Martin Luther - Catholic (1517 again)
Liberty - Defiance (1776 again)
Union - Defiance (1861 again)
Michigan - Huron (battle of Great Lakes)
Columbia - Sewanee (battle of rivers)
Appalachian State - Rocky Mountain (battle
of hills)
Bentley - Plymouth State (battle of cars)
The joy of small college football: Since only 114 of 689 football playing colleges are NCAA 1-A, if you ignore the others you are missing 83% of college football!