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1981 Season · 8 ranked teams

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Failing −
Avg Rank
93.3
Power Up Rank
Avg Rating
5.181
Failing −
Non-Conf Record
6-18
vs other conferences

1981 Standings

PlaceTeamConfConf %RecordWin %RankRatingTierNOWGame Status
1Yale (YALE)6-1.8579–10.900141.572Developing −+28
2Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)6-1.8576–40.600623.230Struggling+6
3Princeton (PRINCETON)5-1.8335–4–10.550944.339Failing ＋+6
4Harvard (HARVARD)4-2.6675–4–10.550723.511Struggling −-4
5Cornell (CORNELL)2-5.2863–70.3001165.898Rock Bottom-27
6Brown (BROWN)2-5.2863–70.3001206.152Rock Bottom-30
7Columbia (COLUMBIA)1-6.1431–90.1001327.801Rock Bottom-34
8Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)1-6.1431–90.1001368.947Rock Bottom-33

Place is by conference win %, then conference wins, then Power Up rank. Conference championship tiebreakers are not applied.

Rank by Week — Every Team
64075109143YaleYale — RS Final: #13Yale — PS 1: #13Yale — PS 2: #13Yale — PS 3: #14Yale — Final: #14DartmouthDartmouth — RS Final: #64Dartmouth — PS 1: #63Dartmouth — PS 2: #63Dartmouth — PS 3: #63Dartmouth — Final: #62PrincetonPrinceton — RS Final: #94Princeton — PS 1: #94Princeton — PS 2: #94Princeton — PS 3: #94Princeton — Final: #94HarvardHarvard — RS Final: #72Harvard — PS 1: #72Harvard — PS 2: #72Harvard — PS 3: #72Harvard — Final: #72CornellCornell — RS Final: #116Cornell — PS 1: #116Cornell — PS 2: #116Cornell — PS 3: #116Cornell — Final: #116BrownBrown — RS Final: #121Brown — PS 1: #121Brown — PS 2: #120Brown — PS 3: #120Brown — Final: #120ColumbiaColumbia — RS Final: #132Columbia — PS 1: #132Columbia — PS 2: #132Columbia — PS 3: #132Columbia — Final: #132PennsylvaniaPennsylvania — RS Final: #136Pennsylvania — PS 1: #136Pennsylvania — PS 2: #136Pennsylvania — PS 3: #136Pennsylvania — Final: #136RS FinalPS 1PS 2PS 3Final

Power Up rank each week; higher = better. Hover a logo for details, click to open the team page. Larger logo = latest week.

Average Rating Tier
5.181
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Conference average on the 12-tier scale.

NOW by Team
Yale
+28
Dartmouth
+6
Princeton
+6
Harvard
-4
Cornell
-27
Brown
-30
Pennsylvania
-33
Columbia
-34

Green = positive Net Opponent Wins, red = negative.

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