1971

1972 Rankings
​Final

1973

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.9727	Southwest
2	Southern California	(12-0-0)		0.9682	Pac 8
3	Auburn	(10-1-0)		0.9326	Southeastern
4	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8864	Big Eight
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.8138	Southeastern
6	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7443	Atlantic Coast
7	Tennessee	(10-2-0)		0.7435	Southeastern
8	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.7119	Big Eight
9	Louisiana State	(9-2-1)		0.7019	Southeastern
10	Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.6813	Big Ten
11	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.5866	Independent
12	Ohio State	(9-2-0)		0.5826	Big Ten
13	Georgia	(7-4-0)		0.5754	Southeastern
14	UCLA	(8-3-0)		0.5469	Pac 8
15	Dartmouth	(7-1-1)		0.5456	Ivy
16	Southern Methodist	(7-4-0)		0.5442	Southwest
17	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.5420	PCAA
18	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.5325	Southwest
19	Notre Dame	(8-3-0)		0.5230	Independent
20	Florida	(5-5-1)		0.5138	Southeastern
21	Washington	(8-3-0)		0.5088	Pac 8
22	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4883	Ivy
23	North Carolina State	(8-3-1)		0.4821	Atlantic Coast
24	Colorado	(8-4-0)		0.4794	Big Eight
25	Arkansas	(6-5-0)		0.4789	Southwest
26	Arizona State	(10-2-0)		0.4783	Western Athletic
27	Louisville	(9-1-0)		0.4731	Missouri Valley
28	Rice	(5-5-1)		0.4485	Southwest
29	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.4450	Southwest
30	Georgia Tech	(7-4-1)		0.4414	Independent
31	Oklahoma State	(6-5-0)		0.4255	Big Eight
32	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.4052	Independent
33	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.4034	Ivy
34	Tampa	(10-2-0)		0.3885	Independent
35	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.3843	Ivy
36	Washington State	(7-4-0)		0.3776	Pac 8
37	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.3695	Pac 8
38	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.3674	Southern
39	Missouri	(6-6-0)		0.3647	Big Eight
40	Virginia Tech	(6-4-1)		0.3547	Independent
41	Houston	(6-4-1)		0.3522	Independent
42	Bowling Green State	(6-3-1)		0.3485	Mid-American
43	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.3394	Independent
44	Mississippi	(5-5-0)		0.3391	Southeastern
45	Pacific	(8-3-0)		0.3381	PCAA
46	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3364	Independent
47	West Virginia	(8-4-0)		0.3340	Independent
48	Tulane	(6-5-0)		0.3278	Independent
49	Purdue	(6-5-0)		0.3097	Big Ten
50	Texas Christian	(5-6-0)		0.3096	Southwest
51	Iowa State	(5-6-1)		0.2996	Big Eight
52	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.2893	Atlantic Coast
53	Michigan State	(5-5-1)		0.2851	Big Ten
54	Army	(6-4-0)		0.2704	Independent
55	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2700	Independent
56	Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		0.2525	Southwest
57	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.2349	Mid-American
58	Maryland	(5-5-1)		0.2311	Atlantic Coast
59	Harvard	(4-4-1)		0.2297	Ivy
60	Western Michigan	(7-3-1)		0.2141	Mid-American
61	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.2111	Independent
62	Utah	(6-5-0)		0.1870	Western Athletic
63	Mississippi State	(4-7-0)		0.1828	Southeastern
64	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.1761	Big Eight
65	Oregon	(4-7-0)		0.1659	Pac 8
66	Kent State	(6-5-1)		0.1535	Mid-American
66=	Columbia	(3-5-1)		0.1535	Ivy
68	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.1530	Southeastern
69	California	(3-8-0)		0.1453	Pac 8
70	Princeton	(3-5-1)		0.1386	Ivy
71	Indiana	(5-6-0)		0.1237	Big Ten
72	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1208	Independent
73	Brigham Young	(7-4-0)		0.1195	Western Athletic
74	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1144	Independent
75	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.1136	Big Ten
76	Fresno State	(6-4-1)		0.0925	PCAA
77	Clemson	(4-7-0)		0.0875	Atlantic Coast
78	Richmond	(6-4-0)		0.0821	Southern
79	William & Mary	(5-6-0)		0.0796	Southern
80	Holy Cross	(5-4-1)		0.0683	Independent
81	Illinois	(3-8-0)		0.0514	Big Ten
82	Toledo	(6-5-0)		0.0505	Mid-American
83	Tulsa	(4-7-0)		0.0498	Missouri Valley
84	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.0373	Independent
85	Drake	(7-5-0)		0.0369	Missouri Valley
86	Memphis	(5-5-1)		0.0338	Missouri Valley
87	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0311	Independent
88	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0278	Atlantic Coast
89	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0229	Big Eight
90	Vanderbilt	(3-8-0)		0.0227	Southeastern
91	Iowa	(3-7-1)		0.0145	Big Ten
92	Arizona	(4-7-0)		0.0130	Western Athletic
93	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		0.0116	PCAA
94	Colgate	(5-4-1)		0.0109	Independent
95	Wichita State	(6-5-0)		0.0106	Missouri Valley
96	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0030	Pac 8
97	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		-0.0083	PCAA
98	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		-0.0120	Big Ten
99	West Texas A&M	(5-5-0)		-0.0336	Missouri Valley
100	Temple	(5-4-0)		-0.0400	Independent
101	Boston College	(4-7-0)		-0.0566	Independent
102	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.0815	Southern
103	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		-0.1024	Western Athletic
104	Dayton	(4-6-1)		-0.1134	Independent
105	Southern Mississippi	(3-7-1)		-0.1227	Independent
106	Northwestern	(2-9-0)		-0.1488	Big Ten
107	New Mexico	(3-8-0)		-0.1811	Western Athletic
108	Wake Forest	(2-9-0)		-0.1829	Atlantic Coast
109	Pittsburgh	(1-10-0)		-0.1908	Independent
110	Appalachian State	(5-5-1)		-0.1960	Southern
111	Brown	(1-8-0)		-0.1978	Ivy
112	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.2236	Independent
113	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.2354	Mid-American
114	Villanova	(2-9-0)		-0.3162	Independent
115	Davidson	(3-7-1)		-0.3341	Southern
116	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.3592	Missouri Valley
117	North Texas	(1-10-0)		-0.3804	Missouri Valley
118	Virginia Military Institute	(2-9-0)		-0.3998	Southern
119	Marshall	(2-8-0)		-0.4088	Independent
120	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.4490	Missouri Valley
121	Texas-El Paso	(2-8-0)		-0.4549	Western Athletic
122	Furman	(2-9-0)		-0.5028	Southern
123	Colorado State	(1-10-0)		-0.5224	Western Athletic
124	Xavier	(2-8-0)		-0.5293	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4980
2	Southeastern	0.4979
3	Big Eight	0.4208
4	Pac 8	0.3849
5	Ivy	0.2682
6	Atlantic Coast	0.2399
7	Big Ten	0.2001
8	PCAA	0.1952
9	Mid-American	0.1277
10	Independent	0.1215
11	Western Athletic	-0.0579
12	Missouri Valley	-0.0687
13	Southern	-0.1231