1888 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1888 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 | -2.468 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +18 | Beat Johns Hopkins 104–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -1.795 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +19 | Beat Pennsylvania 54–0 |
| 3 | 0 | -1.343 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat M.i.t. 42–0; Beat AMHERST 102–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.318 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | BYE |
| 5 | 1 | 0.666 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 8 | +3 | Beat Rutgers 42–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 0.733 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 5 | +1 | Beat Stevens 6–0 |
| 7 | 0 | 2.066 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 6 | -3 | Beat Penn State 30–0 |
| 8 | 2 | 2.542 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 7 | -2 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 30–0 |
| 9 | -1 | 3.668 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 9 | +6 | Lost to Yale 0–54 |
| 10 | -1 | 5.474 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 10 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–42 |
| 11 | 0 | 8.363 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 12 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | 4 | 11.326 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 11 | -2 | Beat Wyoming Seminary 10–4 |
| 13 | 0 | 12.043 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 13 | -7 | Tied Rutgers 18–18; Lost to TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 0–6 |
| 14 | -2 | 12.741 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 16 | -8 | Lost to Haverford 0–6 |
| 15 | 0 | 13.276 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 13 | -2 | Tied Stevens 18–18; Lost to WILLIAMS 0–42; Beat RIDGEFIELD A.C. 18–6 |
| 16 | 2 | 16.547 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 16 | 0 | Lost to Exeter 10–12; Lost to ANDOVER 4–14 |
| 17 | -3 | 18.653 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 15 | -8 | Lost to Harvard 0–102 |
| 18 | -1 | 20.674 |  Worcester Tech (WORCESTER TECH) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 16 | 0 | BYE |