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1962 Week 6 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
100.386Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–0–10.83340+4Beat Furman 42–0
290.727Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Air Force 20–6
3480.764Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.0001+1Beat Oregon State 28–8
4180.791Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Florida 17–0
5240.845Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–0–10.75041+1Tied Minnesota 0–0
6430.855Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Buffalo 16–6
7490.891Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Oklahoma 13–7
8580.891Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.0001+1Beat New Mexico State 69–13
9220.900Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat TCU 21–20
10350.927Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.0001+1Beat Brown 22–20
11-30.932Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulane 44–6
1221.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Villanova 28–13
1301.014Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 42–14
14131.055Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Texas Tech 34–0
15-121.064Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Kentucky 14–0
1621.077Indiana (INDIANA)B102–01.0001+1Beat Cincinnati 26–6
17161.095USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat SMU 33–3
18-11.152Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Montana 43–20
19-121.173New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC3–01.0001+3Beat Arizona 35–25
20-81.255Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Kent State 21–0
21-191.268Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Dayton 14–7
22351.273Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat North Carolina 41–7
23-181.277Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Wyoming 21–15
2441.282Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado State 35–0
25-211.291Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–01.0001+1BYE
26-101.309West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Tech 14–0
27-61.324Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Marshall 18–0
28151.361Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC3–01.0001+3Beat Western Michigan 17–7
29-101.391LSUSEC1–0–10.750410Tied Rice 6–6
30351.391Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–0–10.750410Beat Illinois 28–7
31-81.427Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010BYE
32-171.432Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Syracuse 9–2
3391.445West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat UTEP 49–0
34-141.482Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 6–3
35-31.500Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 13–2
36231.509Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rutgers 15–7
3711.555Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.00010Beat Michigan State 16–13
3861.573Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Tennessee 22–21
39301.595Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.00010Beat Michigan 25–13
40491.769Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI1–10.50052+1Beat Utah 35–8
41-21.892TCUIND SWC1–10.50052+1Lost to Miami 20–21
42-71.893Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–10.50052+1Lost to Columbia 20–22
43121.917Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–0–10.500520Tied Missouri 0–0
44161.917Purdue (PURDUE)B100–0–10.500520BYE
45161.917Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–0–10.500520Tied LSU 6–6
46181.917UCLAPAC0–00.0001200BYE
4701.982Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Massachusetts 27–3
4802.018Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lehigh 27–7
49432.030Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–10.50052+1Beat NC State 7–0
50-402.094Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50052+1Lost to Iowa 8–28
51162.164Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 18–14
52-112.174Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–10.66744+2Lost to Boston College 13–28
5352.182Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 13–11
54162.365Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–10.66744+1Beat Detroit Mercy 24–20
55262.427Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–10.66744+2Beat Presbyterian 28–8
56-472.436Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–10.500520Lost to Penn State 6–20
57532.443Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–10.66744+1Beat North Texas 14–6
58-522.541Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.500520Lost to Arkansas 14–42
59252.573Duke (DUKE)ACC1–10.500520Beat South Carolina 21–8
60282.576California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.500520Beat San José State 25–8
61252.626Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.500520Beat Baylor 24–14
62-252.654Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.500520Lost to Notre Dame 7–13
63-292.678Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–10.500520Lost to New Mexico 25–35
64182.678Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON2–10.66744+1Beat Richmond 21–0
65-22.691Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–10.000910Lost to Auburn 21–22
66-302.698Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI1–10.500520Lost to Holy Cross 6–16
67-372.715Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–10.500520Lost to Georgia Tech 0–17
68-432.718Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–10.500520Lost to Indiana 6–26
69-12.726New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33380+2Lost to Wisconsin 13–69
70382.761Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–10.50052+1Beat William & Mary 20–16
71-172.770Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–10.000910Lost to Stanford 13–16
72372.916Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500520Beat Vanderbilt 10–0
73-112.969Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.000910Lost to Princeton 7–15
74-23.002Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–20.333800Lost to Washington State 15–21
7583.071Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–20.333800Beat Hardin Simmons 13–6
76-233.127Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–10.000910Lost to Nebraska 13–25
77193.127Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–20.000910Lost to Houston 3–6
78-43.173Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–10.667440Lost to Florida State 0–42
79-553.187Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.500520Lost to Oregon 8–35
80-283.207Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–1–10.250900Lost to Ole Miss 0–14
8143.385SMUIND SWC0–20.000910Lost to USC 3–33
82-63.385Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–20.000910Lost to Texas 0–34
83173.385Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.000910Lost to Maryland 2–13
84-73.464Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.000910Lost to Alabama 6–44
85-353.484Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.000910Lost to Washington 7–28
86173.503Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–20.333800Lost to Miami (OH) 7–17
87-613.543North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–10.50052-1Lost to Memphis 6–14
88273.602Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–10.66744-1Beat Wofford 15–0
89163.615Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI2–10.66744-2Beat Santa Clara 28–6
90-153.656Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.50052-1Beat Boston University 14–0
91-123.698Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–10.50052-1Beat Cornell 23–12
92193.716Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–10.500520Beat Idaho State 9–6
9393.722Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000910BYE
94-543.833NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–10.50052-1Lost to Clemson 0–7
95-43.883Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–10.50052-1Beat Kansas State 6–0
9613.885Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–20.33380-1Lost to Ohio 0–21
97-263.910William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–20.333800Lost to Navy 16–20
98143.991Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–20.333800Lost to Louisville 0–18
9954.395Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.33380-1Lost to West Virginia 0–14
10064.434Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.50052-1BYE
101-214.893Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–20.00091-1Lost to Army 2–9
102-44.912San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–30.00091-1Lost to California 8–25
103-24.972Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–20.00091-1Lost to Xavier 20–24
104-95.210Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–20.00091-1Lost to Colorado 0–6
105-115.250Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–20.00091-1Lost to Pittsburgh 14–24
106-135.269South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.00091-1Lost to Duke 8–21
10795.353George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–20.33380-3Beat BYU 13–12
108-355.369North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.00091-1Lost to Ohio State 7–41
109-105.388Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–20.00091-1Lost to Georgia 0–10
110-205.904UTEPIND FBSI0–20.00091-1Lost to West Texas A&M 0–49
111-46.043Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI0–20.00091-1Lost to Arizona State 0–35
11226.473Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–30.00091-3Lost to Bowling Green 7–14
11346.963Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.33380-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–21
114-367.055Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–20.00091-2Lost to Kansas 0–14
115-287.094Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.00091-1BYE
116-707.134Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–10.00091-1Lost to Colgate 12–23
117-47.491BYUIND WAC0–30.00091-4Lost to George Washington 12–13
11818.245Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–20.000910BYE
11918.390Montana (MONTANA)IND FBSI0–30.00091-2Lost to Utah State 20–43
120-29.818Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND FBSI0–30.00091-3Lost to Wichita State 6–13

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