1889 Week 9 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 | 1 | -1.060 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Cornell 56–6; Beat AMHERST 42–0 |
| 2 | 1 | -0.800 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 6 | 0 | Tied Bucknell 12–12 |
| 3 | 1 | -0.533 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 6 | +1 | Lost to Yale 6–56; Beat ROCHESTER 124–0 |
| 4 | 1 | -0.517 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Williams 41–0; Beat ANDOVER 41–0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0.117 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Stevens 49–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0.300 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Lehigh 6–4 |
| 7 | -6 | 0.885 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–41; Beat VERMONT 44–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 1.175 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Swarthmore 17–16 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.818 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 21 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | 3 | 2.189 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 8 | 0 | Beat Exeter 34–0 |
| 11 | 4 | 2.510 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 14 | 0 | Beat Haverford 60–0; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 4–6 |
| 12 | -1 | 2.644 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 9 | -1 | Tied Boston A.c. 0–0 |
| 13 | 1 | 3.191 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 10 | -1 | Beat Rutgers 16–0 |
| 14 | 3 | 3.789 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 13 | -1 | Beat Amherst 39–0; Beat RUTGERS 58–4 |
| 15 | 5 | 4.520 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Beat Brown 48–0 |
| 16 | 0 | 7.344 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 14 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–49 |
| 17 | -5 | 11.400 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 19 | -4 | Lost to Lafayette 0–16; Lost to WESLEYAN 4–58 |
| 18 | 3 | 12.018 | Swarthmore (SWARTHMORE) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 19 | 0 | Lost to Dickinson 16–17 |
| 19 | -1 | 13.218 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 16 | -1 | Tied Franklin & Marshall 12–12 |
| 20 | -11 | 14.418 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 16 | -3 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–39; Lost to YALE 0–42 |
| 21 | -2 | 14.527 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 16 | -1 | BYE |