1883 Final College Football Team Rankings
1883 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 | -4.644 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +29 | Beat Harvard 23–2 |
| 2 | 0 | -1.836 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–1 | 0.875 | 2 | +27 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | 0.247 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 4 | +1 | Tied Stevens 6–6 |
| 4 | 0 | 1.030 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 3 | +23 | Lost to Yale 2–23 |
| 5 | 0 | 2.082 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 6–4–1 | 0.591 | 5 | 0 | Beat Michigan 5–1; Tied PENNSYLVANIA 6–6 |
| 6 | 1 | 6.010 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 7 | -10 | Beat Lewisburg A.c. 59–0 |
| 7 | -1 | 9.255 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 6 | -4 | BYE |
| 8 | 1 | 14.982 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 10 | -11 | Lost to Stevens 1–5 |
| 9 | -1 | 16.412 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 8 | -6 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 16.804 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 9 | -13 | BYE |