1881 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1881 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 | 0.720 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Michigan 1–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 4–0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0.933 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Michigan 2–0; Beat AMHERST 4–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1.367 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +1 | Beat Pennsylvania 2–0; Beat COLUMBIA 1–0 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.636 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 10 | 0 | BYE |
| 5 | -3 | 1.841 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–1 | 0.500 | 4 | +1 | Lost to Harvard 0–1 |
| 6 | 0 | 3.236 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–2; Lost to PRINCETON 0–1 |
| 7 | 2 | 3.880 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | -1 | Beat Rutgers 1–0; Tied CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 2–2 |
| 8 | -1 | 3.964 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–4 |
| 9 | 1 | 4.545 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | Lost to Harvard 0–2; Lost to PRINCETON 0–4 |
| 10 | -2 | 5.273 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 6 | -2 | Lost to Stevens 0–1 |