1895 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1895 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 | 0.393 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Crescent A.c. 32–0; Beat LEHIGH 54–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.707 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Exeter 42–0; Beat ARMY 4–0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0.707 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Detroit A.c. 42–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0.904 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Virginia 36–0; Beat LAFAYETTE 14–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0.995 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 6 | 2 | 1.012 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Lake Forest 26–5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.021 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Amherst 36–0; Beat CRESCENT A.C. 8–2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1.218 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Kentucky 32–0 |
| 9 | -8 | 1.243 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–4 |
| 10 | 10 | 1.476 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 12 | +2 | Beat Tufts 28–0 |
| 11 | 3 | 1.650 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | 6 | 1.775 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 11 | 0 | Tied Bowdoin 10–10; Beat BATES 38–0 |
| 13 | 3 | 1.857 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 27 | 0 | BYE |
| 14 | 3 | 1.886 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 10 | 0 | Beat Western Reserve 12–4 |
| 15 | -4 | 3.169 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 12 | -2 | Lost to Amherst 10–12 |
| 16 | 3 | 3.336 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 17 | +2 | Lost to Yale 0–36; Beat WESLEYAN 12–10 |
| 17 | -5 | 3.576 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Brown 0–28 |
| 18 | 3 | 3.640 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 16 | -3 | Beat Armour 44–0 |
| 19 | -4 | 3.846 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–14 |
| 20 | 3 | 4.101 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 12 | 0 | Beat Minneapolis Boat Club 6–0 |
| 21 | -19 | 4.570 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Chicago A.c. 0–8 |
| 22 | 0 | 4.583 |  Iowa State (IOWA STATE) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 22 | +3 | Beat Sioux City A.c. 6–0 |
| 23 | -14 | 5.200 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 17 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–54 |
| 24 | 2 | 6.667 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 23 | -1 | Beat Massachusetts 22–0 |
| 25 | 0 | 7.943 |  Union (new York) (UNION (NEW YORK)) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 25 | 0 | BYE |
| 26 | -2 | 8.552 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 24 | 0 | Lost to Armour 0–14; Lost to WISCONSIN 5–26 |
| 27 | 0 | 14.229 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 25 | -5 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–22 |