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Final power ratings for the 1964 season are listed below. Home field advantage for this year was .559 and the root for determining point spreads was 1.109.
The average home field advantage for this year is 3.21 points.
Some game locations are unknown and have been estimated. Research continues.
KEY: PR=Final power rating, PS=Pre-season power rating, SOS=strength of schedule.
| Rank | Team | PR | PS | SOS | PF | PA | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Conference |
| 1 | Arkansas | .946 | .727 | .788 | 21.00 | 5.82 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | SWC |
| 2 | Alabama | .923 | .856 | .916 | 22.73 | 8.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | SEC |
| 3 | Texas | .904 | .891 | .799 | 20.00 | 7.36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | SWC |
| 4 | Notre Dame | .887 | .524 | .727 | 28.70 | 7.70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | Eastern Independent |
| 5 | Michigan | .886 | .531 | .760 | 23.50 | 8.30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | Big Ten |
| 6 | Florida State | .882 | .592 | .811 | 23.91 | 7.73 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .864 | South/West Independent |
| 7 | Utah | .859 | .514 | .779 | 21.27 | 6.18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | WAC |
| 8 | Nebraska | .839 | .724 | .715 | 23.27 | 7.73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | Big 8 |
| 9 | Princeton | .825 | .529 | .456 | 24.00 | 5.89 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | Ivy |
| 10 | Florida | .812 | .698 | .854 | 18.10 | 9.80 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | SEC |
| 11 | Louisiana State | .804 | .805 | .832 | 11.64 | 8.09 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .773 | SEC |
| 12 | Tulsa | .798 | .470 | .544 | 36.18 | 12.73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | MVC |
| 13 | Georgia | .788 | .558 | .918 | 11.82 | 8.91 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | SEC |
| 14 | Oregon | .781 | .684 | .760 | 17.00 | 10.70 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .750 | AAWU |
| 15 | Bowling Green State | .761 | .543 | .356 | 27.50 | 8.70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | MAC |
| 16 | New Mexico | .759 | .549 | .601 | 16.82 | 8.18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | WAC |
| 17 | Southern California | .757 | .725 | .792 | 20.70 | 13.00 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | AAWU |
| 18 | Wyoming | .751 | .583 | .788 | 18.10 | 11.70 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .700 | WAC |
| 19 | Syracuse | .751 | .735 | .854 | 24.00 | 14.27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | Eastern Independent |
| 20 | Oregon State | .751 | .631 | .829 | 13.55 | 11.27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | AAWU |
| 21 | Cincinnati | .737 | .430 | .530 | 21.10 | 9.90 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | MVC |
| 22 | Missouri | .732 | .754 | .760 | 14.20 | 8.80 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | Big 8 |
| 23 | Penn State | .729 | .761 | .794 | 18.90 | 11.10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Eastern Independent |
| 24 | Ohio State | .727 | .673 | .630 | 16.22 | 8.44 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | Big Ten |
| 25 | Oklahoma | .726 | .768 | .888 | 18.82 | 15.45 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | Big 8 |
| 26 | Arizona State | .726 | .670 | .524 | 23.00 | 12.50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | WAC |
| 27 | Georgia Tech | .724 | .785 | .700 | 12.10 | 7.90 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | South/West Independent |
| 28 | Purdue | .712 | .595 | .775 | 18.67 | 16.22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Big Ten |
| 29 | Illinois | .706 | .618 | .751 | 15.78 | 11.11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Big Ten |
| 30 | Washington | .701 | .683 | .810 | 13.90 | 11.00 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | AAWU |
| 31 | Utah State | .699 | .675 | .745 | 29.40 | 13.60 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | South/West Independent |
| 32 | Arizona | .696 | .511 | .677 | 14.70 | 7.60 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | WAC |
| 33 | Auburn | .686 | .765 | .729 | 12.30 | 9.10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | SEC |
| 34 | Kansas | .666 | .672 | .782 | 13.60 | 14.60 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Big 8 |
| 35 | Mississippi | .660 | .877 | .746 | 19.73 | 11.55 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | SEC |
| 36 | Colgate | .660 | .294 | .415 | 15.00 | 5.78 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | Eastern Independent |
| 37 | Baylor | .659 | .683 | .841 | 16.20 | 17.60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | SWC |
| 38 | Texas Tech | .654 | .474 | .774 | 15.09 | 10.91 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | SWC |
| 39 | Miami (Ohio) | .653 | .504 | .570 | 20.90 | 14.20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | MAC |
| 40 | Stanford | .653 | .453 | .838 | 15.00 | 13.80 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | AAWU |
| 41 | Kentucky | .641 | .552 | .872 | 15.00 | 19.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | SEC |
| 42 | Boston College | .641 | .570 | .642 | 12.44 | 12.22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Eastern Independent |
| 43 | Air Force | .633 | .577 | .916 | 10.60 | 14.60 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | South/West Independent |
| 44 | Virginia Tech | .632 | .573 | .578 | 22.40 | 17.80 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | Southern |
| 45 | Minnesota | .630 | .618 | .738 | 15.11 | 14.56 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | Big Ten |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | .630 | .435 | .809 | 16.50 | 19.20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | Big 8 |
| 47 | West Virginia | .624 | .536 | .717 | 14.73 | 19.18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | Southern |
| 48 | North Carolina | .615 | .607 | .703 | 17.80 | 13.50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ACC |
| 49 | Mississippi State | .613 | .682 | .861 | 15.50 | 14.30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | SEC |
| 50 | Michigan State | .613 | .709 | .846 | 15.11 | 15.67 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | Big Ten |
| 51 | Rice | .605 | .677 | .827 | 11.70 | 11.10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | SWC |
| 52 | Maryland | .601 | .519 | .669 | 16.40 | 12.60 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ACC |
| 53 | Villanova | .592 | .447 | .289 | 24.13 | 5.88 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | Eastern Independent |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | .584 | .712 | .781 | 15.20 | 15.40 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | Eastern Independent |
| 55 | North Carolina State | .583 | .604 | .816 | 11.90 | 19.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ACC |
| 56 | Tennessee | .581 | .594 | .825 | 8.00 | 12.10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | SEC |
| 57 | Dartmouth | .581 | .619 | .396 | 26.11 | 15.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Ivy |
| 58 | Yale | .579 | .450 | .333 | 21.67 | 13.33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .722 | Ivy |
| 59 | UCLA | .576 | .496 | .945 | 14.50 | 23.60 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | AAWU |
| 60 | Marshall | .576 | .370 | .336 | 12.00 | 9.30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | MAC |
| 61 | Wake Forest | .567 | .247 | .672 | 17.20 | 17.80 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ACC |
| 62 | Idaho | .566 | .387 | .789 | 14.40 | 14.30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | South/West Independent |
| 63 | Ohio | .566 | .500 | .501 | 12.20 | 9.90 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | MAC |
| 64 | Miami (Florida) | .564 | .583 | .692 | 14.70 | 13.30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | South/West Independent |
| 65 | Duke | .562 | .661 | .677 | 14.80 | 13.50 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | ACC |
| 66 | Southern Mississippi | .556 | .396 | .470 | 15.89 | 16.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | South/West Independent |
| 67 | Texas Christian | .540 | .633 | .842 | 9.40 | 16.90 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | SWC |
| 68 | Memphis | .540 | .736 | .439 | 19.22 | 11.44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | South/West Independent |
| 69 | Navy | .538 | .746 | .859 | 14.00 | 18.50 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | Eastern Independent |
| 70 | Iowa | .537 | .561 | .834 | 18.89 | 23.22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | Big Ten |
| 71 | New Mexico State | .532 | .423 | .425 | 13.10 | 17.10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | South/West Independent |
| 72 | Harvard | .526 | .498 | .347 | 14.56 | 13.67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Ivy |
| 73 | California | .526 | .477 | .842 | 15.20 | 18.70 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | AAWU |
| 74 | Rutgers | .518 | .364 | .240 | 16.56 | 12.78 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Eastern Independent |
| 75 | South Carolina | .518 | .397 | .790 | 9.50 | 17.60 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | ACC |
| 76 | Vanderbilt | .516 | .350 | .821 | 7.90 | 12.20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | SEC |
| 77 | George Washington | .514 | .315 | .437 | 16.22 | 13.67 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | Southern |
| 78 | Washington State | .509 | .490 | .762 | 16.50 | 20.80 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | AAWU |
| 79 | Brigham Young | .508 | .303 | .695 | 17.30 | 21.00 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | WAC |
| 80 | Army | .508 | .649 | .647 | 11.80 | 14.30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | Eastern Independent |
| 81 | Colorado State | .507 | .266 | .694 | 10.09 | 18.09 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | South/West Independent |
| 82 | Tulane | .501 | .325 | .853 | 7.90 | 14.70 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | SEC |
| 83 | Cornell | .490 | .383 | .542 | 21.78 | 15.44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | Ivy |
| 84 | Northwestern | .485 | .655 | .819 | 10.56 | 18.22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | Big Ten |
| 85 | Virginia | .481 | .368 | .510 | 16.30 | 21.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | ACC |
| 86 | Brown | .479 | .281 | .396 | 13.22 | 13.00 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | Ivy |
| 87 | Wichita State | .477 | .524 | .675 | 11.20 | 19.70 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | MVC |
| 88 | Houston | .476 | .541 | .757 | 12.78 | 19.33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | South/West Independent |
| 89 | Indiana | .473 | .450 | .770 | 17.11 | 20.89 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | Big Ten |
| 90 | Xavier | .462 | .475 | .533 | 13.80 | 21.00 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .450 | Eastern Independent |
| 91 | Colorado | .457 | .426 | .851 | 10.10 | 15.60 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | Big 8 |
| 92 | Holy Cross | .454 | .441 | .365 | 14.60 | 15.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | Eastern Independent |
| 93 | Clemson | .454 | .610 | .675 | 10.50 | 13.50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | ACC |
| 94 | Wisconsin | .450 | .647 | .754 | 10.89 | 21.11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | Big Ten |
| 95 | Buffalo | .437 | .417 | .237 | 18.44 | 10.78 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | Eastern Independent |
| 96 | Texas A&M | .436 | .512 | .917 | 8.80 | 16.20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | SWC |
| 97 | Kansas State | .434 | .291 | .820 | 6.40 | 18.60 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | Big 8 |
| 98 | San Jose State | .420 | .439 | .397 | 15.10 | 14.50 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | South/West Independent |
| 99 | William & Mary | .408 | .378 | .433 | 13.80 | 19.40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | Southern |
| 100 | Detroit Mercy | .395 | .329 | .533 | 12.70 | 15.80 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | Eastern Independent |
| 101 | Columbia | .395 | .396 | .559 | 16.11 | 21.56 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | Ivy |
| 102 | Kent | .387 | .318 | .414 | 9.67 | 13.44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .389 | MAC |
| 103 | West Texas A&M | .376 | .490 | .413 | 11.20 | 22.50 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | South/West Independent |
| 104 | Citadel | .375 | .359 | .278 | 12.80 | 12.20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | Southern |
| 105 | Iowa State | .370 | .536 | .752 | 7.20 | 15.50 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .150 | Big 8 |
| 106 | Dayton | .361 | .250 | .461 | 12.90 | 18.50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | MVC |
| 107 | Toledo | .349 | .274 | .598 | 12.70 | 21.80 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | MAC |
| 108 | Western Michigan | .334 | .319 | .455 | 8.56 | 20.56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | MAC |
| 109 | Southern Methodist | .333 | .520 | .835 | 5.50 | 17.70 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | SWC |
| 110 | Wild Card U | .307 | .272 | .368 | 12.07 | 19.01 | 27 | 53 | 1 | .340 | |
| 111 | Richmond | .302 | .396 | .292 | 14.70 | 22.40 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | Southern |
| 112 | Texas-El Paso | .297 | .351 | .731 | 6.40 | 21.70 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .100 | South/West Independent |
| 113 | North Texas | .297 | .385 | .433 | 7.80 | 17.20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | MVC |
| 114 | Furman | .249 | .437 | .187 | 11.50 | 21.20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | Southern |
| 115 | Virginia Military Institute | .231 | .478 | .417 | 12.30 | 20.00 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | Southern |
| 116 | Boston University | .216 | .240 | .302 | 8.56 | 23.56 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | Eastern Independent |
| 117 | Davidson | .208 | .228 | .050 | 10.11 | 16.89 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | Southern |
| 118 | Pennsylvania | .193 | .271 | .496 | 5.33 | 24.67 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | Ivy |
| 119 | Louisville | .187 | .346 | .386 | 7.00 | 21.70 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | MVC |
| 120 | Lehigh | .149 | .174 | .247 | 5.22 | 25.78 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | Eastern Independent |
| 121 | Pacific | .136 | .295 | .308 | 6.80 | 30.40 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | South/West Independent |
| Conference | PR | PS | SOS | Wins | Losses | Ties | Pct | Teams |
| WAC | .716 | .521 | .678 | 41 | 17 | 4 | .694 | 6 |
| SEC | .684 | .642 | .839 | 62 | 47 | 5 | .566 | 11 |
| AAWU | .657 | .580 | .822 | 43 | 36 | 2 | .543 | 8 |
| SWC | .635 | .640 | .828 | 42 | 39 | 2 | .518 | 8 |
| Big Ten | .622 | .606 | .768 | 48 | 43 | 0 | .527 | 10 |
| Big 8 | .607 | .576 | .797 | 37 | 42 | 3 | .470 | 8 |
| ACC | .548 | .502 | .689 | 35 | 42 | 3 | .456 | 8 |
| Eastern Independent | .532 | .492 | .529 | 76 | 71 | 6 | .516 | 16 |
| South/West Independent | .527 | .502 | .619 | 66 | 76 | 7 | .466 | 15 |
| MAC | .518 | .404 | .461 | 35 | 30 | 3 | .537 | 7 |
| Ivy | .509 | .428 | .441 | 38 | 31 | 3 | .549 | 8 |
| MVC | .476 | .401 | .505 | 27 | 33 | 1 | .451 | 6 |
| Southern | .394 | .411 | .376 | 36 | 53 | 0 | .404 | 9 |
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