1964

1965 Rankings
​Final

1966

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(9-1-1)		0.8740	Southeastern
2	Michigan State	(10-1-0)		0.8256	Big Ten
3	UCLA	(8-2-1)		0.8067	AAWU
4	Arkansas	(10-1-0)		0.7773	Southwest
5	Tennessee	(8-1-2)		0.7639	Southeastern
6	Louisiana State	(8-3-0)		0.6300	Southeastern
7	Nebraska	(10-1-0)		0.6024	Big Eight
8	Missouri	(8-2-1)		0.6004	Big Eight
9	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.5983	Southeastern
10	Notre Dame	(7-2-1)		0.5918	Independent
11	Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.5814	Southeastern
12	Southern California	(7-2-1)		0.5747	AAWU
13	Purdue	(7-2-1)		0.5632	Big Ten
14	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.5595	Ivy
15	Kentucky	(6-4-0)		0.5450	Southeastern
16	Georgia	(6-4-0)		0.5445	Southeastern
17	Ohio State	(7-2-0)		0.5252	Big Ten
18	Texas Tech	(8-3-0)		0.5188	Southwest
19	Georgia Tech	(7-3-1)		0.5139	Independent
20	Texas Christian	(6-5-0)		0.4812	Southwest
21	Auburn	(5-5-1)		0.4808	Southeastern
22	Princeton	(8-1-0)		0.4593	Ivy
23	Syracuse	(7-3-0)		0.4254	Independent
24	Baylor	(5-5-0)		0.4174	Southwest
25	Miami (Florida)	(5-4-1)		0.4111	Independent
26	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.4049	Mid-American
27	Illinois	(6-4-0)		0.3974	Big Ten
28	Washington	(5-5-0)		0.3918	AAWU
29	Florida State	(4-5-1)		0.3870	Independent
30	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3843	Missouri Valley
31	Texas	(6-4-0)		0.3841	Southwest
32	Southern Methodist	(4-5-1)		0.3840	Southwest
33	Xavier	(8-2-0)		0.3761	Independent
34	Stanford	(6-3-1)		0.3614	AAWU
35	Texas-El Paso	(8-3-0)		0.3568	Independent
36	Washington State	(7-3-0)		0.3541	AAWU
37	Utah State	(8-2-0)		0.3519	Independent
38	Minnesota	(5-4-1)		0.3475	Big Ten
39	Bowling Green State	(7-2-0)		0.3438	Mid-American
40	Southern Mississippi	(7-2-0)		0.3388	Independent
41	Penn State	(5-5-0)		0.3382	Independent
42	North Carolina State	(6-4-0)		0.3339	Atlantic Coast
43	Western Michigan	(6-2-1)		0.3242	Mid-American
44	East Carolina	(9-1-0)		0.3198	Southern
45	Duke	(6-4-0)		0.3180	Atlantic Coast
46	California	(5-5-0)		0.3171	AAWU
47	Clemson	(5-5-0)		0.3148	Atlantic Coast
48	New Mexico State	(8-2-0)		0.3066	Independent
49	Michigan	(4-6-0)		0.3027	Big Ten
50	Colorado	(6-2-2)		0.3023	Big Eight
51	Kent State	(5-4-1)		0.2874	Mid-American
52	Virginia Tech	(7-3-0)		0.2813	Independent
53	Mississippi State	(4-6-0)		0.2777	Southeastern
54	Oregon State	(5-5-0)		0.2754	AAWU
55	Navy	(4-4-2)		0.2650	Independent
56	Houston	(4-5-1)		0.2612	Independent
57	Harvard	(5-2-2)		0.2550	Ivy
58	South Carolina	(5-5-0)		0.2493	Atlantic Coast
59	Texas A&M	(3-7-0)		0.2360	Southwest
60	North Carolina	(4-6-0)		0.2348	Atlantic Coast
61	Memphis	(5-5-0)		0.2149	Independent
62	Arizona State	(6-4-0)		0.2046	Western Athletic
63	Louisville	(6-4-0)		0.1901	Missouri Valley
64	Boston College	(6-4-0)		0.1884	Independent
65	Cornell	(4-3-2)		0.1806	Ivy
66	West Texas A&M	(6-4-0)		0.1805	Independent
67	Iowa State	(5-4-1)		0.1775	Big Eight
68	West Virginia	(6-4-0)		0.1750	Southern
69	Wyoming	(6-4-0)		0.1714	Western Athletic
70	Idaho	(5-5-0)		0.1695	Independent
71	Toledo	(5-5-0)		0.1689	Mid-American
72	Northwestern	(4-6-0)		0.1607	Big Ten
73	Oregon	(4-5-1)		0.1535	AAWU
74	William & Mary	(6-4-0)		0.1507	Southern
75	Army	(4-5-1)		0.1445	Independent
76	Colgate	(6-3-1)		0.1430	Independent
77	Vanderbilt	(2-7-1)		0.1380	Southeastern
78	Virginia	(4-6-0)		0.1236	Atlantic Coast
79	Oklahoma State	(3-7-0)		0.1162	Big Eight
80	Maryland	(4-6-0)		0.1051	Atlantic Coast
81	Pittsburgh	(3-7-0)		0.0917	Independent
82	Brigham Young	(6-4-0)		0.0876	Western Athletic
83	Pennsylvania	(4-4-1)		0.0850	Ivy
84	Marshall	(5-5-0)		0.0831	Mid-American
85	Tulane	(2-8-0)		0.0719	Southeastern
86	Cincinnati	(5-5-0)		0.0669	Missouri Valley
87	Rice	(2-8-0)		0.0624	Southwest
88	George Washington	(5-5-0)		0.0532	Southern
89	Air Force	(3-6-1)		0.0502	Independent
90	Wisconsin	(2-7-1)		0.0349	Big Ten
91	Wake Forest	(3-7-0)		0.0267	Atlantic Coast
92	Oklahoma	(3-7-0)		0.0228	Big Eight
93	Buffalo	(5-3-2)		0.0227	Independent
94	San Jose State	(5-5-0)		0.0112	Independent
95	Indiana	(2-8-0)		-0.0148	Big Ten
96	Colorado State	(4-6-0)		-0.0229	Independent
97	Iowa	(1-9-0)		-0.0297	Big Ten
98	Davidson	(6-4-0)		-0.0436	Southern
99	Utah	(3-7-0)		-0.0535	Western Athletic
100	Yale	(3-6-0)		-0.0635	Ivy
101	North Texas	(3-7-0)		-0.0704	Missouri Valley
102	Kansas	(2-8-0)		-0.1284	Big Eight
103	Virginia Military Institute	(3-7-0)		-0.1352	Southern
104	Wichita State	(2-7-0)		-0.1386	Missouri Valley
105	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1522	Ivy
106	New Mexico	(3-7-0)		-0.2336	Western Athletic
107	Furman	(5-5-0)		-0.2414	Southern
108	Holy Cross	(2-7-1)		-0.2439	Independent
109	Rutgers	(3-6-0)		-0.2526	Independent
110	Dayton	(1-8-1)		-0.2587	Independent
111	Arizona	(3-7-0)		-0.2593	Western Athletic
112	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.2631	Ivy
113	Ohio	(0-10-0)		-0.3176	Mid-American
114	Villanova	(1-8-0)		-0.3659	Independent
115	Citadel	(2-8-0)		-0.4475	Southern
116	Kansas State	(0-10-0)		-0.5391	Big Eight
117	Richmond	(0-10-0)		-0.6099	Southern
118	Lehigh	(1-8-0)		-0.6321	Independent
119	Pacific	(1-8-0)		-0.7209	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1965)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.5005
2	Southwest		0.4076
3	AAWU		0.4043
4	Big Ten		0.3113
5	Atlantic Coast		0.2133
6	Mid-American		0.1850
7	Big Eight		0.1443
8	Ivy		0.1326
9	Independent		0.1266
10	Missouri Valley		0.0865
11	Western Athletic		-0.0138
12	Southern		-0.0865