1965 small college football rankings

The 1965 small-college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1965 college football season, including the 1965 NCAA College Division football season and the 1965 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.

The 1965 North Dakota State Bison football team (11–0) was rated as the small-college champion by both the AP and UPI. Middle Tennessee State (10–0) was rated No. 2 by the AP and No. 3 by the UPI.

Legend

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The AP poll

Week 1
Sept 30[1]
Week 2
Oct 7[2]
Week 3
Oct 14[3]
Week 4
Oct 21[4]
Week 5
Oct 28[5]
Week 6
Nov 4[6]
Week 7
Nov 11[7]
Week 8
Nov 18[8]
Week 9
Nov 25[9]
1.North Dakota State (3–0) (2)North Dakota State (4–0) (5)North Dakota State (5–0) (9)North Dakota State (6–0) (7)North Dakota State (7–0) (6)North Dakota State (8–0) (7)North Dakota State (9–0) (6)North Dakota State (10–0) (7)North Dakota State (10–0) (4)1.
2.Florida A&M (2–0)Florida A&M (2–0) (3)Florida A&M (3–0) (1)Florida A&M (4–0) (1)Maine (6–0)Maine (7–0)Maine (8–0)Middle Tennessee (9–0) (3)Middle Tennessee (9–0) (2)2.
3.Wittenberg (1–0) (1)San Diego State (3–0) (4)Middle Tennessee (4–0) (1)Maine (5–0)Middle Tennessee (6–0) (1)Middle Tennessee (7–0) (1)Cal State Los Angeles (6–1) (1)Cal State Los Angeles (7–1) (2)Sul Ross State (10–0) (1)3.
4.San Diego State (2–0) (2)Northern Michigan (4–0) (1)Maine (4–0)Cal State Los Angeles (3–1) (2)Cal State Los Angeles (4–1) (2)Cal State Los Angeles (5–1) (1)Middle Tennessee (8–0) (1)Northern Illinois (9–0)Cal State Los Angeles (8–1)4.
5.Kentucky State (2–0) (1)Middle Tennessee (3–0)San Diego State (3–1)Middle Tennessee (5–0) (1)Long Beach State (6–0) (1)Long Beach State (7–0) (1)Long Beach State (8–0) (1)East Carolina (7–1) (1)Tennessee State (8–0)5.
6.Northern Michigan (3–0)Maine (3–0)Kentucky State (3–0) (1)Hofstra (5–0)Western State (CO) (6–0) (1)Tennessee State (5–0)East Carolina (6–1) (1)Maine (8–1)Northern Illinois (9–0)6.
7.Louisiana Tech (0–1) (1)Cal State Los Angeles (2–1) (1)Cal State Los Angeles (2–1) (1)Lamar Tech (5–0)Florida A&M (4–1) (1)Northern Illinois (7–0)Tennessee State (6–0)Tennessee State (7–0)Maine (8–1)7.
8.East Carolina (1–0)Kentucky State (3–0) (1)Hofstra (4–0)Fresno State (3–1)Northern Illinois (6–0)Western State (CO) (6–1)Northern Illinois (8–0)Sul Ross State (9–0) (1)East Carolina (8–1) (1)8.
9.Middle Tennessee (2–0)Wittenberg (1–1)North Dakota (5–0)Western State (CO) (5–0) (1) [note 1]Tennessee State (4–0)Florida A&M (4–1)North Dakota (8–1)Long Beach State (8–1)St. John's (MN) (9–0)9.
10.Cal State Los Angeles (1–1) [note 2]Arkansas State (3–0)Lamar Tech (4–0)Long Beach State (5–0) (1)Lamar Tech (5–1)East Carolina (5–1)Western State (CO) (7–1)Ball State (9–0) (1)East Stroudsburg (9–0)10.
Week 1
Sept 30[10]
Week 2
Oct 7[11]
Week 3
Oct 14[12]
Week 4
Oct 21[13]
Week 5
Oct 28[14]
Week 6
Nov 4[15]
Week 7
Nov 11[16]
Week 8
Nov 18[17]
Week 9
Nov 25[18]
Dropped:
  • 7 Louisiana Tech
  • 8 East Carolina
Dropped:
  • 4 Northern Michigan
  • 9 Wittenberg
  • 10 Arkansas State
Dropped:
  • 5 San Diego State
  • 6 Kentucky State
  • 9 North Dakota
Dropped:
  • 6 Hofstra
  • 8 Fresno State
Dropped:
10 Lamar Tech
Dropped:
  • 9 Florida A&M
  • 10 North Carolina
Dropped:
  • 9 North Dakota
  • 10 Western State (CO)
Dropped:
  • 9 Long Beach State
  • 10 Ball State

The UPI Coaches poll

Week 1
Sept 30[19]
Week 2
Oct 7[20]
Week 3
Oct 14[21]
Week 4
Oct 21[22]
Week 5
Oct 28[23]
Week 6
Nov 4[24]
Week 7
Nov 11[25]
Week 8
Nov 18[26]
Week 9
Nov 25[27]
Week 10
Dec 2[28]
1.San Diego State (2–0) (10)San Diego State (3–0)North Dakota State (5–0) (12)North Dakota State (6–0) (16)North Dakota State (7–0) (12)North Dakota State (8–0)North Dakota State (9–0) (16)North Dakota State (10–0) (15)North Dakota State (10–0) (18)North Dakota State (10–0) (21)1.
2.North Dakota State (3–0) тNorth Dakota State (4–0)Maine (4–0) (2)Maine (5–0) (5)Maine (6–0) (11)Maine (7–0)Maine (8–0) (7)Cal State Los Angeles (7–1) (4)Cal State Los Angeles (8–1) (6)Cal State Los Angeles (8–1) (2)2.
3.East Carolina (1–0) тFlorida A&M (2–0)Florida A&M (3–0) (3)Florida A&M (4–0) (2)Cal State Los Angeles (4–1)Cal State Los Angeles (5–1)Cal State Los Angeles (6–1) (1)East Carolina (7–1) (1)East Carolina (8–1) (1)Middle Tennessee (10–0) (3)3.
4.Florida A&M (2–0)Maine (3–0)San Diego State (3–1) (5)Western State (CO) (5–0) (1)East Carolina (4–1)East Carolina (5–1)East Carolina (6–1)Northern Illinois (9–0) (1)Northern Illinois (9–0)East Carolina (8–1) (1)4.
5.Montana State (4)Northeastern StateWestern State (CO) (4–0) (1)Hofstra (5–0) (1)Western State (CO) (6–0)Long Beach State (7–0)Long Beach State (8–0) (3)Middle Tennessee (9–0) (3)Middle Tennessee (9–0) (3)Weber State (8–1) (3)5.
6.Wittenberg (1–0)Western State (CO)Hofstra (4–0)Cal State Los Angeles (3–1)Middle Tennessee (6–0)Middle Tennessee (7–0)Northern Illinois (8–0) (2)Maine (8–1) (3)Sul Ross State (10–0)Maine (8–1)6.
7.MaineHofstraFresno State (2–1) (2)East Carolina (3–1)Long Beach State (6–0)Northern Illinois (7–0)Middle Tennessee (8–0) (2)Sul Ross State (9–0) (1)Weber State (8–1) (3)Northern Illinois (9–0)7.
8.Western State (CO)North DakotaNorth Dakota (5–0)Fresno State (3–1) (1)Northern Illinois (6–0)Sul Ross State (7–0)Sul Ross State (8–0) (1)Weber State (8–1) (4)Maine (8–1)North Dakota (8–1) (1)8.
9.ChattanoogaCal State Los Angeles (2–1)Cal State Los Angeles (2–1) (1)Middle Tennessee (5–0) (3)Sul Ross State (6–0)Weber State (6–1) тWeber State (7–1) (3)Long Beach State (8–1)North Dakota (8–1)Long Beach State (9–1)9.
10.Northeastern State т [note 3]Fresno StateEast Carolina (2–1)Long Beach State (5–0) (1)Florida A&M (4–1)North Dakota (7–1) тUMass (6–2)North Dakota (8–1)Long Beach State (9–1)Sul Ross State (10–0)10.
11.Hofstra тEast CarolinaMiddle Tennessee (4–0)Northern IllinoisNorth DakotaSan Diego StateNorth Dakota (8–1)UMassSt. John's (MN) (9–0) (1)St. John's (MN) (9–0) (1)11.
12.Cal State Los Angeles (1–1)Montana StateLong Beach State (2)North DakotaFindlay тUMass тArkansas StateSt. John's (MN)UMassTennessee State12.
13.UMass[note 4]Middle Tennessee (3–0)Northern IllinoisLamar Tech (5–0)San Diego State тArkansas State тWestern State (CO) (7–1)Western State (CO)Tampa (1)Grambling State т13.
14.Concordia (MN) тNorthern Michigan (4–0)Northeastern StateSan Diego State (1)Arkansas StateWestern State (CO) (6–1)Tennessee State (6–0)East Central OklahomaWestern State (CO)Linfield т14.
15.North Dakota тChattanoogaConcordia (MN)Northeastern StateUMass тEastern WashingtonSt. John's (MN)Tennessee State (7–0)East Central Oklahoma (1)UMass (1)15.
16.Louisiana Tech (0–1)Louisiana TechLamar Tech (4–0)Arkansas StateHofstra тFlorida A&M (4–1)Florida A&M тFlorida A&MUC Santa BarbaraUC Santa Barbara16.
17.Northern Michigan (3–0)Arkansas State (3–0)St. NorbertSul Ross StateTennessee State (4–0)Austin PeaySan Diego State тTampaFlorida A&MBall State17.
18.Arkansas StateConcordia (MN)BucknellEast StroudsburgWeber StateFindlayEast Central Oklahoma StateParsonsParsonsEast Stroudsburg18.
19.Fresno StateNorthern IllinoisUMassConcordia (MN)Eastern WashingtonTennessee State (5–0) тOmahaAustin PeayTennessee State (8–0)Western State (CO)19.
20.Middle Tennessee (2–0)Weber StateArkansas StateEastern Washington тFresno StateCentral Oklahoma тBall State тOmahaAustin Peay тEast Central Oklahoma (1)20.
21.   UMass т  Northeastern State т Ball State т 21.
22.   Tampa      22.
Week 1
Sept 30[29]
Week 2
Oct 7[30]
Week 3
Oct 14[31]
Week 4
Oct 21[32]
Week 5
Oct 28[33]
Week 6
Nov 4[34]
Week 7
Nov 11[35]
Week 8
Nov 18[36]
Week 9
Nov 25[37]
Week 10
Dec 2[38]
Dropped:
  • 6 Wittenberg
  • 13 UMass
Dropped:
  • 12 Montana State
  • 14 Northern Michigan
  • 15 Chattanooga
  • 16 Louisiana Tech
  • 20 Weber State
Dropped:
  • 17 St. Norbert
  • 18 Bucknell
Dropped:
  • 13 Lamar Tech
  • 15 Northeastern State
  • 18 East Stroudsburg
  • 19 Concordia (MN)
  • 20 Tampa
Dropped:
  • 16 Hofstra
  • 20 Fresno State
Dropped:
  • 15 Eastern Washington
  • 17 Austin Peay
  • 18 Findlay
  • 20 Central Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • 12 Arkansas State
  • 17 San Diego State
  • 20 Ball State
  • 20 Northeastern State
Dropped:
20 Omaha
Dropped:
  • 13 Tampa
  • 17 Florida A&M
  • 18 Parsons
  • 20 Austin Peay

Notes

  1. In the actual printed polls, Western State was listed as Western Colorado
  2. In the actual printed polls, Cal State Los Angeles was listed as Los Angeles State
  3. In the actual printed polls, Northeastern State was listed as Northeast Oklahoma
  4. In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

References

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