1878 Final College Football Team Rankings
1878 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 | 0.513 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +10 | BYE |
| 2 | 0 | 1.600 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0–2 | 0.500 | 3 | 0 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | 1.888 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 2 | +3 | BYE |
| 4 | 2 | 2.111 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–2 | 0.500 | 3 | +1 | BYE |
| 5 | 0 | 2.694 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | 0 | BYE |
| 6 | -2 | 2.806 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 7 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 1 | 4.287 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | -1 | Beat City College OF NEW York 1–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 4.978 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 8 | -4 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 9.880 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 9 | -3 | BYE |