1885 Final College Football Team Rankings
1885 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | -6.508 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +40 | Beat Pennsylvania 76–10 |
| 2 | 0 | -5.776 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 2 | +20 | Beat Wesleyan 61–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 3.222 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–5 | 0.615 | 3 | +4 | Lost to Princeton 10–76 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.216 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 3–6 | 0.333 | 6 | -9 | BYE |
| 5 | 1 | 7.348 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–2–2 | 0.500 | 4 | -4 | BYE |
| 6 | -2 | 8.551 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 5 | +5 | Lost to Yale 0–61 |
| 7 | 0 | 18.887 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–4–2 | 0.286 | 7 | -16 | BYE |