Watkins Glen · 3 October 1965
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham-Climax Gurney 6 + Brabham 4 + Bonnier 0 | Gurney 6 + Brabham 4 + Bonnier 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | BRM Hill 9 + Stewart 0 | Hill 9 + Stewart 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Bandini 3 + Rodríguez 2 + Bondurant 0 | Bandini 3 + Rodríguez 2 + Bondurant 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Cooper-Climax Rindt 1 + McLaren 0 | Rindt 1 + McLaren 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Honda Ginther 0 + Bucknum 0 | Ginther 0 + Bucknum 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lotus-BRM Attwood 0 + Ireland 0 | Attwood 0 + Ireland 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brabham-BRM Siffert 0 | Siffert 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lotus-Climax Solana 0 + Clark 0 + Spence 0 | Solana 0 + Clark 0 + Spence 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graham Hill BRM | BRM | 2:20:36.100 | 110 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax | Brabham-Climax | +12.500s | 110 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jack Brabham Brabham-Climax | Brabham-Climax | +57.500s | 110 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 109 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 109 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jochen Rindt Cooper-Climax | Cooper-Climax | — | 108 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Richie Ginther Honda | Honda | — | 108 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jo Bonnier Brabham-Climax | Brabham-Climax | — | 107 | — | — | |
| 9 | Bob Bondurant Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 106 | — | — | |
| 10 | Richard Attwood Lotus-BRM | Lotus-BRM | — | 101 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jo Siffert Brabham-BRM | Brabham-BRM | — | 99 | — | — | |
| 12 | Moisés Solana Lotus-Climax | Lotus-Climax | — | 95 | — | — | |
| 13 | Ronnie Bucknum Honda | Honda | — | 92 | — | — | |
| 14 | Jackie Stewart BRM | BRM | — | 12 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jim Clark Lotus-Climax | Lotus-Climax | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 16 | Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax | Cooper-Climax | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 17 | Mike Spence Lotus-Climax | Lotus-Climax | — | 9 | — | — | |
| 18 | Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM | Lotus-BRM | — | 9 | — | — |