1965 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

120 Schools

120 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Michigan State	Big Ten	2	10	1	0	10.93	15.81	26.75	40.20	-10.86
2	Alabama	SEC	1	9	1	1	13.43	10.96	24.39	38.75	-5.52
3	Notre Dame	Ind	9	7	2	1	10.54	13.32	23.87	42.31	-7.56
4	Tennessee	SEC	7	8	1	2	9.33	13.04	22.37	35.29	-7.19
5	Arkansas	SWC	3	10	1	0	12.91	9.33	22.24	41.77	-2.73
6	UCLA	AAWU	4	8	2	1	14.07	7.04	21.11	41.69	-1.58
7	USC	AAWU	10	7	2	1	8.66	11.99	20.65	38.38	-5.84
8	Nebraska	Big 8	5	10	1	0	12.99	4.57	17.55	43.13	2.77
9	Ole Miss	SEC		7	4	0	6.24	11.17	17.41	31.44	-5.61
10	Purdue	Big Ten		7	2	1	9.05	8.08	17.13	37.26	-2.92
11	Florida	SEC		7	4	0	10.68	6.18	16.86	37.60	-0.68
12	LSU	SEC	8	8	3	0	9.36	7.01	16.37	39.27	-0.40
13	Illinois	Big Ten		6	4	0	7.68	8.38	16.05	38.30	-2.33
14	Missouri	Big 8	6	8	2	1	6.26	9.73	15.99	32.02	-3.59
15	Kentucky	SEC		6	4	0	9.66	5.27	14.92	35.94	0.68
16	Georgia Tech	Ind		7	3	1	11.26	3.04	14.30	37.00	3.61
17	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	4	1	7.76	6.35	14.10	33.23	-1.34
18	Georgia	SEC		6	4	0	8.33	5.46	13.79	34.24	0.77
19	Ohio State	Big Ten		7	2	0	4.91	8.17	13.08	30.61	-1.95
20	Texas	SWC		6	4	0	9.40	2.55	11.95	35.59	3.64
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Michigan	Big Ten		4	6	0	7.60	3.90	11.50	33.78	0.48
22	Auburn	SEC		5	5	1	5.39	5.74	11.13	31.30	0.87
23	Minnesota	Big Ten		5	4	1	7.30	3.79	11.08	33.39	2.65
24	Texas Tech	SWC		8	3	0	11.70	-0.66	11.04	37.90	7.87
25	Syracuse	Ind		7	3	0	6.94	3.74	10.68	34.51	1.94
26	Washington	AAWU		5	5	0	8.94	0.72	9.66	35.44	5.51
27	Penn State	Ind		5	5	0	5.66	3.78	9.44	32.41	0.77
28	Texas Christian	SWC		6	5	0	2.64	6.40	9.04	27.88	-0.80
29	Tulsa	MVC		8	3	0	7.34	1.53	8.87	37.51	4.61
30	California	AAWU		5	5	0	1.14	7.43	8.58	27.22	3.35
31	Florida State	Ind		4	5	1	0.57	7.82	8.38	26.78	-1.91
32	Duke	ACC		6	4	0	5.71	2.59	8.30	32.23	3.60
33	SMU	SWC		4	5	1	1.59	6.51	8.10	27.34	0.55
34	Stanford	AAWU		6	3	1	2.96	4.97	7.93	26.85	2.24
35	Baylor	SWC		5	5	0	3.70	3.84	7.54	29.76	2.72
36	Mississippi State	SEC		4	6	0	5.72	1.57	7.29	34.17	4.09
37	North Carolina State	ACC		6	4	0	0.38	6.27	6.65	25.38	0.18
38	Northwestern	Big Ten		4	6	0	3.30	3.17	6.47	29.47	4.78
39	Houston	Ind		4	5	1	3.21	3.21	6.41	30.40	4.76
40	Dartmouth	Ivy		9	0	0	4.15	2.08	6.23	35.07	4.02
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Navy	Ind		4	4	2	-1.47	7.18	5.70	25.15	-0.49
42	UTEP	Ind		8	3	0	9.30	-3.73	5.57	35.61	10.87
43	Princeton	Ivy		8	1	0	6.94	-1.64	5.30	37.47	7.63
44	Utah State	Ind		8	2	0	5.53	-0.22	5.30	32.78	6.29
45	Wyoming	WAC		6	4	0	2.66	2.04	4.71	29.19	8.24
46	Clemson	ACC		5	5	0	-1.14	5.30	4.16	23.84	1.67
47	Oregon State	AAWU		5	5	0	1.73	2.42	4.16	25.92	2.79
48	Colorado	Big 8		6	2	2	-0.60	4.68	4.08	24.84	2.24
49	South Carolina	ACC		5	5	0	2.96	1.02	3.98	29.05	5.57
50	Memphis	Ind		5	5	0	4.38	-0.62	3.76	30.87	5.82
51	Washington State	AAWU		7	3	0	-1.13	4.79	3.66	23.32	1.44
52	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	3	0	4.90	-1.34	3.56	32.17	9.79
53	Texas A&M	SWC		3	7	0	-3.07	6.51	3.44	21.59	0.48
54	North Carolina	ACC		4	6	0	3.95	-0.69	3.26	28.98	6.71
55	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	7	1	-2.00	5.05	3.05	23.87	3.26
56	East Carolina	Southern		9	1	0	2.01	-0.45	1.56	31.43	7.48
57	Air Force	Ind		3	6	1	0.34	1.11	1.44	27.14	5.09
58	Boston College	Ind		6	4	0	-0.52	1.76	1.23	28.28	5.06
59	Oklahoma State	Big 8		3	7	0	0.06	1.04	1.10	24.26	3.94
60	Oregon	AAWU		4	5	1	2.49	-1.62	0.87	27.21	7.62
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Pitt	Ind		3	7	0	6.14	-5.59	0.54	31.88	15.62
62	Army	Ind		4	5	1	-1.43	1.94	0.52	24.27	3.48
63	Iowa	Big Ten		1	9	0	-1.74	2.04	0.30	24.23	6.20
64	Tulane	SEC		2	8	0	-2.64	2.60	-0.04	23.33	9.77
65	Southern Mississippi	Ind		7	2	0	-5.74	5.63	-0.11	18.55	0.64
66	Iowa State	Big 8		5	4	1	-0.40	-0.03	-0.43	25.04	8.28
67	BYU	WAC		6	4	0	2.56	-3.06	-0.50	28.85	10.41
68	Virginia	ACC		4	6	0	-0.02	-0.60	-0.62	26.80	7.52
69	West Virginia	Southern		6	4	0	6.81	-7.43	-0.63	35.99	17.36
70	Indiana	Big Ten		2	8	0	2.51	-3.28	-0.77	27.96	8.51
71	Virginia Tech	Ind		7	3	0	-0.40	-0.56	-0.96	24.10	6.60
72	New Mexico State	Ind		8	2	0	-0.06	-0.91	-0.98	25.76	9.84
73	Wisconsin	Big Ten		2	7	1	-1.75	0.63	-1.11	24.05	12.51
74	Maryland	ACC		4	6	0	-0.77	-0.54	-1.31	24.71	6.87
75	Oklahoma	Big 8		3	7	0	-4.21	2.67	-1.54	20.84	3.76
76	Idaho	Ind		5	5	0	-2.57	0.59	-1.97	26.26	5.65
77	Arizona State	WAC		6	4	0	-3.44	1.19	-2.26	20.66	5.94
78	Xavier	Ind		8	2	0	2.03	-5.06	-3.03	26.98	11.46
79	Kent State	MAC		5	4	1	-3.70	0.41	-3.29	21.06	6.30
80	Rice	SWC		2	8	0	0.13	-3.67	-3.53	25.70	10.55
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Utah	WAC		3	7	0	-2.52	-1.26	-3.78	24.18	6.72
82	Louisville	MVC		6	4	0	0.45	-4.41	-3.96	26.69	11.39
83	Harvard	Ivy		5	2	2	-8.90	4.53	-4.37	17.97	1.12
84	William & Mary	Southern		6	4	0	0.49	-4.85	-4.37	26.57	11.37
85	West Texas State	Ind		6	4	0	-3.84	-0.74	-4.58	22.22	7.85
86	Wake Forest	ACC		3	7	0	-3.66	-1.12	-4.78	21.52	10.17
87	Cornell	Ivy		4	3	2	-0.70	-4.54	-5.24	26.34	10.09
88	Bowling Green	MAC		7	2	0	-4.60	-0.66	-5.26	19.47	9.43
89	Quantico Marines	Ind		6	4	0	-5.58	-0.64	-6.22	21.10	7.52
90	Colorado State	Ind		4	6	0	4.48	-10.72	-6.24	32.89	16.79
91	George Washington	Southern		5	5	0	-2.41	-3.87	-6.28	22.84	9.19
92	Kansas	Big 8		2	8	0	-3.13	-3.54	-6.68	22.84	11.66
93	Western Michigan	MAC		6	2	1	-4.25	-2.81	-7.06	19.12	10.34
94	Cincinnati	MVC		5	5	0	-5.87	-1.45	-7.31	21.09	10.38
95	Toledo	MAC		5	5	0	-8.66	1.08	-7.59	15.65	5.81
96	San Jose State	Ind		5	5	0	-1.58	-6.57	-8.14	24.13	14.29
97	Colgate	Ind		6	3	1	-8.61	-0.38	-8.99	18.42	7.47
98	Buffalo	Ind		5	3	2	-8.31	-0.85	-9.16	16.80	7.61
99	Marshall	MAC		5	5	0	-3.88	-6.01	-9.89	20.61	13.10
100	North Texas	MVC		3	7	0	0.44	-10.71	-10.27	25.31	20.76
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	New Mexico	WAC		3	7	0	-4.83	-5.57	-10.40	19.34	13.11
102	Arizona	WAC		3	7	0	-9.88	-1.06	-10.94	15.51	8.40
103	Wichita State	MVC		2	7	0	-6.12	-5.13	-11.25	18.60	10.76
104	Davidson	Southern		6	4	0	-7.47	-4.64	-12.11	18.58	12.60
105	Yale	Ivy		3	6	0	-9.41	-3.90	-13.31	15.40	8.87
106	Pennsylvania	Ivy		4	4	1	-5.56	-7.91	-13.47	19.70	15.67
107	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	7	0	-5.94	-7.99	-13.93	19.95	15.42
108	Brown	Ivy		2	7	0	-7.23	-7.48	-14.71	20.74	12.90
109	Holy Cross	Ind		2	7	1	-11.19	-5.36	-16.54	14.65	12.67
110	Furman	Southern		5	5	0	-8.09	-8.93	-17.02	19.30	16.18
111	Villanova	Ind		1	8	0	-6.62	-10.90	-17.52	19.23	18.49
112	Dayton	Ind		1	8	1	-15.54	-2.13	-17.67	9.64	11.15
113	The Citadel	Southern		2	8	0	-14.57	-3.13	-17.70	10.98	9.25
114	Kansas State	Big 8		0	10	0	-10.69	-7.47	-18.15	15.04	19.25
115	Ohio	MAC		0	10	0	-10.20	-8.31	-18.51	15.13	16.52
116	Columbia	Ivy		2	7	0	-10.50	-8.83	-19.33	15.79	19.76
117	Rutgers	Ind		3	6	0	-13.06	-7.10	-20.17	11.71	13.99
118	Pacific	Ind		1	8	0	-12.55	-12.41	-24.96	12.23	23.85
119	Richmond	Southern		0	10	0	-14.00	-11.91	-25.91	11.78	21.95
120	Lehigh	Ind		1	8	0	-9.79	-17.79	-27.58	15.34	27.71

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