1885 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1885 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 | -8.607 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +16 | Beat Columbia LAW 64–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -5.197 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Crescent A.c. 52–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.275 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 4 | +6 | Beat Pennsylvania 25–18 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.244 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 3 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 30–22; Lost to WESLEYAN 18–25 |
| 5 | 2 | 8.889 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 6 | -1 | Beat City College OF NEW York 162–0; Beat LEHIGH 20–4 |
| 6 | -1 | 10.949 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | -4 | Lost to Pennsylvania 22–30 |
| 7 | -1 | 16.826 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 7 | -7 | Beat Rutgers 10–5; Lost to STEVENS 4–20 |