1885 Week 12 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 | -7.287 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +21 | Beat Johns Hopkins 10–0; Beat WESLEYAN 76–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -5.248 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Pennsylvania 53–5 |
| 3 | 1 | 2.646 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 3 | +2 | Lost to Yale 5–53 |
| 4 | 1 | 4.292 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 6 | -3 | Lost to Lafayette 18–23; Beat CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 86–0 |
| 5 | -2 | 4.786 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 4 | +6 | Lost to Princeton 0–76 |
| 6 | 0 | 7.348 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 4 | -2 | Beat Stevens 23–18 |
| 7 | 0 | 17.056 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 7 | -9 | BYE |