1973

1974 Rankings
​Final

1975

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Oklahoma	(11-0-0)		0.8650	Big Eight
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8309	Southeastern
3	Southern California	(10-1-1)		0.7351	Pac 8
4	Auburn	(10-2-0)		0.7132	Southeastern
5	Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.7084	Big Ten
6	Notre Dame	(10-2-0)		0.6675	Independent
7	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.6236	Independent
8	Ohio State	(10-2-0)		0.6174	Big Ten
9	Miami (Ohio)	(10-0-1)		0.6073	Mid-American
10	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5902	Southeastern
11	North Carolina State	(9-2-1)		0.5766	Atlantic Coast
12	Texas A&M	(8-3-0)		0.5727	Southwest
13	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.5705	Big Eight
14	Tennessee	(7-3-2)		0.5687	Southeastern
15	Mississippi State	(9-3-0)		0.5479	Southeastern
16	Baylor	(8-4-0)		0.5380	Southwest
17	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.5337	Atlantic Coast
18	Texas	(8-4-0)		0.5074	Southwest
19	Michigan State	(7-3-1)		0.4860	Big Ten
20	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.4828	Ivy
21	Arkansas	(6-4-1)		0.4754	Southwest
22	Wisconsin	(7-4-0)		0.4736	Big Ten
23	Missouri	(7-4-0)		0.4698	Big Eight
24	Clemson	(7-4-0)		0.4638	Atlantic Coast
25	Pittsburgh	(7-4-0)		0.4499	Independent
26	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.4477	Ivy
27	Vanderbilt	(7-3-2)		0.4429	Southeastern
28	California	(7-3-1)		0.4339	Pac 8
29	Texas Tech	(6-4-2)		0.4263	Southwest
30	Oklahoma State	(7-5-0)		0.4173	Big Eight
31	San Diego State	(8-2-1)		0.4167	PCAA
32	North Carolina	(7-5-0)		0.4077	Atlantic Coast
33	Houston	(8-3-1)		0.4019	Independent
34	Georgia	(6-6-0)		0.4004	Southeastern
35	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3969	Independent
36	Arizona	(9-2-0)		0.3914	Western Athletic
37	Kentucky	(6-5-0)		0.3894	Southeastern
38	UCLA	(6-3-2)		0.3791	Pac 8
39	Temple	(8-2-0)		0.3736	Independent
40	Southern Methodist	(6-4-1)		0.3680	Southwest
41	Illinois	(6-4-1)		0.3636	Big Ten
42	Louisiana State	(5-5-1)		0.3519	Southeastern
43	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3492	Missouri Valley
44	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.3486	Atlantic Coast
45	Stanford	(5-4-2)		0.3422	Pac 8
46	Utah State	(8-3-0)		0.3399	Independent
47	Memphis	(7-4-0)		0.3331	Independent
48	Boston College	(8-3-0)		0.3200	Independent
49	Miami (Florida)	(6-5-0)		0.3150	Independent
50	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.3041	Independent
51	Pennsylvania	(6-2-1)		0.2912	Ivy
52	Colorado	(5-6-0)		0.2911	Big Eight
53	San Jose State	(8-3-1)		0.2857	PCAA
54	Purdue	(4-6-1)		0.2743	Big Ten
55	Brigham Young	(7-4-1)		0.2654	Western Athletic
56	Arizona State	(7-5-0)		0.2600	Western Athletic
57	Bowling Green State	(6-4-1)		0.2242	Mid-American
58	East Carolina	(7-4-0)		0.2151	Southern
59	Washington	(5-6-0)		0.2066	Pac 8
60	Virginia Military Institute	(7-4-0)		0.2044	Southern
61	Iowa State	(4-7-0)		0.2032	Big Eight
62	Southern Mississippi	(6-5-0)		0.1930	Independent
63	Princeton	(4-4-1)		0.1873	Ivy
64	Brown	(5-4-0)		0.1855	Ivy
65	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.1825	Mid-American
66	Kansas	(4-7-0)		0.1810	Big Eight
67	Kent State	(7-4-0)		0.1719	Mid-American
68	Rutgers	(7-3-1)		0.1680	Independent
69	Kansas State	(4-7-0)		0.1607	Big Eight
70	Navy	(4-7-0)		0.1517	Independent
71	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.1508	Atlantic Coast
72	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.1479	Southeastern
73	Iowa	(3-8-0)		0.1247	Big Ten
74	Colorado State	(4-6-1)		0.1082	Western Athletic
75	Rice	(2-8-1)		0.1076	Southwest
76	Tampa	(6-5-0)		0.1070	Independent
77	South Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.1066	Independent
78	West Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.0994	Independent
79	West Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		0.0964	Missouri Valley
80	Oregon State	(3-8-0)		0.0851	Pac 8
81	Holy Cross	(5-5-1)		0.0833	Independent
82	Tulane	(5-6-0)		0.0765	Independent
83	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0722	Independent
84	Long Beach State	(6-5-0)		0.0568	PCAA
85	Minnesota	(4-7-0)		0.0537	Big Ten
86	Arkansas State	(7-3-0)		0.0468	Southland
87	Pacific	(6-5-0)		0.0369	PCAA
88	Louisville	(4-7-0)		0.0357	Missouri Valley
89	New Mexico State	(5-6-0)		0.0222	Missouri Valley
90	New Mexico	(4-6-1)		0.0171	Western Athletic
91	Northwestern	(3-8-0)		0.0056	Big Ten
92	Dartmouth	(3-6-0)		0.0023	Ivy
93	Toledo	(6-5-0)		-0.0002	Mid-American
94	Cornell	(3-5-1)		-0.0038	Ivy
95	Washington State	(2-9-0)		-0.0137	Pac 8
96	Syracuse	(2-9-0)		-0.0154	Independent
97	Army	(3-8-0)		-0.0470	Independent
98	Appalachian State	(6-5-0)		-0.0515	Southern
99	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.0691	Southern
100	Fresno State	(5-7-0)		-0.0714	PCAA
101	Texas-El Paso	(4-7-0)		-0.0801	Western Athletic
102	Air Force	(2-9-0)		-0.0874	Independent
103	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		-0.0893	Independent
104	Richmond	(5-5-0)		-0.0930	Southern
105	Florida State	(1-10-0)		-0.0933	Independent
106	Indiana	(1-10-0)		-0.1115	Big Ten
107	Furman	(5-6-0)		-0.1263	Southern
108	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		-0.1395	Southwest
109	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.1428	Pac 8
110	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.1660	Atlantic Coast
111	Citadel	(4-7-0)		-0.1670	Southern
112	Colgate	(4-6-0)		-0.1686	Independent
113	Villanova	(3-8-0)		-0.1857	Independent
114	North Texas	(2-7-2)		-0.2240	Missouri Valley
115	Wyoming	(2-9-0)		-0.2341	Western Athletic
116	Western Michigan	(3-8-0)		-0.2459	Mid-American
117	Northern Illinois	(4-7-0)		-0.3000	Independent
118	Wichita State	(1-9-1)		-0.3049	Missouri Valley
119	Drake	(3-7-1)		-0.3123	Missouri Valley
120	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.3789	Independent
121	Utah	(1-10-0)		-0.3933	Western Athletic
122	Dayton	(3-8-0)		-0.4163	Independent
123	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.4398	Ivy
124	Southern Illinois	(2-9-0)		-0.4824	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1974)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4984
2	Big Eight		0.3948
3	Southwest		0.3570
4	Atlantic Coast		0.3307
5	Big Ten		0.2996
6	Pac 8		0.2532
7	Mid-American		0.1567
8	PCAA		0.1449
9	Ivy		0.1441
10	Independent		0.1071
11	Southland		0.0468
12	Western Athletic		0.0418
13	Southern		-0.0125
14	Missouri Valley		-0.0483