 At the time, the Associated Press (AP) and UPI awarded their national titles before the bowl games, and gave their trophies to the Alabama team that would lose in the Orange Bowl game a few days later.The next season, 1965, the Razorbacks were 10–0 in the regular season, and were once again the Southwest Conference Champions.That sent the Razorbacks back to the Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, this time to play against LSU.