1963 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 7, 1964By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1963 Season Tags: • No Comments

1963 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.980	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	11–0	1.000	1	+53	Beat Navy 28–6
2	0	1.169	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+41	BYE
3	1	1.239	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+30	BYE
4	2	1.311	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	8–1	0.889	5	+31	BYE
5	7	1.311	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	3	+37	Beat Auburn 13–7
6	4	1.326	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	8–1–1	0.850	6	+32	Beat Washington 17–7
7	-4	1.350	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–2	0.818	7	+37	Lost to Nebraska 7–13
8	-1	1.374	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	24	+25	BYE
9	6	1.418	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	7	+32	Beat Ole Miss 12–7
10	-5	1.424	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	7	+33	Lost to Texas 6–28
11	-2	1.435	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	11	+32	BYE
12	-1	1.440	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	17	+23	BYE
13	0	1.480	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–2–2	0.727	20	+30	BYE
14	0	1.609	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	11	+25	BYE
15	-7	1.663	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–1–2	0.800	11	+17	Lost to Alabama 7–12
16	0	1.688	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–3	0.700	25	+22	BYE
17	0	1.734	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–2	0.818	7	+28	BYE
18	0	1.759	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	17	+19	BYE
19	0	1.777	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	31	+16	BYE
20	0	1.827	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	25	+24	BYE
21	0	1.907	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	11	+16	BYE
22	0	1.933	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	17	+17	BYE
23	0	1.944	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–3	0.727	20	+21	BYE
24	0	2.019	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	20	+24	BYE
25	0	2.030	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	25	+20	BYE
26	0	2.039	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+19	Beat SMU 21–14
27	0	2.078	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	11	+13	BYE
28	0	2.113	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	25	+17	BYE
29	0	2.138	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	11	+14	BYE
30	2	2.213	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	31	+11	BYE
31	0	2.219	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	34	+15	BYE
32	-2	2.238	USC	PAC	7–3	0.700	25	+13	BYE
33	0	2.303	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	35	+16	BYE
34	0	2.361	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	+16	BYE
35	0	2.392	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	31	+10	BYE
36	0	2.392	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	+12	BYE
37	1	2.489	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	37	+6	BYE
38	1	2.490	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–3–2	0.600	40	+9	BYE
39	-2	2.493	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	40	+15	BYE
40	1	2.774	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	+5	BYE
41	-1	2.783	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–5	0.545	56	+13	Lost to Illinois 7–17
42	1	2.870	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	46	+7	BYE
43	-1	2.881	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	40	+2	BYE
44	0	2.908	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	40	+5	BYE
45	0	2.913	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+2	BYE
46	0	2.927	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+4	BYE
47	0	3.042	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	68	+4	BYE
48	1	3.055	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+8	BYE
49	-1	3.065	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	57	+3	BYE
50	0	3.084	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–4	0.600	40	+10	BYE
51	2	3.117	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	57	+4	BYE
52	0	3.134	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	40	+1	BYE
53	-2	3.136	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	57	0	BYE
54	1	3.177	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–4	0.556	46	0	BYE
55	1	3.223	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+8	BYE
56	-2	3.235	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	57	-2	BYE
57	1	3.281	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+4	BYE
58	3	3.326	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	57	-1	BYE
59	-2	3.338	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	57	+1	BYE
60	0	3.343	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–4–2	0.444	72	+2	BYE
61	-2	3.347	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	57	+1	BYE
62	2	3.379	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	25	-9	BYE
63	-1	3.382	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	+1	BYE
64	-1	3.392	TCU	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	68	+2	BYE
65	0	3.504	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-6	BYE
66	1	3.642	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	68	-4	BYE
67	3	3.701	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	57	-4	BYE
68	0	3.701	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	57	-3	BYE
69	-3	3.703	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	68	-2	BYE
70	1	3.735	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	75	-3	BYE
71	1	3.753	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	5–4–1	0.550	52	-1	BYE
72	-3	3.900	SMU	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	82	-1	Lost to Oregon 14–21
73	0	3.930	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	57	-8	BYE
74	2	3.997	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–6	0.333	87	-4	BYE
75	-1	4.008	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	81	-5	BYE
76	1	4.053	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	46	-2	BYE
77	1	4.078	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	72	-7	BYE
78	-3	4.105	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	83	-6	BYE
79	0	4.157	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	57	-11	BYE
80	0	4.178	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	87	-5	BYE
81	1	4.558	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	74	+1	BYE
82	-1	4.621	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	83	-13	BYE
83	0	4.630	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-13	BYE
84	0	4.696	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	-14	BYE
85	0	4.736	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	87	-12	BYE
86	0	4.846	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5–2	0.400	75	-12	BYE
87	0	4.894	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	103	-13	BYE
88	0	4.926	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–5–1	0.389	80	-14	BYE
89	0	4.958	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–7	0.300	92	-16	BYE
90	0	5.011	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	83	-16	BYE
91	0	5.145	UTEP	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-20	BYE
92	0	5.230	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	108	-17	BYE
93	1	5.374	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	100	-18	BYE
94	3	5.458	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	87	-10	BYE
95	-2	5.461	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7	0.300	92	-23	BYE
96	-1	5.463	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	100	-19	BYE
97	-1	5.538	UCLA	PAC	2–8	0.200	108	-17	BYE
98	0	5.648	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	83	-6	BYE
99	0	5.743	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	-20	BYE
100	0	5.759	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	98	-8	BYE
101	0	5.914	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-24	BYE
102	0	5.935	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	87	-16	BYE
103	0	6.044	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7–2	0.200	108	-20	BYE
104	0	6.068	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	108	-25	BYE
105	0	6.071	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	103	-23	BYE
106	0	6.151	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	98	-22	BYE
107	0	6.204	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	92	-18	BYE
108	0	6.344	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–8–1	0.150	116	-23	BYE
109	0	6.482	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–7	0.222	103	-19	BYE
110	0	6.531	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	103	-26	BYE
111	0	6.563	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	103	-27	BYE
112	0	6.629	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	118	-24	BYE
113	0	6.957	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–7–2	0.200	108	-26	BYE
114	0	7.294	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–8–1	0.150	116	-32	BYE
115	0	7.603	BYU	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	108	-40	BYE
116	0	8.083	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–9	0.100	120	-29	BYE
117	0	8.437	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	108	-20	BYE
118	0	8.547	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–5–2	0.250	100	-20	BYE
119	0	8.812	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	115	-16	BYE
120	0	10.192	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	118	-23	BYE