1890 Final College Football Team Rankings
1890 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.
1890 Season
1890 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings
1890 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.
1890 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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.
1890 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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.
1890 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.685 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +35 | Beat Amherst 64–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -1.032 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | 0.958 | 3 | +40 | Beat Wesleyan 46–4 |
| 3 | 0 | -0.695 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +44 | Beat Pennsylvania 60–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.123 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 4 | +16 | Beat Dartmouth 6–0 |
| 5 | -1 | 1.381 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–3 | 0.727 | 6 | +19 | Lost to Yale 0–60 |
| 6 | 0 | 1.593 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 7 | +3 | Beat Lafayette 66–6 |
| 7 | 0 | 1.744 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 5 | +2 | Beat Gettysburg 68–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 2.862 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–4 | 0.556 | 9 | -9 | Beat Michigan 20–5 |
| 9 | 5 | 3.289 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 4–4–1 | 0.500 | 10 | -6 | Beat Crescent A.c. 68–0; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 62–0; Tied COLUMBIA 6–6 |
| 10 | 2 | 3.763 |  Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 8 | 0 | Beat Washington & LEE 46–0 |
| 11 | -1 | 3.985 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 10 | -7 | Lost to Williams 0–6 |
| 12 | -3 | 4.158 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 5–5–1 | 0.500 | 10 | +4 | Lost to Harvard 0–64 |
| 13 | 0 | 6.588 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–5 | 0.444 | 13 | +13 | Lost to Princeton 4–46 |
| 14 | 1 | 6.637 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 14 | -3 | BYE |
| 15 | 1 | 7.748 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 16 | -16 | BYE |
| 16 | -5 | 8.009 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 17 | -5 | Lost to Lehigh 6–66 |
| 17 | 0 | 8.424 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 3–6 | 0.333 | 15 | -10 | Lost to Columbia A.c. 0–6; Beat HAVERFORD 12–0 |
| 18 | 0 | 12.296 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 18 | -8 | Tied Rutgers 6–6 |
1890 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.692 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +28 | Beat Orange A.c. 33–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -1.019 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 10–0–1 | 0.955 | 3 | +31 | Beat Columbia 85–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 6–0 |
| 3 | 0 | -0.579 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +32 | Beat Crescent A.c. 52–0; Beat RUTGERS 70–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.718 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 4 | +14 | Beat Schuylkill Navy 34–10; Lost to PRINCETON 0–6 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.187 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 5 | +11 | Beat M.i.t. 36–0 |
| 6 | 5 | 2.348 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 7 | +1 | Beat Rutgers 4–2; Beat LEHIGH A.C. 60–6 |
| 7 | -1 | 2.490 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 5–2 | 0.714 | 6 | +2 | Beat Millersville 38–0 |
| 8 | 0 | 2.922 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 10 | -7 | Lost to Wesleyan 2–4; Beat BUCKNELL 26–0 |
| 9 | 3 | 2.986 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 5–4–1 | 0.550 | 9 | +4 | Beat Massachusetts 52–0; Beat DARTMOUTH 4–0 |
| 10 | -3 | 3.434 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 7 | -4 | Lost to Amherst 0–4 |
| 11 | 2 | 5.479 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 16 | -3 | BYE |
| 12 | 6 | 5.601 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Beat Randolph Macon 136–0; Beat DICKINSON 14–10 |
| 13 | 1 | 5.612 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–4 | 0.500 | 10 | +12 | Beat Cornell 4–2 |
| 14 | -4 | 6.745 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 14 | -5 | Lost to Lehigh 2–4; Lost to YALE 0–70 |
| 15 | -6 | 6.852 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 13 | -4 | Lost to Cornell 0–26 |
| 16 | 0 | 7.508 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 2–5–1 | 0.313 | 15 | -14 | Beat Brown 20–16 |
| 17 | -2 | 9.399 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 17 | -9 | Lost to Navy 6–32; Lost to VIRGINIA 10–14 |
| 18 | -1 | 11.942 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 18 | -6 | Lost to Princeton 0–85 |
1890 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.954 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | Beat Cornell 77–0 |
| 2 | 1 | -0.832 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 8–0–1 | 0.944 | 3 | +16 | Beat Columbia A.c. 60–0; Beat VIRGINIA 115–0 |
| 3 | 1 | -0.167 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +21 | Beat Wesleyan 76–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.666 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 4 | +9 | Beat Virginia 72–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.380 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 5 | +7 | BYE |
| 6 | 3 | 2.742 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 6 | +3 | Beat Dickinson 10–9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2.915 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 6 | 0 | Beat Bowdoin 42–0 |
| 8 | -6 | 3.036 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 8 | -5 | Lost to Amherst 0–18; Lost to HARVARD 0–77 |
| 9 | 1 | 3.643 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 8 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | 2 | 3.916 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 8 | -1 | BYE |
| 11 | 3 | 4.180 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 13 | 0 | Beat Lafayette 30–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 4.631 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–4–1 | 0.438 | 11 | -2 | Beat Cornell 18–0; Beat M.I.T. 38–4 |
| 13 | -5 | 5.601 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 15 | -3 | Lost to Lehigh 0–30 |
| 14 | -1 | 6.718 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 12 | +5 | Lost to Yale 0–76 |
| 15 | 1 | 7.246 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 13 | -6 | Beat Haverford 6–0; Lost to FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 9–10 |
| 16 | 1 | 8.962 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–5–1 | 0.214 | 16 | -13 | Beat Massachusetts 30–0 |
| 17 | 1 | 9.504 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 17 | -5 | Beat Fordham 40–0; Lost to CRESCENT A.C. 0–29 |
| 18 | -11 | 28.189 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 18 | -1 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–72; Lost to PRINCETON 0–115 |
1890 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.662 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Bowdoin 54–0; Beat WESLEYAN 55–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.288 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 5 | -2 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | -0.135 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0–1 | 0.929 | 3 | +13 | Beat Lafayette 26–6; Beat LEHIGH 50–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.203 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +14 | Beat Williams 36–0; Beat AMHERST 12–0 |
| 5 | 4 | 1.210 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 4 | +6 | Beat Columbia 18–0; Beat FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 28–0 |
| 6 | -1 | 1.380 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 5 | +4 | Lost to Yale 0–36; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 28–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.789 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | -1 | 2.505 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 6–26 |
| 9 | 1 | 2.963 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 7 | +1 | Beat Bucknell 22–6; Lost to PENNSYLVANIA 0–28 |
| 10 | -4 | 3.758 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 6–22 |
| 11 | 2 | 3.941 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 7 | 0 | Beat Andover 10–0 |
| 12 | 2 | 4.018 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Beat Orange A.c. 6–4 |
| 13 | -1 | 5.043 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 9 | +1 | Beat Amherst 8–6; Lost to HARVARD 0–55 |
| 14 | -3 | 5.985 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 14 | -1 | Lost to Princeton 0–50 |
| 15 | 0 | 8.219 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–4–1 | 0.250 | 14 | -5 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–8; Lost to YALE 0–12 |
| 16 | 2 | 9.240 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | -3 | Beat Swarthmore 8–0 |
| 17 | -1 | 11.617 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–5–1 | 0.083 | 16 | -10 | Lost to Williams 0–28 |
| 18 | -1 | 11.937 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 17 | -4 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–18 |
1890 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.691 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | Beat Dartmouth 64–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.185 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 6 | -1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 26–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.232 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0–1 | 0.900 | 3 | +7 | Beat Pennsylvania 18–0; Beat CRESCENT A.C. 12–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.289 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 40–0; Beat ORANGE A.C. 16–0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0.895 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 4 | +4 | Beat Troy Laureates 42–0; Beat BOWDOIN 50–0 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.042 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 6 | 0 | Beat Dickinson 12–0 |
| 7 | -2 | 1.117 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | BYE |
| 8 | 1 | 1.789 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 9 | -3 | 1.950 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 5 | +2 | Lost to Princeton 0–18; Beat LEHIGH 8–0 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.606 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 8 | +1 | BYE |
| 11 | -1 | 3.596 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | -1 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–8 |
| 12 | 1 | 4.075 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | Beat Columbia 4–0 |
| 13 | -2 | 4.788 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–64 |
| 14 | 1 | 4.961 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | -1 | Beat NEW York A.c. 30–0 |
| 15 | -1 | 8.017 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -1 | BYE |
| 16 | 0 | 11.074 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–4–1 | 0.100 | 15 | -5 | Lost to Yale 0–40; Lost to CORNELL 0–26 |
| 17 | 0 | 12.968 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 16 | -2 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–4 |
| 18 | 0 | 13.347 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 16 | -1 | Lost to Bucknell 0–12 |
1890 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 3 | -1.563 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Dartmouth 43–0; Beat AMHERST 74–6; Beat WILLIAMS 38–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.678 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | -1 | Lost to Williams 8–18 |
| 3 | 2 | -0.174 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 4 | +2 | Beat Rutgers 27–0; Tied ORANGE A.C. 0–0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0.289 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Wesleyan 34–0; Beat LEHIGH 26–0 |
| 5 | -4 | 0.572 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | -1 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 10–18 |
| 6 | 2 | 1.158 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Penn State 20–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 1.653 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 5 | +3 | Beat Cornell 18–8; Beat RIDGEFIELD A.C. 40–0; Lost to HARVARD 0–38 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.684 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | BYE |
| 9 | 1 | 1.684 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | -7 | 2.053 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 9 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–26 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.110 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–43; Beat VERMONT 71–0 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.441 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 6 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 18–10; Beat PENN STATE 10–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 5.015 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–34 |
| 14 | -1 | 7.675 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 12 | -1 | Tied Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–0; Lost to HARVARD 6–74 |
| 15 | -1 | 7.789 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 15 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–27 |
| 16 | 0 | 8.926 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 14 | -4 | Tied Amherst 0–0 |
| 17 | 1 | 17.263 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 15 | 0 | BYE |
| 18 | -1 | 20.042 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 15 | -1 | BYE |
1890 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings
1890 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 | 0 | -1.621 | Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 9 | 0 | Beat Dickinson 52–0; Tied BUCKNELL 0–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -1.563 | Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rochester 98–0; Beat UNION (NEW YORK) 32–0 |
| 3 | -2 | -0.695 | Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Swarthmore 50–0 |
| 4 | -3 | -0.174 | Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Exeter 41–0 |
| 5 | -4 | 0.405 | Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 33–16 |
| 6 | -5 | 0.811 | Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Amherst 6–0 |
| 7 | -6 | 1.100 | Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Wesleyan 8–0; Beat CRESCENT A.C. 18–6 |
| 8 | -7 | 1.158 | Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Swarthmore 10–0; Beat RUTGERS 16–4 |
| 9 | -8 | 1.684 | Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Tied Lafayette 0–0 |
| 10 | -9 | 1.684 | Virginia (VIRGINIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 18 | 0 | BYE |
| 11 | -10 | 1.911 | Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Andover 10–5 |
| 12 | -11 | 2.765 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–8; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 12–5 |
| 13 | -12 | 3.014 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 10 | 0 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 12–11; Lost to WILLIAMS 0–6 |
| 14 | -13 | 5.705 | Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 4–16 |
| 15 | -14 | 6.968 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 16–33 |
| 16 | -15 | 8.232 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 13 | -2 | Lost to Amherst 11–12; Lost to WESLEYAN 5–12 |
| 17 | -16 | 15.811 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Lafayette 0–52 |
| 18 | -17 | 17.074 | Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 13 | 0 | Lost to Orange A.c. 0–21 |
1890 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings
1890 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.