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Best Colleges for Sports

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Top 10 Colleges for Sports

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

1648

100.0% win

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

1645

93.8% win

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

1640

88.2% win

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

1634

93.3% win

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

1630

86.7% win

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

1628

92.3% win

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

1625

82.6% win

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

1619

90.9% win

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1619

90.9% win

#10

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

1605

91.7% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	Public	1648	14	100.0%
2	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	Public	1645	16	93.8%
3	University of Georgia Athens, GA	Public	1640	17	88.2%
4	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Public	1634	15	93.3%
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1630	15	86.7%
6	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1628	13	92.3%
7	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1625	23	82.6%
8	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1619	11	90.9%
9	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1619	11	90.9%
10	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1605	12	91.7%
11	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1598	15	80.0%
12	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1593	13	76.9%
13	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1592	23	73.9%
14	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1591	12	83.3%
15	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1587	6	100.0%
16	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1586	8	100.0%
17	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1586	9	88.9%
18	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1582	12	75.0%
19	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1581	8	87.5%
20	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1577	6	100.0%
21	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1574	6	100.0%
22	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1571	9	77.8%
23	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1570	11	81.8%
24	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1568	8	87.5%
25	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1568	5	100.0%
26	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1568	5	100.0%
27	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1567	7	85.7%
28	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1566	14	71.4%
29	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1563	11	72.7%
30	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1557	4	100.0%
31	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1556	20	65.0%
32	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1555	11	72.7%
33	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1550	23	60.9%
34	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1548	13	69.2%
35	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1547	3	100.0%
36	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1546	20	60.0%
37	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1544	3	100.0%
38	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1544	10	70.0%
39	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1544	12	66.7%
40	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1543	7	71.4%
41	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1542	16	68.8%
42	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1542	7	71.4%
43	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1538	7	71.4%
44	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1532	9	66.7%
45	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1532	14	57.1%
46	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1532	2	100.0%
47	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1531	6	66.7%
48	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1531	6	66.7%
49	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1531	2	100.0%
50	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1531	11	63.6%
51	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1530	6	66.7%
52	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1530	4	75.0%
53	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1530	6	66.7%
54	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1529	5	80.0%
55	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1529	6	66.7%
56	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1528	4	75.0%
57	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1527	17	58.8%
58	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1527	2	100.0%
59	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1527	4	75.0%
60	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1527	14	57.1%
61	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1525	6	66.7%
62	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1525	10	60.0%
63	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1519	5	60.0%
64	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1517	3	66.7%
65	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1516	1	100.0%
66	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1516	3	66.7%
67	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1516	7	57.1%
68	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1515	3	66.7%
69	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1515	1	100.0%
70	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1513	3	66.7%
71	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1513	9	55.6%
72	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1511	3	66.7%
73	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1511	11	54.5%
74	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1510	1	100.0%
75	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1507	11	54.5%
76	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1505	11	45.5%
77	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1504	14	50.0%
78	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1503	6	50.0%
79	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1502	6	50.0%
80	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1502	2	50.0%
81	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1501	4	50.0%
82	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1500	2	50.0%
83	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1500	0	0.0%
84	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1500	2	50.0%
85	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1500	6	50.0%
86	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1500	6	50.0%
87	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1500	6	50.0%
88	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1499	6	50.0%
89	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1499	6	50.0%
90	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1498	8	50.0%
91	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1496	6	50.0%
92	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1494	11	45.5%
93	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1494	18	50.0%
94	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1493	6	50.0%
95	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1492	7	42.9%
96	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1491	5	40.0%
97	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1490	7	42.9%
98	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1490	16	43.8%
99	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1490	7	42.9%
100	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1490	7	42.9%
101	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1489	22	54.5%
102	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1487	5	40.0%
103	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1486	3	33.3%
104	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1485	3	33.3%
105	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1484	3	33.3%
106	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1483	3	33.3%
107	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1482	5	40.0%
108	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1481	3	33.3%
109	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1481	14	42.9%
110	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1480	14	42.9%
111	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1480	3	33.3%
112	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1480	13	38.5%
113	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1479	10	40.0%
114	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1478	28	46.4%
115	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1477	7	42.9%
116	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1476	17	41.2%
117	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1472	6	33.3%
118	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1472	6	33.3%
119	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1471	8	37.5%
120	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1471	9	44.4%
121	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1469	12	41.7%
122	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1469	2	0.0%
123	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1467	6	33.3%
124	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1466	21	42.9%
125	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1463	10	40.0%
126	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1463	7	28.6%
127	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1462	6	33.3%
128	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1460	9	33.3%
129	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1458	19	42.1%
130	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1458	14	35.7%
131	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1456	5	20.0%
132	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1456	16	37.5%
133	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1455	3	0.0%
134	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1454	3	0.0%
135	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1453	5	20.0%
136	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1453	4	0.0%
137	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1452	7	28.6%
138	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1452	5	20.0%
139	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1452	3	0.0%
140	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1447	12	33.3%
141	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1447	11	27.3%
142	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1446	6	16.7%
143	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1444	6	16.7%
144	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1443	8	25.0%
145	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1442	21	33.3%
146	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1439	4	0.0%
147	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1437	16	31.3%
148	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1435	7	14.3%
149	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1433	19	31.6%
150	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1432	8	12.5%
151	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1428	5	0.0%
152	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1421	8	12.5%
153	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1417	13	23.1%
154	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1409	11	18.2%
155	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1407	8	0.0%
156	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1402	17	23.5%
157	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1401	10	10.0%
158	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1395	9	0.0%
159	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1393	11	9.1%
160	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1387	14	14.3%
161	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1379	16	12.5%
162	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1378	11	0.0%
163	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1376	12	0.0%
164	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1375	15	13.3%
165	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1364	24	16.7%
166	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1350	13	0.0%
167	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1342	27	18.5%
168	New York University New York, NY	Private	1322	15	0.0%
169	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1275	23	0.0%

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