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Final Billingsley Rankings
*All Billingsley Reports are generated post-bowl games
1963
Season
| Date | CS | AP | RB | Team | W | L | T | Rating | Schedule | Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2nd | 1 |
Texas
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 359.320 | 9 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 2 |
Nebraska
|
10 | 1 | 0 | 301.000 | 22 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 3 |
Illinois
|
8 | 1 | 1 | 291.240 | 6 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 4 |
Alabama
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 290.150 | 30 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 5 |
Mississippi
|
7 | 1 | 2 | 289.400 | 46 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 6 |
Oklahoma
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 289.240 | 18 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 7 |
Pittsburgh
|
9 | 1 | 0 | 285.200 | 21 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 8 |
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 282.440 | 10 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 9 |
Mississippi State
|
7 | 2 | 2 | 275.580 | 5 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 10 |
Memphis
|
9 | 0 | 1 | 275.170 | 71 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 11 |
Michigan State
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 274.940 | 23 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 12 |
Navy
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 270.170 | 28 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 13 |
Missouri
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 267.720 | 40 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 14 |
Penn State
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 267.180 | 31 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 15 |
Georgia Tech
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 264.610 | 32 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 16 |
Syracuse
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 263.210 | 45 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 17 |
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 262.520 | 29 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 18 |
Southern Cal
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 259.180 | 36 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 19 |
Baylor
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 257.750 | 2 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 20 |
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 257.610 | 24 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 21 |
LSU
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 257.000 | 7 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 22 |
Army
|
7 | 3 | 0 | 255.810 | 49 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 23 |
North Carolina
|
9 | 2 | 0 | 253.550 | 48 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 24 |
Wisconsin
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 248.730 | 35 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 25 |
Rice
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 248.220 | 8 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 26 |
Arizona State
|
8 | 1 | 0 | 246.700 | 88 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 27 |
Purdue
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 244.910 | 17 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 28 |
TCU
|
4 | 5 | 1 | 243.970 | 3 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 29 |
Iowa
|
3 | 3 | 2 | 243.750 | 44 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 30 |
Northwestern
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 243.730 | 39 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 31 |
North Carolina St.
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 242.600 | 53 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 32 |
Michigan
|
3 | 4 | 2 | 242.450 | 26 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 33 |
Duke
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 241.650 | 62 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 34 |
Dartmouth
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 241.520 | 92 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 35 |
Oregon
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 241.330 | 61 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 36 |
Air Force
|
7 | 4 | 0 | 240.740 | 42 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 37 |
Utah State
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 239.720 | 84 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 38 |
Washington
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 238.730 | 15 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 39 |
Arkansas
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 237.840 | 20 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 40 |
Princeton
|
7 | 2 | 0 | 237.010 | 82 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 41 |
Minnesota
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 236.230 | 33 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 42 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 235.750 | 34 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 43 |
Georgia
|
4 | 5 | 1 | 233.640 | 25 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 44 |
Oregon State
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 233.440 | 55 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 45 |
Virginia Tech
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 232.480 | 79 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 46 |
Notre Dame
|
2 | 7 | 0 | 231.540 | 13 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 47 |
Clemson
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 229.310 | 51 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 48 |
SMU
|
4 | 7 | 0 | 229.060 | 4 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 49 |
Bowling Green
|
8 | 2 | 0 | 228.490 | 99 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 50 |
Harvard
|
5 | 2 | 2 | 227.800 | 80 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 51 |
New Mexico
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 227.600 | 70 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 52 |
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 227.400 | 19 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 53 |
Texas Tech
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 226.110 | 38 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 54 |
Florida State
|
4 | 5 | 1 | 225.830 | 37 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 55 |
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 224.910 | 68 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 56 |
Texas A&M
|
2 | 7 | 1 | 224.510 | 1 | SWC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 57 |
Arizona
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 223.520 | 66 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 58 |
West Virginia
|
4 | 6 | 0 | 223.100 | 65 | Southern | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 59 |
Utah
|
4 | 6 | 0 | 221.440 | 59 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 60 |
UCLA
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 219.970 | 12 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 61 |
Boston College
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 218.950 | 96 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 62 |
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 218.880 | 27 | Big 10 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 63 |
Yale
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 218.590 | 81 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 64 |
Tennessee
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 217.340 | 52 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 65 |
California
|
4 | 5 | 1 | 214.970 | 50 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 66 |
Maryland
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 214.850 | 58 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 67 |
Stanford
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 214.210 | 41 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 68 |
Miami (Ohio)
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 213.420 | 78 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 69 |
|
4 | 5 | 0 | 212.010 | 54 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 70 |
Washington State
|
3 | 6 | 1 | 210.570 | 63 | AAWU | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 71 |
Kentucky
|
3 | 6 | 1 | 209.520 | 43 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 72 |
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 208.360 | 11 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 73 |
Oklahoma State
|
1 | 8 | 0 | 207.700 | 16 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 74 |
Houston
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 204.690 | 47 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 75 |
Ohio
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 202.430 | 94 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 76 |
Cornell
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 196.560 | 87 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 77 |
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 194.540 | 83 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 78 |
Columbia
|
4 | 4 | 1 | 193.870 | 95 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 79 |
Tulsa
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 191.520 | 75 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 80 |
Virginia
|
2 | 7 | 1 | 187.700 | 67 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 81 |
Pennsylvania
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 187.520 | 77 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 82 |
Brown
|
3 | 5 | 0 | 186.750 | 76 | Ivy League | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 83 |
Tulane
|
1 | 8 | 1 | 185.580 | 14 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 84 |
South Carolina
|
1 | 8 | 1 | 184.080 | 60 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 85 |
Cincinnati
|
6 | 4 | 0 | 181.590 | 97 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 86 |
Colorado State
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 179.560 | 69 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 87 |
Marshall
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 179.390 | 91 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 88 |
Kansas State
|
2 | 7 | 0 | 176.510 | 56 | Big 8 | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 89 |
Texas-El Paso
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 174.860 | 73 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 90 |
|
3 | 5 | 1 | 173.470 | 89 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 91 |
Western Michigan
|
2 | 7 | 0 | 167.530 | 74 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 92 |
Wake Forest
|
1 | 9 | 0 | 166.900 | 64 | ACC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 93 |
Louisville
|
3 | 7 | 0 | 166.610 | 85 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 94 |
|
1 | 7 | 2 | 165.410 | 57 | SEC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 95 |
North Texas
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 161.220 | 93 | Missouri Valley | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 96 |
New Mexico State
|
3 | 6 | 1 | 159.610 | 86 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 97 |
Rutgers
|
3 | 6 | 0 | 159.340 | 100 | Independent | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 98 |
Brigham Young
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 152.560 | 72 | WAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 99 |
Toledo
|
2 | 7 | 0 | 151.290 | 90 | MAC | |||
| Jan. 2nd | 100 |
Pacific
|
2 | 8 | 0 | 80.240 | 98 | Independent |
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