1972

1973 Rankings
​Final

1974

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(10-0-1)		1.0253	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8994	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(11-0-0)		0.8930	Independent
4	Penn State	(12-0-0)		0.8532	Independent
5	Nebraska	(9-2-1)		0.8427	Big Eight
6	Miami (Ohio)	(11-0-0)		0.7942	Mid-American
7	Texas Tech	(11-1-0)		0.7823	Southwest
8	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.7533	Independent
9	Ohio State	(10-0-1)		0.7493	Big Ten
10	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.7217	Southeastern
11	Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.7152	Big Ten
12	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.6286	Big Eight
13	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.6204	Atlantic Coast
14	Southern California	(9-2-1)		0.6109	Pac 8
15	Georgia	(7-4-1)		0.6078	Southeastern
16	Texas	(8-3-0)		0.5871	Southwest
17	Arizona State	(11-1-0)		0.5836	Western Athletic
18	Kansas	(7-4-1)		0.5799	Big Eight
19	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.5422	Pac 8
20	Tennessee	(8-4-0)		0.5313	Southeastern
21	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.5276	Independent
22	Kent State	(9-2-0)		0.5268	Mid-American
23	San Diego State	(9-1-1)		0.5214	PCAA
24	Florida	(7-5-0)		0.4983	Southeastern
25	Oklahoma State	(5-4-2)		0.4839	Big Eight
26	Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.4757	Southeastern
27	East Carolina	(9-2-0)		0.4609	Southern
28	Memphis	(8-3-0)		0.4397	Independent
29	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4270	Atlantic Coast
30	Arizona	(8-3-0)		0.4096	Western Athletic
31	Colorado	(5-6-0)		0.4078	Big Eight
32	Richmond	(8-2-0)		0.3990	Southern
33	Kansas State	(5-6-0)		0.3974	Big Eight
34	South Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.3888	Independent
35	Auburn	(6-6-0)		0.3776	Southeastern
36	Stanford	(7-4-0)		0.3759	Pac 8
37	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3690	Independent
38	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.3674	Southeastern
39	Temple	(9-1-0)		0.3670	Independent
40	Minnesota	(7-4-0)		0.3669	Big Ten
41	Bowling Green State	(7-3-0)		0.3599	Mid-American
42	Pittsburgh	(6-5-1)		0.3562	Independent
43	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.3236	Big Eight
44	Arkansas	(5-5-1)		0.3209	Southwest
45	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.3132	Independent
46	Southern Methodist	(6-4-1)		0.3045	Southwest
47	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.3007	Ivy
48	Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.2862	Southwest
49	Air Force	(6-4-0)		0.2855	Independent
50	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.2767	Southwest
51	Utah	(7-5-0)		0.2747	Western Athletic
52	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.2720	Independent
53	Pennsylvania	(6-3-0)		0.2693	Ivy
54	West Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.2602	Independent
55	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2590	Ivy
56	Vanderbilt	(5-6-0)		0.2558	Southeastern
57	Tampa	(8-3-0)		0.2485	Independent
58	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.2453	Independent
59	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2399	Big Ten
60	Ohio	(5-5-0)		0.2357	Mid-American
61	Georgia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2332	Independent
62	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.2246	Big Ten
63	Illinois	(5-6-0)		0.2164	Big Ten
64	Washington State	(5-6-0)		0.2018	Pac 8
65	Pacific	(7-2-1)		0.1899	PCAA
66	Yale	(6-3-0)		0.1868	Ivy
67	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1865	Missouri Valley
68	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1847	Independent
69	Mississippi State	(4-5-2)		0.1819	Southeastern
70	San Jose State	(5-4-2)		0.1808	PCAA
71	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.1623	Big Ten
72	Northwestern	(4-7-0)		0.1612	Big Ten
73	Clemson	(5-6-0)		0.1572	Atlantic Coast
74	Furman	(7-4-0)		0.1534	Southern
75	North Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.1445	Atlantic Coast
76	Brown	(4-3-1)		0.1420	Ivy
77	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.1300	Missouri Valley
78	Cincinnati	(4-7-0)		0.1188	Missouri Valley
79	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.1155	Southern
80	Brigham Young	(5-6-0)		0.1071	Western Athletic
81	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0966	Mid-American
82	Wyoming	(4-7-0)		0.0814	Western Athletic
83	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0595	Western Athletic
84	Northern Illinois	(6-5-0)		0.0530	Independent
85	Texas Christian	(3-8-0)		0.0477	Southwest
86	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0168	Atlantic Coast
87	California	(4-7-0)		0.0119	Pac 8
88	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		0.0092	Western Athletic
89	Toledo	(3-8-0)		0.0003	Mid-American
90	Baylor	(2-9-0)		-0.0085	Southwest
91	Indiana	(2-9-0)		-0.0192	Big Ten
92	Dayton	(5-5-1)		-0.0381	Independent
93	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0392	Pac 8
94	Virginia Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.0500	Independent
95	Marshall	(4-7-0)		-0.0518	Independent
96	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.0618	Independent
97	Villanova	(3-8-0)		-0.0659	Independent
98	Rutgers	(6-5-0)		-0.0691	Independent
99	Duke	(2-8-1)		-0.0872	Atlantic Coast
100	North Texas	(5-5-1)		-0.0895	Missouri Valley
101	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.0913	Independent
102	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0931	Pac 8
103	Cornell	(3-5-1)		-0.1079	Ivy
104	Colgate	(5-5-0)		-0.1256	Independent
105	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		-0.1317	Missouri Valley
106	Xavier	(5-5-1)		-0.1497	Independent
107	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.1749	Southern
108	Southern Illinois	(3-7-1)		-0.1791	Independent
109	Iowa	(0-11-0)		-0.2517	Big Ten
110	Wake Forest	(1-9-1)		-0.2546	Atlantic Coast
111	Florida State	(0-11-0)		-0.2695	Independent
112	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.2800	Missouri Valley
113	Washington	(2-9-0)		-0.2972	Pac 8
114	Citadel	(3-8-0)		-0.3006	Southern
115	Army	(0-10-0)		-0.3438	Independent
116	Idaho	(4-7-0)		-0.3889	Independent
117	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.4092	Southern
118	Appalachian State	(3-7-1)		-0.4115	Southern
119	Fresno State	(2-9-0)		-0.4344	PCAA
120	Princeton	(1-8-0)		-0.4387	Ivy
121	West Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.4640	Missouri Valley
122	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.4698	Missouri Valley
123	Long Beach State	(1-9-1)		-0.4853	PCAA
124	Columbia	(1-7-1)		-0.5585	Ivy
125	Texas-El Paso	(0-11-0)		-0.6449	Western Athletic

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Big Eight	0.5862
2	Southeastern	0.4917
3	Mid-American	0.3356
4	Southwest	0.3246
5	Big Ten	0.2565
6	Independent	0.1664
7	Pac 8	0.1642
8	Atlantic Coast	0.1463
9	Western Athletic	0.1100
10	Ivy	0.0066
11	PCAA	-0.0055
12	Southern	-0.0209
13	Missouri Valley	-0.1250