1882 Final College Football Team Rankings
1882 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 | 0.442 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +30 | Beat Princeton 2–1 |
| 2 | 0 | 1.321 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 3 | +15 | Lost to Yale 1–2 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.448 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 2 | +9 | BYE |
| 4 | 0 | 2.001 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 4 | +1 | BYE |
| 5 | 0 | 2.552 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 6–4 | 0.600 | 5 | +1 | BYE |
| 6 | 0 | 3.919 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 6 | -1 | BYE |
| 7 | 0 | 4.184 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–1–1 | 0.500 | 6 | -4 | BYE |
| 8 | 0 | 4.314 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 9 | -2 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 4.714 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 10 | -2 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 4.888 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 8 | -12 | BYE |
| 11 | 0 | 6.131 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 10 | -9 | BYE |
| 12 | 0 | 8.143 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 10 | -5 | BYE |
| 13 | 0 | 8.429 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 10 | -8 | BYE |