1964 NCAA University Division football rankings

Two human polls comprised the 1964 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1964 regular season, a month before the bowls. The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.

Final Coaches Poll
The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 1. Alabama received 22 of the 35 first-place votes; Arkansas received seven, Notre Dame four, and Michigan two.
 * Notre Dame did not participate in bowl games from 1925 through 1968.
 * Prior to the 1975 season, the Big Ten and Pac-8 conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.
 * The Ivy League has prohibited its members from participating in postseason football since the league was officially formed in 1954.

Litkenhous Ratings
The following teams were ranked as the top 25 teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, released in December 1964:

1. Alabama 2. Michigan 3. Notre Dame 4. Arkansas 5. Texas 6. USC 7. Florida State 8. Florida 9. Ohio State 10. Nebraska 11. Illinois 12. Utah 13. Tulsa 14. Purdue 15. Penn State 16. Syracuse 17. UCLA 18. Ole Miss 19. LSU 20. Michigan State 21. Utah State 22. Oregon State 23. Oregon 24. Minnesota 25. Oklahoma