College Football 1965
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1965/9/11 and 1966/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1965 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	36.35	1	32.78	11	27.77	Michigan State	11	10-1-0	1	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
2	31.98	2	30.88	7	26.68	Alabama	11	9-1-1	2	11	9-1-1	SEC
3	30.42	3	29.96	9	27.68	Tennessee	11	8-1-2	3	11	8-1-2	SEC
4	29.85	11	20.57	27	35.15	Notre Dame	10	7-2-1	4	10	7-2-1	EIC
5	27.56	4	27.00	3	23.14	UCLA	11	8-2-1	5	11	8-2-1	AAWU
6	26.70	5	24.21	39	44.36	Arkansas	11	10-1-0	6	11	10-1-0	SWAC
7	23.94	15	18.45	12	28.36	Florida	11	7-4-0	7	11	7-4-0	SEC
8	23.89	8	22.93	61	59.36	Nebraska	11	10-1-0	9	11	10-1-0	BIG 8
9	23.87	16	17.76	30	36.35	Southern California	10	7-2-1	8	10	7-2-1	AAWU
10	22.07	13	18.55	15	29.41	Mississippi	11	7-4-0	10	11	7-4-0	SEC
11	21.45	17	17.40	51	50.27	Missouri	11	8-2-1	12	11	8-2-1	BIG 8
12	21.06	12	19.93	10	27.70	Kentucky	10	6-4-0	14	10	6-4-0	SEC
13	21.04	9	21.57	17	30.50	Louisiana State	11	8-3-0	11	11	8-3-0	SEC
14	20.99	18	16.38	20	33.25	Illinois	10	6-4-0	13	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
15	20.11	10	21.38	31	36.95	Purdue	10	7-2-1	15	10	7-2-1	BIG 10
16	19.21	6	23.12	35	38.50	Ohio State	9	7-2-0	16	9	7-2-0	BIG 10
17	18.83	14	18.49	32	37.09	Georgia Tech	11	7-3-1	17	11	7-3-1	SWIC
18	18.68	20	15.38	5	25.60	Georgia	10	6-4-0	18	10	6-4-0	SEC
19	18.14	27	10.64	37	40.55	Miami FL	10	5-4-1	19	10	5-4-1	SWIC
20	16.42	21	15.30	1	21.20	Auburn	10	4-5-1	20	11	5-5-1	SEC
21	15.27	30	10.25	4	25.35	Michigan	10	4-6-0	21	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
22	14.95	25	10.90	42	45.70	Texas	10	6-4-0	22	10	6-4-0	SWAC
23	13.80	24	11.63	28	36.15	Minnesota	10	5-4-1	24	10	5-4-1	BIG 10
24	13.66	33	9.46	26	34.85	Washington	10	5-5-0	23	10	5-5-0	AAWU
25	13.26	23	14.12	21	33.45	Texas Christian	11	6-5-0	26	11	6-5-0	SWAC
26	12.91	32	9.50	56	55.40	Syracuse	10	7-3-0	25	10	7-3-0	EIC
27	12.42	19	15.39	41	45.55	Texas Tech	11	8-3-0	27	11	8-3-0	SWAC
28	12.03	34	8.58	33	37.15	California	10	5-5-0	28	10	5-5-0	AAWU
29	11.62	44	5.08	46	47.90	Penn State	10	5-5-0	29	10	5-5-0	EIC
30	11.04	28	10.59	18	32.10	Baylor	10	5-5-0	31	10	5-5-0	SWAC
31	10.94	40	7.30	69	69.15	Tulsa	10	7-3-0	35	11	8-3-0	MVC
32	10.87	29	10.26	13	28.75	Southern Methodist	10	4-5-1	33	10	4-5-1	SWAC
33	10.67	36	7.94	22	33.70	Florida State	10	4-5-1	32	10	4-5-1	SWIC
34	10.12	41	6.81	23	34.20	Northwestern	10	4-6-0	34	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
35	9.81	50	3.78	19	33.06	Mississippi State	9	3-6-0	30	10	4-6-0	SEC
36	9.76	37	7.92	47	48.65	Duke	10	6-4-0	36	10	6-4-0	ACC
37	9.73	7	23.04	96	82.81	Dartmouth	8	8-0-0	38	9	9-0-0	Ivy
38	9.27	39	7.71	48	49.15	North Carolina State	10	6-4-0	37	10	6-4-0	ACC
39	8.86	26	10.86	43	45.80	Stanford	10	6-3-1	39	10	6-3-1	AAWU
40	8.48	45	5.06	66	65.83	Colorado	9	5-2-2	40	10	6-2-2	BIG 8
41	7.55	43	5.70	95	81.31	Utah State	8	6-2-0	44	10	8-2-0	SWIC
42	7.28	38	7.75	38	42.35	Clemson	10	5-5-0	41	10	5-5-0	ACC
43	7.03	31	10.01	40	44.95	South Carolina	10	5-5-0	42	10	5-5-0	ACC
44	6.84	53	2.67	49	49.50	Navy	10	4-4-2	43	10	4-4-2	EIC
45	6.27	69	-1.46	62	61.11	Memphis	9	4-5-0	46	10	5-5-0	SWIC
46	5.41	60	0.69	73	70.85	Wyoming	10	6-4-0	48	10	6-4-0	WAC
47	4.96	46	4.86	14	28.95	Vanderbilt	10	2-7-1	47	10	2-7-1	SEC
48	4.95	42	6.77	67	67.20	Washington State	10	7-3-0	49	10	7-3-0	AAWU
49	4.74	48	4.21	34	38.25	North Carolina	10	4-6-0	50	10	4-6-0	ACC
50	4.10	66	-0.58	24	34.44	Houston	9	3-5-1	45	10	4-5-1	SWIC
51	3.74	35	8.02	85	75.00	Texas El Paso	11	8-3-0	54	11	8-3-0	SWIC
52	2.51	22	15.06	94	81.11	Princeton	9	8-1-0	55	9	8-1-0	Ivy
53	2.21	51	3.41	16	29.90	Texas A&M	10	3-7-0	52	10	3-7-0	SWAC
54	2.11	54	2.59	44	47.05	Oregon State	10	5-5-0	51	10	5-5-0	AAWU
55	1.72	52	3.34	8	26.85	Wisconsin	10	2-7-1	57	10	2-7-1	BIG 10
56	1.45	67	-0.65	60	58.40	Army	10	4-5-1	58	10	4-5-1	EIC
57	0.99	61	0.63	53	51.55	Virginia	10	4-6-0	60	10	4-6-0	ACC
58	0.88	73	-2.60	52	50.75	Air Force	10	3-6-1	62	10	3-6-1	SWIC
59	0.81	62	0.54	57	56.80	Oregon	10	4-5-1	61	10	4-5-1	AAWU
60	0.35	77	-3.69	54	52.58	Idaho	6	2-4-0	59	10	5-5-0	SWIC
61	0.10	57	1.21	71	69.50	West Virginia	10	6-4-0	63	10	6-4-0	SoCon
62	-0.69	74	-2.97	55	53.20	Maryland	10	4-6-0	65	10	4-6-0	ACC
63	-0.79	78	-4.17	29	36.25	Indiana	10	2-8-0	66	10	2-8-0	BIG 10
64	-0.93	56	1.64	2	21.90	Tulane	10	2-8-0	64	10	2-8-0	SEC
65	-0.94	85	-6.58	79	72.33	Iowa State	9	4-4-1	67	10	5-4-1	BIG 8
66	-1.04	58	0.91	101	85.50	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	77	10	7-3-0	MAC
67	-1.07	92	-9.64	25	34.70	Iowa	10	1-9-0	68	10	1-9-0	BIG 10
68	-1.09	64	-0.03	92	80.10	Virginia Tech	10	7-3-0	69	10	7-3-0	SWIC
69	-1.30	55	2.29	91	79.57	New Mexico State	7	5-2-0	76	10	8-2-0	SWIC
70	-1.62	63	-0.01	76	71.83	Southern Mississippi	6	4-2-0	53	9	7-2-0	SWIC
71	-1.95	82	-5.50	89	78.60	Boston College	10	6-4-0	70	10	6-4-0	EIC
72	-2.22	79	-4.78	36	39.65	Pittsburgh	10	3-7-0	71	10	3-7-0	EIC
73	-2.42	75	-3.64	93	80.60	Brigham Young	10	6-4-0	72	10	6-4-0	WAC
74	-2.96	49	3.87	112	92.50	Saint Xavier	9	8-1-0	86	10	8-2-0	EIC
75	-3.03	89	-8.56	50	49.80	Oklahoma State	10	3-7-0	73	10	3-7-0	BIG 8
76	-3.09	91	-9.38	59	58.00	Oklahoma	10	3-7-0	74	10	3-7-0	BIG 8
77	-3.17	81	-5.24	6	26.11	Rice	9	1-8-0	75	10	2-8-0	SWAC
78	-3.36	70	-1.60	82	74.79	West Texas A&M	7	4-3-0	80	10	6-4-0	SWIC
79	-5.16	76	-3.65	45	47.25	Wake Forest	10	3-7-0	78	10	3-7-0	ACC
80	-6.63	65	-0.56	77	72.00	Arizona State	10	6-4-0	84	10	6-4-0	WAC
81	-6.97	90	-9.24	104	86.40	William & Mary	10	6-4-0	82	10	6-4-0	SoCon
82	-7.68	83	-5.53	120	108.20	East Carolina	5	4-1-0	87	10	9-1-0	SoCon
83	-7.73	104	-16.37	68	68.06	Utah	9	2-7-0	85	10	3-7-0	WAC
84	-7.86	87	-7.31	83	74.88	San Jose State	8	4-4-0	83	10	5-5-0	SWIC
85	-8.30	47	4.52	87	77.31	Harvard	8	4-2-2	88	9	5-2-2	Ivy
86	-8.46	86	-7.18	100	85.10	Kent State	10	5-4-1	91	10	5-4-1	MAC
87	-9.59	95	-11.43	64	63.81	Colorado State	8	2-6-0	90	10	4-6-0	SWIC
88	-9.84	59	0.75	90	78.61	Cornell	9	4-3-2	89	9	4-3-2	Ivy
89	-10.42	72	-2.50	113	92.56	Bowling Green	8	6-2-0	95	9	7-2-0	MAC
90	-10.90	94	-11.20	106	89.31	Louisville	8	4-4-0	94	10	6-4-0	MVC
91	-11.35	105	-17.14	58	57.15	Kansas	10	2-8-0	92	10	2-8-0	BIG 8
92	-11.82	84	-6.07	110	91.07	Western Michigan	7	4-2-1	98	9	6-2-1	MAC
93	-12.66	99	-13.71	97	83.22	Cincinnati	9	4-5-0	100	10	5-5-0	MVC
94	-13.63	103	-16.26	115	92.94	George Washington	9	4-5-0	97	10	5-5-0	SoCon
95	-14.01	96	-12.06	84	74.90	New Mexico	10	3-7-0	99	10	3-7-0	WAC
96	-14.57	107	-18.33	117	102.92	Buffalo	6	3-2-1	93	10	5-3-2	EIC
97	-14.93	98	-12.62	114	92.80	Toledo	10	5-5-0	105	10	5-5-0	MAC
98	-15.08	106	-17.79	111	91.08	Quantico Marines	6	3-3-0	106	10	6-4-0	SWIC
99	-15.88	100	-13.71	81	72.55	Arizona	10	3-7-0	102	10	3-7-0	WAC
100	-15.91	97	-12.49	63	62.44	North Texas	8	2-6-0	108	10	3-7-0	MVC
101	-17.45	80	-4.99	86	75.69	Pennsylvania	8	3-4-1	107	9	4-4-1	Ivy
102	-18.19	68	-1.22	99	84.12	Colgate	8	4-3-1	101	10	6-3-1	EIC
103	-18.21	101	-14.32	109	90.69	Marshall	8	3-5-0	110	10	5-5-0	MAC
104	-18.69	109	-19.41	102	85.60	Virginia Military	10	3-7-0	109	10	3-7-0	SoCon
105	-18.84	71	-1.94	75	71.62	Yale	8	3-5-0	114	9	3-6-0	Ivy
106	-19.25	88	-8.24	72	70.50	Brown	8	2-6-0	111	9	2-7-0	Ivy
107	-20.75	110	-23.46	74	71.21	Wichita State	7	1-6-0	116	9	2-7-0	MVC
108	-22.12	111	-23.93	118	107.00	Davidson	6	3-3-0	115	10	6-4-0	SoCon
109	-24.36	108	-19.00	70	69.43	Holy Cross	7	1-6-0	104	10	2-7-1	EIC
110	-24.64	102	-15.85	103	85.67	Rutgers	6	2-4-0	120	9	3-6-0	EIC
111	-24.70	93	-10.80	80	72.50	Columbia	8	2-6-0	123	9	2-7-0	Ivy
112	-26.34	114	-27.75	65	64.35	Kansas State	10	0-10-0	119	10	0-10-0	BIG 8
113	-26.63	115	-28.01	108	90.56	Citadel	9	2-7-0	122	10	2-8-0	SoCon
114	-27.04	116	-31.08	88	78.57	Villanova	7	0-7-0	124	9	1-8-0	EIC
115	-27.17	112	-25.83	107	89.65	Dayton	10	1-8-1	125	10	1-8-1	MVC
116	-27.89	113	-26.00	78	72.00	Pacific	4	0-4-0	121	9	1-8-0	SWIC
117	-30.32	118	-32.52	98	83.30	Ohio University	10	0-10-0	128	10	0-10-0	MAC
118	-33.58	117	-31.14	119	107.25	Furman	6	3-3-0	129	10	5-5-0	SoCon
119	-39.72	119	-38.20	105	87.55	Richmond	10	0-10-0	131	10	0-10-0	SoCon
120	-41.09	120	-40.39	116	99.40	Lehigh	5	0-5-0	132	9	1-8-0	EIC

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1965
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1965/9/11 and 1966/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)