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1962 Week 5 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
100.391Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.75045+1Tied Kentucky 0–0
2210.455Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–01.0001+1Beat Marshall 48–6
3520.709Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–01.0001+1Beat Memphis 21–7
4880.727Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–01.0001+1Beat William & Mary 19–7
5900.736Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat San José State 49–8
6-40.755Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–01.00010BYE
700.768New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–01.0001+2Beat Wyoming 25–21
860.791Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Georgia 35–0
940.800Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Colorado State 34–0
10600.800Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 39–35
11600.800Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Navy 41–7
12530.827Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–01.00010Beat Toledo 31–0
1340.864Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 34–7
1470.864Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Detroit Mercy 27–0
1530.873Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 40–14
16800.873West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Vanderbilt 26–0
17-90.886Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Idaho 45–7
18270.918Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Kansas State 21–0
19310.918LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 21–0
20220.936Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Baylor 19–0
21-90.941Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Western Michigan 27–21
22170.955Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010Beat Clemson 26–9
23400.955Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat South Carolina 37–20
24650.964Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 37–21
2520.991Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Dayton 13–0
26360.991North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat UTEP 19–6
27561.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Oregon 25–13
28-121.009Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Wichita State 21–10
29281.009Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–01.00010Beat California 21–10
3071.018Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Mississippi State 19–9
31-221.027Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
32191.045Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–01.00010Beat SMU 7–0
33551.045USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Duke 14–7
34-191.055Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat BYU 27–21
35-111.073Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Colgate 6–2
36-111.073Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston University 27–23
37301.073Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Syracuse 7–3
38411.082Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 6–3
39421.082TCUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Kansas 6–3
40211.100NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 7–6
41711.295Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 24–0
42671.364West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Texas Tech 30–27
43-331.405Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Quantico Marines 16–0
44-251.587Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.0001000BYE
45-131.587Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
46-131.587Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
47-131.587Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
48-81.587Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
49-81.587Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.0001000BYE
50-61.587Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.0001000BYE
51-51.587Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.0001000BYE
52-31.587Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–0–10.500460Tied Florida State 0–0
53-11.587Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.0001000BYE
54-11.587Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.0001000BYE
55-11.587Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.0001000BYE
5681.587Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.0001000BYE
5791.587Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.0001000BYE
58141.587Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
59141.587Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
60141.587Purdue (PURDUE)B100–0–10.500460Tied Washington 7–7
61141.587Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.0001000BYE
62141.587Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.0001000BYE
63191.587Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.0001000BYE
64231.587UCLAPAC0–00.0001000BYE
65291.587Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–0–10.500460Tied Purdue 7–7
66311.587Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.0001000BYE
67311.587Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.0001000BYE
68351.590New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50046+1Beat Pacific 28–6
69-101.718Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat South Dakota 53–0
70321.782Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–10.50046+1Beat Kent State 9–8
71-601.795William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.50046+1Lost to Virginia 7–19
72-661.911Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–10.500460Lost to New Mexico 21–25
73-131.917North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000640Lost to NC State 6–7
74361.986Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Wofford 34–21
75-281.997Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000640Lost to TCU 3–6
7691.997Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–10.000640Lost to West Texas A&M 27–30
7791.997Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000640Lost to Stanford 3–6
78-562.036Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Buffalo 23–27
79-502.036Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Brown 2–6
8002.036Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Oklahoma 3–7
81382.045Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50046+1Beat Davidson 19–0
82-782.103Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–10.500460Lost to Villanova 0–24
83162.116Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–20.000640Lost to Arizona State 10–21
84-482.155Duke (DUKE)ACC0–10.000640Lost to USC 7–14
85-82.155SMUIND SWC0–10.000640Lost to Maryland 0–7
86152.235Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–10.000640BYE
87-312.274Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.000640Lost to Florida 9–19
88-622.314California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–10.000640Lost to Missouri 10–21
89-202.354Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Texas 13–25
9002.393UTEPIND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to North Texas 6–19
91-612.512Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–10.000640Lost to Utah 21–37
92-642.552Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Georgia Tech 9–26
93-152.552South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Northwestern 20–37
94-742.631Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–10.000640Lost to Houston 0–19
95-472.711Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–10.000640Lost to Indiana 0–21
96-122.711Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000640Lost to LSU 0–21
97-922.861Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–10.50046-1Lost to Xavier 8–9
9862.909San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000640Lost to Washington State 8–49
99-82.909Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.000640Lost to West Virginia 0–26
100-72.909Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000640Lost to Army 14–40
101-662.949Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Boston College 0–27
102-342.949Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000640Lost to Arkansas 7–34
10383.007Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.500460Lost to Louisville 21–27
104-43.026Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.50046-1Beat George Washington 15–14
105-1023.054Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–10.50046-1Lost to New Mexico State 6–28
10693.199Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.500460Lost to Oregon State 35–39
107-763.226Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Air Force 0–34
108-503.226Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Penn State 7–41
109-713.266Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–10.000640Lost to Alabama 0–35
11063.321Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI1–10.500460Lost to Ole Miss 7–21
111-683.385Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–10.000640Lost to Utah State 7–45
11223.511Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–10.500460Lost to Bowling Green 6–48
113-54.159BYUIND WAC0–20.00064-1Lost to Arizona 21–27
114-84.218Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–20.00064-1Lost to Cincinnati 0–13
115-24.228Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–10.50046-1Lost to Citadel 0–19
116-95.785George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–20.00064-2Lost to Virginia Tech 14–15
11706.128Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.500460Lost to Southern Miss 8–29
11807.451Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI0–20.000640Lost to Mcmurry 6–8
11917.471Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–20.000640Lost to Ohio 0–31
120-158.800Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI0–20.00064-1Lost to North Dakota 8–14

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