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1894 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

1894 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.300Yale (YALE)IND FBSI16–01.0001+73Beat Princeton 24–0
210.609Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND FBSI12–01.0001+35Beat Harvard 18–4
3-10.784Harvard (HARVARD)IND FBSI11–20.8465+44Lost to Pennsylvania 4–18
400.921Minnesota (MINNESOTA)IND FBSI3–10.7507+11BYE
511.299Purdue (PURDUE)IND FBSI8–10.8893+20Beat Depauw 28–0
611.428Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)IND FBSI5–20.7148+19BYE
711.540Michigan (MICHIGAN)IND FBSI9–1–10.8644+14Beat Chicago 6–4
8-31.572Princeton (PRINCETON)IND FBSI8–20.8006+21Lost to Yale 0–24
901.986Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60013+7BYE
1002.098Cornell (CORNELL)IND FBSI6–4–10.59114+17Beat Lehigh 10–6
1112.449Brown (BROWN)IND FBSI10–50.66710+7Beat M.i.t. 16–4
12-12.568Chicago (CHICAGO)IND FBSI12–5–10.6949+12Lost to Michigan 4–6
1312.895Williams (WILLIAMS)IND FBSI6–3–10.65011+9BYE
1423.489Illinois (ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–30.57116+6Beat Pastime A.c. 10–0
15-23.583Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND FBSI5–40.55618+12Lost to Chicago A.c. 0–4
16-13.769Beloit (BELOIT)IND FBSI5–30.62512-4BYE
1704.464Amherst (AMHERST)IND FBSI7–5–10.57715-10BYE
1804.839Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT))IND FBSI4–30.57116-7BYE
1905.569Tufts (TUFTS)IND FBSI6–50.54519-3Beat Andover 6–4
2005.823Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK))IND FBSI3–40.42923-5BYE
2145.850Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI5–60.45521-10Beat Bucknell 44–0
22-16.145Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)IND FBSI3–30.50020-8BYE
23-16.512M.i.t. (M.I.T.)IND FBSI2–50.28626-6Lost to Brown 4–16
24-16.514Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST)IND FBSI3–40.42923-9BYE
25-16.846Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI5–90.35725-9Lost to Cornell 6–10
2607.281Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)IND FBSI4–50.44422-17BYE
27012.451Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)IND FBSI0–50.00027-22BYE

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