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1965 Week 9 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
140.784Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B106–01.0001+17Beat Purdue 14–10
200.891Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–01.0001+11Beat Pennsylvania 51–0
350.976Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80017+12Beat USC 28–7
4-11.043Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–01.0001+15Beat North Texas 55–20
511.077Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B86–01.0001+11Beat Colorado 38–13
6-51.164Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–0–20.80017+7Beat Houston 17–8
761.265Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–01.0001+7Beat Harvard 14–0
8181.271UCLAPAC3–1–10.70028+9Beat California 56–3
931.304Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–10.80017+11BYE
10-61.355USCPAC4–1–10.75022+10Lost to Notre Dame 7–28
1141.396LSUSEC5–10.8337+12Beat South Carolina 21–7
12-31.456UTEPIND FBSI4–10.80017+9BYE
13-61.474Purdue (PURDUE)B104–1–10.75022+10Lost to Michigan State 10–14
1431.491Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI6–01.0001+9Beat Colorado State 41–20
1591.647Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–10.8337+8Beat Kent State 7–6
16-51.672West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–10.8337+8Lost to New Mexico State 2–10
1751.698Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–10.8337+8Beat BYU 34–6
1871.712Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–1–10.75022+8Beat Army 31–14
19101.736Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–1–10.75022+7Beat Navy 37–16
20171.783Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC4–20.66730+9Beat Georgia 28–10
21201.822Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–1–10.75022+5Beat Iowa State 23–7
2261.852Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–1–10.75022+6Beat Florida State 21–0
23171.930New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI5–10.8337+6Beat West Texas A&M 10–2
24101.975Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–10.8337+7Beat Virginia 22–14
2522.025Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC5–10.8337+6Beat SMU 26–24
26-122.081Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–20.66730+7Lost to Rice 17–20
2752.082Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–10.8337+5Beat Indiana 8–7
2822.147Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC4–20.66730+8Beat TCU 3–0
29-192.149Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI5–10.8337+9Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–15
3092.175Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–10.8337+3Beat Auburn 3–0
31-152.256Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–20.66730+6Lost to Kentucky 10–28
32-132.277Duke (DUKE)ACC4–20.66730+5Lost to Illinois 14–28
33152.312East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–10.80017+1Beat Citadel 21–0
34-142.364Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–1–10.70028+2Lost to Dartmouth 0–14
3532.437Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–2–10.58348+4Lost to Georgia Tech 16–37
36-182.493Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–20.66730+3Lost to Tulane 15–17
37492.539Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40075+4Beat West Virginia 44–6
38-22.576Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC3–30.50055+3Beat Ohio 34–0
39242.606Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–20.60042+4Beat Wisconsin 20–10
40292.620Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC4–20.66730+2Beat Marshall 23–7
41-202.629Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–1–20.66730+1Lost to Nebraska 13–38
42322.630Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–2–10.58348+3Beat Toledo 3–0
43-82.635Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–2–10.58348+1Lost to Bowling Green 6–7
4472.642Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+2Beat Holy Cross 32–6
45-142.663Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–30.50055+3Lost to Virginia Tech 14–22
46182.723Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC4–20.66730+2Beat Cincinnati 49–6
47-42.743Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–30.50055+4Lost to Stanford 14–31
48272.769Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–30.50055+2Beat Duke 28–14
49-262.832Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–2–10.58348+2Lost to Washington 20–24
50122.844Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–2–10.58348+2Beat Michigan 14–13
5182.869William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–30.50055+2Beat George Washington 28–14
52132.900Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–20.60042+3Beat Texas A&M 31–0
53-82.948BYUIND WAC3–20.60042+1Lost to Wyoming 6–34
54-213.066West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON4–20.66730-1Lost to Penn State 6–44
55213.073Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–30.50055+1Beat Vanderbilt 24–7
56-103.100Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–2–10.58348+1Lost to Missouri 7–23
57-73.115South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–30.50055+1Lost to LSU 7–21
58-113.157Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC4–20.66730-2Lost to Louisville 7–23
59-103.159Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–20.60042+1Lost to Princeton 0–51
60203.326Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–30.500550Beat Montana 35–7
61213.368Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–20.60042-3Beat Richmond 38–7
6293.408Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–3–10.417730Lost to Southern Miss 0–3
6333.431SMUIND SWC2–2–10.500550Lost to Texas Tech 24–26
64-83.487Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–30.400750Lost to Alabama 0–21
65-213.525Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–2–10.58348-2Lost to Brown 0–6
66-243.564Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–40.33386+1Lost to Minnesota 13–14
67143.613Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–30.500550Beat Iowa 9–0
68-143.616TCUIND SWC2–40.33386+1Lost to Clemson 0–3
69163.637Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–30.40075-2Beat Mcneese State 28–0
70193.694Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–30.50055-1Beat Utah 10–6
71-163.733Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–3–10.41773+1Lost to Ohio State 10–20
72-113.743Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI2–40.33386-1Lost to Utah State 20–41
73-133.782Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC3–30.50055-4Lost to Western Michigan 0–3
74-213.815Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–20.60042-5Lost to Virginia Military Institute 10–16
75173.895Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–30.40075-1Beat Texas 20–17
76-183.912Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–30.50055-4Lost to Tulsa 6–49
77-203.938North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–30.50055-4Lost to Wake Forest 10–12
78-114.051George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON3–30.50055-6Lost to William & Mary 14–28
79-64.101California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–30.50055-2Lost to UCLA 3–56
80164.124Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–40.33386-1Beat Mississippi State 17–15
81174.129Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–40.33386-2Beat Oregon 24–20
82-124.284Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–40.33386-3Lost to Baylor 0–31
83114.397Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–30.40075+3Beat Rutgers 12–7
8464.479Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–40.33386-4Beat Miami 28–14
85154.542San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–40.33386-2Beat Arizona 13–7
8694.568Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–40.33386-4Beat New Mexico 27–14
87144.611NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–40.33386-5Beat Maryland 29–7
8894.654Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–4–10.250100-4Beat Pacific 40–0
89104.694Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–30.50055+2Beat Newberry 48–12
90-384.850Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–2–20.40075-3Lost to Yale 14–24
91-134.927Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–40.33386-6Lost to Pittsburgh 14–28
92-244.937New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–30.40075-5Lost to Arizona State 14–27
9394.984Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–30.40075-7Beat Kansas State 27–0
94-175.017Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–30.40075-6Lost to Columbia 7–12
95-25.028Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–2–20.50055-2Tied Dayton 0–0
96-245.048Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–50.167106-4Lost to Kansas 0–9
97-145.053Utah (UTAH)IND WAC2–40.33386-7Lost to Oregon State 6–10
98-195.059Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–30.40075-7Lost to NC State 7–29
99-155.161Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–40.33386-6Lost to San José State 7–13
100-135.172Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–4–10.250100-5Lost to Ole Miss 7–24
10145.223Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–40.33386-7Beat North Carolina 12–10
102-115.437Iowa (IOWA)B101–50.167106-7Lost to Northwestern 0–9
10395.559Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–30.40075-3Beat Cornell 24–14
10475.806Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–50.167106-10Beat Davidson 16–10
105-176.023Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–4–10.100113-5Lost to Syracuse 6–32
106106.156Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–40.200102-2Beat Colgate 6–0
107-36.219Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–50.167106-9Lost to Tennessee 8–17
10816.286Indiana (INDIANA)B101–50.167106-11Lost to Washington State 7–8
10916.535North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–50.167106-5Lost to Arkansas 20–55
110-46.673Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–60.000115-9Lost to Boston College 7–38
11166.880Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–40.200102-6Beat West Chester 28–13
11216.986Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–50.167106-12Beat Oklahoma State 9–0
113-107.193Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–60.000115-13Lost to Miami (OH) 0–34
11457.386Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–40.200102-8Beat Southern Illinois 27–0
115-87.881Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–40.200102-7Lost to Air Force 0–40
116-87.987Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–60.000115-12Lost to Oklahoma 0–27
117-28.181Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–5–10.083114-8Tied Buffalo 0–0
118-48.353Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–60.000115-11Lost to East Carolina 0–21
119-111.037Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–50.000115-7Lost to Delaware 21–42

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