1881 Week 8 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 | 5 | 0.300 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Rutgers 3–0 |
| 2 | -1 | 0.545 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 3 | -1 | 0.545 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 4 | -1 | 0.545 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 5 | -1 | 0.545 |  Michigan (MICHIGAN) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 6 | -1 | 0.545 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 7 | 1 | 0.545 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 8 | 1 | 0.545 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 0–0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | BYE |
| 9 | 1 | 1.700 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 2–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Ottawa 9–1 |
| 10 | -3 | 2.982 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 0–1 | 0.000 | 3 | 0 | Lost to Princeton 0–3 |