1972

1973 Rankings
​Final

1974

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(10-0-1)		1.0278	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8896	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(11-0-0)		0.8876	Independent
4	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.8374	Big Eight
5	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.8322	Independent
6	Miami (Ohio)	(11-0-0)		0.7938	Mid-American
7	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.7706	Southwest
8	Ohio State	(10-0-1)		0.7603	Big Ten
9	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.7452	Independent
10	Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.7334	Big Ten
11	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.7108	Southeastern
12	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.6130	Pac 8
13	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.6107	Atlantic Coast
14	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.6039	Big Eight
15	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.5834	Southeastern
16	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.5723	Southwest
17	Kansas	(7-4-1)		0.5689	Big Eight
18	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.5664	Western Athletic
19	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.5437	Pac 8
20	San Diego State	(9-1-1)		0.5246	PCAA
21	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.5172	Southeastern
22	Kent State	(9-2-0)		0.5158	Mid-American
23	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.4696	Independent
24	Oklahoma State	(5-4-2)		0.4593	Big Eight
25	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.4455	Southeastern
26	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.4405	Southern
27	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.4352	Southeastern
28	Memphis	(8-3-0)		0.4216	Independent
29	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.3978	Atlantic Coast
30	Colorado	(5-6-0)		0.3820	Big Eight
31	South Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.3787	Independent
32	Arizona	(8-3-0)		0.3739	Western Athletic
33	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.3547	Big Eight
34	Stanford	(7-4-0)		0.3515	Pac 8
35	Richmond	(8-2-0)		0.3468	Southern
36	Minnesota	(7-4-0)		0.3422	Big Ten
37	Auburn	(6-6-0)		0.3376	Southeastern
38	Temple	(9-1-0)		0.3334	Independent
39	Bowling Green State	(7-3-0)		0.3284	Mid-American
40	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3016	Independent
41	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2983	Southeastern
42	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.2903	Big Eight
43	Pittsburgh	(6-5-1)		0.2877	Independent
44	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.2758	Southwest
45	Southern Methodist	(6-4-1)		0.2601	Southwest
46	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.2600	Independent
47	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.2446	Southwest
48	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.2317	Southwest
49	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.2270	Ivy
50	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.2179	Independent
51	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.2175	Ivy
52	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2057	Independent
53	Tampa	(8-3-0)		0.1996	Independent
54	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.1974	Big Ten
55	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.1970	Independent
56	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.1884	Independent
57	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.1878	Big Ten
58	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.1811	Ivy
59	Utah	(7-5-0)		0.1787	Western Athletic
60	Vanderbilt	(5-6-0)		0.1713	Southeastern
61	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.1583	Big Ten
62	Washington State	(5-6-0)		0.1579	Pac 8
63	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.1467	Mid-American
64	West Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.1439	Independent
65	Pacific	(7-2-1)		0.1343	PCAA
66	San Jose State	(5-4-2)		0.1330	PCAA
67	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.1126	Big Ten
68	Mississippi State	(4-5-2)		0.1122	Southeastern
69	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1116	Independent
70	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1094	Missouri Valley
71	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.0994	Atlantic Coast
72	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		0.0982	Big Ten
72=	Brown	(4-3-1)		0.0982	Ivy
74	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.0842	Ivy
75	Furman	(7-4-0)		0.0812	Southern
76	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.0502	Missouri Valley
77	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		0.0495	Missouri Valley
78	North Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0420	Atlantic Coast
79	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.0052	Southern
80	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		-0.0060	Western Athletic
81	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		-0.0179	Mid-American
82	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		-0.0384	Southwest
83	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		-0.0407	Western Athletic
84	Northern Illinois	(6-5-0)		-0.0448	Independent
85	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.0722	Western Athletic
86	Toledo	(3-8-0)		-0.1219	Mid-American
87	California	(4-7-0)		-0.1229	Pac 8
88	Virginia	(4-7-0)		-0.1288	Atlantic Coast
89	Baylor	(2-9-0)		-0.1315	Southwest
90	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.1511	Pac 8
91	Indiana	(2-9-0)		-0.1546	Big Ten
92	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		-0.1582	Western Athletic
93	Dayton	(5-5-1)		-0.1669	Independent
94	Duke	(2-8-1)		-0.1923	Atlantic Coast
95	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1924	Independent
96	Villanova	(3-8-0)		-0.2055	Independent
97	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.2218	Independent
98	Cornell	(3-5-1)		-0.2317	Ivy
99	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.2365	Pac 8
100	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.2377	Independent
101	North Texas	(5-5-1)		-0.2605	Missouri Valley
102	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		-0.2628	Independent
103	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.2680	Independent
104	Southern Illinois	(3-7-1)		-0.3276	Independent
105	Colgate	(5-5-0)		-0.3623	Independent
106	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.3683	Missouri Valley
107	Xavier	(5-5-1)		-0.4049	Independent
108	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.4113	Southern
109	Iowa	(0-11-0)		-0.4425	Big Ten
110	Wake Forest	(1-9-1)		-0.4581	Atlantic Coast
111	Florida State	(0-11-0)		-0.4771	Independent
112	Washington	(2-9-0)		-0.5415	Pac 8
113	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.5632	Missouri Valley
114	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.5732	Southern
115	Army	(0-10-0)		-0.6323	Independent
116	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.6954	Southern
117	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.7177	Independent
118	Fresno State	(2-9-0)		-0.7464	PCAA
119	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.7469	Southern
120	Princeton	(1-8-0)		-0.7676	Ivy
121	Long Beach State	(1-9-1)		-0.7771	PCAA
122	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.8165	Missouri Valley
123	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.8192	Missouri Valley
124	Columbia	(1-7-1)		-0.9383	Ivy
125	Texas-El Paso	(0-11-0)		-1.1241	Western Athletic

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.5655
2	Southeastern	0.4501
3	Mid-American	0.2742
4	Southwest	0.2732
5	Big Ten	0.1993
6	Pac 8	0.0768
7	Independent	0.0536
8	Atlantic Coast	0.0529
9	Western Athletic	-0.0353
10	Ivy	-0.1412
11	PCAA	-0.1463
12	Southern	-0.1941
13	Missouri Valley	-0.3273