1975 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 18, 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	0.912	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+45	Beat Minnesota 38–6
2	0	1.039	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–0–2	0.900	6	+33	Beat Illinois 21–15
3	0	1.049	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–0	1.000	1	+40	Beat Iowa State 52–0
4	1	1.064	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	6	+43	Beat Missouri 28–27
5	-1	1.210	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	6	+35	Beat TCU 27–11
6	0	1.220	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	6	+33	Beat Southern Miss 27–6
7	1	1.252	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	9–0	1.000	1	+29	BYE
8	7	1.311	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	9–1	0.900	6	+35	Beat San Diego State 31–7
9	-2	1.329	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+28	Beat Rice 33–14
10	0	1.335	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+34	BYE
11	2	1.368	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	10–0	1.000	1	+29	Beat Pacific 55–14
12	0	1.372	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	9–1	0.900	6	+36	Beat Kent State 27–8
13	3	1.383	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	8–1	0.889	12	+30	Beat Colorado State 31–9
14	-3	1.400	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+34	Beat Richmond 31–13
15	-6	1.447	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	9–2	0.818	15	+39	Beat Illinois State 46–7
16	2	1.462	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	16	+34	Beat Kansas 24–21
17	0	1.504	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	16	+30	Beat Auburn 28–13
18	2	1.596	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	16	+24	Beat Kentucky 48–7
19	-5	1.676	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	8–2	0.800	16	+25	Lost to San José State 7–31
20	1	1.694	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	16	+26	Beat Southern Illinois 48–6
21	2	1.695	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	27	+24	Beat Clemson 22–20
22	5	1.712	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+24	Beat Notre Dame 34–20
23	2	1.728	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–1	0.875	14	+17	Beat Princeton 24–13
24	2	1.793	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	46	+24	Beat Kansas State 56–3
25	-1	1.793	UCLA	PAC	7–2–1	0.750	27	+23	Beat Oregon State 31–9
26	2	1.796	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	8–1	0.889	12	+18	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 49–20
27	-8	1.809	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	46	+27	Lost to Oklahoma 27–28
28	1	1.915	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–3	0.700	30	+23	Beat Air Force 31–14
29	3	1.917	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–3–1	0.682	40	+23	Tied Duke 21–21
30	1	1.936	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	24	+16	Beat SMU 35–7
31	-9	1.984	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+19	Lost to Pittsburgh 20–34
32	2	2.044	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–2	0.800	16	+15	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 26–24
33	10	2.112	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	30	+14	Beat Indiana State 62–7
34	2	2.117	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	42	+19	Beat LSU 16–6
35	4	2.183	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–4	0.600	46	+20	Beat Northwestern 47–14
36	4	2.254	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3–1	0.650	42	+15	Beat Oregon 33–30
37	5	2.276	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	26	+17	Beat Northern Illinois 69–7
38	-8	2.342	USC	PAC	7–3	0.700	30	+12	Lost to Washington 7–8
39	10	2.491	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+14	Beat Ohio 6–5
40	4	2.501	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	30	+6	BYE
41	7	2.510	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat Navy 14–13
42	-5	2.514	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	67	+14	Lost to West Virginia 13–31
43	-10	2.538	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–2–1	0.688	39	+4	Lost to Harvard 26–45
44	-3	2.567	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	46	+10	Lost to Colorado 21–24
45	15	2.584	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	27	+11	Beat Brown 45–26
46	15	2.636	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–5	0.500	67	+15	Beat USC 8–7
47	3	2.672	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	44	+12	Beat Houston 14–7
48	4	2.689	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+7	Beat Wake Forest 37–26
49	5	2.713	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	46	+8	Beat Baylor 33–10
50	-12	2.734	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	60	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 6–23
51	0	2.737	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	46	+7	Beat Northwestern State 40–17
52	-17	2.754	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	30	+12	Lost to Western Carolina 11–20
53	-7	2.785	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	60	+7	Lost to Alabama 6–27
54	3	2.827	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	24	+3	Beat Boston University 41–3
55	-10	2.877	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	46	+9	Lost to Arizona 9–31
56	2	2.881	BYU	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	60	+7	Beat Utah 51–20
57	10	2.890	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+4	Beat New Mexico State 24–20
58	-11	2.895	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	46	+2	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–14
59	7	2.898	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	67	+11	Beat Tennessee 23–6
60	2	2.918	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	60	+6	Beat Virginia 37–0
61	-2	2.950	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 33–0
62	-7	3.049	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	60	+3	BYE
63	2	3.052	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	6–4	0.600	46	+5	Beat Army 23–14
64	-11	3.143	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	4–4	0.500	67	+4	Lost to Yale 13–24
65	-9	3.178	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	5–5–1	0.500	67	+5	Lost to Arizona State 14–55
66	6	3.296	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	46	-6	Beat Furman 13–9
67	3	3.309	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	67	+1	Beat Wyoming 38–32
68	10	3.372	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–4	0.556	60	0	Beat West Texas A&M 39–33
69	2	3.387	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	41	+12	Beat William & Mary 21–17
70	-7	3.535	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	60	-5	Lost to Tulsa 7–62
71	2	3.721	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–6	0.400	87	+1	Lost to Michigan 15–21
72	4	3.728	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	83	-4	BYE
73	-4	3.740	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–5	0.500	67	-4	Lost to Ohio State 6–38
74	-10	3.741	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	44	+4	Lost to Morehead State 0–7
75	12	3.754	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	59	+3	Beat Cornell 33–10
76	-8	3.784	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	4–5–1	0.450	79	-3	Lost to Cincinnati 5–6
77	3	3.917	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–5–1	0.450	79	-7	Tied NC State 21–21
78	-1	3.976	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–5–2	0.400	87	-4	Lost to Georgia 13–28
79	-5	3.993	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	67	-8	Lost to North Texas 20–24
80	2	4.029	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–5–1	0.450	79	-5	Tied Indiana 9–9
81	-6	4.061	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	87	-5	Lost to Nebraska 0–52
82	1	4.081	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–6	0.400	87	-5	Lost to Miami (OH) 8–27
83	6	4.132	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	67	-11	Beat Boise State 42–19
84	-3	4.133	LSU	SEC	3–7	0.300	96	-5	Lost to Mississippi State 6–16
85	5	4.221	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–6	0.400	87	-10	BYE
86	6	4.231	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–7	0.300	96	-6	Beat Iowa 19–18
87	-8	4.301	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	96	-6	Lost to Oklahoma State 3–56
88	7	4.367	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	78	+7	Beat Marshall 29–8
89	-5	4.394	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	67	-10	Lost to Citadel 9–13
90	-4	4.481	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–5–2	0.333	94	-6	Lost to Texas Tech 10–33
91	-3	4.488	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	83	-14	Lost to Mcneese State 33–39
92	-7	4.538	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	87	-12	Lost to North Carolina 15–17
93	1	4.710	SMU	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	96	-14	Lost to Arkansas 7–35
94	5	4.810	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	109	-11	Beat Florida State 24–22
95	14	4.907	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	67	-2	Beat UTEP 21–9
96	10	5.011	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	94	-18	Beat Lamar 37–24
97	-1	5.038	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–7–1	0.250	109	-15	Lost to Florida 7–48
98	-7	5.062	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–7	0.300	96	-18	Lost to Purdue 18–19
99	11	5.124	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–7	0.300	96	-20	Beat Tulane 17–15
100	-3	5.151	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–7	0.300	96	-17	Lost to Michigan State 14–47
101	-3	5.164	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	79	-14	Lost to Louisiana Tech 20–49
102	3	5.200	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	115	-17	Lost to Texas A&M 14–33
103	8	5.243	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	83	-1	Beat Holy Cross 13–12
104	-11	5.243	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	87	+1	Lost to Western Michigan 14–24
105	-4	5.384	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–7	0.300	96	-25	Lost to South Carolina 26–37
106	1	5.428	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–7–1	0.250	109	-15	Tied Wisconsin 9–9
107	-5	5.462	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	117	-19	Lost to Stanford 30–33
108	-5	5.478	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	3–7	0.300	96	-24	Lost to Central Michigan 7–69
109	4	5.507	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	86	-18	Beat Louisville 14–10
110	5	5.556	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7	0.300	96	-27	Beat Idaho 84–27
111	-11	5.647	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	109	-20	Lost to California 14–31
112	7	5.928	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	96	-20	Beat Wichita State 27–23
113	10	5.972	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–6	0.250	109	-9	Beat Pennsylvania 28–25
114	-10	6.004	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6	0.250	109	-10	Lost to Columbia 25–28
115	-7	6.027	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	117	-26	Lost to Miami 22–24
116	-2	6.057	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–8	0.200	117	-24	Lost to Maryland 20–22
117	-5	6.155	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	107	-32	Lost to Drake 23–27
118	8	6.506	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	107	-22	Beat LOS Angeles State 59–14
119	1	6.577	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	123	-26	Lost to Bowling Green 6–48
120	-4	6.715	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	124	-21	Lost to Dartmouth 10–33
121	1	6.755	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–9	0.100	128	-23	Lost to UCLA 9–31
122	-4	6.796	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	117	-32	Lost to Vanderbilt 14–23
123	-2	6.923	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	115	-28	Lost to Virginia Tech 0–33
124	1	6.953	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	128	-33	Lost to Colgate 17–21
125	-8	6.959	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	117	-26	Lost to Dayton 8–29
126	2	6.994	TCU	IND SWC	0–10	0.000	136	-26	Lost to Texas 11–27
127	-3	7.215	UTEP	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	128	-35	Lost to Hawai'i 9–21
128	-1	7.239	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	128	-29	Lost to New Mexico 32–38
129	0	7.595	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9	0.100	128	-39	Lost to Syracuse 0–37
130	2	7.615	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	124	-35	Lost to Memphis 7–14
131	3	7.652	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–10	0.091	135	-42	Beat Eastern Michigan 24–14
132	3	8.036	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	128	-37	Lost to UL Monroe 10–14
133	-2	8.055	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	126	-21	Lost to Villanova 12–13
134	-4	8.211	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–8	0.111	126	-22	Lost to CAL Poly Pomona 21–33
135	1	8.419	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	128	-45	Lost to BYU 20–51
136	1	8.432	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	122	-19	Lost to Ball State 7–46
137	-4	8.465	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–9	0.000	136	-38	Lost to Texas Arlington 24–37