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Best Colleges for Overall

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Top 10 Colleges for Overall

Yale University

New Haven, CT

1713

89.7% win

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1705

87.0% win

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1699

92.0% win

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

1684

88.2% win

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

1682

84.2% win

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

1680

82.9% win

Brown University

Providence, RI

1671

86.7% win

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

1666

87.0% win

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

1655

79.1% win

#10

Columbia University

New York, NY

1654

77.8% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1713	39	89.7%
2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1705	46	87.0%
3	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1699	25	92.0%
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1684	34	88.2%
5	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1682	38	84.2%
6	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1680	41	82.9%
7	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1671	30	86.7%
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1666	23	87.0%
9	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1655	43	79.1%
10	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1654	45	77.8%
11	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1651	35	80.0%
12	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1647	33	78.8%
13	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1634	24	75.0%
14	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1629	35	74.3%
15	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1619	25	76.0%
16	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1614	36	72.2%
17	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1611	29	72.4%
18	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1604	18	72.2%
19	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1594	33	63.6%
20	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1593	50	64.0%
21	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1590	34	67.6%
22	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1588	25	68.0%
23	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1588	6	100.0%
24	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1587	33	72.7%
25	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1586	21	71.4%
26	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1585	18	72.2%
27	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	Public	1575	43	62.8%
28	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1572	32	65.6%
29	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1571	34	64.7%
30	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1567	28	64.3%
31	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1567	7	85.7%
32	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1564	37	64.9%
33	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1564	22	63.6%
34	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1563	32	62.5%
35	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1562	32	65.6%
36	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1557	20	60.0%
37	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1557	30	63.3%
38	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1553	12	66.7%
39	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1553	20	60.0%
40	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1553	12	66.7%
41	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1552	29	62.1%
42	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1550	36	61.1%
43	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1549	12	66.7%
44	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1549	29	58.6%
45	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1546	36	55.6%
46	New York University New York, NY	Private	1546	17	64.7%
47	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1545	27	55.6%
48	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1543	11	63.6%
49	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1541	6	66.7%
50	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1541	11	63.6%
51	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1539	11	63.6%
52	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1539	28	57.1%
53	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1537	12	66.7%
54	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1537	39	56.4%
55	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1535	31	58.1%
56	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1535	36	52.8%
57	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1535	12	58.3%
58	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1531	15	53.3%
59	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1531	4	75.0%
60	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1530	25	52.0%
61	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1528	8	62.5%
62	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1528	31	54.8%
63	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1528	35	54.3%
64	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1526	15	53.3%
65	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1522	11	63.6%
66	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1521	7	57.1%
67	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1520	9	55.6%
68	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1517	45	53.3%
69	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1513	5	60.0%
70	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1512	11	54.5%
71	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1511	8	50.0%
72	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1510	36	52.8%
73	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1507	11	54.5%
74	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1507	11	54.5%
75	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1507	10	50.0%
76	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1506	15	53.3%
77	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1504	26	50.0%
78	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1503	10	50.0%
79	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1502	6	50.0%
80	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1501	2	50.0%
81	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1500	12	50.0%
82	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1498	4	50.0%
83	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1497	9	44.4%
84	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1497	28	46.4%
85	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1495	8	50.0%
86	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1494	7	42.9%
87	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	1494	31	51.6%
88	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1493	22	45.5%
89	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1492	26	46.2%
90	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1491	51	51.0%
91	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1490	7	42.9%
92	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1489	28	50.0%
93	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1487	7	42.9%
94	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1486	11	45.5%
95	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1486	10	40.0%
96	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1486	22	45.5%
97	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1486	9	44.4%
98	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1485	47	46.8%
99	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1482	14	42.9%
100	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1479	40	45.0%
101	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1478	21	42.9%
102	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1478	31	45.2%
103	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1478	12	41.7%
104	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1477	55	41.8%
105	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1477	10	40.0%
106	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1475	14	42.9%
107	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1475	6	33.3%
108	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1475	32	43.8%
109	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1474	9	44.4%
110	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1471	19	42.1%
111	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1471	15	40.0%
112	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1470	51	45.1%
113	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1469	39	48.7%
114	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1469	15	40.0%
115	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1461	9	33.3%
116	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1461	34	41.2%
117	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1459	51	39.2%
118	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1458	28	42.9%
119	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1455	7	28.6%
120	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1454	7	28.6%
121	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1454	24	37.5%
122	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1452	9	33.3%
123	University of Georgia Athens, GA	Public	1451	32	40.6%
124	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1451	26	38.5%
125	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1447	6	16.7%
126	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1445	6	16.7%
127	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1445	19	31.6%
128	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1443	10	30.0%
129	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1441	24	37.5%
130	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1441	26	38.5%
131	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1440	33	33.3%
132	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1439	38	36.8%
133	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Public	1438	16	25.0%
134	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1437	11	27.3%
135	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1433	29	34.5%
136	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1431	12	25.0%
137	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1430	12	25.0%
138	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1427	14	28.6%
139	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1426	9	22.2%
140	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1424	28	32.1%
141	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1418	11	18.2%
142	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1416	18	27.8%
143	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1415	10	20.0%
144	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1413	11	18.2%
145	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1412	21	28.6%
146	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1410	6	0.0%
147	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1408	22	31.8%
148	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1407	33	30.3%
149	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1401	45	28.9%
150	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1395	19	21.1%
151	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1390	8	0.0%
152	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1390	17	23.5%
153	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1388	21	19.0%
154	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1384	25	24.0%
155	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1382	32	25.0%
156	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1380	47	23.4%
157	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1379	9	0.0%
158	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1379	29	20.7%
159	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1378	18	16.7%
160	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1373	29	24.1%
161	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1370	23	13.0%
162	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1356	22	13.6%
163	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1356	24	16.7%
164	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1352	46	19.6%
165	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1344	31	16.1%
166	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1343	31	19.4%
167	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1340	32	18.8%
168	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1321	47	17.0%
169	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1286	44	13.6%

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