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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1965 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		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
5	27.56	4	27.00	3	23.14	UCLA	11	8-2-1	4	11	8-2-1	AAWU
6	26.70	5	24.21	39	44.36	Arkansas	11	10-1-0	5	11	10-1-0	Southwest AC
16	19.21	6	23.12	35	38.50	Ohio State	9	7-2-0	7	9	7-2-0	Big 10
37	9.73	7	23.04	96	82.81	Dartmouth	8	8-0-0	17	9	9-0-0	Ivy League
8	23.89	8	22.93	61	59.36	Nebraska	11	10-1-0	6	11	10-1-0	Big 8
13	21.04	9	21.57	17	30.50	Louisiana State	11	8-3-0	8	11	8-3-0	SEC
15	20.11	10	21.38	31	36.95	Purdue	10	7-2-1	10	10	7-2-1	Big 10
4	29.85	11	20.57	27	35.15	Notre Dame	10	7-2-1	9	10	7-2-1	Eastern Indep
12	21.06	12	19.93	10	27.70	Kentucky	10	6-4-0	11	10	6-4-0	SEC
10	22.07	13	18.55	15	29.41	Mississippi	11	7-4-0	12	11	7-4-0	SEC
17	18.83	14	18.49	32	37.09	Georgia Tech	11	7-3-1	14	11	7-3-1	Southwest Indep
7	23.94	15	18.45	12	28.36	Florida	11	7-4-0	13	11	7-4-0	SEC
9	23.87	16	17.76	30	36.35	Southern California	10	7-2-1	16	10	7-2-1	AAWU
11	21.45	17	17.40	51	50.27	Missouri	11	8-2-1	15	11	8-2-1	Big 8
14	20.99	18	16.38	20	33.25	Illinois	10	6-4-0	18	10	6-4-0	Big 10
27	12.42	19	15.39	41	45.55	Texas Tech	11	8-3-0	21	11	8-3-0	Southwest AC
18	18.68	20	15.38	5	25.60	Georgia	10	6-4-0	20	10	6-4-0	SEC
20	16.42	21	15.30	1	21.20	Auburn	10	4-5-1	19	11	5-5-1	SEC
52	2.51	22	15.06	94	81.11	Princeton	9	8-1-0	34	9	8-1-0	Ivy League
25	13.26	23	14.12	21	33.45	Texas Christian	11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	Southwest AC
23	13.80	24	11.63	28	36.15	Minnesota	10	5-4-1	23	10	5-4-1	Big 10
22	14.95	25	10.90	42	45.70	Texas	10	6-4-0	24	10	6-4-0	Southwest AC
39	8.86	26	10.86	43	45.80	Stanford	10	6-3-1	25	10	6-3-1	AAWU
19	18.14	27	10.64	37	40.55	Miami FL	10	5-4-1	30	10	5-4-1	Southwest Indep
30	11.04	28	10.59	18	32.10	Baylor	10	5-5-0	27	10	5-5-0	Southwest AC
32	10.87	29	10.26	13	28.75	Southern Methodist	10	4-5-1	29	10	4-5-1	Southwest AC
21	15.27	30	10.25	4	25.35	Michigan	10	4-6-0	26	10	4-6-0	Big 10
43	7.03	31	10.01	40	44.95	South Carolina	10	5-5-0	28	10	5-5-0	ACC
26	12.91	32	9.50	56	55.40	Syracuse	10	7-3-0	31	10	7-3-0	Eastern Indep
24	13.66	33	9.46	26	34.85	Washington	10	5-5-0	32	10	5-5-0	AAWU
28	12.03	34	8.58	33	37.15	California	10	5-5-0	33	10	5-5-0	AAWU
51	3.74	35	8.02	85	75.00	Texas El Paso	11	8-3-0	46	11	8-3-0	Southwest Indep
33	10.67	36	7.94	22	33.70	Florida State	10	4-5-1	35	10	4-5-1	Southwest Indep
36	9.76	37	7.92	47	48.65	Duke	10	6-4-0	38	10	6-4-0	ACC
42	7.28	38	7.75	38	42.35	Clemson	10	5-5-0	36	10	5-5-0	ACC
38	9.27	39	7.71	48	49.15	North Carolina State	10	6-4-0	37	10	6-4-0	ACC
31	10.94	40	7.30	69	69.15	Tulsa	10	7-3-0	43	11	8-3-0	MVC
34	10.12	41	6.81	23	34.20	Northwestern	10	4-6-0	40	10	4-6-0	Big 10
48	4.95	42	6.77	67	67.20	Washington State	10	7-3-0	42	10	7-3-0	AAWU
41	7.55	43	5.70	95	81.31	Utah State	8	6-2-0	48	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
29	11.62	44	5.08	46	47.90	Penn State	10	5-5-0	44	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
40	8.48	45	5.06	66	65.83	Colorado	9	5-2-2	39	10	6-2-2	Big 8
47	4.96	46	4.86	14	28.95	Vanderbilt	10	2-7-1	45	10	2-7-1	SEC
85	-8.30	47	4.52	87	77.31	Harvard	8	4-2-2	67	9	5-2-2	Ivy League
49	4.74	48	4.21	34	38.25	North Carolina	10	4-6-0	47	10	4-6-0	ACC
74	-2.96	49	3.87	112	92.50	Saint Xavier	9	8-1-0	65	10	8-2-0	Eastern Indep
35	9.81	50	3.78	19	33.06	Mississippi State	9	3-6-0	41	10	4-6-0	SEC
53	2.21	51	3.41	16	29.90	Texas A&M	10	3-7-0	49	10	3-7-0	Southwest AC
55	1.72	52	3.34	8	26.85	Wisconsin	10	2-7-1	50	10	2-7-1	Big 10
44	6.84	53	2.67	49	49.50	Navy	10	4-4-2	52	10	4-4-2	Eastern Indep
54	2.11	54	2.59	44	47.05	Oregon State	10	5-5-0	53	10	5-5-0	AAWU
69	-1.30	55	2.29	91	79.57	New Mexico State	7	5-2-0	60	10	8-2-0	Southwest Indep
64	-0.93	56	1.64	2	21.90	Tulane	10	2-8-0	54	10	2-8-0	SEC
61	0.10	57	1.21	71	69.50	West Virginia	10	6-4-0	55	10	6-4-0	Southern C
66	-1.04	58	0.91	101	85.50	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	72	10	7-3-0	Mid-American
88	-9.84	59	0.75	90	78.61	Cornell	9	4-3-2	80	9	4-3-2	Ivy League
46	5.41	60	0.69	73	70.85	Wyoming	10	6-4-0	61	10	6-4-0	Western AC
57	0.99	61	0.63	53	51.55	Virginia	10	4-6-0	56	10	4-6-0	ACC
59	0.81	62	0.54	57	56.80	Oregon	10	4-5-1	58	10	4-5-1	AAWU
70	-1.62	63	-0.01	76	71.83	Southern Mississippi	6	4-2-0	51	9	7-2-0	Southwest Indep
68	-1.09	64	-0.03	92	80.10	Virginia Tech	10	7-3-0	59	10	7-3-0	Southwest Indep
80	-6.63	65	-0.56	77	72.00	Arizona State	10	6-4-0	70	10	6-4-0	Western AC
50	4.10	66	-0.58	24	34.44	Houston	9	3-5-1	57	10	4-5-1	Southwest Indep
56	1.45	67	-0.65	60	58.40	Army	10	4-5-1	63	10	4-5-1	Eastern Indep
102	-18.19	68	-1.22	99	84.12	Colgate	8	4-3-1	82	10	6-3-1	Eastern Indep
45	6.27	69	-1.46	62	61.11	Memphis	9	4-5-0	64	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
78	-3.36	70	-1.60	82	74.79	West Texas A&M	7	4-3-0	74	10	6-4-0	Southwest Indep
105	-18.84	71	-1.94	75	71.62	Yale	8	3-5-0	95	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
89	-10.42	72	-2.50	113	92.56	Bowling Green	8	6-2-0	84	9	7-2-0	Mid-American
58	0.88	73	-2.60	52	50.75	Air Force	10	3-6-1	69	10	3-6-1	Southwest Indep
62	-0.69	74	-2.97	55	53.20	Maryland	10	4-6-0	68	10	4-6-0	ACC
73	-2.42	75	-3.64	93	80.60	Brigham Young	10	6-4-0	78	10	6-4-0	Western AC
79	-5.16	76	-3.65	45	47.25	Wake Forest	10	3-7-0	71	10	3-7-0	ACC
60	0.35	77	-3.69	54	52.58	Idaho	6	2-4-0	75	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
63	-0.79	78	-4.17	29	36.25	Indiana	10	2-8-0	73	10	2-8-0	Big 10
72	-2.22	79	-4.78	36	39.65	Pittsburgh	10	3-7-0	76	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
101	-17.45	80	-4.99	86	75.69	Pennsylvania	8	3-4-1	93	9	4-4-1	Ivy League
77	-3.17	81	-5.24	6	26.11	Rice	9	1-8-0	81	10	2-8-0	Southwest AC
71	-1.95	82	-5.50	89	78.60	Boston College	10	6-4-0	77	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
82	-7.68	83	-5.53	120	108.20	East Carolina	5	4-1-0	86	10	9-1-0	Southern C
92	-11.82	84	-6.07	110	91.07	Western Michigan	7	4-2-1	91	9	6-2-1	Mid-American
65	-0.94	85	-6.58	79	72.33	Iowa State	9	4-4-1	83	10	5-4-1	Big 8
86	-8.46	86	-7.18	100	85.10	Kent State	10	5-4-1	94	10	5-4-1	Mid-American
84	-7.86	87	-7.31	83	74.88	San Jose State	8	4-4-0	88	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
106	-19.25	88	-8.24	72	70.50	Brown	8	2-6-0	109	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
75	-3.03	89	-8.56	50	49.80	Oklahoma State	10	3-7-0	85	10	3-7-0	Big 8
81	-6.97	90	-9.24	104	86.40	William & Mary	10	6-4-0	90	10	6-4-0	Southern C
76	-3.09	91	-9.38	59	58.00	Oklahoma	10	3-7-0	89	10	3-7-0	Big 8
67	-1.07	92	-9.64	25	34.70	Iowa	10	1-9-0	92	10	1-9-0	Big 10
111	-24.70	93	-10.80	80	72.50	Columbia	8	2-6-0	113	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
90	-10.90	94	-11.20	106	89.31	Louisville	8	4-4-0	100	10	6-4-0	MVC
87	-9.59	95	-11.43	64	63.81	Colorado State	8	2-6-0	98	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
95	-14.01	96	-12.06	84	74.90	New Mexico	10	3-7-0	96	10	3-7-0	Western AC
100	-15.91	97	-12.49	63	62.44	North Texas	8	2-6-0	104	10	3-7-0	MVC
97	-14.93	98	-12.62	114	92.80	Toledo	10	5-5-0	108	10	5-5-0	Mid-American
93	-12.66	99	-13.71	97	83.22	Cincinnati	9	4-5-0	101	10	5-5-0	MVC
99	-15.88	100	-13.71	81	72.55	Arizona	10	3-7-0	99	10	3-7-0	Western AC
103	-18.21	101	-14.32	109	90.69	Marshall	8	3-5-0	110	10	5-5-0	Mid-American
110	-24.64	102	-15.85	103	85.67	Rutgers	6	2-4-0	115	9	3-6-0	Eastern Indep
94	-13.63	103	-16.26	115	92.94	George Washington	9	4-5-0	106	10	5-5-0	Southern C
83	-7.73	104	-16.37	68	68.06	Utah	9	2-7-0	102	10	3-7-0	Western AC
91	-11.35	105	-17.14	58	57.15	Kansas	10	2-8-0	105	10	2-8-0	Big 8
98	-15.08	106	-17.79	111	91.08	Quantico Marines	6	3-3-0	116	10	6-4-0	Southwest Indep
96	-14.57	107	-18.33	117	102.92	Buffalo	6	3-2-1	97	10	5-3-2	Eastern Indep
109	-24.36	108	-19.00	70	69.43	Holy Cross	7	1-6-0	103	10	2-7-1	Eastern Indep
104	-18.69	109	-19.41	102	85.60	Virginia Military	10	3-7-0	112	10	3-7-0	Southern C
107	-20.75	110	-23.46	74	71.21	Wichita State	7	1-6-0	122	9	2-7-0	MVC
108	-22.12	111	-23.93	118	107.00	Davidson	6	3-3-0	114	10	6-4-0	Southern C
115	-27.17	112	-25.83	107	89.65	Dayton	10	1-8-1	126	10	1-8-1	MVC
116	-27.89	113	-26.00	78	72.00	Pacific	4	0-4-0	125	9	1-8-0	Southwest Indep
112	-26.34	114	-27.75	65	64.35	Kansas State	10	0-10-0	123	10	0-10-0	Big 8
113	-26.63	115	-28.01	108	90.56	Citadel	9	2-7-0	121	10	2-8-0	Southern C
114	-27.04	116	-31.08	88	78.57	Villanova	7	0-7-0	128	9	1-8-0	Eastern Indep
118	-33.58	117	-31.14	119	107.25	Furman	6	3-3-0	124	10	5-5-0	Southern C
117	-30.32	118	-32.52	98	83.30	Ohio University	10	0-10-0	130	10	0-10-0	Mid-American
119	-39.72	119	-38.20	105	87.55	Richmond	10	0-10-0	131	10	0-10-0	Southern C
120	-41.09	120	-40.39	116	99.40	Lehigh	5	0-5-0	129	9	1-8-0	Eastern Indep

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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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)