1965 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 5, 1965By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1965 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.376	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	29	+2	BYE
2	6	0.743	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0–1	0.833	24	+3	Tied SMU 14–14
3	7	0.804	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Arizona 19–0
4	2	0.837	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Indiana 27–12
5	11	0.901	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Michigan 15–7
6	9	0.938	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Rice 41–21
7	5	0.959	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat BYU 27–14
8	-3	0.966	UTEP	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat New Mexico State 21–6
9	2	0.990	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa State 44–0
10	15	1.036	USC	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	24	+2	Beat Oregon State 26–12
11	-4	1.106	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tampa 48–7
12	1	1.149	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat TCU 28–0
13	8	1.169	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Columbia 31–0
14	-10	1.183	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 63–48
15	-6	1.225	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arizona State 22–14
16	12	1.256	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Illinois 22–12
17	3	1.289	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Quantico Marines 26–12
18	4	1.292	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Citadel 14–0
19	10	1.372	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat William & Mary 9–7
20	24	1.448	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–0–1	0.750	29	0	Beat Lehigh 49–13
21	14	1.452	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+3	Beat LSU 14–7
22	25	1.534	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Toledo 14–0
23	22	1.576	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Northwestern 38–7
24	16	1.664	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 27–6
25	-1	1.682	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0–1	0.833	24	0	Beat Air Force 17–16
26	6	1.719	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 7–0
27	11	1.739	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 35–8
28	15	1.774	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	24	0	Beat Yale 7–0
29	10	1.781	George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–0
30	31	1.791	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Boston College 10–0
31	-1	1.792	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tufts 33–0
32	9	1.794	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 28–7
33	16	1.803	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Beat Ole Miss 17–16
34	16	1.810	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0–1	0.833	24	0	Beat Kansas State 36–0
35	-18	1.942	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Georgia 7–15
36	48	2.106	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–2	0.333	71	+2	Beat Western Michigan 36–9
37	-35	2.140	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Florida 7–14
38	-35	2.145	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	31	+2	Lost to Auburn 18–23
39	16	2.174	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat NC State 13–7
40	42	2.254	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat East Carolina 14–7
41	21	2.261	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Beat Texas A&M 20–16
42	-11	2.263	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Wyoming 0–19
43	-20	2.299	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Army 0–10
44	24	2.299	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	59	+1	Beat Kentucky 23–18
45	-19	2.396	BYU	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Oregon 14–27
46	12	2.420	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat Ohio 27–10
47	-29	2.469	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Florida State 7–9
48	-12	2.492	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Nebraska 0–44
49	5	2.498	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat Minnesota 17–6
50	45	2.524	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat Maryland 24–7
51	-32	2.567	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Idaho 13–17
52	35	2.580	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat Washington State 17–13
53	21	2.589	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat New Mexico 27–22
54	31	2.627	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	59	+1	Beat Iowa 16–13
55	-41	2.718	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	31	+1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–38
56	27	2.747	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat North Texas 29–21
57	-15	2.787	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Marshall 0–14
58	30	2.802	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Beat Dayton 9–0
59	8	2.860	TCU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	71	+1	Lost to Arkansas 0–28
60	49	2.898	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Clemson 38–6
61	-28	2.971	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 9–36
62	-14	3.005	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	31	0	Lost to UTEP 6–21
63	8	3.061	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Penn State 24–22
64	-1	3.204	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–9
65	43	3.208	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Baylor 9–7
66	-9	3.218	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to West Virginia 48–63
67	31	3.237	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	31	-2	Beat Wichita State 14–6
68	9	3.347	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	99	0	Lost to Stanford 16–17
69	3	3.360	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	0	Beat North Carolina 21–17
70	32	3.433	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	71	0	Beat Tulsa 17–14
71	-20	3.500	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Michigan State 12–22
72	-2	3.593	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Dartmouth 6–27
73	19	3.606	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	0	BYE
74	-37	3.607	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	0	Lost to Ohio State 21–23
75	36	3.631	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	-1	Beat Oklahoma 10–0
76	17	3.643	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat UConn 17–8
77	-17	3.656	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 16–20
78	-51	3.660	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Syracuse 7–24
79	28	3.677	Tulane (TULANE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	71	0	Beat Miami 24–16
80	-11	3.813	Lehigh (LEHIGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Cornell 13–49
81	-16	3.932	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to South Carolina 7–13
82	-29	3.932	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–17
83	-17	3.974	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 7–38
84	-38	3.981	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Furman 7–14
85	27	4.111	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Beat Washington 23–21
86	-34	4.128	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–2	0.333	71	-2	Lost to Alabama 16–17
87	-12	4.130	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	-1	Beat Massachusetts 18–6
88	8	4.135	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	BYE
89	-55	4.205	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 13–16
90	7	4.240	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	99	0	Lost to Southern Miss 7–28
91	-18	4.247	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to USC 12–26
92	-33	4.252	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Tulane 16–24
93	-13	4.293	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	99	-1	Lost to West Texas A&M 14–22
94	-38	4.309	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	-2	Lost to Virginia 17–21
95	-5	4.366	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Duke 21–41
96	-2	4.379	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Lost to Louisville 21–29
97	8	4.400	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Davidson 0–14
98	1	4.433	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	71	-2	Beat Vanderbilt 7–0
99	-18	4.439	SMU	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	59	-1	Tied Purdue 14–14
100	6	4.478	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	71	-2	Beat Kansas 17–0
101	3	4.533	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Utah State 8–35
102	-11	4.613	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	71	-2	Lost to Texas 12–27
103	-17	4.693	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Colorado State 22–27
104	-40	5.613	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–2–1	0.167	97	-2	Lost to Missouri 6–17
105	-16	5.793	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to UCLA 22–24
106	-30	5.867	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–3	0.000	99	-2	Lost to Kent State 10–27
107	7	5.973	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Bowling Green 0–9
108	-29	5.973	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-2	BYE
109	4	6.160	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to George Washington 0–14
110	-32	6.193	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2–1	0.167	97	-2	Lost to Wake Forest 0–7
111	-11	6.273	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	99	-2	BYE
112	-9	6.520	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Colorado 0–36
113	2	6.667	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	71	-1	Beat Hawai'i 21–0
114	-13	7.027	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	99	-4	Lost to California 0–17
115	2	8.013	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Colgate 0–7
116	2	8.033	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 0–7
117	-7	8.373	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	99	-3	Lost to Navy 0–10
118	-2	8.433	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	99	0	Lost to Princeton 0–31
119	0	9.313	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	99	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 6–14