1881 Week 12 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 | 0.943 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +2 | Beat Rutgers 1–0; Beat COLUMBIA 1–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1.025 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 4–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Harvard 1–0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1.300 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Amherst 1–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 2.042 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 4 | +1 | Lost to Yale 0–1 |
| 5 | 0 | 2.896 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | 0 | Tied Rutgers 0–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–1 |
| 6 | 2 | 4.000 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 8 | 0 | Lost to Dartmouth 0–1 |
| 7 | 0 | 4.268 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 5 | -2 | BYE |
| 8 | -2 | 4.436 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 8 | -1 | BYE |
| 9 | 1 | 4.873 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 7 | -2 | Tied Columbia 0–0; Lost to PRINCETON 0–1 |
| 10 | -1 | 5.745 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 8 | -1 | BYE |