1877 Final College Football Team Rankings
1877 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 | 0.794 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 3 | +5 | Tied Yale 0–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1.100 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0–1 | 0.875 | 2 | +1 | Tied Princeton 0–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.467 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | BYE |
| 4 | 0 | 2.266 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 4 | +2 | BYE |
| 5 | 0 | 4.067 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 5 | +1 | BYE |
| 6 | 0 | 5.895 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 1–2 | 0.333 | 6 | -4 | BYE |
| 7 | 0 | 6.533 |  Tufts (TUFTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 8 | -1 | BYE |
| 8 | 0 | 7.113 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 7 | -3 | BYE |