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1968 College Football School Ratings

1967 CFB School Ratings 1969 CFB School Ratings

Champions: Ohio State (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: O.J. Simpson (USC)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Woody Hayes (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: Purdue

AP Final #1: Ohio State

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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.

119 Schools

119 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	Texas	SWC	3	9	1	1	16.97	7.64	24.61	46.71	3.10
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	1	10	0	0	13.58	8.26	21.84	42.77	4.76
3	Georgia	SEC	8	8	1	2	7.56	13.88	21.44	40.08	-2.31
4	Penn State	Ind	2	11	0	0	8.94	11.25	20.18	41.06	0.96
5	Arkansas	SWC	6	10	1	0	12.25	6.94	19.20	42.13	5.55
6	Missouri	Big 8	9	8	3	0	7.59	11.26	18.85	40.69	0.27
7	Notre Dame	Ind	5	7	2	1	13.04	5.62	18.66	45.94	7.04
8	Oklahoma	Big 8	11	7	4	0	11.97	6.10	18.07	44.73	4.86
9	Kansas	Big 8	7	9	2	0	12.59	5.42	18.01	45.85	5.94
10	Purdue	Big Ten	10	8	2	0	8.24	9.45	17.69	38.38	3.48
11	Tennessee	SEC	13	8	2	1	5.51	11.41	16.91	37.42	1.15
12	USC	Pac-8	4	9	1	1	8.17	8.45	16.62	36.71	3.67
13	Houston	Ind	18	6	2	2	7.04	9.32	16.36	51.08	3.16
14	Auburn	SEC	16	7	4	0	8.68	7.34	16.02	37.79	4.81
15	SMU	SWC	14	8	3	0	12.98	2.49	15.47	41.14	10.28
16	Michigan	Big Ten	12	8	2	0	7.43	7.27	14.70	36.89	7.70
17	Oregon State	Pac-8	15	7	3	0	10.27	3.66	13.93	39.07	6.41
18	Army	Ind		7	3	0	6.86	6.79	13.65	35.95	4.57
19	Florida State	Ind		8	3	0	9.75	2.62	12.37	40.09	8.76
20	Yale	Ivy		8	0	1	11.42	-0.38	11.03	42.05	11.71
				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	Alabama	SEC	17	8	3	0	2.30	8.66	10.96	30.67	2.12
22	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	5	0	1.85	9.05	10.91	30.17	2.30
23	California	Pac-8		7	3	1	-0.27	11.05	10.78	31.41	0.69
24	Stanford	Pac-8		6	3	1	6.63	3.26	9.90	37.43	8.70
25	Nebraska	Big 8		6	4	0	-1.01	10.84	9.83	27.56	2.55
26	Minnesota	Big Ten		6	4	0	5.17	4.58	9.74	32.01	8.20
27	Arizona State	WAC		8	2	0	8.50	0.63	9.12	45.95	12.69
28	Ole Miss	SEC		7	3	1	4.26	4.81	9.06	32.27	6.25
29	North Carolina State	ACC		6	4	0	0.42	8.51	8.93	29.18	5.58
30	LSU	SEC	19	8	3	0	2.52	6.27	8.80	30.72	6.77
31	Iowa	Big Ten		5	5	0	13.08	-4.33	8.76	42.79	17.60
32	Memphis	MVC		6	4	0	4.92	3.50	8.43	33.30	7.07
33	Virginia Tech	Ind		7	4	0	2.37	5.49	7.85	32.96	7.67
34	Indiana	Big Ten		6	4	0	10.52	-3.10	7.43	35.86	15.16
35	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	5	0	-2.10	9.49	7.39	27.59	3.35
36	Florida	SEC		6	3	1	-0.77	8.04	7.28	26.79	7.39
37	Air Force	Ind		7	3	0	5.03	2.13	7.17	31.83	10.34
38	Harvard	Ivy		8	0	1	-0.45	7.19	6.74	32.12	4.41
39	Colorado	Big 8		4	6	0	6.98	-0.28	6.69	36.13	11.73
40	Syracuse	Ind		6	4	0	1.44	5.21	6.65	34.40	9.30
				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	Texas A&M	SWC		3	7	0	0.26	6.02	6.29	29.48	4.83
42	Texas Tech	SWC		5	3	2	4.74	1.40	6.14	33.58	12.64
43	Virginia	ACC		7	3	0	6.93	-0.98	5.95	38.31	16.13
44	Kentucky	SEC		3	7	0	2.12	3.66	5.77	30.79	7.99
45	Wyoming	WAC		7	3	0	-0.23	5.77	5.53	30.47	6.44
46	Clemson	ACC		4	5	1	0.72	4.70	5.42	29.32	7.72
47	Ohio	MAC	20	10	1	0	10.91	-5.54	5.37	43.34	17.41
48	Kansas State	Big 8		4	6	0	3.67	1.05	4.72	32.55	11.23
49	Oklahoma State	Big 8		3	7	0	1.73	2.39	4.12	30.86	10.42
50	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	4	1	-1.45	5.48	4.03	27.02	6.54
51	South Carolina	ACC		4	6	0	3.72	0.28	4.00	31.59	10.91
52	Texas Christian	SWC		3	7	0	-1.96	5.43	3.47	27.39	7.24
53	Arizona	WAC		8	3	0	-4.27	7.43	3.16	23.37	4.87
54	North Texas	MVC		8	2	0	3.58	-0.74	2.85	31.94	13.85
55	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	3	0	-3.52	6.12	2.61	28.46	4.45
56	Wake Forest	ACC		2	7	1	3.25	-0.88	2.37	31.73	12.22
57	Boston College	Ind		6	3	0	4.36	-2.25	2.10	34.08	16.67
58	Richmond	Southern		8	3	0	1.36	0.28	1.64	30.75	12.53
59	Princeton	Ivy		4	5	0	-0.15	1.31	1.16	32.70	9.43
60	Oregon	Pac-8		4	6	0	-3.99	4.48	0.49	24.77	8.41
				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	UCLA	Pac-8		3	7	0	2.08	-1.65	0.43	33.10	12.84
62	Baylor	SWC		3	7	0	4.72	-4.54	0.18	33.09	19.04
63	Rutgers	Ind		8	2	0	2.97	-2.82	0.15	32.32	14.37
64	Washington	Pac-8		3	5	2	-3.33	3.38	0.06	25.24	8.49
65	West Texas State	Ind		8	2	0	1.91	-1.93	-0.02	33.08	14.94
66	Georgia Tech	Ind		4	6	0	1.27	-1.47	-0.20	28.53	15.09
67	Toledo	MAC		5	4	1	-0.79	0.58	-0.21	28.73	9.89
68	Utah State	Ind		7	3	0	-3.78	3.13	-0.65	28.02	12.17
69	Iowa State	Big 8		3	7	0	0.88	-1.95	-1.07	30.34	16.14
70	Duke	ACC		4	6	0	3.26	-4.49	-1.23	31.01	18.43
71	Washington State	Pac-8		3	6	1	-3.69	2.21	-1.48	26.23	9.75
72	Pennsylvania	Ivy		7	2	0	-4.45	2.78	-1.67	24.37	8.36
73	Illinois	Big Ten		1	9	0	-5.56	3.19	-2.37	22.93	16.21
74	Bowling Green	MAC		6	3	1	-2.06	-0.97	-3.04	31.13	11.28
75	North Carolina	ACC		3	7	0	-0.07	-3.13	-3.20	27.70	18.17
76	Cincinnati	MVC		5	4	1	8.72	-12.33	-3.61	36.10	24.99
77	Rice	SWC		0	9	1	-0.56	-3.93	-4.49	28.40	19.31
78	Dartmouth	Ivy		4	5	0	-2.00	-2.86	-4.86	29.90	14.50
79	Maryland	ACC		2	8	0	-0.40	-4.47	-4.86	27.49	17.86
80	Navy	Ind		2	8	0	-3.25	-1.99	-5.24	23.13	16.74
				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	-1.95	-3.37	-5.32	25.85	16.31
82	Pacific	Ind		6	4	0	-6.32	0.78	-5.54	20.73	11.25
83	Villanova	Ind		6	4	0	-2.64	-3.10	-5.74	28.85	16.47
84	Southern Mississippi	Ind		4	6	0	-4.23	-2.09	-6.31	29.41	18.75
85	Mississippi State	SEC		0	8	2	-2.88	-3.49	-6.38	25.67	17.00
86	Dayton	Ind		5	5	0	-5.44	-1.19	-6.63	27.35	12.28
87	Cornell	Ivy		3	6	0	-7.78	1.04	-6.74	21.88	10.01
88	Tampa	Ind		7	3	0	-5.50	-1.42	-6.93	20.93	13.18
89	Idaho	Ind		5	5	0	2.42	-9.53	-7.11	29.82	26.15
90	Northwestern	Big Ten		1	9	0	-3.38	-3.95	-7.33	23.68	19.59
91	UTEP	WAC		4	5	1	-0.84	-6.72	-7.56	26.94	18.31
92	Tulane	Ind		2	8	0	-1.19	-6.63	-7.82	26.41	20.62
93	Tulsa	MVC		3	7	0	-7.95	-0.91	-8.86	20.54	21.67
94	Colgate	Ind		5	5	0	-4.26	-4.84	-9.10	24.72	17.64
95	Buffalo	Ind		7	3	0	-5.61	-3.73	-9.34	21.50	16.05
96	Wisconsin	Big Ten		0	10	0	-9.21	-0.24	-9.45	18.95	18.05
97	Xavier	Ind		6	4	0	-4.78	-4.77	-9.55	23.80	16.35
98	Holy Cross	Ind		3	6	1	-4.94	-5.06	-10.00	23.55	18.71
99	The Citadel	Southern		5	5	0	-5.02	-5.86	-10.88	21.71	19.23
100	William & Mary	Southern		3	7	0	-12.10	1.19	-10.91	14.27	13.03
				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	Columbia	Ivy		2	7	0	-2.20	-8.85	-11.04	27.49	20.36
102	Western Michigan	MAC		3	6	0	-7.15	-3.95	-11.09	22.66	15.65
103	Pitt	Ind		1	9	0	-6.19	-5.07	-11.26	22.49	29.16
104	BYU	WAC		2	8	0	-5.12	-6.65	-11.77	22.13	19.02
105	New Mexico State	Ind		5	5	0	-3.43	-9.19	-12.62	23.34	22.18
106	Davidson	Southern		3	6	0	-4.06	-8.99	-13.05	23.33	22.97
107	Louisville	MVC		5	5	0	-6.85	-7.14	-13.98	20.42	20.39
108	Colorado State	WAC		2	8	0	-9.53	-4.78	-14.31	18.44	20.07
109	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		1	9	0	-11.47	-3.19	-14.65	16.34	22.42
110	East Carolina	Southern		4	6	0	-9.29	-7.25	-16.55	19.41	24.75
111	San Jose State	Ind		3	7	0	-8.31	-9.16	-17.47	19.64	34.29
112	Brown	Ivy		2	7	0	-10.18	-7.98	-18.17	19.04	24.60
113	Northern Illinois	Ind		2	8	0	-10.44	-9.63	-20.08	17.74	22.15
114	Kent State	MAC		1	9	0	-13.80	-6.33	-20.14	15.88	17.77
115	Wichita State	MVC		0	10	0	-10.98	-13.11	-24.09	16.53	28.90
116	New Mexico	WAC		0	10	0	-10.36	-13.96	-24.32	17.24	33.47
117	Furman	Southern		1	9	0	-16.95	-8.21	-25.16	10.28	21.91
118	Marshall	MAC		0	9	1	-11.07	-15.50	-26.57	18.28	31.63
119	West Virginia	Ind		7	3	0				28.08	8.11