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1965 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

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
11080.495West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Richmond 56–0
2970.587UTEPIND FBSI1–01.00010Beat North Texas 61–15
3650.623Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat California 48–6
4760.660Purdue (PURDUE)B101–01.00010Beat Miami (OH) 38–0
5530.678Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Houston 36–0
6860.724Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 31–0
790.752Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Dayton 28–0
8830.816Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010Beat Army 21–0
9480.825Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–01.00010Beat Memphis 34–14
10510.825Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B81–01.00010Beat TCU 34–14
11770.825Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat San José State 26–6
12820.834Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Kansas 26–7
1310.843BYUIND WAC1–01.00010Beat Arizona State 24–6
141000.853Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Air Force 31–14
15-90.880Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 28–14
1620.880Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–01.00010Beat NC State 21–7
17100.880Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.00010Beat Virginia 21–7
18-170.880Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–01.00010BYE
19-90.898Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Buffalo 18–6
20190.898Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Kansas State 19–7
21910.907William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Virginia Military Institute 32–21
2270.917Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Northwestern 24–14
23250.917LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 10–0
24310.917Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.00010Beat UCLA 13–3
25610.917South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–01.00010Beat Citadel 13–3
26-220.926Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–01.0001+1Beat Utah 16–9
27770.926Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 12–3
28610.935Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Navy 14–6
29160.944Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–01.00010Beat Missouri 7–0
30240.944Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–01.00010Beat North Carolina 31–24
31760.944Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Iowa 7–0
32760.944West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Ohio 7–0
33820.944Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Kent State 21–14
34-250.953Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Auburn 14–8
35710.963Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Idaho 14–9
36490.972SMUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Miami 7–3
37730.972Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–01.00010Beat Louisville 17–13
38350.990Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–01.00010Beat Pittsburgh 17–15
39350.990Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Illinois 12–10
40550.990Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC1–01.00010Beat Villanova 9–7
41-80.999Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Alabama 18–17
42-301.567Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
43-231.567Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–0–10.500540Tied Wisconsin 0–0
44-221.567Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
45-221.567Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
46-221.567Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
47-191.567East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.0001010BYE
48-181.567Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.0001010BYE
49-151.567Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–0–10.500540Tied Vanderbilt 10–10
50-151.567Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
51-151.567Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.0001010BYE
52-61.567Lehigh (LEHIGH)IND FBSI0–00.0001010BYE
53-31.567Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.0001010BYE
5421.567Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–0–10.500540Tied USC 20–20
5571.567New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–00.0001010BYE
56141.567Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.0001010BYE
57141.567Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.0001010BYE
58181.567Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.0001010BYE
59181.567Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
60191.567Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
61221.567Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.0001010BYE
62361.567USCPAC0–0–10.500540Tied Minnesota 20–20
63371.567Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–0–10.500540Tied Georgia Tech 10–10
64471.567Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–00.0001010BYE
65481.567Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–0–10.500540Tied Colorado 0–0
66501.567Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.0001010BYE
67-641.753Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–10.000610Lost to Georgia 17–18
68-471.760Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Hawai'i 54–6
69-311.793Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.000610Lost to Oregon State 10–12
7081.793Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Oregon 15–17
71301.793Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Toledo 7–9
72-531.833Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 40–0
73-421.861Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Frederick 51–14
74-271.873Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC0–10.000610Lost to Western Michigan 13–17
75-231.873Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to SMU 3–7
76-511.879Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Presbyterian 35–0
77-401.913Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Washington 9–14
78-701.953Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–10.000610Lost to Baylor 8–14
79-391.993Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.000610Lost to Washington State 0–7
80-361.993Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–10.000610Lost to Xavier 14–21
81-221.993Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000610Lost to Kentucky 0–7
82-181.993North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000610Lost to Michigan 24–31
83-141.993Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–10.000610Lost to West Texas A&M 0–7
84-732.007Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–01.00010Beat LOS Angeles State 21–0
85-442.007Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–01.00010Beat Drake 21–0
86322.026Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010BYE
87-272.033Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Syracuse 6–14
88-252.044New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Texas Arlington 27–10
89-22.063Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Southeastern Louisiana 15–0
90-92.072Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Louisiana Tech 14–0
91142.073Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–10.000610Lost to Virginia Tech 3–12
92-432.108Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–01.00010Beat Morehead State 22–12
93-762.113Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–10.000610Lost to South Carolina 3–13
94-272.113Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–10.000610Lost to Florida 14–24
95-22.113Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000610Lost to LSU 0–10
9612.113UCLAPAC0–10.000610Lost to Michigan State 3–13
97-652.127George Washington (GEORGE WASHINGTON)IND SOCON1–01.00010Beat Temple 21–13
9852.153Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–10.000610Lost to William & Mary 21–32
99-862.193Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Boston College 6–18
100-572.193Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–10.000610Lost to Indiana 7–19
101-362.273NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–10.000610Lost to Clemson 7–21
102-302.273Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000610Lost to Arkansas 14–28
103-12.273Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000610Lost to Duke 7–21
104-1022.393Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Wyoming 14–31
105-1002.433Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC0–10.000610Lost to BYU 6–24
106-642.473Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–10.000610Lost to Texas Tech 7–26
107-562.513Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Ole Miss 14–34
108-242.513San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Stanford 6–26
109-192.513TCUIND SWC0–10.000610Lost to Nebraska 14–34
110-1032.553Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Tennessee 0–21
11162.713Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI0–20.000610Lost to Mississippi State 0–36
112-862.833Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to Cincinnati 0–28
113-172.953Tulane (TULANE)SEC0–10.000610Lost to Texas 0–31
114-613.233Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–10.000610Lost to Purdue 0–38
11543.287Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.500540Lost to Arizona 9–16
116-1013.393California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–10.000610Lost to Notre Dame 6–48
117-513.553North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–10.000610Lost to UTEP 15–61
118-363.953Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–10.000610Lost to West Virginia 0–56
119-4412.833Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI0–10.000610Lost to San Diego State 6–46

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