1894 Week 9 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 | 0.314 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Lehigh 30–0; Beat CRESCENT A.C. 80–10 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.522 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +12 | Beat Dartmouth 34–0; Beat ORANGE A.C. 24–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.681 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Orange A.c. 14–0; Beat AMHERST 30–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.801 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Cornell 12–4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0.917 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 7 | 0 | Beat Olivet 48–0; Beat MICHIGAN MILITARY ACADEMY 40–6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.179 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Armour 36–0 |
| 7 | -3 | 1.270 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 4–12 |
| 8 | 10 | 1.443 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | +8 | Beat Chicago 30–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1.886 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Grinnell 10–2 |
| 10 | 5 | 2.165 |  Beloit (BELOIT) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 8 | 0 | Beat Northwestern 42–6 |
| 11 | 1 | 2.216 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 8 | +5 | Beat Chicago A.c. 20–0; Lost to WISCONSIN 0–30 |
| 12 | 5 | 2.248 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | +1 | Beat M.i.t. 42–0 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.267 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 13 | +2 | Beat Andover 14–0 |
| 14 | 7 | 2.413 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | +3 | Beat Lake Forest 54–6 |
| 15 | -9 | 2.740 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | +1 | Lost to Illinois 6–54 |
| 16 | 0 | 2.938 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 13 | 0 | BYE |
| 17 | -10 | 2.966 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–12 |
| 18 | 1 | 3.942 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–30; Beat CARLISLE 22–12 |
| 19 | 1 | 4.298 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | +1 | Beat Hartford 16–0 |
| 20 | -6 | 4.481 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Union (NEW YORK) 0–6; Lost to HARVARD 0–30 |
| 21 | 4 | 4.676 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 24 | +3 | Lost to Yale 0–34; Beat TUFTS 12–0 |
| 22 | 4 | 5.274 |  Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK)) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 18 | +2 | Beat Amherst 6–0 |
| 23 | -1 | 5.310 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 18 | -5 | Beat Wesleyan 12–0 |
| 24 | -1 | 6.827 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 23 | -4 | Beat Evanston High 12–0; Lost to BELOIT 6–42 |
| 25 | -1 | 10.532 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 25 | -1 | Lost to Penn State 0–72 |
| 26 | 1 | 12.871 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 26 | -5 | Lost to Massachusetts 0–12 |
| 27 | -17 | 14.929 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 26 | -1 | Lost to Army 0–42 |