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1965 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 Michigan State              B10   98.71   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   77.11     3      2
   2 Alabama                     SEC   96.76    9- 1-1   6- 1-1   75.98    10      1
   3 UCLA                        AWU   96.67    8- 2-1   4- 0-0   81.19     1      4
   4 Notre Dame                  IND   95.90    7- 2-1   0- 0-0   71.17    19      9
   5 Arkansas                    SWC   95.13   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   64.04    40      3
   6 Tennessee                   SEC   94.78    8- 1-2   2- 1-2   76.18     7      7
   7 Southern California         AWU   93.93    7- 2-1   4- 1-0   68.44    30     10
   8 Purdue                      B10   92.73    7- 2-1   5- 2-0   68.55    29       
   9 Louisiana State             SEC   91.62    8- 3-0   3- 3-0   73.29    17      8
  10 Nebraska                    BG8   90.12   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   50.38    60      5
  11 Florida                     SEC   89.54    7- 4-0   4- 2-0   75.55    12       
  12 Mississippi                 SEC   89.13    7- 4-0   6- 3-0   74.35    15       
  13 Illinois                    B10   88.03    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   70.82    23       
  14 Kentucky                    SEC   87.85    6- 4-0   3- 3-0   77.02     4       
  15 Missouri                    BG8   87.50    8- 2-1   6- 1-0   58.64    52      6
  16 Georgia                     SEC   87.11    6- 4-0   2- 3-0   76.85     5       
  17 Ohio State                  B10   86.88    7- 2-0   6- 1-0   65.63    38       
  18 Georgia Tech                IND   84.49    7- 3-1   0- 0-0   68.04    32       
  19 Syracuse                    IND   81.46    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   57.91    54       
  20 Texas Christian             SWC   80.20    6- 5-0   5- 2-0   71.00    20       
  21 Texas Tech                  SWC   78.86    8- 3-0   5- 2-0   62.67    42       
  22 Miami (Florida)             IND   78.43    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   67.95    33       
  23 Auburn                      SEC   77.60    5- 5-1   4- 2-1   76.02     9       
  24 Tulsa                       MVC   76.82    8- 3-0   4- 0-0   43.93    65       
  25 Duke                        ACC   76.75    6- 4-0   4- 2-0   60.35    48       
  26 Penn State                  IND   76.37    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   64.31    39       
  27 Michigan                    B10   76.01    4- 6-0   2- 5-0   76.04     8       
  28 Texas                       SWC   75.86    6- 4-0   3- 4-0   60.99    46       
  29 Minnesota                   B10   75.50    5- 4-1   5- 2-0   67.86    34       
  30 Washington                  AWU   75.32    5- 5-0   4- 3-0   70.92    22       
  31 Dartmouth                   IVY   75.15    9- 0-0   7- 0-0   19.76   115       
  32 Baylor                      SWC   74.90    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   72.15    18       
  33 Florida State               IND   74.67    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   74.13    16       
  34 North Carolina State        ACC   72.37    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   60.19    49       
  35 Stanford                    AWU   72.09    6- 3-1   2- 3-0   60.62    47       
  36 Southern Methodist          SWC   71.47    4- 5-1   3- 4-0   75.65    11       
  37 California                  AWU   69.35    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   69.89    26       
  38 Mississippi State           SEC   68.79    4- 6-0   1- 5-0   66.48    35       
  39 Clemson                     ACC   67.05    5- 5-0   4- 3-0   65.88    37       
  40 South Carolina              ACC   66.32    5- 5-0   4- 2-0   63.83    41       
  41 Navy                        IND   66.25    4- 4-2   0- 0-0   61.83    44       
  42 Utah State                  IND   65.03    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   28.97   101       
  43 Miami (Ohio)                MID   63.48    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   36.79    80       
  44 Oregon State                AWU   63.28    5- 5-0   1- 3-0   61.33    45       
  45 Washington State            AWU   63.21    7- 3-0   2- 1-0   44.40    64       
  46 Princeton                   IVY   62.89    8- 1-0   6- 1-0   23.05   111       
  47 Colorado                    BG8   62.54    6- 2-2   4- 2-1   41.28    68       
  48 Houston                     IND   62.50    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   66.08    36       
  49 Northwestern                B10   61.94    4- 6-0   3- 4-0   70.33    24       
  50 North Carolina              ACC   60.77    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   69.29    28       
  51 Texas-El Paso               IND   60.63    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   37.66    76       
  52 Texas A&M                   SWC   56.76    3- 7-0   1- 6-0   75.06    13       
  53 Southern Mississippi        IND   54.92    7- 2-0   0- 0-0   30.99    94       
  54 Vanderbilt                  SEC   53.72    2- 7-1   1- 5-0   75.05    14       
  55 Wyoming                     WAC   53.48    6- 4-0   3- 2-0   41.50    67       
  56 East Carolina               SOU   53.07    9- 1-0   3- 1-0   12.56   120       
  57 Memphis State               IND   52.78    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   48.67    62       
  58 Xavier                      IND   52.67    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   28.32   104       
  59 Virginia Tech               IND   52.31    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   35.59    83       
  60 West Virginia               SOU   51.61    6- 4-0   4- 0-0   46.61    63       
  61 New Mexico State            IND   49.05    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   24.63   109       
  62 Boston College              IND   47.94    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   37.60    77       
  63 Virginia                    ACC   47.62    4- 6-0   2- 4-0   59.18    50       
  64 Bowling Green               MID   46.40    7- 2-0   5- 1-0   28.53   103       
  65 Army                        IND   46.13    4- 5-1   0- 0-0   52.51    59       
  66 Oregon                      AWU   45.82    4- 5-1   0- 5-0   54.28    56       
  67 Maryland                    ACC   45.47    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   58.08    53       
  68 Air Force                   IND   44.93    3- 6-1   0- 0-0   55.50    55       
  69 Oklahoma State              BG8   44.12    3- 7-0   2- 5-0   58.97    51       
  70 Pittsburgh                  IND   43.48    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   70.05    25       
  71 Brigham Young               WAC   43.45    6- 4-0   4- 1-0   32.11    90       
  72 Idaho                       IND   43.04    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   37.06    78       
  73 Kent State                  MID   42.19    5- 4-1   3- 2-1   38.52    74       
  74 Tulane                      SEC   41.92    2- 8-0   1- 5-0   80.04     2       
  75 Indiana                     B10   41.07    2- 8-0   1- 6-0   68.38    31       
  76 Western Michigan            MID   39.86    6- 2-1   3- 2-1   29.61    96       
  77 Arizona State               WAC   39.63    6- 4-0   3- 1-0   39.24    70       
  78 Wisconsin                   B10   39.35    2- 7-1   2- 5-0   76.36     6       
  79 William & Mary              SOU   38.94    6- 4-0   5- 1-0   34.10    87       
  80 Iowa State                  BG8   38.02    5- 4-1   3- 3-1   36.86    79       
  81 Louisville                  MVC   37.95    6- 4-0   3- 1-0   29.39    98       
  82 Wake Forest                 ACC   37.73    3- 7-0   1- 5-0   62.22    43       
  83 Iowa                        B10   35.94    1- 9-0   0- 7-0   69.50    27       
  84 Rice                        SWC   35.60    2- 8-0   1- 6-0   70.95    21       
  85 Harvard                     IVY   34.97    5- 2-2   3- 2-2   24.22   110       
  86 West Texas A&M              IND   34.79    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   30.73    95       
  87 Oklahoma                    BG8   33.97    3- 7-0   3- 4-0   53.47    57       
  88 Quantico Marines            IND   33.34    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   20.81   114       
  89 Toledo                      MID   30.12    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   32.33    89       
  90 Colorado State              IND   30.01    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   38.90    72       
  91 Colgate                     IND   29.40    6- 3-1   0- 0-0   20.87   113       
  92 George Washington           SOU   27.80    5- 5-0   4- 3-0   27.73   105       
  93 Cornell                     IVY   26.51    4- 3-2   3- 3-1   26.60   107       
  94 San Jose State              IND   25.92    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   31.23    93       
  95 Cincinnati                  MVC   25.58    5- 5-0   2- 2-0   33.67    88       
  96 Marshall                    MID   25.49    5- 5-0   2- 4-0   31.42    92       
  97 Utah                        WAC   24.64    3- 7-0   1- 3-0   40.13    69       
  98 Kansas                      BG8   21.82    2- 8-0   2- 5-0   52.68    58       
  99 Buffalo                     IND   21.27    5- 3-2   0- 0-0   13.61   118       
 100 North Texas                 MVC   18.19    3- 7-0   2- 2-0   42.82    66       
 101 Arizona                     WAC   17.41    3- 7-0   1- 4-0   39.19    71       
 102 Davidson                    SOU   15.29    6- 4-0   2- 3-0   13.24   119       
 103 Virginia Military Institute SOU   14.70    3- 7-0   3- 2-0   34.12    86       
 104 Wichita State               MVC   14.24    2- 7-0   0- 4-0   36.47    81       
 105 New Mexico                  WAC   14.19    3- 7-0   2- 3-0   38.22    75       
 106 Pennsylvania                IVY   11.57    4- 4-1   2- 4-1   25.88   108       
 107 Yale                        IVY   11.36    3- 6-0   3- 4-0   29.04   100       
 108 Holy Cross                  IND    9.67    2- 7-1   0- 0-0   31.98    91       
 109 Furman                      SOU    9.60    5- 5-0   2- 3-0   13.96   117       
 110 Brown                       IVY    9.26    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   29.27    99       
 111 Citadel                     SOU    8.16    2- 8-0   2- 6-0   28.74   102       
 112 Dayton                      MVC    8.03    1- 8-1   0- 2-0   35.78    82       
 113 Minor Teams                        8.00   26-61-2   0- 0-0   29.46    97       
 114 Villanova                   IND    6.99    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   35.21    85       
 115 Rutgers                     IND    5.67    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   19.65   116       
 116 Kansas State                BG8    4.96    0-10-0   0- 7-0   48.82    61       
 117 Ohio                        MID    4.84    0-10-0   0- 6-0   38.85    73       
 118 Columbia                    IVY    3.59    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   27.26   106       
 119 Richmond                    SOU    2.08    0-10-0   0- 6-0   35.25    84       
 120 Pacific                     IND    1.42    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   21.99   112       
 121 Lehigh                      IND    1.18    1- 8-0   0- 0-0   11.18   121       

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

Southeastern       SEC    11   79.89   23.55    64- 47- 5    31- 14- 1  Alabama                 2   96.76
Assoc Western Univ AWU     8   72.46   33.38    47- 30- 4    28- 11- 4  UCLA                    3   96.67
Southwest          SWC     8   71.10   34.75    44- 38- 1    16- 10- 1  Arkansas                5   95.13
Big 10             B10    10   69.62   38.00    48- 49- 3    13- 14- 3  Michigan State          1   98.71
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   59.26   50.00    37- 43- 0    12- 18- 0  Duke                   25   76.75
Big 8              BG8     8   47.88   65.25    37- 41- 4    10- 14- 2  Nebraska               10   90.12
Independent        IND    31   46.21   66.29   155-139-13   155-139-13  Notre Dame              4   95.90
Mid American       MID     7   36.05   79.71    35- 31- 2    15- 11- 0  Miami (Ohio)           43   63.48
Western Athletic   WAC     6   32.13   84.33    27- 33- 0    13- 19- 0  Wyoming                55   53.48
Missouri Valley    MVC     6   30.13   86.00    25- 34- 1    14- 23- 1  Tulsa                  24   76.82
Ivy League         IVY     8   29.41   87.00    37- 30- 5    11-  4- 1  Dartmouth              31   75.15
Southern           SOU     9   24.58   92.33    42- 48- 0    17- 23- 0  East Carolina          56   53.07

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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