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1968 Week 6 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
170.637Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.0001+2Beat Notre Dame 37–22
2530.688Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat SMU 35–14
3470.724Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–01.0001+1Beat Colgate 17–0
4210.770California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado 10–0
5270.834Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Southern Miss 17–14
6320.839Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Florida State 9–3
7-60.972UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Washington State 31–21
8-50.981Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Oregon 28–12
9-70.999Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 31–19
10-41.008Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Indiana 38–20
1141.086Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Kansas State 25–9
12-11.127Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–01.0001+2Beat New Mexico 19–8
13131.137Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Kentucky 30–14
1461.149Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC3–01.0001+2Beat Marshall 35–12
1541.164Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Georgia Tech 10–7
16211.173Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Baylor 28–10
17101.196Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Army 17–13
18221.205LSUSEC2–01.0001+1Beat Rice 21–7
19461.210Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–01.0001+2Beat Dayton 20–14
20-161.238Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–0–10.750360BYE
21-71.338North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–01.0001+2Beat Colorado State 17–12
22201.338West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–01.0001+1Beat Pacific 23–7
23221.357Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Navy 49–15
24-171.375Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–01.00010Beat Kent State 31–7
25-21.393Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–01.00010Beat Tulsa 56–13
26-21.393West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Pittsburgh 38–15
27391.440Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–10.66742+3Beat BYU 28–20
28191.458Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC1–0–10.75036+1Beat Xavier 17–14
29-161.494Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–01.0001+1Beat Minnesota 17–14
30221.503Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–0–10.750360Beat Clemson 31–13
3101.549USCPAC2–01.00010Beat Northwestern 24–7
32291.586Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC1–0–10.750360Beat Texas 31–22
33201.604Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Holy Cross 27–20
34251.604Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–0–10.750360Beat Memphis 24–17
35-141.619Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Lost to Vanderbilt 13–17
36271.632Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–0–10.750360Beat Wisconsin 21–17
37-211.701Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Lost to Purdue 22–37
38-91.711Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Lost to Miami 7–10
39491.721Michigan (MICHIGAN)B101–10.50048+1Beat Duke 31–10
40401.735Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Beat William & Mary 12–0
41281.769Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Princeton 20–14
42-251.826Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI1–10.50048+2Lost to West Texas A&M 7–23
43-81.898Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.50048+1Lost to Ole Miss 14–30
44-141.923SMUIND SWC1–10.50048+1Lost to Ohio State 14–35
45271.989Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–01.00010BYE
4652.007Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat NEW Hampshire 21–0
4792.044Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Bucknell 27–10
48162.044Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 31–14
49282.081Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat Akron 24–9
50-42.191Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rhode Island 10–9
51172.348Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–10.500480Beat Tulane 35–3
52192.422Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–10.50048+1Beat Wyoming 10–3
53-482.424Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–10.50048+1Lost to Penn State 9–25
54-132.493Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–10.667420Lost to Bowling Green 14–20
55-212.501Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.50048+1Lost to UCLA 21–31
56-442.503UTEPIND WAC1–1–10.500480Lost to Arizona State 19–31
57172.526Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–10.500480Beat Maryland 32–14
58-402.563Colorado (COLORADO)IND B81–10.500480Lost to California 0–10
59-152.607Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–10.66742+1Beat Western Michigan 28–0
60432.610Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–10.500480Beat Virginia Military Institute 47–0
61-332.631Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500480Lost to Florida 3–9
62-262.828Indiana (INDIANA)B101–10.500480Lost to Kansas 20–38
63222.837TCUIND SWC1–10.500480Beat Iowa 28–17
64302.839Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B81–10.50048+1Beat NC State 28–14
65-222.942Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–20.33381+1Lost to Air Force 3–10
66-272.951Iowa (IOWA)B101–10.500480Lost to TCU 17–28
67-452.972NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–10.66742-1Lost to Oklahoma 14–28
68-353.002Duke (DUKE)ACC1–10.500480Lost to Michigan 10–31
69143.033Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–20.000960Lost to Nebraska 14–17
70-133.033Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–10.000960Lost to Rutgers 14–20
71-173.073Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–10.000960Lost to Harvard 20–27
72-123.153Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC0–1–10.250910Lost to Texas Tech 22–31
73-33.167Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–10.500480Lost to Cornell 0–17
7423.175Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–10.500480Lost to Alabama 14–17
75123.213Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC0–20.000960Lost to Tennessee 17–24
76263.267Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–10.66742-1Beat Massachusetts 23–0
7713.338Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–10.50048-1Beat Illinois 44–0
78283.340Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66742-1Beat Wichita State 38–0
79-213.353Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–1–10.250910Lost to LSU 7–21
80-703.370BYUIND WAC1–10.500480Lost to Iowa State 20–28
81143.370Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–10.500480Beat Delaware 16–0
8283.423Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.333810Beat Davidson 24–14
8363.473Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–10.000960BYE
84-753.509William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–10.500480Lost to Virginia Tech 0–12
85-373.513Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–1–10.250910Lost to Georgia 13–31
8663.553Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–20.000960Lost to USC 7–24
87-53.558Auburn (AUBURN)SEC1–10.50048-1Beat Mississippi State 26–0
88-213.705Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.50048-1Beat Utah 24–21
89-103.752South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–10.50048-1Beat North Carolina 32–27
90183.764San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI1–10.500480Beat Fresno State 25–21
91183.833Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–20.000960Lost to Washington 17–21
9243.973Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–20.000960Lost to Boston College 15–49
93124.053Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–2–10.167950Lost to Toledo 12–35
94-134.236Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–20.33381-1Lost to North Texas 12–17
95154.373Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–20.000960Lost to West Virginia 15–38
96-54.383Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–10.50048-1Beat Lehigh 28–12
97-354.513Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–10.000960Lost to Arkansas 13–56
98144.531Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–20.33381-1Lost to Cincinnati 14–17
99154.834New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33381-1Beat Texas Arlington 21–20
100-275.113Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–20.00096-1Lost to Michigan State 10–28
101-35.353Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–20.00096-1Lost to Oregon State 21–24
102-95.413Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–20.00096-1Lost to Stanford 12–28
103-25.497Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–20.33381-2Lost to Miami (OH) 0–28
10475.593Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–30.00096-2Lost to Ohio 7–31
105-85.713Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–20.00096-1Lost to Utah State 0–38
106-205.873Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–20.00096-1Lost to Virginia 0–47
107-326.233Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–1–10.25091-1BYE
108-16.253Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–20.00096-1Lost to Texas A&M 3–35
109-56.353Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–20.00096-1Lost to Missouri 0–44
11076.682Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–20.33381-1Beat Idaho State 35–15
11126.820New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–30.00096-3Lost to Arizona 8–19
112-136.894East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–20.33381-1Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–35
113-137.053North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.00096-2Lost to South Carolina 27–32
114-307.113Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–20.00096-2Lost to Syracuse 14–32
11518.198Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.333810Lost to Wofford 7–13
116-18.265Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–20.333810Lost to North Dakota State 13–31
117110.093Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–20.00096-1Lost to Auburn 0–26
118111.133Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON0–20.00096-2Lost to Richmond 14–24
119-7013.193Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–10.000960Lost to Lafayette 14–36

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