1890 Week 8 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 | 3 | -1.563 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Dartmouth 43–0; Beat AMHERST 74–6; Beat WILLIAMS 38–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.678 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | -1 | Lost to Williams 8–18 |
| 3 | 2 | -0.174 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 4 | +2 | Beat Rutgers 27–0; Tied ORANGE A.C. 0–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0.289 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Wesleyan 34–0; Beat LEHIGH 26–0 |
| 5 | -4 | 0.572 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 10–18 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.158 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Penn State 20–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.653 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 5 | +3 | Beat Cornell 18–8; Beat RIDGEFIELD A.C. 40–0; Lost to HARVARD 0–38 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.684 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | BYE |
| 9 | 1 | 1.684 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | -7 | 2.053 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–26 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.110 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–43; Beat VERMONT 71–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.441 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 18–10; Beat PENN STATE 10–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 5.015 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–34 |
| 14 | -1 | 7.675 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -1 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0; Lost to HARVARD 6–74 |
| 15 | -1 | 7.789 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–27 |
| 16 | 0 | 8.926 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 14 | -4 | Tied Amherst 0–0 |
| 17 | 1 | 17.263 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 15 | 0 | BYE |
| 18 | -1 | 20.042 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 15 | -1 | BYE |