College Football 1965
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1965/9/11 and 1966/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1965 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
20	16.42	21	15.30	1	21.20	Auburn			10	4-5-1	3	11	5-5-1	SEC
64	-0.93	56	1.64	2	21.90	Tulane			10	2-8-0	1	10	2-8-0	SEC
5	27.56	4	27.00	3	23.14	UCLA	4	5	11	8-2-1	2	11	8-2-1	AAWU
21	15.27	30	10.25	4	25.35	Michigan			10	4-6-0	5	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
18	18.68	20	15.38	5	25.60	Georgia		17	10	6-4-0	4	10	6-4-0	SEC
77	-3.17	81	-5.24	6	26.11	Rice			9	1-8-0	7	10	2-8-0	SWAC
2	31.98	2	30.88	7	26.68	Alabama	1	4	11	9-1-1	6	11	9-1-1	SEC
55	1.72	52	3.34	8	26.85	Wisconsin			10	2-7-1	8	10	2-7-1	BIG 10
3	30.42	3	29.96	9	27.68	Tennessee	7	7	11	8-1-2	11	11	8-1-2	SEC
12	21.06	12	19.93	10	27.70	Kentucky			10	6-4-0	9	10	6-4-0	SEC
1	36.35	1	32.78	11	27.77	Michigan State	2	1	11	10-1-0	13	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
7	23.94	15	18.45	12	28.36	Florida		12	11	7-4-0	10	11	7-4-0	SEC
32	10.87	29	10.26	13	28.75	Southern Methodist			10	4-5-1	15	10	4-5-1	SWAC
47	4.96	46	4.86	14	28.95	Vanderbilt			10	2-7-1	14	10	2-7-1	SEC
10	22.07	13	18.55	15	29.41	Mississippi		13	11	7-4-0	12	11	7-4-0	SEC
53	2.21	51	3.41	16	29.90	Texas A&M			10	3-7-0	16	10	3-7-0	SWAC
13	21.04	9	21.57	17	30.50	LSU	8	15	11	8-3-0	17	11	8-3-0	SEC
30	11.04	28	10.59	18	32.10	Baylor			10	5-5-0	18	10	5-5-0	SWAC
35	9.81	50	3.78	19	33.06	Mississippi State			9	3-6-0	27	10	4-6-0	SEC
14	20.99	18	16.38	20	33.25	Illinois			10	6-4-0	20	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
25	13.26	23	14.12	21	33.45	Texas Christian			11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	SWAC
33	10.67	36	7.94	22	33.70	Florida State			10	4-5-1	19	10	4-5-1	SWIC
34	10.12	41	6.81	23	34.20	Northwestern			10	4-6-0	21	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
50	4.10	66	-0.58	24	34.44	Houston			9	3-5-1	35	10	4-5-1	SWIC
67	-1.07	92	-9.64	25	34.70	Iowa			10	1-9-0	23	10	1-9-0	BIG 10
24	13.66	33	9.46	26	34.85	Washington			10	5-5-0	25	10	5-5-0	AAWU
4	29.85	11	20.57	27	35.15	Notre Dame	9	8	10	7-2-1	24	10	7-2-1	EIC
23	13.80	24	11.63	28	36.15	Minnesota			10	5-4-1	26	10	5-4-1	BIG 10
63	-0.79	78	-4.17	29	36.25	Indiana			10	2-8-0	30	10	2-8-0	BIG 10
9	23.87	16	17.76	30	36.35	Southern California	10	9	10	7-2-1	28	10	7-2-1	AAWU
15	20.11	10	21.38	31	36.95	Purdue		19	10	7-2-1	33	10	7-2-1	BIG 10
17	18.83	14	18.49	32	37.09	Georgia Tech			11	7-3-1	29	11	7-3-1	SWIC
28	12.03	34	8.58	33	37.15	California			10	5-5-0	31	10	5-5-0	AAWU
49	4.74	48	4.21	34	38.25	North Carolina			10	4-6-0	32	10	4-6-0	ACC
16	19.21	6	23.12	35	38.50	Ohio State		11	9	7-2-0	34	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
72	-2.22	79	-4.78	36	39.65	Pittsburgh			10	3-7-0	37	10	3-7-0	EIC
19	18.14	27	10.64	37	40.55	Miami (FL)		20	10	5-4-1	36	10	5-4-1	SWIC
42	7.28	38	7.75	38	42.35	Clemson			10	5-5-0	38	10	5-5-0	ACC
6	26.70	5	24.21	39	44.36	Arkansas	3	2	11	10-1-0	40	11	10-1-0	SWAC
43	7.03	31	10.01	40	44.95	South Carolina			10	5-5-0	39	10	5-5-0	ACC
27	12.42	19	15.39	41	45.55	Texas Tech		10	11	8-3-0	43	11	8-3-0	SWAC
22	14.95	25	10.90	42	45.70	Texas			10	6-4-0	41	10	6-4-0	SWAC
39	8.86	26	10.86	43	45.80	Stanford		14	10	6-3-1	42	10	6-3-1	AAWU
54	2.11	54	2.59	44	47.05	Oregon State			10	5-5-0	45	10	5-5-0	AAWU
79	-5.16	76	-3.65	45	47.25	Wake Forest			10	3-7-0	44	10	3-7-0	ACC
29	11.62	44	5.08	46	47.90	Penn State			10	5-5-0	47	10	5-5-0	EIC
36	9.76	37	7.92	47	48.65	Duke			10	6-4-0	46	10	6-4-0	ACC
38	9.27	39	7.71	48	49.15	North Carolina State			10	6-4-0	48	10	6-4-0	ACC
44	6.84	53	2.67	49	49.50	Navy			10	4-4-2	50	10	4-4-2	EIC
75	-3.03	89	-8.56	50	49.80	Oklahoma State			10	3-7-0	52	10	3-7-0	BIG 8
11	21.45	17	17.40	51	50.27	Missouri	6	6	11	8-2-1	51	11	8-2-1	BIG 8
58	0.88	73	-2.60	52	50.75	Air Force			10	3-6-1	54	10	3-6-1	SWIC
57	0.99	61	0.63	53	51.55	Virginia			10	4-6-0	53	10	4-6-0	ACC
60	0.35	77	-3.69	54	52.58	Idaho			6	2-4-0	65	10	5-5-0	SWIC
62	-0.69	74	-2.97	55	53.20	Maryland			10	4-6-0	55	10	4-6-0	ACC
26	12.91	32	9.50	56	55.40	Syracuse		16	10	7-3-0	56	10	7-3-0	EIC
59	0.81	62	0.54	57	56.80	Oregon			10	4-5-1	57	10	4-5-1	AAWU
91	-11.35	105	-17.14	58	57.15	Kansas			10	2-8-0	58	10	2-8-0	BIG 8
76	-3.09	91	-9.38	59	58.00	Oklahoma			10	3-7-0	59	10	3-7-0	BIG 8
56	1.45	67	-0.65	60	58.40	Army			10	4-5-1	61	10	4-5-1	EIC
8	23.89	8	22.93	61	59.36	Nebraska	5	3	11	10-1-0	60	11	10-1-0	BIG 8
45	6.27	69	-1.46	62	61.11	Memphis			9	4-5-0	62	10	5-5-0	SWIC
100	-15.91	97	-12.49	63	62.44	North Texas			8	2-6-0	67	10	3-7-0	MVC
87	-9.59	95	-11.43	64	63.81	Colorado State			8	2-6-0	71	10	4-6-0	SWIC
112	-26.34	114	-27.75	65	64.35	Kansas State			10	0-10-0	63	10	0-10-0	BIG 8
40	8.48	45	5.06	66	65.83	Colorado		18	9	5-2-2	64	10	6-2-2	BIG 8
48	4.95	42	6.77	67	67.20	Washington State			10	7-3-0	66	10	7-3-0	AAWU
83	-7.73	104	-16.37	68	68.06	Utah			9	2-7-0	73	10	3-7-0	WAC
31	10.94	40	7.30	69	69.15	Tulsa			10	7-3-0	75	11	8-3-0	MVC
109	-24.36	108	-19.00	70	69.43	Holy Cross			7	1-6-0	80	10	2-7-1	EIC
61	0.10	57	1.21	71	69.50	West Virginia			10	6-4-0	68	10	6-4-0	SoCon
106	-19.25	88	-8.24	72	70.50	Brown			8	2-6-0	83	9	2-7-0	Ivy
46	5.41	60	0.69	73	70.85	Wyoming			10	6-4-0	69	10	6-4-0	WAC
107	-20.75	110	-23.46	74	71.21	Wichita State			7	1-6-0	92	9	2-7-0	MVC
105	-18.84	71	-1.94	75	71.62	Yale			8	3-5-0	96	9	3-6-0	Ivy
70	-1.62	63	-0.01	76	71.83	Southern Mississippi			6	4-2-0	70	9	7-2-0	SWIC
80	-6.63	65	-0.56	77	72.00	Arizona State			10	6-4-0	74	10	6-4-0	WAC
116	-27.89	113	-26.00	78	72.00	Pacific			4	0-4-0	93	9	1-8-0	SWIC
65	-0.94	85	-6.58	79	72.33	Iowa State			9	4-4-1	79	10	5-4-1	BIG 8
111	-24.70	93	-10.80	80	72.50	Columbia			8	2-6-0	101	9	2-7-0	Ivy
99	-15.88	100	-13.71	81	72.55	Arizona			10	3-7-0	72	10	3-7-0	WAC
78	-3.36	70	-1.60	82	74.79	West Texas A&M			7	4-3-0	90	10	6-4-0	SWIC
84	-7.86	87	-7.31	83	74.88	San Jose State			8	4-4-0	77	10	5-5-0	SWIC
95	-14.01	96	-12.06	84	74.90	New Mexico			10	3-7-0	76	10	3-7-0	WAC
51	3.74	35	8.02	85	75.00	Texas El Paso			11	8-3-0	78	11	8-3-0	SWIC
101	-17.45	80	-4.99	86	75.69	Pennsylvania			8	3-4-1	104	9	4-4-1	Ivy
85	-8.30	47	4.52	87	77.31	Harvard			8	4-2-2	97	9	5-2-2	Ivy
114	-27.04	116	-31.08	88	78.57	Villanova			7	0-7-0	94	9	1-8-0	EIC
71	-1.95	82	-5.50	89	78.60	Boston College			10	6-4-0	82	10	6-4-0	EIC
88	-9.84	59	0.75	90	78.61	Cornell			9	4-3-2	102	9	4-3-2	Ivy
69	-1.30	55	2.29	91	79.57	New Mexico State			7	5-2-0	91	10	8-2-0	SWIC
68	-1.09	64	-0.03	92	80.10	Virginia Tech			10	7-3-0	84	10	7-3-0	SWIC
73	-2.42	75	-3.64	93	80.60	Brigham Young			10	6-4-0	85	10	6-4-0	WAC
52	2.51	22	15.06	94	81.11	Princeton			9	8-1-0	108	9	8-1-0	Ivy
41	7.55	43	5.70	95	81.31	Utah State			8	6-2-0	107	10	8-2-0	SWIC
37	9.73	7	23.04	96	82.81	Dartmouth			8	8-0-0	111	9	9-0-0	Ivy
93	-12.66	99	-13.71	97	83.22	Cincinnati			9	4-5-0	103	10	5-5-0	MVC
117	-30.32	118	-32.52	98	83.30	Ohio University			10	0-10-0	105	10	0-10-0	MAC
102	-18.19	68	-1.22	99	84.12	Colgate			8	4-3-1	113	10	6-3-1	EIC
86	-8.46	86	-7.18	100	85.10	Kent State			10	5-4-1	110	10	5-4-1	MAC
66	-1.04	58	0.91	101	85.50	Miami (OH)			10	7-3-0	109	10	7-3-0	MAC
104	-18.69	109	-19.41	102	85.60	Virginia Military			10	3-7-0	95	10	3-7-0	SoCon
110	-24.64	102	-15.85	103	85.67	Rutgers			6	2-4-0	116	9	3-6-0	EIC
81	-6.97	90	-9.24	104	86.40	William & Mary			10	6-4-0	98	10	6-4-0	SoCon
119	-39.72	119	-38.20	105	87.55	Richmond			10	0-10-0	100	10	0-10-0	SoCon
90	-10.90	94	-11.20	106	89.31	Louisville			8	4-4-0	123	10	6-4-0	MVC
115	-27.17	112	-25.83	107	89.65	Dayton			10	1-8-1	114	10	1-8-1	MVC
113	-26.63	115	-28.01	108	90.56	Citadel			9	2-7-0	112	10	2-8-0	SoCon
103	-18.21	101	-14.32	109	90.69	Marshall			8	3-5-0	117	10	5-5-0	MAC
92	-11.82	84	-6.07	110	91.07	Western Michigan			7	4-2-1	121	9	6-2-1	MAC
98	-15.08	106	-17.79	111	91.08	Quantico Marines			6	3-3-0	119	10	6-4-0	SWIC
74	-2.96	49	3.87	112	92.50	Saint Xavier			9	8-1-0	118	10	8-2-0	EIC
89	-10.42	72	-2.50	113	92.56	Bowling Green			8	6-2-0	120	9	7-2-0	MAC
97	-14.93	98	-12.62	114	92.80	Toledo			10	5-5-0	122	10	5-5-0	MAC
94	-13.63	103	-16.26	115	92.94	George Washington			9	4-5-0	115	10	5-5-0	SoCon
120	-41.09	120	-40.39	116	99.40	Lehigh			5	0-5-0	128	9	1-8-0	EIC
96	-14.57	107	-18.33	117	102.92	Buffalo			6	3-2-1	124	10	5-3-2	EIC
108	-22.12	111	-23.93	118	107.00	Davidson			6	3-3-0	129	10	6-4-0	SoCon
118	-33.58	117	-31.14	119	107.25	Furman			6	3-3-0	130	10	5-5-0	SoCon
82	-7.68	83	-5.53	120	108.20	East Carolina			5	4-1-0	132	10	9-1-0	SoCon

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College Football 1965Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1965/9/11 and 1966/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1965
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1965/9/11 and 1966/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)