1969 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

September 30, 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	0.427	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0–1	0.750	39	+2	Tied Minnesota 35–35
2	24	0.605	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas Tech 49–7
3	6	0.809	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulsa 55–0
4	9	0.914	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 42–0
5	3	0.918	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon 28–0
6	-2	0.936	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marshall 38–13
7	3	0.941	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 30–0
8	27	0.995	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 63–14
9	22	1.000	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern 48–6
10	11	1.023	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 27–3
11	38	1.036	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 62–0
12	-6	1.067	UCLA	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wisconsin 34–23
13	5	1.068	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mississippi State 47–35
14	-2	1.086	UTEP	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 21–6
15	-8	1.091	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tulane 35–17
16	17	1.141	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Notre Dame 28–14
17	47	1.191	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Furman 77–14
18	37	1.277	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Auburn 45–19
19	-4	1.300	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 45–7
20	-19	1.329	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	+2	Lost to Tennessee 19–45
21	-4	1.345	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 37–8
22	-11	1.395	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 42–27
23	-7	1.405	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois 37–6
24	-19	1.436	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Miami 16–14
25	-1	1.442	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Western Michigan 24–20
26	3	1.473	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 27–25
27	-2	1.477	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 16–6
28	-1	1.491	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 23–15
29	46	1.510	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	41	+2	Beat Arizona State 30–7
30	4	1.532	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 14–6
31	11	1.536	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 21–14
32	4	1.555	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 17–10
33	24	1.668	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 29–0
34	18	1.755	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LOS Angeles State 49–0
35	2	1.868	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Florida 35–47
36	10	1.918	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW Hampshire 31–0
37	47	1.924	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Indiana 17–14
38	-8	1.965	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Stanford 0–28
39	4	2.009	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 21–0
40	-8	2.028	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Georgia 0–30
41	0	2.054	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	41	+2	Beat Utah State 36–3
42	14	2.068	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 14–10
43	-15	2.070	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Texas 7–49
44	14	2.073	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 28–20
45	2	2.082	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 13–0
46	4	2.100	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 28–17
47	20	2.127	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Arlington 16–7
48	22	2.164	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	39	0	BYE
49	31	2.197	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	BYE
50	-30	2.484	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Purdue 14–28
51	-48	2.490	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to LSU 0–42
52	26	2.495	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–1	0.667	41	0	Beat Xavier 23–7
53	23	2.552	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Texas A&M 14–0
54	-40	2.561	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to California 14–17
55	-36	2.570	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Kentucky 9–10
56	-33	2.636	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Penn State 3–27
57	59	2.704	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Washington State 61–35
58	2	2.723	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat BYU 10–0
59	-11	2.760	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	89	0	Lost to Florida State 14–16
60	19	2.772	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–1	0.667	41	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 16–10
61	37	2.776	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	41	-1	Beat Maryland 24–7
62	20	2.860	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Syracuse 13–0
63	-25	2.905	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–10
64	-25	2.949	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Kansas 0–13
65	38	2.957	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Houston 24–18
66	25	3.073	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat North Texas 15–13
67	27	3.116	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Ole Miss 10–9
68	33	3.137	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	41	0	Beat Delaware 36–33
69	0	3.159	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Wyoming 25–27
70	-8	3.256	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Wichita State 50–21
71	17	3.276	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Boston College 14–21
72	9	3.296	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Kansas State 27–42
73	12	3.316	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to UTEP 6–21
74	3	3.397	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat San José State 42–7
75	22	3.415	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 10–17
76	19	3.435	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Army 6–16
77	16	3.435	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to UCLA 23–34
78	-13	3.461	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–0
79	-57	3.508	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Oregon State 7–30
80	-6	3.608	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Duke 10–0
81	-15	3.723	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Alabama 14–63
82	20	3.732	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to West Virginia 17–35
83	0	3.752	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Michigan 7–45
84	-33	3.831	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	89	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–29
85	-45	3.912	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Iowa 35–61
86	14	3.931	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Oklahoma 8–37
87	-16	3.941	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Davidson 14–77
88	-34	3.982	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Memphis 13–15
89	-16	4.050	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–62
90	19	4.067	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	41	0	Beat Massachusetts 16–6
91	22	4.298	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	48	-2	Beat Dayton 27–7
92	-29	4.337	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	83	0	Lost to Colorado State 21–50
93	21	4.386	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Temple 7–6
94	-26	4.466	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 10–16
95	13	4.474	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to Miami (OH) 20–24
96	16	4.565	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to South Carolina 6–14
97	-25	4.883	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Virginia 0–10
98	19	5.017	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 22–7
99	6	5.048	SMU	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	89	-2	Lost to Michigan State 15–23
100	-1	5.051	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	83	-2	Lost to Pacific 3–36
101	-12	5.081	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to NC State 7–24
102	-12	5.160	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 18–24
103	-44	5.180	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Missouri 6–37
104	-8	5.398	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Nebraska 0–14
105	15	5.443	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Cornell 28–24
106	1	5.511	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	89	-2	Lost to Bowling Green 7–27
107	3	5.603	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	89	-2	Lost to Kent State 7–23
108	-16	5.874	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to USC 6–48
109	-48	5.929	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 7–21
110	-24	6.053	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Arkansas 0–55
111	-7	6.073	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Utah 7–42
112	-1	6.475	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	83	-1	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–22
113	-68	6.569	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	89	-1	Lost to Colgate 24–28
114	-27	7.283	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	88	-1	Tied Ohio 35–35
115	-9	7.898	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	89	-2	Lost to Richmond 0–20
116	3	8.195	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Toledo 13–38
117	-2	11.131	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	89	-2	Lost to Idaho State 42–47
118	-65	12.360	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	89	0	Lost to UConn 15–19
119	-1	12.698	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	89	0	Lost to Louisiana Tech 6–24
120	-76	12.757	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	89	0	Lost to Lafayette 22–36