1892 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings
1892 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 | 1 | -0.442 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Williams 55–0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0.373 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Dickinson 58–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.487 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Columbia A.c. 42–0; Beat NAVY 28–0 |
| 4 | 5 | 0.511 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Wabash 72–0 |
| 5 | -4 | 0.645 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | +1 | Beat Michigan A.c. 68–0; Beat WISCONSIN 10–6; Lost to MINNESOTA 6–14 |
| 6 | 1 | 0.760 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Brown 30–6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0.923 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +4 | Beat Williams 32–0; Beat MANHATTAN A.C. 22–0 |
| 8 | 7 | 1.005 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 15 | +5 | Beat Massachusetts 58–10; Beat TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 26–0 |
| 9 | -4 | 1.041 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Virginia 32–0; Beat NAVY 16–0; Beat CRESCENT A.C. 23–0 |
| 10 | 6 | 1.218 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Michigan 14–6 |
| 11 | -1 | 1.414 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Exeter 36–0 |
| 12 | 2 | 1.697 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Hyde Park High 16–10; Beat ENGLEWOOD YMCA 18–4; Beat HYDE PARK HIGH 26–0 |
| 13 | -1 | 1.857 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 16 | 0 | BYE |
| 14 | -3 | 3.061 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 11 | 0 | Beat Andover 6–4; Lost to M.I.T. 6–30 |
| 15 | 6 | 3.303 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 16 | 0 | Beat Springfield 6–0 |
| 16 | 8 | 3.331 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 13 | 0 | Tied Illinois 16–16; Beat BELOIT 36–0 |
| 17 | -11 | 3.552 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 16 | -1 | Lost to Michigan 6–10 |
| 18 | 7 | 3.777 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 14 | 0 | Beat Andover 26–0 |
| 19 | 1 | 4.386 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 0–1–1 | 0.250 | 25 | 0 | Tied Northwestern 16–16 |
| 20 | -3 | 4.851 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 21 | 0 | Lost to Orange A.c. 4–8 |
| 21 | -3 | 5.278 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 21 | -1 | Lost to Amherst 0–26 |
| 22 | -3 | 5.649 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 16 | -2 | Lost to Yale 0–32; Lost to HARVARD 0–55 |
| 23 | -1 | 6.012 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 21 | -2 | Lost to Rutgers 8–16 |
| 24 | 3 | 6.634 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 21 | +1 | Beat Lafayette 16–8 |
| 25 | -12 | 7.129 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 26 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–16; Lost to PRINCETON 0–28 |
| 26 | -3 | 7.798 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 20 | -4 | Lost to Amherst 10–58; Tied MOUNT HERMON 10–10 |
| 27 | -1 | 8.843 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 26 | -2 | Lost to Wesleyan 0–6 |