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1960 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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1960 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
160.579Iowa (IOWA)B102–01.0001+3Beat Northwestern 42–0
2480.675Purdue (PURDUE)B101–0–10.75030+1Beat Notre Dame 51–19
3300.759Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND SKY3–01.0001+5Beat Denver 31–8
400.833Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–01.0001+5Beat Georgia Tech 18–17
5110.839Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat LSU 7–3
690.873Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Kansas 14–7
7410.917Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–0–10.75030+1Beat Michigan 24–17
8270.917Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–0–10.75030+1Tied Mississippi State 0–0
9180.984Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Marquette 35–6
10-71.032Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–0–10.83329+2Beat Vanderbilt 21–0
11-31.055Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Memphis 31–20
1271.222Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Washington 15–14
13-81.283San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1BYE
14271.299Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–01.0001+2Beat Nebraska 10–7
15-91.312Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 42–0
1681.312Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Penn State 21–8
1711.335Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat TCU 7–0
1821.346Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Stanford 32–9
19-21.348Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND BOR3–01.0001+2Beat Washington State 24–21
20-71.361Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 20–7
21211.406Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–01.0001+2Beat Richmond 21–6
2211.443Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia Tech 13–7
23-211.498Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–10.50051+2Lost to Michigan State 17–24
24131.505Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat UConn 19–6
25-111.508NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–01.0001+1Beat Virginia 26–7
26311.515Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–01.0001+1Beat Pennsylvania 15–0
27411.517Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–10.50051+1Beat Columbia 49–0
2831.525Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat West Virginia 33–0
29-81.525Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.00010Beat USC 20–0
3091.537Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–01.0001+1Beat North Texas 21–0
31161.573Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Carolina 29–12
32121.595New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BOR3–01.0001+1BYE
33101.673Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–01.00010Beat California 28–10
3461.727UCLAPAC1–0–10.750300BYE
35-261.799Denver (DENVER)IND SKY2–10.66735+3Lost to Utah State 8–31
36-351.882Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.66735+2Lost to Syracuse 7–14
37-271.907Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–10.66735+1Lost to Navy 14–15
38171.911Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Brown 9–0
39-71.940LSUSEC1–10.50051+1Lost to Baylor 3–7
40-42.027Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–10.66735+1Lost to Florida 17–18
41132.123Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–0–10.750300BYE
42172.250William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–10.66735+1Beat George Washington 19–9
43192.278Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66735+1Beat Houston 29–20
44-162.314Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–10.50051+1Lost to Iowa 0–42
4582.329Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–20.33373+2Lost to Iowa State 7–10
46102.354Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–10.667350Beat Wake Forest 14–6
47-182.356Marquette (MARQUETTE)IND FBSI2–10.66735+1Lost to Wisconsin 6–35
48192.389Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–10.667350Beat South Carolina 38–6
49-372.400Wyoming (WYOMING)IND SKY2–10.66735+2Lost to Arizona 19–21
50-242.405Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50051+1Lost to Missouri 8–21
51102.496Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI2–10.66735+1Beat Utah 20–17
52252.514Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–10.667350Beat Texas Tech 17–0
53372.523Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–10.50051+1Beat Xavier 26–6
54212.545Arizona (ARIZONA)IND BOR1–10.50051+1Beat Wyoming 21–19
55242.557UTEPIND BOR1–1–10.50051+1Beat New Mexico 23–17
56362.559Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–10.50051+1Beat Kansas State 27–7
57-122.601Utah (UTAH)IND SKY2–10.667350Lost to Oregon 17–20
58-122.782Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI2–10.667350Lost to Ole Miss 20–31
5972.798Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.500510Beat Tulane 10–7
60102.887Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.500510Beat Kentucky 10–7
61-92.999Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–10.667350Beat Montana State 14–3
62-323.064Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–10.500510Lost to Purdue 19–51
63-53.131George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–20.33373+1Lost to William & Mary 9–19
6403.245Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–20.333730Lost to Clemson 7–13
65-143.308Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–10.500510Lost to Dartmouth 0–15
66-13.330North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.000930Lost to Miami 12–29
67343.408Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–10.66735-1Beat Davidson 21–15
68283.475Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND SKY1–20.33373+1Beat BYU 8–7
69123.498Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–20.000930BYE
70253.535Montana (MONTANA)IND SKY2–20.50051-1Beat Idaho 18–14
71113.540Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–20.000930BYE
72-503.583Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–1–10.50051-1Lost to Texas 0–17
73203.644Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–20.333730Beat Hardin Simmons 21–7
74-253.793North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–1–10.250900Lost to Cincinnati 0–21
75123.835SMUIND SWC0–20.000930BYE
76-133.877Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33373-1Lost to Arizona State 21–24
77-394.013Tulane (TULANE)SEC1–1–10.50051-1Lost to Rice 7–10
78-24.025Indiana (INDIANA)B100–20.000930Lost to Minnesota 0–42
79-104.033TCUIND SWC1–20.33373-1Lost to Arkansas 0–7
80184.090Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–20.33373-1Lost to Duke 7–20
81-704.200Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–10.50051-1Lost to Princeton 0–49
8214.200Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.50051-1Beat Pittsburgh 15–14
83-34.298Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–20.33373-1Lost to Oregon State 20–29
84-104.497Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–1–10.50051-1Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 14–0
8564.563Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI1–20.33373-1Beat Holy Cross 20–14
86-614.651Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–10.50051+1Lost to Lehigh 22–39
87-24.692Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–10.50051-1Beat Bucknell 15–7
88-164.762New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND SKY1–20.33373-2Lost to UTEP 17–23
89-34.951Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.00093-1Lost to Florida State 6–14
90-14.964BYUIND SKY1–20.33373-2Lost to Colorado State 7–8
91175.014Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–20.00093-1Lost to Alabama 0–21
92-325.056Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–2–10.16792-1Lost to Oklahoma 14–15
93175.161Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–20.00093-1Lost to NC State 7–26
94185.246Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–20.00093-1Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–21
9575.405Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–20.33373-2Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–26
9675.505Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–30.00093-2Lost to Air Force 9–32
9725.530Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–20.33373-2Beat Hawai'i 28–20
98155.583Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–20.333730Beat Villanova 14–0
99-655.615Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–10.500510Lost to Massachusetts 12–27
100-225.660Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–30.00093-2Lost to Auburn 7–10
101-75.667South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.00093-1Lost to Georgia 6–38
102-55.710Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–20.33373-2Lost to Colorado 7–27
103-35.982Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–20.00093-1Lost to Yale 0–9
104-316.221California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–30.00093-2Lost to Army 10–28
10526.375USCPAC0–30.00093-3Lost to Ohio State 0–20
106-16.505Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33373-1Lost to Citadel 15–21
107-196.698Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–30.00093-3Lost to Dayton 0–14
108-47.063Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–30.00093-4Lost to Montana 14–18
10907.947West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON0–30.00093-4Lost to Illinois 0–33
110-268.116West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND BOR0–30.00093-1Lost to Southern Miss 18–28
111-408.319Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–20.00093-3Lost to Boston University 14–20
112-18.691Hardin Simmons (HARDIN-SIMMONS)IND BOR0–30.00093-2Lost to Tulsa 7–21
113-79.140Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–1–10.25090-2Tied Tennessee 0–0

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