1887 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1887 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 | -3.541 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Pennsylvania 50–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -3.231 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Tufts 68–0 |
| 3 | 0 | -2.761 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Wesleyan 69–0 |
| 4 | 0 | -1.788 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 4 | +3 | Beat Amherst 52–0 |
| 5 | 10 | 2.447 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 7 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 72–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 2.989 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 6 | +1 | Lost to Lehigh 4–10 |
| 7 | 1 | 3.462 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 5 | +4 | Beat Lafayette 10–4 |
| 8 | -2 | 5.737 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 7 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–50 |
| 9 | -2 | 5.831 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 10 | -5 | Lost to Williams 6–12 |
| 10 | -1 | 5.991 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 7 | +5 | Beat Williams 18–6; Lost to PRINCETON 0–69 |
| 11 | 0 | 6.481 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 10 | +1 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–18; Beat RUTGERS 12–6 |
| 12 | 2 | 12.303 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 13 | -6 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–52; Beat BOSTON UNIVERSITY 22–0 |
| 13 | -3 | 12.928 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -4 | Lost to M.i.t. 0–72 |
| 14 | -2 | 13.950 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 15 | -6 | Lost to Active Football Club 4–10 |
| 15 | -2 | 15.723 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–68 |