1965 NCAA College Division football rankings

The 1965 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1965 NCAA College Division football season was the eighth year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the sixth year for the AP version of the poll.

The UPI poll did not include Win/Loss records in the weekly rankings. In the AP poll, the Win/Loss records were published for the Top 10. However, the Win/Loss records are provided in the UPI poll section if the AP also ranked the team.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

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 State (9–0) (3)	Middle Tennessee State (9–0) (2)	2.
3.	Wittenberg (1–0) (1)	San Diego State (3–0) (4)	Middle Tennessee State (4–0) (1)	Maine (5–0)	Middle Tennessee State (6–0) (1)	Middle Tennessee State (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 State (8–0) (1)	Northern Illinois (9–0)	Cal State Los Angeles (8–1)	4.
5.	Kentucky State (2–0) (1)	Middle Tennessee State (3–0)	San Diego State (3–1)	Middle Tennessee State (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 Colorado (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 Colorado (6–1)	Northern Illinois (8–0)	Sul Ross State (9–0) (1)	East Carolina (8–1) (1)	8.
9.	Middle Tennessee State (2–0)	Wittenberg (1–1)	North Dakota (5–0)	Western State Colorado (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)	North Carolina (5–1)	Western State Colorado (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 Colorado	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) т	North 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) т	Florida 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 State (10–0) (3)	3.
4.	Florida A&M (2–0)	Maine (3–0)	San Diego State (3–1) (5)	Western State Colorado (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 State	Western State Colorado (4–0) (1)	Hofstra (5–0) (1)	Western State Colorado (6–0)	Long Beach State (7–0)	Long Beach State (8–0) (3)	Middle Tennessee State (9–0) (3)	Middle Tennessee State (9–0) (3)	Weber State (8–1) (3)	5.
6.	Wittenberg (1–0)	Western State Colorado	Hofstra (4–0)	Cal State Los Angeles (3–1)	Middle Tennessee State (6–0)	Middle Tennessee State (7–0)	Northern Illinois (8–0) (2)	Maine (8–1) (3)	Sul Ross State (10–0)	Maine (8–1)	6.
7.	Maine	Hofstra	Fresno State (2–1) (2)	East Carolina (3–1)	Long Beach State (6–0)	Northern Illinois (7–0)	Middle Tennessee State (8–0) (2)	Sul Ross State (9–0) (1)	Weber State (8–1) (3)	Northern Illinois (9–0)	7.
8.	Western State Colorado	North Dakota	North 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.	Chattanooga	Cal State Los Angeles (2–1)	Cal State Los Angeles (2–1) (1)	Middle Tennessee State (5–0) (3)	Sul Ross State (6–0)	Weber State (6–1) т	Weber 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 State	East Carolina (2–1)	Long Beach State (5–0) (1)	Florida A&M (4–1)	North Dakota (7–1) т	UMass (6–2)	North Dakota (8–1)	Long Beach State (9–1)	Sul Ross State (10–0)	10.
11.	Hofstra т	East Carolina	Middle Tennessee State (4–0)	Northern Illinois	North Dakota	San Diego State	North Dakota (8–1)	UMass	St. John's (MN) (9–0) (1)	St. John's (MN) (9–0) (1)	11.
12.	Cal State Los Angeles (1–1)	Montana State	Long Beach State (2)	North Dakota	Findlay т	UMass т	Arkansas State	St. John's (MN)	UMass	Tennessee State	12.
13.	UMass [note 4]	Middle Tennessee State (3–0)	Northern Illinois	Lamar Tech (5–0)	San Diego State т	Arkansas State т	Western State Colorado (7–1)	Western State Colorado	Tampa (1)	Grambling State т	13.
14.	Concordia (MN) т	Northern Michigan (4–0)	Northeastern State	San Diego State (1)	Arkansas State	Western State Colorado (6–1)	Tennessee State (6–0)	East Central Oklahoma	Western State Colorado	Linfield т	14.
15.	North Dakota т	Chattanooga	Concordia (MN)	Northeastern State	UMass т	Eastern Washington	St. John's (MN)	Tennessee State (7–0)	East Central Oklahoma (1)	UMass (1)	15.
16.	Louisiana Tech (0–1)	Louisiana Tech	Lamar Tech (4–0)	Arkansas State	Hofstra т	Florida A&M (4–1)	Florida A&M т	Florida A&M	UC Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara	16.
17.	Northern Michigan (3–0)	Arkansas State (3–0)	St. Norbert	Sul Ross State	Tennessee State (4–0)	Austin Peay	San Diego State т	Tampa	Florida A&M	Ball State	17.
18.	Arkansas State	Concordia (MN)	Bucknell	East Stroudsburg	Weber State	Findlay	East Central Oklahoma State	Parsons	Parsons	East Stroudsburg	18.
19.	Fresno State	Northern Illinois	UMass	Concordia (MN)	Eastern Washington	Tennessee State (5–0) т	Omaha	Austin Peay	Tennessee State (8–0)	Western State Colorado	19.
20.	Middle Tennessee State (2–0)	Weber State	Arkansas State	Eastern Washington т	Fresno State	Central Oklahoma т	Ball State т	Omaha	Austin Peay т	East 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 Colorado 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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