# 1964 small college football rankings

The 1964 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1964 college football season, including the 1964 NCAA College Division football season and the 1964 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.
The 1964 Wittenberg Tigers football team (8–0), led by senior quarterback Charlie Green, was selected as the small-college national champion by the AP. The 1964 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team (9–0) was selected as the small-college champion by the UPI and rated No. 3 by the AP. Prairie View (9–0) was recognized as the black college national champion and rated at No. 2 by the AP and No. 8 by the UPI.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## AP poll

| | Week 1 Sept 29 | Week 2 Oct 6 | Week 3 Oct 13 | Week 4 Oct 20 | Week 5 Oct 27 | Week 6 Nov 3 | Week 7 Nov 10 | Week 8 Nov 17 | Week 9 Nov 24 | |
| 1. | Wittenberg (1) | Wittenberg (3–0) | Wittenberg (4–0) (8) | Wittenberg (5–0) (8) | Wittenberg (6–0) (7) | Wittenberg (7–0) (12) | Wittenberg (8–0) (9) | Wittenberg (8–0) (8) | Wittenberg (8–0) (6) | 1. |
| 2. | Lamar Tech (2) | San Diego State (3–0) | San Diego State (4–0) (3) | Florida A&M (3–0) (1) | Prairie View A&M (5–0) | Prairie View A&M (6–0) | Louisiana Tech (8–0) (2) | Prairie View A&M (8–0) | Prairie View A&M (9–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Delaware (2) | Lamar Tech | Florida A&M (2–0) | Prairie View A&M (4–0) | Florida A&M (4–0) | Florida A&M (5–0) (1) | Florida A&M (6–0) (1) | Cal State Los Angeles (7–0) (1) | Cal State Los Angeles (8–0) (2) | 3. |
| 4. | San Diego State (1) | Prairie View A&M | Lamar Tech (2) | San Diego State (4–1) | Texas A&I (6–0) | Louisiana Tech (7–0) (1) | Prairie View A&M (7–0) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) | Louisiana Tech (9–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Southern Illinois (1) | Florida A&M (1–0) (1) | Prairie View A&M | Susquehanna (5–0) | Youngstown | San Diego State (6–1) | Cal State Los Angeles (6–0) (1) | San Diego State (7–1) (1) | San Diego State (8–1) (1) | 5. |
| 6. | Southwest Texas State (1) | Louisiana Tech (3–0) | Delaware (2–1) | Louisiana Tech (5–0) | Louisiana Tech (6–0) | Cal State Los Angeles (5–0) | San Diego State (6–1) | UMass (8–1) (2) | Concordia (MN) (10–0) (1) | 6. |
| 7. | Louisiana Tech | Susquehanna (3–0) | Susquehanna (4–0) | Texas A&I (5–0) | San Diego State (5–1) | Texas A&I (6–0–1) | Texas A&I (7–0–1) | Concordia (MN) (9–0) | UMass (8–1) (1) | 7. |
| 8. | Grambling State | Delaware (1–1) | Abilene Christian | Youngstown (4–0) | Susquehanna | Concordia (MN) (7–0) | UMass (7–1) | East Carolina (8–1) | East Carolina (8–1) (1) | 8. |
| 9. | Prairie View A&M | Cal State Los Angeles | Louisiana Tech (4–0) | Cal State Los Angeles (3–0) (1) | Cal State Los Angeles (4–0) | Arkansas State | Concordia (MN) (8–0) | Sam Houston State (8–0) | Florida A&M (7–1) | 9. |
| 10. | East Carolina | Northwestern State | Texas A&I (4–0) | Lamar Tech (3–1) | UMass (5–1) т | UMass (6–1) | Arkansas State | Texas A&I | Sam Houston State (8–1) (1) | 10. |
| 11. | | | | | Concordia (MN) (6–0) т | | | | | 11. |
| | Week 1 Sept 29 | Week 2 Oct 6 | Week 3 Oct 13 | Week 4 Oct 20 | Week 5 Oct 27 | Week 6 Nov 3 | Week 7 Nov 10 | Week 8 Nov 17 | Week 9 Nov 24 | |
| | | Dropped: 5 Southern Illinois6 Southwest Texas State8 Grambling State10 East Carolina | Dropped: 9 Cal State Los Angeles10 Northwestern State | Dropped: 6 Delaware8 Abilene Christian | Dropped: 10 Lamar Tech | Dropped: 5 Youngstown8 Susquehanna | None | Dropped: 3 Florida A&M10 Arkansas State | Dropped: 10 Texas A&I | |

## UPI coaches poll

| | Week 1 Sept 30 | Week 2 Oct 7 | Week 3 Oct 14 | Week 4 Oct 21 | Week 5 Oct 28 | Week 6 Nov 4 | Week 7 Nov 11 | Week 8 Nov 18 | Week 9 Nov 25 | Week 10 Dec 2 | |
| 1. | Delaware (1–0) (18) | Wittenberg (3–0) (6) | San Diego State (4–0) (9) | Wittenberg (5–0) (12) | Wittenberg (6–0) (18) | Wittenberg (7–0) (20) | Wittenberg (8–0) (18) | Wittenberg (8–0) (18) | Cal State Los Angeles (8–0) (15) | Cal State Los Angeles (9–0) | 1. |
| 2. | San Diego State (2–0) (2) | San Diego State (3–0) (8) | Wittenberg (4–0) (11) | Florida A&M (3–0) (2) | Texas A&I (6–0) (2) | Cal State Los Angeles (5–0) (6) | Cal State Los Angeles (6–0) (8) | Cal State Los Angeles (7–0) (9) | Wittenberg (8–0) (12) | Wittenberg (8–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Wittenberg (2–0) (1) | Florida A&M (1–0) (1) | Florida A&M (2–0) (4) | East Carolina (5–0) (4) | Florida A&M (4–0) (2) | Florida A&M (5–0) (1) | Louisiana Tech (8–0) (4) | San Diego State (7–1) (2) | San Diego State (8–1) (1) | UMass (8–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Montana State (3–0) (6) | East Carolina (3–0) (3) | East Carolina (4–0) (3) | Texas A&I (5–0) (2) | Cal State Los Angeles (4–0) (8) | San Diego State (6–1) (3) | Florida A&M (6–0) | UMass (8–1) | UMass (8–1) (1) | East Carolina (8–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Florida A&M (0–0) (1) т | UMass (2–1) (1) | UMass (3–1) (1) | Cal State Los Angeles (3–0) (5) | San Diego State (5–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–0) (2) | San Diego State (6–1) (1) | East Carolina (8–1) (1) | East Carolina (8–1) (1) | Concordia (MN) (10–0) т | 5. |
| 6. | East Carolina (3–0) т | Delaware (1–1) (3) | Texas A&I (4–0) | UMass (4–1) (1) | UMass (5–1) (1) | UMass (6–1) | UMass (7–1) (1) т | Louisiana Tech (8–1) (1) | Louisiana Tech (9–1) (2) | Louisiana Tech (9–1) т | 6. |
| 7. | Northeastern State (2–0) | Northeastern State (3–0) | Delaware (2–1) (2) | San Diego State (4–1) (2) | Louisiana Tech (6–0) (1) | Texas A&I (6–0–1) | Texas A&I (7–0–1) т | Western State (CO) (9–0) (2) | Western State (CO) (9–0) (2) | San Diego State (8–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Saint John's (MN) (1–0) (1) | Texas A&I (3–0) (1) | Montana State (3–2) (1) | Louisiana Tech (5–0) (1) | East Carolina (5–1) | East Carolina (6–1) | East Carolina (7–1) | Concordia (MN) (9–0) | Concordia (MN) (10–0) (1) | Prairie View (9–0) | 8. |
| 9. | UMass (1–1) (1) | Montana State (2–2) (2) | Louisiana Tech (4–0) | Montana State (4–2) (2) | Prairie View (5–0) | Gettysburg (6–1) | Gettysburg (7–1) (1) | Prairie View (8–0) т | Prairie View (9–0) | Sam Houston State (8–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Idaho State (2–0) | Gettysburg (3–0) | Idaho State (3–1) | Prairie View (4–0) | Western State (CO) (6–0) (2) | Western State (CO) (7–0) (2) | Western State (CO) (8–0) (2) т | Sam Houston State (8–0) (1) т | Florida A&M (7–1) | North Dakota State (9–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Texas A&I | Prairie View | Lamar Tech | Gettysburg | Gettysburg | Prairie View | Concordia (MN) (9–0) т | Florida A&M | Sam Houston State | Western State (CO) | 11. |
| 12. | Southwest Texas State | Chattanooga (1) | Cal State Los Angeles (2) | Delaware (1) | Delaware | Concordia (MN) | Prairie View | Texas A&I | North Dakota State | Florida A&M | 12. |
| 13. | Cal State Los Angeles (1) т | Cal State Los Angeles (2) | Prairie View | Lamar Tech | Montana State | Arizona State College | State College of Iowa | North Dakota State | North Dakota | Chattanooga | 13. |
| 14. | Northern Michigan т | Lamar Tech | Northeastern State | Northeastern State | Arizona State College т | State College of Iowa | Arizona State College | Linfield | Texas A&I | North Dakota т | 14. |
| 15. | Prairie View | Lewis & Clark | Lewis & Clark | Western State (CO) | Bucknell т | Arkansas State | Sam Houston State | North Dakota | Arkansas State | Arkansas State т | 15. |
| 16. | Chattanooga | Louisiana Tech (2) т | Gettysburg | Findlay | Arkansas State | Bucknell | Arkansas State | Gettysburg | Northeastern State | State College of Iowa т | 16. |
| 17. | Lewis & Clark | Western State (CO) т | Western State (CO) (1) | Southwest Texas State | Concordia (MN) | Sam Houston State | North Dakota State | Northeastern State | Gettysburg т | Bucknell т | 17. |
| 18. | Lamar Tech (1) т | Baldwin-Wallace (1) т | Abilene Christian | Bucknell | North Dakota State т | North Dakota State | North Dakota | Amherst т | Chattanooga т | Linfield | 18. |
| 19. | Omaha т | Idaho State т | North Dakota State | Albright т | Northeastern State т | Parsons | Northeast Missouri State т | Sacramento State т | Northern Michigan | Montana State т | 19. |
| 20. | Grambling State | Adams State т | Baldwin-Wallace | Arizona State College т | Sam Houston State | Whittier т | Linfield т | Arkansas State т | Sacramento State т | Washburn т | 20. |
| 21. | | North Dakota State т | | | | North Dakota State т | | Northeast Missouri State т | State College of Iowa т | | 21. |
| 22. | | | | | | | | | Bucknell т | | 22. |
| | Week 1 Sept 30 | Week 2 Oct 7 | Week 3 Oct 14 | Week 4 Oct 21 | Week 5 Oct 28 | Week 6 Nov 4 | Week 7 Nov 11 | Week 8 Nov 18 | Week 9 Nov 25 | Week 10 Dec 2 | |
| | | Dropped: 8 Saint John's (MN)12 Southwest Texas State14 Northern Michigan19 Omaha20 Grambling State | Dropped: 12 Chattanooga20 Adams State | Dropped: 10 Idaho State15 Lewis & Clark18 Abilene Christian19 North Dakota State20 Baldwin-Wallace | Dropped: 13 Lamar Tech16 Findlay17 Southwest Texas State19 Albright | Dropped: 12 Delaware13 Montana State19 Northeastern State | Dropped: 16 Bucknell19 Parsons20 Whittier | Dropped: 13 State College of Iowa14 Arizona State College | Dropped: 14 Linfield18 Amherst20 Northeast Missouri State | Dropped: 14 Texas A&I16 Northeastern State17 Gettysburg19 Northern Michigan20 Sacramento State | |

## Pittsburgh Courier rankings

The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading African American newspaper, ranked the top 1964 teams from historically black colleges and universities in an era when college football was often racially segregated.
The rankings were published on December 19:
* 1. Prairie View A&M (9–0)
* 2. Florida A&M (9–1)
* 3. Grambling (9–2)
* 4. Tennessee A&I (8–2)
* 5. Lincoln (MO) (8–2)
* 6. North Carolina A&T (6–3–1)
* 7. Morgan State (7–2)
* 8. South Carolina State (7–2)
* 9. Virginia State (6–2)
* 10. Maryland State (4–2–1)
* 11. Jackson State (6–4)
* 12. Edward Waters (9–0)
* 13. Tuskegee (5–2–2)
* 14. Alabama A&M (6–1–1)
* 15. Johnson C. Smith (7–2–1)
* 16. Fort Valley State (6–2)
* 17. Kentucky State (7–3)
* 18. Bethune-Cookman (6–3)
* 19. Howard (8–2)