1879 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings
1879 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 | 0.000 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Pennsylvania 6–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.750 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 5 | 0 | BYE |
| 3 | 2 | 0.750 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 5 | 0 | BYE |
| 4 | 2 | 0.750 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–0–1 | 0.500 | 3 | 0 | BYE |
| 5 | 2 | 0.750 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 5 | 0 | BYE |
| 6 | -4 | 1.925 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Britannia 2–0 |
| 7 | -4 | 5.900 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–6 |