1893 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1893 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 | 13 | -0.407 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Indiana 64–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -0.163 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat M.i.t. 34–0; Beat WILLIAMS 52–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.768 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Georgetown 12–0; Beat NAVY 34–0; Beat VOLUNTEER A.C. 34–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.815 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Dartmouth 28–0 |
| 5 | -3 | 0.842 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Crescent A.c. 26–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0.896 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | -3 | 1.141 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Union (NEW YORK) 18–6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1.304 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Chicago 10–0 |
| 9 | -2 | 1.358 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Massachusetts 18–12 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.510 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | +1 | Beat Army 18–0 |
| 11 | 6 | 1.548 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Detroit A.c. 26–0 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.956 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Kansas 12–6 |
| 13 | -4 | 2.827 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 12 | 0 | Beat Tufts 22–4; Lost to HARVARD 0–52 |
| 14 | 4 | 4.636 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–28 |
| 15 | -7 | 4.671 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 17 | +1 | Lost to Boston A.c. 0–6 |
| 16 | -5 | 4.859 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Lake Forest 0–10 |
| 17 | -1 | 4.956 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–34 |
| 18 | 2 | 5.347 |  Worcester Tech (WORCESTER TECH) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 14 | -2 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 16–16 |
| 19 | 5 | 5.364 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 14 | 0 | Beat Massachusetts 26–0; Beat GREENFIELD 12–10 |
| 20 | -1 | 5.720 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Lehigh 0–18 |
| 21 | 1 | 8.415 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2–2 | 0.250 | 20 | -2 | Tied Worcester Tech 16–16 |
| 22 | -1 | 8.581 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 20 | -2 | Lost to Orange A.c. 0–6 |
| 23 | 0 | 9.244 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 22 | -1 | Lost to Williams 4–22 |
| 24 | 1 | 10.993 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 22 | -3 | Lost to Amherst 0–26; Lost to WESLEYAN 12–18 |
| 25 | 1 | 13.748 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | BYE |
| 26 | -11 | 16.237 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 22 | 0 | Lost to Chicago A.c. 0–22 |