COLLEGE FOOTBALL DIVISION I RANKINGS 1882/83 - 1890/91 Ball-Possession/American Collegiate Game/American Rugby Football AMERICAN COLLEGIATE GAME 1882/83 W-L-T RATE RANK Yale Coll 8-0-0 103.7 1 Princeton Coll 7-2-0 99.4 2 Harvard Univ 8-1-0 90.9 3 Rutgers Coll 6-4-0 79.6 4 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 7-1-0 72.0 5 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 3-1-0 67.2 6 Amherst Coll 2-3-0 63.6 7 Coll St Francis Xavier 1-3-0 61.5 8 Mass Inst Tech 1-3-0 60.6 9 U Pennsylvania 2-4-0 60.6 9 Stevens Tech 1-1-0 59.5 11 Columbia Coll 1-5-0 57.4 12 Seton Hall Coll 0-2-0 57.3 13 Dartmouth Coll 1-1-0 54.8 14 New York City Univ (NYU) 0-1-0 52.8 15 City Coll New York 1-2-0 51.5 16 Mass Agric (U Mass) Coll 0-2-0 51.2 17 Lafayette Coll 0-2-0 50.2 18 1883/84 Yale Coll 8-0-0 120.5 1 Princeton Coll 8-1-0 99.3 2 Harvard Univ 9-2-0 90.0 3 U Pennsylvania 6-2-1 85.8 4 Stevens Tech 6-4-1 84.9 5 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 3-5-0 64.7 6 Lafayette Coll 2-4-0 63.9 7 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 4-5-0 63.8 8 Coll St Francis Xavier 3-1-0 63.6 9 Columbia Coll 1-5-0 57.8 10 Mass Inst Tech 0-1-0 55.6 11 U Michigan 0-4-0 55.5 12 Seton Hall Coll 2-3-0 55.0 13 Dartmouth Coll 0-1-0 54.5 14 Williams Coll 1-2-0 52.6 15 Rutgers Coll 1-6-0 50.8 16 U Lewisburg (Bucknell) 0-1-0 49.2 17 City Coll New York 0-2-0 46.6 18 Amherst Coll (no data) 1884/85 Yale Coll 9-0-1 129.3 1 Princeton Coll 9-0-1 120.2 2 Harvard Univ 7-4-0 101.9 3 U Pennsylvania 6-1-1 85.2 4 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 3-5-0 79.5 5 Rutgers Coll 3-4-0 72.4 6 Williams Coll 4-1-0 70.8 7 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 5-1-0 69.1 8 Stevens Tech 4-5-0 64.3 9 Tufts Coll 4-4-1 59.6 10 Coll St Francis Xavier 1-1-0 59.0 11 Columbia Coll 2-2-0 58.6 12 Amherst Coll 1-2-0 56.5 13 Seton Hall Coll 0-1-0 55.1 14 Dartmouth Coll 1-2-1 55.0 15 City Coll New York 0-2-0 52.2 16 Mass Inst Tech 1-4-0 51.7 17 Lafayette Coll 2-6-0 51.0 18 Trinity (CT) Coll 1-2-0 47.6 19 Lehigh Univ 0-4-0 36.7 20 1885/86 Princeton Coll 9-0-0 138.5 1 Yale Coll 9-1-0 126.2 2 U Pennsylvania 10-6-0 96.1 3 Mass Inst Tech 6-5-0 93.6 4 Williams Coll 6-1-0 83.7 5 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 3-4-0 81.1 6 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 6-3-0 70.3 7 Seton Hall Coll 3-0-0 69.9 8 Stevens Tech 4-7-0 69.0 9 Rutgers Coll 1-2-0 61.4 10 Columbia Coll & Alumni 2-2-0 58.0 11 Coll St Francis Xavier 0-3-0 55.7 12 Lafayette Coll 3-2-1 55.1 13 Mass Agric (U Mass) Coll 3-2-1 54.1 14 Tufts Coll 4-5-0 52.2 15 Trinity (CT) Coll 1-1-0 51.4 16 City Coll New York 2-6-0 47.9 17 Lehigh Univ 2-5-1 47.5 18 Amherst Coll 1-8-1 46.5 19 Dartmouth Coll (no data) AMERICAN RUGBY FOOTBALL 1886/87 Yale Coll 10-0-1 161.0 1 Harvard Univ 12-2-1 155.9 2 Princeton Coll 7-0-1 113.8 3 U Pennsylvania 9-7-1 110.5 4 Lafayette Coll 10-2-0 90.2 5 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 8-1-0 86.0 6 Williams Coll 5-2-1 81.4 7 Mass Inst Tech 4-8-1 78.8 8 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 3-6-0 77.8 9 Lehigh Univ 4-3-1 74.1 10 Rutgers Coll 2-3-0 70.8 11 Seton Hall Coll 2-0-0 68.5 12 Dartmouth Coll 2-2-0 67.9 13 Amherst Coll 7-3-0 65.2 14 Haverford Coll 1-2-0 60.7 15 Swarthmore Coll 1-1-0 59.8 16 Stevens Tech 0-7-1 59.6 17 Coll St Francis Xavier 0-2-0 59.2 18 Mass Agric (U Mass) Coll 2-1-0 57.8 19 Trinity (CT) Coll 0-3-0 55.5 20 Dickinson (PA) Coll 0-3-0 53.5 21 New York City Univ (NYU) 0-2-0 52.3 22 City Coll New York 0-5-0 50.1 23 Tufts Coll 1-12-0 49.6 24 U Vermont 0-1-0 46.6 25 1887/88 Harvard Univ 10-1-0 150.2 1 Yale Univ 9-0-0 134.2 2 Princeton Coll 7-2-0 120.8 3 Mass Inst Tech 7-3-0 97.3 4 Lafayette Coll 7-2-0 79.5 5 Dartmouth Coll 3-1-1 77.4 6 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 7-5-0 75.3 7 U Pennsylvania 6-7-0 74.9 8 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 6-4-0 73.2 9 Williams Coll 3-3-0 72.9 10 Lehigh Univ 4-3-0 69.5 11 Penn State Coll 2-0-0 65.8 12 Rutgers Coll 3-6-0 62.5 13 Swarthmore Coll 3-2-0 61.4 14 Tufts Coll 3-6-0 60.1 15 Boston Univ 2-3-1 59.1 16 Haverford Coll 2-4-0 58.6 17 New York City Univ (NYU) 0-1-0 54.9 18 Dickinson (PA) Coll 0-3-0 52.8 19 Cornell (NY) Univ 1-3-0 52.6 20 Trinity (CT) Coll 3-3-1 51.9 21 Amherst Coll 4-6-0 50.4 22 Bucknell Univ 0-2-0 50.2 23 Stevens Tech 0-6-1 48.4 24 Union (NY) Coll 1-3-1 48.2 25 U Vermont 0-2-0 47.9 26 1888/89 Yale Univ 14-0-0 165.2 1 Princeton Coll 11-1-0 157.0 2 Harvard Univ 12-2-0 152.8 3 U Pennsylvania 10-7-1 125.9 4 Lehigh Univ 10-2-0 93.9 5 Mass Inst Tech 7-5-0 87.4 6 Johns Hopkins Univ 6-5-0 81.4 7 Williams Coll 4-4-0 80.8 8 St Johns (MD) Coll 6-0-0 78.8 9 Lafayette Coll 6-3-0 76.5 10 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 2-7-0 74.8 11 Trinity (CT) Coll 5-1-1 72.6 12 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 4-3-0 70.0 13 Worcester Poly Inst 3-5-0 68.1 14 Cornell (NY) Univ 3-3-0 67.7 15 Dartmouth Coll 3-4-0 66.4 16 U Michigan 2-1-0 65.0 17 Stevens Tech 3-7-1 64.5 18 Haverford Coll 2-3-1 64.2 19 US Navy Acad 1-4-0 59.5 20 Renssalaer Poly Inst 1-0-0 57.5 21 Rutgers Coll 1-7-1 56.9 22 Dickinson (PA) Coll 1-1-1 56.7 23 Penn State Coll 0-2-2 54.8 24 Amherst Coll 2-9-1 53.9 25 Bucknell Univ 2-3-1 52.0 26 Union (NY) Coll 0-4-0 51.6 27 Swarthmore Coll 0-5-0 50.7 28 1889/90 Yale Univ 16-1-0 170.7 1 Princeton Coll 10-0-0 142.6 2 Harvard Univ 10-2-0 131.4 3 Lehigh Univ 9-3-2 116.6 4 Cornell (NY) Univ 7-2-0 104.0 5 U Pennsylvania 7-7-0 93.2 6 Williams Coll 4-7-1 92.0 7 Dartmouth Coll 7-1-0 89.7 8 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 5-7-1 87.0 9 Franklin & Marshall Coll 6-1-1 80.3 10 Amherst Coll 3-5-2 76.2 11 Trinity (CT) Coll 7-3-1 75.6 12 Seton Hall Coll "Alerts" 3-1-0 73.5 13 Lafayette Coll 3-4-2 71.0 14 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 5-2-1 70.1 15 Dickinson (PA) Coll 3-2-1 66.5 16 Stevens Tech 2-10-0 65.8 17 Columbia Coll 2-7-2 62.3 18 Haverford Coll 4-2-1 61.6 19 Mass Inst Tech 3-6-0 60.0 20 U Michigan 1-2-0 56.1 21 U Rochester 4-4-1 55.5 22 Syracuse Univ 1-1-0 54.8 23 Bucknell Univ 1-4-1 53.9 24 Renssalaer Poly Inst 0-1-0 53.0 25 Albion Coll 0-3-0 52.7 26 Rutgers Coll 1-4-0 51.9 27 Swarthmore Coll 2-5-0 50.2 28 Penn State Coll 2-2-0 49.6 29 U Vermont 0-3-0 49.3 30 Union (NY) Coll 1-3-1 41.8 31 1890/91 Harvard Univ 13-0-0 159.1 1 Yale Univ 14-1-0 158.8 2 Princeton Coll 12-1-1 143.4 3 U Pennsylvania 12-3-0 119.1 4 Williams Coll 9-2-0 114.8 5 Lehigh Univ 7-4-0 106.1 6 Amherst Coll 8-5-1 99.6 7 Cornell (NY) Univ 7-4-0 93.5 8 Franklin & Marshall Coll 8-2-0 91.0 9 Dartmouth Coll 6-4-0 90.6 10 Wesleyan (CT) Univ 5-6-0 86.2 11 Rutgers Coll 5-5-1 85.6 12 U Michigan 4-1-0 78.0 13 Bowdoin Coll 6-4-0 75.8 14 Syracuse Univ 8-3-0 75.4 15 St Johns (Fordham) Div I 7-3-2 73.5 16 Mass Inst Tech 5-7-1 73.3 17 Hamilton Coll 4-4-0 71.1 18 Trinity (CT) Coll 4-5-1 70.1 19 Swarthmore Coll 3-3-0 70.0 20 Penn State Coll 2-2-0 68.9 21 Lafayette Coll 2-5-1 67.2 22 Seton Hall Coll "Alerts" 2-1-0 67.2 22 U Virginia 5-2-0 66.4 24 Columbia Coll 2-7-1 66.3 25 Albion Coll 2-2-0 65.9 26 Stevens Tech 2-6-1 64.5 27 Union (NY) Coll 4-5-0 64.2 28 Brown Univ 3-5-1 63.0 29 Bucknell Univ 1-4-1 61.0 30 Dickinson (PA) Coll 3-6-0 58.8 31 U Rochester 3-5-0 56.4 32 Colgate Univ 1-1-0 56.2 33 Haverford Coll 3-5-0 55.8 34 Trinity (Duke) Coll 0-1-0 55.5 35 Olivet Coll 0-1-0 53.8 36 New York City Univ (NYU) 2-4-0 53.6 37 U Vermont 1-1-0 50.5 38 Mass Agric (U Mass) Coll 1-4-0 50.4 39 City Coll New York 1-8-1 45.2 40