Standings
| Overall | Conference | SRS | Polls | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Pts | Pts | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Post | Notes |
| New Mexico State | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 | 15.3 | -0.98 | -9.68 | |||||
| Utah State | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 13.6 | 5.30 | -6.50 | |||||
| Xavier | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 15.5 | -3.03 | -8.63 | |||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 7.3 | 23.87 | 10.37 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Southern Mississippi | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 6.7 | -0.11 | -8.22 | |||||
| Syracuse | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 14.6 | 10.68 | 3.78 | 9 | ||||
| UTEP | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.8 | 18.7 | 5.57 | -3.52 | |||||
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 13.4 | -0.96 | -6.26 | |||||
| Boston College | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 | 11.7 | 1.23 | -5.27 | |||||
| Buffalo | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 7.8 | -9.16 | -15.46 | |||||
| Colgate | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 10.9 | -8.99 | -10.79 | |||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 15.5 | 14.30 | 7.48 | 7 | ||||
| Quantico Marines | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 9.8 | -6.22 | -12.12 | |||||
| West Texas A&M | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 14.2 | -4.58 | -7.58 | |||||
| Idaho | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 12.5 | -1.97 | -5.37 | |||||
| Memphis | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 15.3 | 3.76 | -0.44 | |||||
| Miami (FL) | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.9 | 13.8 | 14.10 | 8.70 | |||||
| Navy | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 5.70 | 6.00 | |||||
| Penn State | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 15.1 | 9.44 | 6.94 | |||||
| San Jose State | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.4 | 19.2 | -8.14 | -7.24 | |||||
| Army | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 0.52 | 2.42 | |||||
| Colorado State | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 | 26.4 | -6.24 | -2.94 | |||||
| Florida State | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 8.38 | 9.38 | |||||
| Houston | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 6.41 | 7.21 | |||||
| Air Force | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 1.44 | 2.94 | |||||
| Pitt | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 31.1 | 0.54 | 9.14 | |||||
| Rutgers | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 16.9 | -20.17 | -13.17 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 17.3 | -16.54 | -7.64 | |||||
| Dayton | 1 | 8 | 1 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 16.1 | -17.67 | -6.07 | |||||
| Lehigh | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 29.1 | -27.58 | -15.25 | |||||
| Pacific | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 27.8 | -24.96 | -10.52 | |||||
| Villanova | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 22.9 | -17.52 | -6.30 | |||||
2 Bowl Games
| Date | Bowl | Winner | Pts | Loser | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-12-31 | Gator Bowl | Georgia Tech | 31 | Texas Tech | 21 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1965-12-31 | Sun Bowl | Texas-El Paso | 13 | Texas Christian | 12 | El Paso, TX |
1965 Conference Leaders