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Final power ratings for the 1881 season are listed below. There is insufficient data to adequately calculate a home field advantage. I have used a constant home field advantage value of .556 and a root for determining point spreads of 1.294 which match a long-term analysis.
The average home field advantage for this year is 0.20 points.
Some game locations are unknown and have been estimated. Research continues.
KEY: PR=Final power rating, PS=Pre-season power rating, SOS=strength of schedule.
| Rank | Team | PR | PS | SOS | PF | PA | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Conference |
| 1 | Yale | .867 | .782 | .453 | 1.67 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .917 | Independent |
| 2 | Princeton | .818 | .804 | .364 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .889 | Independent |
| 3 | Harvard | .732 | .502 | .334 | 2.13 | 0.25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | Independent |
| 4 | Columbia | .478 | .258 | .330 | 0.86 | 0.57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | Independent |
| 5 | Rutgers | .425 | .260 | .366 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .417 | Independent |
| 6 | Dartmouth | .285 | .129 | .050 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .750 | Independent |
| 7 | Amherst | .173 | .129 | .616 | 0.00 | 1.75 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | Independent |
| 8 | Wild Card U | .155 | .129 | .754 | 0.25 | 5.75 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |
| 9 | Stevens | .149 | .163 | .641 | 0.50 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | Independent |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | .096 | .418 | .457 | 0.20 | 3.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | Independent |
| 11 | Michigan | .083 | .129 | .460 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | Independent |
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Last Updated on 09/15/13
By James Howell
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