1891 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings
1891 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 | 2 | -0.270 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +28 | Beat Wesleyan 124–0; Beat SPRINGFIELD 44–4 |
| 2 | -1 | -0.136 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 9–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +23 | Beat Crescent A.c. 70–0; Beat WESLEYAN 76–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.224 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 8 | +9 | Beat Lehigh 24–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.241 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +26 | Beat Orange A.c. 26–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 24–0 |
| 5 | 1 | 1.215 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–1 | 0.889 | 5 | +17 | Lost to Princeton 0–24 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.372 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 3–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +5 | Beat Gallaudet 6–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.662 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | 0.688 | 10 | +5 | Beat Fordham 40–0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.670 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–0–1 | 0.833 | 6 | +4 | Beat Stevens 14–12 |
| 9 | 0 | 2.154 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 9 | +11 | BYE |
| 10 | 3 | 2.351 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 6 | +4 | Beat Penn State 12–10 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.715 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 11 | -4 | Lost to Bucknell 10–12 |
| 12 | 3 | 2.833 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 5–3–3 | 0.591 | 13 | +2 | Beat Springfield 24–4; Beat M.I.T. 24–14 |
| 13 | -1 | 2.926 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 5–5 | 0.500 | 14 | +14 | Beat Lafayette 22–4; Lost to CORNELL 0–24 |
| 14 | 7 | 4.053 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 1–2–1 | 0.375 | 19 | +2 | Beat Stevens 32–12 |
| 15 | -10 | 4.093 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–1 | 0.667 | 11 | 0 | Lost to Swarthmore 0–46 |
| 16 | 0 | 4.251 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 5–6 | 0.455 | 16 | -1 | Lost to NEW York A.c. 12–21; Beat NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 70–4 |
| 17 | -3 | 4.263 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 5–6–1 | 0.458 | 15 | -5 | Lost to Amherst 4–24; Lost to HARVARD 4–44 |
| 18 | -1 | 5.629 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 4–5 | 0.444 | 17 | -10 | Beat Montclair A.c. 10–6; Lost to DARTMOUTH 12–32; Lost to ARMY 12–14 |
| 19 | 1 | 6.388 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–4 | 0.429 | 18 | -5 | Beat Bowdoin 18–0 |
| 20 | -1 | 6.969 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 21 | -6 | Lost to Amherst 14–24 |
| 21 | -3 | 7.097 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 24 | -10 | Lost to Lehigh 4–22 |
| 22 | 1 | 7.637 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 20 | -7 | Beat Haverford 23–4 |
| 23 | 2 | 8.812 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 21 | -14 | Beat Worcester Tech 36–10 |
| 24 | -2 | 12.243 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 24 | +3 | Lost to Harvard 0–124; Lost to YALE 0–76 |
| 25 | 1 | 13.158 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 23 | -13 | BYE |
| 26 | -2 | 13.659 | Haverford (HAVERFORD) | IND FBSI | 0–4 | 0.000 | 26 | -11 | Lost to Franklin & Marshall 4–23 |