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1969 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
110.591Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+10Beat West Virginia 20–0
250.723Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+7Beat Oklahoma 27–17
300.791Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC4–01.0001+7Beat Bowling Green 27–26
460.832Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Georgia Tech 26–8
540.864Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–01.0001+7Beat Nebraska 17–7
600.891USCPAC4–01.0001+7Beat Stanford 26–24
7100.955Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–01.0001+6Beat UTEP 37–9
8-40.975Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–01.0001+6Beat Tulane 18–17
951.044UCLAPAC5–01.0001+7Beat Washington State 46–14
10101.070Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75021+6Beat Clemson 51–0
11-31.158Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+2BYE
1261.188Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+2Beat Michigan State 54–21
13121.282San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA3–01.0001+3Beat West Texas A&M 24–14
14-31.295LSUSEC4–01.0001+3Beat Miami 20–0
15181.388Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–01.0001+2Beat Pennsylvania 41–0
1681.457Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON4–01.0001+3Beat Richmond 37–7
1791.473Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–10.75021+4Beat Army 45–0
18-171.561Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–10.75021+3Lost to Ole Miss 17–25
19221.563Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–10.75021+4Beat Iowa State 14–0
20241.570Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–10.75021+4Beat Purdue 31–20
21-161.597Purdue (PURDUE)B103–10.75021+4Lost to Michigan 20–31
2251.618Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–01.0001+2Beat Marshall 35–7
23171.722Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–10.66739+4BYE
24-91.740Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–10.66739+3Lost to Texas 17–27
25-131.752West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80019+3Lost to Penn State 0–20
2661.785Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–10.75021+3Beat Arizona State 24–23
2721.815Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA4–10.80019+4Beat Santa Barbara 38–0
2891.827California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–10.75021+3Beat Washington 44–13
2911.841Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.00010BYE
30-21.881Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–20.50049+4BYE
31-101.958Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–1–10.62546+3Beat Xavier 31–6
3241.995Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC2–0–10.833180BYE
33-142.083Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.50049+2Lost to USC 24–26
34372.117Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–20.50049+2Beat Georgia 25–17
3572.181Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.75021+1Beat Kansas 26–22
36122.207Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–10.75021+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–10
3762.233South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–10.75021+3Beat NC State 21–16
38-72.276UTEPIND WAC2–20.50049+4Lost to Wyoming 9–37
39-262.322Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–20.50049+3Lost to Auburn 0–51
4072.393Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Beat Maryland 20–9
41432.449Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC2–20.50049+2Beat Cincinnati 52–6
42-262.451Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–10.750210Lost to Vanderbilt 10–14
43-52.459Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66739+2BYE
44112.496Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–20.50049+1Beat Arizona 34–17
45142.550Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–20.50049+2Beat North Carolina 20–10
4642.644Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–10.750210BYE
47-82.660Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–20.50049+1Lost to Missouri 7–17
48-32.700Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–20.500490Lost to Colorado 0–14
49212.761Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.500490Beat Minnesota 17–7
50-272.773Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–10.66739+1Lost to Dartmouth 0–41
51122.848Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA3–10.75021-1Beat Northridge State 38–14
52-302.854Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.75021+2Lost to Lehigh 7–17
53-192.931Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–10.75021-2Lost to William & Mary 14–21
5463.040Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–10.66739-1Beat Cornell 24–17
55-13.063Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–20.50049-1Lost to Utah 23–24
56343.087William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–20.500490Beat Citadel 21–14
57-53.126Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–20.500490Lost to Ohio State 21–54
58203.129Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–20.50049+1Beat Southern Miss 34–20
5973.195Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–20.50049+1Beat Texas A&M 13–9
60163.274BYUIND WAC2–20.50049-1Beat New Mexico 41–15
61223.332Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC2–20.500490Beat Utah State 37–33
6273.390Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–20.500490Beat Navy 46–19
63-63.409Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50049-1Lost to Tennessee 8–26
64-153.478Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–20.60047-1Lost to Western Michigan 13–33
65303.498Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–20.50049-1Beat Virginia Tech 7–6
66-43.508Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON2–20.50049-2Lost to Davidson 7–37
67143.512New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75021+1Beat Wichita State 23–6
68-333.527Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–20.50049-1Lost to San José State 34–36
69-83.534Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–20.50049-1Lost to Toledo 26–27
70243.552Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–10.66739+2Beat Brown 27–13
71-253.558Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC2–20.50049-1Lost to Memphis 6–52
72213.675Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–30.400790Beat Kent State 33–13
73-63.807Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–20.33384-1BYE
74-233.820Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–20.33384+1Lost to LSU 0–20
75-113.933West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–20.50049+3Lost to San Diego State 14–24
76-183.945Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–20.50049-2Lost to Notre Dame 0–45
77294.014Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–10.667390Beat Columbia 51–0
78134.055Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–30.250880Beat Iowa 23–17
79134.159Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI3–20.60047-2Beat Dayton 27–0
80-244.265Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50049-4Lost to Wisconsin 17–23
81-284.420Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–30.25088-2Lost to Texas Tech 9–13
82154.478Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–30.25088-1Beat Illinois 10–6
83-114.486Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–40.000105-2Lost to Florida 17–18
84284.504Duke (DUKE)ACC1–30.25088-2Beat Wake Forest 27–20
85204.516San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–30.25088-1Beat Oregon 36–34
8624.748Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–30.25088-3Lost to Kansas State 22–26
87274.896North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–20.50049-2Beat Weber State 35–13
88-204.899NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–30.40079-4Lost to South Carolina 16–21
89275.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–30.25088-3Beat Alabama 14–10
90-165.061Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–40.000105-2Lost to Pittsburgh 19–46
91-185.193Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–30.25088-3Lost to Syracuse 9–20
92-275.252Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–20.33384-2Lost to Yale 13–27
93-115.319Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–30.25088-4Lost to UCLA 14–46
94-175.454Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–30.40079-5Lost to Duke 20–27
95-65.493North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–30.25088-5Lost to Air Force 10–20
96-115.507Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–30.25088-5Lost to Colorado State 33–37
97145.706SMUIND SWC1–30.25088-6Beat TCU 19–17
98-235.762New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–30.25088-5Lost to BYU 15–41
9905.923Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–40.200103-5Lost to New Mexico State 6–23
100175.938Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA2–20.500490Beat Hawai'i 28–14
101-145.966Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–50.000105-6Lost to Buffalo 0–27
102-16.013Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–40.000105-4Lost to California 13–44
103-76.053Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC0–40.000105-5Lost to Houston 17–34
104-246.162TCUIND SWC0–40.000105-4Lost to SMU 17–19
105-26.172Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–30.000105-3BYE
106-206.320Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI2–30.40079-1Lost to Western Kentucky 12–14
107-96.509Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–30.25088-6Lost to Mississippi State 20–34
10856.651Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–20.33384-1BYE
109-56.688Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–50.000105-7Lost to Ohio 6–31
110-316.863Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–2–10.375830Lost to Wofford 7–49
111-117.183Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–40.000105-8Lost to Kentucky 6–7
112-47.190Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–30.000105-4Lost to Princeton 17–24
11327.729Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–40.000105-6Lost to Virginia 10–28
11447.749Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–40.000105-3Lost to Miami (OH) 7–35
115-67.759Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–3–10.125104-6Lost to Indiana 7–17
116-148.089Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–30.000105-1Lost to Tampa 14–31
117-78.195Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–40.000105-8Lost to Northwestern 6–10
118-118.313Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–30.25088-2Lost to Montana 9–34
11919.385Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–30.000105-2Lost to Harvard 0–51
120-110.602East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–30.000105-1BYE

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