FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1884-85
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1884-85 | Previous |
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| 1 | 1 | Old Etonians | NL | 50 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 138 | 54 | 84 | 9 | 1873-74 | 1884-85 | Rd 6 |  |
| 2 | -1 | Royal Engineers | NL | 53 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 142 | 58 | 84 | 14 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 4 | 0 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 42 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 137 | 49 | 88 | 14 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 1 | |
| 5 | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | NL | 28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 117 | 29 | 88 | 6 | 1879-80 | 1884-85 | Winner | |
| 6 | 0 | Swifts | NL | 39 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 1873-74 | 1884-85 | Rd 4 | |
| 7 | -2 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | |
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| 8 | 1 | Old Carthusians | NL | 25 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 35 | 63 | 6 | 1879-80 | 1884-85 | SF | |
| 9 | -2 | Upton Park | NL | 35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 79 | 56 | 23 | 14 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 3 | |
| 10 | 0 | Darwen | NL | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 90 | 47 | 43 | 8 | 1877-78 | 1884-85 | Rd 4 | |
| 11 | 2 | Notts County | NL | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 78 | 49 | 29 | 8 | 1877-78 | 1884-85 | Rd 6 | |
| 12 | 0 | Aston Villa | NL | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 1879-80 | 1884-85 | Rd 3 | |
| 13 | -2 | Maidenhead | NL | 29 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 51 | -10 | 13 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 1 | |
| 14 | 8 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 1878-79 | 1884-85 | SF | |
| 15 | -1 | Marlow | NL | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 40 | 13 | 14 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 2 | |
| 16 | -1 | Blackburn Olympic | NL | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 1880-81 | 1884-85 | Rd 2 | |
| 17 | 10 | Queen's Park | NL | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 13 | 51 | 3 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Final | |
| 18 | 0 | Sheffield | NL | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 47 | 2 | 11 | 1873-74 | 1884-85 | Rd 3 | |
| 19 | -3 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 20 | -3 | The Wednesday | NL | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 1880-81 | 1884-85 | Rd 3 | |
| 21 | 0 | Hendon (1874) | NL | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 1877-78 | 1884-85 | Rd 2 | |
| 22 | 9 | Ruabon Druids | NL | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1876-77 | 1884-85 | Rd 4 | |
| 23 | -4 | Old Harrovians | NL | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 1876-77 | 1881-82 | ||
| 24 | -4 | Pilgrims | NL | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 51 | -19 | 12 | 1873-74 | 1884-85 | Rd 1 | |
| 25 | -2 | Barnes | NL | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 43 | -16 | 12 | 1871-72 | 1884-85 | Rd 1 |
