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1960 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

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
100.722Iowa (IOWA)B105–01.0001+14Beat Purdue 21–14
240.976Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–01.0001+12Beat Michigan 10–0
3-11.017Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–01.0001+12Beat Texas A&M 14–0
401.023Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–01.0001+15Beat Arkansas 10–7
5-21.076Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–0–10.90013+7Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 35–0
6-11.168Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+9Beat West Virginia 45–0
701.217Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY6–01.0001+12Beat Colorado State 21–0
801.293Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI6–01.0001+9Beat Pennsylvania 27–0
901.311Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–01.0001+9Beat Iowa State 34–8
1081.406New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR6–01.0001+7Beat Wichita State 40–8
11101.443Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–10.83314+9Beat Oregon State 30–29
12121.449Duke (DUKE)ACC4–10.80020+10Beat Clemson 21–6
13-31.524Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–20.60043+10Lost to Minnesota 0–10
14201.559Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–1–10.70031+8Beat Houston 14–0
1521.602Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–01.0001+5Beat Colgate 36–14
16-41.615Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Lehigh 8–0
17-21.621Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI5–10.83314+8Beat California 20–0
18101.625Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–10.80020+9Beat Nebraska 19–6
1901.646Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–0–10.91712+4Tied Boston College 14–14
2051.669Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–10.83314+9Beat LSU 13–10
21-51.670Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–1–10.75028+7Beat Oklahoma State 14–7
2271.673Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–10.80020+7Beat Texas 7–0
23101.706Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–10.80020+6Beat Wisconsin 34–7
2481.715Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–10.80020+8Beat Miami 20–7
25-51.756Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–10.80020+6Beat Cornell 21–18
26-151.760Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–20.66735+9Lost to Ole Miss 7–10
27-141.836Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR5–10.83314+7Lost to San José State 7–12
28-61.860Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–1–10.70031+5Beat Indiana 35–0
2921.874Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY5–10.83314+7Beat Air Force 15–0
30-31.880NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC5–10.83314+7Beat Southern Miss 20–13
31101.945Utah (UTAH)IND SKY4–10.80020+5Beat Denver 49–16
32201.982San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75028+6Beat Arizona State 12–7
3342.176Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC4–20.66735+6Beat Tulane 14–6
3422.186Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI4–10.80020+4Beat Dayton 13–0
35-122.208Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI4–20.66735+6Lost to Washington 29–30
36-222.306Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–20.60043+4Lost to Ohio State 7–34
3782.344UCLAPAC2–1–10.62542+1Beat Stanford 26–8
38152.406Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–1–10.75028+2Beat Furman 7–6
3902.478Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–30.50051+5Lost to Missouri 8–34
40-102.491Purdue (PURDUE)B102–2–10.50051+3Lost to Iowa 14–21
4132.501UTEPIND BOR3–1–10.70031+3BYE
4242.683Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–30.50051+1Lost to Rice 0–7
43162.734Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–20.66735+2Beat Kentucky 17–13
44-182.740Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–1–10.70031+1Lost to Citadel 6–7
45102.780Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.60043+2Beat Penn State 10–8
4622.821Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–20.667350Beat Virginia 40–6
47-52.841Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–30.50051+4Lost to Colorado 6–19
48-132.870Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI4–20.66735-1Lost to Mississippi State 0–21
49-92.883Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–20.60043+1Lost to Duke 6–21
50-72.957Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–20.60043+2Lost to New Mexico State 8–40
51-132.968Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40069+3Lost to Illinois 8–10
5223.008TCUIND SWC2–2–20.50051+1Tied Pittsburgh 7–7
53-63.171Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI3–30.50051+1Lost to Alabama 0–14
54113.306Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–2–20.50051-1Tied TCU 7–7
55323.314Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–2–10.50051-1Beat Memphis 21–0
5653.363Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–30.50051-1Beat Wake Forest 14–13
5763.378Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–20.66735-6Beat Villanova 54–0
5863.383Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–30.40069+1Beat Notre Dame 7–6
59163.398Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–2–10.58350+3Beat William & Mary 22–0
60-103.439Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–30.40069+1Lost to Wyoming 0–15
61-123.472Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–20.60043-2Lost to Harvard 6–9
62123.507Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR2–30.40069+1Beat New Mexico 26–14
63-73.557Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–20.50051-1Lost to Auburn 7–20
64133.632Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–30.50051-1Beat Cincinnati 34–3
65-143.698Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY3–30.50051-2Lost to BYU 6–7
66173.711Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–20.60043+3Beat Dartmouth 9–6
6713.893USCPAC2–30.40069-1BYE
68243.921Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–2–10.50051-3Beat Kansas State 49–7
69-113.936Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–40.333780Lost to Utah 16–49
70-134.016Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–30.50051-4Lost to Tulsa 3–34
71104.017Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI2–3–10.41767-4Beat Pacific 51–12
7284.056Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–30.40069-2Beat Columbia 27–6
73-74.085Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–30.40069-2Lost to Navy 0–27
74-54.147Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–30.40069-2Lost to Princeton 18–21
75-34.168George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–3–10.30085-1BYE
7694.198Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–3–10.41767-3Beat SMU 28–7
77-104.239Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–40.33378-4Lost to Georgia 13–17
78194.324Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–40.20091-1Beat Marquette 23–6
79-94.476Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–40.20091-3Lost to Kansas 7–14
80204.541Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–3–10.30085-2Beat Davidson 35–6
81-194.565William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–40.33378-4Lost to Florida State 0–22
82-114.584Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–3–10.30085-3Lost to Georgia Tech 6–14
8334.685Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–30.50051-2Beat Quantico Marines 28–20
84114.699BYUIND SKY2–40.33378-4Beat Montana 7–6
85-64.724Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY2–40.33378-3Lost to Utah State 0–21
86-264.811Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI3–30.50051-8Lost to Vanderbilt 6–23
87-144.882Indiana (INDIANA)B101–40.20091-2Lost to Michigan State 0–35
88-65.060LSUSEC1–40.20091-6Lost to Florida 10–13
89-135.343Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–30.40069-7Lost to Washington State 12–51
90-25.379Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–40.20091+1Lost to Yale 14–36
91-135.404New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–50.167102-5Lost to Arizona 14–26
92125.500South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–30.25089-4Beat North Carolina 22–6
93-95.539Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–40.20091-5Lost to Holy Cross 6–27
9495.627West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR2–40.33378-4Beat Hardin Simmons 21–0
95-25.803Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–50.167102-7Beat Hawai'i 14–6
9605.909Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–4–10.100106-6Tied Virginia Military Institute 14–14
97-75.955Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–40.20091-8Lost to Maryland 13–14
9816.143Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–3–20.33378-7Lost to Baylor 0–14
99-86.269SMUIND SWC0–50.000109-5Lost to Texas Tech 7–28
100-66.402Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–50.167102-7Lost to Oklahoma 7–49
10186.705North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–3–10.30085-9Beat Drake 29–7
102-136.831North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–40.20091-9Lost to South Carolina 6–22
10336.902Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–40.20091-9Beat Rhode Island 36–14
104-67.060Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–50.000109-9Lost to Virginia Tech 6–40
105-47.111Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–40.20091-10Lost to Northwestern 6–7
106-17.568Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–60.000109-11Lost to UCLA 8–26
107-57.608Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–4–10.25089-1Lost to UConn 14–16
10837.709West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–5–10.083107-9Lost to Syracuse 0–45
10918.349Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–50.167102-7Lost to Detroit Mercy 0–13
110-38.443Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–40.20091-4Lost to Richmond 6–35
11128.829California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–5–10.083107-13Lost to Oregon 0–20
112-49.028Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–60.000109-13Lost to West Texas A&M 0–21
113-19.498Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–60.000109-13Lost to Army 0–54

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