1972

1973 Rankings
​Final

1974

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(10-0-1)		0.9508	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8500	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(11-0-0)		0.8291	Independent
4	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.7943	Independent
5	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.7878	Big Eight
6	Miami (Ohio)	(11-0-0)		0.7510	Mid-American
7	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.7298	Southwest
8	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.7078	Independent
9	Ohio State	(10-0-1)		0.6906	Big Ten
10	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6819	Southeastern
11	Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.6594	Big Ten
12	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.5887	Atlantic Coast
13	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.5857	Big Eight
14	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.5759	Southeastern
15	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.5637	Pac 8
16	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.5482	Southwest
17	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.5461	Western Athletic
18	Kansas	(7-4-1)		0.5407	Big Eight
19	San Diego State	(9-1-1)		0.5181	PCAA
20	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.5081	Pac 8
21	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.5012	Southeastern
22	Kent State	(9-2-0)		0.4958	Mid-American
23	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.4905	Independent
24	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.4775	Southeastern
25	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.4556	Southeastern
26	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.4395	Southern
27	Oklahoma State	(5-4-2)		0.4339	Big Eight
28	Memphis	(8-3-0)		0.4182	Independent
29	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.3988	Atlantic Coast
30	Arizona	(8-3-0)		0.3808	Western Athletic
31	Colorado	(5-6-0)		0.3767	Big Eight
32	Richmond	(8-2-0)		0.3758	Southern
33	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.3700	Big Eight
34	South Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.3687	Independent
35	Auburn	(6-6-0)		0.3608	Southeastern
36	Stanford	(7-4-0)		0.3514	Pac 8
37	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.3468	Southeastern
38	Minnesota	(7-4-0)		0.3397	Big Ten
39	Temple	(9-1-0)		0.3393	Independent
40	Bowling Green State	(7-3-0)		0.3355	Mid-American
41	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3333	Independent
42	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3137	Ivy
43	Pittsburgh	(6-5-1)		0.3134	Independent
44	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.3006	Big Eight
45	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.3000	Southwest
46	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.2883	Independent
47	Southern Methodist	(6-4-1)		0.2852	Southwest
48	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.2801	Ivy
49	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.2794	Independent
50	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2689	Ivy
51	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.2645	Southwest
52	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2640	Independent
53	Utah	(7-5-0)		0.2590	Western Athletic
54	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.2572	Southwest
55	Vanderbilt	(5-6-0)		0.2464	Southeastern
56	Mississippi State	(4-5-2)		0.2353	Southeastern
57	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.2341	Independent
58	West Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.2334	Independent
59	Tampa	(8-3-0)		0.2315	Independent
60	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.2200	Mid-American
61	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2197	Independent
62	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2190	Big Ten
63	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2085	Big Ten
64	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.2063	Ivy
65	Pacific	(7-2-1)		0.2023	PCAA
66	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.1973	Big Ten
67	Washington State	(5-6-0)		0.1906	Pac 8
68	San Jose State	(5-4-2)		0.1904	PCAA
69	Brown	(4-3-1)		0.1815	Ivy
70	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1723	Missouri Valley
71	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1634	Independent
72	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.1494	Atlantic Coast
73	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.1467	Big Ten
74	Furman	(7-4-0)		0.1451	Southern
75	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		0.1437	Big Ten
76	North Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.1390	Atlantic Coast
77	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.1288	Missouri Valley
78	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		0.1113	Missouri Valley
79	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.1067	Southern
80	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		0.1013	Western Athletic
81	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0890	Mid-American
82	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		0.0788	Western Athletic
83	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0519	Western Athletic
84	Northern Illinois	(6-5-0)		0.0486	Independent
85	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		0.0382	Southwest
86	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0108	Atlantic Coast
87	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		0.0091	Western Athletic
88	California	(4-7-0)		0.0076	Pac 8
89	Dayton	(5-5-1)		0.0016	Independent
90	Toledo	(3-8-0)		0.0007	Mid-American
91	Cornell	(3-5-1)		-0.0133	Ivy
92	Baylor	(2-9-0)		-0.0156	Southwest
93	Indiana	(2-9-0)		-0.0287	Big Ten
94	North Texas	(5-5-1)		-0.0362	Missouri Valley
95	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0412	Pac 8
96	Duke	(2-8-1)		-0.0416	Atlantic Coast
97	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.0486	Independent
98	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.0521	Independent
99	Villanova	(3-8-0)		-0.0598	Independent
100	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.0627	Independent
101	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		-0.0696	Independent
102	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0921	Pac 8
103	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.1003	Independent
104	Xavier	(5-5-1)		-0.1064	Independent
105	Colgate	(5-5-0)		-0.1111	Independent
106	Southern Illinois	(3-7-1)		-0.1161	Independent
107	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.1208	Missouri Valley
108	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.1703	Southern
109	Wake Forest	(1-9-1)		-0.1996	Atlantic Coast
110	Florida State	(0-11-0)		-0.2453	Independent
111	Iowa	(0-11-0)		-0.2460	Big Ten
112	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.2668	Missouri Valley
113	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.2810	Southern
114	Washington	(2-9-0)		-0.2818	Pac 8
115	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.3337	Southern
116	Army	(0-10-0)		-0.3409	Independent
117	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.3691	Independent
118	Princeton	(1-8-0)		-0.3804	Ivy
119	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.3867	Southern
120	Fresno State	(2-9-0)		-0.4020	PCAA
121	Long Beach State	(1-9-1)		-0.4175	PCAA
122	Columbia	(1-7-1)		-0.4206	Ivy
123	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.4362	Missouri Valley
124	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.4427	Missouri Valley
125	Texas-El Paso	(0-11-0)		-0.6091	Western Athletic

Average Ratings by Conference (1973)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Big Eight		0.5433
2	Southeastern		0.4731
3	Mid-American		0.3153
4	Southwest		0.3009
5	Big Ten		0.2330
6	Independent		0.1573
7	Pac 8		0.1508
8	Atlantic Coast		0.1494
9	Western Athletic		0.1022
10	Ivy		0.0545
11	PCAA		0.0183
12	Southern		-0.0131
13	Missouri Valley		-0.1113