1965 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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119 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	★	10–1	310.21	369.41	171.27	—
2	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	277.39	339.77	160.72	▲ 2
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	★	9–1–1	273.75	323.15	160.02	▲ 4
4	UCLA FBS · AAWU	—	8–2–1	271.94	292.50	201.52	▲ 2
5	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–1	270.08	344.32	112.58	▼ 3
6	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	8–1–2	268.83	303.82	176.96	▼ 1
7	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	10–1	259.60	322.91	120.98	▼ 4
8	USC FBS · AAWU	—	7–2–1	234.45	275.47	153.69	—
9	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	231.18	299.98	92.16	—
10	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	9–0	229.91	289.50	97.85	—
11	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	7–2–1	212.97	241.66	145.64	—
12	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	8–2–1	208.08	238.20	132.50	▲ 1
13	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–4	200.15	220.34	159.95	▼ 1
14	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–3	199.06	217.79	150.20	▲ 9
15	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	195.64	230.52	132.51	▲ 3
16	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4	185.41	212.47	144.08	▼ 1
17	Washington FBS · AAWU	—	5–5	184.23	210.96	153.10	▼ 1
18	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	179.33	200.51	124.07	▼ 4
19	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	178.04	200.96	128.37	▲ 1
20	Florida FBS · SEC	—	7–4	176.98	189.32	149.01	▼ 3
21	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	176.50	200.86	112.36	▼ 2
22	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–4	175.12	173.36	169.55	—
23	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–2	173.37	187.19	131.96	▼ 2
24	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	165.56	201.25	137.16	—
25	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	6–4	164.78	172.61	151.53	▲ 1
26	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	160.05	189.07	80.04	▲ 1
27	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	154.57	192.58	77.91	▲ 1
28	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	6–2–2	152.33	175.66	101.90	▲ 1
29	NC State FBS · ACC	—	6–4	151.93	184.40	104.95	▲ 1
30	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	151.62	156.38	143.58	▼ 5
31	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	150.33	144.15	166.24	▲ 1
32	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	150.06	150.54	148.78	▼ 1
33	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	144.60	163.60	90.17	▲ 7
34	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	142.88	170.49	94.10	▼ 1
35	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	141.61	137.24	152.86	▼ 1
36	Duke FBS · ACC	—	6–4	137.88	147.64	117.61	▼ 1
37	California FBS · AAWU	—	5–5	137.16	122.89	162.44	▼ 1
38	Stanford FBS · AAWU	—	6–3–1	136.91	128.31	139.87	—
39	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	136.46	127.68	156.65	▼ 2
40	Washington State FBS · AAWU	—	7–3	136.00	153.34	93.22	▼ 1
41	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	5–2–2	130.33	140.27	102.97	—
42	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4–1	127.58	122.93	137.64	—
43	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	126.17	143.41	74.36	—
44	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	125.23	130.93	130.03	▲ 1
45	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–2	124.86	120.26	137.43	▲ 3
46	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6	124.45	116.98	158.26	—
47	Oregon State FBS · AAWU	—	5–5	124.32	117.89	134.48	—
48	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	123.63	116.75	142.60	▼ 4
49	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	123.11	139.75	90.30	—
50	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6	120.12	115.31	149.33	—
51	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–5	119.87	101.42	144.37	▲ 3
52	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	4–3–2	119.68	130.02	101.88	▼ 1
53	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	9–1	119.58	144.60	48.16	▼ 1
54	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	116.05	117.44	115.00	▼ 1
55	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	111.81	104.12	109.65	▲ 1
56	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	1–0	110.63	120.40	62.07	▲ 1
57	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	109.80	89.41	151.72	▼ 2
58	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	6–4	109.68	108.51	101.31	—
59	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	5–5	109.03	126.90	95.81	—
60	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	107.88	125.46	66.06	—
61	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	7–2	107.10	114.98	67.02	▲ 1
62	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6–1	106.93	106.80	133.88	▼ 1
63	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–2	104.67	130.98	59.47	—
64	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	103.33	92.83	149.81	—
65	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	103.05	111.29	72.19	—
66	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	101.85	109.52	82.26	—
67	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	5–5	101.23	87.81	125.95	—
68	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	99.13	99.08	104.73	—
69	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–6	96.09	70.75	149.60	▲ 1
70	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–4–1	94.89	102.14	81.45	▼ 1
71	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–6	93.55	94.53	112.25	—
72	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–7–1	92.53	67.07	167.35	▲ 1
73	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–2–1	91.63	90.93	70.18	▼ 1
74	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	4–6	88.78	65.28	138.00	—
75	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	87.36	90.52	73.85	—
76	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	86.67	75.93	65.71	—
77	Colorado State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	84.19	90.33	94.44	▲ 2
78	Oregon FBS · AAWU	—	4–5–1	84.15	67.11	121.38	▼ 1
79	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	3–7	82.27	51.37	155.66	▲ 1
80	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	3–7	81.28	53.64	144.81	▼ 2
81	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	6–4	80.82	74.82	76.59	—
82	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	3–7	80.08	85.60	110.62	—
83	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3–1	80.00	61.13	87.35	—
84	West Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	77.24	63.11	84.82	—
85	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	4–6	75.35	67.10	108.51	—
86	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–7	74.06	85.10	92.89	—
87	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	72.69	76.96	68.27	—
88	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	69.39	58.01	108.19	—
89	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	69.05	61.04	115.88	—
90	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	67.68	57.85	85.87	—
91	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	66.97	43.37	100.44	—
92	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	5–5	65.72	70.98	64.08	▲ 1
93	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	2–8	65.44	41.83	143.65	▼ 1
94	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–4–1	64.50	41.75	93.74	—
95	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	2–8	62.37	53.98	120.92	—
96	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	2–7–1	62.19	15.69	164.01	—
97	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	2–8	62.07	89.00	70.62	—
98	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	2–8	62.03	24.63	163.72	▲ 2
99	QQuantico Marines FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	60.77	67.00	47.34	▼ 1
100	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	3–7	59.96	40.67	119.83	▼ 1
101	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7–1	59.48	47.00	109.18	—
102	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–7	59.41	62.75	94.76	—
103	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–8	56.28	32.05	138.96	—
104	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	54.91	37.65	106.57	—
105	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	43.54	24.66	68.80	—
106	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–7	41.30	24.36	95.88	—
107	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–7	41.04	21.41	98.95	—
108	Cincinnati FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	40.30	11.73	80.52	—
109	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	1–9	39.37	5.65	148.41	—
110	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–7	39.14	29.72	79.18	—
111	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	38.48	38.28	76.36	—
112	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	32.73	1.00	110.78	—
113	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	31.35	13.17	79.12	—
114	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8–1	24.17	17.28	81.42	—
115	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	0–10	15.41	1.00	110.62	—
116	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8	14.14	1.58	81.23	—
117	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	0–10	9.81	1.00	88.05	—
118	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–8	8.15	1.00	69.65	—
119	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	0–10	5.18	1.00	82.78	—