1885 Week 9 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 | -8.938 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Pennsylvania 57–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -5.494 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 5 | 0 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | -3.506 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | BYE |
| 4 | 0 | -0.864 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 4 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–57 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.100 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Stevens 16–12 |
| 6 | 0 | 30.650 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 6 | -1 | BYE |
| 7 | 0 | 38.000 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Lafayette 12–16 |