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1960 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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1960 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1140.719Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–01.0001+2Beat Kansas State 41–0
2470.782Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 21–0
390.839Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–0–10.75046+1Tied Tulane 6–6
430.859Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Florida State 3–0
5590.859San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat BYU 21–8
6450.868Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–01.0001+1Beat Nebraska 26–14
7400.888Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.0001+1Beat Oregon State 22–12
8-60.912Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 21–6
9130.931Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat Washington State 28–26
10-91.013Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.00010Beat Idaho 41–12
11271.032Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Brown 37–0
12-11.061Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–01.0001+2Beat New Mexico 13–3
13291.090Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.00010Beat South Carolina 31–0
1401.100NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat North Carolina 3–0
15511.119Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston University 35–7
16171.139Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 26–0
17-141.148Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR2–01.00010Beat West Texas A&M 14–3
1831.148Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Tulsa 48–7
19-61.153Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Villanova 41–7
20101.158Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Colorado State 32–8
21361.158Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat SMU 24–0
22-161.158Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–0–10.750460Tied Texas A&M 14–14
23121.187Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 28–7
24-151.192Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 28–7
25111.196Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Cornell 28–8
26-161.196Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
27441.225Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Stanford 24–7
28271.235Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 19–3
29-91.245Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Pacific 20–0
30261.254Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat California 21–7
31141.283Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–01.00010Beat Indiana 17–6
32-91.303LSUSEC1–01.00010BYE
33-161.307Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY2–01.0001+1Beat Montana 14–12
3491.322Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 13–6
35321.322Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Auburn 10–3
36-171.327Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.00010Beat Rice 16–13
37261.341Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Princeton 13–8
38-141.351Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–0–10.750460Tied Alabama 6–6
39-141.356Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–01.00010Beat Dayton 27–21
40-131.380UCLAPAC1–0–10.750460Tied Purdue 27–27
41381.462Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Detroit Mercy 44–21
42-241.467Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Buffalo 28–14
43421.554Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Boston College 20–7
44-151.589New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–01.00010Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 45–0
45431.616Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–01.00010Beat Arizona 13–3
46401.882Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Tennessee Tech 37–6
4711.912Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.0001130BYE
4821.912Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–0–10.500510Tied Pittsburgh 7–7
4951.912North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–0–10.500510Tied UTEP 16–16
50111.912Purdue (PURDUE)B100–0–10.500510Tied UCLA 27–27
5181.997Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 35–14
52302.021Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–10.50051+1Beat Xavier 20–13
53-272.121Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–10.50051+1Lost to Minnesota 14–26
54462.123Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–0–10.750460Tied Tampa 7–7
55172.171Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 11–8
56-522.178Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500510Lost to Florida 0–3
57-172.190Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 7–6
58462.208George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–10.50051+1Beat Citadel 19–14
59282.371William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.500510Beat Virginia 41–21
60142.382Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–1–10.250750Tied Michigan State 7–7
61-562.402Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI1–10.500510Lost to Michigan 0–21
62-462.413Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500510Lost to Iowa 12–22
63-352.459Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500510Lost to Denver 26–28
64322.461Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.500510Beat West Virginia 15–0
65-122.467North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000780Lost to NC State 0–3
66-42.467Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–10.000780Lost to Georgia Tech 13–16
67282.504Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500510Beat Vanderbilt 18–7
68-82.551Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–10.000780Lost to Rutgers 8–13
69212.601TCUIND SWC1–10.500510Beat USC 7–6
70-382.635Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–10.000780Lost to Tennessee 3–10
71-272.635Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Harvard 6–13
7252.706New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–10.500510Lost to Wyoming 3–13
7352.719California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.000780Lost to Notre Dame 7–21
7472.719Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–1–10.250750Tied Texas Tech 14–14
75-442.761Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR0–10.000780Lost to Utah 3–13
76-302.804Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000780Lost to Illinois 6–17
77-12.817Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–10.500510Beat Maryland 34–0
7852.867Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–20.000780Lost to Ole Miss 6–21
79102.888UTEPIND BOR0–1–10.250750Tied North Texas 16–16
80302.900Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–10.500510Beat Mississippi State 14–10
81132.930Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Army 7–20
82-22.972Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–20.000780Lost to Missouri 7–28
83-253.014Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000780Lost to Northwestern 3–19
84223.077West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–20.000780Lost to Arizona State 3–14
85-463.182Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–10.000780Lost to Colgate 8–28
86-163.225Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000780Lost to Clemson 7–28
87153.267SMUIND SWC0–20.000780Lost to Ohio State 0–24
88-43.267Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Navy 7–41
8933.295BYUIND SKY1–10.500510Lost to San José State 8–21
90-493.309Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–10.000780Lost to Iowa State 21–44
91103.351Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Syracuse 7–35
92-553.435Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–10.000780Lost to Baylor 0–26
93103.625Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–20.000780Lost to Arkansas 7–48
94-293.646South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000780Lost to Duke 0–31
95163.654Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY1–20.333740Lost to Utah State 12–14
96133.667Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY0–20.000780Lost to Air Force 8–32
9703.691Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.500510Lost to Kansas 0–41
98-903.783Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–10.50051-1Lost to Texas 0–34
99133.793Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Marquette 0–20
100-663.898Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000780Lost to Columbia 0–37
101-84.395Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50051-1Lost to George Washington 14–19
102-44.506Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–10.50051-1Lost to Wichita State 13–20
103-284.825Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–20.00078-1Lost to Wisconsin 7–24
10435.625Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–20.00078-1Lost to Washington 12–41
105-66.008Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–10.500510Lost to Wofford 0–6
106-546.719Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.00078-1Lost to Houston 10–14
107-166.867USCPAC0–20.00078-2Lost to TCU 6–7
108-407.014Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.00078-1Lost to Georgia 7–18
109-47.351West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–20.00078-2Lost to Virginia Tech 0–15
110-417.393Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.00078-1Lost to William & Mary 21–41
111-387.688Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–20.000780Lost to Southern Miss 0–27
112-47.730Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.00078-1BYE
11307.814Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–20.000780Lost to Cincinnati 21–27

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