1968 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 8, 1968By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1968 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	3	0.636	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat San José State 46–0
2	-1	0.727	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Northwestern 43–6
3	8	0.843	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat West Virginia 31–20
4	-1	0.898	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Rutgers 17–16
5	8	1.014	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Alabama 10–8
6	-4	1.045	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon 21–6
7	13	1.050	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	24	+1	Beat Cincinnati 71–33
8	2	1.054	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 68–7
9	22	1.109	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Miami 28–3
10	19	1.152	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+4	BYE
11	13	1.170	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Toledo 40–31
12	-6	1.186	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mississippi State 31–14
13	10	1.196	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Buffalo 31–12
14	11	1.204	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat TCU 17–7
15	17	1.215	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0–1	0.833	24	+2	Beat Colorado State 43–13
16	0	1.231	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wisconsin 39–0
17	-5	1.280	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat UTEP 25–0
18	1	1.280	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Western Michigan 17–10
19	-11	1.299	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Air Force 24–13
20	13	1.320	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Bucknell 59–0
21	13	1.334	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	24	+1	Beat Rice 52–0
22	22	1.348	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	32	+4	Beat NC State 35–14
23	7	1.517	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0–1	0.833	24	+1	Beat South Carolina 21–20
24	23	1.526	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Brown 17–13
25	-7	1.537	LSU	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Baylor 48–16
26	-21	1.540	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	+3	Lost to Ole Miss 8–10
27	21	1.549	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 49–14
28	-14	1.614	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–1	0.750	28	+3	Lost to Ohio 31–40
29	-7	1.684	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Montana State 35–20
30	7	1.687	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Iowa 51–28
31	8	1.698	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Navy 32–9
32	25	1.709	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat UCLA 20–7
33	-18	1.871	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to USC 3–28
34	-8	1.897	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Lost to Penn State 20–31
35	14	1.989	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 17–14
36	22	2.016	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Iowa State 28–18
37	17	2.028	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	28	+1	Beat Louisville 28–14
38	33	2.067	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	+1	Beat Dartmouth 29–17
39	36	2.113	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	76	+2	Beat North Texas 30–12
40	-33	2.135	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Syracuse 7–20
41	24	2.140	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	57	+3	Beat Arizona State 27–13
42	-1	2.153	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Cornell 16–17
43	10	2.166	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 34–19
44	17	2.269	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Beat Texas A&M 20–14
45	15	2.416	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Davidson 41–14
46	-19	2.433	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	57	+2	Lost to Colorado 18–28
47	12	2.451	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–1	0.750	28	+1	Beat Kent State 24–0
48	39	2.497	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Kentucky 26–7
49	-21	2.508	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–1–1	0.500	57	+2	Lost to Houston 33–71
50	28	2.561	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	28	0	Beat Montana 50–3
51	1	2.566	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	+2	Lost to Stanford 13–24
52	10	2.601	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Illinois 28–14
53	-15	2.635	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Clemson 24–21
54	34	2.644	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Washington 35–21
55	19	2.722	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat East Carolina 65–0
56	-47	2.741	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to Wyoming 13–27
57	11	2.764	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	32	0	Beat Maryland 30–28
58	14	2.811	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Oklahoma State 31–3
59	-38	2.881	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	32	+1	Lost to Memphis 12–30
60	-17	2.918	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	76	+1	Lost to Auburn 7–26
61	3	2.935	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	57	+1	BYE
62	15	2.973	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Army 7–3
63	-46	3.111	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Lost to North Carolina 7–8
64	-29	3.123	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Missouri 3–7
65	16	3.152	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–13
66	3	3.294	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2	0.333	76	0	Beat Wake Forest 24–19
67	-25	3.337	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	+1	Lost to Idaho 14–31
68	21	3.407	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Georgia 20–21
69	-19	3.446	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	57	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 13–17
70	-7	3.467	TCU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Arkansas 7–17
71	-1	3.475	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	57	-1	Beat Columbia 44–16
72	24	3.561	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	32	-1	Beat Furman 31–12
73	-22	3.593	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Florida State 14–20
74	27	3.664	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Beat Washington State 17–14
75	22	3.720	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Southern Illinois 20–3
76	-9	3.731	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–2	0.500	57	-1	Lost to SMU 14–35
77	-4	3.809	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Yale 14–49
78	-42	3.813	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1–1	0.500	57	-1	Lost to Oregon State 21–35
79	-3	3.883	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	-2	Lost to Boston College 12–31
80	-24	3.896	UTEP	IND WAC	1–2–1	0.375	75	-1	Lost to Arizona 0–25
81	-36	3.939	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	57	-1	Lost to Dayton 14–28
82	-42	4.051	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Kansas State 19–34
83	15	4.140	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	-2	Beat Marshall 30–20
84	-4	4.143	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	57	-1	BYE
85	14	4.290	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	-2	Beat Lamar 16–14
86	-20	4.322	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 28–51
87	-8	4.383	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2–1	0.167	100	0	Lost to Tennessee 0–52
88	2	4.401	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to California 0–46
89	-34	4.501	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Utah 14–17
90	-8	4.529	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	76	-2	BYE
91	11	4.583	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Ohio State 6–21
92	3	4.587	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Beat William & Mary 14–3
93	-47	4.590	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	57	-1	Lost to Holy Cross 17–29
94	6	4.610	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to LSU 16–48
95	-10	4.723	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–2–1	0.167	100	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–24
96	17	4.813	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	76	-2	Beat Vanderbilt 8–7
97	-3	4.870	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	95	-2	Lost to Texas Tech 13–43
98	-12	4.890	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Purdue 6–43
99	-7	4.983	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Michigan 9–32
100	10	4.984	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	-1	Beat Pacific 31–14
101	2	5.304	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–3	0.250	95	-2	Lost to Bowling Green 10–17
102	12	5.943	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–3	0.000	104	-3	Lost to Duke 28–30
103	1	5.963	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–4	0.000	104	-4	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–24
104	-20	5.975	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	76	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–14
105	4	6.023	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–3	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Indiana 14–28
106	2	6.130	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Tampa 14–17
107	-24	6.203	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Texas 3–31
108	-15	6.250	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	0–3–1	0.125	103	-3	Lost to Xavier 20–30
109	-3	6.423	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	104	-3	Lost to Villanova 13–19
110	-19	6.597	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–3	0.000	104	-2	Lost to Michigan State 0–39
111	0	7.513	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	104	-5	Lost to Kansas 7–68
112	5	7.730	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Florida 14–31
113	-8	7.850	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Drake 23–26
114	-2	7.867	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	95	-3	Lost to Southern Miss 0–65
115	0	8.180	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	95	-1	Lost to Citadel 12–31
116	-9	8.443	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2–1	0.167	100	-4	Lost to Minnesota 19–24
117	-1	9.530	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	95	0	Lost to Indiana State 7–19
118	0	9.650	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	104	-3	Lost to Virginia 14–41
119	0	11.063	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	104	-1	Lost to Princeton 16–44