comparisons
every pairing below is settled the same way: two names go in front of somebody, one comes out ahead, and elo does the bookkeeping. no methodology to argue with, only the result.
the ivy league
all eight, all twenty-eight pairings
- Harvard University vs Yale University 1567 · 1633
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1567 · 1670
- Harvard University vs Columbia University 1567 · 1826
- Harvard University vs University of Pennsylvania 1567 · 1575
- Harvard University vs Brown University 1567 · 1550
- Harvard University vs Dartmouth College 1567 · 1515
- Harvard University vs Cornell University 1567 · 1566
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1633 · 1670
- Yale University vs Columbia University 1633 · 1826
- Yale University vs University of Pennsylvania 1633 · 1575
- Yale University vs Brown University 1633 · 1550
- Yale University vs Dartmouth College 1633 · 1515
- Yale University vs Cornell University 1633 · 1566
- Princeton University vs Columbia University 1670 · 1826
- Princeton University vs University of Pennsylvania 1670 · 1575
- Princeton University vs Brown University 1670 · 1550
- Princeton University vs Dartmouth College 1670 · 1515
- Princeton University vs Cornell University 1670 · 1566
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1826 · 1575
- Columbia University vs Brown University 1826 · 1550
- Columbia University vs Dartmouth College 1826 · 1515
- Columbia University vs Cornell University 1826 · 1566
- University of Pennsylvania vs Brown University 1575 · 1550
- University of Pennsylvania vs Dartmouth College 1575 · 1515
- University of Pennsylvania vs Cornell University 1575 · 1566
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1550 · 1515
- Brown University vs Cornell University 1550 · 1566
- Dartmouth College vs Cornell University 1515 · 1566
ivy vs the field
the schools that get ranked against them, whether or not they want to be
- Harvard University vs MIT 1567 · 1787
- Harvard University vs Stanford University 1567 · 1681
- Harvard University vs Caltech 1567 · 1538
- Harvard University vs University of Chicago 1567 · 1577
- Harvard University vs Duke University 1567 · 1527
- Harvard University vs Johns Hopkins University 1567 · 1492
- Harvard University vs Northwestern University 1567 · 1573
- Harvard University vs UC Berkeley 1567 · 1682
- Harvard University vs UCLA 1567 · 1583
- Harvard University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1567 · 1753
- Yale University vs MIT 1633 · 1787
- Yale University vs Stanford University 1633 · 1681
- Yale University vs Caltech 1633 · 1538
- Yale University vs University of Chicago 1633 · 1577
- Yale University vs Duke University 1633 · 1527
- Yale University vs Johns Hopkins University 1633 · 1492
- Yale University vs Northwestern University 1633 · 1573
- Yale University vs UC Berkeley 1633 · 1682
- Yale University vs UCLA 1633 · 1583
- Yale University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1633 · 1753
- Princeton University vs MIT 1670 · 1787
- Princeton University vs Stanford University 1670 · 1681
- Princeton University vs Caltech 1670 · 1538
- Princeton University vs University of Chicago 1670 · 1577
- Princeton University vs Duke University 1670 · 1527
- Princeton University vs Johns Hopkins University 1670 · 1492
- Princeton University vs Northwestern University 1670 · 1573
- Princeton University vs UC Berkeley 1670 · 1682
- Princeton University vs UCLA 1670 · 1583
- Princeton University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1670 · 1753
- Columbia University vs MIT 1826 · 1787
- Columbia University vs Stanford University 1826 · 1681
- Columbia University vs Caltech 1826 · 1538
- Columbia University vs University of Chicago 1826 · 1577
- Columbia University vs Duke University 1826 · 1527
- Columbia University vs Johns Hopkins University 1826 · 1492
- Columbia University vs Northwestern University 1826 · 1573
- Columbia University vs UC Berkeley 1826 · 1682
- Columbia University vs UCLA 1826 · 1583
- Columbia University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1826 · 1753
- University of Pennsylvania vs MIT 1575 · 1787
- University of Pennsylvania vs Stanford University 1575 · 1681
- University of Pennsylvania vs Caltech 1575 · 1538
- University of Pennsylvania vs University of Chicago 1575 · 1577
- University of Pennsylvania vs Duke University 1575 · 1527
- University of Pennsylvania vs Johns Hopkins University 1575 · 1492
- University of Pennsylvania vs Northwestern University 1575 · 1573
- University of Pennsylvania vs UC Berkeley 1575 · 1682
- University of Pennsylvania vs UCLA 1575 · 1583
- University of Pennsylvania vs Carnegie Mellon University 1575 · 1753
- Brown University vs MIT 1550 · 1787
- Brown University vs Stanford University 1550 · 1681
- Brown University vs Caltech 1550 · 1538
- Brown University vs University of Chicago 1550 · 1577
- Brown University vs Duke University 1550 · 1527
- Brown University vs Johns Hopkins University 1550 · 1492
- Brown University vs Northwestern University 1550 · 1573
- Brown University vs UC Berkeley 1550 · 1682
- Brown University vs UCLA 1550 · 1583
- Brown University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1550 · 1753
- Dartmouth College vs MIT 1515 · 1787
- Dartmouth College vs Stanford University 1515 · 1681
- Dartmouth College vs Caltech 1515 · 1538
- Dartmouth College vs University of Chicago 1515 · 1577
- Dartmouth College vs Duke University 1515 · 1527
- Dartmouth College vs Johns Hopkins University 1515 · 1492
- Dartmouth College vs Northwestern University 1515 · 1573
- Dartmouth College vs UC Berkeley 1515 · 1682
- Dartmouth College vs UCLA 1515 · 1583
- Dartmouth College vs Carnegie Mellon University 1515 · 1753
- Cornell University vs MIT 1566 · 1787
- Cornell University vs Stanford University 1566 · 1681
- Cornell University vs Caltech 1566 · 1538
- Cornell University vs University of Chicago 1566 · 1577
- Cornell University vs Duke University 1566 · 1527
- Cornell University vs Johns Hopkins University 1566 · 1492
- Cornell University vs Northwestern University 1566 · 1573
- Cornell University vs UC Berkeley 1566 · 1682
- Cornell University vs UCLA 1566 · 1583
- Cornell University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1566 · 1753
the classics
rivalries that pre-date this website
- Harvard University vs Yale University 1567 · 1633
- University of Oxford vs University of Cambridge 1565 · 1601
- Stanford University vs UC Berkeley 1681 · 1682
- MIT vs Caltech 1787 · 1538
- Harvard University vs MIT 1567 · 1787
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1567 · 1670
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1633 · 1670
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1826 · 1575
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1550 · 1515
- Cornell University vs Brown University 1566 · 1550
- Imperial College London vs University College London 1504 · 1494
- London School of Economics vs University of Oxford 1554 · 1565
- ETH Zurich vs EPFL 1506 · 1484
- Technical University of Munich vs LMU Munich 1484 · 1515
- Tsinghua University vs Peking University 1489 · 1519
- National University of Singapore vs Nanyang Technological University 1500 · 1500
- University of Tokyo vs Kyoto University 1485 · 1484
- Seoul National University vs KAIST 1500 · 1468
- University of Hong Kong vs Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1499 · 1454
- IIT Bombay vs IIT Delhi 1499 · 1500
- University of Toronto vs McGill University 1522 · 1575
- University of British Columbia vs University of Toronto 1463 · 1522
- University of Melbourne vs University of Sydney 1536 · 1511
- UCLA vs UC Berkeley 1583 · 1682
- Duke University vs University of Michigan 1527 · 1498
- Carnegie Mellon University vs Georgia Tech 1753 · 1506
across borders
arguments that only exist because the board is global
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1567 · 1565
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1567 · 1601
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1787 · 1601
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1787 · 1489
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1787 · 1506
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇮🇳 IIT Bombay 1787 · 1499
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1681 · 1565
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1681 · 1506
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1681 · 1489
- 🇺🇸 Caltech vs 🇬🇧 Imperial College London 1538 · 1504
- 🇺🇸 Princeton University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1670 · 1506
- 🇺🇸 University of Chicago vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1577 · 1554
- 🇺🇸 UC Berkeley vs 🇯🇵 University of Tokyo 1682 · 1485
- 🇺🇸 Yale University vs 🇫🇷 Sorbonne University 1633 · 1526
- 🇺🇸 Columbia University vs 🇬🇧 University College London 1826 · 1494
- 🇨🇳 Peking University vs 🇰🇷 Seoul National University 1519 · 1500
- 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore vs 🇦🇺 University of Melbourne 1500 · 1536
- 🇨🇦 University of Toronto vs 🇺🇸 University of Michigan 1522 · 1498
- 🇨🇦 McGill University vs 🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh 1575 · 1550
- 🇨🇭 EPFL vs 🇳🇱 Delft University of Technology 1484 · 1484
- 🇫🇷 École Polytechnique vs 🇩🇪 Technical University of Munich 1562 · 1484
- 🇮🇹 Bocconi University vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1516 · 1554
- 🇭🇰 University of Hong Kong vs 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore 1499 · 1500
- 🇯🇵 Kyoto University vs 🇰🇷 KAIST 1484 · 1468
- 🇮🇳 IIT Delhi vs 🇸🇬 Nanyang Technological University 1500 · 1500
- 🇦🇺 University of Sydney vs 🇿🇦 University of Cape Town 1511 · 1453
- 🇲🇽 National Autonomous University of Mexico vs 🇧🇷 University of São Paulo 1582 · 1500
- 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv University vs 🇺🇸 UCLA 1517 · 1583
country vs country
whole systems: depth, average aura, and the aggregate record
- 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 55 · 18
- 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇨🇳 China 55 · 14
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇩🇪 Germany 18 · 7
- 🇨🇳 China vs 🇯🇵 Japan 14 · 7
- 🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇰🇷 South Korea 7 · 5
- 🇮🇳 India vs 🇨🇳 China 26 · 14
- 🇨🇦 Canada vs 🇦🇺 Australia 7 · 6
- 🇫🇷 France vs 🇩🇪 Germany 5 · 7
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands 3 · 7
- 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇨🇦 Canada 55 · 7
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇦🇺 Australia 18 · 6
- 🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands 7 · 7
- 🇨🇳 China vs 🇸🇬 Singapore 14 · 3
- 🇺🇸 United States vs 🇯🇵 Japan 55 · 7
- 🇫🇷 France vs 🇮🇹 Italy 5 · 5
- 🇸🇪 Sweden vs 🇩🇰 Denmark 4 · 2
- 🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇲🇽 Mexico 2 · 2
- 🇮🇳 India vs 🇸🇬 Singapore 26 · 3
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom vs 🇮🇪 Ireland 18 · 2
- 🇪🇸 Spain vs 🇮🇹 Italy 2 · 5
too close to call
neighbours on the ladder, separated by a handful of aura
- Columbia University vs Tecnológico de Monterrey 1826 · 1825
- Tecnológico de Monterrey vs MIT 1825 · 1787
- MIT vs Carnegie Mellon University 1787 · 1753
- Carnegie Mellon University vs King's College London 1753 · 1686
- King's College London vs UC Berkeley 1686 · 1682
- UC Berkeley vs Stanford University 1682 · 1681
- Stanford University vs Princeton University 1681 · 1670
- Princeton University vs University of Manchester 1670 · 1636
- University of Manchester vs Yale University 1636 · 1633
- Yale University vs UT Austin 1633 · 1616
- UT Austin vs University of Southern California 1616 · 1609
- University of Southern California vs University of Cambridge 1609 · 1601
- University of Cambridge vs University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1601 · 1596
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs Boston College 1596 · 1596
- Boston College vs UCLA 1596 · 1583
- UCLA vs National Autonomous University of Mexico 1583 · 1582
- National Autonomous University of Mexico vs Tufts University 1582 · 1579
- Tufts University vs University of Chicago 1579 · 1577
- University of Chicago vs McGill University 1577 · 1575
- McGill University vs Purdue University 1575 · 1575
- Purdue University vs University of Pennsylvania 1575 · 1575
- University of Pennsylvania vs Northwestern University 1575 · 1573
- Northwestern University vs Harvard University 1573 · 1567
- Harvard University vs Cornell University 1567 · 1566
major vs major
the argument that ruins family dinners
- astronomy vs computer science 1592 · 1592
- astronomy vs music performance 1592 · 1531
- computer science vs music performance 1592 · 1531
- computer science vs geology 1592 · 1517
- music performance vs geology 1531 · 1517
- music performance vs anthropology 1531 · 1516
- geology vs anthropology 1517 · 1516
- geology vs biomedical engineering 1517 · 1516
- anthropology vs biomedical engineering 1516 · 1516
- anthropology vs creative writing 1516 · 1516
- biomedical engineering vs creative writing 1516 · 1516
- biomedical engineering vs english literature 1516 · 1516
- creative writing vs english literature 1516 · 1516
- creative writing vs gender studies 1516 · 1516
- english literature vs gender studies 1516 · 1516
- english literature vs psychology 1516 · 1516
- gender studies vs psychology 1516 · 1516
- gender studies vs aerospace engineering 1516 · 1515
- psychology vs aerospace engineering 1516 · 1515
- psychology vs actuarial science 1516 · 1500
- aerospace engineering vs actuarial science 1515 · 1500