1970

1971 Rankings
​Final

1972

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8784	Southeastern
2	Nebraska	(13-0-0)		0.8778	Big Eight
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8036	Big Eight
4	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.7490	Southeastern
5	Colorado	(10-2-0)		0.7110	Big Eight
6	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7002	Pac 8
7	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.6661	Independent
8	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.6507	Southeastern
9	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.6448	Western Athletic
10	Michigan	(11-1-0)		0.6419	Big Ten
11	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.6203	Southeastern
12	Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.6053	Southeastern
13	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.5962	Mid-American
14	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.5698	Pac 8
15	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.5680	Independent
16	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.5647	Southeastern
17	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.5529	Pac 8
18	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.5495	Independent
19	Dartmouth	(8-1-0)		0.4934	Ivy
20	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.4813	Ivy
21	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4794	Independent
22	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4673	Atlantic Coast
23	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.4649	Southwest
24	Arkansas	(8-3-1)		0.4538	Southwest
25	Ohio State	(6-4-0)		0.4246	Big Ten
26	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.4188	Independent
27	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4185	Big Eight
28	California	(6-5-0)		0.4097	Pac 8
29	Northwestern	(7-4-0)		0.3920	Big Ten
30	West Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3886	Independent
31	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3835	Big Ten
32	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.3808	Pac 8
33	Georgia Tech	(6-6-0)		0.3745	Independent
34	Oregon State	(5-6-0)		0.3425	Pac 8
35	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.3416	Independent
36	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3328	Atlantic Coast
37	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.3184	Ivy
38	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3143	Independent
39	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.3037	Mid-American
40	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2918	Mid-American
41	New Mexico	(6-3-2)		0.2899	Western Athletic
42	Temple	(6-2-1)		0.2887	Independent
43	Army	(6-4-0)		0.2874	Independent
44	Texas Christian	(6-4-1)		0.2820	Southwest
45	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.2797	Independent
46	Long Beach State	(8-4-0)		0.2601	PCAA
47	Louisville	(6-3-1)		0.2567	Missouri Valley
48	San Jose State	(5-6-1)		0.2509	PCAA
49	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2487	Independent
50	Syracuse	(5-5-1)		0.2429	Independent
51	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2388	Big Ten
52	Villanova	(6-4-1)		0.2332	Independent
53	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.2293	Missouri Valley
54	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.2259	Missouri Valley
55	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.2248	Atlantic Coast
56	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.2096	Mid-American
57	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.2060	PCAA
58	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.2018	Pac 8
59	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.1995	Big Eight
60	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.1970	Southeastern
61	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.1944	Ivy
62	Wisconsin	(4-6-1)		0.1866	Big Ten
63	Citadel	(8-3-0)		0.1812	Southern
64	Bowling Green State	(6-4-0)		0.1810	Mid-American
65	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.1779	Atlantic Coast
66	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.1658	Southern
67	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		0.1603	Big Eight
68	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.1591	Southwest
69	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1571	Southwest
70	Vanderbilt	(4-6-1)		0.1567	Southeastern
71	Purdue	(3-7-0)		0.1402	Big Ten
72	UCLA	(2-7-1)		0.1389	Pac 8
73	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.1284	Western Athletic
74	Tampa	(6-5-0)		0.1240	Independent
75	Rice	(3-7-1)		0.1200	Southwest
76	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.1173	Independent
77	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1162	Southern
78	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.1150	Big Eight
79	Hawaii	(7-4-0)		0.1103	Independent
80	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.1086	Big Ten
81	Wyoming	(5-6-0)		0.1075	Western Athletic
82	Navy	(3-8-0)		0.0971	Independent
83	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.0960	Independent
84	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.0923	PCAA
85	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		0.0883	Independent
86	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.0872	Southwest
87	Pittsburgh	(3-8-0)		0.0825	Independent
88	Drake	(7-4-0)		0.0785	Missouri Valley
89	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.0752	Ivy
90	Princeton	(4-5-0)		0.0706	Ivy
91	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0630	Independent
92	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		0.0576	Western Athletic
93	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.0492	Southeastern
94	Colgate	(6-4-0)		0.0289	Independent
95	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		-0.0011	Missouri Valley
96	Holy Cross	(4-6-0)		-0.0020	Independent
97	New Mexico State	(5-5-1)		-0.0054	Independent
98	Mississippi State	(2-9-0)		-0.0076	Southeastern
99	Dayton	(5-6-0)		-0.0091	Independent
100	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.0239	Atlantic Coast
101	Indiana	(3-8-0)		-0.0358	Big Ten
102	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.0377	Western Athletic
103	East Carolina	(4-6-0)		-0.0478	Southern
104	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.0797	Atlantic Coast
105	Texas-El Paso	(5-6-0)		-0.0823	Western Athletic
106	Pacific	(3-8-0)		-0.0894	PCAA
107	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.0922	Big Eight
108	Santa Barbara	(3-8-0)		-0.1131	PCAA
109	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.1173	Atlantic Coast
110	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.1209	Mid-American
111	Rutgers	(4-7-0)		-0.1527	Independent
112	Pennsylvania	(2-7-0)		-0.1588	Ivy
113	Furman	(5-5-1)		-0.1624	Southern
114	Iowa	(1-10-0)		-0.1674	Big Ten
115	Colorado State	(3-8-0)		-0.2220	Western Athletic
116	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.2679	Missouri Valley
117	Baylor	(1-9-0)		-0.3189	Southwest
118	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-0.3294	Independent
119	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.3499	Mid-American
120	Brown	(0-9-0)		-0.3609	Ivy
121	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.4259	Missouri Valley
122	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-0.4508	Southern
123	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.4713	Missouri Valley
124	Davidson	(1-9-0)		-0.5717	Southern
125	Los Angeles State	(2-8-0)		-0.6405	PCAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1971)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4464
2	Pac 8		0.4121
3	Big Eight		0.3992
4	Big Ten		0.2313
5	Independent		0.2066
6	Southwest		0.1756
7	Mid-American		0.1588
8	Atlantic Coast		0.1402
9	Ivy		0.1392
10	Western Athletic		0.1108
11	PCAA		-0.0048
12	Missouri Valley		-0.0470
13	Southern		-0.1099