1975 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 28, 1975By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1975 Season Tags: • No Comments

1975 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	0	0.784	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–0–2	0.857	10	+17	Beat Indiana 55–7
2	1	0.786	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat Iowa State 39–7
3	-1	0.876	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–0	1.000	1	+23	Beat Purdue 35–6
4	0	0.972	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	10	+21	Beat Rice 41–9
5	1	0.999	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Colorado 63–21
6	9	1.223	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	27	+19	Beat Kansas State 35–3
7	2	1.253	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Baylor 19–10
8	5	1.273	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	7–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat UTEP 24–6
9	8	1.284	UCLA	PAC	5–1–1	0.786	22	+16	Beat California 28–14
10	0	1.291	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	7–0	1.000	1	+16	BYE
11	-4	1.317	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Lamar 17–0
12	12	1.352	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	6–1	0.857	10	+18	Beat Bowling Green 20–17
13	5	1.370	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	10	+15	Beat Duke 24–16
14	7	1.383	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	9	+18	Beat Army 31–0
15	8	1.444	USC	PAC	7–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Notre Dame 24–17
16	-11	1.486	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–3	0.571	50	+17	Lost to Illinois 19–21
17	15	1.509	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	27	+16	Beat Kansas 35–19
18	1	1.520	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	10	+11	Beat TCU 45–0
19	3	1.522	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–1–1	0.786	22	+13	BYE
20	-8	1.530	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–1	0.857	10	+15	Lost to Miami (OH) 17–20
21	7	1.611	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–2	0.750	24	+18	Beat Northern Illinois 3–0
22	5	1.629	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–1	0.857	10	+12	Beat CAL State Fullerton 41–7
23	3	1.716	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+9	Beat Lafayette 56–2
24	-8	1.768	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	27	+13	Lost to Nebraska 21–63
25	5	1.782	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+12	Beat Virginia Tech 10–7
26	-18	1.860	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	17	+8	Lost to New Mexico 34–44
27	-7	1.866	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+10	Lost to Navy 0–17
28	8	1.944	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2	0.714	27	+12	Beat Louisville 28–14
29	-18	1.993	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–1	0.833	17	+6	Lost to Southern Miss 14–24
30	1	2.013	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–2	0.714	27	+8	Beat Kentucky 21–13
31	2	2.025	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–1	0.800	20	+5	Beat Cornell 20–14
32	8	2.094	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	27	+5	Beat Utah State 31–0
33	4	2.133	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–2	0.750	24	+8	Beat Drake 31–10
34	-9	2.265	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+7	Lost to LSU 6–24
35	-6	2.292	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+6	Lost to USC 17–24
36	10	2.332	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	27	+6	Beat Air Force 47–10
37	19	2.346	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	50	+8	Beat App State 24–17
38	7	2.354	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	+7	Beat Boston College 22–14
39	13	2.381	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+4	Beat Tulane 23–0
40	-6	2.411	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	50	+8	Lost to Cincinnati 17–23
41	-27	2.456	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–1–1	0.700	42	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 20–21
42	19	2.477	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+2	Beat Pittsburgh 17–0
43	-8	2.495	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	66	+5	Lost to North Texas 14–21
44	7	2.565	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–3	0.625	46	+7	Beat Clemson 45–7
45	-4	2.611	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–3	0.571	50	+4	Lost to UCLA 14–28
46	17	2.637	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	66	+4	Beat Washington State 54–14
47	19	2.651	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	+5	Beat Louisiana 23–17
48	11	2.688	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–2–1	0.688	43	+7	Beat Kent State 17–8
49	-7	2.702	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	27	+1	Lost to Richmond 17–24
50	19	2.727	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–1	0.800	20	+4	Beat Dartmouth 24–10
51	22	2.733	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	+3	Beat Louisiana Tech 24–14
52	-13	2.776	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	50	+3	Lost to Memphis 14–16
53	11	2.839	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	27	-2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 6–3
54	6	2.843	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	44	+1	Beat Illinois State 42–13
55	12	2.864	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	46	0	Beat North Carolina 38–17
56	14	2.866	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–3	0.571	50	+3	Beat Michigan State 21–19
57	23	2.918	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	66	+4	Beat Tulsa 16–14
58	-14	2.937	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	+3	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–23
59	-16	2.943	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	50	+1	Lost to Oklahoma State 19–35
60	-22	3.056	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	49	+1	Lost to Pennsylvania 20–24
61	-12	3.073	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	50	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 7–39
62	13	3.113	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	77	+3	Beat SMU 37–20
63	5	3.118	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–3–1	0.563	65	0	Beat Fresno State 45–28
64	8	3.121	BYU	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	66	+1	Beat Wyoming 33–20
65	16	3.171	LSU	SEC	3–4	0.429	77	+4	Beat South Carolina 24–6
66	-18	3.192	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	77	0	Lost to Syracuse 14–22
67	-17	3.244	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–4	0.429	77	+3	Lost to Missouri 3–35
68	3	3.263	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	46	0	Beat Texas Arlington 16–0
69	7	3.303	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	-1	Beat Youngstown State 17–6
70	-23	3.344	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–3–1	0.500	66	0	Lost to Toledo 10–14
71	17	3.371	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	66	-1	Beat Tennessee 21–14
72	-15	3.384	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	50	-2	Lost to West Virginia 7–10
73	14	3.448	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–4	0.429	77	+1	Beat Oregon State 35–7
74	23	3.542	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–4	0.429	77	-1	Beat Arizona 44–34
75	11	3.551	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	44	0	Beat Columbia 41–0
76	-18	3.565	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–4	0.429	77	-1	Lost to Florida 16–24
77	7	3.578	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–3	0.571	50	-6	Beat Iowa 31–7
78	1	3.578	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–5	0.375	95	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 17–7
79	-26	3.587	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–4	0.429	77	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–17
80	9	3.702	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–3–1	0.500	66	-3	Beat Florida State 17–14
81	13	3.737	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–4	0.429	77	-1	Beat Northwestern 17–14
82	-4	3.806	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	66	-1	BYE
83	-29	3.848	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–4	0.429	77	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 14–17
84	-22	3.863	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–4	0.429	77	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 8–17
85	-11	3.884	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	3–4	0.429	77	-6	Lost to Ball State 0–3
86	-31	3.910	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	3–4	0.429	77	-3	Lost to Dayton 12–17
87	9	3.925	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	50	-2	Beat William & Mary 21–6
88	-23	4.287	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	77	+6	Lost to Western Illinois 14–17
89	-4	4.324	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–2–1	0.500	66	+2	Lost to Harvard 10–24
90	3	4.338	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-3	BYE
91	-1	4.339	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–3–2	0.333	98	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 10–19
92	-9	4.348	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	77	-6	Lost to Arkansas 0–31
93	-11	4.486	SMU	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	77	-8	Lost to Texas Tech 20–37
94	8	4.553	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	101	-7	Beat Delaware 45–0
95	-18	4.568	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–5	0.286	101	-5	Lost to Stanford 14–54
96	11	4.685	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–5	0.375	95	-10	Beat Ohio 14–10
97	12	4.695	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	95	+8	Beat Mcneese State 17–12
98	-6	4.704	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–5	0.286	101	-8	Lost to East Carolina 17–38
99	-4	4.729	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	98	-7	Lost to Texas 9–41
100	0	4.963	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–6	0.143	118	-7	Lost to Ohio State 6–35
101	14	5.079	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–3	0.400	93	0	Beat Princeton 24–20
102	-3	5.086	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–4	0.200	114	-5	Lost to Yale 14–20
103	1	5.187	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–5–1	0.214	112	-9	Lost to Georgia 13–21
104	7	5.201	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–5	0.286	101	-11	Beat Virginia 66–21
105	-2	5.213	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–5	0.286	101	-8	Lost to Michigan 7–55
106	-5	5.243	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6	0.143	118	-8	Lost to Minnesota 7–31
107	-9	5.387	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–5	0.286	101	-13	Lost to New Mexico State 0–16
108	10	5.514	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	66	-10	Beat Western Carolina 27–6
109	-18	5.540	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	76	-11	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 19–49
110	15	5.542	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	117	-9	Beat Brown 21–20
111	6	5.577	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–6	0.143	118	-10	Beat Utah 18–7
112	-4	5.630	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	101	-12	Lost to Penn State 0–31
113	-1	5.684	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	101	-9	Lost to Citadel 3–6
114	-8	5.885	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	118	-13	Lost to Auburn 14–17
115	-5	5.990	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–6	0.143	118	-13	Lost to NC State 7–45
116	8	6.134	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	101	-10	Beat Western Michigan 21–19
117	9	6.198	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–5–1	0.214	112	-12	Beat Wichita State 33–22
118	1	6.207	UTEP	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	118	-13	Lost to Arizona State 6–24
119	-14	6.209	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	110	-16	Lost to Southern Illinois 22–33
120	-4	6.343	TCU	IND SWC	0–7	0.000	132	-12	Lost to Alabama 0–45
121	-8	6.357	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	98	-17	BYE
122	-1	6.652	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–6–1	0.071	131	-14	Lost to Colorado State 10–47
123	12	6.712	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	93	-2	Beat Santa Clara 48–40
124	-2	6.746	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–6	0.250	110	-8	Lost to Pacific 28–45
125	-5	7.100	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	118	-13	Lost to BYU 20–33
126	-12	7.176	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–6	0.143	118	-19	Lost to Wake Forest 21–66
127	2	7.252	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–6	0.143	118	-12	Lost to San José State 7–41
128	-5	7.456	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–7	0.000	132	-12	Lost to Washington 7–35
129	4	7.527	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–6	0.143	118	-16	Lost to Long Beach State 10–31
130	2	7.774	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–7	0.000	132	-20	Lost to Furman 6–21
131	3	7.794	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–7	0.000	132	-19	Lost to Arkansas State 0–17
132	-2	7.849	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-16	BYE
133	-2	7.871	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–5	0.000	132	-6	Lost to Rutgers 0–41
134	2	7.874	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	118	-18	Lost to Mississippi State 14–28
135	-7	8.033	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–8	0.000	132	-26	Lost to Marshall 19–21
136	-9	8.338	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	118	-26	Lost to Oregon 7–18
137	0	10.424	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–5–1	0.083	130	-9	Lost to Indiana State 13–42