FA Cup Top 25 Ranking as at 1880-81
| Pos |  |
Club | Div | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | FG | AG | Diff | No of RD 1 | First | Last | 1880-81 | Previous |
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| Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Royal Engineers | NL | 45 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 116 | 34 | 82 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 4 |  |
| 2 | -1 | Oxford University | NL | 41 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 | |
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| 3 | 0 | Wanderers | NL | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 22 | 72 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1879-80 | Rd 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | Clapham Rovers | NL | 32 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 108 | 29 | 79 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | Old Etonians | NL | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 1873-74 | 1880-81 | Final | |
| 6 | 0 | Maidenhead | NL | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 38 | -4 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | Upton Park | NL | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | Swifts | NL | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1880-81 | Rd 3 | |
| 9 | -2 | Cambridge University | NL | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1879-80 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Darwen | NL | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 1877-78 | 1880-81 | SF | |
| 11 | 2 | Sheffield | NL | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 1873-74 | 1880-81 | Rd 2 | |
| 12 | -2 | Old Harrovians | NL | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1876-77 | 1880-81 | Rd 1 | |
| 13 | -2 | Pilgrims | NL | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -14 | 8 | 1873-74 | 1880-81 | Rd 2 | |
| 14 | -2 | Nottingham Forest | NL | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1878-79 | 1880-81 | Rd 2 | |
| 15 | 29 | Old Carthusians | NL | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1879-80 | 1880-81 | Winner | |
| 16 | -2 | Barnes | NL | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 9 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 1 | |
| 17 | -1 | Marlow | NL | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 10 | 1871-72 | 1880-81 | Rd 4 | |
| 18 | 2 | Grey Friars | NL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1878-79 | 1880-81 | Rd 4 | |
| 19 | 16 | Stafford Road Railway Works | NL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1879-80 | 1880-81 | Rd 5 | |
| 20 | 17 | Aston Villa | NL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1879-80 | 1880-81 | Rd 4 | |
| 21 | 2 | Hendon (1874) | NL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1877-78 | 1880-81 | Rd 2 | |
| 22 | -5 | Remnants | NL | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1877-78 | 1880-81 | Rd 1 | |
| 23 | -5 | Woodford Wells | NL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1873-74 | 1875-76 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Romford (1876) | NL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 28 | -19 | 3 | 1878-79 | 1880-81 | Rd 5 | |
| 25 | -6 | South Norwood | NL | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 31 | -21 | 8 | 1872-73 | 1879-80 |
