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1963 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Texas                       SWC   97.46   11- 0-0   7- 0-0   71.84    23      1
   2 Pittsburgh                  IND   94.43    9- 1-0   0- 0-0   70.71    25      4
   3 Illinois                    B10   94.33    8- 1-1   5- 1-1   77.64    10      3
   4 Michigan State              B10   93.91    6- 2-1   4- 1-1   80.11     5      9
   5 Alabama                     SEC   92.75    9- 2-0   7- 2-0   67.90    34      8
   6 Nebraska                    BG8   91.94   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   59.69    50      6
   7 Navy                        IND   91.40    9- 2-0   0- 0-0   63.15    44      2
   8 Mississippi                 SEC   91.24    7- 1-2   5- 1-1   59.30    52      7
   9 Oklahoma                    BG8   91.18    8- 2-0   6- 1-0   66.35    38     10
  10 Auburn                      SEC   90.84    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   68.72    31      5
  11 Baylor                      SWC   90.74    8- 3-0   6- 1-0   72.32    22       
  12 Georgia Tech                SEC   89.50    7- 3-0   4- 3-0   72.76    20       
  13 Southern California         AWU   88.80    7- 3-0   3- 1-0   69.02    29       
  14 Syracuse                    IND   88.03    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   57.67    60       
  15 Mississippi State           SEC   87.83    7- 2-2   4- 1-2   68.86    30       
  16 Northwestern                B10   86.28    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   75.94    13       
  17 Rice                        SWC   85.82    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   76.65    12       
  18 Penn State                  IND   85.32    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   67.09    37       
  19 Ohio State                  B10   85.29    5- 3-1   4- 1-1   80.23     4       
  20 Louisiana State             SEC   84.68    7- 4-0   4- 2-0   74.14    16       
  21 North Carolina              ACC   83.30    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   55.91    63       
  22 Oregon                      IND   83.07    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   59.26    54       
  23 Missouri                    BG8   82.15    7- 3-0   5- 2-0   62.81    46       
  24 Washington                  AWU   82.13    6- 5-0   4- 1-0   72.97    18       
  25 Michigan                    B10   81.34    3- 4-2   2- 3-2   83.66     1       
  26 Florida                     SEC   81.25    6- 3-1   3- 3-1   69.23    28       
  27 Wisconsin                   B10   80.57    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   72.68    21       
  28 Arkansas                    SWC   79.41    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   70.21    26       
  29 Purdue                      B10   79.16    5- 4-0   4- 3-0   75.85    14       
  30 Memphis State               IND   78.28    9- 0-1   0- 0-0   37.92    73       
  31 North Carolina State        ACC   78.14    8- 3-0   6- 1-0   54.10    64       
  32 Iowa                        B10   77.85    3- 3-2   2- 3-1   74.13    17       
  33 Army                        IND   77.41    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   56.95    61       
  34 Texas Christian             SWC   76.96    4- 5-1   2- 4-1   78.37     8       
  35 Air Force                   IND   76.73    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   58.02    59       
  36 Kansas                      BG8   75.81    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   63.39    43       
  37 Southern Methodist          SWC   73.77    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   80.95     3       
  38 Oregon State                IND   72.17    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   67.66    35       
  39 Minnesota                   B10   70.92    3- 6-0   2- 5-0   81.63     2       
  40 Arizona State               WAC   69.88    8- 1-0   3- 0-0   32.60    86       
  41 Virginia Tech               SOU   69.34    8- 2-0   5- 0-0   37.25    76       
  42 Clemson                     ACC   69.24    5- 4-1   5- 2-0   58.26    58       
  43 Tennessee                   SEC   68.82    5- 5-0   3- 5-0   61.19    49       
  44 Florida State               IND   68.51    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   62.92    45       
  45 Georgia                     SEC   66.72    4- 5-1   2- 4-0   67.93    33       
  46 California                  AWU   66.44    4- 5-1   1- 3-0   67.22    36       
  47 Duke                        ACC   66.43    5- 4-1   5- 2-0   58.54    56       
  48 Indiana                     B10   65.83    3- 6-0   1- 5-0   77.05    11       
  49 Texas Tech                  SWC   65.76    5- 5-0   2- 5-0   65.94    40       
  50 Utah State                  IND   64.90    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   25.25   103       
  51 Princeton                   IVY   63.82    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   30.12    95       
  52 Texas A&M                   SWC   61.72    2- 7-1   1- 5-1   78.21     9       
  53 Notre Dame                  IND   61.42    2- 7-0   0- 0-0   79.70     6       
  54 Dartmouth                   IVY   58.79    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   31.27    93       
  55 Iowa State                  BG8   57.94    4- 5-0   3- 4-0   59.45    51       
  56 Wichita State               MVC   56.86    7- 2-0   4- 1-0   27.90    99       
  57 Miami (Florida)             IND   56.50    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   74.47    15       
  58 Kentucky                    SEC   55.56    3- 6-1   0- 5-1   66.23    39       
  59 Boston College              IND   51.95    6- 3-0   0- 0-0   38.51    72       
  60 Stanford                    AWU   50.71    3- 7-0   1- 4-0   68.23    32       
  61 UCLA                        AWU   50.32    2- 8-0   2- 2-0   78.83     7       
  62 West Virginia               SOU   48.08    4- 6-0   3- 1-0   58.40    57       
  63 Washington State            AWU   47.84    3- 6-1   1- 1-0   63.51    42       
  64 Yale                        IVY   46.01    6- 3-0   4- 3-0   32.23    89       
  65 Wyoming                     WAC   45.55    6- 4-0   2- 3-0   37.22    77       
  66 Idaho                       IND   45.39    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   40.15    71       
  67 Cincinnati                  MVC   44.83    6- 4-0   3- 1-0   32.39    88       
  68 Harvard                     IVY   44.60    5- 2-2   4- 2-1   32.16    90       
  69 San Jose State              IND   44.26    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   47.06    67       
  70 Southern Mississippi        IND   43.11    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   33.26    82       
  71 Utah                        WAC   42.86    4- 6-0   2- 2-0   49.60    66       
  72 Maryland                    ACC   42.60    3- 7-0   2- 5-0   61.53    47       
  73 Houston                     IND   42.20    2- 8-0   0- 0-0   64.32    41       
  74 Tulane                      SEC   38.37    1- 8-1   0- 6-1   72.92    19       
  75 New Mexico                  WAC   37.63    6- 4-0   3- 1-0   32.64    85       
  76 Colorado                    BG8   36.61    2- 8-0   2- 5-0   70.03    27       
  77 Arizona                     WAC   36.35    5- 5-0   2- 2-0   44.21    68       
  78 Oklahoma State              BG8   35.13    1- 8-0   0- 6-0   71.68    24       
  79 Vanderbilt                  SEC   33.66    1- 7-2   0- 5-2   59.05    55       
  80 Tulsa                       MVC   32.62    5- 5-0   2- 2-0   37.86    74       
  81 Furman                      SOU   32.60    7- 3-0   3- 2-0   23.17   108       
  82 Columbia                    IVY   31.52    4- 4-1   2- 4-1   32.55    87       
  83 Bowling Green               MID   31.42    8- 2-0   4- 2-0   13.02   121       
  84 Miami (Ohio)                MID   29.16    5- 3-2   4- 1-1   24.30   104       
  85 Cornell                     IVY   28.75    5- 4-0   4- 3-0   33.08    84       
  86 Kansas State                BG8   28.41    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   61.30    48       
  87 Virginia Military Institute SOU   27.43    3- 5-2   3- 1-2   33.18    83       
  88 Virginia                    ACC   27.04    2- 7-1   0- 5-1   53.94    65       
  89 South Carolina              ACC   26.75    1- 8-1   1- 5-1   56.11    62       
  90 Brown                       IVY   26.64    3- 5-0   2- 5-0   37.21    78       
  91 Buffalo                     IND   24.60    5- 3-1   0- 0-0   17.14   115       
  92 West Texas A&M              IND   24.42    4- 4-1   0- 0-0   28.28    98       
  93 William & Mary              SOU   24.24    4- 6-0   4- 4-0   34.18    80       
  94 Xavier                      IND   23.11    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   19.16   112       
  95 Richmond                    SOU   21.31    3- 6-1   2- 2-1   42.65    69       
  96 Ohio                        MID   20.25    6- 4-0   5- 1-0   15.63   116       
  97 Texas-El Paso               IND   17.29    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   34.11    81       
  98 Holy Cross                  IND   15.88    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   40.59    70       
  99 New Mexico State            IND   15.19    3- 6-1   0- 0-0   31.44    92       
 100 Marshall                    MID   14.39    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   15.18   119       
 101 Villanova                   IND   14.11    5- 4-0   0- 0-0   18.00   113       
 102 Pennsylvania                IVY   13.34    3- 6-0   1- 6-0   35.63    79       
 103 North Texas                 MVC   12.65    3- 6-0   2- 2-0   31.50    91       
 104 Colgate                     IND   11.70    3- 4-1   0- 0-0   23.66   106       
 105 George Washington           SOU   11.25    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   29.46    96       
 106 Wake Forest                 ACC   10.94    1- 9-0   1- 5-0   59.26    53       
 107 Minor Teams                       10.87   25-45-2   0- 0-0   26.65   101       
 108 Colorado State              IND   10.57    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   37.49    75       
 109 Detroit Mercy               IND    9.72    2- 6-1   0- 0-0   31.08    94       
 110 Rutgers                     IND    9.68    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   21.36   110       
 111 Citadel                     SOU    9.61    4- 6-0   2- 4-0   19.63   111       
 112 Kent State                  MID    8.31    3- 5-1   1- 5-0   15.59   117       
 113 Louisville                  MVC    7.50    3- 7-0   1- 3-0   26.68   100       
 114 Brigham Young               WAC    6.09    2- 8-0   0- 4-0   29.15    97       
 115 Dayton                      MVC    5.65    1- 7-2   0- 3-0   23.50   107       
 116 Western Michigan            MID    5.00    2- 7-0   2- 4-0   22.92   109       
 117 Boston University           IND    4.27    1- 6-1   0- 0-0   26.14   102       
 118 Davidson                    SOU    3.78    1- 5-2   0- 4-1   17.27   114       
 119 Toledo                      MID    3.78    2- 7-0   1- 5-0   15.46   118       
 120 Pacific                     IND    3.11    2- 8-0   0- 0-0   23.91   105       
 121 Lehigh                      IND    1.27    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   14.32   120       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Big 10             B10    10   81.55   24.20    46- 37- 7    16-  7- 1  Illinois                3   94.33
Southwest          SWC     8   78.96   28.63    45- 36- 2    18-  9- 0  Texas                   1   97.46
Southeastern       SEC    12   73.43   32.92    66- 48-10    28- 10- 2  Alabama                 5   92.75
Assoc Western Univ AWU     6   64.37   44.50    25- 34- 2    13- 22- 2  Southern California    13   88.80
Big 8              BG8     8   62.40   46.13    39- 39- 0    12- 12- 0  Nebraska                6   91.94
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   50.56   62.00    34- 44- 4     8- 18- 2  North Carolina         21   83.30
Independent        IND    32   44.06   68.78   151-146-11   151-146-11  Pittsburgh              2   94.43
Western Athletic   WAC     6   39.73   73.67    31- 28- 0    19- 16- 0  Arizona State          40   69.88
Ivy League         IVY     8   39.19   74.50    40- 28- 3    13-  1- 1  Princeton              51   63.82
Southern           SOU     9   27.51   88.11    36- 46- 5    13- 23- 1  Virginia Tech          41   69.34
Missouri Valley    MVC     6   26.69   89.00    25- 31- 2    13- 19- 2  Wichita State          56   56.86
Mid American       MID     7   16.05  101.43    31- 32- 4    11- 12- 2  Bowling Green          83   31.42

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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