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1965 Week 5 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
170.632Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–0–10.75040+1Tied Auburn 13–13
2210.651LSUSEC2–01.0001+2Beat Rice 42–14
3260.752Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Ole Miss 16–7
4-30.797West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat William & Mary 34–14
5-30.839UTEPIND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat New Mexico 35–14
600.885Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Texas Tech 33–7
7-20.940Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Florida 18–13
8-40.953Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Notre Dame 25–21
9230.958West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Bowling Green 34–0
1040.981Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado State 33–14
11-11.008Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Air Force 27–17
12261.040Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat Utah 31–14
1321.045Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulsa 20–12
1421.054Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia 20–14
1521.059Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat South Carolina 20–15
16251.077Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Vanderbilt 24–10
17131.100Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+1Beat California 10–7
18161.105Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Washington 17–14
19121.109Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Minnesota 14–13
20131.109Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Miami (OH) 29–28
21391.228Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rutgers 32–6
22541.242Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–01.0001+1Beat Furman 24–0
23-41.283Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Villanova 28–0
24-131.283Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–0–10.750400Tied Navy 7–7
25371.283USCPAC1–0–10.750400Beat Wisconsin 26–6
26-131.302BYUIND WAC2–01.00010Beat Kansas State 21–3
27261.311Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–01.00010Beat Ohio 24–7
28-41.315Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–01.00010Beat Penn State 23–0
29-21.343Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Richmond 25–7
30201.375Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 17–7
31-51.380Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Kansas 23–15
32271.412Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lehigh 20–14
3341.458Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Central Michigan 21–13
34451.542Iowa (IOWA)B101–10.50045+1Beat Oregon State 27–7
35-131.623Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–10.50045+1Lost to Mississippi State 13–18
36491.623Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.00010Beat Pacific 38–13
37-21.652Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.50045+1Lost to Baylor 14–17
38481.687Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Arizona State 13–0
39581.691George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON2–01.00010Beat Citadel 30–7
4061.742Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 56–6
41481.742Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Memphis 21–16
42-21.783Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–01.00010Beat Quantico Marines 9–0
43291.833Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–0–10.750400Tied Cornell 0–0
4411.967Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–0–10.500450Tied Colgate 0–0
45-422.003Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–10.500450Lost to Purdue 21–25
4612.007East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat West Chester 27–6
47452.081Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC2–01.00010Beat Eastern Kentucky 28–12
48402.118New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Lamar 21–20
49182.124Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–10.500450Beat Tulane 27–0
50-72.172Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–0–10.750400Beat Fresno State 10–7
51182.249Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500450Beat SMU 42–0
52-432.286Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.500450Lost to Kentucky 7–16
53-352.296Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–10.50045+1Lost to Arkansas 12–20
54272.336Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.500450Beat Oklahoma State 13–0
55-302.344South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500450Lost to Duke 15–20
56262.357North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500450Beat Ohio State 14–3
57132.373Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.500450Beat Oklahoma 13–9
58222.388Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–10.500450Beat Dayton 14–6
59162.457Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–10.500450Beat Syracuse 24–0
60352.462Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–10.500450Beat Georgia Tech 14–10
61492.483Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–10.500450Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–7
62-502.488Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–10.500450Lost to Texas 7–33
63-422.503William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.500450Lost to West Virginia 14–34
64-102.503Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–1–10.250810Lost to Washington State 13–14
65362.528NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–10.500450Beat Wake Forest 13–11
66282.566Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–10.500450Beat Indiana 20–0
67422.575TCUIND SWC1–10.500450Beat Florida State 7–3
68102.703Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–1–10.250810Tied Tennessee 13–13
69-172.703Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–10.000880Lost to Pennsylvania 14–20
70-192.863Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–10.000880Lost to Harvard 7–17
71252.863UCLAPAC0–10.000880BYE
72312.863Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–20.000880Lost to Clemson 14–20
73-342.864Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.500450Lost to Iowa 7–27
74-62.935Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500450Lost to Wyoming 14–33
75242.943Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI0–1–10.250810Tied Tampa 13–13
7672.943Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–20.000880Lost to Maryland 7–24
77273.003Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–20.000880Lost to Nebraska 17–27
78-153.023Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–1–10.250810Lost to Georgia 10–24
79-83.063Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–20.000880Lost to Boston College 0–28
80253.083Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC0–20.000880Lost to Utah State 0–13
81-453.091SMUIND SWC1–10.500450Lost to Illinois 0–42
82-93.105Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–10.500450Lost to Davidson 0–24
83-93.127Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–10.500450Beat Southern Illinois 13–0
84303.243Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–20.000880Lost to Xavier 28–29
85-203.263Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–1–10.250810Lost to USC 6–26
86-313.303New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–10.000880Lost to UTEP 14–35
87-103.334Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–10.50045-1Beat San José State 17–7
88-43.382Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–10.500450Lost to West Texas A&M 0–34
89-313.383Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000880Lost to Michigan State 0–23
9003.387Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.500450Lost to LSU 14–42
91-713.482Indiana (INDIANA)B101–10.50045-1Lost to Northwestern 0–20
92193.502Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–20.333790Beat Cincinnati 21–6
93-323.503Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.000880Lost to Princeton 6–32
94233.538North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–10.500450Beat Parsons (IOWA) 26–7
95-673.569Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.50045-1Lost to Miami 0–24
96193.720Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–20.333790Lost to Oregon 14–31
97213.943Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–20.000880Lost to Virginia Tech 7–25
98-914.004Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–10.50045-2Lost to Houston 6–21
99-84.443Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.00088-1Lost to NC State 11–13
10074.723Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–20.00088-1Lost to Southern Miss 16–21
10154.763Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–20.00088-1Lost to Arizona 15–23
10204.763Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–20.00088-1Lost to Missouri 0–13
103-34.823Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–20.00088-1Lost to BYU 3–21
10444.823San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–20.00088-1Lost to Idaho 7–17
105-124.883Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–20.00088-1Lost to George Washington 7–30
106105.123California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–20.00088-1Lost to Michigan 7–10
10765.383Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.00088-1Lost to Alabama 0–27
108-606.143Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–10.00088-1Lost to TCU 3–7
109-606.143Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–1–10.25081-1Lost to Texas A&M 10–14
110-536.143Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.00088-1Lost to Pittsburgh 9–13
111-246.303Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–1–10.25081-1Tied Stanford 7–7
112-566.423Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–10.00088-1Lost to North Carolina 3–14
113-156.483Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–20.00088-2Lost to Army 7–21
114-26.703Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–20.00088-2Lost to Kent State 6–14
11548.523Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.000880Lost to Iowa State 13–38
116-7212.143Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–10.000880Lost to Lafayette 10–14
117-5112.263Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–10.000880Lost to UConn 6–13
118-7612.303Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000880Lost to Rhode Island 6–14
119-5512.423Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–10.000880Lost to Montana State 6–17

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