1889 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1889 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 | -1.183 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +17 | Beat Columbia 71–0 |
| 2 | 1 | -0.822 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +22 | Beat Wesleyan 67–2 |
| 3 | -1 | -0.705 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +26 | Beat Crescent A.c. 5–0; Beat CORNELL 70–0 |
| 4 | 5 | 0.449 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 11 | 0 | Beat Penn State 106–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0.912 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 4 | +4 | Tied Navy 0–0 |
| 6 | -2 | 0.989 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 8 | +5 | Lost to Yale 0–70 |
| 7 | -2 | 1.012 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 7 | +1 | Beat Swarthmore 22–4 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.159 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 5 | +3 | Beat Williams 20–9 |
| 9 | 5 | 2.537 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 9 | +2 | Beat Pennsylvania 10–8; Beat PENN STATE 26–0 |
| 10 | 0 | 2.664 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–4–1 | 0.357 | 13 | -7 | Lost to Dartmouth 9–20 |
| 11 | 1 | 2.921 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 6 | +2 | Beat Stevens 16–10 |
| 12 | -1 | 3.169 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 12 | +3 | Lost to Lafayette 8–10; Beat COLUMBIA 24–0 |
| 13 | 0 | 4.458 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 9 | -3 | BYE |
| 14 | 1 | 7.259 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–6 | 0.333 | 14 | +2 | Lost to Harvard 2–67 |
| 15 | 5 | 7.906 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 17 | -8 | Beat Rochester 72–0 |
| 16 | 0 | 8.432 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 16 | -3 | BYE |
| 17 | 1 | 8.787 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 17 | -12 | BYE |
| 18 | -1 | 8.989 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 19 | 0 | Lost to M.i.t. 10–16 |
| 19 | -12 | 11.237 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 14 | -5 | Lost to Lafayette 0–26; Lost to LEHIGH 0–106 |
| 20 | -1 | 12.738 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 21 | -10 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 4–22 |
| 21 | 0 | 16.418 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–6–1 | 0.071 | 20 | -9 | Lost to Princeton 0–71; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–24 |