1878 Week 12 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 | 3 | 0.770 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Amherst 3–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0.825 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +3 | Beat Pennsylvania 2–1 |
| 3 | -2 | 1.430 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 2–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 1.600 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 4 | 0 | Tied Stevens 0–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 2.935 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 1–2 |
| 6 | 1 | 3.049 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–2 | 0.500 | 4 | 0 | Tied Columbia 0–0; Beat RUTGERS 1–0 |
| 7 | -2 | 3.361 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–3 |
| 8 | 1 | 6.160 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 8 | -1 | Lost to Stevens 0–1 |
| 9 | -1 | 7.600 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 9 | -2 | BYE |