1891 Week 13 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 | 0 | -0.295 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +59 | Beat Harvard 10–0 |
| 2 | 0 | -0.141 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 13–1 | 0.929 | 3 | +43 | Lost to Yale 0–10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0.194 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 12–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +40 | BYE |
| 4 | 0 | 0.512 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–2 | 0.750 | 8 | +11 | Beat Michigan 58–12; Beat DETROIT A.C. 32–0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1.125 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 8–2–1 | 0.773 | 7 | +15 | Beat Springfield 16–6; Beat M.I.T. 30–0 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.395 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 10–2 | 0.833 | 4 | +29 | Beat Lafayette 12–10; Beat LEHIGH 32–0 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.642 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 6–1–1 | 0.813 | 6 | +6 | Tied Dickinson 0–0 |
| 8 | -2 | 1.920 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 5–1 | 0.833 | 4 | +1 | Lost to Lafayette 0–4 |
| 9 | 0 | 2.529 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 4–2 | 0.667 | 10 | -4 | BYE |
| 10 | 0 | 2.733 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 6–3 | 0.667 | 10 | +11 | BYE |
| 11 | 0 | 2.863 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 7–4–3 | 0.607 | 12 | +3 | Beat Massachusetts 16–0 |
| 12 | 0 | 3.099 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 6–6 | 0.500 | 14 | +16 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–32 |
| 13 | 2 | 3.287 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 3–1–1 | 0.700 | 9 | -2 | Beat Schuylkill Navy 6–0 |
| 14 | -1 | 3.522 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 14 | +2 | BYE |
| 15 | -1 | 3.523 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 7–6 | 0.538 | 13 | -1 | Beat NEW York LAW 14–0 |
| 16 | 1 | 5.281 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 2–2–1 | 0.500 | 14 | -1 | Tied Bucknell 0–0 |
| 17 | -1 | 5.512 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 5–8–1 | 0.393 | 19 | -9 | Lost to Williams 6–16; Lost to BOSTON A.C. 4–42 |
| 18 | 1 | 5.644 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 2–8–1 | 0.227 | 21 | -16 | Lost to Pennsylvania 10–12; Tied VIRGINIA 6–6; Beat NAVY 4–0 |
| 19 | -1 | 6.214 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 4–6 | 0.400 | 18 | -16 | BYE |
| 20 | 1 | 6.462 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 4–5 | 0.444 | 17 | -10 | Beat Worcester Tech 32–6 |
| 21 | -1 | 8.041 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 1–6 | 0.143 | 25 | -13 | Lost to Williams 0–30 |
| 22 | 0 | 8.886 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 22 | -8 | BYE |
| 23 | 0 | 9.361 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 23 | -23 | Lost to Amherst 0–16 |
| 24 | 0 | 9.948 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 2–6 | 0.250 | 20 | +1 | BYE |
| 25 | 0 | 13.158 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–5 | 0.167 | 23 | -15 | BYE |
| 26 | 0 | 14.379 | Haverford (HAVERFORD) | IND FBSI | 0–5 | 0.000 | 26 | -17 | BYE |