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1963 Week 9 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
100.894Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–0–10.87511+7Beat Minnesota 16–6
251.007Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–01.0001+7Beat Iowa 10–7
351.111Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–01.0001+5Beat Colgate 42–0
401.132Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI4–0–10.9008+7Beat West Texas A&M 29–14
571.141Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–0–20.75032+3Tied Columbia 3–3
6-41.195Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–01.0001+7Beat Arkansas 17–13
721.205Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat West Virginia 13–10
881.392Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–10.80014+7Beat Miami (OH) 37–6
9131.516Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–01.0001+6Beat Georgia Tech 29–21
10-71.542Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–0–10.87511+2Beat Tulane 21–0
11121.559Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC4–10.80014+8Beat UTEP 27–0
1271.580Duke (DUKE)ACC4–0–10.9008+3Beat Clemson 35–30
1321.595Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY4–01.0001+3Beat Holy Cross 13–8
14181.637Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80014+6Beat Washington State 30–6
1521.637Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–10.75032+6BYE
16-101.652Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80014+4Beat Montana 62–6
17-41.660Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI4–10.80014+6Beat Arizona 28–12
18101.695LSUSEC4–10.80014+7Beat Kentucky 28–7
1961.696Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–01.0001+4Beat Toledo 22–20
20-91.758Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–10.80014+5Beat Wake Forest 47–0
2181.761Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–0–10.9008+1Beat Houston 20–0
2251.797Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80014+5Beat Oklahoma State 28–6
23221.831Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–10.80014+4Beat Detroit Mercy 35–0
24101.832Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–10.80014+4Beat Penn State 9–0
25-151.836Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–10.80014+4Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–12
26-211.860Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60048+6Lost to Syracuse 0–9
27111.890Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI4–1–10.75032+5Beat Boston University 22–13
28131.901Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–10.80014+3Beat Tennessee 35–0
29281.940North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–10.80014+5Beat NC State 31–10
3071.950Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–10.75032+5Beat SMU 13–7
31171.976Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–10.75032+5Beat Kansas 21–18
32102.003Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC3–10.75032+4Beat Louisville 47–14
3302.025Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–10.80014+3Beat Kansas State 28–6
3412.034Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–1–10.70039+4Beat Vanderbilt 21–0
3552.043Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–10.80014+3Beat BYU 41–14
36-152.067TCUIND SWC3–1–10.70039+3Tied Texas A&M 14–14
37-172.105NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–10.80014+2Lost to North Carolina 10–31
38112.137Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–10.75032+3Beat Texas Tech 21–17
39142.155California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–2–10.50058+5Beat San José State 34–13
4042.196Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–1–10.62543+2Beat Indiana 20–3
41-272.217Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62543+3Lost to Princeton 0–42
42162.249Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–1–10.70039+2Beat Miami 31–14
43-122.339Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC3–20.60048+3Lost to Auburn 21–29
44212.348USCPAC3–20.60048+3Beat Ohio State 32–3
4592.355Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON4–10.800140Beat William & Mary 28–13
46-202.360Iowa (IOWA)B102–1–10.62543+2Lost to Wisconsin 7–10
47-112.503Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40068+4Lost to LSU 7–28
48-12.602Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62543+1Tied Southern Miss 0–0
4922.611Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–30.25091+2Lost to Illinois 6–16
50-72.656William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–30.40068+4Lost to Virginia Tech 13–28
5152.669Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–10.83313-3Beat Mississippi College 41–13
52-132.674Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–30.40068+4Lost to Oklahoma 18–21
53102.751Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–20.60048+1Beat Pacific 64–6
54122.786Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–20.60048+2Beat Colorado 19–7
5542.824Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–10.80014-3Beat Arkansas State 10–9
56-382.884SMUIND SWC2–20.50058+4Lost to Rice 7–13
5772.910Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC3–1–10.70039+5Beat Kentucky State 28–0
58-282.937Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–20.60048+1Lost to Maryland 14–21
59-42.939Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–30.40068+1Lost to Texas 13–17
60192.995Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–20.50058+2Beat UCLA 27–12
6172.995Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–20.600480Beat Colorado State 48–14
62-123.020West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–20.600480Lost to Memphis 14–29
63-13.034Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–20.50058+1Beat Yale 13–10
64-123.137Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–30.40068+2Beat Stanford 19–11
65-413.156Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–1–10.62543-1Lost to USC 3–32
66183.180Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.500580Beat Michigan 23–12
67-73.210West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–30.40068+1Lost to Pittsburgh 10–13
68-13.319Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–2–10.37582+1Tied Florida State 0–0
69123.332Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–20.50058+1Beat Pennsylvania 41–13
70153.370Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–20.500580Beat North Texas 22–21
71123.459New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60048-3Beat New Mexico 13–12
7233.464Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60048-1Beat George Washington 14–13
73-43.570Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–2–10.375820Tied Harvard 3–3
7463.746Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–3–10.30085-1Tied South Carolina 10–10
75-143.822Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–30.400680Lost to Baylor 17–21
76-63.874Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–30.40068-1Lost to Georgia 14–31
77-33.893Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–2–10.50058-2Lost to Northwestern 6–37
78174.047Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–2–10.50058+2Beat Dayton 15–14
79-334.063Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–2–10.37582-1Lost to Purdue 12–23
80-84.102Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–30.40068-2Lost to Oregon 12–28
81-84.106Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–40.20096-1Lost to Alabama 0–35
8294.204South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–3–10.30085-1Tied Virginia 10–10
83-124.261Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–20.50058-3Lost to Cornell 10–13
84-64.386Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–30.40068-4Lost to Iowa State 7–19
85-84.396UTEPIND FBSI2–30.40068-3Lost to Arizona State 0–27
8624.427Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–30.25091-1Beat Lehigh 30–6
87194.604Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–40.20096-2Beat Air Force 21–14
88-14.738New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–30.25091-3Lost to New Mexico State 12–13
89-134.812Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–30.25091-2Lost to Brown 13–41
90-84.824San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40068-5Lost to California 13–34
91-25.315UCLAPAC1–40.20096-4Lost to Notre Dame 12–27
9255.323Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–3–10.30085-5Lost to Buffalo 13–22
93-15.354Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–3–10.30085-5Lost to Oregon State 6–30
9475.363Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–50.000112-4Lost to Ole Miss 0–21
9595.396Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC1–40.20096-5Lost to Bowling Green 20–22
96-25.473Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–3–10.30085-5Tied TCU 14–14
97-115.488Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–30.40068-4Lost to Delaware 12–29
98-25.571Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–40.20096-5Lost to Cincinnati 0–35
9935.666Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–4–10.100110-4Lost to Duke 30–35
100135.678Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–30.40068-7Beat Davidson 21–13
10145.686Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–40.000112-4Lost to Florida 0–21
10275.751Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–50.000112-4Lost to Mississippi State 0–20
10345.783Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–3–10.30085-6Lost to Navy 12–21
104-45.799Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–40.20096-7Lost to Nebraska 6–28
105-125.819North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–40.20096-6Lost to Tulsa 21–22
106-75.989Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–40.20096-7Lost to Washington 11–19
107-96.064Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–40.20096-6Lost to Utah 14–48
10866.228Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–40.20096-2Beat Kent State 26–12
109-66.312Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–40.20096-7Lost to Xavier 14–15
110-26.346George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–50.000112-8Lost to Villanova 13–14
111-216.668Indiana (INDIANA)B100–40.000112-4Lost to Michigan State 3–20
11256.727Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–3–10.125108-4Lost to Dartmouth 8–13
113-36.928BYUIND WAC1–40.20096-10Lost to Wyoming 14–41
114-37.154Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–40.000112-7Lost to Missouri 6–28
115-37.449Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–30.25091-4Lost to Wichita State 14–47
11627.624Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–50.000112-4Lost to Army 0–47
117-18.026Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–4–10.100110-5Lost to Richmond 13–21
118-39.808Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–3–10.125108-9Lost to Western Michigan 12–26
119010.635Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–40.000112-8Lost to Idaho 6–64
120011.646Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–40.000112-5Lost to Rutgers 6–30

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