1878 Season

1878 Final College Football Team Rankings

December 10, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.513	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+10	BYE
2	0	1.600	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
3	0	1.888	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	2	+3	BYE
4	2	2.111	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	3	+1	BYE
5	0	2.694	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	5	0	BYE
6	-2	2.806	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	7	0	BYE
7	1	4.287	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	5	-1	Beat City College OF NEW York 1–0
8	-1	4.978	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	8	-4	BYE
9	0	9.880	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	9	-3	BYE

1878 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 3, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.623	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Yale 1–0
2	1	1.600	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
3	-1	1.789	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	2	+3	Lost to Princeton 0–1
4	0	2.602	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	6	0	BYE
5	0	2.694	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	5	0	BYE
6	0	2.854	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
7	0	4.542	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	7	-4	BYE
8	0	5.680	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	8	-1	BYE
9	0	8.560	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	9	-3	BYE

1878 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 26, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.682	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+4	BYE
2	0	1.386	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Harvard 1–0
3	0	1.600	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
4	0	2.380	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	6	+1	Lost to Yale 0–1
5	1	2.694	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	5	0	BYE
6	-1	2.854	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
7	0	4.175	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	7	-2	BYE
8	0	5.680	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	8	-1	BYE
9	0	8.560	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	9	-3	BYE

1878 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 19, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.726	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Harvard 1–0
2	1	1.540	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 3–0; Beat AMHERST 1–0
3	1	1.600	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0–2	0.500	3	0	Tied Pennsylvania 0–0
4	-3	1.954	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	3	+1	Lost to Princeton 0–1
5	1	2.854	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	1–1–2	0.500	3	0	BYE
6	-1	2.935	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	6	0	Tied Columbia 0–0
7	0	3.991	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	7	-1	Lost to Yale 0–1
8	0	5.680	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	8	-1	BYE
9	0	8.560	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	9	-3	BYE

1878 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 12, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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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

1878 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 5, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	5	0.440	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Amherst 2–0
2	-1	0.550	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rutgers 5–0
3	0	1.400	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	8	0	BYE
4	0	1.400	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	8	0	BYE
5	-3	2.089	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	3	0	Lost to Yale 0–2
6	2	2.336	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	3	0	Beat Swarthmore 9–0
7	2	4.480	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	5	0	Tied Rutgers 0–0
8	-1	4.960	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	7	-1	BYE
9	-4	4.960	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	5	0	Tied Stevens 0–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–5

1878 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 29, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.330	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Stevens 4–0
2	0	0.550	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Brown 1–0
3	1	1.000	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	6	BYE
4	1	1.000	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	6	BYE
5	1	1.000	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	6	BYE
6	2	1.000	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	6	BYE
7	-4	2.320	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	3	Lost to Amherst 0–1
8	1	2.800	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	3	BYE
9	-2	3.760	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	3	Lost to Princeton 0–4

1878 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 22, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.220	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pennsylvania 2–0
2	-1	0.400	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
3	-2	0.400	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
4	-3	0.400	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
5	-4	0.400	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
6	-5	0.400	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
7	-6	0.400	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
8	-7	0.400	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	3	BYE
9	-8	2.440	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	2	Lost to Princeton 0–2

1878 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

October 15, 1878By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1878 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	2	Amherst (AMHERST)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Brown (BROWN)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Stevens (STEVENS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Yale (YALE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason

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