1893 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings
1893 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 | -0.063 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +35 | Beat NEW York A.c. 42–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 14–6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.211 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +28 | Beat Boston A.c. 10–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.416 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +30 | Beat Orange A.c. 8–0 |
| 4 | -3 | 0.858 |  Purdue (PURDUE) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 6 | +1 | Lost to Michigan 8–46 |
| 5 | 0 | 0.868 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 11–2 | 0.846 | 5 | +7 | Lost to Yale 6–14 |
| 6 | 0 | 0.951 |  Minnesota (MINNESOTA) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +9 | Beat Wisconsin 40–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 2.435 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 9 | +7 | Beat Lafayette 22–6; Beat CORNELL 14–0 |
| 8 | 10 | 2.815 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 14 | -1 | Beat Purdue 46–8; Beat DEPAUW 34–0 |
| 9 | 0 | 2.974 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 9 | +6 | Beat M.i.t. 28–6 |
| 10 | 7 | 3.117 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–3–2 | 0.636 | 8 | +8 | Beat Worcester Tech 66–0; Beat AMHERST 30–12 |
| 11 | 0 | 3.147 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 6 | +4 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 14–6 |
| 12 | -5 | 3.437 |  Wisconsin (WISCONSIN) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 11 | +7 | Lost to Minnesota 0–40 |
| 13 | 2 | 3.747 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 18 | +9 | Beat Tufts 14–4 |
| 14 | -6 | 3.922 |  Lake Forest (LAKE FOREST) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 12 | -1 | Beat Beloit 26–16; Lost to NORTHWESTERN 22–38 |
| 15 | -2 | 4.006 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 14 | +5 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 18–11 |
| 16 | 0 | 4.037 | Chicago (CHICAGO) | IND FBSI | 4–3–1 | 0.563 | 16 | +3 | Tied Northwestern 6–6; Beat ARMOUR 18–6 |
| 17 | 2 | 4.340 |  Illinois (ILLINOIS) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 12 | 0 | Beat Pastime A.c. 18–16 |
| 18 | -6 | 4.592 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 6–5–1 | 0.542 | 17 | 0 | Beat M.i.t. 12–4; Lost to WILLIAMS 12–30 |
| 19 | 4 | 5.261 |  Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN) | IND FBSI | 2–3–3 | 0.438 | 19 | 0 | Tied Chicago 6–6; Beat LAKE FOREST 38–22 |
| 20 | -6 | 5.957 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–5–1 | 0.389 | 21 | -13 | Lost to Tufts 0–6; Lost to LEHIGH 0–14 |
| 21 | 1 | 6.072 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 22 | -1 | Beat Cornell 6–0; Lost to DARTMOUTH 4–14 |
| 22 | -1 | 7.301 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 23 | -11 | Lost to Amherst 4–12; Lost to BROWN 6–28 |
| 23 | -3 | 7.499 |  Worcester Tech (WORCESTER TECH) | IND FBSI | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 20 | -10 | Lost to Williams 0–66 |
| 24 | 0 | 8.992 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–5 | 0.286 | 24 | -8 | Lost to Lehigh 6–22 |
| 25 | 1 | 10.837 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 0–8–2 | 0.100 | 26 | -23 | Lost to Wesleyan 6–14; Lost to ARMY 11–18 |
| 26 | -1 | 11.647 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–7 | 0.125 | 25 | -14 | Lost to Mount Hermon 0–54 |