1964 NCAA University Division football rankings

Two human polls comprised the 1964 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Legend

AP Poll

The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1964 regular season, a month before the bowls. The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.

Final Coaches Poll

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 1.<br>Alabama received 22 of the 35 first-place votes; Arkansas received seven, Notre Dame four, and Michigan two.

• <small>Notre Dame did not participate in bowl games from 1925 through 1968.</small>
• <small>Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.</small>
• <small>The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.</small>

Litkenhous Ratings

The following teams were ranked as the top 25 teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, released in December 1964:

1. Alabama<br> 2. Michigan<br> 3. Notre Dame<br> 4. Arkansas<br> 5. Texas<br> 6. USC<br> 7. Florida State<br> 8. Florida<br> 9. Ohio State<br> 10. Nebraska<br> 11. Illinois<br> 12. Utah<br> 13. Tulsa<br> 14. Purdue<br> 15. Penn State<br> 16. Syracuse<br> 17. UCLA<br> 18. Ole Miss<br> 19. LSU<br> 20. Michigan State<br> 21. Utah State<br> 22. Oregon State<br> 23. Oregon<br> 24. Minnesota<br> 25. Oklahoma<br>

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