1876 Final College Football Team Rankings
1876 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 | 1.054 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Columbia 2–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1.238 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | BYE |
| 3 | 0 | 1.841 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 3 | +3 | BYE |
| 4 | 0 | 3.248 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 5 | 0 | 4.350 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 5 | -2 | BYE |
| 6 | 0 | 5.619 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 7 | -1 | Lost to Yale 0–2 |
| 7 | 0 | 6.458 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 6 | -2 | BYE |