1881 college football season explained

Year:	1881
Number Of Teams:	22
Champion:	Princeton Yale
Heisman:	Not awarded until 1935

The 1881 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as having been selected national champions.^[1]

Conference and program changes

Team	Former conference	New conference
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent
	Program established	Independent

Conference standings

Notes and References

1. Book: Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book . 70 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association . August 2009 . Indianapolis, IN . 2009-10-16.