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1963 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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1963 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
100.436Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat William & Mary 28–0
2530.482Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat North Carolina 31–0
3540.545Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–0–10.75039+1Beat Kentucky 31–7
4540.618New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 23–7
5430.673Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–01.0001+1Beat California 10–0
6580.682Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.0001+1Beat LSU 21–12
7290.686TCUIND SWC2–01.0001+2Beat Florida State 13–0
8290.800Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado State 69–0
930.841Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+1Beat Texas Tech 49–7
10-30.886Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Tulane 28–0
11-60.891Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Cincinnati 22–0
12170.991Duke (DUKE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Virginia 30–8
13101.018Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 34–21
1441.027Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat USC 17–12
15101.068Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat UCLA 17–14
16161.077Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Tennessee 23–19
17-151.184Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50042+1Lost to Wyoming 14–21
18221.245Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Houston 27–0
19241.245Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Brown 41–14
2001.264Oregon State (OREGON STATE)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Colorado 41–6
21411.273Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rutgers 24–0
22-191.282Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.00010Beat Notre Dame 14–9
23561.291Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Utah State 21–14
24151.295Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–0–10.83338+1Tied Holy Cross 6–6
25-141.300Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI1–0–10.750390BYE
26-221.304Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–10.50042+1Lost to Auburn 19–23
27-51.309Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Southern Illinois 31–6
28-11.327Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)SEC2–01.00010Beat Clemson 27–0
29-201.327NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.00010Beat Southern Miss 14–0
30301.336Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 17–0
31551.361Oregon (OREGON)IND FBSI1–10.50042+1Beat Stanford 36–7
32-181.368Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Washington 13–6
33-71.391Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–01.00010Beat George Washington 29–14
34201.391Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat SMU 27–16
35-271.445Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50042+1Lost to TCU 0–13
36-301.448UTEPIND FBSI1–10.50042+1Lost to New Mexico 7–23
3751.455Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Cornell 21–17
38341.488Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–10.50042+1Beat Syracuse 10–0
39391.552Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–10.50042+1Beat Dayton 13–6
40311.582Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.00010Beat Minnesota 14–7
41-81.586California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50042+1Lost to Illinois 0–10
42-261.619Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.50042+1Lost to Ole Miss 7–31
43471.658Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.50042+1Beat Arkansas 7–6
44511.714West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Pacific 32–8
45421.732Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Utah 10–9
46151.773Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 47–0
47441.773Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Toledo 18–14
48-141.787William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.50042+1Lost to Navy 0–28
49251.809Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–0–10.750390Tied Florida 9–9
50-41.917Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–0–10.500420Tied Massachusetts 0–0
51-41.917Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–0–10.500420Tied Buffalo 6–6
52-21.917Iowa (IOWA)B100–0–10.500420Tied Washington State 14–14
53-21.917Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–0–10.500420Tied Xavier 7–7
54392.109Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–01.00010BYE
55122.173Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 3–0
56-112.182Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Bucknell 20–18
57-362.277USCPAC1–10.500420Lost to Oklahoma 12–17
58-432.323Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–10.500420Lost to Boston College 16–22
59222.371South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500420Beat Maryland 21–13
60-302.383LSUSEC1–10.500420Lost to Rice 12–21
61162.385Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.500420Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–6
62472.438Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500420Beat Vanderbilt 20–0
63-392.460Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500420Lost to Kansas 0–10
64332.476San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500420Beat Kansas State 16–0
65492.507West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–10.500420Beat Boston University 34–0
66232.522Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–10.500420Beat Wichita State 22–16
67-482.621Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.500420Lost to Oregon 7–36
68-242.661Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–10.000900Lost to Colgate 17–21
69-342.669North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.500420Lost to Michigan State 0–31
70312.674Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC1–10.500420Beat New Mexico State 14–13
71-122.701Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–10.000900Lost to Wisconsin 9–14
72-22.701Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–20.000900Lost to Pittsburgh 6–13
73-452.741Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–10.500420Lost to Texas 7–49
74-182.780Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000900Lost to Nebraska 7–14
75212.820Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–20.000900Lost to Idaho 9–10
7672.860Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–1–10.250860Tied Mississippi State 9–9
77-642.929Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500420Lost to Air Force 0–69
78-122.939SMUIND SWC0–10.000900Lost to Michigan 16–27
79242.959UCLAPAC0–20.000900Lost to Penn State 14–17
80-313.018Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000900Lost to Northwestern 21–34
81-713.075Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–10.50042-1Lost to Missouri 6–7
8233.121Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–10.500420Lost to Army 0–22
83-83.132Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50042-1Beat Davidson 28–6
8483.174Detroit Mercy (DETROIT MERCY)IND FBSI1–10.500420Beat Northern Michigan 20–7
85-93.177Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–20.000900Lost to Baylor 0–27
86193.197Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–20.000900Lost to NC State 0–14
87133.215Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND SOCON1–10.50042-1Beat Wake Forest 27–0
88-713.284Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.50042-1Lost to San José State 0–16
89-513.326Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–10.50042-1Lost to Ohio 6–13
90-593.364Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–10.50042-1Lost to Iowa State 6–21
9183.375Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–20.000900Lost to Georgia Tech 0–27
92183.376North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–10.50042-1Beat Louisville 26–6
93-283.455Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–10.000900Lost to Princeton 0–24
94123.474Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–20.000900Lost to Alabama 0–28
95183.493Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–10.50042-1Beat BYU 33–7
96123.516Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–10.50042-1Beat Purdue 3–0
97-563.574Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–10.000900Lost to Columbia 14–41
98-103.873New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50042-1Lost to Arizona State 13–14
99-304.268Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–20.00090-1Lost to Villanova 14–18
100154.358Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–10.50042-1BYE
101-334.545Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–20.00090-1Lost to Georgia 0–20
102-224.585George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON0–20.00090-1Lost to Furman 14–29
103-214.625Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–20.00090-1Lost to Ohio State 0–17
104-314.645Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–20.00090-1Lost to Duke 8–30
10524.724Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–20.00090-1Lost to South Carolina 13–21
106104.972Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–1–10.500420Tied Kent State 7–7
107-55.002Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–20.00090-1Lost to West Texas A&M 8–32
108-145.101Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–20.00090-1Lost to Oregon State 6–41
10925.398Boston University (BOSTON UNIVERSITY)IND FBSI0–20.00090-1Lost to West Virginia 0–34
110-475.874Purdue (PURDUE)B100–10.00090-1Lost to Miami 0–3
11166.112Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–1–10.25086-1Tied Marshall 14–14
112-286.112Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–1–10.25086-1Tied Iowa 14–14
113-606.549Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–10.00090-1Lost to North Texas 6–26
114-106.588Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.00090-1BYE
115-176.608BYUIND WAC0–20.00090-2Lost to Arizona 7–33
11627.329Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–30.00090-1Lost to Citadel 6–28
117-58.393Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–20.000900Lost to Central Michigan 14–30
11819.623Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.00090-1Lost to Virginia Tech 0–27
119112.539Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–1–10.250860Tied Miami (OH) 14–14
120-6813.213Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–10.000900Lost to Delaware 0–30

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