1965 NCAA College Division football season

1965 NCAA College Division football season
Champions	North Dakota State (AP, UPI) Tennessee A&I (black)
College football seasons « 1964 1966 »

The 1965 NCAA College Division football season was the tenth season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

Conference realignment

Membership changes

Team	1964 conference	1965 conference
Portland State	Oregon (NAIA)	Independent

Conference standings

Template:1965 Big Sky Conference football standings	Template:1965 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings	Template:1965 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Template:1965 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings	Template:1965 College Athletic Conference football standings	Template:1965 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Template:1965 Eastern Football Conference football standings	Template:1965 Far Western Conference football standings	Template:1965 Gulf States Conference football standings
Template:1965 Hoosier Conference football standings	1965 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Ball State $ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 1 Butler 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Evansville 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Indiana State 2 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 1 Saint Joseph's (IN) 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 5 – 0 Valparaiso 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 6 – 0 DePauw 1 – 4 – 1     2 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	Template:1965 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Template:1965 Iowa Conference football standings	Template:1965 Lone Star Conference football standings	Template:1965 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings
Template:1965 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings	Template:1965 Mid-American Conference football standings	Template:1965 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
Template:1965 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings	Template:1965 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings	Template:1965 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
1965 North Central Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T North Dakota State $ 6 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0 North Dakota 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0 State College of Iowa 4 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Morningside 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0 Augustana (SD) 1 – 4 – 1     1 – 6 – 1 South Dakota State 1 – 4 – 1     1 – 8 – 1 South Dakota 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	Template:1965 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings	Template:1965 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Template:1965 Ohio Valley Conference football standings	Template:1965 Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference football standings	Template:1965 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Template:1965 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings	Template:1965 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings	1965 Southland Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Lamar Tech $ 3 – 1 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 Arlington State 2 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 Trinity (TX) 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 1 Abilene Christian 2 – 2 – 0     4 – 5 – 0 Arkansas State 1 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0 $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll
Template:1965 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings	Template:1965 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings	1965 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team   W   L         W   L   Maine $   5 – 0         8 – 2   UMass   4 – 1         7 – 2   Vermont   2 – 2         6 – 2   Connecticut   2 – 2         3 – 6   Rhode Island   1 – 4         2 – 7   New Hampshire   0 – 5         0 – 8   $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll
Template:1965 NCAA College Division independents football records

Rankings

Main article: 1965 NCAA College Division 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 1965, both services ranked North Dakota State (10–0) first; the UPI coaches' poll had Cal State Los Angeles (8–1) second, while the AP poll had Middle Tennessee (9–0) as the number two team. North Dakota State later beat Grambling, 20–7 in the Pecan Bowl in Abilene, Texas.

Associated Press (writers) final poll
Published on November 26

Rank	School	Record	No. 1 votes	Total points
1	North Dakota State	10–0	4	84
2	Middle Tennessee	9–0	2	68
3	Sul Ross	10–0	1	43
4	Cal State Los Angeles	8–1		35
5	Tennessee A&I	8–0		32
6	Northern Illinois	9–0		30
7	Maine	8–1		30
8	East Carolina	8–1	1	27
9	Saint John's (MN)	9–0		20
10	East Stroudsburg	9–0		19

Denotes team won a game after AP poll, hence record differs in UPI poll

United Press International (coaches) final poll
Published on December 5

Rank	School	Record	No. 1 votes	Total points
1	North Dakota State	10–0	21	301
2	Cal State Los Angeles	8–1	2	224
3	Middle Tennessee	10–0	3	209
4	East Carolina	8–1	1	187
5	Weber State	8–1	3	117
6	Maine	8–1		116
7	Northern Illinois	9–0		104
8	North Dakota	8–1	1	97
9	Long Beach State	9–1		76
10	Sul Ross	10–0		73

Bowl games

The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, played on December 11.

Bowl	Region	Location	Winning team		Losing team		Ref
Tangerine	East	Orlando, Florida	East Carolina	31	Maine	0
Grantland Rice	Mideast	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Tennessee A&I 14, Ball State 14
Pecan	Midwest	Abilene, Texas	North Dakota State	20	Grambling	7
Camellia	West	Sacramento, California	Cal State Los Angeles	18	UC Santa Barbara	10

See also

• 1965 NCAA University Division football season
• 1965 NAIA football season