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1968 Week 9 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
100.791Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+10Beat Northwestern 45–21
200.929USCPAC5–01.0001+11Beat Washington 14–7
371.021Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC3–0–20.80014+7Tied Mississippi State 28–28
401.029Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+9BYE
521.029Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–0–10.90010+8Beat Alabama 10–9
651.098Ohio (OHIO)MAC5–01.0001+9Beat Miami (OH) 24–7
7-41.122Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–01.0001+7Beat Oklahoma State 49–14
841.130Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–0–10.90010+8Beat Vanderbilt 32–6
9161.176California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–10.80014+9Beat UCLA 39–15
10-11.299Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–10.80014+10Beat Southern Miss 21–13
11111.322Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–10.80014+9Beat Virginia Tech 13–8
12141.367Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–1–10.70034+7Tied Washington State 21–21
1361.386Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC4–01.0001+6Beat BYU 19–3
14-91.388Purdue (PURDUE)B104–10.80014+7Beat Wake Forest 28–27
15121.422Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC4–1–10.75029+8Beat Western Michigan 30–6
16-81.425Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC4–0–10.90010+5Beat Kent State 30–7
1711.425Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–01.0001+4Beat Columbia 29–7
18221.437Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–1–10.70034+7Beat Arkansas 39–29
1951.461Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–10.80014+8Beat Indiana 27–22
2081.542Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–01.0001+3Beat Cornell 10–0
21-51.607SMUIND SWC4–10.80014+8Beat Rice 32–24
22141.650Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–10.80014+6Beat Nebraska 16–14
23-21.675Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–01.0001+3Beat Lehigh 34–0
24-91.713Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–20.60042+8Lost to Missouri 14–16
25141.823Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80014+3Beat Illinois 58–8
26261.844Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60042+6Beat Rutgers 24–0
2751.847West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80014+5Beat William & Mary 20–0
28101.885Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND MVC3–1–10.70034+6Beat Wichita State 40–27
29-121.891Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–20.50064+6Lost to Harvard 0–10
30191.936Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+5Beat Memphis 20–10
31-181.940Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–20.60042+6Lost to Tennessee 9–10
32-181.956Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–10.80014+4Lost to North Carolina 7–22
33-102.034Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC2–30.40073+7Lost to Florida State 10–20
34142.067LSUSEC4–10.80014+3Beat Kentucky 13–3
35-12.111Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–20.66737+6Beat Utah 20–9
36-162.167Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80014+2Lost to Texas 29–39
37-72.196Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+3BYE
38182.214Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–20.60042+5Beat Kansas State 37–14
39-42.321Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–20.66737+3Lost to Ohio 7–24
4072.345West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–10.833130Beat Texas Arlington 41–0
41-352.401Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+3Lost to Tulane 14–28
42202.402Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI3–20.60042+4Beat Auburn 21–20
4332.440North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC4–10.80014+2Beat Tulsa 20–17
44112.440Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–20.60042+5Beat Colorado State 31–0
45162.441Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–20.60042+3Beat Furman 34–0
46272.491Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–20.50064+5Beat Iowa State 42–7
4772.503Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–1–10.62541+1BYE
48182.569NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–20.66737+3Beat Virginia 19–0
49112.627Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI4–10.800140Beat Eastern Michigan 21–0
50-212.628Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–20.600420Lost to Minnesota 13–14
51122.651Pacific (PACIFIC)IND FBSI3–20.60042+4Beat Utah State 18–7
52122.765Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–20.60042+1Beat Michigan State 14–13
53-202.779Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–20.600420Lost to NC State 0–19
54-102.780Indiana (INDIANA)B103–20.60042+1Lost to Michigan 22–27
55-132.785Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40073+3Lost to LSU 3–13
56-192.806Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–20.600420Lost to Georgia Tech 20–21
5722.869Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC3–10.75029-1Beat Marshall 13–10
58-132.957Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC3–20.60042-1Lost to Oregon State 9–28
59-182.961Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–20.60042-2Lost to Ole Miss 13–21
60-172.984Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI4–20.66737-2Lost to Pacific 7–18
6163.023Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–20.60042+1Beat Buffalo 28–7
62133.062Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.600420Beat Arizona State 28–9
6363.095Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI3–20.60042+1Beat Princeton 14–7
64-333.106Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–20.60042+3Lost to Southern Illinois 17–18
65153.462Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–30.400730Beat TCU 27–7
66-153.466Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–30.50064+2Lost to Oklahoma 7–42
67103.493Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI3–20.60042-2Beat Northern Illinois 24–20
68-113.517UCLAPAC2–30.400730Lost to California 15–39
69-163.525Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–20.50064-2Lost to Colgate 7–14
70113.544Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–20.60042-3Beat Virginia Military Institute 13–8
71-213.562Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–20.60042-2Lost to Army 0–24
7273.651Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI1–2–10.375870Tied Boston University 7–7
73133.690Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–30.40073+1Beat Idaho 23–8
74-63.795Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–30.250930Lost to Kansas 14–49
75-173.980Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–30.40073-1Lost to Colorado 14–37
76-24.073Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–30.40073-2Lost to Georgia 6–32
77164.223San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50064-2Beat New Mexico 55–24
78134.309Iowa (IOWA)B102–30.40073-4Beat Wisconsin 41–0
79154.374Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–30.40073-2Beat South Carolina 21–19
80274.422North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–30.40073-3Beat Florida 22–7
81184.425Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–3–10.30090-2Beat Duke 39–22
82-124.503Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI3–30.50064-6Lost to Villanova 7–28
83-114.512Utah (UTAH)IND WAC2–30.40073-5Lost to Wyoming 9–20
84-134.647Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–30.40073-5Lost to Miami 8–13
85154.648UTEPIND WAC2–3–10.417720Beat New Mexico State 30–14
86-214.732Duke (DUKE)ACC2–30.40073-3Lost to Clemson 22–39
87164.755Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–20.50064-3Beat Brown 48–0
88-14.892Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–30.25093-3Lost to North Texas 17–20
8974.897Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–50.000111-3Lost to Ohio State 21–45
90-24.907BYUIND WAC1–30.25093-3Lost to Arizona 3–19
9145.007Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–3–10.125107-2Lost to SMU 24–32
92-95.010Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–30.50064-3Lost to Oregon 8–23
93-115.027Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC2–40.33388-6Lost to Air Force 0–31
94185.067Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI1–40.20099-3Beat Boston College 28–14
95-175.126New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40073-6Lost to UTEP 14–30
96-115.157Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–40.33388-6Lost to Toledo 6–30
9715.206Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–40.20099-3Beat Pittsburgh 17–16
98-225.242Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–30.25093-2Lost to Dartmouth 0–48
99-155.286TCUIND SWC1–40.20099-5Lost to Texas A&M 7–27
10045.405Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–3–10.30090-5Lost to USC 7–14
101-95.730South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–40.20099-6Lost to Maryland 19–21
102-135.991Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–3–10.30090-5Tied Stanford 21–21
10326.169Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–5–10.083110-6Lost to Louisville 10–13
104-146.173Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–40.000111-6BYE
105-36.273Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–50.000111-6Lost to Notre Dame 8–58
106-56.279William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–40.20099-7Lost to West Virginia 0–20
10766.623Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–4–10.100108-8Lost to Purdue 27–28
108-116.968Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–40.20099-8Lost to Navy 16–17
109-37.000Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–60.000111-11Lost to Bowling Green 7–30
110-17.063Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–30.25093-4BYE
111-37.225Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–50.000111-10Lost to Citadel 8–13
11247.703Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–40.000111-2Lost to Yale 7–29
11328.240New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–60.000111-12Lost to San José State 24–55
11408.277East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–30.25093-6BYE
11528.367Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–40.20099-4Lost to Richmond 0–34
116-58.403Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–4–10.100108-5Tied Texas Tech 28–28
11718.617Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–50.000111-8Lost to Cincinnati 27–40
118-88.937Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–50.000111-12Lost to Iowa 0–41
119010.031Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–50.167106-2Lost to Xavier 20–24

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