1969 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 23, 1969By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1969 Season Tags: • No Comments

1969 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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	13	0.427	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wake Forest 57–0
2	67	0.627	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Kent State 35–0
3	76	0.682	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 55–0
4	89	0.700	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 45–18
5	28	0.727	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 24–0
6	-4	0.741	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 42–8
7	-6	0.745	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 31–7
8	78	0.800	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 63–21
9	3	0.827	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 39–0
10	26	0.864	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 35–0
11	35	0.909	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 45–15
12	-5	0.909	UTEP	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
13	37	0.918	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 35–6
14	28	0.927	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 58–30
15	40	0.927	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 42–14
16	44	0.927	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 19–17
17	54	0.936	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 48–21
18	14	0.955	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Houston 59–34
19	39	0.955	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 28–3
20	48	0.955	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 35–10
21	53	0.973	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Navy 45–22
22	-11	0.982	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 48–26
23	1	0.991	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 35–14
24	-21	1.009	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dayton 19–9
25	-12	1.027	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 31–14
26	64	1.027	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 17–0
27	29	1.036	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 27–11
28	64	1.036	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 38–22
29	78	1.036	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 23–7
30	43	1.082	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 28–17
31	65	1.091	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 31–21
32	-10	1.118	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 21–14
33	45	1.118	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 42–35
34	50	1.118	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 27–20
35	-26	1.145	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 17–13
36	1	1.155	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 24–21
37	22	1.155	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 17–14
38	-19	1.164	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 22–20
39	48	1.173	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 14–13
40	63	1.173	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 19–18
41	69	1.741	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	52	+1	Beat Western Michigan 21–0
42	-26	1.785	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
43	-25	1.785	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
44	-18	1.785	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
45	-18	1.785	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
46	-18	1.785	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
47	-9	1.785	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
48	6	1.785	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
49	21	1.785	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
50	25	1.785	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
51	26	1.785	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
52	30	1.785	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
53	55	1.785	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	109	0	BYE
54	12	1.891	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 40–6
55	34	1.918	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–0
56	-35	1.973	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lehigh 41–16
57	24	2.000	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 44–22
58	-24	2.018	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL Poly Pomona 27–7
59	-18	2.036	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Washington State 18–19
60	-16	2.036	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Syracuse 13–14
61	-13	2.055	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Barbara 32–16
62	-37	2.076	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to BYU 20–22
63	-58	2.077	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	52	+1	Lost to Florida State 0–24
64	-35	2.082	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Guilford 21–8
65	15	2.116	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Mississippi State 14–17
66	19	2.127	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southeastern Louisiana 14–6
67	-3	2.136	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Howard Payne 21–14
68	33	2.155	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Alabama 13–17
69	-63	2.159	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Missouri 17–19
70	-21	2.164	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	1–0–1	0.750	51	0	Beat Southern Illinois 17–13
71	-36	2.182	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 14–12
72	-42	2.274	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to South Carolina 20–27
73	15	2.274	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Purdue 35–42
74	25	2.274	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Clemson 14–21
75	40	2.304	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat Iowa 42–14
76	-14	2.393	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to USC 21–31
77	20	2.433	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Oregon 17–28
78	-74	2.466	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Ohio 0–35
79	-71	2.537	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	52	+1	Lost to Auburn 0–57
80	38	2.609	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat William & Mary 26–18
81	-71	2.631	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Wyoming 7–23
82	-37	2.631	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Texas Tech 22–38
83	19	2.631	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Michigan State 11–27
84	-64	2.671	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Texas 0–17
85	-22	2.671	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Army 14–31
86	9	2.830	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Colorado 14–35
87	-30	2.869	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Arizona State 26–48
88	-27	2.909	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Penn State 22–45
89	-37	2.949	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to West Virginia 7–31
90	-51	2.988	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Florida 34–59
91	-38	2.988	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Ole Miss 3–28
92	-25	2.988	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Notre Dame 10–35
93	13	3.068	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Oklahoma 21–48
94	-47	3.107	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Indiana 30–58
95	3	3.107	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Michigan 14–42
96	-5	3.147	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to LSU 6–35
97	-82	3.187	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Kansas State 15–45
98	11	3.255	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	52	-1	Beat North Carolina 10–3
99	14	3.345	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	-1	Beat Bowling Green 14–6
100	-24	3.345	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to UCLA 8–42
101	15	3.348	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Toledo 18–45
102	-8	3.385	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Georgia 0–35
103	-31	3.544	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Arkansas 0–39
104	-21	3.663	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Stanford 21–63
105	6	4.159	SMU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–24
106	-6	4.179	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Rice 0–55
107	5	4.417	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Miami (OH) 9–19
108	9	4.450	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	52	-1	Lost to Pacific 0–21
109	10	4.715	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat Xavier 17–0
110	4	4.912	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Buffalo 0–17
111	9	4.994	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat Idaho 47–30
112	-47	6.321	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	65	-1	Lost to NC State 3–10
113	-96	6.360	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Utah State 6–14
114	-9	6.360	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 18–26
115	-75	6.717	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Northern Illinois 30–47
116	-73	7.154	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	65	-1	Lost to Oregon State 14–42
117	-13	11.557	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Northern Arizona 20–21
118	-87	11.795	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to East Tennessee State 0–7
119	-68	12.033	Marshall (MARSHALL)	MAC	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Morehead State 14–27
120	-97	12.311	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	65	0	Lost to Boston University 0–20