1971

1972 Rankings
​Final

1973

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.9511	Southwest
2	Southern California	(12-0-0)		0.9449	Pac 8
3	Auburn	(10-1-0)		0.9305	Southeastern
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8600	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.8244	Southeastern
6	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.7536	Southeastern
7	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7427	Atlantic Coast
8	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.7160	Southeastern
9	Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.6838	Big Ten
10	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.6802	Big Eight
11	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.5801	Independent
12	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.5706	Southeastern
13	Ohio State	(9-2-0)		0.5672	Big Ten
14	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.5396	Ivy
15	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.5261	PCAA
16	UCLA	(8-3-0)		0.5201	Pac 8
17	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.5141	Southeastern
18	Southern Methodist	(7-4-0)		0.5091	Southwest
19	Notre Dame	(8-3-0)		0.4898	Independent
20	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.4839	Southwest
21	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4754	Atlantic Coast
22	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4714	Ivy
23	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.4639	Pac 8
24	Louisville	(9-1-0)		0.4586	Missouri Valley
25	Arkansas	(6-5-0)		0.4442	Southwest
26	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4274	Big Eight
27	Arizona State	(10-2-0)		0.4230	Western Athletic
28	Georgia Tech	(7-4-1)		0.4200	Independent
29	Rice	(5-5-1)		0.4160	Southwest
30	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.4045	Southwest
31	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.3673	Big Eight
32	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.3621	Independent
33	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3580	Ivy
34	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.3542	Ivy
35	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.3538	Southern
36	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.3355	Southeastern
37	Tampa	(10-2-0)		0.3321	Independent
38	Pacific	(8-3-0)		0.3299	PCAA
39	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3200	Pac 8
40	Bowling Green State	(6-3-1)		0.3158	Mid-American
41	Virginia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.3064	Independent
42	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3021	Independent
43	Houston	(6-4-1)		0.2984	Independent
44	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.2960	Independent
45	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.2947	Independent
46	Washington State	(7-4-0)		0.2879	Pac 8
47	West Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.2864	Independent
48	Purdue	(6-5-0)		0.2824	Big Ten
49	Missouri	(6-6-0)		0.2759	Big Eight
50	Michigan State	(5-5-1)		0.2546	Big Ten
51	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.2432	Atlantic Coast
52	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.2413	Southwest
53	Iowa State	(5-6-1)		0.2382	Big Eight
54	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2061	Independent
55	Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		0.1864	Southwest
56	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.1741	Atlantic Coast
57	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.1660	Mid-American
58	Harvard	(4-4-1)		0.1633	Ivy
59	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.1599	Independent
60	Army	(6-4-0)		0.1584	Independent
61	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1353	Southeastern
62	Western Michigan	(7-3-1)		0.1231	Mid-American
63	Columbia	(3-5-1)		0.1122	Ivy
64	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.1040	Southeastern
65	Kent State	(6-5-1)		0.0794	Mid-American
66	Princeton	(3-5-1)		0.0790	Ivy
67	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.0722	Western Athletic
68	Oregon	(4-7-0)		0.0635	Pac 8
69	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.0463	Big Eight
70	California	(3-8-0)		0.0357	Pac 8
71	Fresno State	(6-4-1)		0.0354	PCAA
72	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.0213	Independent
73	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.0093	Big Ten
74	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.0084	Big Ten
75	Clemson	(4-7-0)		-0.0004	Atlantic Coast
76	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		-0.0081	Independent
77	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		-0.0191	Southern
78	Brigham Young	(7-4-0)		-0.0299	Western Athletic
79	Richmond	(6-4-0)		-0.0361	Southern
80	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		-0.0385	Independent
81	Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.0399	Big Ten
82	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		-0.0644	Southeastern
83	Memphis	(5-5-1)		-0.0734	Missouri Valley
84	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		-0.0836	Independent
85	Drake	(7-5-0)		-0.0923	Missouri Valley
86	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		-0.0964	Missouri Valley
87	Toledo	(6-5-0)		-0.0986	Mid-American
88	Virginia	(4-7-0)		-0.1008	Atlantic Coast
89	Iowa	(3-7-1)		-0.1052	Big Ten
90	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		-0.1144	PCAA
91	Wichita State	(6-5-0)		-0.1223	Missouri Valley
92	Arizona	(4-7-0)		-0.1414	Western Athletic
93	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		-0.1439	Independent
94	Colgate	(5-4-1)		-0.1453	Independent
95	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		-0.1560	PCAA
96	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.1644	Pac 8
97	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		-0.1698	Big Ten
98	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.1756	Big Eight
99	West Texas A&M	(5-5-0)		-0.1910	Missouri Valley
100	Boston College	(4-7-0)		-0.2251	Independent
101	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.2320	Southern
102	Temple	(5-4-0)		-0.2434	Independent
103	Dayton	(4-6-1)		-0.2464	Independent
104	Southern Mississippi	(3-7-1)		-0.2723	Independent
105	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.3322	Big Ten
106	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		-0.3369	Western Athletic
107	Appalachian State	(5-5-1)		-0.3685	Southern
108	Pittsburgh	(1-10-0)		-0.3783	Independent
109	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.3794	Ivy
110	Wake Forest	(2-9-0)		-0.4074	Atlantic Coast
111	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.4173	Western Athletic
112	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.4767	Independent
113	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.4837	Mid-American
114	Villanova	(2-9-0)		-0.5520	Independent
115	Davidson	(3-7-1)		-0.5927	Southern
116	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.6320	Missouri Valley
117	North Texas	(1-10-0)		-0.6584	Missouri Valley
118	Virginia Military Institute	(2-9-0)		-0.7108	Southern
119	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.7459	Independent
120	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.7968	Missouri Valley
121	Texas-El Paso	(2-8-0)		-0.8360	Western Athletic
122	Furman	(2-9-0)		-0.8747	Southern
123	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.9443	Western Athletic
124	Xavier	(2-8-0)		-0.9496	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4820
2	Southwest	0.4546
3	Big Eight	0.3399
4	Pac 8	0.3089
5	Ivy	0.2123
6	Atlantic Coast	0.1610
7	PCAA	0.1242
8	Big Ten	0.1159
9	Mid-American	0.0170
10	Independent	0.0002
11	Missouri Valley	-0.2449
12	Western Athletic	-0.2763
13	Southern	-0.3100