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1965 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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1965 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
100.743Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–01.0001+24Beat Northwestern 49–7
230.963Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–01.0001+18Beat Missouri 16–14
3-11.002Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY6–01.0001+14Beat Brown 45–27
4-11.058Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI5–10.83311+15Beat Navy 29–3
5-11.105Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–01.0001+20Beat Texas A&M 31–0
601.274Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–0–20.80014+8BYE
701.282Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–01.0001+10Beat Yale 20–17
801.370UCLAPAC4–1–10.75017+12Beat Air Force 10–0
951.395Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+14Beat BYU 34–21
10101.405Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–20.71419+15Beat West Virginia 28–8
11-11.436USCPAC4–1–10.75017+11BYE
12101.443Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–1–10.78615+13Beat Mississippi State 10–7
1361.557Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–1–10.78615+12Beat Duke 35–23
14171.682Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–20.71419+13Beat North Carolina 47–35
1521.863Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–10.83311+8BYE
1691.901Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC6–10.8577+10Beat Rice 27–0
17-41.920Purdue (PURDUE)B104–2–10.64336+10Lost to Illinois 0–21
18101.938Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–20.71419+12Beat Wake Forest 26–13
19-102.021Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–20.66731+9Lost to Auburn 17–28
2072.069Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–10.8577+8Beat Oregon State 10–8
21-102.074LSUSEC5–20.71419+9Lost to Ole Miss 0–23
2212.089New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI6–10.8577+5Beat Eastern NEW Mexico 41–7
23192.097Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–2–10.64336+8Beat Marshall 17–14
2492.116East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–10.83311+3Beat UL Monroe 45–0
25-42.124Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–2–10.64336+6Lost to Nebraska 14–16
26-112.149Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–20.71419+7Lost to Miami (OH) 7–23
2722.160Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI6–10.8577+11Beat Villanova 35–0
28202.218Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–30.57145+7Beat Purdue 21–0
29-172.240UTEPIND FBSI4–20.66731+7Lost to Arizona State 20–28
3092.252Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–20.66731+8Beat Minnesota 11–10
3172.254Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–30.57145+7Beat Bowling Green 23–7
32-162.267West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–20.71419+6Lost to Memphis 12–27
33222.297Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–30.57145+7Beat LSU 23–0
3402.299Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–1–20.66731+3Tied Pennsylvania 10–10
3592.342Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–20.71419+6Beat Pittsburgh 51–13
3652.342Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–1–20.71419+3Beat Oklahoma 13–0
3732.349Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC5–20.71419+5Beat Wichita State 30–10
38-202.444Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–2–10.64336+6Lost to Washington 8–41
39252.449Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50058+6Beat Virginia Tech 7–6
40-162.466Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–20.71419+6Lost to Florida State 6–7
4152.467Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–20.71419+4Beat Southern Illinois 55–12
4272.518Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–2–10.64336+5Beat Idaho 17–14
4382.620William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–30.57145+5Beat Southern Miss 3–0
44-142.629Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–20.71419+1Lost to William & Mary 0–3
45182.649SMUIND SWC3–2–10.58343+4Beat Texas 31–14
46162.735Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–3–10.50058+3Beat Florida 28–17
47222.753Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI3–30.50058+2Beat West Texas A&M 27–12
48-222.754Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–30.57145+6Lost to SMU 14–31
49-172.768Duke (DUKE)ACC4–30.57145+4Lost to Georgia Tech 23–35
50-152.856Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–3–10.50058+4Lost to Notre Dame 3–29
51-152.866Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–30.57145+2Lost to Alabama 7–10
52162.950TCUIND SWC3–40.42969+5Beat Baylor 10–7
5332.965Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–2–10.64336+2Beat Oklahoma State 14–10
54-13.000BYUIND WAC3–30.50058+3Lost to Utah State 21–34
55-183.056Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–40.33387+2Lost to California 17–21
5693.057Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–2–10.64336+1Beat Army 29–28
57243.163Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC3–40.42969+2Beat Stanford 41–8
5813.238Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–2–10.58343+1Tied Harvard 10–10
59-163.242Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–3–10.50058-1Lost to Toledo 3–7
6063.242Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–40.42969+2Beat Wisconsin 50–14
61-113.299Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–3–10.50058+1Lost to Ohio State 10–11
62173.303California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–30.57145+2Beat Penn State 21–17
63-163.304Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–40.42969+2Lost to Colgate 28–29
6493.357Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC4–30.57145-3Beat Kent State 7–3
65-73.398Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC4–30.57145-3Lost to Western Michigan 14–17
66-53.399Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–20.66731-4Beat Virginia Military Institute 41–12
67-153.421Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–30.50058+1Lost to TCU 7–10
68103.512George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON4–30.57145-4Beat Davidson 23–7
69-153.632West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–30.57145-3Lost to Kentucky 8–28
70-103.634Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–40.42969-1Lost to Oregon 14–17
71-263.763Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–40.42969-3Lost to NC State 0–13
72143.796Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC3–40.42969-2Beat UTEP 28–20
73173.819Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–2–20.50058-2Beat Columbia 20–6
74-173.923South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–40.42969-2Lost to Maryland 14–27
75-53.981Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–40.42969-2Lost to Washington State 8–10
76114.044NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–40.42969-4Beat Virginia 13–0
7704.079North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–40.42969-5Lost to Georgia 35–47
7874.079San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI3–40.42969-2Beat New Mexico 27–7
79194.095Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–30.50058-5Beat South Carolina 27–14
80-134.146Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–40.42969-1Lost to Michigan State 7–49
8184.268Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON4–30.57145+2Beat Lehigh 27–15
82-84.308Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–30.50058-7Lost to George Washington 7–23
83174.439Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–4–10.35785-4Beat Tulane 13–0
84-94.464Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–40.33387-4Lost to Texas Tech 0–27
85-34.504Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–50.28696-3Lost to Arkansas 0–31
86114.527Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–40.42969-7Beat Colorado State 22–19
87-114.545Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–40.42969-7Lost to North Texas 24–28
88-174.734Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–4–10.35785-3Lost to Michigan 14–50
89164.742Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–4–10.250105-3Beat Buffalo 20–7
90-184.834Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28696-7Lost to Utah 19–22
9184.940Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–40.33387-5BYE
92-14.970Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–40.33387-7BYE
93-54.984Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–5–10.214106-6Lost to UCLA 0–10
94-145.044Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–50.28696-6Lost to Vanderbilt 0–13
9515.156Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–60.143112-6Lost to Iowa State 10–14
96-135.193Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–40.33387+1Lost to Cornell 6–20
97-135.271Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–50.28696-9Lost to Syracuse 13–51
9855.375Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–40.33387-3Lost to Dartmouth 17–20
9925.421Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–50.28696-10Lost to Clemson 13–26
10095.448North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–50.28696-3Beat Cincinnati 28–24
101-85.530Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–40.33387-10Lost to Colorado 0–13
102-105.628New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–40.33387-10Lost to San José State 7–27
10345.776Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–50.28696-11Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 40–7
10445.951Indiana (INDIANA)B102–50.28696-13Beat Iowa 21–17
10516.040Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–50.167108-2Lost to Princeton 27–45
10666.062Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–50.28696-13Beat Kansas State 34–0
107-126.379Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–3–20.42969-6Lost to Holy Cross 7–20
108-46.457Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–60.143112-15Lost to Boston College 12–41
109-156.538Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–40.33387-8Lost to Boston University 0–30
11016.573Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–50.167108-7Lost to Xavier 0–35
111-96.966Iowa (IOWA)B101–60.143112-16Lost to Indiana 17–21
11227.273Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–50.167108-11Lost to Louisville 10–30
11347.491Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–5–10.214106-11Beat Ohio 13–7
11447.717Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–60.143112-14Beat Richmond 24–0
115-27.915Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–70.000116-20Lost to Dayton 7–13
116-68.315Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–70.000116-19Lost to Citadel 0–24
117-28.710Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–50.167108-8Lost to Montana 7–13
118-28.949Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–70.000116-20Lost to Kansas 0–34
119010.343Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–60.000116-11Lost to Furman 15–27

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