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 1532 · 1547
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1532 · 1516
- Harvard University vs Columbia University 1532 · 1660
- Harvard University vs University of Pennsylvania 1532 · 1596
- Harvard University vs Brown University 1532 · 1500
- Harvard University vs Dartmouth College 1532 · 1515
- Harvard University vs Cornell University 1532 · 1501
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1547 · 1516
- Yale University vs Columbia University 1547 · 1660
- Yale University vs University of Pennsylvania 1547 · 1596
- Yale University vs Brown University 1547 · 1500
- Yale University vs Dartmouth College 1547 · 1515
- Yale University vs Cornell University 1547 · 1501
- Princeton University vs Columbia University 1516 · 1660
- Princeton University vs University of Pennsylvania 1516 · 1596
- Princeton University vs Brown University 1516 · 1500
- Princeton University vs Dartmouth College 1516 · 1515
- Princeton University vs Cornell University 1516 · 1501
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1660 · 1596
- Columbia University vs Brown University 1660 · 1500
- Columbia University vs Dartmouth College 1660 · 1515
- Columbia University vs Cornell University 1660 · 1501
- University of Pennsylvania vs Brown University 1596 · 1500
- University of Pennsylvania vs Dartmouth College 1596 · 1515
- University of Pennsylvania vs Cornell University 1596 · 1501
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1500 · 1515
- Brown University vs Cornell University 1500 · 1501
- Dartmouth College vs Cornell University 1515 · 1501
ivy vs the field
the schools that get ranked against them, whether or not they want to be
- Harvard University vs MIT 1532 · 1516
- Harvard University vs Stanford University 1532 · 1597
- Harvard University vs Caltech 1532 · 1532
- Harvard University vs University of Chicago 1532 · 1516
- Harvard University vs Duke University 1532 · 1549
- Harvard University vs Johns Hopkins University 1532 · 1443
- Harvard University vs Northwestern University 1532 · 1500
- Harvard University vs UC Berkeley 1532 · 1516
- Harvard University vs UCLA 1532 · 1546
- Harvard University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1532 · 1484
- Yale University vs MIT 1547 · 1516
- Yale University vs Stanford University 1547 · 1597
- Yale University vs Caltech 1547 · 1532
- Yale University vs University of Chicago 1547 · 1516
- Yale University vs Duke University 1547 · 1549
- Yale University vs Johns Hopkins University 1547 · 1443
- Yale University vs Northwestern University 1547 · 1500
- Yale University vs UC Berkeley 1547 · 1516
- Yale University vs UCLA 1547 · 1546
- Yale University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1547 · 1484
- Princeton University vs MIT 1516 · 1516
- Princeton University vs Stanford University 1516 · 1597
- Princeton University vs Caltech 1516 · 1532
- Princeton University vs University of Chicago 1516 · 1516
- Princeton University vs Duke University 1516 · 1549
- Princeton University vs Johns Hopkins University 1516 · 1443
- Princeton University vs Northwestern University 1516 · 1500
- Princeton University vs UC Berkeley 1516 · 1516
- Princeton University vs UCLA 1516 · 1546
- Princeton University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1516 · 1484
- Columbia University vs MIT 1660 · 1516
- Columbia University vs Stanford University 1660 · 1597
- Columbia University vs Caltech 1660 · 1532
- Columbia University vs University of Chicago 1660 · 1516
- Columbia University vs Duke University 1660 · 1549
- Columbia University vs Johns Hopkins University 1660 · 1443
- Columbia University vs Northwestern University 1660 · 1500
- Columbia University vs UC Berkeley 1660 · 1516
- Columbia University vs UCLA 1660 · 1546
- Columbia University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1660 · 1484
- University of Pennsylvania vs MIT 1596 · 1516
- University of Pennsylvania vs Stanford University 1596 · 1597
- University of Pennsylvania vs Caltech 1596 · 1532
- University of Pennsylvania vs University of Chicago 1596 · 1516
- University of Pennsylvania vs Duke University 1596 · 1549
- University of Pennsylvania vs Johns Hopkins University 1596 · 1443
- University of Pennsylvania vs Northwestern University 1596 · 1500
- University of Pennsylvania vs UC Berkeley 1596 · 1516
- University of Pennsylvania vs UCLA 1596 · 1546
- University of Pennsylvania vs Carnegie Mellon University 1596 · 1484
- Brown University vs MIT 1500 · 1516
- Brown University vs Stanford University 1500 · 1597
- Brown University vs Caltech 1500 · 1532
- Brown University vs University of Chicago 1500 · 1516
- Brown University vs Duke University 1500 · 1549
- Brown University vs Johns Hopkins University 1500 · 1443
- Brown University vs Northwestern University 1500 · 1500
- Brown University vs UC Berkeley 1500 · 1516
- Brown University vs UCLA 1500 · 1546
- Brown University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1500 · 1484
- Dartmouth College vs MIT 1515 · 1516
- Dartmouth College vs Stanford University 1515 · 1597
- Dartmouth College vs Caltech 1515 · 1532
- Dartmouth College vs University of Chicago 1515 · 1516
- Dartmouth College vs Duke University 1515 · 1549
- Dartmouth College vs Johns Hopkins University 1515 · 1443
- Dartmouth College vs Northwestern University 1515 · 1500
- Dartmouth College vs UC Berkeley 1515 · 1516
- Dartmouth College vs UCLA 1515 · 1546
- Dartmouth College vs Carnegie Mellon University 1515 · 1484
- Cornell University vs MIT 1501 · 1516
- Cornell University vs Stanford University 1501 · 1597
- Cornell University vs Caltech 1501 · 1532
- Cornell University vs University of Chicago 1501 · 1516
- Cornell University vs Duke University 1501 · 1549
- Cornell University vs Johns Hopkins University 1501 · 1443
- Cornell University vs Northwestern University 1501 · 1500
- Cornell University vs UC Berkeley 1501 · 1516
- Cornell University vs UCLA 1501 · 1546
- Cornell University vs Carnegie Mellon University 1501 · 1484
the classics
rivalries that pre-date this website
- Harvard University vs Yale University 1532 · 1547
- University of Oxford vs University of Cambridge 1516 · 1516
- Stanford University vs UC Berkeley 1597 · 1516
- MIT vs Caltech 1516 · 1532
- Harvard University vs MIT 1532 · 1516
- Harvard University vs Princeton University 1532 · 1516
- Yale University vs Princeton University 1547 · 1516
- Columbia University vs University of Pennsylvania 1660 · 1596
- Brown University vs Dartmouth College 1500 · 1515
- Cornell University vs Brown University 1501 · 1500
- Imperial College London vs University College London 1516 · 1516
- London School of Economics vs University of Oxford 1513 · 1516
- ETH Zurich vs EPFL 1501 · 1500
- Technical University of Munich vs LMU Munich 1420 · 1500
- Tsinghua University vs Peking University 1500 · 1500
- National University of Singapore vs Nanyang Technological University 1500 · 1500
- University of Tokyo vs Kyoto University 1516 · 1500
- Seoul National University vs KAIST 1500 · 1500
- University of Hong Kong vs Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1500 · 1500
- IIT Bombay vs IIT Delhi 1500 · 1500
- University of Toronto vs McGill University 1500 · 1516
- University of British Columbia vs University of Toronto 1500 · 1500
- University of Melbourne vs University of Sydney 1500 · 1500
- UCLA vs UC Berkeley 1546 · 1516
- Duke University vs University of Michigan 1549 · 1483
- Carnegie Mellon University vs Georgia Tech 1484 · 1516
across borders
arguments that only exist because the board is global
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1532 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 Harvard University vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1532 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 1516 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1516 · 1500
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1516 · 1501
- 🇺🇸 MIT vs 🇮🇳 IIT Bombay 1516 · 1500
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇬🇧 University of Oxford 1597 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1597 · 1501
- 🇺🇸 Stanford University vs 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 1597 · 1500
- 🇺🇸 Caltech vs 🇬🇧 Imperial College London 1532 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 Princeton University vs 🇨🇭 ETH Zurich 1516 · 1501
- 🇺🇸 University of Chicago vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1516 · 1513
- 🇺🇸 UC Berkeley vs 🇯🇵 University of Tokyo 1516 · 1516
- 🇺🇸 Yale University vs 🇫🇷 Sorbonne University 1547 · 1500
- 🇺🇸 Columbia University vs 🇬🇧 University College London 1660 · 1516
- 🇨🇳 Peking University vs 🇰🇷 Seoul National University 1500 · 1500
- 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore vs 🇦🇺 University of Melbourne 1500 · 1500
- 🇨🇦 University of Toronto vs 🇺🇸 University of Michigan 1500 · 1483
- 🇨🇦 McGill University vs 🇬🇧 University of Edinburgh 1516 · 1516
- 🇨🇭 EPFL vs 🇳🇱 Delft University of Technology 1500 · 1500
- 🇫🇷 École Polytechnique vs 🇩🇪 Technical University of Munich 1516 · 1420
- 🇮🇹 Bocconi University vs 🇬🇧 London School of Economics 1500 · 1513
- 🇭🇰 University of Hong Kong vs 🇸🇬 National University of Singapore 1500 · 1500
- 🇯🇵 Kyoto University vs 🇰🇷 KAIST 1500 · 1500
- 🇮🇳 IIT Delhi vs 🇸🇬 Nanyang Technological University 1500 · 1500
- 🇦🇺 University of Sydney vs 🇿🇦 University of Cape Town 1500 · 1500
- 🇲🇽 National Autonomous University of Mexico vs 🇧🇷 University of São Paulo 1500 · 1500
- 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv University vs 🇺🇸 UCLA 1500 · 1546
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 Stanford University 1660 · 1597
- Stanford University vs University of Pennsylvania 1597 · 1596
- University of Pennsylvania vs Tecnológico de Monterrey 1596 · 1580
- Tecnológico de Monterrey vs Eindhoven University of Technology 1580 · 1564
- Eindhoven University of Technology vs Duke University 1564 · 1549
- Duke University vs Yale University 1549 · 1547
- Yale University vs UCLA 1547 · 1546
- UCLA vs Caltech 1546 · 1532
- Caltech vs Harvard University 1532 · 1532
- Harvard University vs Queen Mary University of London 1532 · 1532
- Queen Mary University of London vs McGill University 1532 · 1516
- McGill University vs Vanderbilt University 1516 · 1516
- Vanderbilt University vs Durham University 1516 · 1516
- Durham University vs Georgia Tech 1516 · 1516
- Georgia Tech vs Howard University 1516 · 1516
- Howard University vs Imperial College London 1516 · 1516
- Imperial College London vs KTH Royal Institute of Technology 1516 · 1516
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology vs King's College London 1516 · 1516
- King's College London vs MIT 1516 · 1516
- MIT vs Ohio State University 1516 · 1516
- Ohio State University vs Penn State 1516 · 1516
- Penn State vs Princeton University 1516 · 1516
- Princeton University vs Texas A&M University 1516 · 1516
- Texas A&M University vs Trinity College Dublin 1516 · 1516
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