1965 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Michigan State             10   -  1     2.5256 
  2 Dartmouth                   8   -  0     2.4045 
  3 Alabama                     9.5 -  1.5   1.9819 
  4 UCLA                        8.5 -  2.5   1.9540 
  5 Arkansas                   10   -  1     1.7418 
  6 Nebraska                   10   -  1     1.5832 
  7 Tennessee                   9   -  2     1.5681 
  8 Princeton                   8   -  1     1.4043 
  9 Notre Dame                  7.5 -  2.5   1.0593 
 10 Missouri                    8.5 -  2.5   1.0519 

 11 Southern California         7.5 -  2.5   1.0213 
 12 Louisiana State             8   -  3     0.9508 
 13 Purdue                      7.5 -  2.5   0.9317 
 14 Ohio State                  7   -  2     0.9074 
 15 Xavier                      8   -  2     0.8546 
 16 Mississippi                 7   -  4     0.8267 
 17 Texas Tech                  8   -  3     0.7924 
 18 Utah State                  7   -  2     0.7600 
 19 Syracuse                    7   -  3     0.7368 
 20 Miami (Ohio)                7   -  3     0.7357 

 21 Kentucky                    6   -  4     0.7346 
 22 Florida                     7   -  4     0.7137 
 23 Bowling Green State         6   -  2     0.7030 
 24 Tulsa                       7   -  3     0.7018 
 25 Texas-El Paso               8   -  3     0.6924 
 26 Georgia Tech                7.5 -  3.5   0.6903 
 27 Georgia                     6   -  4     0.6808 
 28 Stanford                    6.5 -  3.5   0.6471 
 29 New Mexico State            5   -  2     0.6398 
 30 Texas Christian             6   -  5     0.6073 

 31 Washington State            7   -  3     0.6014 
 32 Harvard                     5   -  3     0.5971 
 33 Southern Mississippi        5   -  2     0.5930 
 34 Colgate                     6.5 -  3.5   0.5744 
 35 Illinois                    6   -  4     0.5625 
 36 Auburn                      5.5 -  5.5   0.5529 
 37 East Carolina               4   -  1     0.5408 
 38 Western Michigan            5.5 -  2.5   0.5294 
 39 Virginia Tech               7   -  3     0.5197 
 40 Colorado                    6   -  3     0.5033 

 41 Duke                        6   -  4     0.5003 
 42 Penn State                  5   -  5     0.4931 
 43 North Carolina State        6   -  4     0.4867 
 44 Washington                  5   -  5     0.4864 
 45 Wyoming                     6   -  4     0.4762 
 46 Baylor                      5   -  5     0.4676 
 47 Miami (Florida)             5.5 -  4.5   0.4649 
 48 Cornell                     5   -  4     0.4628 
 49 Arizona State               6   -  4     0.4623 
 50 California                  5   -  5     0.4500 

 51 Minnesota                   5.5 -  4.5   0.4495 
 52 West Virginia               6   -  4     0.4459 
 53 Texas                       6   -  4     0.4453 
 54 Navy                        5   -  5     0.4326 
 55 William & Mary              6   -  4     0.4283 
 56 Florida State               4.5 -  5.5   0.4277 
 57 Oregon State                5   -  5     0.4246 
 58 West Texas A&M              4   -  3     0.4238 
 59 South Carolina              5   -  5     0.4223 
 60 Clemson                     5   -  5     0.4222 

 61 Brigham Young               6   -  4     0.4202 
 62 Southern Methodist          4.5 -  5.5   0.4166 
 63 Kent                        5.5 -  4.5   0.4157 
 64 Boston College              6   -  4     0.3787 
 65 Idaho                       3   -  4     0.3632 
 66 Houston                     4.5 -  5.5   0.3597 
 67 San Jose State              4   -  4     0.3579 
 68 Pennsylvania                4.5 -  4.5   0.3517 
 69 Michigan                    4   -  6     0.3438 
 70 Bucknell                    2   -  2     0.3386 

 71 Army                        4.5 -  5.5   0.3285 
 72 Mississippi State           3   -  6     0.3261 
 73 Memphis                     4   -  5     0.3257 
 74 Oregon                      4.5 -  5.5   0.3244 
 75 Louisville                  4   -  4     0.3223 
 76 Toledo                      5   -  5     0.3136 
 77 North Carolina              4   -  6     0.3061 
 78 Quantico Marines            3   -  3     0.3039 
 79 Yale                        3   -  5     0.2968 
 80 Buffalo                     3.5 -  2.5   0.2860 

 81 Iowa State                  4.5 -  4.5   0.2793 
 82 Virginia                    4   -  6     0.2780 
 83 Northwestern                4   -  6     0.2672 
 84 Tennessee-Chattanooga       1   -  3     0.2655 
 85 Davidson                    4   -  4     0.2608 
 86 George Washington           4   -  5     0.2561 
 87 Maryland                    4   -  6     0.2549 
 88 Texas A&M                   3   -  7     0.2537 
 89 Air Force                   3.5 -  6.5   0.2484 
 90 Marshall                    3   -  5     0.2480 

 91 Cincinnati                  4   -  5     0.2376 
 92 Vanderbilt                  2.5 -  7.5   0.2288 
 93 Pittsburgh                  3   -  7     0.2264 
 94 Brown                       2   -  6     0.2178 
 95 Furman                      3   -  3     0.2170 
 96 Oklahoma State              3   -  7     0.2147 
 97 Wake Forest                 3   -  7     0.2137 
 98 Lafayette                   2   -  3     0.2126 
 99 Wisconsin                   2.5 -  7.5   0.2045 
100 Colorado State              2   -  6     0.1961 

101 North Texas                 2   -  6     0.1851 
102 Tulane                      2   -  8     0.1789 
103 Virginia Military Institute 3   -  7     0.1756 
104 New Mexico                  3   -  7     0.1740 
105 Arizona                     3   -  7     0.1691 
106 Columbia                    2   -  7     0.1596 
107 Utah                        3   -  7     0.1579 
108 Oklahoma                    3   -  7     0.1573 
109 Holy Cross                  1   -  6     0.1534 
110 Rutgers                     2   -  5     0.1513 

111 Montana                     1   -  4     0.1488 
112 Wichita State               1   -  6     0.1462 
113 Indiana                     2   -  8     0.1306 
114 Rice                        1   -  8     0.1293 
115 Citadel                     2   -  7     0.1158 
116 Kansas                      2   -  8     0.1135 
117 Dayton                      1.5 -  8.5   0.1079 
118 Lehigh                      1   -  6     0.1072 
119 Iowa                        1   -  9     0.1056 
120 Pacific                     0   -  5     0.0879 

121 Villanova                   0   -  7     0.0773 
122 Ohio                        0   - 10     0.0571 
123 Richmond                    0   - 10     0.0533 
124 Kansas State                0   - 10     0.0471 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.4205