1980–81 Ivy League men's basketball standings
| Conf. | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
| Princeton | 13 | – | 1 | | .929 | | | 18 | – | 10
| | .643 |
| Penn | 13 | – | 1 | | .929 | | | 20 | – | 8
| | .714 |
| Harvard | 9 | – | 5 | | .643 | | | 16 | – | 10
| | .615 |
| Brown | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 9 | – | 17
| | .346 |
| Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | | | 9 | – | 17
| | .346 |
| Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 7 | – | 19
| | .269 |
| Yale | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | | | 7 | – | 19
| | .269 |
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 11 | | .214 | | | 10 | – | 16
| | .385 |
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| Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1980–81 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 1980–81 men's college basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 6th year head coach Ray Carazo, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–19, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.