1963 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 17, 1963By 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	1.071	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	10–0	1.000	1	+43	BYE
2	0	1.113	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+42	BYE
3	1	1.243	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+37	BYE
4	-1	1.247	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+29	BYE
5	0	1.269	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+34	BYE
6	0	1.342	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	8–1	0.889	7	+31	BYE
7	1	1.390	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	7–0–2	0.889	7	+19	BYE
8	-1	1.399	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	21	+24	BYE
9	0	1.409	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	10	+32	BYE
10	0	1.425	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	9	+26	BYE
11	0	1.428	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	3	+29	BYE
12	0	1.460	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	18	+23	BYE
13	0	1.587	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	10	+25	BYE
14	0	1.610	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	10	+25	BYE
15	0	1.632	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	SEC	7–3	0.700	22	+24	BYE
16	0	1.647	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–2–2	0.700	22	+22	BYE
17	0	1.704	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–2	0.800	10	+23	BYE
18	0	1.779	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	33	+16	BYE
19	0	1.779	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	18	+19	BYE
20	0	1.795	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	22	+23	BYE
21	0	1.886	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	10	+16	BYE
22	0	1.909	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–2	0.800	10	+21	BYE
23	1	1.951	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	22	+21	BYE
24	-1	1.960	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	18	+17	BYE
25	1	2.034	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	22	+18	BYE
26	-1	2.036	LSU	SEC	7–3	0.700	22	+20	BYE
27	0	2.042	Oregon (OREGON)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	22	+16	BYE
28	0	2.064	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	10	+13	BYE
29	0	2.085	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	10	+15	BYE
30	0	2.091	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	22	+17	BYE
31	0	2.156	USC	PAC	7–3	0.700	22	+14	BYE
32	0	2.185	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	36	+16	BYE
33	0	2.196	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	22	+17	BYE
34	0	2.247	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	33	+11	BYE
35	0	2.374	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+11	BYE
36	0	2.422	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	5–4	0.556	47	+12	BYE
37	0	2.429	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	40	+15	BYE
38	0	2.468	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	40	+14	BYE
39	0	2.479	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	37	+6	BYE
40	0	2.495	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–3–2	0.600	40	+9	BYE
41	0	2.816	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4	0.556	47	+5	BYE
42	0	2.859	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	53	+4	BYE
43	0	2.880	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	40	+2	BYE
44	0	2.882	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	53	+4	BYE
45	0	2.897	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	47	+7	BYE
46	0	2.913	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	40	+5	BYE
47	0	2.941	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	68	+5	BYE
48	0	3.044	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	57	+3	BYE
49	0	3.074	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+8	BYE
50	1	3.084	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	40	+2	BYE
51	-1	3.088	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–4	0.600	40	+10	BYE
52	0	3.105	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	57	+1	BYE
53	0	3.134	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	57	+4	BYE
54	0	3.208	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5	0.500	57	0	BYE
55	0	3.215	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–4	0.556	47	0	BYE
56	0	3.225	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	37	+5	BYE
57	0	3.233	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	53	+8	BYE
58	0	3.251	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3–2	0.500	57	+1	BYE
59	0	3.279	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	57	+1	BYE
60	0	3.309	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–4–2	0.444	72	+2	BYE
61	0	3.310	TCU	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	68	+3	BYE
62	0	3.332	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	+2	BYE
63	0	3.354	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	22	-9	BYE
64	0	3.359	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	57	-1	BYE
65	0	3.519	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	-6	BYE
66	2	3.634	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–5–1	0.450	68	-1	BYE
67	-1	3.634	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	75	+2	BYE
68	-1	3.642	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	68	-3	BYE
69	0	3.681	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	57	-3	BYE
70	1	3.718	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	57	-5	BYE
71	1	3.736	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	75	-3	BYE
72	-2	3.763	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	5–4–1	0.550	53	-1	BYE
73	0	3.947	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	57	-8	BYE
74	0	3.976	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6–1	0.350	83	-4	BYE
75	0	4.034	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–6	0.333	87	-4	BYE
76	0	4.045	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	82	-5	BYE
77	0	4.067	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	72	-7	BYE
78	0	4.082	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	47	-2	BYE
79	0	4.161	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	57	-11	BYE
80	0	4.202	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–6	0.333	87	-5	BYE
81	0	4.535	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	83	-12	BYE
82	0	4.586	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	74	+1	BYE
83	0	4.607	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-12	BYE
84	0	4.662	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	-13	BYE
85	0	4.761	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	87	-12	BYE
86	1	4.820	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–7	0.300	92	-14	BYE
87	-1	4.826	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5–2	0.400	75	-11	BYE
88	0	4.854	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	103	-12	BYE
89	0	4.938	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–5–1	0.389	81	-14	BYE
90	0	4.999	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	83	-16	BYE
91	0	5.168	UTEP	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-20	BYE
92	7	5.217	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	108	-15	Beat Louisville 21–7
93	-1	5.324	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–7–1	0.250	100	-17	BYE
94	1	5.352	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–7–1	0.250	100	-17	BYE
95	-2	5.367	UCLA	PAC	2–8	0.200	108	-16	BYE
96	-2	5.375	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–7	0.300	92	-22	BYE
97	-1	5.464	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	87	-10	BYE
98	0	5.661	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	83	-6	BYE
99	1	5.738	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	75	-20	BYE
100	1	5.765	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	98	-8	BYE
101	1	5.856	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	92	-23	BYE
102	1	5.929	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	87	-16	BYE
103	1	5.965	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	108	-24	BYE
104	1	6.026	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7–2	0.200	108	-19	BYE
105	1	6.050	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	103	-23	BYE
106	2	6.166	Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)	IND FBSI	2–6–1	0.278	98	-22	BYE
107	-10	6.221	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	92	-18	Lost to Houston 7–21
108	-1	6.242	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–8–1	0.150	116	-21	BYE
109	0	6.488	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–7	0.222	103	-19	BYE
110	0	6.538	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	103	-26	BYE
111	0	6.549	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	103	-27	BYE
112	0	6.606	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	118	-24	BYE
113	0	6.966	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–7–2	0.200	108	-26	BYE
114	0	7.231	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–8–1	0.150	116	-31	BYE
115	0	7.590	BYU	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	108	-40	BYE
116	0	7.997	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–9	0.100	120	-28	BYE
117	0	8.431	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	108	-20	BYE
118	0	8.524	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–5–2	0.250	100	-20	BYE
119	0	8.793	Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	115	-16	BYE
120	0	10.200	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	118	-23	BYE