1964 NCAA College Division football season

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1964 NCAA College Division football season
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The 1964 NCAA College Division football season was the ninth season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

Conference standings

1964 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montana State $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Weber State 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Idaho * 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Insufficient number of games for conference championship
1964 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No.3/1 Cal St Los Angeles $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No.5/7 San Diego State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Long Beach State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Valley State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Cal Poly 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP/UPI small college polls
1964 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina A&T $ 6 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Morgan State 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Howard 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Maryland State 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Virginia State 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Virginia Union 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Winston-Salem State 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Elizabeth City State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
St. Augustine's 4 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
North Carolina College 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Shaw 2 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Norfolk State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Fayetteville State 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Livingstone 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Hampton 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Washburn $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Fort Hays State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Omaha 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburg State 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Emporia State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1964 College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sewanee + 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Washington University + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Centre 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Southwestern (TN) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1964 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois Wesleyan $ 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Augustana (IL) 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Carthage 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
North Central (IL) 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Carroll (WI) 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Millikin 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
North Park 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Sacramento State $ 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Humboldt State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
San Francisco State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
UC Davis 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Nevada 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Chico State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Great Plains College Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska Wesleyan $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Hastings 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Doane 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Colorado College 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
McNeese State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Hoosier Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Taylor $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Franklin (IN) 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Indiana Central 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Manchester (IN) 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Anderson (IN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Hanover 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Indiana State + 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Valparaiso + 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ball State + 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Butler + 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Evansville + 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
DePauw 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1964 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Illinois + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Western Illinois + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois State 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Central Michigan 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1964 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Central (IA) + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Upper Iowa + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Luther 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Simpson (IA) 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dubuque 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Iowa Wesleyan 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Buena Vista 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Wartburg 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
William Penn 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NAIA poll
1964 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2/10 Sam Houston State $^ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 14/NR Sul Ross 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Southwest Texas State 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas A&I 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Stephen F. Austin 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
East Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Howard Payne 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll
1964 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hampden–Sydney $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Randolph–Macon 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Bridgewater 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Gallaudet 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Albion $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Olivet 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Kalamazoo 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Adrian 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Alma 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Hope 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Marshall 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Ohio 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Western Michigan 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kent State 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Toledo 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
Gettysburg x 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Temple 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Delaware 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Lafayette 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 7 – 2
Hofstra 0 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Lehigh 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Northern College Division
Wagner x 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Albright 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Juniata 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moravian 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Upsala 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wilkes 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Lycoming 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Susquehanna * 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Southern College Division
Franklin & Marshall x 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Drexel 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Muhlenberg 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lebanon Valley 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Pennsylvania Military 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Swarthmore 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Dickinson 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Western Maryland 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ursinus 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Haverford 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
West Chester * 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
1964 Midwest Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tennessee A&I $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Lincoln (MO) 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Kentucky State 1 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Central State (OH) 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier[1]
1964 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Coe + 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Cornell (IA) + 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Ripon + 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Beloit 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Grinnell 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
St. Olaf 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Lawrence 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Knox 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Carleton 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1964 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Concordia (MN) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Augsburg 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Gustavus Adolphus 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Hamline 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Macalester 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll
1964 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
NE Missouri State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
SE Missouri State 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
SW Missouri State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
NW Missouri State 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Missouri–Rolla 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Central Missouri State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 North Central Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Dakota State + 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
North Dakota + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
State College of Iowa + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Morningside 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
South Dakota 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
South Dakota State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Augustana (SD) 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1964 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Winona State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Moorhead State 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Bemidji State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Michigan Tech 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Mankato State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
St. Cloud State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Wittenberg $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Capital 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Muskingum 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Otterbein 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Akron 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Denison 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Mount Union 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wooster 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Hiram 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Heidelberg 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Oberlin 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Marietta 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Kenyon 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP small college poll
1964 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Austin Peay 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Western Kentucky 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Murray State 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Morehead State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
East Tennessee State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Tennessee Tech 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Division
No. 13 East Stroudsburg xy$ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
West Chester 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Kutztown 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Mansfield 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Bloomsburg 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Millersville 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Cheyney 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 5 – 2
West Division
Indiana (PA) xy 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Clarion 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Shippensburg 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
California (PA) 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Slippery Rock 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Lock Haven 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Edinboro 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Championship: East Stroudsburg 27, Indiana (PA) 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from NAIA poll
1964 Prairie College Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Principia $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Rose Poly 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois College 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne State (MI) $ 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Bethany (WV) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
John Carroll 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Thiel 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Western Reserve 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Washington & Jefferson 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Allegheny 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Case Tech 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western State (CO) $ 3 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Adams State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Whittier $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Redlands 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Occidental 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Pomona 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Caltech 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1964 Southland Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lamar Tech $ 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Arkansas State 2 – 0 – 2 7 – 0 – 2
Trinity (TX) 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Abilene Christian 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arlington State 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5/2 Prairie View A&M $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
No. 19/NR Grambling 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Jackson State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Alcorn A&M 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arkansas AM&N 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Texas Southern 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southern 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wiley 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll
1964 Virginia Little Eight Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hampden–Sydney $ 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Randolph–Macon 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Frederick 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Emory and Henry 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Bridgewater 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eau Claire State $ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
La Crosse State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
River Falls State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Whitewater State 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Superior State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oshkosh State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Stevens Point State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Stout State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Platteville State 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UMass $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Vermont 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Connecticut 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Maine 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
New Hampshire 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1964 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Montclair State   –   7 – 0 – 0
East Carolina   –   9 – 1 – 0
Cortland   –   8 – 1 – 0
Santa Clara   –   7 – 2 – 0
Chattanooga   –   7 – 3 – 0
Parsons   –   6 – 3 – 0
St. Norbert   –   5 – 2 – 2
Northeastern   –   5 – 3 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drake   –   6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Valley State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff   –   5 – 4 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   4 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   3 – 3 – 2
Hawaii   –   4 – 5 – 0
Milwaukee   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tampa   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lake Forest   –   3 – 5 – 0
UC Santa Barbara   –   4 – 7 – 0
Southern Connecticut State   –   2 – 6 – 1
Rose Poly   –   2 – 6 – 0
UC Riverside   –   2 – 7 – 0
Southern Illinois   –   2 – 8 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   1 – 9 – 0

Rankings

Main article: 1964 small college football rankings

College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played.

College Division final polls

In 1964, UPI's top ranked team was 9–0 Cal State Los Angeles. 8–0 Wittenberg was top ranked by the AP panel, and second in the UPI poll.

Bowl games

The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, played on December 12.

Bowl Region Location Winning team Losing team Ref
Tangerine East Orlando, Florida East Carolina 14 UMass 13 [4]
Grantland Rice Mideast Murfreesboro, Tennessee Middle Tennessee 20 Muskingum 0 [5]
Pecan Midwest Abilene, Texas State College of Iowa 19 Lamar Tech 17 [6]
Camellia West Sacramento, California Montana State 28 Sacramento State 7 [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Let us look at the top forces of 1964". Pittsburgh Courier (p. 14). December 19, 1964 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ AP (November 25, 1964). "Wittenberg Tops Small College Poll". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ UPI (December 3, 1964). "Wittenberg Nosed Out For Grid Poll Crown". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. Retrieved February 18, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "East Carolina wins Tangerine Bowl 14-13". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. (South Carolina). Associated Press. December 13, 1964. p. D-2.
  5. ^ AP (December 13, 1964). "Ohioans Cooked In Rice Bowl". News-Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. Retrieved January 27, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Iowa Team tops Lamar Tech, 19-17". New York Times. UPI. December 13, 1964. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Bobcats win Camellia Bowl 28-7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 13, 1964. p. 1, sports.