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1969 Week 9 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
150.614USCPAC4–0–10.90016+11Tied Notre Dame 14–14
2-10.660Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+14Beat Syracuse 15–14
310.758Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+12Beat Alabama 41–14
4-20.855Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+8BYE
500.862Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–01.0001+11Beat Oklahoma State 31–21
610.885Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC5–01.0001+11Beat BYU 40–7
720.918UCLAPAC6–01.0001+12Beat California 32–0
8-50.936Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC5–01.0001+11Beat Western Michigan 38–13
9-10.944Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–01.0001+10Beat North Carolina 52–2
1001.230Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–10.80019+9Beat Georgia Tech 17–14
1111.234Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+4Beat Minnesota 34–7
1221.311LSUSEC5–01.0001+5Beat Kentucky 37–10
1321.339Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY4–01.0001+4Beat Brown 38–13
1441.357Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–10.80019+7Beat Vanderbilt 40–8
1511.380Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON5–01.0001+6Beat William & Mary 17–15
16-51.405Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+3Beat Baylor 21–7
1701.459Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–1–10.70033+6Tied USC 14–14
1861.531Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–10.75029+6Beat Colorado 42–30
1921.543Purdue (PURDUE)B104–10.80019+7Beat Iowa 35–31
2051.548West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80019+6BYE
2111.580Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC5–01.0001+5Beat Ohio 24–21
22-91.586San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA4–01.0001+3Beat Texas Arlington 27–10
2341.872Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA5–10.83318+5Beat Idaho 28–0
24111.918Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–10.80019+4Beat Iowa State 34–7
25161.922Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC3–20.60035+5Beat Miami 26–13
2601.937Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–10.80019+4Beat New Mexico 24–0
27181.944Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–20.60035+5Beat Oregon 60–13
2841.958Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC3–0–10.87517+1Beat Marshall 34–17
2952.010Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–20.60035+3Beat Southern Miss 69–7
3032.045Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–20.60035+3Beat Washington State 49–0
31-12.059Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60035+5Beat Washington 10–6
32142.104Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–10.80019+2Beat Boston College 24–6
33-142.169Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–20.60035+4Lost to Oklahoma 30–42
3432.186South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–10.80019+4Beat Virginia Tech 17–16
35-72.187California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–20.60035+4Lost to UCLA 0–32
36-162.197Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–20.60035+3Lost to Michigan State 12–23
37202.293Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–20.60035+4Beat Michigan 23–12
3812.327Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–20.60035+5Beat Wake Forest 28–14
3942.395Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+2Beat Tulsa 38–20
4072.516Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–20.60035+2Beat Kansas 21–17
41-182.529Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–20.50061+4Lost to Missouri 21–31
42-112.581Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–2–10.50061+3Lost to Miami (OH) 21–24
43152.630Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–20.60035+4Beat Texas Tech 30–26
44112.672Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC3–20.600350Beat San José State 45–11
45-12.679Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–20.50061+2BYE
4662.694Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI4–10.80019+3Beat Navy 20–6
4732.702Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–10.75029+1Beat Lehigh 13–7
48212.731Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC3–20.60035+3Beat Kent State 7–0
49122.733Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–20.60035+2Beat West Texas A&M 27–7
50-102.745Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–20.60035+1Lost to Penn State 14–15
5122.828Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–10.80019-3Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–2
52-102.832Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–20.600350Lost to Tennessee 14–41
53172.871Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–10.75029+3Beat Columbia 41–6
54-252.877Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–10.667340Lost to Villanova 6–24
55-62.965Indiana (INDIANA)B103–20.60035-2Beat Illinois 41–20
56103.066Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–20.60035-2Beat East Carolina 24–7
57-213.164Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–20.60035-2Lost to NC State 0–31
58133.229Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–20.600350Beat Wichita State 21–14
59-33.353William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–30.400690Lost to Davidson 15–17
60273.431North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC3–20.60035+1Beat New Mexico State 30–12
6123.581Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI2–30.40069-1Lost to Auburn 14–17
62263.614NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–30.50061-2Beat Virginia 31–0
6323.627Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.400690Lost to LSU 10–37
64-263.657UTEPIND WAC2–30.40069+1Lost to Arizona 10–26
65-53.677BYUIND WAC2–30.40069-1Lost to Wyoming 7–40
6663.809Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–40.333850Lost to Toledo 13–38
67-193.847Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–30.40069-3Lost to Kansas State 7–34
68143.856Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–30.400690Beat Wisconsin 27–7
6953.959Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–30.250890Lost to Memphis 13–26
70263.969Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40069-3Beat Army 23–7
71-173.971Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–20.50061-2Lost to Colgate 28–35
72-214.056Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA3–20.60035-1Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 17–21
73-94.140Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–30.50061-4Lost to Bowling Green 0–7
74-154.142Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–30.40069-2Lost to Mississippi State 26–30
75-84.145New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI3–20.60035-1Lost to North Texas 12–30
7634.155Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI3–20.60035-2BYE
77144.255Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–30.40069-3Beat Duke 20–7
7854.266Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI1–40.20093-1Beat Pittsburgh 26–22
79-114.283Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–30.40069-3Lost to Air Force 13–60
80174.320SMUIND SWC2–30.40069-5Beat Rice 34–14
81274.329Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–20.50061+2Beat Princeton 35–28
82-24.490Iowa (IOWA)B102–30.40069-5Lost to Purdue 31–35
83-214.584Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–30.40069-4Lost to Tulane 22–26
84-94.672West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–30.40069+1Lost to Colorado State 7–27
8574.816Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–30.25089-2Lost to Dartmouth 13–38
86144.915Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA3–20.600350Beat Northern Arizona 23–15
87174.931TCUIND SWC1–40.20093-3Beat Texas A&M 16–6
88244.988Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–30.25089-3Beat Harvard 41–24
89-45.055San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–40.20093-3Lost to Arizona State 11–45
9055.140North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–40.20093-5Lost to Florida 2–52
91-155.140Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–30.40069-6Lost to Utah State 7–23
9295.188Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–50.167107-5Beat Northern Illinois 56–24
93105.198Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–40.20093-4Beat UTEP 26–10
94-215.202Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.25089-5Lost to SMU 14–34
95-175.269Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–40.20093-4Lost to Northwestern 7–27
96-195.439Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–20.50061-3Lost to Cornell 24–41
97-35.443Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–40.33385-7Lost to Clemson 14–28
98-125.490Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–40.20093-7Lost to Nebraska 17–21
99-155.799Duke (DUKE)ACC1–40.20093-7Lost to Maryland 7–20
100-195.848Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–40.20093-7Lost to TCU 6–16
101-125.883Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–40.20093-7Lost to Georgia 8–40
102-35.988Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–50.167107-8Lost to Cincinnati 14–21
10326.063Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–40.000110-4Lost to Arkansas 7–21
104-146.067Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–50.000110-5Lost to Rutgers 6–20
105106.192Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–4–10.100109-6Lost to Ohio State 7–34
106-136.374Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–40.20093-8Lost to Stanford 0–49
107-56.384Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–50.000110-8Lost to Oregon State 6–10
108-106.640New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–40.20093-9Lost to Utah 0–24
109-26.956Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–40.20093-10Lost to Ole Miss 7–69
110-16.995Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–50.000110-9BYE
11137.209Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–50.000110-4Lost to Louisville 17–34
112-17.233Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–50.000110-12Lost to South Carolina 16–17
113-77.494Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI2–40.33385-7Lost to Dayton 24–56
114-17.535Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–50.000110-9Lost to Citadel 2–28
11518.017Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–40.000110-3Lost to Florida State 20–38
11628.119Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–40.20093-4Lost to Pacific 0–28
11708.138Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–50.000110-12Lost to Indiana 20–41
118-88.236Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–3–10.300880Lost to Samford 14–34
11919.693East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–40.000110-3Lost to Richmond 7–24
120-19.752Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–40.000110-5Lost to Yale 6–41

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