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Best Colleges for Sports

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Top 10 Private Colleges for Sports

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

1630

86.7% win

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1619

90.9% win

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

1605

91.7% win

Duke University

Durham, NC

1587

100.0% win

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

1586

100.0% win

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

1571

77.8% win

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

1568

100.0% win

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

1566

71.4% win

Union College

Schenectady, NY

1557

100.0% win

#10

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1556

65.0% win

Full Rankings

Rank	College	Type	ELO	Matches	Win Rate
1	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1630	15	86.7%
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1619	11	90.9%
3	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	1605	12	91.7%
4	Duke University Durham, NC	Private	1587	6	100.0%
5	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Private	1586	8	100.0%
6	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Private	1571	9	77.8%
7	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1568	5	100.0%
8	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	Private	1566	14	71.4%
9	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	1557	4	100.0%
10	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Private	1556	20	65.0%
11	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	1548	13	69.2%
12	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	1546	20	60.0%
13	Denison University Granville, OH	Private	1544	3	100.0%
14	Yale University New Haven, CT	Private	1544	10	70.0%
15	Morehouse College Atlanta, GA	Private	1542	7	71.4%
16	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	1538	7	71.4%
17	Davidson College Davidson, NC	Private	1532	9	66.7%
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Private	1532	14	57.1%
19	Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	1531	6	66.7%
20	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1531	2	100.0%
21	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1531	11	63.6%
22	Northeastern University Boston, MA	Private	1530	4	75.0%
23	Spelman College Atlanta, GA	Private	1529	6	66.7%
24	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	1528	4	75.0%
25	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	1527	17	58.8%
26	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	1527	4	75.0%
27	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1527	14	57.1%
28	Reed College Portland, OR	Private	1525	6	66.7%
29	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	1517	3	66.7%
30	Centre College Danville, KY	Private	1516	7	57.1%
31	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	Private	1511	3	66.7%
32	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	1510	1	100.0%
33	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Private	1507	11	54.5%
34	Trinity College Hartford, CT	Private	1502	2	50.0%
35	Howard University Washington, D.C.	Private	1500	2	50.0%
36	Baylor University Waco, TX	Private	1500	2	50.0%
37	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1500	6	50.0%
38	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	Private	1500	6	50.0%
39	Macalester College St. Paul, MN	Private	1500	6	50.0%
40	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	1494	11	45.5%
41	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	1493	6	50.0%
42	American University Washington, D.C.	Private	1492	7	42.9%
43	Emory University Atlanta, GA	Private	1490	16	43.8%
44	Boston University Boston, MA	Private	1490	7	42.9%
45	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	Private	1490	7	42.9%
46	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	1486	3	33.3%
47	DePaul University Chicago, IL	Private	1484	3	33.3%
48	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	1483	3	33.3%
49	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	Private	1481	3	33.3%
50	Amherst College Amherst, MA	Private	1481	14	42.9%
51	Bates College Lewiston, ME	Private	1480	14	42.9%
52	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	Private	1479	10	40.0%
53	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	Private	1472	6	33.3%
54	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	Private	1472	6	33.3%
55	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Private	1471	8	37.5%
56	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	Private	1471	9	44.4%
57	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	Private	1469	2	0.0%
58	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	Private	1467	6	33.3%
59	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	Private	1463	10	40.0%
60	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1463	7	28.6%
61	Rice University Houston, TX	Private	1458	19	42.1%
62	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1458	14	35.7%
63	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	Private	1456	5	20.0%
64	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	Private	1456	16	37.5%
65	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Private	1453	5	20.0%
66	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1453	4	0.0%
67	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	Private	1452	7	28.6%
68	University of Denver Denver, CO	Private	1452	5	20.0%
69	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	1447	12	33.3%
70	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Private	1447	11	27.3%
71	Carleton College Northfield, MN	Private	1446	6	16.7%
72	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	1444	6	16.7%
73	Georgetown University Washington, D.C.	Private	1443	8	25.0%
74	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	1442	21	33.3%
75	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	Private	1437	16	31.3%
76	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Private	1435	7	14.3%
77	Brown University Providence, RI	Private	1433	19	31.6%
78	Williams College Williamstown, MA	Private	1432	8	12.5%
79	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Private	1428	5	0.0%
80	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1421	8	12.5%
81	Colby College Waterville, ME	Private	1417	13	23.1%
82	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	1407	8	0.0%
83	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	1402	17	23.5%
84	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	Private	1401	10	10.0%
85	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	1395	9	0.0%
86	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	1393	11	9.1%
87	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1387	14	14.3%
88	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	Private	1379	16	12.5%
89	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1378	11	0.0%
90	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Private	1376	12	0.0%
91	Smith College Northampton, MA	Private	1375	15	13.3%
92	Columbia University New York, NY	Private	1364	24	16.7%
93	Tufts University Medford, MA	Private	1350	13	0.0%
94	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	1342	27	18.5%
95	New York University New York, NY	Private	1322	15	0.0%
96	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Private	1275	23	0.0%

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