1886 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings
1886 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 | -5.427 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Tufts 82–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -3.887 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 3 | 0 | Beat Tufts 61–0; Tied M.I.T. 14–14 |
| 3 | -2 | -0.807 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Falls OF Schuylkill 64–0; Beat TIOGA 18–0 |
| 4 | -3 | 0.533 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 5 | -4 | 0.533 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 6 | -5 | 0.533 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | -6 | 0.533 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | -7 | 0.533 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 4 | 0 | Tied Williams 14–14 |
| 9 | -8 | 0.533 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 10 | -9 | 0.533 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 11 | -10 | 0.533 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 12 | -11 | 0.533 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 13 | -12 | 0.533 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | BYE |
| 14 | -13 | 24.347 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 5 | 0 | Lost to Williams 0–61; Lost to HARVARD 0–82 |