1881 Week 13 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 | 1.000 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0–1 | 0.938 | 2 | +6 | Tied Harvard 0–0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1.200 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Columbia 1–0 |
| 3 | 0 | 1.500 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–0–1 | 0.750 | 4 | 0 | Tied Amherst 0–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 2.191 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 3 | +1 | Tied Princeton 0–0 |
| 5 | 4 | 3.416 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–3–1 | 0.417 | 5 | -2 | Beat City College OF NEW York 10–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 2–1 |
| 6 | -1 | 3.558 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–3–1 | 0.300 | 7 | 0 | Lost to Yale 0–1 |
| 7 | -1 | 4.327 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–3–1 | 0.125 | 8 | 0 | Tied Dartmouth 0–0 |
| 8 | -1 | 4.520 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 6 | -1 | BYE |
| 9 | -1 | 4.764 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 9 | -1 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 6.364 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 9 | -4 | Lost to Rutgers 1–2 |