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1964 Year Summary

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National Champions: Alabama (AP, UPI), Arkansas (FWAA), Notre Dame (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: John Huarte (Notre Dame)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Ara Parseghian (Notre Dame)

AP Preseason #1: Mississippi ▪ AP Final #1: Alabama

Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS
Overall Bowls SRS Polls
Rk Conference Schs G W L T Pct G W L T Pct SRS SOS Pre Final Champion
1 Big Ten Conference 10 91 48 43 0 .527 1 1 0 0 1.000 12.25 11.79 2 2 Michigan
2 Athletic Association of Western Universities 8 81 43 36 2 .543 1 0 1 0 .000 8.80 8.35 1 2 Oregon State
Southern California
3 Southeastern Conference 11 114 62 47 5 .566 4 2 2 0 .500 8.65 6.78 3 2 Alabama
4 Southwest Conference 8 83 42 39 2 .518 3 2 1 0 .667 7.39 7.11 1 2 Arkansas
5 Western Athletic Conference 6 62 41 17 4 .694 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.20 -0.33 0 0 Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
6 Big Eight Conference 8 82 37 42 3 .470 2 0 2 0 .000 4.65 5.40 1 1 Nebraska
7 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 80 35 42 3 .456 0 0 0 0 0.18 1.72 0 0 North Carolina State
8 Independent 32 312 145 154 13 .486 2 1 1 0 .500 -2.42 -2.29 2 1
9 Missouri Valley Conference 5 51 24 26 1 .480 1 1 0 0 1.000 -5.10 -5.00 0 0 Cincinnati
10 Ivy Group 8 72 38 31 3 .549 0 0 0 0 -5.97 -7.74 0 0 Princeton
11 Mid-American Conference 7 68 35 30 3 .537 0 0 0 0 -7.14 -8.16 0 0 Bowling Green State
12 Southern Conference 9 89 36 53 0 .404 1 0 1 0 .000 -12.56 -9.06 0 0 West Virginia

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 Final
Alabama SEC 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
Arkansas SWC     9 8 4 4 4 3 3 3 2
Notre Dame Ind   9 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 3
Michigan Big Ten   8 7 5       6 6 4 4
Texas SWC 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 5
Nebraska Big 8     8 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 6
Louisiana State SEC       9 7 9 8 9 8 6 7
Oregon State AAWU               8   8 8
Ohio State Big Ten 5 5 4 2 1 1 2 7 7 9 9
Southern California AAWU   2                 10
School Conf Pre 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 Final
Auburn SEC 8 7                  
Florida SEC         9 10 9        
Florida State Ind       10 10         10  
Georgia Tech Ind           8 7 10      
Illinois Big Ten 3 3 2                
Kentucky SEC     5                
Michigan State Big Ten     9                
Mississippi SEC 1                    
Navy Ind 10 6                  
Oklahoma Big 8 2                    
Oregon AAWU           7     10    
Purdue Big Ten             10        
Syracuse Ind 9     7 8       9    
Washington AAWU 7 10