1894 Week 12 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.
| Rank | Change | Rating | Team | Conf | Record | Win % | Place | NOW | Game Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0.340 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Beloit 40–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.435 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 13–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +42 | Beat Tufts 67–0; Beat LEHIGH 50–0 |
| 3 | -2 | 0.456 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +27 | Beat Chicago A.c. 36–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.699 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Princeton 12–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.224 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 5 | +16 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–12 |
| 6 | 0 | 1.468 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 8 | +7 | BYE |
| 7 | 0 | 1.508 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 10 | +10 | Beat Crescent A.c. 22–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 1.684 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 6 | +15 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 1.817 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 7 | -2 | Beat Kansas 22–12 |
| 10 | 0 | 1.920 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 11 | +15 | BYE |
| 11 | 0 | 2.116 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | +6 | BYE |
| 12 | 4 | 2.495 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 11 | +9 | Beat Williams 10–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 2.658 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 7–4 | 0.636 | 13 | +5 | Beat Orange A.c. 12–10 |
| 14 | -1 | 2.711 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 11–4–1 | 0.719 | 9 | +9 | Beat Englewood Ymca 4–0; Beat LAKE FOREST 28–0 |
| 15 | -1 | 3.073 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 14 | +8 | Beat Amherst 34–10; Lost to DARTMOUTH 0–10 |
| 16 | -1 | 3.771 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 14 | -2 | Lost to Minnesota 0–40 |
| 17 | 0 | 4.233 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 6–4–1 | 0.591 | 17 | -5 | Lost to Williams 10–34; Tied BOSTON A.C. 0–0 |
| 18 | 4 | 4.768 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 18 | -3 | Beat Laureate Boat Club 10–0 |
| 19 | -1 | 4.902 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 19 | +6 | BYE |
| 20 | -1 | 5.689 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 19 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–67 |
| 21 | -1 | 6.098 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 23 | -5 | Lost to Chicago 0–28 |
| 22 | 3 | 6.171 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 19 | -7 | Beat Williston 16–0 |
| 23 | 3 | 6.240 |  Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK)) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 24 | -1 | Beat Wesleyan 32–6 |
| 24 | -1 | 6.429 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 19 | -9 | BYE |
| 25 | -4 | 6.720 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–7 | 0.364 | 26 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–50; Lost to NAVY 0–10 |
| 26 | -2 | 7.299 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 25 | -3 | BYE |
| 27 | 0 | 12.794 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 27 | -18 | Lost to Union (NEW YORK) 6–32 |