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1965 Year Summary

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National Champions: Michigan State (FWAA, NFF, UPI), Alabama (AP, FWAA)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Mike Garrett (Southern California)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Duffy Daugherty (Michigan State)

AP Preseason #1: Nebraska ▪ 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 Southeastern Conference 11 116 64 47 5 .573 6 4 2 0 .667 13.41 11.10 2 3 Alabama
2 Big Ten Conference 10 100 48 49 3 .495 1 0 1 0 .000 10.05 10.08 3 1 Michigan State
3 Athletic Association of Western Universities 8 81 47 30 4 .605 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.58 7.08 1 2 UCLA
4 Southwest Conference 8 83 44 38 1 .536 3 0 3 0 .000 8.73 8.07 2 1 Arkansas
5 Atlantic Coast Conference 8 80 37 43 0 .463 0 0 0 0 2.46 4.33 0 0 Clemson
North Carolina State
6 Big Eight Conference 8 82 37 41 4 .476 2 1 1 0 .500 1.49 2.05 1 2 Nebraska
7 Independent 32 317 156 147 14 .514 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.99 -2.96 1 1
8 Western Athletic Conference 6 60 27 33 0 .450 0 0 0 0 -3.86 -2.43 0 0 Brigham Young
9 Missouri Valley Conference 5 50 24 26 0 .480 1 0 1 0 .000 -4.78 -4.34 0 0 Tulsa
10 Mid-American Conference 7 68 35 31 2 .529 0 0 0 0 -6.86 -7.52 0 0 Bowling Green State
Miami (OH)
11 Ivy Group 8 72 37 30 5 .549 0 0 0 0 -7.36 -9.44 0 0 Dartmouth
12 Southern Conference 9 90 42 48 0 .467 1 1 0 0 1.000 -10.71 -9.67 0 0 West Virginia

AP Poll Summary

School Conf Pre 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 Final
Alabama SEC 5           10 5 5 5 5 4 1
Michigan State Big Ten     9 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Arkansas SWC 6 5 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
UCLA AAWU               8 7 7 4 5 4
Nebraska Big 8 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5
Missouri Big 8               9 9 8 7 6 6
Tennessee SEC                 8   9 7 7
Louisiana State SEC 8 7 5     9 5           8
Notre Dame Ind 3 1 8 7 8 7 4 4 4 4 6 9 9
Southern California AAWU 7     8 6 4 8 6 6 6 8 8 10
School Conf Pre 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 Final
Florida SEC   8   10 9 8 7     10      
Georgia SEC     10 4 5 10              
Georgia Tech Ind               7          
Kentucky SEC   10 6         10 10        
Michigan Big Ten 4 4 7                    
Mississippi State SEC       9 10                
Ohio State Big Ten 10                        
Purdue Big Ten 9 6 2 6 7 6 6            
Syracuse Ind   9                      
Texas SWC 2 3 1 1 1 5 9            
Texas Tech SWC                   9 10 10