1970

1971 Rankings
​Final

1972

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(13-0-0)		0.9292	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.9291	Southeastern
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8549	Big Eight
4	Georgia	(11-1-0)		0.8065	Southeastern
5	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7612	Pac 8
6	Colorado	(10-2-0)		0.7488	Big Eight
7	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7049	Independent
8	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.6955	Southeastern
9	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.6898	Western Athletic
10	Michigan	(11-1-0)		0.6764	Big Ten
11	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.6605	Southeastern
12	Mississippi	(10-2-0)		0.6415	Southeastern
13	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.6174	Mid-American
14	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.6159	Pac 8
15	Notre Dame	(8-2-0)		0.6015	Independent
16	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.5926	Southeastern
17	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.5869	Independent
18	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.5825	Pac 8
19	Dartmouth	(8-1-0)		0.5252	Ivy
20	Cornell	(8-1-0)		0.5130	Ivy
21	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.5074	Southwest
22	North Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4996	Atlantic Coast
23	Boston College	(9-2-0)		0.4824	Independent
24	Arkansas	(8-3-1)		0.4698	Southwest
25	California	(6-5-0)		0.4519	Pac 8
26	Florida State	(8-4-0)		0.4504	Independent
27	Ohio State	(6-4-0)		0.4434	Big Ten
28	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4369	Big Eight
29	Oregon	(5-6-0)		0.4199	Pac 8
30	Georgia Tech	(6-6-0)		0.4098	Independent
31	Northwestern	(7-4-0)		0.4006	Big Ten
32	West Virginia	(7-4-0)		0.3994	Independent
33	Michigan State	(6-5-0)		0.3981	Big Ten
34	Oregon State	(5-6-0)		0.3807	Pac 8
35	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.3689	Independent
36	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3629	Atlantic Coast
37	Columbia	(6-3-0)		0.3396	Ivy
38	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3383	Independent
39	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.3239	Mid-American
40	South Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.3091	Independent
41	Army	(6-4-0)		0.3072	Independent
42	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.3017	Mid-American
43	Texas Christian	(6-4-1)		0.2858	Southwest
44	Temple	(6-2-1)		0.2804	Independent
45	New Mexico	(6-3-2)		0.2754	Western Athletic
46	Long Beach State	(8-4-0)		0.2700	PCAA
47	San Jose State	(5-6-1)		0.2680	PCAA
48	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.2640	Independent
49	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.2487	Atlantic Coast
50	Louisville	(6-3-1)		0.2473	Missouri Valley
51	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.2455	Missouri Valley
52	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2448	Big Ten
53	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.2446	Missouri Valley
54	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.2320	Pac 8
55	Villanova	(6-4-1)		0.2308	Independent
56	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.2278	Mid-American
57	Syracuse	(5-5-1)		0.2266	Independent
58	San Diego State	(6-5-0)		0.2146	PCAA
59	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.2110	Big Eight
60	Harvard	(5-4-0)		0.2089	Ivy
61	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.2079	Southeastern
62	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.1969	Atlantic Coast
63	Bowling Green State	(6-4-0)		0.1912	Mid-American
64	Citadel	(8-3-0)		0.1864	Southern
65	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.1784	Southwest
66	UCLA	(2-7-1)		0.1737	Pac 8
67	Texas Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1735	Southwest
68	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.1722	Southern
69	Wisconsin	(4-6-1)		0.1660	Big Ten
70	Oklahoma State	(4-6-1)		0.1642	Big Eight
71	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.1524	Western Athletic
72	Vanderbilt	(4-6-1)		0.1515	Southeastern
73	Rice	(3-7-1)		0.1454	Southwest
74	Purdue	(3-7-0)		0.1399	Big Ten
75	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.1224	Big Eight
76	Tampa	(6-5-0)		0.1202	Independent
77	Hawaii	(7-4-0)		0.1167	Independent
78	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.1141	Big Ten
79	Wyoming	(5-6-0)		0.1133	Western Athletic
80	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1115	Southern
81	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.1041	Independent
82	Fresno State	(6-5-0)		0.1017	PCAA
83	Navy	(3-8-0)		0.1000	Independent
84	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.0990	Southwest
85	Miami (Florida)	(4-7-0)		0.0903	Independent
86	Pittsburgh	(3-8-0)		0.0884	Independent
87	Yale	(4-5-0)		0.0819	Ivy
88	Princeton	(4-5-0)		0.0757	Ivy
89	Drake	(7-4-0)		0.0721	Missouri Valley
90	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0670	Independent
91	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		0.0651	Western Athletic
92	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.0580	Independent
93	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.0569	Southeastern
94	Colgate	(6-4-0)		0.0335	Independent
95	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		-0.0033	Missouri Valley
96	Holy Cross	(4-6-0)		-0.0099	Independent
97	New Mexico State	(5-5-1)		-0.0130	Independent
98	Virginia	(3-8-0)		-0.0136	Atlantic Coast
99	Mississippi State	(2-9-0)		-0.0156	Southeastern
100	Dayton	(5-6-0)		-0.0229	Independent
101	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.0248	Western Athletic
102	Indiana	(3-8-0)		-0.0499	Big Ten
103	East Carolina	(4-6-0)		-0.0660	Southern
104	Texas-El Paso	(5-6-0)		-0.0825	Western Athletic
105	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.0835	Atlantic Coast
106	Pacific	(3-8-0)		-0.0910	PCAA
107	Missouri	(1-10-0)		-0.1001	Big Eight
108	Santa Barbara	(3-8-0)		-0.1129	PCAA
109	North Carolina State	(3-8-0)		-0.1141	Atlantic Coast
110	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.1455	Mid-American
111	Rutgers	(4-7-0)		-0.1592	Independent
112	Pennsylvania	(2-7-0)		-0.1645	Ivy
113	Iowa	(1-10-0)		-0.1915	Big Ten
114	Colorado State	(3-8-0)		-0.2304	Western Athletic
115	Furman	(5-5-1)		-0.2334	Southern
116	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.2862	Missouri Valley
117	Baylor	(1-9-0)		-0.3216	Southwest
118	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-0.3622	Independent
119	Brown	(0-9-0)		-0.3779	Ivy
120	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.3856	Mid-American
121	Wichita State	(3-8-0)		-0.4526	Missouri Valley
122	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-0.4913	Southern
123	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.5071	Missouri Valley
124	Davidson	(1-9-0)		-0.6161	Southern
125	Los Angeles State	(2-8-0)		-0.6743	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4727
2	Pac 8	0.4522
3	Big Eight	0.4209
4	Big Ten	0.2342
5	Independent	0.2128
6	Southwest	0.1922
7	Mid-American	0.1616
8	Atlantic Coast	0.1567
9	Ivy	0.1502
10	Western Athletic	0.1198
11	PCAA	-0.0034
12	Missouri Valley	-0.0550
13	Southern	-0.1338