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1968 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1968 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
140.878Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–0–20.8757+23Beat Florida 51–0
240.989Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–01.0001+26Beat Miami 22–7
341.050USCPAC7–01.0001+25Beat California 35–17
4-11.078Ohio (OHIO)MAC8–01.0001+27Beat Bowling Green 28–27
5-31.139Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–01.0001+21Beat Wisconsin 43–8
651.196Yale (YALE)IND IVY7–01.0001+19Beat Pennsylvania 30–13
731.291Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY7–01.0001+17Beat Princeton 9–7
811.317Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–1–10.81314+19Beat Baylor 47–26
9-81.437Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–1–10.78615+15Lost to Auburn 14–28
10-61.480Kansas (KANSAS)IND B87–10.8757+17Lost to Oklahoma 23–27
11-31.507California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–2–10.68838+18Lost to USC 17–35
1211.532Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–10.8757+18Beat Illinois 36–0
1331.548Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–10.8757+17Beat Iowa State 42–7
1411.578Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC7–20.77816+20Beat Dayton 14–0
15141.590Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–1–20.71432+11Beat Memphis 27–7
1611.599SMUIND SWC6–20.75018+20Beat Texas A&M 36–23
17-31.663Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–20.75018+20Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 38–16
1881.693Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–20.75018+17Beat LSU 16–7
1961.702Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–20.75018+14Beat Tennessee 28–14
20-21.716Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC7–10.8757+14Beat Rice 46–21
2111.745Army (ARMY)IND FBSI5–30.62542+17Beat Boston College 58–25
22-101.817Purdue (PURDUE)B106–20.75018+14Lost to Minnesota 13–27
2311.833Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC5–1–20.75018+10Beat TCU 31–14
2431.836Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC6–10.85713+11Beat Air Force 14–10
25-41.911Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–20.75018+11BYE
2661.943Indiana (INDIANA)B106–20.75018+13Beat Michigan State 24–22
2762.099Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI6–20.75018+11Beat Santa Barbara 27–21
2862.099Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75018+8Beat BYU 34–8
2972.134Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–20.75018+9Beat UCLA 45–21
30-102.150Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–30.62542+14Lost to Penn State 7–22
3142.155Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–20.75018+6Beat Pittsburgh 56–7
3252.164North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC6–20.75018+10Beat UTEP 34–31
3352.211West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI7–20.77816+7Beat Western Michigan 53–36
34132.376Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC5–20.71432+3Beat Utah 59–21
35162.379Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–30.62542+10Beat Richmond 31–18
36-172.389Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–30.62542+11Lost to Kansas State 0–12
37-142.393Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC5–3–10.61154+9Lost to Xavier 10–20
38-102.401Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY5–20.71432+8Lost to Yale 13–30
3972.408Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI7–10.8757+1Beat East Carolina 28–21
40182.415Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57155+12Beat Kansas 27–23
41-112.423Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC4–40.50061+12Lost to Houston 7–27
42-112.483Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–2–10.68838+5Lost to Ohio 27–28
4362.547Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–20.71432+5Beat William & Mary 31–0
44162.647Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC4–3–10.56356+9Beat Louisville 37–7
4552.690Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–3–10.56356+6Beat Washington 35–20
46102.705NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC6–30.66740+8Beat Duke 17–15
4752.724Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI5–20.71432+5Beat Mississippi State 27–14
4872.759West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–30.62542+6Beat Citadel 17–0
49-52.766Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–40.50061+5Lost to Indiana 22–24
50-72.839Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–30.62542+6Lost to Arizona 10–14
51-102.927Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–50.37576+8Lost to Vanderbilt 0–6
5252.929Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–20.75018-3Beat UConn 27–15
53-143.004Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–30.62542+1Lost to Virginia Tech 18–31
54-123.023LSUSEC5–30.62542+1Lost to Alabama 7–16
5583.053Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC5–30.625420Beat North Carolina 41–6
56103.088Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–40.50061+4Beat Purdue 27–13
57113.089Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI5–30.62542+1Beat Toledo 20–10
58-103.102Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–3–10.56356+4Lost to Georgia 0–51
59-193.157Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–40.50061+5Lost to Oklahoma State 17–34
6043.159Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–40.42973+5Beat Brown 31–0
6193.251Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–3–10.56356+3Beat Kentucky 6–0
62-13.264Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI5–30.62542+1Beat Quantico Marines 27–13
63-103.303Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–30.50061+4Lost to Army 25–58
6433.356Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–4–10.43871+3Beat Maryland 16–0
65-203.364Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC5–20.71432-5Lost to Cincinnati 7–37
66-13.376Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–40.50061+4Beat Washington State 27–13
67-83.383Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY3–40.42973-1Lost to Harvard 7–9
6813.386Iowa (IOWA)B104–40.50061-1Beat Northwestern 68–34
6923.549Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–30.62542-4Beat Bucknell 48–34
7043.550Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–50.28690+1Beat Colorado 34–17
7113.653Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI6–30.66740-8Beat Northern Illinois 20–7
72-103.832UCLAPAC3–50.37576-1Lost to Oregon State 21–45
73-193.837Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–40.50061-2Lost to Navy 15–35
74174.091Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–50.37576-2Beat Nebraska 12–0
7584.157New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50061-9Beat Wichita State 47–21
7624.334UTEPIND WAC3–4–10.438710Lost to North Texas 31–34
7704.359Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–60.33387-3Lost to Missouri 7–42
78-54.368Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–50.37576-1Lost to Miami (OH) 0–14
7984.382Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–40.42973-5Beat Columbia 31–19
8004.445Duke (DUKE)ACC3–50.37576-5Lost to NC State 15–17
81134.449South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–50.37576-7Beat Wake Forest 34–21
82-74.465Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–4–20.37576-4Lost to Stanford 20–35
83124.513Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–4–10.35786-5Beat Massachusetts 47–20
8464.570Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI5–40.55660-6Beat San José State 35–17
85-94.602Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–40.50061-5Lost to West Virginia 0–17
86-54.603William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–50.37576-7Lost to Syracuse 0–31
87-84.720Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–50.37576-11Lost to Arizona State 21–59
88-25.082Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–60.33387-14Lost to West Texas A&M 36–53
8905.088Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–60.25096-11Lost to SMU 23–36
90105.105Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–60.25096-7Beat Georgia Tech 35–15
91-35.226TCUIND SWC2–60.25096-12Lost to Texas Tech 14–31
92-75.307Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–5–10.31389-13Lost to South Carolina 21–34
93-115.347Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–50.28690-11Lost to Tulane 15–25
94-105.634Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–50.37576-6Lost to San Diego State 7–68
9525.653Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC2–60.25096-15BYE
96-45.787Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–50.28690-9Lost to Cornell 0–31
97115.788Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–60.25096-13Beat Tulsa 25–15
98-55.823Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–70.125107-12Lost to Iowa 34–68
99-35.853Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–6–10.071113-9Lost to Arkansas 21–46
10025.913Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–80.000116-13Lost to Michigan 0–36
101-36.209North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–60.25096-17Lost to Virginia 6–41
102-36.228Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–6–10.188103-14Lost to Oregon 13–27
10306.252Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–60.25096-16Lost to Clemson 0–16
10416.432Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–60.143104-15Lost to Texas 26–47
10516.460BYUIND WAC1–60.143104-17Lost to Utah State 8–34
106-26.495Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–60.143104-7Lost to Dartmouth 19–31
10706.721San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–50.28690-11Lost to Idaho 17–35
10816.752East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–50.28690-13Lost to Tampa 21–28
10926.809Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–80.111112-23Beat Marshall 36–12
110-96.863Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–50.28690-16Lost to Virginia Military Institute 17–21
11137.159Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–70.125107-22Beat Davidson 21–17
11207.386Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–70.125107-21Lost to Notre Dame 7–56
11307.796Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–7–10.063114-15Lost to Florida State 14–27
114-48.033Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–8–10.056115-26Lost to Kent State 12–36
11528.208Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–80.000116-25Lost to Ohio State 8–43
116-18.568New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–80.000116-26BYE
117-18.750Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–70.000116-19Lost to New Mexico State 21–47
11819.594Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–70.125107-10Lost to Buffalo 7–20
119-19.799Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–70.125107-17Lost to Samford 12–17

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