1975 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 21, 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	0.630	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0–2	0.833	14	+13	Beat Northwestern 69–0
2	0	0.731	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Wisconsin 56–0
3	0	0.747	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Kansas State 25–3
4	1	0.989	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	14	+15	Beat Arkansas 24–18
5	5	1.046	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–2	0.667	34	+17	Beat Minnesota 38–15
6	6	1.112	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Oklahoma State 28–20
7	9	1.204	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Cincinnati 14–9
8	-1	1.226	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Texas Tech 32–28
9	-3	1.253	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat TCU 14–6
10	4	1.275	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	7–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat New Mexico State 48–3
11	-3	1.293	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Northwestern State 41–14
12	8	1.318	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Kent State 35–9
13	9	1.321	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	6–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Colorado State 33–3
14	7	1.331	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–0–1	0.875	12	+4	Tied Dartmouth 10–10
15	-11	1.358	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+13	Lost to Colorado 20–31
16	11	1.375	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	14	+12	Beat Missouri 31–20
17	-6	1.389	UCLA	PAC	4–1–1	0.750	27	+11	Beat Washington State 37–23
18	0	1.415	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	14	+10	Beat Florida State 34–8
19	-6	1.460	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	14	+9	Beat Tennessee 30–7
20	4	1.462	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+10	Beat Army 52–20
21	4	1.516	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	13	+12	Beat Syracuse 19–7
22	-7	1.529	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–1–1	0.786	26	+11	Beat Wake Forest 27–0
23	0	1.540	USC	PAC	6–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Oregon 17–3
24	7	1.602	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–1	0.833	14	+10	Beat Ohio 17–9
25	1	1.616	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+9	Beat Ole Miss 35–29
26	20	1.716	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	25	+7	Beat Princeton 22–21
27	12	1.735	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	5–1	0.833	14	+8	Beat Pacific 41–13
28	13	1.743	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–2	0.714	31	+12	Beat Central Michigan 16–13
29	-1	1.793	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+7	Beat Air Force 31–30
30	-13	1.802	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+8	Lost to Tulane 14–16
31	16	1.857	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	34	+7	Beat Vanderbilt 47–3
32	-23	1.871	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+9	Lost to Nebraska 20–28
33	3	1.953	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	27	+4	Beat Columbia 34–7
34	-4	1.960	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–2	0.667	34	+9	Beat Lamar 21–12
35	-3	2.101	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	54	+7	Lost to Alabama 7–30
36	19	2.117	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	34	+8	Beat North Texas 15–12
37	12	2.147	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–2	0.714	31	+6	Beat Fresno State 47–17
38	-19	2.153	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Lost to Colgate 21–22
39	1	2.195	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	34	+6	Beat Wichita State 41–10
40	-11	2.208	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	34	+2	Lost to Texas 18–24
41	-4	2.222	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Beat Oregon State 51–24
42	9	2.368	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	14	+2	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 52–28
43	13	2.430	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+3	Beat Iowa State 21–10
44	14	2.461	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Beat West Virginia 16–14
45	3	2.529	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+4	Lost to Penn State 7–19
46	-2	2.543	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Lost to Arizona State 3–33
47	-13	2.565	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–2–1	0.583	57	+4	Lost to Miami (OH) 9–17
48	21	2.587	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+3	Beat Navy 17–3
49	-14	2.601	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+2	Lost to Kansas 10–21
50	-7	2.610	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	61	+5	Lost to Oklahoma 3–25
51	9	2.718	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–3	0.571	58	+5	Beat North Carolina 21–20
52	-19	2.736	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+1	Lost to Auburn 27–31
53	0	2.793	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–3	0.500	61	+4	Lost to Georgia 3–47
54	-4	2.823	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–3	0.500	61	+5	Lost to Michigan 0–69
55	10	2.854	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	3–3	0.500	61	+3	Beat UL Monroe 15–14
56	21	2.992	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	61	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 24–19
57	13	3.007	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	0	Beat Virginia 24–17
58	6	3.010	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–3	0.500	61	+2	Beat Clemson 25–21
59	-7	3.018	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–2–1	0.643	52	+3	Lost to Ball State 13–16
60	16	3.020	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	0	Beat Dayton 56–14
61	-19	3.033	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	-3	Lost to Boston College 3–17
62	-8	3.062	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–3	0.500	61	+2	Lost to Bowling Green 9–35
63	12	3.193	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–3–1	0.417	84	+1	Beat Washington 24–21
64	15	3.204	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	34	-4	Beat Davidson 44–0
65	-27	3.225	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	+5	Lost to Northern Michigan 7–20
66	0	3.277	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	0	Lost to Arkansas State 9–14
67	11	3.305	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	58	-3	Beat Western Carolina 42–14
68	-5	3.353	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–3–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to San José State 13–41
69	18	3.360	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat Cornell 34–13
70	-25	3.406	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–3	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Purdue 24–26
71	-9	3.410	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	58	0	Lost to San Diego State 3–48
72	-5	3.474	BYU	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	87	0	BYE
73	21	3.529	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Beat Texas Arlington 34–7
74	9	3.552	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	3–3	0.500	61	-4	Beat Southern Illinois 52–12
75	-3	3.609	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	90	0	Lost to Arizona 28–32
76	9	3.647	Akron (AKRON)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	-3	Beat Temple 24–23
77	-6	3.735	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	90	-1	Lost to UCLA 23–37
78	13	3.750	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Beat Marshall 21–14
79	3	3.751	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–5	0.286	102	+1	Lost to South Carolina 29–35
80	15	3.820	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	82	-2	Beat Louisville 41–7
81	9	3.828	LSU	SEC	2–4	0.333	90	0	Beat Kentucky 17–14
82	-25	3.852	SMU	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	61	-4	Lost to Rice 17–28
83	9	3.861	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	61	-3	Beat Weber State 30–7
84	-23	3.864	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3	0.500	61	-6	Lost to Michigan State 15–38
85	1	3.908	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–1–1	0.625	53	+1	Tied Brown 10–10
86	10	3.950	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	0	Beat William & Mary 24–0
87	-28	4.001	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	90	-1	Lost to Stanford 21–24
88	-14	4.048	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	82	-4	Lost to Mississippi State 12–15
89	22	4.083	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–3–1	0.417	84	-3	Beat Georgia Tech 31–27
90	-9	4.156	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–2–2	0.400	87	-1	BYE
91	-23	4.162	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	61	-8	Lost to Mcneese State 14–15
92	-19	4.163	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–4	0.333	90	-4	Lost to NC State 20–21
93	-5	4.198	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	111	-2	Beat Houston 24–20
94	-10	4.249	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–4	0.333	90	-3	Lost to Ohio State 0–56
95	19	4.345	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	87	-5	Beat SMU 28–17
96	5	4.346	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	61	-2	Beat Holy Cross 21–14
97	5	4.781	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	90	-6	Beat Utah 27–23
98	-5	4.898	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–4	0.333	90	-8	Lost to Southern Miss 7–34
99	-10	4.948	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	107	-3	Lost to Harvard 13–34
100	12	4.948	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–5	0.167	113	-6	Beat Illinois 26–24
101	7	4.977	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–5	0.167	113	-5	Beat Indiana 20–10
102	-4	4.988	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	113	-6	Lost to Akron 23–24
103	-23	5.041	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4	0.333	90	-7	Lost to Iowa 10–20
104	-5	5.105	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–4–1	0.250	107	-6	Lost to LSU 14–17
105	-8	5.223	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–5	0.286	102	-8	Lost to Tulsa 10–41
106	-6	5.277	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	113	-8	Lost to Florida 8–34
107	9	5.436	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–5	0.286	102	-12	Beat Western Michigan 25–7
108	2	5.485	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	90	-10	Lost to Pittsburgh 20–52
109	-4	5.492	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	102	+4	Lost to Indiana State 14–56
110	-4	5.612	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–5	0.167	113	-9	Lost to Duke 21–25
111	-4	5.659	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–5	0.167	113	-9	Lost to Maryland 0–27
112	-8	5.722	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	90	-7	Lost to Richmond 19–24
113	12	5.746	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	90	-13	Beat Drake 24–6
114	-5	5.855	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–5	0.167	113	-10	Lost to Virginia Tech 17–24
115	15	6.132	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	107	-1	Beat Lafayette 13–0
116	-3	6.139	TCU	IND SWC	0–6	0.000	130	-9	Lost to Texas A&M 6–14
117	0	6.290	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–6	0.000	130	-10	Lost to USC 3–17
118	13	6.387	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	84	-8	Beat East Tennessee State 21–13
119	-16	6.445	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	113	-11	Lost to Wyoming 14–31
120	7	6.515	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	113	-7	Beat UTEP 31–14
121	-6	6.596	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–5–1	0.083	128	-10	Lost to Notre Dame 30–31
122	1	6.662	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	102	-5	Lost to Long Beach State 17–47
123	-5	6.713	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–6	0.000	130	-6	Lost to California 24–51
124	0	6.870	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	113	-9	Lost to Villanova 14–21
125	1	7.180	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	130	-10	Lost to Furman 14–21
126	3	7.306	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–5–1	0.083	128	-12	Lost to Northern Illinois 12–52
127	-7	7.308	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	113	-16	Lost to New Mexico 23–27
128	-9	7.527	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–7	0.000	130	-18	Lost to Toledo 7–25
129	6	7.545	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	113	-10	Beat California Riverside 32–31
130	-9	7.608	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	111	-14	Lost to Miami 20–24
131	1	7.638	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–4	0.000	130	-3	Lost to Yale 7–34
132	-4	7.670	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–6	0.000	130	-14	Lost to Rutgers 0–24
133	-11	7.682	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	113	-13	Lost to West Texas A&M 6–24
134	-1	7.809	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–6	0.000	130	-16	Lost to Louisiana 12–21
135	2	8.377	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	107	-2	Beat Portland State 24–7
136	-2	8.383	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	113	-15	Lost to Memphis 7–41
137	-1	11.420	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–4–1	0.100	127	-7	BYE