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1968 Season

1968 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

1968 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
10-0.174Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Tulane 54–7
2-10.064Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC1–01.00010Beat Xavier 28–7
3-20.092Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Buffalo 28–10
4-30.101Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC1–01.00010Beat Richmond 31–14
5-40.110Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat New Mexico State 28–12
6-50.128Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Kent State 24–10
7-60.183Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat New Mexico 21–13
8-70.220NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 10–6
9-80.229Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat Wyoming 13–10
10-90.400Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
11-100.400Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.000290BYE
12-110.400Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC0–00.000290BYE
13-120.400Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC0–00.000290BYE
14-130.400Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
15-140.400Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
16-150.400Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000290BYE
17-160.400Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
18-170.400Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
19-180.400Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.000290BYE
20-190.400Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
21-200.400BYUIND WAC0–00.000290BYE
22-210.400California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.000290BYE
23-220.400Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
24-230.400Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.000290BYE
25-240.400Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.000290BYE
26-250.400Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
27-260.400Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–00.000290BYE
28-270.400Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
29-280.400Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
30-290.400Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
31-300.400Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–00.000290BYE
32-310.400Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.000290BYE
33-320.400Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.000290BYE
34-330.400Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
35-340.400Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–0–10.500140Tied Tennessee 17–17
36-350.400Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
37-360.400Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
38-370.400Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
39-380.400Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000290BYE
40-390.400Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000290BYE
41-400.400Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.000290BYE
42-410.400Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.000290BYE
43-420.400Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.000290BYE
44-430.400Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.000290BYE
45-440.400Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
46-450.400LSUSEC0–00.000290BYE
47-460.400Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–0–10.500140Tied Morehead State 7–7
48-470.400Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.000290BYE
49-480.400Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
50-490.400Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
51-500.400Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000290BYE
52-510.400Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.000290BYE
53-520.400Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000290BYE
54-530.400Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.000290BYE
55-540.400Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.000290BYE
56-550.400Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.000290BYE
57-560.400Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
58-570.400North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.000290BYE
59-580.400North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
60-590.400Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.000290BYE
61-600.400Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
62-610.400Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.000290BYE
63-620.400Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000290BYE
64-630.400Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.000290BYE
65-640.400Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–00.000290BYE
66-650.400Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.000290BYE
67-660.400Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.000290BYE
68-670.400Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
69-680.400Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
70-690.400Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
71-700.400Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
72-710.400Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
73-720.400Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.000290BYE
74-730.400Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
75-740.400Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
76-750.400San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
77-760.400SMUIND SWC0–00.000290BYE
78-770.400South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.000290BYE
79-780.400Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
80-790.400Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.000290BYE
81-800.400Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
82-810.400Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
83-820.400TCUIND SWC0–00.000290BYE
84-830.400Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–0–10.500140Tied Georgia 17–17
85-840.400Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
86-850.400Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
87-860.400Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–00.000290BYE
88-870.400Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
89-880.400UCLAPAC0–00.000290BYE
90-890.400USCPAC0–00.000290BYE
91-900.400Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–00.000290BYE
92-910.400UTEPIND WAC0–0–10.500140Tied Santa Barbara 14–14
93-920.400Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.000290BYE
94-930.400Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
95-940.400Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.000290BYE
96-950.400Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.000290BYE
97-960.400Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
98-970.400Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.000290BYE
99-980.400Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.000290BYE
100-990.400West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.000290BYE
101-1000.400Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–00.000290BYE
102-1010.400William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.000290BYE
103-1020.400Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000290BYE
104-1030.400Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.000290BYE
105-1040.603Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–10.000180Lost to Nebraska 10–13
106-1050.643Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000180Lost to NC State 6–10
107-1060.803New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–10.000180Lost to Colorado State 13–21
108-1071.043Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–10.000180Lost to Dayton 10–24
109-1081.123New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000180Lost to Utah State 12–28
110-1091.163Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.000180Lost to Toledo 14–31
111-1101.203Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI0–10.000180Lost to Iowa State 10–28
112-1111.323Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–10.000180Lost to Miami (OH) 7–28
113-1121.852West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lamar 45–7
114-1131.925East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Parsons 37–7
115-1142.017Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Ball State 40–20
116-1152.017Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–01.00010Beat Arkansas State 20–0
117-1162.363Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–10.000180Lost to Houston 7–54
118-11710.123Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–10.000180Lost to Montana State 14–17
119-11810.363Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–10.000180Lost to Mississippi College 12–21

1968 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

1968 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
1960.000Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
190.000Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1820.000Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1180.000Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1750.000Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1290.000Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1410.000Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
11100.000Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1770.000Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1590.000Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
11050.000Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
1640.000Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1370.000BYUIND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1620.000California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1810.000Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1720.000Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1470.000Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
11140.000Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1160.000Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1650.000Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1990.000Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
1260.000Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
1220.000Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
1840.000Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1460.000Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1790.000Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1270.000East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1510.000Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
170.000Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1870.000Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1310.000Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1760.000Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1380.000Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
1710.000Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1170.000Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11080.000Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1730.000Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00010Preseason
1190.000Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00010Preseason
11010.000Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00010Preseason
11060.000Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1540.000Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11090.000Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1610.000Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
1930.000Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1670.000Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1200.000LSUSEC0–00.00010Preseason
11160.000Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
11130.000Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1240.000Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1280.000Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1430.000Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–00.00010Preseason
1830.000Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1740.000Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1230.000Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00010Preseason
1350.000Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
11030.000Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1360.000Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1490.000Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1390.000Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11150.000New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1300.000New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11120.000North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1100.000NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1140.000North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1—0.000Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1980.000Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00010Preseason
1130.000Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1480.000Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
1570.000Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00010Preseason
110.000Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
1690.000Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–00.00010Preseason
11000.000Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1150.000Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1890.000Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1110.000Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1910.000Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
11070.000Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1320.000Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason
120.000Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00010Preseason
1850.000Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1630.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1920.000Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11020.000San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1880.000SMUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1700.000South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1450.000Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1580.000Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1210.000Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
11110.000Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1900.000TCUIND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
180.000Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1440.000Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1330.000Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
1600.000Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–00.00010Preseason
130.000Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
1950.000Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1400.000Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
150.000UCLAPAC0–00.00010Preseason
100.000USCPAC0–00.00010Preseason
1780.000Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1250.000Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1120.000UTEPIND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
11040.000Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00010Preseason
1860.000Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1680.000Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1500.000Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
1340.000Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1800.000Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–00.00010Preseason
1660.000Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1970.000Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00010Preseason
1420.000West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1520.000West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
1560.000Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00010Preseason
1940.000Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00010Preseason
1550.000William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–00.00010Preseason
11170.000Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00010Preseason
160.000Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–00.00010Preseason
1530.000Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–00.00010Preseason
140.000Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.00010Preseason

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