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1963 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
1570.527Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat West Virginia 51–7
2940.536Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Arizona 43–0
31080.555Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Western Michigan 41–0
4820.636Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.0001+1Beat Richmond 34–6
540.655Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston University 30–0
6910.682UTEPIND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Texas 34–7
7-20.700Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Georgia 32–7
8220.709Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Miami 24–0
9530.727NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–01.00010Beat Maryland 36–14
10-20.736Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 21–0
11-100.736Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI1–0–10.750480Tied Ole Miss 0–0
12750.736Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 21–0
13100.745Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Pacific 20–0
14610.745Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat UCLA 20–0
15940.745Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Arizona State 33–13
16280.755Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–01.00010Beat Virginia Tech 33–14
17250.773Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat BYU 24–7
18500.773Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Clemson 31–14
19640.782Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat San José State 29–13
20510.791Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Utah 29–14
21730.800USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 14–0
22-80.809Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–01.00010Beat Detroit Mercy 27–14
23410.827Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–01.00010Beat Missouri 23–12
24600.827Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston College 32–21
25480.836Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Oregon 17–7
26-240.845Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Vanderbilt 14–13
27-240.845Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC1–01.00010BYE
28610.845Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Washington State 16–7
2900.855Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.00010Beat South Carolina 22–14
30170.855LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 14–6
31700.855Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat George Washington 14–6
32-220.864Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–01.00010Beat Houston 21–14
33-160.864California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Iowa State 15–8
34760.864William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Citadel 7–0
35260.891North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–01.00010Beat Virginia 11–7
36490.891TCUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Kansas 10–6
37-330.900Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Washington 10–7
38-110.900Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Toledo 22–19
39781.377Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Ohio 7–0
40-291.521Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.000940BYE
41-261.521Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
42-211.521Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000940BYE
43-191.521Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
44-191.521Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
45-191.521Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
46-131.521Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
47-131.521Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000940BYE
48-111.521Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000940BYE
49-111.521Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000940BYE
50-111.521Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000940BYE
51-81.521Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.000940BYE
52-71.521Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–00.000940BYE
53-71.521Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–00.000940BYE
54-21.521Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000940BYE
55-21.521Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.000940BYE
56-21.521Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000940BYE
57-21.521Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–0–10.500490Tied Memphis 0–0
5821.521New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–00.000940BYE
5961.521Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000940BYE
6071.521Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000940BYE
61131.521Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
62141.521Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
63141.521Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.000940BYE
64141.521Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.000940BYE
65141.521Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.000940BYE
66151.521SMUIND SWC0–00.000940BYE
67461.521Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.000940BYE
68301.620Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–10.000520Lost to Furman 13–14
69211.699Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–10.000520Lost to Dayton 19–22
70341.699Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–10.000520Lost to Air Force 7–10
71-121.736Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat South Dakota State 58–7
72-311.739Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000520Lost to TCU 6–10
73271.739Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000520Lost to North Carolina 7–11
74-181.809Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Samford 43–0
75-561.858Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–10.000520Lost to William & Mary 0–7
76-411.858Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Auburn 14–21
77-371.858Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–10.000520Lost to California 8–15
78-121.858Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–10.000520Lost to Buffalo 0–7
79331.882Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Montana 35–0
80-491.898George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–10.000520Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–14
8111.898South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000520Lost to Duke 14–22
8261.898Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000520Lost to LSU 6–14
83311.937Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–10.000520BYE
84211.937Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–10.000520Lost to Texas Tech 7–16
85-671.945Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Drake 28–0
86-161.977Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Penn State 7–17
87-511.982Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Fresno State 32–8
88302.009New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
89-772.017Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Syracuse 21–32
90-332.017Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000520Lost to Northwestern 12–23
9182.091Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat West Chester 21–9
92-642.096Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Bowling Green 14–27
93-12.109Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Montana State 23–13
94-722.136Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–10.000520Lost to USC 0–14
95112.155West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Texas Arlington 22–17
96-12.175Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–10.000520Lost to Oregon State 14–29
97-172.215San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Stanford 13–29
98-822.255BYUIND WAC0–10.000520Lost to Kansas State 7–24
99-792.255Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–10.000520Lost to Oklahoma 14–31
10022.334Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON0–10.000520Lost to Kentucky 14–33
101-942.374Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC0–10.000520Lost to Wichita State 13–33
102-302.374Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Colorado State 0–20
103-102.374UCLAPAC0–10.000520Lost to Pittsburgh 0–20
104-352.413Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000520Lost to Arkansas 0–21
105112.413Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–10.000520BYE
106-152.413Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000520Lost to Texas 0–21
107-582.453Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–10.000520Lost to NC State 14–36
108-582.532Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Florida State 0–24
109-772.572Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–10.000520Lost to Alabama 7–32
110-472.651North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–10.000520Lost to UTEP 7–34
111-982.770Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–10.000520Lost to Army 0–30
112-43.207Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–10.000520Lost to Wisconsin 0–41
113-1073.286Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC0–10.000520Lost to Utah State 0–43
114-73.326West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–10.000520Lost to Navy 7–51
11543.556Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.500490Lost to Tennessee 6–34
11644.451Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–10.500490Beat Miami (OH) 21–12
117-665.745Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–10.00052-1Lost to Xavier 12–21
118-36.757Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–20.000520Lost to Catawba 14–18
119-1611.498Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000520Lost to East Carolina 10–20
120-7211.617Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–10.000520Lost to Morehead State 6–19

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