1891 Week 9 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 | 0.061 |  Cornell (CORNELL) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | +3 | Beat Lafayette 30–0 |
| 2 | 7 | 0.081 | Dickinson (DICKINSON) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Johns Hopkins 52–0 |
| 3 | -1 | 0.081 |  Yale (YALE) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +15 | Beat Orange A.c. 36–0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0.396 |  Harvard (HARVARD) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +7 | Beat Andover 76–0; Beat AMHERST 39–0 |
| 5 | -2 | 0.605 |  Princeton (PRINCETON) | IND FBSI | 7–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +11 | Beat Lafayette 24–0; Beat NEW YORK A.C. 28–0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0.788 |  Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA) | IND FBSI | 6–0 | 1.000 | 1 | +6 | Beat Rutgers 32–6; Beat LEHIGH 42–0 |
| 7 | 3 | 1.304 |  Navy (NAVY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat ST. John's (MARYLAND) 28–6 |
| 8 | -1 | 1.515 | Trinity (connecticut) (TRINITY (CONNECTICUT)) | IND FBSI | 6–1 | 0.857 | 8 | +9 | Beat M.i.t. 22–0; Beat COLUMBIA 54–0 |
| 9 | -1 | 2.037 |  Army (ARMY) | IND FBSI | 1–0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | Beat Fordham 10–6 |
| 10 | -5 | 2.108 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH) | IND FBSI | 4–3 | 0.571 | 15 | +9 | Lost to Pennsylvania 0–42 |
| 11 | 0 | 2.396 |  Penn State (PENN STATE) | IND FBSI | 3–1 | 0.750 | 10 | -2 | Beat Franklin & Marshall 26–6 |
| 12 | 0 | 2.764 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL) | IND FBSI | 4–1 | 0.800 | 9 | +1 | Beat Swarthmore 32–12 |
| 13 | 0 | 2.787 | Springfield (SPRINGFIELD) | IND FBSI | 5–3 | 0.625 | 12 | -2 | Beat Massachusetts 30–0 |
| 14 | 1 | 2.992 |  Williams (WILLIAMS) | IND FBSI | 3–2–1 | 0.583 | 14 | 0 | Beat Dartmouth 14–6 |
| 15 | 2 | 3.948 | Stevens (STEVENS) | IND FBSI | 3–2 | 0.600 | 13 | -4 | Beat Columbia 52–0; Lost to RUTGERS 10–12 |
| 16 | 2 | 4.257 | Amherst (AMHERST) | IND FBSI | 2–3–2 | 0.429 | 16 | -3 | Beat Massachusetts 44–0; Lost to HARVARD 0–39 |
| 17 | 4 | 5.689 |  Rutgers (RUTGERS) | IND FBSI | 2–4 | 0.333 | 18 | 0 | Lost to Pennsylvania 6–32; Beat STEVENS 12–10 |
| 18 | -4 | 5.937 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 20 | -3 | Lost to Princeton 0–24; Lost to CORNELL 0–30 |
| 19 | 0 | 6.650 |  Brown (BROWN) | IND FBSI | 2–3 | 0.400 | 17 | -1 | Lost to Bowdoin 18–22 |
| 20 | -4 | 6.997 | Wesleyan (WESLEYAN) | IND FBSI | 1–3 | 0.250 | 19 | +4 | Lost to Crescent A.c. 6–36 |
| 21 | -1 | 7.481 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH) | IND FBSI | 0–2–1 | 0.167 | 22 | -2 | Lost to Williams 6–14 |
| 22 | 1 | 8.785 |  M.i.t. (M.I.T.) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 23 | -4 | Lost to Trinity (CONNECTICUT) 0–22 |
| 23 | 2 | 11.037 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 23 | -4 | Lost to Penn State 6–26 |
| 24 | 0 | 12.004 |  Columbia (COLUMBIA) | IND FBSI | 1–4 | 0.200 | 20 | -3 | Lost to Stevens 0–52; Lost to TRINITY (CONNECTICUT) 0–54 |
| 25 | -3 | 12.459 |  Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS) | IND FBSI | 0–3 | 0.000 | 23 | -7 | Lost to Amherst 0–44; Lost to SPRINGFIELD 0–30 |
| 26 | 0 | 12.993 | Haverford (HAVERFORD) | IND FBSI | 0–2 | 0.000 | 23 | -4 | BYE |
