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1965 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1965 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
100.876Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B109–01.0001+38Beat Indiana 27–13
201.030Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY8–01.0001+25Beat Yale 31–6
381.093UCLAPAC6–1–10.81311+27Beat Stanford 30–13
401.109Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B89–01.0001+28Beat Oklahoma State 21–17
511.111Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–10.8758+27Beat North Carolina 17–0
6-11.112Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC9–01.0001+31Beat SMU 24–3
711.283Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY8–01.0001+18Beat Cornell 20–0
8-11.391USCPAC6–1–10.81311+21Beat Pittsburgh 28–0
911.456Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC7–1–10.83310+23Beat South Carolina 35–14
10-71.491Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–1–20.71426+14Lost to Ole Miss 13–14
1141.598Purdue (PURDUE)B106–2–10.72222+20Beat Minnesota 35–0
1201.599Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC8–10.8896+22Beat Baylor 34–22
1311.713Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B86–2–10.72222+15Beat Oklahoma 30–0
1441.729Florida (FLORIDA)SEC6–20.75018+19Beat Tulane 51–13
1561.824Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–20.75018+16BYE
1631.861Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–2–10.72222+17Beat Virginia 42–19
1791.916East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON7–10.8758+8Beat George Washington 21–20
1861.938Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI8–10.8896+21Beat Toledo 14–7
19-101.948Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–30.66727+16Lost to Houston 21–38
2032.021Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC6–30.66727+15Beat Dayton 28–0
2112.054Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC7–20.77813+13Beat Ohio 17–7
22-92.085Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI7–20.77813+12Lost to Wichita State 19–21
2382.134LSUSEC6–30.66727+16Beat Mississippi State 37–20
2412.137Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI5–30.62535+12Beat North Texas 28–0
2532.215Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–20.75018+13Beat Iowa 38–0
2682.231Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–3–10.61140+12Beat Georgia 21–19
2702.277Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC6–2–10.72222+9Beat Montana 17–14
28-122.306Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC6–20.75018+10Lost to Army 0–13
2982.317New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI7–20.77813+7Beat New Mexico 20–6
30-132.358Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC7–20.77813+10Lost to Arizona State 6–7
31132.381Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–30.66727+10Beat West Virginia 41–19
3232.395Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI7–20.77813+4Beat Louisiana Tech 31–7
33232.399Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–40.55646+8Beat Tennessee 14–13
34192.425Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50061+10Beat Navy 14–6
35-32.566Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–3–10.61140+11Lost to UCLA 13–30
3652.576Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–40.55646+7Beat Wisconsin 51–0
37-172.601Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–40.55646+10Lost to Auburn 19–21
38102.608Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–2–20.62535+4Beat Brown 17–8
3942.640Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–2–20.66727+4Beat Kansas 21–14
40-42.641SMUIND SWC4–3–10.56344+9Lost to Arkansas 3–24
4112.659Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC6–30.66727+5Beat Drake 32–17
42102.723UTEPIND FBSI5–30.62535+8Beat Utah 20–19
43-142.756West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI6–30.66727+10Lost to Lamar 14–21
44-142.769William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–40.55646+7Lost to Boston College 17–30
45132.840TCUIND SWC4–40.50061+10Beat Texas 25–10
4642.944George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON5–40.55646+2Lost to East Carolina 20–21
47162.977California (CALIFORNIA)PAC5–40.55646+9Beat Oregon 24–0
48-12.988Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI6–30.66727+2Beat Villanova 21–19
49253.044Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–30.625350Beat William & Mary 30–17
50-123.118Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–40.50061+4Lost to NC State 0–3
51-183.122Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC5–40.55646+5Lost to TCU 10–25
52213.148Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC4–40.50061+3Beat Washington State 7–6
53-133.165Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–40.55646+4Lost to Maryland 0–6
54-153.180Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–4–10.50061+4Lost to Penn State 6–14
5563.204NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC5–40.55646+2Beat Florida State 3–0
56-73.279Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–4–10.50061+3Lost to Purdue 0–35
5773.344Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–3–10.61140-3Beat Kansas State 38–6
5873.371Duke (DUKE)ACC5–40.55646-1Beat Wake Forest 40–7
59-23.394Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–50.444730Lost to LSU 20–37
6093.399Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–50.44473+4Beat Oregon State 28–21
61-103.412Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–3–10.61140-2Lost to Buffalo 0–28
62193.419Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–50.44473+4Beat Wyoming 13–0
63-83.421West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON5–40.55646-2Lost to Syracuse 19–41
64143.458Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC4–4–10.50061-1Beat Marshall 33–13
6553.540Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON5–30.62535-8Beat Lafayette 14–10
66-203.563BYUIND WAC4–40.50061-1Lost to Colorado State 22–36
67-13.583San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI5–40.55646-4Beat Montana State 25–7
68-233.587Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–50.44473+1Lost to Northwestern 22–34
69103.607Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–40.50061-3Beat Vanderbilt 28–14
7073.615Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–3–10.56344-2Beat Columbia 31–21
7143.628Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC5–40.55646-6Beat South Dakota 41–0
72-183.685Oregon (OREGON)PAC4–4–10.50061-1Lost to California 0–24
73-143.758Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–3–20.50061-2Lost to Dartmouth 0–20
74173.899Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–50.44473-2Beat Kentucky 38–21
75-83.918South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–50.44473-2Lost to Alabama 14–35
76-163.919North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–50.44473-3Lost to Notre Dame 0–17
7763.944Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–5–10.38986-2Beat Arizona 34–7
7883.951Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC4–40.50061-5Beat Clemson 6–0
79-84.037Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC4–50.44473-8Lost to Xavier 7–14
80-184.091Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC4–50.44473-3Lost to Washington 21–28
81-54.109Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC3–50.37587-1Lost to Texas Tech 22–34
82164.138Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI4–3–20.55646-4Beat Colgate 28–0
8344.174Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–40.556460Beat Richmond 14–0
8464.185Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44473-10Beat BYU 36–22
8544.203Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–50.44473-2Beat Michigan 34–22
86-184.299Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC4–50.44473-10Lost to Kent State 13–33
87-154.530Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI4–50.44473-4Lost to Weber State 7–14; Beat IDAHO STATE 15–7
8854.564Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–60.33392-4Beat Rice 14–13
89-74.732Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–60.33392-10Lost to Georgia Tech 19–42
90-64.742Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–50.37587-1Lost to Princeton 6–31
9164.950Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–70.125110-9Lost to Nebraska 17–21
92-74.979Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–50.37587-12Lost to Missouri 0–30
93-134.995Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC3–50.37587-9Lost to Air Force 7–34
9405.126North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC3–60.33392-4Lost to Memphis 0–28
95-75.345Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–60.25099-12Lost to Texas A&M 13–14
9675.399Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–60.33392-18Beat Citadel 21–7
97-25.432Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–6–10.27897-9Lost to Illinois 0–51
98-65.540Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–60.33392-17Lost to UTEP 19–20
9935.567New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–60.25099-14Lost to New Mexico State 6–20
100-15.612Tulane (TULANE)SEC2–70.222103-14Lost to Florida 13–51
101-55.615Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–6–10.27897-15Lost to Miami 14–28
102-15.649Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–70.222103-14Lost to USC 0–28
103-35.699Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–60.25099-2Lost to Pennsylvania 21–31
10415.983Indiana (INDIANA)B102–70.222103-20Lost to Michigan State 13–27
10596.017Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–60.25099-12Beat Utah State 21–19
10606.099Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–70.222103-19Lost to Colorado 14–21
107-36.420Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–70.222103-22Lost to Duke 7–40
10806.468Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–70.125110-8Lost to Harvard 8–17
109-26.508Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–6–10.188108-9Lost to Rutgers 0–14
11026.605Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–50.37587-10Beat Holy Cross 14–0
11106.946Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–7–10.167109-17Lost to Miami (OH) 0–28
112-36.946Iowa (IOWA)B101–80.111114-24Lost to Ohio State 0–38
11327.534Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–90.000116-31Lost to Bowling Green 7–17
114-17.667Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–70.125110-14Lost to Virginia Tech 19–21
115-57.993Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–80.111114-27Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–21
11608.246Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–90.000116-34Lost to Furman 0–14
11708.774Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–90.000116-34Lost to Iowa State 6–38
11809.207Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–70.125110-14Lost to Fresno State 0–20
119010.528Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–80.000116-18Lost to Bucknell 0–41

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