1963 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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119 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Texas FBS · Southwest	★	11–0	314.91	391.87	142.97	—
2	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	248.54	291.51	144.54	▲ 1
3	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	8–1–1	245.18	290.45	147.18	▲ 4
4	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	240.05	286.06	135.09	▼ 2
5	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–1–2	239.48	290.14	141.91	▼ 1
6	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–1	237.91	284.89	128.09	▲ 3
7	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	9–2	234.43	270.30	146.05	▲ 3
8	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0–1	233.54	301.45	91.06	▼ 2
9	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–2–1	232.74	268.03	161.09	▼ 1
10	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–2	227.66	253.62	153.02	▼ 5
11	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	8–2	216.89	237.43	148.18	—
12	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	9–2	212.70	260.74	107.97	—
13	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	211.94	267.29	106.93	—
14	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	205.94	247.03	119.26	—
15	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–1	199.42	251.75	84.83	—
16	Georgia Tech FBS · SEC	—	7–3	198.85	220.33	149.33	—
17	USC FBS · AAWU	—	7–3	196.68	233.62	132.50	—
18	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	194.72	215.66	143.34	▲ 1
19	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	7–2–2	194.58	198.64	163.31	▼ 1
20	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	190.05	204.43	148.36	—
21	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	184.39	207.24	120.46	—
22	Oregon FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	174.81	196.20	120.93	▲ 3
23	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	171.92	214.33	75.12	—
24	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	7–3	170.73	190.58	126.25	—
25	Washington FBS · AAWU	—	6–5	168.87	181.33	148.97	▼ 3
26	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	166.64	193.97	114.56	—
27	LSU FBS · SEC	—	7–4	164.51	168.88	149.95	—
28	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	6–4	162.99	161.78	157.85	▲ 1
29	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	3–4–2	162.13	165.01	172.45	▼ 1
30	NC State FBS · ACC	—	8–3	162.04	180.96	108.59	▲ 1
31	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	161.11	163.96	132.59	▼ 1
32	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	160.88	178.03	145.69	—
33	Florida FBS · SEC	—	6–3–1	160.29	161.02	147.31	—
34	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–3–1	157.70	150.69	159.96	—
35	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	5–2–2	154.13	166.36	120.26	—
36	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	152.79	144.58	161.75	—
37	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	5–5	146.22	155.15	143.75	—
38	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	145.46	146.95	147.58	—
39	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	8–2	144.08	168.12	76.23	—
40	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	5–4–1	142.75	159.80	120.57	—
41	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	142.50	146.88	125.24	—
42	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–2	138.58	160.48	78.58	—
43	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–5–1	137.10	156.74	125.87	—
44	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6	132.33	127.70	164.99	—
45	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	5–5	131.36	134.99	134.47	—
46	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	3–3–2	128.58	130.83	138.34	—
47	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6	128.11	133.88	149.61	—
48	San José State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	127.52	141.18	108.98	—
49	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4	123.65	112.02	144.53	▲ 1
50	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	121.88	144.02	82.77	▲ 1
51	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–5–1	119.64	100.32	159.96	▲ 1
52	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	117.26	95.79	171.68	▼ 3
53	Oregon State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	117.11	100.74	141.82	—
54	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	113.46	114.52	116.42	—
55	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	113.40	111.10	115.24	—
56	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	4–5–1	112.70	95.93	148.17	—
57	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	2–7–1	112.49	111.51	159.02	—
58	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–4	109.65	129.84	66.72	▲ 1
59	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–6–1	109.33	100.28	144.84	▼ 1
60	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5	109.04	109.11	108.85	—
61	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6	108.11	118.53	112.54	▲ 1
62	West Virginia FBS · Southern	—	4–6	107.77	96.69	133.50	▼ 1
63	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	106.18	100.39	100.05	—
64	Cincinnati FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	104.94	109.09	88.92	—
65	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	103.35	81.07	141.06	▲ 2
66	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	5–3–2	103.20	118.14	72.51	—
67	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–4–1	102.94	86.68	125.39	▼ 2
68	Stanford FBS · AAWU	—	3–7	100.69	106.51	131.57	—
69	UCLA FBS · AAWU	—	2–8	98.22	79.90	167.94	—
70	California FBS · AAWU	—	4–5–1	97.91	70.28	147.35	—
71	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	3–5	95.02	83.24	128.84	—
72	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	94.51	82.15	92.55	▲ 1
73	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	94.26	75.00	159.21	▼ 1
74	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	92.41	68.89	158.98	—
75	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	8–2	89.67	85.07	54.73	—
76	Washington State FBS · AAWU	—	3–6–1	88.50	83.08	126.64	—
77	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	86.56	98.24	101.72	—
78	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1	85.25	123.36	33.21	—
79	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–7	83.08	40.47	176.89	—
80	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–6	82.89	88.48	96.34	—
81	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	81.04	73.79	95.75	—
82	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	3–7	79.94	65.68	131.27	—
83	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	1–8	79.73	57.94	160.26	▲ 1
84	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	2–7	79.08	72.93	128.60	▼ 1
85	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–5	76.81	56.34	122.84	—
86	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–7–2	75.42	79.33	120.97	—
87	Idaho FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	75.31	54.59	99.83	—
88	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	5–4–1	68.31	68.91	62.88	▲ 1
89	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	4–6	68.16	82.49	66.48	▼ 1
90	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	67.64	52.48	104.94	—
91	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–5–1	65.71	82.87	58.65	—
92	Tulane FBS · SEC	—	1–8–1	64.73	26.43	168.86	—
93	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	62.67	53.64	66.88	—
94	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3–1	60.76	37.70	82.18	—
95	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	60.16	65.10	89.58	—
96	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	59.17	44.93	72.31	—
97	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	58.84	30.13	121.03	—
98	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	1–9	55.43	43.86	125.58	—
99	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	2–8	51.79	19.37	144.88	—
100	DDetroit Mercy FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–6–1	51.20	67.00	69.33	—
101	West Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4–1	49.20	19.60	85.47	—
102	PPacific FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	48.65	69.87	68.87	—
103	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	43.62	31.99	84.09	—
104	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–8	41.07	42.69	81.28	▲ 1
105	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–5–2	40.20	30.46	71.08	▼ 1
106	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	2–7–1	36.40	13.25	107.52	—
107	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	2–7	35.63	45.12	58.29	—
108	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	3–6–1	35.43	9.01	92.38	—
109	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	33.66	15.02	54.69	—
110	Colorado State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	33.46	1.00	102.40	—
111	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	32.88	1.00	89.72	—
112	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6–1	31.18	1.00	87.28	—
113	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	1–8–1	27.83	1.00	120.32	—
114	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	22.97	1.00	81.88	—
115	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–7	22.92	8.72	75.80	—
116	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–7–2	16.32	1.00	78.07	—
117	BBoston University FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–6–1	15.46	1.00	82.08	—
118	GGeorge Washington FBS · Southern	—	2–7	10.42	1.00	61.85	—
119	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–6	8.77	1.00	34.74	—