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	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		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	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	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	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	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	11	10-1-0	13	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
7	23.94	15	18.45	12	28.36	Florida	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	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	Louisiana State	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	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	7-2-1	28	10	7-2-1	AAWU
15	20.11	10	21.38	31	36.95	Purdue	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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)