1890 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | -1.662 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Bowdoin 54–0; Beat WESLEYAN 55–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.288 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 5 | -2 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | -0.135 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 3 | +13 | Beat Lafayette 26–6; Beat LEHIGH 50–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.203 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Williams 36–0; Beat AMHERST 12–0 |
| 5 | 4 | 1.210 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 4 | +6 | Beat Columbia 18–0; Beat FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 28–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 1.380 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 5 | +4 | Lost to Yale 0–36; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 28–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.789 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | -1 | 2.505 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 6–26 |
| 9 | 1 | 2.963 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 7 | +1 | Beat Bucknell 22–6; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–28 |
| 10 | -4 | 3.758 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 6–22 |
| 11 | 2 | 3.941 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 7 | 0 | Beat Andover 10–0 |
| 12 | 2 | 4.018 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Beat Orange A.c. 6–4 |
| 13 | -1 | 5.043 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 9 | +1 | Beat Amherst 8–6; Lost to HARVARD 0–55 |
| 14 | -3 | 5.985 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 14 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–50 |
| 15 | 0 | 8.219 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 14 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–8; Lost to YALE 0–12 |
| 16 | 2 | 9.240 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | -3 | Beat Swarthmore 8–0 |
| 17 | -1 | 11.617 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–5–1 | 0.083 | 16 | -10 | Lost to Williams 0–28 |
| 18 | -1 | 11.937 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 17 | -4 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–18 |