1887 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings
1887 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 | 1 | -3.053 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 10–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +32 | Beat Pennsylvania 42–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -2.819 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 8–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +27 | Beat Princeton 12–0 |
| 3 | 0 | -2.790 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–2 | 0.778 | 4 | +32 | Lost to Yale 0–12 |
| 4 | 0 | -2.046 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 6 | +8 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 66–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0.109 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 3 | +9 | Beat Stevens 20–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 2.091 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 5 | +6 | Beat Pennsylvania 20–0 |
| 7 | 0 | 3.572 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–3 | 0.500 | 8 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | 0 | 4.425 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 7 | -2 | BYE |
| 9 | 0 | 6.454 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–6 | 0.500 | 8 | -3 | Lost to Lafayette 0–20; Lost to HARVARD 0–42 |
| 10 | 0 | 7.927 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 3–3–1 | 0.500 | 8 | -4 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–66 |
| 11 | 0 | 9.674 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 14 | -15 | BYE |
| 12 | 1 | 10.144 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 11 | -1 | Beat Andover 32–6 |
| 13 | -1 | 10.600 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 11 | +7 | BYE |
| 14 | 0 | 11.073 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 3–6 | 0.333 | 13 | -13 | Beat Williston 44–0 |
| 15 | 0 | 14.710 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–5–1 | 0.083 | 15 | -16 | Lost to M.i.t. 0–20 |