1969 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 28, 1969By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1969 Season Tags: • No Comments

1969 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	1	0.682	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Ohio 42–3
2	1	0.813	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–0	1.000	1	+14	BYE
3	-2	0.875	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	13	+14	Beat Georgia Tech 29–18
4	0	0.922	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Rice 31–0
5	3	0.956	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Kent State 43–17
6	1	1.009	UCLA	PAC	6–0–1	0.929	12	+14	Tied Stanford 20–20
7	-1	1.009	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat San José State 16–7
8	1	1.039	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Vanderbilt 41–20
9	3	1.179	LSU	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Auburn 21–20
10	-5	1.297	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	14	+12	Lost to Colorado 24–31
11	2	1.402	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Harvard 24–10
12	-1	1.444	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois 41–0
13	6	1.445	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–1	0.833	14	+11	Beat Northwestern 45–20
14	0	1.509	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	14	+9	Beat Kentucky 30–0
15	1	1.513	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wichita State 52–14
16	8	1.516	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	14	+9	Beat Oklahoma 59–21
17	0	1.574	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	29	+8	Beat Tulane 37–0
18	4	1.600	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Santa Barbara 55–13
19	1	1.631	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+8	Beat Pittsburgh 49–18
20	7	1.682	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	31	+9	Beat Colorado State 28–7
21	-11	1.716	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–2	0.667	31	+9	Lost to LSU 20–21
22	11	1.723	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	31	+10	Beat Missouri 31–24
23	3	1.780	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	14	+7	Beat Oregon State 7–3
24	-9	1.798	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	14	+6	Lost to Citadel 28–34
25	-2	1.806	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	5–1	0.833	14	+7	BYE
26	8	1.864	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–1	0.833	14	+8	Beat Maryland 17–0
27	-2	1.895	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	31	+8	Beat Utah State 40–0
28	11	1.958	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	27	+7	Beat Mississippi State 20–17
29	-11	2.020	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	43	+7	Lost to Kansas State 21–59
30	2	2.117	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+2	Beat Xavier 35–7
31	-1	2.119	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2–1	0.583	50	+4	Tied UCLA 20–20
32	19	2.136	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	14	+3	Beat Davidson 34–28
33	-12	2.136	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–1	0.833	14	+4	Lost to Bowling Green 0–3
34	11	2.240	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	43	+5	Beat Ole Miss 25–11
35	13	2.243	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	31	+8	Beat Miami (OH) 3–0
36	-1	2.333	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–2	0.667	31	+5	Beat Washington State 17–0
37	3	2.386	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	31	+4	Beat Oklahoma State 13–3
38	-7	2.394	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–3	0.500	51	+5	Lost to Utah 3–7
39	13	2.405	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	31	+4	Beat Clemson 38–13
40	-4	2.438	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–2	0.667	31	+2	Beat Minnesota 35–9
41	5	2.485	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+5	Beat Columbia 21–14
42	-13	2.543	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–3	0.500	51	+3	Lost to Houston 11–25
43	10	2.586	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–1	0.800	27	+5	Beat Cornell 17–0
44	27	2.752	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	43	+1	Beat Pennsylvania 42–0
45	5	2.785	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	43	+2	BYE
46	14	2.794	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	31	+4	Beat Louisville 31–13
47	-3	2.835	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	43	0	BYE
48	-5	2.838	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	51	+5	Lost to Florida State 17–20
49	-8	2.959	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	77	+3	Lost to Nebraska 3–13
50	-13	2.984	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to Iowa 18–19
51	-23	2.999	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	3–1–1	0.700	30	-1	Lost to North Texas 13–31
52	-3	3.116	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	51	+1	Lost to Air Force 7–28
53	12	3.150	BYU	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	51	+1	Beat UTEP 30–7
54	-16	3.194	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–3	0.500	51	+2	Lost to Alabama 13–38
55	12	3.223	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	51	-1	Beat Kansas 44–20
56	-14	3.333	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–3–1	0.417	76	+2	Lost to Penn State 3–42
57	2	3.394	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	51	-2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 25–17
58	24	3.485	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	-2	Beat Michigan State 19–18
59	22	3.486	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	43	+4	Beat Brown 20–6
60	2	3.489	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–3–1	0.500	51	-2	Tied Duke 25–25
61	8	3.509	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	77	+1	Beat TCU 14–9
62	-15	3.536	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	43	-1	Lost to Princeton 0–42
63	3	3.628	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	73	-1	Beat Marshall 48–14
64	8	3.655	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–2	0.667	31	-1	Beat LOS Angeles State 24–0
65	9	3.667	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	51	-1	Beat SMU 27–24
66	18	3.725	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	+4	Beat New Mexico State 17–16
67	-13	3.838	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	51	-2	Lost to Army 7–38
68	-13	3.855	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–3	0.500	51	-6	Lost to Wisconsin 34–36
69	10	3.874	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–3	0.500	51	-3	Beat Washington 22–7
70	-14	3.992	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	51	-6	Lost to Southern Miss 28–31
71	20	3.994	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-5	Beat Boston College 38–7
72	-14	4.074	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	51	-3	Lost to Tulsa 24–40
73	-5	4.084	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–4	0.333	80	0	Lost to Purdue 20–45
74	-13	4.129	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	80	-3	Lost to USC 18–29
75	-18	4.138	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–3	0.500	51	-7	Lost to Navy 0–10
76	-12	4.205	UTEP	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	80	-2	Lost to BYU 7–30
77	16	4.218	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	80	-3	Beat New Mexico 52–28
78	12	4.311	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–4	0.333	80	-3	Beat Wake Forest 23–3
79	-16	4.327	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–4	0.333	80	-2	Lost to Georgia 0–30
80	15	4.368	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–4	0.333	80	-2	Beat Indiana 36–34
81	5	4.376	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–2	0.667	31	0	Beat Santa Clara 34–28
82	-12	4.467	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	80	-5	Lost to Memphis 0–40
83	-10	4.502	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–4	0.429	73	-5	Lost to Toledo 17–43
84	-7	4.539	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–4	0.333	80	-4	Lost to South Carolina 0–17
85	-10	4.692	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-4	Lost to West Texas A&M 16–17
86	14	4.788	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	80	-7	Beat Baylor 24–0
87	1	4.933	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–4	0.200	97	-4	Lost to Yale 0–17
88	1	4.973	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	102	-2	Lost to Wyoming 7–16
89	-11	4.986	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	102	-3	Lost to Notre Dame 0–37
90	-7	5.042	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	80	-6	Lost to West Virginia 18–49
91	13	5.188	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	102	-4	Beat Virginia 10–0
92	-12	5.191	SMU	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	80	-10	Lost to Texas Tech 24–27
93	-17	5.276	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	51	-8	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–21
94	7	5.331	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5	0.167	102	-6	Lost to Florida 20–41
95	-1	5.357	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	97	-6	Lost to Texas 0–31
96	-11	5.478	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–4	0.200	97	-5	Lost to Colgate 6–20
97	12	5.555	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	80	-9	Beat Richmond 31–28
98	-2	5.645	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–3	0.400	77	-4	Lost to Dartmouth 10–24
99	-12	5.672	TCU	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	102	-6	Lost to Miami 9–14
100	15	5.769	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	97	0	Beat Cincinnati 40–24
101	-3	5.930	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	102	-11	Lost to Iowa State 20–44
102	10	6.028	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	102	-12	Beat Buffalo 21–7
103	3	6.282	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	102	-10	Lost to California 0–17
104	9	6.315	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	73	-7	Beat Ball State 17–13
105	-3	6.323	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–6	0.143	111	-11	Lost to Arkansas 14–52
106	-9	6.354	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–5	0.286	95	-13	Lost to North Carolina 3–23
107	-8	6.400	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–4–1	0.250	96	-10	Tied NC State 25–25
108	8	6.551	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	80	-3	Beat Montana State 31–21
109	-4	6.733	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–5–1	0.083	113	-9	Lost to Michigan 9–35
110	-18	6.792	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	111	-8	Lost to Akron 10–14
111	-4	7.068	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–6	0.000	114	-13	Lost to Oregon 7–22
112	-4	7.123	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	102	-14	Lost to Arizona 28–52
113	-10	7.170	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–5	0.000	114	-9	Lost to Texas A&M 0–24
114	-4	7.808	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	114	-15	Lost to Villanova 7–35
115	4	7.910	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	97	-4	Beat Southern Illinois 17–3
116	-2	8.059	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–6	0.000	114	-15	Lost to William & Mary 17–25
117	0	8.132	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–6	0.000	114	-16	Lost to Ohio State 0–41
118	-7	8.251	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	0–6	0.000	114	-10	Lost to Western Michigan 14–48
119	-1	8.588	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–3–1	0.300	94	-1	BYE
120	0	8.764	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–5	0.000	114	-7	Lost to Rutgers 14–21