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1963 Week 7 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
100.700Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Michigan 26–13
2130.855Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Rice 28–7
320.886Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.0001+3Beat Northwestern 10–9
4200.915Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI3–0–10.87519+4Beat Villanova 14–7
5320.964Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.75023+1Tied Boston University 6–6
6420.995William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–10.66727+5Beat Furman 27–17
771.027Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+2BYE
811.067Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat Oklahoma State 34–7
9111.082Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Baylor 22–15
1001.133Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Vanderbilt 21–6
11321.169Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–10.66727+3Beat Idaho 24–0
12261.187Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.66727+3Beat Wyoming 25–21
13121.227Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–0–10.83320+1Beat Tulsa 28–15
1471.268Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–01.0001+1Beat Columbia 7–6
15251.309Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Iowa State 21–7
16581.363Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50055+2Beat Army 24–8
17151.367Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat California 35–15
18-151.400Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–0–10.83320+1Beat Houston 20–6
1981.455Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC3–01.0001+2Beat Dayton 28–0
20361.464Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–01.0001+1Beat Pennsylvania 28–0
21-51.473Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Kentucky 14–13
22-101.491Duke (DUKE)ACC3–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 30–12
23271.509Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–0–10.750230Beat Rutgers 28–0
24-171.537TCUIND SWC2–10.66727+2Lost to Arkansas 3–18
25-31.555Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.00010BYE
26231.564Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–0–10.83320+1Beat Tennessee 7–0
27-141.564Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–10.66727+2Lost to Illinois 9–10
28-221.591Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.50055+2Lost to Penn State 7–28
2911.591Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.00010Beat Indiana 21–0
30141.630West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat North Texas 38–17
31-21.642NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–01.00010Beat Clemson 7–3
32201.673Iowa (IOWA)B101–0–10.750230Beat Washington 17–7
33241.700USCPAC2–10.66727+2Beat Michigan State 13–10
34-31.703Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI2–10.66727+2Beat West Virginia 35–0
35281.734Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–10.66727+1Beat Holy Cross 48–0
36-341.745Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–10.50055+1Lost to USC 10–13
37-181.756Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–10.50055+1Lost to Princeton 6–7
38431.805Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.66727+1Beat TCU 18–3
39191.891Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–10.50055+1BYE
40-51.928Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50055+1BYE
41-241.996Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66727+1Beat San José State 20–0
42-192.049Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–10.66727+1Lost to Kansas 21–25
43-92.054Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–10.50055+1Lost to Navy 13–26
44222.057Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–10.66727+1Beat Detroit Mercy 20–12
45-32.059Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–20.33377+2Lost to Auburn 13–14
46-182.106Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–10.667270Lost to LSU 6–7
47-82.111Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–10.66727+1Beat Kent State 20–0
48252.133Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–10.66727+1Beat Texas A&M 10–0
49-382.136Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–10.66727+1Lost to Minnesota 8–24
50122.147Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–10.66727+1Beat South Carolina 27–7
5192.326LSUSEC2–10.66727+1Beat Georgia Tech 7–6
52-192.489Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–10.75023-1Lost to William & Mary 17–27
53172.504Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–10.66727+1Beat Colorado State 50–7
54-462.521Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–10.667270Lost to SMU 0–10
55-192.567UTEPIND FBSI2–10.66727+1Beat New Mexico State 14–13
56272.643Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–10.66727-1Beat George Washington 27–22
57-102.655Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–10.667270Lost to Buffalo 7–14
58202.674SMUIND SWC1–10.50055+1Beat Air Force 10–0
5992.680Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–10.500550Beat Lehigh 24–0
60-342.680Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–20.33377+1Lost to Mississippi State 0–7
61-432.682Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–10.500550Lost to Oregon State 15–22
62202.688Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–10.667270Beat Xavier 35–22
63332.695Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.667270Beat Tulane 10–0
64-192.786Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–10.667270Lost to Missouri 0–24
65102.976Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–20.333770Beat New Mexico 19–6
66133.017UCLAPAC1–20.33377+1Beat Stanford 10–9
67-263.031California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–20.33377+1Lost to Pittsburgh 15–35
6883.060Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–1–10.500550Beat Richmond 35–28
69433.080Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–1–10.500550Beat Arizona 7–2
70-663.104New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–10.500550Lost to Utah 6–19
71-23.124North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–10.66727-1Beat Wake Forest 21–0
72-263.203Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–10.500550Lost to Dartmouth 0–28
73143.235Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON2–10.66727-2Beat Virginia 10–0
74-203.414Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.500550Lost to Memphis 15–28
75223.476Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–10.500550Beat Yale 12–7
76343.484Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.50055-1Beat Notre Dame 7–6
77313.624Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–20.333770Beat Kansas State 21–7
7883.643Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–20.0001010BYE
79-203.835South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–20.33377-1Lost to Georgia 7–27
80-83.901Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–30.000101-1Lost to Iowa 7–17
81-203.905Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33377-1Lost to Nebraska 7–21
82103.918North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–20.33377-1Lost to West Texas A&M 17–38
8363.942Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–20.33377-1Lost to Bowling Green 0–28
8493.980Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–20.0001010Lost to Harvard 0–28
85-204.085West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–20.33377-1Lost to Oregon 0–35
86-24.133Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–20.33377-1Lost to Boston College 12–20
8744.271Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–30.000101-1Lost to NC State 3–7
88104.369New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33377-2Lost to UTEP 13–14
8954.417Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–30.000101-1Lost to Miami 0–10
9054.506Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–20.33377-1Lost to Washington State 2–7
91204.573Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC1–1–10.50055-2Beat Western Michigan 27–19
92-374.601Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–10.50055-1Lost to Brown 7–12
93-34.639Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–1–10.50055-2Tied Davidson 10–10
94-144.655Indiana (INDIANA)B100–20.000101-1Lost to Ohio State 0–21
9564.774Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–30.000101-2Lost to Alabama 6–21
9674.787Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–30.000101-2Lost to Texas Tech 0–10
9774.800Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–30.000101-2Lost to Virginia Tech 0–10
98-314.810Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–20.33377-2Lost to UCLA 9–10
99-354.865San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33377-2Lost to Utah State 0–20
100144.932Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–20.000101-1Lost to Texas 7–34
101-244.983Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33377-2Lost to Arizona State 7–50
102-175.012Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–30.000101-1Lost to Ole Miss 6–20
10335.204Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–2–10.375760Lost to Cincinnati 22–35
104-335.210Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–20.000101-1Lost to Purdue 6–7
10505.567Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–30.000101-2Lost to Duke 12–30
106135.693Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–1–10.500550Beat Toledo 19–18
107-195.702Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–20.33377-3Lost to Colorado 7–21
108-555.805Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–1–10.25097-1Lost to Ohio 0–20
109-76.096George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–30.000101-3Lost to Citadel 22–27
110-106.237Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.33377-3Lost to Florida 28–35
11146.494BYUIND WAC1–20.33377-4Beat Montana 27–0
112-56.797Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.000101-2BYE
113-626.916Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–1–10.25097-1Lost to Syracuse 0–48
114-157.154Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–30.000101-4Lost to Marshall 18–19
11518.040Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–3–10.125100-2Tied Virginia Military Institute 10–10
116-78.225Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–2–10.16799-3Tied Colgate 6–6
11718.264Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–30.000101-2Lost to North Carolina 0–21
118-18.410Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–30.000101-1Lost to Miami (OH) 19–27
119110.922Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–20.000101-1Lost to Cornell 0–24
120-711.200Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–20.000101-2Lost to Southern Illinois 7–13

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