1970

1971 Rankings
​Final

1972

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.9362	Southeastern
2	Nebraska	(13-0-0)		0.9190	Big Eight
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8508	Big Eight
4	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.8119	Southeastern
5	Colorado	(10-2-0)		0.7379	Big Eight
6	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7104	Independent
7	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7029	Pac 8
8	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.6970	Southeastern
9	Michigan	(11-1-0)		0.6831	Big Ten
10	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.6607	Southeastern
11	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.6508	Western Athletic
12	Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.6347	Southeastern
13	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.6135	Mid-American
14	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.5977	Independent
14=	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.5977	Southeastern
16	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.5841	Pac 8
17	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.5735	Independent
18	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.5441	Pac 8
19	Dartmouth	(8-1-0)		0.5329	Ivy
20	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.5202	Ivy
21	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4939	Atlantic Coast
22	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4816	Independent
23	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.4599	Southwest
24	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.4456	Independent
25	Ohio State	(6-4-0)		0.4331	Big Ten
26	Arkansas	(8-3-1)		0.4241	Southwest
27	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4050	Big Eight
28	West Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3831	Independent
29	Georgia Tech	(6-6-0)		0.3792	Independent
30	Northwestern	(7-4-0)		0.3726	Big Ten
31	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3692	Big Ten
32	California	(6-5-0)		0.3544	Pac 8
33	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.3331	Independent
34	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.3320	Pac 8
35	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.3110	Ivy
36	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3091	Atlantic Coast
37	Oregon State	(5-6-0)		0.2863	Pac 8
38	Temple	(6-2-1)		0.2785	Independent
39	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.2725	Independent
40	Army	(6-4-0)		0.2630	Independent
41	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.2619	Independent
42	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2511	Mid-American
43	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.2396	Mid-American
44	Texas Christian	(6-4-1)		0.2299	Southwest
45	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2234	Independent
46	Syracuse	(5-5-1)		0.1973	Independent
47	Louisville	(6-3-1)		0.1962	Missouri Valley
48	Long Beach State	(8-4-0)		0.1952	PCAA
49	Villanova	(6-4-1)		0.1904	Independent
50	New Mexico	(6-3-2)		0.1869	Western Athletic
51	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.1848	Atlantic Coast
52	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.1817	Big Ten
53	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.1731	Missouri Valley
54	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.1571	Southeastern
55	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.1523	Ivy
56	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.1482	Mid-American
57	San Jose State	(5-6-1)		0.1400	PCAA
58	Citadel	(8-3-0)		0.1384	Southern
59	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.1376	Missouri Valley
60	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.1294	Big Eight
61	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.1288	Southern
62	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.1223	Atlantic Coast
63	Wisconsin	(4-6-1)		0.1164	Big Ten
64	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.1066	PCAA
65	Vanderbilt	(4-6-1)		0.1024	Southeastern
66	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		0.0929	Big Eight
67	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.0858	Pac 8
68	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0746	Southwest
69	Purdue	(3-7-0)		0.0668	Big Ten
70	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.0649	Southwest
71	Bowling Green State	(6-4-0)		0.0634	Mid-American
72	UCLA	(2-7-1)		0.0619	Pac 8
73	Rice	(3-7-1)		0.0542	Southwest
74	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.0488	Southern
75	Tampa	(6-5-0)		0.0477	Independent
76	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.0285	Big Eight
77	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.0229	Big Ten
78	Navy	(3-8-0)		0.0198	Independent
79	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.0140	Independent
80	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		0.0099	Independent
81	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.0059	Ivy
82	Pittsburgh	(3-8-0)		-0.0046	Independent
83	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		-0.0099	Southwest
84	Hawaii	(7-4-0)		-0.0195	Independent
85	Arizona	(5-6-0)		-0.0204	Western Athletic
86	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		-0.0232	Independent
87	Princeton	(4-5-0)		-0.0244	Ivy
88	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		-0.0332	Independent
89	Wyoming	(5-6-0)		-0.0357	Western Athletic
90	Drake	(7-4-0)		-0.0431	Missouri Valley
91	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		-0.0443	PCAA
92	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		-0.0562	Southeastern
93	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		-0.0878	Western Athletic
94	Colgate	(6-4-0)		-0.0924	Independent
95	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.1163	Atlantic Coast
96	Mississippi State	(2-9-0)		-0.1216	Southeastern
97	Holy Cross	(4-6-0)		-0.1364	Independent
98	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		-0.1530	Missouri Valley
99	New Mexico State	(5-5-1)		-0.1670	Independent
100	Indiana	(3-8-0)		-0.1752	Big Ten
101	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.1829	Atlantic Coast
102	Dayton	(5-6-0)		-0.1989	Independent
103	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.2176	Western Athletic
104	East Carolina	(4-6-0)		-0.2249	Southern
105	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.2296	Big Eight
106	Pacific	(3-8-0)		-0.2844	PCAA
107	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.3049	Atlantic Coast
108	Santa Barbara	(3-8-0)		-0.3174	PCAA
109	Pennsylvania	(2-7-0)		-0.3218	Ivy
110	Texas-El Paso	(5-6-0)		-0.3415	Western Athletic
111	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.3522	Mid-American
112	Iowa	(1-10-0)		-0.3802	Big Ten
113	Rutgers	(4-7-0)		-0.3856	Independent
114	Furman	(5-5-1)		-0.4359	Southern
115	Colorado State	(3-8-0)		-0.5075	Western Athletic
116	Baylor	(1-9-0)		-0.5905	Southwest
117	Brown	(0-9-0)		-0.6068	Ivy
118	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.6118	Missouri Valley
119	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-0.6463	Independent
120	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.7381	Mid-American
121	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.8075	Missouri Valley
122	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-0.8113	Southern
123	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.8739	Missouri Valley
124	Davidson	(1-9-0)		-1.0135	Southern
125	Los Angeles State	(2-8-0)		-1.1850	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4420
2	Pac 8	0.3689
3	Big Eight	0.3667
4	Big Ten	0.1690
5	Independent	0.1371
6	Southwest	0.0884
7	Atlantic Coast	0.0723
8	Ivy	0.0711
9	Mid-American	0.0322
10	Western Athletic	-0.0466
11	PCAA	-0.1985
12	Missouri Valley	-0.2478
13	Southern	-0.3099