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| 1968 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss | ||||||||||||
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| ScoreDif | WinLoss | Schedule | Team | Division | Global | Conference | ||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | ||
| 1 | 36.91 | 1 | 40.76 | 31 | 37.55 | Ohio State | 10 | 10-0-0 | 1 | 10 | 10-0-0 | BIG 10 |
| 2 | 35.82 | 2 | 36.99 | 11 | 31.73 | Texas | 11 | 9-1-1 | 2 | 11 | 9-1-1 | SWAC |
| 3 | 29.43 | 3 | 33.12 | 38 | 41.82 | Arkansas | 11 | 10-1-0 | 3 | 11 | 10-1-0 | SWAC |
| 4 | 28.26 | 4 | 31.69 | 60 | 50.27 | Penn State | 11 | 11-0-0 | 4 | 11 | 11-0-0 | EIC |
| 5 | 27.79 | 5 | 29.69 | 6 | 29.00 | Georgia | 11 | 8-1-2 | 5 | 11 | 8-1-2 | SEC |
| 6 | 27.53 | 6 | 29.13 | 21 | 34.32 | Southern California | 11 | 9-1-1 | 6 | 11 | 9-1-1 | PAC-8 |
| 11 | 24.90 | 7 | 27.87 | 7 | 29.55 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 8-3-0 | 7 | 11 | 8-3-0 | SWAC |
| 16 | 22.21 | 8 | 27.76 | 15 | 33.05 | Tennessee | 11 | 8-2-1 | 9 | 11 | 8-2-1 | SEC |
| 10 | 25.39 | 9 | 27.40 | 29 | 36.70 | Purdue | 10 | 8-2-0 | 8 | 10 | 8-2-0 | BIG 10 |
| 7 | 26.83 | 10 | 26.31 | 33 | 39.05 | Kansas | 11 | 9-2-0 | 10 | 11 | 9-2-0 | BIG 8 |
| 8 | 26.59 | 11 | 24.95 | 4 | 25.32 | Oklahoma | 11 | 7-4-0 | 11 | 11 | 7-4-0 | BIG 8 |
| 18 | 19.74 | 12 | 23.69 | 51 | 46.45 | Michigan | 10 | 8-2-0 | 12 | 10 | 8-2-0 | BIG 10 |
| 9 | 25.70 | 13 | 22.82 | 42 | 43.65 | Notre Dame | 10 | 7-2-1 | 14 | 10 | 7-2-1 | EIC |
| 12 | 24.68 | 14 | 22.68 | 14 | 32.95 | Missouri | 11 | 8-3-0 | 13 | 11 | 8-3-0 | BIG 8 |
| 14 | 22.66 | 15 | 22.22 | 12 | 32.18 | Auburn | 11 | 7-4-0 | 16 | 11 | 7-4-0 | SEC |
| 17 | 20.23 | 16 | 22.00 | 19 | 33.73 | Alabama | 11 | 8-3-0 | 15 | 11 | 8-3-0 | SEC |
| 23 | 16.68 | 17 | 21.83 | 16 | 33.35 | Mississippi | 10 | 6-3-1 | 17 | 11 | 7-3-1 | SEC |
| 28 | 13.52 | 18 | 20.54 | 36 | 41.10 | Florida | 10 | 6-3-1 | 18 | 10 | 6-3-1 | SEC |
| 15 | 22.58 | 19 | 18.22 | 46 | 45.10 | Houston | 10 | 6-2-2 | 19 | 10 | 6-2-2 | SWIC |
| 25 | 14.74 | 20 | 17.68 | 22 | 34.80 | Minnesota | 10 | 6-4-0 | 20 | 10 | 6-4-0 | BIG 10 |
| 24 | 15.06 | 21 | 17.49 | 23 | 35.10 | Nebraska | 10 | 6-4-0 | 21 | 10 | 6-4-0 | BIG 8 |
| 34 | 11.78 | 22 | 17.07 | 25 | 35.45 | Indiana | 10 | 6-4-0 | 22 | 10 | 6-4-0 | BIG 10 |
| 32 | 12.32 | 23 | 16.88 | 50 | 45.95 | Louisiana State | 11 | 8-3-0 | 23 | 11 | 8-3-0 | SEC |
| 27 | 13.85 | 24 | 16.08 | 20 | 34.15 | Miami FL | 10 | 5-5-0 | 24 | 10 | 5-5-0 | SWIC |
| 19 | 19.70 | 25 | 16.06 | 43 | 43.91 | Florida State | 11 | 8-3-0 | 25 | 11 | 8-3-0 | SWIC |
| 13 | 23.56 | 26 | 14.72 | 48 | 45.75 | Oregon State | 10 | 7-3-0 | 26 | 10 | 7-3-0 | PAC-8 |
| 33 | 12.30 | 27 | 14.02 | 30 | 36.80 | Iowa | 10 | 5-5-0 | 28 | 10 | 5-5-0 | BIG 10 |
| 21 | 18.28 | 28 | 13.96 | 41 | 43.30 | California | 10 | 6-3-1 | 27 | 11 | 7-3-1 | PAC-8 |
| 22 | 17.81 | 29 | 13.79 | 61 | 54.05 | Army | 10 | 7-3-0 | 29 | 10 | 7-3-0 | EIC |
| 26 | 14.54 | 30 | 13.52 | 24 | 35.30 | Michigan State | 10 | 5-5-0 | 32 | 10 | 5-5-0 | BIG 10 |
| 41 | 10.25 | 31 | 13.38 | 56 | 48.70 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 5-4-1 | 33 | 10 | 5-4-1 | SEC |
| 20 | 19.18 | 32 | 13.26 | 58 | 49.50 | Stanford | 10 | 6-3-1 | 31 | 10 | 6-3-1 | PAC-8 |
| 35 | 11.55 | 33 | 12.13 | 53 | 48.27 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 7-4-0 | 36 | 11 | 7-4-0 | SWIC |
| 42 | 10.10 | 34 | 11.77 | 57 | 49.05 | Texas Tech | 10 | 5-3-2 | 34 | 10 | 5-3-2 | SWAC |
| 38 | 10.59 | 35 | 11.16 | 13 | 32.95 | Kansas State | 10 | 4-6-0 | 35 | 10 | 4-6-0 | BIG 8 |
| 40 | 10.54 | 36 | 11.08 | 2 | 21.55 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 3-7-0 | 37 | 10 | 3-7-0 | BIG 8 |
| 46 | 8.31 | 37 | 10.84 | 3 | 21.70 | Kentucky | 10 | 3-7-0 | 40 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SEC |
| 31 | 12.44 | 38 | 10.71 | 47 | 45.40 | North Carolina State | 10 | 6-4-0 | 41 | 10 | 6-4-0 | ACC |
| 43 | 9.86 | 39 | 10.67 | 67 | 59.27 | Arizona | 11 | 8-3-0 | 39 | 11 | 8-3-0 | WAC |
| 37 | 10.73 | 40 | 9.40 | 65 | 56.25 | Memphis | 10 | 6-4-0 | 42 | 10 | 6-4-0 | MVC |
| 29 | 13.42 | 41 | 8.88 | 69 | 60.10 | Air Force | 10 | 7-3-0 | 43 | 10 | 7-3-0 | SWIC |
| 65 | -0.14 | 42 | 8.68 | 32 | 37.75 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 4-6-0 | 45 | 10 | 4-6-0 | SWIC |
| 44 | 9.51 | 43 | 8.64 | 9 | 29.95 | Colorado | 10 | 4-6-0 | 44 | 10 | 4-6-0 | BIG 8 |
| 49 | 6.55 | 44 | 7.53 | 72 | 65.40 | West Virginia | 10 | 7-3-0 | 48 | 10 | 7-3-0 | SoCon |
| 30 | 13.25 | 45 | 7.10 | 79 | 72.25 | Arizona State | 10 | 8-2-0 | 46 | 10 | 8-2-0 | WAC |
| 55 | 2.10 | 46 | 6.97 | 10 | 30.75 | Baylor | 10 | 3-7-0 | 47 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SWAC |
| 39 | 10.54 | 47 | 5.96 | 74 | 66.05 | Wyoming | 10 | 7-3-0 | 49 | 10 | 7-3-0 | WAC |
| 52 | 5.45 | 48 | 5.54 | 75 | 66.75 | Virginia | 10 | 7-3-0 | 50 | 10 | 7-3-0 | ACC |
| 45 | 8.95 | 49 | 5.33 | 44 | 44.05 | Clemson | 10 | 4-5-1 | 54 | 10 | 4-5-1 | ACC |
| 51 | 5.49 | 50 | 5.21 | 18 | 33.50 | Texas Christian | 10 | 3-7-0 | 52 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SWAC |
| 36 | 10.74 | 51 | 5.19 | 26 | 35.80 | Texas A&M | 10 | 3-7-0 | 53 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SWAC |
| 48 | 6.66 | 52 | 4.84 | 68 | 59.80 | Syracuse | 10 | 6-4-0 | 55 | 10 | 6-4-0 | EIC |
| 56 | 2.09 | 53 | 4.13 | 87 | 77.11 | North Texas | 9 | 7-2-0 | 51 | 10 | 8-2-0 | MVC |
| 50 | 5.74 | 54 | 3.98 | 35 | 40.65 | Oregon | 10 | 4-6-0 | 56 | 10 | 4-6-0 | PAC-8 |
| 66 | -0.55 | 55 | 3.91 | 1 | 21.50 | Illinois | 10 | 1-9-0 | 57 | 10 | 1-9-0 | BIG 10 |
| 47 | 7.93 | 56 | 3.36 | 49 | 45.75 | South Carolina | 10 | 4-6-0 | 58 | 10 | 4-6-0 | ACC |
| 63 | 0.56 | 57 | 2.63 | 90 | 81.86 | Richmond | 11 | 8-3-0 | 62 | 11 | 8-3-0 | SoCon |
| 57 | 1.96 | 58 | 2.29 | 54 | 48.45 | Duke | 10 | 4-6-0 | 61 | 10 | 4-6-0 | ACC |
| 58 | 1.86 | 59 | 0.67 | 108 | 94.68 | Ohio University | 11 | 10-1-0 | 65 | 11 | 10-1-0 | MAC |
| 60 | 0.88 | 60 | 0.43 | 37 | 41.40 | Iowa State | 10 | 3-7-0 | 63 | 10 | 3-7-0 | BIG 8 |
| 62 | 0.59 | 61 | 0.26 | 64 | 56.00 | Southern Mississippi | 7 | 3-4-0 | 72 | 10 | 4-6-0 | SWIC |
| 54 | 2.62 | 62 | 0.16 | 27 | 35.80 | UCLA | 10 | 3-7-0 | 64 | 10 | 3-7-0 | PAC-8 |
| 59 | 1.59 | 63 | -0.68 | 59 | 50.15 | Washington | 10 | 3-5-2 | 66 | 10 | 3-5-2 | PAC-8 |
| 67 | -0.98 | 64 | -1.01 | 84 | 74.81 | Boston College | 8 | 5-3-0 | 69 | 9 | 6-3-0 | EIC |
| 61 | 0.85 | 65 | -1.08 | 91 | 82.50 | Utah State | 8 | 6-2-0 | 68 | 10 | 7-3-0 | SWIC |
| 53 | 3.89 | 66 | -1.51 | 40 | 42.65 | Wake Forest | 10 | 2-7-1 | 70 | 10 | 2-7-1 | ACC |
| 68 | -2.16 | 67 | -1.56 | 119 | 102.62 | Yale | 8 | 7-0-1 | 60 | 9 | 8-0-1 | Ivy |
| 81 | -6.99 | 68 | -1.66 | 118 | 101.62 | Harvard | 8 | 7-0-1 | 59 | 9 | 8-0-1 | Ivy |
| 69 | -2.21 | 69 | -2.37 | 92 | 84.64 | West Texas A&M | 7 | 5-2-0 | 71 | 10 | 8-2-0 | SWIC |
| 83 | -8.41 | 70 | -2.99 | 5 | 27.55 | Northwestern | 10 | 1-9-0 | 73 | 10 | 1-9-0 | BIG 10 |
| 84 | -8.61 | 71 | -3.93 | 83 | 73.15 | Cincinnati | 10 | 5-4-1 | 75 | 10 | 5-4-1 | MVC |
| 82 | -7.35 | 72 | -4.06 | 34 | 39.55 | Navy | 10 | 2-8-0 | 76 | 10 | 2-8-0 | EIC |
| 75 | -5.32 | 73 | -4.37 | 82 | 72.71 | Pacific | 7 | 4-3-0 | 74 | 10 | 6-4-0 | SWIC |
| 64 | 0.45 | 74 | -4.63 | 62 | 54.70 | Washington State | 10 | 3-6-1 | 77 | 10 | 3-6-1 | PAC-8 |
| 80 | -6.66 | 75 | -4.65 | 88 | 79.20 | Tampa | 5 | 3-2-0 | 86 | 10 | 7-3-0 | SWIC |
| 79 | -6.29 | 76 | -5.77 | 55 | 48.45 | Tulane | 10 | 2-8-0 | 78 | 10 | 2-8-0 | SWIC |
| 71 | -3.60 | 77 | -6.00 | 45 | 45.00 | Maryland | 10 | 2-8-0 | 80 | 10 | 2-8-0 | ACC |
| 70 | -3.02 | 78 | -6.12 | 52 | 46.80 | North Carolina | 10 | 3-7-0 | 82 | 10 | 3-7-0 | ACC |
| 77 | -5.59 | 79 | -6.26 | 8 | 29.70 | Rice | 10 | 0-9-1 | 81 | 10 | 0-9-1 | SWAC |
| 73 | -5.02 | 80 | -6.88 | 81 | 72.50 | Texas El Paso | 8 | 4-4-0 | 85 | 10 | 4-5-1 | WAC |
| 72 | -4.36 | 81 | -7.17 | 63 | 55.95 | Utah | 10 | 3-7-0 | 83 | 10 | 3-7-0 | WAC |
| 78 | -6.02 | 82 | -8.09 | 17 | 33.39 | Mississippi State | 9 | 0-7-2 | 91 | 10 | 0-8-2 | SEC |
| 76 | -5.44 | 83 | -8.45 | 70 | 61.50 | Idaho | 6 | 2-4-0 | 87 | 10 | 6-4-0 | SWIC |
| 74 | -5.18 | 84 | -9.67 | 104 | 93.70 | Miami OH | 10 | 7-3-0 | 89 | 10 | 7-3-0 | MAC |
| 87 | -10.84 | 85 | -10.00 | 39 | 42.15 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 1-9-0 | 90 | 10 | 1-9-0 | EIC |
| 93 | -15.07 | 86 | -11.60 | 89 | 81.25 | Citadel | 8 | 4-4-0 | 95 | 10 | 5-5-0 | SoCon |
| 100 | -19.48 | 87 | -12.07 | 113 | 97.57 | Pennsylvania | 7 | 5-2-0 | 84 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Ivy |
| 90 | -13.69 | 88 | -12.97 | 80 | 72.40 | William & Mary | 10 | 3-7-0 | 96 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SoCon |
| 86 | -10.38 | 89 | -13.40 | 107 | 94.42 | Rutgers | 6 | 4-2-0 | 79 | 10 | 8-2-0 | EIC |
| 88 | -10.91 | 90 | -13.53 | 28 | 36.25 | Wisconsin | 10 | 0-10-0 | 94 | 10 | 0-10-0 | BIG 10 |
| 91 | -14.15 | 91 | -14.31 | 66 | 57.61 | Tulsa | 9 | 2-7-0 | 88 | 10 | 3-7-0 | MVC |
| 89 | -11.82 | 92 | -15.59 | 116 | 98.17 | Bowling Green | 9 | 5-3-1 | 102 | 10 | 6-3-1 | MAC |
| 99 | -17.80 | 93 | -16.24 | 95 | 85.93 | Villanova | 7 | 3-4-0 | 99 | 10 | 6-4-0 | EIC |
| 98 | -17.74 | 94 | -16.32 | 71 | 65.31 | San Jose State | 8 | 2-6-0 | 98 | 10 | 3-7-0 | SWIC |
| 96 | -16.57 | 95 | -17.29 | 94 | 85.93 | New Mexico State | 7 | 3-4-0 | 101 | 10 | 5-5-0 | SWIC |
| 97 | -16.62 | 96 | -17.44 | 73 | 65.55 | Colorado State | 10 | 2-8-0 | 103 | 10 | 2-8-0 | WAC |
| 104 | -23.20 | 97 | -17.47 | 97 | 88.75 | Louisville | 8 | 4-4-0 | 92 | 10 | 5-5-0 | MVC |
| 101 | -20.63 | 98 | -18.06 | 96 | 87.71 | East Carolina | 7 | 3-4-0 | 108 | 10 | 4-6-0 | SoCon |
| 102 | -21.62 | 99 | -18.45 | 114 | 97.61 | Saint Xavier | 9 | 5-4-0 | 105 | 10 | 6-4-0 | EIC |
| 85 | -10.00 | 100 | -18.51 | 102 | 92.80 | Toledo | 10 | 5-4-1 | 106 | 10 | 5-4-1 | MAC |
| 95 | -16.40 | 101 | -19.75 | 101 | 91.14 | Dayton | 7 | 3-4-0 | 112 | 10 | 5-5-0 | EIC |
| 105 | -23.92 | 102 | -20.09 | 103 | 93.08 | Buffalo | 6 | 3-3-0 | 104 | 10 | 7-3-0 | EIC |
| 94 | -15.96 | 103 | -21.04 | 112 | 97.50 | Princeton | 9 | 4-5-0 | 100 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Ivy |
| 92 | -15.06 | 104 | -21.14 | 78 | 71.75 | Brigham Young | 10 | 2-8-0 | 111 | 10 | 2-8-0 | WAC |
| 103 | -22.99 | 105 | -22.64 | 77 | 67.45 | Virginia Military | 10 | 1-9-0 | 114 | 10 | 1-9-0 | SoCon |
| 106 | -23.97 | 106 | -25.43 | 115 | 97.69 | Dartmouth | 8 | 3-5-0 | 110 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Ivy |
| 112 | -31.14 | 107 | -28.22 | 99 | 89.70 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 1-4-0 | 118 | 10 | 2-8-0 | EIC |
| 110 | -27.85 | 108 | -28.40 | 106 | 94.38 | Columbia | 8 | 2-6-0 | 117 | 9 | 2-7-0 | Ivy |
| 107 | -24.49 | 109 | -28.54 | 85 | 76.17 | Davidson | 6 | 1-5-0 | 120 | 9 | 3-6-0 | SoCon |
| 111 | -29.04 | 110 | -28.71 | 110 | 96.17 | Cornell | 9 | 3-6-0 | 113 | 9 | 3-6-0 | Ivy |
| 113 | -32.25 | 111 | -28.88 | 117 | 98.67 | Colgate | 6 | 2-4-0 | 107 | 10 | 5-5-0 | EIC |
| 108 | -24.61 | 112 | -30.04 | 100 | 90.38 | Western Michigan | 8 | 2-6-0 | 121 | 9 | 3-6-0 | MAC |
| 109 | -26.77 | 113 | -30.47 | 93 | 85.57 | Holy Cross | 7 | 1-6-0 | 116 | 10 | 3-6-1 | EIC |
| 114 | -33.30 | 114 | -31.84 | 76 | 66.90 | New Mexico | 10 | 0-10-0 | 122 | 10 | 0-10-0 | WAC |
| 115 | -34.23 | 115 | -31.84 | 86 | 76.22 | Wichita State | 9 | 0-9-0 | 119 | 10 | 0-10-0 | MVC |
| 118 | -41.26 | 116 | -36.65 | 111 | 96.44 | Brown | 8 | 1-7-0 | 123 | 9 | 2-7-0 | Ivy |
| 116 | -35.41 | 117 | -37.21 | 109 | 95.20 | Kent State | 10 | 1-9-0 | 127 | 10 | 1-9-0 | MAC |
| 117 | -40.61 | 118 | -39.40 | 98 | 89.25 | Furman | 4 | 0-4-0 | 132 | 10 | 1-9-0 | SoCon |
| 119 | -44.95 | 119 | -44.65 | 105 | 94.17 | Marshall | 9 | 0-9-0 | 131 | 10 | 0-9-1 | MAC |
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