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 1506 · 1561
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1506 · 1549
- Harvard University vs Columbia University 1506 · 1757
- Harvard University vs University of Pennsylvania 1506 · 1561
- Harvard University vs Brown University 1506 · 1502
- Harvard University vs Dartmouth College 1506 · 1484
- Harvard University vs Cornell University 1506 · 1519
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1561 · 1549
- Yale University vs Columbia University 1561 · 1757
- Yale University vs University of Pennsylvania 1561 · 1561
- Yale University vs Brown University 1561 · 1502
- Yale University vs Dartmouth College 1561 · 1484
- Yale University vs Cornell University 1561 · 1519
- Princeton University vs Columbia University 1549 · 1757
- Princeton University vs University of Pennsylvania 1549 · 1561
- Princeton University vs Brown University 1549 · 1502
- Princeton University vs Dartmouth College 1549 · 1484
- Princeton University vs Cornell University 1549 · 1519
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1757 · 1561
- Columbia University vs Brown University 1757 · 1502
- Columbia University vs Dartmouth College 1757 · 1484
- Columbia University vs Cornell University 1757 · 1519
- University of Pennsylvania vs Brown University 1561 · 1502
- University of Pennsylvania vs Dartmouth College 1561 · 1484
- University of Pennsylvania vs Cornell University 1561 · 1519
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1502 · 1484
- Brown University vs Cornell University 1502 · 1519
- Dartmouth College vs Cornell University 1484 · 1519
ivy vs the field
the schools that get ranked against them, whether or not they want to be
- Harvard University vs MIT 1506 · 1512
- Harvard University vs Stanford University 1506 · 1663
- Harvard University vs Caltech 1506 · 1510
- Harvard University vs University of Chicago 1506 · 1576
- Harvard University vs Duke University 1506 · 1532
- Harvard University vs Johns Hopkins University 1506 · 1476
- Harvard University vs Northwestern University 1506 · 1484
- Harvard University vs UC Berkeley 1506 · 1585
- Harvard University vs UCLA 1506 · 1515
- Harvard University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1506 · 1633
- Yale University vs MIT 1561 · 1512
- Yale University vs Stanford University 1561 · 1663
- Yale University vs Caltech 1561 · 1510
- Yale University vs University of Chicago 1561 · 1576
- Yale University vs Duke University 1561 · 1532
- Yale University vs Johns Hopkins University 1561 · 1476
- Yale University vs Northwestern University 1561 · 1484
- Yale University vs UC Berkeley 1561 · 1585
- Yale University vs UCLA 1561 · 1515
- Yale University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1561 · 1633
- Princeton University vs MIT 1549 · 1512
- Princeton University vs Stanford University 1549 · 1663
- Princeton University vs Caltech 1549 · 1510
- Princeton University vs University of Chicago 1549 · 1576
- Princeton University vs Duke University 1549 · 1532
- Princeton University vs Johns Hopkins University 1549 · 1476
- Princeton University vs Northwestern University 1549 · 1484
- Princeton University vs UC Berkeley 1549 · 1585
- Princeton University vs UCLA 1549 · 1515
- Princeton University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1549 · 1633
- Columbia University vs MIT 1757 · 1512
- Columbia University vs Stanford University 1757 · 1663
- Columbia University vs Caltech 1757 · 1510
- Columbia University vs University of Chicago 1757 · 1576
- Columbia University vs Duke University 1757 · 1532
- Columbia University vs Johns Hopkins University 1757 · 1476
- Columbia University vs Northwestern University 1757 · 1484
- Columbia University vs UC Berkeley 1757 · 1585
- Columbia University vs UCLA 1757 · 1515
- Columbia University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1757 · 1633
- University of Pennsylvania vs MIT 1561 · 1512
- University of Pennsylvania vs Stanford University 1561 · 1663
- University of Pennsylvania vs Caltech 1561 · 1510
- University of Pennsylvania vs University of Chicago 1561 · 1576
- University of Pennsylvania vs Duke University 1561 · 1532
- University of Pennsylvania vs Johns Hopkins University 1561 · 1476
- University of Pennsylvania vs Northwestern University 1561 · 1484
- University of Pennsylvania vs UC Berkeley 1561 · 1585
- University of Pennsylvania vs UCLA 1561 · 1515
- University of Pennsylvania vs Carnegie Mellon University 1561 · 1633
- Brown University vs MIT 1502 · 1512
- Brown University vs Stanford University 1502 · 1663
- Brown University vs Caltech 1502 · 1510
- Brown University vs University of Chicago 1502 · 1576
- Brown University vs Duke University 1502 · 1532
- Brown University vs Johns Hopkins University 1502 · 1476
- Brown University vs Northwestern University 1502 · 1484
- Brown University vs UC Berkeley 1502 · 1585
- Brown University vs UCLA 1502 · 1515
- Brown University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1502 · 1633
- Dartmouth College vs MIT 1484 · 1512
- Dartmouth College vs Stanford University 1484 · 1663
- Dartmouth College vs Caltech 1484 · 1510
- Dartmouth College vs University of Chicago 1484 · 1576
- Dartmouth College vs Duke University 1484 · 1532
- Dartmouth College vs Johns Hopkins University 1484 · 1476
- Dartmouth College vs Northwestern University 1484 · 1484
- Dartmouth College vs UC Berkeley 1484 · 1585
- Dartmouth College vs UCLA 1484 · 1515
- Dartmouth College vs Carnegie Mellon University 1484 · 1633
- Cornell University vs MIT 1519 · 1512
- Cornell University vs Stanford University 1519 · 1663
- Cornell University vs Caltech 1519 · 1510
- Cornell University vs University of Chicago 1519 · 1576
- Cornell University vs Duke University 1519 · 1532
- Cornell University vs Johns Hopkins University 1519 · 1476
- Cornell University vs Northwestern University 1519 · 1484
- Cornell University vs UC Berkeley 1519 · 1585
- Cornell University vs UCLA 1519 · 1515
- Cornell University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1519 · 1633
the classics
rivalries that pre-date this website
- Harvard University vs Yale University 1506 · 1561
- University of Oxford vs University of Cambridge 1563 · 1563
- Stanford University vs UC Berkeley 1663 · 1585
- MIT vs Caltech 1512 · 1510
- Harvard University vs MIT 1506 · 1512
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1506 · 1549
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1561 · 1549
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1757 · 1561
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1502 · 1484
- Cornell University vs Brown University 1519 · 1502
- Imperial College London vs University College London 1585 · 1478
- London School of Economics vs University of Oxford 1516 · 1563
- ETH Zurich vs EPFL 1522 · 1500
- Technical University of Munich vs LMU Munich 1435 · 1515
- Tsinghua University vs Peking University 1583 · 1532
- National University of Singapore vs Nanyang Technological University 1516 · 1484
- University of Tokyo vs Kyoto University 1501 · 1500
- Seoul National University vs KAIST 1484 · 1484
- University of Hong Kong vs Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1515 · 1440
- IIT Bombay vs IIT Delhi 1468 · 1484
- University of Toronto vs McGill University 1735 · 1611
- University of British Columbia vs University of Toronto 1687 · 1735
- University of Melbourne vs University of Sydney 1487 · 1495
- UCLA vs UC Berkeley 1515 · 1585
- Duke University vs University of Michigan 1532 · 1498
- Carnegie Mellon University vs Georgia Tech 1633 · 1504
across borders
arguments that only exist because the board is global
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1506 · 1563
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1506 · 1563
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1512 · 1563
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1512 · 1583
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1512 · 1522
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇮🇳 IIT Bombay 1512 · 1468
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1663 · 1563
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1663 · 1522
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1663 · 1583
- 🇺🇸 Caltech vs 🇬🇧 Imperial College London 1510 · 1585
- 🇺🇸 Princeton University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1549 · 1522
- 🇺🇸 University of Chicago vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1576 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 UC Berkeley vs 🇯🇵 University of Tokyo 1585 · 1501
- 🇺🇸 Yale University vs 🇫🇷 Sorbonne University 1561 · 1526
- 🇺🇸 Columbia University vs 🇬🇧 University College London 1757 · 1478
- 🇨🇳 Peking University vs 🇰🇷 Seoul National University 1532 · 1484
- 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore vs 🇦🇺 University of Melbourne 1516 · 1487
- 🇨🇦 University of Toronto vs 🇺🇸 University of Michigan 1735 · 1498
- 🇨🇦 McGill University vs 🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh 1611 · 1547
- 🇨🇭 EPFL vs 🇳🇱 Delft University of Technology 1500 · 1484
- 🇫🇷 École Polytechnique vs 🇩🇪 Technical University of Munich 1562 · 1435
- 🇮🇹 Bocconi University vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1516 · 1516
- 🇭🇰 University of Hong Kong vs 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore 1515 · 1516
- 🇯🇵 Kyoto University vs 🇰🇷 KAIST 1500 · 1484
- 🇮🇳 IIT Delhi vs 🇸🇬 Nanyang Technological University 1484 · 1484
- 🇦🇺 University of Sydney vs 🇿🇦 University of Cape Town 1495 · 1484
- 🇲🇽 National Autonomous University of Mexico vs 🇧🇷 University of São Paulo 1707 · 1484
- 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv University vs 🇺🇸 UCLA 1484 · 1515
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
- Tecnológico de Monterrey vs Columbia University 1820 · 1757
- Columbia University vs University of Toronto 1757 · 1735
- University of Toronto vs National Autonomous University of Mexico 1735 · 1707
- National Autonomous University of Mexico vs University of British Columbia 1707 · 1687
- University of British Columbia vs Stanford University 1687 · 1663
- Stanford University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1663 · 1633
- Carnegie Mellon University vs McGill University 1633 · 1611
- McGill University vs King's College London 1611 · 1601
- King's College London vs Boston College 1601 · 1596
- Boston College vs Imperial College London 1596 · 1585
- Imperial College London vs UC Berkeley 1585 · 1585
- UC Berkeley vs Tsinghua University 1585 · 1583
- Tsinghua University vs University of Chicago 1583 · 1576
- University of Chicago vs University of Cambridge 1576 · 1563
- University of Cambridge vs University of Oxford 1563 · 1563
- University of Oxford vs Pontifical Catholic University of Chile 1563 · 1562
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile vs École Polytechnique 1562 · 1562
- École Polytechnique vs Yale University 1562 · 1561
- Yale University vs University of Pennsylvania 1561 · 1561
- University of Pennsylvania vs University of Southern California 1561 · 1561
- University of Southern California vs Princeton University 1561 · 1549
- Princeton University vs Trinity College Dublin 1549 · 1549
- Trinity College Dublin vs University of Edinburgh 1549 · 1547
- University of Edinburgh vs Politecnico di Milano 1547 · 1547
major vs major
the argument that ruins family dinners
- accounting vs actuarial science 1500 · 1500
- accounting vs aerospace engineering 1500 · 1500
- actuarial science vs aerospace engineering 1500 · 1500
- actuarial science vs agriculture 1500 · 1500
- aerospace engineering vs agriculture 1500 · 1500
- aerospace engineering vs anthropology 1500 · 1500
- agriculture vs anthropology 1500 · 1500
- agriculture vs architecture 1500 · 1500
- anthropology vs architecture 1500 · 1500
- anthropology vs art history 1500 · 1500
- architecture vs art history 1500 · 1500
- architecture vs astronomy 1500 · 1500
- art history vs astronomy 1500 · 1500
- art history vs biology 1500 · 1500
- astronomy vs biology 1500 · 1500
- astronomy vs biomedical engineering 1500 · 1500
- biology vs biomedical engineering 1500 · 1500
- biology vs business administration 1500 · 1500
- biomedical engineering vs business administration 1500 · 1500
- biomedical engineering vs chemical engineering 1500 · 1500
- business administration vs chemical engineering 1500 · 1500