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1968 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

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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
1880.587UCLAPAC1–01.00010Beat Pittsburgh 63–7
2110.660Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Wisconsin 55–7
3770.660Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–01.00010Beat San José State 68–20
4-30.669Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–0–10.750470Tied Texas 20–20
5380.706Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–01.0001+1Beat Colorado State 21–0
6360.733Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–01.00010Beat Illinois 47–7
7550.733Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–01.00010Beat Marshall 48–8
8650.752Purdue (PURDUE)B101–01.00010Beat Virginia 44–6
9930.770William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat East Carolina 14–0
10110.807BYUIND WAC1–01.0001+1Beat Western Michigan 17–7
1110.816Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–01.0001+1Beat Iowa State 21–12
12800.834UTEPIND WAC1–0–10.750470Beat New Mexico 44–15
13-40.843Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Utah 31–0
14450.853North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat New Mexico State 47–20
15540.871Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Navy 31–6
16450.880Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma 45–21
17510.889Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–01.0001+1Beat Miami (OH) 21–20
1890.907Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–01.00010Beat Oregon 28–7
19310.907Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Northwestern 28–7
20-160.912Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–01.00010Beat Villanova 45–21
21-60.917Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Citadel 34–14
22-140.935NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.00010Beat North Carolina 38–6
23-90.944Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Oklahoma State 32–15
24760.944West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Richmond 17–0
25-30.972California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Michigan 21–7
26280.972Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–01.00010Beat Memphis 21–7
27660.981Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–01.00010Beat Virginia Military Institute 25–12
2861.008Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Maryland 24–14
2971.008Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat TCU 17–7
30471.018SMUIND SWC1–01.00010Beat Auburn 37–28
31591.018USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Minnesota 29–20
32-211.036Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Virginia Tech 14–7
33-11.036Duke (DUKE)ACC1–01.00010Beat South Carolina 14–7
34651.036Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–01.00010Beat Idaho 14–7
3591.045Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–01.00010Beat Missouri 12–6
3641.063Indiana (INDIANA)B101–01.00010Beat Baylor 40–36
37151.063Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.00010Beat Syracuse 14–10
38-51.073Florida (FLORIDA)SEC1–01.00010Beat Air Force 23–20
3921.091Iowa (IOWA)B101–01.00010Beat Oregon State 21–20
4061.091LSUSEC1–01.00010Beat Texas A&M 13–12
41-351.325Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat ST. Joseph's (PENNSYLVANIA) 57–0
42711.357West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Wichita State 26–0
43621.387Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–10.50049+1Beat Utah State 48–3
44-421.612Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC1–10.50049+1Lost to Pacific 20–21
45-271.650Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.0001080BYE
46-261.650Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
47-241.650Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC0–0–10.500490Tied Texas Tech 10–10
48-231.650Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–0–10.500490Tied Wake Forest 20–20
49-211.650Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
50-211.650Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
51-211.650Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
52-171.650Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–0–10.500490BYE
53-161.650Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
54-161.650Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.0001080BYE
5581.650Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.0001080BYE
56141.650Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
57151.650Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
58161.650Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–0–10.500490Tied Washington 35–35
59251.650Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–0–10.500490BYE
60251.650Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–0–10.500490Tied Houston 20–20
61261.650Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–0–10.500490Tied Cincinnati 10–10
62261.650Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.0001080BYE
63351.650Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–0–10.500490Tied Rice 35–35
64401.650Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.0001080BYE
65-461.705Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–01.00010Beat Ball State 62–8
66-631.732Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–10.50049+1Lost to Arizona 12–21
6701.903Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–10.000700Lost to Iowa 20–21
68181.903Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–10.000700Lost to LSU 12–13
6961.925Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 37–7
70-441.943Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Boston University 28–0
71-611.983Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Florida 20–23
72-271.989Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–01.00010Beat Southern Illinois 33–10
73-562.023Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–10.000700Lost to Indiana 36–40
7472.023Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Michigan State 10–14
75312.023Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–1–10.250680Tied Clemson 20–20
7632.090Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Southeastern Louisiana 27–15
7752.099Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Santa Barbara 18–7
78-222.103Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–10.000700Lost to Kentucky 6–12
79-12.143South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000700Lost to Duke 7–14
80172.143Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Alabama 7–14
81-742.197Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–10.500490Lost to Kansas State 0–21
82-662.223Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–10.000700Lost to SMU 28–37
83-302.223Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–10.000700Lost to USC 20–29
84-362.263Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–10.000700Lost to Florida State 14–24
85-22.263TCUIND SWC0–10.000700Lost to Georgia Tech 7–17
86102.383Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–10.000700Lost to Vanderbilt 12–25
87-382.423Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC0–10.000700Lost to Ole Miss 7–21
88-372.423Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–10.000700Lost to California 7–21
89-242.543Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000700Lost to Arkansas 15–32
90202.543Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON0–20.000700Lost to West Virginia 0–17
91-672.663Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–10.000700Lost to Army 14–34
92-322.703Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–10.000700Lost to Miami 7–28
93-272.703Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–10.000700Lost to Colorado 7–28
94-302.823Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–10.000700Lost to Notre Dame 21–45
95-12.823Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Toledo 21–45
96-392.863Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Penn State 6–31
9742.903Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–10.000700Lost to West Texas A&M 0–26
98-73.103Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–10.000700Lost to Nebraska 0–31
99153.129East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–10.500490Lost to William & Mary 0–14
100-423.143North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.000700Lost to NC State 6–38
101153.188Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.500490Lost to BYU 7–17
10293.244Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI1–10.50049-1Beat Kent State 21–13
103-83.383Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.000700Lost to Purdue 6–44
104-653.463Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–10.000700Lost to Kansas 7–47
105-583.463Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–1–10.250680Lost to Ohio 8–48
106-1013.465Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50049-1Lost to Wyoming 3–48
107103.743Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–10.000700BYE
108-323.783San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to Stanford 20–68
109-63.783Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–10.000700Lost to Arizona State 7–55
110-394.103Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–10.000700Lost to UCLA 7–63
111-34.223Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–20.00070-1Lost to Buffalo 13–21
11204.433Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–10.50049-1Beat Quantico Marines 28–12
113-64.523New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–20.00070-1Lost to UTEP 15–44
114-54.643New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI0–20.00070-1Lost to North Texas 20–47
11505.966Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–10.500490Lost to San Diego State 21–40
11636.019Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–10.500490Beat Presbyterian 13–9
11716.823Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–20.000700Lost to Washington State 7–14
118-6311.663Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–10.000700Lost to Louisiana Tech 13–20
119-8811.743Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–10.000700Lost to Bucknell 13–22

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