1891 Week 12 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 | 1 | -0.337 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 11–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +41 | Beat Amherst 27–0; Beat PENNSYLVANIA 48–0 |
| 2 | -1 | -0.301 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 13–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +39 | Beat Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 38–0; Beat BOSTON A.C. 51–12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.221 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +34 | Beat Cornell 6–0 |
| 4 | -1 | 0.368 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 8 | +10 | Lost to Princeton 0–6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1.058 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 6–2–1 | 0.722 | 7 | +9 | Beat Brown 58–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 1.133 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +8 | Beat Georgetown 16–4; Beat DICKINSON 34–4 |
| 7 | -2 | 1.591 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 8–2 | 0.800 | 6 | +19 | Lost to Yale 0–48 |
| 8 | 2 | 1.701 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 5 | +4 | Beat Haverford 70–0 |
| 9 | 2 | 2.510 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 8 | -4 | BYE |
| 10 | -1 | 2.535 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 8 | +11 | Lost to Harvard 0–38 |
| 11 | 1 | 2.774 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 6–4–3 | 0.577 | 12 | +6 | Lost to Yale 0–27; Beat STEVENS 38–0 |
| 12 | 1 | 2.813 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 6–5 | 0.545 | 13 | +15 | Beat Lafayette 6–2 |
| 13 | 1 | 3.331 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 14 | +3 | Beat M.i.t. 8–6 |
| 14 | 2 | 3.645 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 6–6 | 0.500 | 14 | 0 | Beat Army 27–6 |
| 15 | -7 | 3.734 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 2–1–1 | 0.625 | 11 | -2 | Lost to Rutgers 6–27 |
| 16 | 1 | 4.282 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 5–6–1 | 0.458 | 17 | -6 | BYE |
| 17 | -2 | 5.081 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2 | 0.500 | 14 | 0 | Lost to Navy 4–34 |
| 18 | 0 | 6.236 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 4–6 | 0.400 | 18 | -16 | Lost to Amherst 0–38 |
| 19 | 2 | 7.139 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–7 | 0.125 | 25 | -17 | Lost to Lehigh 2–6 |
| 20 | 0 | 7.365 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 23 | -11 | Lost to Dartmouth 6–8 |
| 21 | -2 | 7.387 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 3–5 | 0.375 | 19 | -9 | Lost to Williams 0–58 |
| 22 | 0 | 8.713 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 21 | -7 | Lost to Swarthmore 6–20 |
| 23 | 0 | 8.754 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 21 | -17 | BYE |
| 24 | 0 | 9.750 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 20 | +2 | Beat Worcester Tech 38–6 |
| 25 | 0 | 13.108 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 23 | -15 | BYE |
| 26 | 0 | 14.806 | Haverford (HAVERFORD) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 26 | -16 | Lost to Bucknell 0–70 |