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History of NCAA I-A Football

Year by year ratings beginning with the first substantial season, 1872 through 1886 (currently).

All scores used were compiled by James Howell to which I give fanatical gratitude.

1872

1	Princeton	79.85
2	Yale	73.38
3	Rutgers	68.88
4	Columbia	65.50
5	Stevens	59.41

1873

1	Princeton	82.57
2	Yale	68.65
3	Stevens	67.41
4	Columbia	66.89
5	Rutgers	66.54
6	Eton	59.16
7	CC of NY	51.23
8	NYU	50.04

1874

1	Princeton	84.97
2	Yale	81.78
3	Stevens	69.36
4	Rutgers	56.26
5	Columbia	56.12
6	NYU	45.87

1875

1	Princeton	85.76
2	Yale	81.16
3	Stevens	69.36
4	Rutgers	62.85
5	Columbia	62.54
6	Harvard	49.62
7	Wesleyan	45.70
8	Tufts	44.75
9	NYU	44.25
10	Can AS	43.81
11	CC of NY	42.33

1876

Why did Princeton crash at the end?
The first evidence of first-loss syndrome?

1	Princeton	81.62
2	Yale	79.59
3	Stevens	69.36
4	Rutgers	65.98
5	Columbia	63.19
6	Harvard	52.72
7	Penn	46.05
8	McGill	43.04
9	Can AS	42.27
10	NYU	38.53
11	Phil AS	36.80

1877

1	Princeton	80.33
2	Yale	79.42
3	Stevens	63.49
4	Rutgers	62.33
5	Harvard	62.09
6	Columbia	59.96
7	McGill	46.87
8	Amherst	46.59
9	Tufts	44.42
10	Trinity CT	35.20

1878

1	Princeton	75.16
2	Yale	67.62
3	Harvard	62.72
4	Stevens	61.32
5	Penn	60.94
6	Columbia	60.64
7	Rutgers	58.15
8	Amherst	46.59
9	CC of NY	45.19
10	Trinity CT	41.87
11	Brown	36.55
12	Swarthmore	25.81

1879

1	Princeton	75.61
2	Yale	68.84
3	Penn	59.60
4	Columbia	57.77
5	Rutgers	56.55
6	Harvard	54.77
7	Stevens	54.47
8	McGill	47.52
9	Stevens Alumni	43.57
10	Brittania	38.27
11	Penn Mil	22.88

1880

1	Yale	81.94
2	Princeton	77.72
3	Penn	62.33
4	Rutgers	56.55
5	Harvard	54.77
6	Columbia	49.62
7	Stevens	47.06
8	CC of NY	43.22
9	Brittania	42.40
10	Brown	36.30
11	Montreal	28.79
12	Ottawa	28.33
13	Crescent AC	24.56

1881

1	Princeton	73.65
2	Yale	70.27
3	Rutgers	56.69
4	Harvard	55.96
5	Columbia	55.60
6	Penn	49.98
7	Amherst	46.59
8	Stevens	43.63
9	CC of NY	43.22
10	Brittania	42.50
11	Michigan	41.99
12	Dartmouth	39.96
13	Montreal	32.29
14	Ottawa	22.07

1882

1	Yale	77.63
2	Princeton	75.57
3	Rutgers	55.37
4	Harvard	53.94
5	Penn	45.81
6	Michigan	45.76
7	Stevens	43.50
8	Columbia	43.16
9	McGill	41.77
10	Wesleyan	41.38
11	Amherst	40.33
12	Dartmouth	39.96
13	CC of NY	33.29
14	MIT	32.37
15	British Club NY	27.67
16	Princeton Alum	27.47
17	Crescent AC	23.42
18	Lafayette	22.07
19	Detroit AC	18.30
20	Massachusetts	11.99

1883

The greatest season and greatest team so far.

1	Yale	92.76
2	Princeton	75.47
3	Harvard	52.33
4	Penn	45.78
5	Stevens	43.55
6	Michigan	39.59
7	Wesleyan	35.73
8	MIT	34.26
9	Columbia	34.10
10	Rutgers	32.55
11	CC of NY	32.23
12	Lafayette	30.01
13	Johns Hopkins	15.74
14	Penn Alumni	12.92
15	Williams	12.66
16	Brooklyn Poly	11.99
17	Seton Hall	4.85
18	Lewisburg AC	1.16

1884

And they get better but still tie Princeton 0-0.
As usual.

1	Yale	98.82
2	Princeton	71.47
3	Harvard	50.90
4	Penn	48.26
5	Wesleyan	45.98
6	Michigan	39.59
7	Rutgers	37.82
8	Stevens	32.28
9	Columbia	27.34
10	Ottawa	26.14
11	MIT	24.30
12	Dartmouth	24.19
13	Lafayette	21.06
14	Williams	18.02
15	Johns Hopkins	15.26
16	Stevens Alumni	8.01
17	Haverford	6.87
18	Tufts	1.21

1885

1	Princeton	97.54
2	Yale	90.91
3	Wesleyan	51.12
4	Penn	44.04
5	Johns Hopkins	33.33
6	MIT	28.61
7	Rutgers	26.76
8	Crescent AC	26.12
9	Stevens	24.22
10	Lafayette	21.06
11	Haverford	8.80
12	Columbia Law	8.72
13	Lehigh	6.54

1886

1	Yale	103.43
2	Princeton	88.38
3	Harvard	69.44
4	Penn	37.62
5	Wesleyan	35.44
6	Lafayette	26.34
7	Crescent AC	24.45
8	Williams	24.23
9	Stevens	23.97
10	Lehigh	21.17
11	Penn Alum	18.74
12	Dartmouth	18.50
13	MIT	14.79
14	Rutgers	12.86
15	Philadelphia All-Stars	10.05
16	Haverford	8.80
17	Tioga	7.76
18	Harvard Alumni	7.70
19	Trinity CT	3.72
20	Swarthmore	3.27
21	Amherst	2.61

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