🏀 The 1964-65 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 18 conferences · 23-team tournament

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1964-65 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UCLA

28-2Final AP #2

Title gameMichigan 80, UCLA 91 (Mar 20)

Final FourUCLAMichiganPrincetonWichita State

The 1965 NCAA tournament

23 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

23-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Dayton66

Ohio65

DePaul99

Eastern Kentucky52

Second Round

Dayton71

DePaul78

Regional Finals

Mideast region

First Round

Dayton66

Ohio65

DePaul99

Eastern Kentucky52

Second Round

Dayton71

DePaul78

Regional Finals

East region

First Round

Second Round

North Carolina State48

Princeton66

Providence81

St. Joseph's73

Regional Finals

Princeton109

Providence69

West region

First Round

Second Round

BYU76

UCLA100

Regional Finals

San Francisco93

UCLA101

Midwest region

First Round

Houston99

Notre Dame98

Second Round

Houston60

SMU81

Regional Finals

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Michigan93

Princeton76

Mideast vs East · Mar 19

UCLA108

Wichita State89

West vs Midwest · Mar 19

Championship game: UCLA

Michigan80

UCLA91

Mideast vs West · Mar 20

Third-place games

BYU102

Oklahoma City112

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 13

Dayton75

DePaul69

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 13

North Carolina State103

St. Joseph's81

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 13

Houston87

SMU89

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 13

Princeton118

Wichita State82

Third Place Game · East vs Midwest · Mar 20

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 3 conference tournaments held in 1964-65.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina State 91-85, Mar 6	Duke	91-85, Mar 6
Ohio Valley	Murray State	Western Kentucky State
Southern	West Virginia 70-67, Feb 27	William & Mary	70-67, Feb 27

The 1964-65 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Dec1	8	15	22	29	Jan5	12	19	26	Feb2	9	16	23	Mar2	9
Michigan	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
UCLA	2	7	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
St. Joseph's					10	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Providence						9	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Vanderbilt	6	3	9							9	7		9	5	5
Davidson	4			10		10	8	7	6	5	5	5	6	7	6
Minnesota	11	6	4	3	3							9	8	6	7
Villanova	16													9	8
BYU	19													10	9
Duke	5	8	6	6	8	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	5	8	10
Indiana				8	7	2	5	5	9	7	8	7	7
New Mexico													10
Tennessee												8
Wichita State	3	2	1	2	2	5	3	4	5	8	9	10
Illinois				7	6						10
San Francisco	9	5	3	5	5	8	9	9	8	10
St. John's	10	10	7			7	7	8	7
Saint Louis		4	10	9	9
Kentucky	11	9	8
Syracuse	7
Kansas State	8
North Carolina	13
Bradley	14
Seattle	15
Notre Dame	17
Kansas	18
DePaul	20

Tap a rank to read it.

1965 final AP Top 10

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1965 final AP Top 10AP

6Davidson24-2
7Minnesota19-5
8Villanova23-5
9BYU21-7
10Duke20-5

1965 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1965 standings by conference18 conferences

AAWU8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	28-2	14-0	★ NCAA AP 2
Stanford	15-8	9-5
USC	14-12	8-6
Oregon State	16-10	7-7
Washington State	9-17	6-8
Washington	9-16	5-9
California	8-15	4-10
Oregon	9-17	3-11

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	20-5	11-3	★ AP 10
North Carolina State	21-5	10-4	🏆 NCAA
Maryland	18-8	10-4
North Carolina	15-9	10-4
Wake Forest	12-15	6-8
Clemson	8-15	4-10
Virginia	7-18	3-11
South Carolina	6-17	2-12

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oklahoma State	20-7	12-2	★ NCAA
Kansas	17-8	9-5
Missouri	13-11	8-6
Colorado	13-12	8-6
Iowa State	9-16	6-8
Kansas State	12-13	5-9
Nebraska	10-15	5-9
Oklahoma	8-17	3-11

Big Sky6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Weber State	22-3	8-2	★
Gonzaga	18-8	6-4
Montana State	15-10	6-4
Idaho State	7-19	4-6
Idaho	6-19	4-6
Montana	11-15	2-8

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan	24-4	13-1	★ NCAA AP 1
Minnesota	19-5	11-3	AP 7
Illinois	18-6	10-4
Indiana	19-5	9-5
Iowa	14-10	8-6
Ohio State	12-12	6-8
Purdue	12-12	5-9
Wisconsin	9-13	4-10
Northwestern	7-17	3-11
Michigan State	5-18	1-13

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	23-6	13-1	★ NCAA
Cornell	19-5	11-3
Pennsylvania	15-10	10-4
Yale	10-12	7-7
Harvard	11-12	6-8
Columbia	7-15	5-9
Brown	7-17	3-11
Dartmouth	4-21	1-13

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Miami (OH)	20-5	11-1
Ohio	19-7	11-1	★ NCAA
Toledo	13-11	6-6
Bowling Green	9-15	6-6
Kent State	9-11	4-8
Western Michigan	8-16	3-9
Marshall	4-20	1-11

Middle Atlantic8 teams

School	W-L	Note
St. Joseph's	26-3	★ NCAA AP 3
La Salle	15-8
Lafayette	12-8
Temple	14-10
Gettysburg	12-11
Bucknell	11-13
Lehigh	7-13
Delaware	3-17

Missouri Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Wichita State	21-9	11-3	★ NCAA
Bradley	18-9	9-5
Saint Louis	18-9	9-5
Louisville	15-10	8-6
Tulsa	14-11	7-7
Drake	15-10	6-8
Cincinnati	14-12	5-9
North Texas	7-19	1-13

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Eastern Kentucky	19-6	13-1	★ NCAA
Western Kentucky State	18-9	10-4
Murray State	19-7	9-5	🏆
Tennessee Tech	14-11	8-6
Morehead State	13-10	6-8
East Tennessee State	6-17	4-10
Middle Tennessee State	6-18	4-10
Austin Peay	4-17	2-12

Southeastern11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Vanderbilt	24-4	15-1	★ NCAA AP 5
Tennessee	20-5	12-4
Florida	18-7	11-5
Auburn	16-9	11-5
Kentucky	15-10	10-6
Alabama	17-9	9-7
LSU	12-14	7-9
Mississippi State	10-16	6-10
Georgia	8-18	4-12
Tulane	3-22	2-14
Mississippi	4-21	1-15

Southern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	24-2	12-0	★ AP 6
Citadel	13-11	8-4
Virginia Tech	13-10	9-5
West Virginia	14-15	8-6	🏆 NCAA
George Washington	10-13	6-7
William & Mary	12-13	6-8
Richmond	10-16	6-10
VMI	8-13	5-9
Furman	6-19	2-13

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Note
Lamar	18-6
Abilene Christian	17-9	★
Arkansas State	13-9	★
Texas-Arlington	10-14
Trinity	2-21

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas Tech	17-6	12-2
Texas	16-9	10-4	★
SMU	17-10	10-4	★ NCAA
Baylor	15-9	8-6
Texas A&M	14-10	7-7
Arkansas	9-14	5-9
TCU	6-18	3-11
Rice	2-22	1-13

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Francisco	24-5	13-1	★ NCAA
San Jose State	14-10	9-5
Santa Clara	14-12	9-5
Pacific	13-12	8-6
UC Santa Barbara	12-14	7-7
St. Mary's	8-18	5-9
Pepperdine	6-19	3-11
Loyola Marymount	6-20	2-12

Western Athletic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
BYU	21-7	8-2	★ NCAA AP 9
New Mexico	19-8	5-5
Arizona	17-9	5-5
Wyoming	16-10	5-5
Arizona State	13-14	4-6
Utah	17-9	3-7

Yankee6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	23-3	10-0	★ NCAA
Massachusetts	13-11	8-2
Rhode Island	15-11	6-4
Maine	13-10	4-6
Vermont	7-13	1-9
New Hampshire	2-19	1-9

Independent53 teams

School	W-L	Note
Providence	24-2	NCAA AP 4
Miami (FL)	22-4
Penn State	20-4	NCAA
Villanova	23-5	AP 8
Dayton	22-7	NCAA
Boston College	21-7
Seattle	19-7
Army	21-8
St. John's	21-8
Detroit	20-8
Hardin-Simmons	17-8
Oklahoma City	21-10	NCAA
Colorado State	16-8	NCAA
Fairfield	14-7
Houston	19-10	NCAA
St. Bonaventure	15-8
Texas Western	16-9
West Texas A&M	16-9
DePaul	17-10	NCAA
Florida State	16-10
NYU	16-10
Manhattan	13-9
Duquesne	14-10
Creighton	13-10
Georgetown	13-10
Holy Cross	13-10
Syracuse	13-10
Georgia Tech	14-11
Fordham	15-12
Notre Dame	15-12	NCAA
St. Francis (NY)	11-9
Centenary	13-11
Iona	12-11
Utah State	13-12
Boston University	10-10
Navy	10-10
Rutgers	12-12
Portland	12-13
Seton Hall	12-13
Canisius	10-12
Denver	11-14
Loyola-Chicago	11-14
Butler	11-15
Memphis State	10-14
St. Francis (PA)	10-15
Xavier	10-15
Air Force	9-14
Loyola (LA)	8-16
Marquette	8-18
New Mexico State	8-18
Colgate	7-16
Pittsburgh	7-16
Niagara	4-17

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1965 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1965 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1UCLA2080
2Michigan1962
3Duke1872
4Vanderbilt1872
5Minnesota1866
6Princeton1860
7Davidson1857
8Illinois1832
9Providence1818
10Indiana1805

Biggest upsets

North Carolina 65, Duke 62
Jan 9 · regular season · 6.9% win chance
Iowa 87, UCLA 82
Jan 29 · regular season · 7.7% win chance
Iowa State 64, Kansas 58
Jan 23 · regular season · 8.1% win chance
Nebraska 62, Kansas State 57
Feb 9 · regular season · 9.6% win chance
Yale 83, Cornell 67
Feb 12 · regular season · 9.9% win chance
Brown 68, Yale 54
Dec 16 · regular season · 9.9% win chance
Santa Clara 73, San Francisco 71
Dec 30 · regular season · 11.1% win chance
Rice 59, Baylor 56
Jan 9 · regular season · 11.6% win chance
Iowa 74, Indiana 68
Jan 18 · regular season · 11.6% win chance
Wichita State 71, Drake 60
Dec 19 · regular season · 12.1% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.