1975 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 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	59	0.558	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0–1	0.750	37	+2	Beat Ball State 10–0
2	20	0.586	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Penn State 17–9
3	21	0.630	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	37	+1	Tied Stanford 19–19
4	48	0.638	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pacific 16–0
5	49	0.638	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 16–0
6	24	0.674	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Illinois 30–20
7	19	0.678	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tennessee 34–28
8	23	0.693	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 24–17
9	-6	0.769	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 46–10
10	-9	0.873	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arkansas 20–13
11	-5	0.877	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 28–10
12	39	0.905	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wichita State 32–0
13	35	0.941	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Indiana 45–0
14	15	0.945	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Memphis 13–3
15	5	0.978	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Texas 30–12
16	2	0.980	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
17	11	1.008	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 17–0
18	29	1.052	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah 30–14
19	24	1.076	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Duke 24–16
20	15	1.080	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 9–6
21	28	1.116	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 16–14
22	-7	1.180	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 55–7
23	2	1.236	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wake Forest 19–17
24	-15	1.255	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 28–10
25	13	1.259	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Arlington 37–8
26	-19	1.302	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	+2	Lost to UCLA 28–34
27	-8	1.315	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 33–10
28	-12	1.319	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 24–7
29	16	1.334	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Lamar 17–14
30	10	1.347	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 39–8
31	8	1.363	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 10–7
32	5	1.403	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 27–10
33	0	1.419	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0–1	0.750	37	0	Tied Auburn 10–10
34	-26	1.425	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Vanderbilt 6–9
35	11	1.439	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ole Miss 14–3
36	6	1.447	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 10–3
37	13	1.467	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 17–11
38	38	1.551	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Kentucky 14–10
39	-28	1.565	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–1	0.667	40	+3	Lost to Ohio 0–10
40	55	1.575	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Utah State 17–8
41	-31	1.614	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 54–32
42	65	1.744	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat Miami (OH) 14–13
43	27	1.764	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mcneese State 24–7
44	43	1.778	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 5–0
45	-11	1.810	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 10–46
46	17	1.849	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bucknell 47–3
47	6	1.870	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
48	7	1.870	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
49	7	1.870	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
50	7	1.870	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
51	7	1.870	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
52	9	1.870	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
53	9	1.870	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
54	10	1.870	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	130	0	BYE
55	-14	1.934	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Nebraska 0–45
56	9	1.940	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat North Carolina 34–7
57	-55	1.966	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 17–24
58	38	1.998	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Clemson 56–0
59	-38	2.018	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Lost to San Diego State 12–30
60	11	2.055	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 32–6
61	5	2.087	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	48	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 23–14
62	-58	2.087	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to NC State 7–8
63	-50	2.127	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 13–20
64	5	2.128	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat UL Monroe 27–24
65	-33	2.174	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Lost to Ohio State 9–17
66	17	2.297	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Miami 38–23
67	-40	2.336	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Missouri 20–30
68	30	2.348	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Temple 27–9
69	24	2.368	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Mississippi State 28–6
70	27	2.446	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Furman 27–21
71	45	2.447	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Florida 8–7
72	29	2.485	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Air Force 17–12
73	40	2.638	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 22–21
74	47	2.787	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat BYU 21–17
75	39	2.811	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	82	+1	Lost to App State 17–19
76	16	2.832	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–3	0.000	98	0	Lost to Tulane 3–14
77	-72	2.854	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Michigan State 13–14
78	16	2.855	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	94	0	Tied Eastern Kentucky 10–10
79	6	2.907	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–17
80	10	2.925	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Arkansas State 7–24
81	8	2.942	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to West Virginia 10–28
82	21	2.961	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	0	Beat South Dakota 48–7
83	1	3.010	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Western Michigan 38–0
84	-48	3.095	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	-2	Lost to Dayton 9–31
85	-12	3.099	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Texas A&M 8–39
86	-8	3.130	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Colgate 0–16
87	25	3.133	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to South Carolina 16–24
88	3	3.146	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Bowling Green 14–16
89	-1	3.148	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	82	+1	Lost to Kansas State 0–32
90	-10	3.157	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Arizona 0–16
91	-68	3.161	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Kansas 10–14
92	-75	3.167	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Maryland 7–34
93	-81	3.203	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Georgia 6–28
94	15	3.220	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Texas 10–28
95	15	3.238	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to USC 7–24
96	-19	3.269	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	48	0	BYE
97	-15	3.306	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	BYE
98	-54	3.327	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Lost to Florida State 8–17
99	30	3.343	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	48	-1	Beat Southern Illinois 23–21
100	-25	3.353	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Beat Louisville 31–7
101	21	3.551	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to San José State 0–5
102	21	3.633	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Beat William & Mary 20–0
103	21	3.646	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	0	Beat Toledo 14–10
104	-23	3.675	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 3–13
105	-26	3.679	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 8–37
106	-7	3.691	UTEP	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	82	0	Beat East Tennessee State 6–3
107	11	3.794	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	98	0	BYE
108	-40	3.951	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–2–1	0.167	97	-1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 24–27
109	-42	4.246	BYU	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Colorado State 17–21
110	17	4.281	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Northwestern 3–10
111	-11	4.455	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Syracuse 7–10
112	-10	4.472	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Indiana State 21–23
113	-27	4.525	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Washington State 14–30
114	-10	4.577	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Kent State 11–17
115	-101	4.758	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1–1	0.500	48	0	Lost to Northern Michigan 16–17
116	3	5.005	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	82	-3	Lost to Tulsa 14–23
117	-43	5.186	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Alabama 0–56
118	-10	5.220	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	98	-2	Lost to Boston College 9–27
119	1	5.525	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	82	-3	Lost to Villanova 10–14
120	5	5.730	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	98	-3	Lost to New Mexico State 14–17
121	-49	5.773	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	82	-1	Lost to Northridge State 7–13
122	-17	5.916	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1–1	0.250	94	-1	Tied Michigan 19–19
123	5	6.020	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	98	-2	Lost to Arizona State 10–33
124	-65	6.299	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 23–38
125	-8	6.472	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	-2	Lost to Iowa State 12–17
126	-20	6.496	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–3	0.000	98	-3	Lost to Minnesota 0–38
127	8	6.500	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	82	+2	Beat Akron 31–9
128	-17	7.759	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	98	-3	Lost to East Carolina 0–20
129	7	7.794	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Colorado 10–27
130	0	7.864	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	98	-3	Lost to Long Beach State 6–32
131	-16	8.432	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	98	-2	Lost to Morehead State 16–19
132	-6	8.525	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	94	-2	Tied Baylor 10–10
133	-2	8.942	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Virginia 21–22
134	0	9.220	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	98	-1	Lost to Richmond 21–27
135	-3	10.577	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	-2	Lost to Drake 7–31
136	-3	12.386	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Western Kentucky 14–24
137	0	12.872	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	98	0	Lost to Grambling State 6–20