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1962 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1962 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
171.071LSUSEC6–1–10.81316+25Beat TCU 5–0
251.097Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY7–01.0001+19Beat Columbia 42–0
3-21.126Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–0–10.9385+21Beat Baylor 27–12
451.136Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC8–01.0001+22Beat Miami 36–3
5-21.145Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–01.0001+18Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 52–7
6-41.173USCPAC7–01.0001+21Beat Stanford 39–14
741.261Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–10.8757+23Beat West Virginia 34–6
821.313Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–0–10.9385+18Beat Colorado 57–0
9-51.330Ohio (OHIO)MAC7–10.8757+24Lost to Bowling Green 6–7
1031.404Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI6–1–10.81316+18Beat Washington State 28–10
11-61.424Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–20.75023+23Lost to Alabama 3–36
12-61.431Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–10.85711+17Lost to Wisconsin 6–37
13111.434Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B106–10.85711+17Beat Northwestern 37–6
1431.448Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC6–1–10.81316+16Beat Utah 35–7
15-31.524Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–10.8757+17Beat Rice 28–14
1691.532Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC6–1–10.81316+19Beat Ohio 7–6
1721.537Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI6–10.85711+16Beat Citadel 60–13
18-41.584Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC7–1–10.83315+18Beat Dayton 42–20
1941.626Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC5–2–10.68834+16Tied Florida State 14–14
20-41.669Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B105–1–10.78620+13Beat Iowa 10–0
2161.676Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–10.85711+14Beat Mississippi State 9–3
2261.784Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–10.8757+12Beat Kansas 40–16
23-81.816Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75023+18Beat Idaho 32–0
2461.820Duke (DUKE)ACC6–20.75023+17Beat Maryland 10–7
25-41.830Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–1–20.75023+11Beat California 27–0
26-81.944West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI7–20.77821+11Lost to North Texas 13–20
2751.991Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–20.71432+14Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–14
28-62.088West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON6–20.75023+15Lost to Penn State 6–34
2922.137Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI7–20.77821+12Beat Wyoming 20–6
3072.185Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B85–20.71432+8Beat Iowa State 41–0
31-22.237Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–2–20.62536+8Tied Georgia Tech 14–14
32102.257Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–30.62536+9Beat Georgia 23–15
3312.337Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI6–20.75023+8Beat Texas Tech 42–13
34-82.365Army (ARMY)IND FBSI6–20.75023+11Lost to Oklahoma State 7–12
3592.406Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–30.62536+9Beat UCLA 17–11
36172.432Purdue (PURDUE)B104–2–10.64335+5Beat Michigan State 17–9
37-172.440Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI6–20.75023+13Lost to Massachusetts 18–19
3832.481New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC6–2–10.72231+10Beat Colorado State 21–8
39222.610Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–30.57146+5Beat Princeton 20–0
40-72.737TCUIND SWC4–30.57146+5Lost to LSU 0–5
41-62.741Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–30.62536+4Lost to Duke 7–10
42162.756Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–30.62536+6Beat BYU 28–20
43-32.783Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–30.62536+3Lost to Nebraska 16–40
44132.790Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–40.42974+6Beat Navy 34–6
45222.897North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–30.62536+6Beat West Texas A&M 20–13
46142.917Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI5–30.62536+6Beat Kent State 29–8
4722.929Iowa (IOWA)B103–40.42974+8Lost to Minnesota 0–10
4862.943Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–30.57146+4Beat Indiana 10–7
49-132.949Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–3–10.56354+4Lost to Oregon 10–28
50-42.954Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–40.55656+4Lost to Utah State 6–20
51-132.962Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–40.55656+9Lost to Holy Cross 14–20
52-93.026Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–40.50060+7Lost to Syracuse 6–34
53153.047Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–40.50060+6Beat Tulsa 35–31
54-153.050Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–30.57146+1Lost to Harvard 0–20
55183.118Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–40.42974+6Beat Pittsburgh 43–22
56-93.132Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–40.50060+4Lost to Houston 31–35
57-93.161Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–30.57146+2Lost to Purdue 9–17
58-23.185Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON5–40.55656+2Beat Wake Forest 37–8
59133.309Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI5–30.62536-3Beat Gettysburg 44–0
6023.336Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–40.42974+2Lost to Auburn 3–9
61-113.361Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–3–10.563540Lost to Arizona State 7–35
62-73.446Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY4–30.571460Lost to Dartmouth 0–42
63-183.496Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI4–40.500600Lost to Marshall 6–13
64-133.512Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–30.57146-1Lost to North Carolina 7–11
65153.590Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–40.42974+2Beat Army 12–7
6653.596William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–4–10.50060+2Beat George Washington 10–6
67123.632Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–40.500600Beat Furman 44–3
68143.716UTEPIND FBSI3–40.42974+1Beat New Mexico State 21–0
6983.780Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–30.62536+2Beat Davidson 28–20
70-183.813Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–40.50060-4Lost to Notre Dame 22–43
71-73.837Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–50.375850Lost to USC 14–39
7263.969South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–4–10.43871-6Beat NC State 17–6
73-74.011New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44469-3Lost to UTEP 0–21
74-54.079UCLAPAC3–30.50060-7Lost to Air Force 11–17
75-104.084Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–3–30.43871-1Lost to Florida 15–23
76-24.142Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–50.37585-4Lost to Oklahoma 0–41
7774.177Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–4–20.37585-3Beat Vanderbilt 7–0
7884.218Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–40.42974-7Beat Tulane 28–16
79-204.261Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–30.57146+3Lost to Delaware 6–23
80134.411Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–40.42974-6Beat Yale 15–12
81-114.444Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI5–40.55656-7Lost to San Diego State 18–32
82-194.452Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–3–20.42974-4Lost to Pennsylvania 12–15
8354.454Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–50.28698-1Beat Illinois 14–10
8434.506Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC3–50.37585-4Beat Kansas State 14–13
8544.559Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–40.42974-5Beat Brown 28–26
86-34.733Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–60.33392-7Lost to Louisville 8–29
87124.755Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–50.37585-9Beat SMU 12–7
88-124.912George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–60.33392-10Lost to William & Mary 6–10
89-44.928BYUIND WAC3–60.33392-13Lost to Western Michigan 20–28
9074.992Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI4–40.50060-10Beat Montana State 36–19
91-165.010Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–4–10.43871-3Lost to Bucknell 14–32
92145.157North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–50.37585-12Beat Virginia 11–7
93-125.174SMUIND SWC2–50.28698-10Lost to Texas A&M 7–12
94-45.321Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON4–50.44469-10Lost to Clemson 3–44
9515.358Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–50.37585-7BYE
96-45.518Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–60.143108-7Lost to Michigan 10–14
97-35.528California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–70.125111-10Lost to Washington 0–27
98-75.543Indiana (INDIANA)B102–60.250102-13Lost to Ohio State 7–10
9995.590Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC3–60.33392-16Beat Xavier 13–6
10025.611Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–4–20.28698-8Lost to Arkansas 14–28
101-65.831Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–5–10.38984-21Lost to Richmond 20–28
10255.965Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–60.250102-9Beat Temple 13–0
10325.977Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI2–60.250102-19Beat UConn 13–7
104-35.988Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–60.33392-13Lost to Memphis 13–60
105-76.217Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–5–20.250102-11Lost to Cornell 26–28
106-26.260Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–5–10.31397-8Lost to Oregon State 0–32
10736.374Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–60.143108-17Lost to Texas 12–27
108-86.423Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–50.28698-18Lost to Detroit Mercy 14–15
10906.855NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–6–10.188106-11Lost to South Carolina 6–17
11036.858Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–80.111113-22Lost to Miami (OH) 20–42
111-86.869San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–7–10.167107-11Lost to Fresno State 14–20
11227.193Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–70.125111-18Lost to Missouri 0–57
113-17.352Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–80.000115-19Lost to Tennessee 16–28
11447.587Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–60.143108-23Beat Cincinnati 15–14
115-47.595Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–80.000115-20Lost to Kentucky 0–7
116-17.803Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI0–80.000115-24Lost to New Mexico 8–21
117-18.314Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–80.000115-25Lost to Arizona 13–14
118-18.542Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–80.000115-29Lost to Virginia Tech 8–37
11918.909Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–80.000115-27Lost to Boston College 13–42
120-19.143Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI1–80.111113-17Lost to Texas Arlington 6–7

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