1971

1972 Rankings
​Final

1973

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.9083	Southwest
2	Southern California	(12-0-0)		0.9018	Pac 8
3	Auburn	(10-1-0)		0.8743	Southeastern
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8290	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.7626	Southeastern
6	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.7044	Southeastern
7	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7005	Atlantic Coast
8	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.6668	Big Eight
9	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.6574	Southeastern
10	Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.6403	Big Ten
11	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.5531	Independent
12	Ohio State	(9-2-0)		0.5493	Big Ten
13	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.5444	Ivy
14	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.5406	Southeastern
15	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.5277	PCAA
16	UCLA	(8-3-0)		0.5062	Pac 8
17	Southern Methodist	(7-4-0)		0.5039	Southwest
18	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.4899	Southwest
19	Notre Dame	(8-3-0)		0.4891	Independent
20	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4766	Ivy
21	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.4754	Pac 8
22	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.4700	Southeastern
23	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4646	Atlantic Coast
24	Louisville	(9-1-0)		0.4569	Missouri Valley
25	Arkansas	(6-5-0)		0.4434	Southwest
26	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4406	Big Eight
27	Arizona State	(10-2-0)		0.4369	Western Athletic
28	Rice	(5-5-1)		0.4152	Southwest
29	Georgia Tech	(7-4-1)		0.4102	Independent
30	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.4067	Southwest
31	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3988	Ivy
32	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.3871	Big Eight
33	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.3759	Ivy
34	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.3715	Independent
35	Tampa	(10-2-0)		0.3679	Independent
36	Bowling Green State	(6-3-1)		0.3524	Mid-American
37	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.3485	Southern
38	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3419	Pac 8
39	Washington State	(7-4-0)		0.3413	Pac 8
40	Houston	(6-4-1)		0.3309	Independent
41	Virginia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.3294	Independent
42	Missouri	(6-6-0)		0.3287	Big Eight
43	Pacific	(8-3-0)		0.3277	PCAA
44	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.3194	Southeastern
45	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3174	Independent
46	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.3147	Independent
47	West Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.3099	Independent
48	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.3038	Independent
49	Michigan State	(5-5-1)		0.3026	Big Ten
50	Purdue	(6-5-0)		0.2977	Big Ten
51	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.2830	Southwest
52	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.2727	Atlantic Coast
53	Iowa State	(5-6-1)		0.2636	Big Eight
54	Army	(6-4-0)		0.2500	Independent
55	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2486	Independent
56	Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		0.2320	Southwest
57	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.2310	Mid-American
58	Western Michigan	(7-3-1)		0.2238	Mid-American
59	Harvard	(4-4-1)		0.2226	Ivy
60	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.2118	Atlantic Coast
61	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.2104	Independent
62	Kent State	(6-5-1)		0.2052	Mid-American
63	Columbia	(3-5-1)		0.1781	Ivy
64	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1697	Southeastern
65	Princeton	(3-5-1)		0.1678	Ivy
66	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.1663	Western Athletic
67	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.1508	Big Eight
68	Fresno State	(6-4-1)		0.1505	PCAA
69	Oregon	(4-7-0)		0.1451	Pac 8
70	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.1366	Southeastern
71	California	(3-8-0)		0.1260	Pac 8
72	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1189	Independent
73	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1125	Big Ten
74	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1102	Independent
75	Brigham Young	(7-4-0)		0.1050	Western Athletic
76	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.1047	Big Ten
77	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		0.1032	Independent
78	Clemson	(4-7-0)		0.0830	Atlantic Coast
79	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.0810	Missouri Valley
80	Richmond	(6-4-0)		0.0797	Southern
81	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.0718	Southern
82	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0617	Mid-American
83	Illinois	(3-8-0)		0.0530	Big Ten
84	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.0487	Missouri Valley
85	Colgate	(5-4-1)		0.0458	Independent
86	Drake	(7-5-0)		0.0420	Missouri Valley
87	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0352	Independent
88	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.0349	Independent
89	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0239	Atlantic Coast
90	Iowa	(3-7-1)		0.0234	Big Ten
91	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		0.0220	PCAA
92	Wichita State	(6-5-0)		0.0184	Missouri Valley
93	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		0.0149	Southeastern
94	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0053	Big Eight
95	Arizona	(4-7-0)		-0.0032	Western Athletic
96	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		-0.0069	PCAA
97	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		-0.0111	Big Ten
98	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0144	Pac 8
99	West Texas A&M	(5-5-0)		-0.0238	Missouri Valley
100	Temple	(5-4-0)		-0.0415	Independent
101	Dayton	(4-6-1)		-0.0476	Independent
102	Boston College	(4-7-0)		-0.0558	Independent
103	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.0742	Southern
104	Southern Mississippi	(3-7-1)		-0.0817	Independent
105	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		-0.1096	Western Athletic
106	Appalachian State	(5-5-1)		-0.1321	Southern
107	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.1373	Big Ten
108	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.1670	Ivy
109	Wake Forest	(2-9-0)		-0.1758	Atlantic Coast
110	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.1837	Western Athletic
111	Pittsburgh	(1-10-0)		-0.1890	Independent
112	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.2052	Independent
113	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.2173	Mid-American
114	Davidson	(3-7-1)		-0.2739	Southern
115	Villanova	(2-9-0)		-0.3018	Independent
116	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.3310	Missouri Valley
117	North Texas	(1-10-0)		-0.3496	Missouri Valley
118	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.3700	Independent
119	Virginia Military Institute	(2-9-0)		-0.3806	Southern
120	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.4135	Missouri Valley
121	Texas-El Paso	(2-8-0)		-0.4381	Western Athletic
122	Furman	(2-9-0)		-0.4756	Southern
123	Xavier	(2-8-0)		-0.4939	Independent
124	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.5041	Western Athletic

Average Ratings by Conference (1972)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4650
2	Southwest		0.4603
3	Big Eight		0.3840
4	Pac 8		0.3529
5	Ivy		0.2746
6	Atlantic Coast		0.2258
7	PCAA		0.2042
8	Big Ten		0.1935
9	Mid-American		0.1428
10	Independent		0.1196
11	Missouri Valley		-0.0523
12	Western Athletic		-0.0663
13	Southern		-0.1045