College Football 1971
Ranking of Teams Globally

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1
Ranking of Schedule
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Record Schedule Rank Strength Team Games Total Rank OppoRank 1 27 Nevada Las Vegas 1 0 - 1 - 0 1 27 2 28 Missouri 11 1 - 10 - 0 2 28 3 31 Colorado 12 10 - 2 - 0 3 31 4 32 Alabama 12 11 - 1 - 0 4 32 5 33 Mississippi State 11 2 - 9 - 0 5 33 6 35 Southern California 11 6 - 4 - 1 6 35 7 36 Oregon 11 5 - 6 - 0 7 36 8 37 Oklahoma 12 11 - 1 - 0 8 37 9 38 California 11 6 - 5 - 0 9 38 10 39 UCLA 10 2 - 7 - 1 10 39 11 39 Oklahoma State 11 4 - 6 - 1 11 39 12 39 Georgia Tech 12 6 - 6 - 0 12 39 13 40 Kansas State 11 5 - 6 - 0 13 40 14 41 Boise State 1 1 - 0 - 0 14 41 15 41 Iowa State 12 8 - 4 - 0 15 41 16 42 Florida 11 4 - 7 - 0 16 42 17 42 Nebraska 13 13 - 0 - 0 17 42 18 43 Kansas 11 4 - 7 - 0 18 43 19 43 Kentucky 11 3 - 8 - 0 19 43 20 44 Auburn 11 9 - 2 - 0 20 44 21 45 Oregon State 11 5 - 6 - 0 21 45 22 45 Stanford 12 9 - 3 - 0 22 45 23 46 Pittsburgh 11 3 - 8 - 0 23 46 24 47 Georgia 12 11 - 1 - 0 24 47 25 48 Washington State 11 4 - 7 - 0 25 48 26 49 Navy 11 3 - 8 - 0 26 49 27 49 Louisiana State 12 9 - 3 - 0 27 49 28 51 Iowa 11 1 - 10 - 0 28 51 29 52 Michigan State 11 6 - 5 - 0 29 52 30 52 Tulane 11 3 - 8 - 0 30 52 31 52 Tennessee 12 10 - 2 - 0 31 52 32 53 Illinois 11 5 - 6 - 0 32 53 33 53 Houston 12 9 - 3 - 0 33 53 34 54 Washington 11 8 - 3 - 0 34 54 35 55 Rice 11 3 - 7 - 1 35 55 36 55 Mississippi 12 10 - 2 - 0 36 55 37 56 Notre Dame 10 8 - 2 - 0 37 56 38 56 Ohio State 10 6 - 4 - 0 38 56 39 56 Purdue 10 3 - 7 - 0 39 56 40 56 Memphis 11 5 - 6 - 0 40 56 41 56 Minnesota 11 4 - 7 - 0 41 56 42 56 Florida State 12 8 - 4 - 0 42 56 43 57 San Jose State 12 5 - 6 - 1 43 57 44 59 Texas 11 8 - 3 - 0 44 59 45 59 South Carolina 11 6 - 5 - 0 45 59 46 59 Utah 11 3 - 8 - 0 46 59 47 60 Air Force 10 6 - 4 - 0 47 60 48 61 Duke 11 6 - 5 - 0 48 61 49 61 Clemson 11 5 - 6 - 0 49 61 50 61 Miami FL 11 4 - 7 - 0 50 61 51 62 Texas A&M 11 5 - 6 - 0 51 62 52 63 Northwestern 11 7 - 4 - 0 52 63 53 63 Southern Methodist 11 4 - 7 - 0 53 63 54 63 Arizona State 12 11 - 1 - 0 54 63 55 64 Vanderbilt 11 4 - 6 - 1 55 64 56 64 Baylor 10 1 - 9 - 0 56 64 57 64 Texas Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 57 64 58 66 Texas Christian 11 6 - 4 - 1 58 66 59 66 Wisconsin 11 4 - 6 - 1 59 66 60 66 Tulsa 11 4 - 7 - 0 60 66 61 66 Virginia 11 3 - 8 - 0 61 66 62 67 Arizona 11 5 - 6 - 0 62 67 63 68 Montana State 2 1 - 1 - 0 63 68 64 68 Southern Mississippi 11 6 - 5 - 0 64 68 65 68 Wyoming 11 5 - 6 - 0 65 68 66 69 Penn State 12 11 - 1 - 0 66 69 67 69 Arkansas 12 8 - 3 - 1 67 69 68 70 Army 10 6 - 4 - 0 68 70 69 70 Indiana 11 3 - 8 - 0 69 70 70 70 Michigan 12 11 - 1 - 0 70 70 71 72 Utah State 11 8 - 3 - 0 71 72 72 73 Maryland 11 2 - 9 - 0 72 73 73 74 Brigham Young 11 5 - 6 - 0 73 74 74 75 New Mexico 11 6 - 3 - 2 74 75 75 75 North Carolina State 11 3 - 8 - 0 75 75 76 75 North Texas 11 3 - 8 - 0 76 75 77 76 Virginia Tech 11 4 - 7 - 0 77 76 78 77 Syracuse 11 5 - 5 - 1 78 77 79 78 West Virginia 11 7 - 4 - 0 79 78 80 78 Colorado State 11 3 - 8 - 0 80 78 81 78 Tennessee Chattanooga 11 2 - 9 - 0 81 78 82 78 North Carolina 12 9 - 3 - 0 82 78 83 80 San Diego State 11 6 - 5 - 0 83 80 84 80 Kent State 11 3 - 8 - 0 84 80 85 82 Ohio University 10 5 - 5 - 0 85 82 86 83 Ball State 2 0 - 1 - 1 86 83 87 83 Weber State 2 1 - 1 - 0 87 83 88 83 Marshall 10 2 - 8 - 0 88 83 89 86 Texas El Paso 11 5 - 6 - 0 89 86 90 87 Cincinnati 11 7 - 4 - 0 90 87 91 87 Pacific 11 3 - 8 - 0 91 87 92 88 Illinois State 2 0 - 2 - 0 92 88 93 88 Wake Forest 11 6 - 5 - 0 93 88 94 89 Idaho 11 8 - 3 - 0 94 89 95 90 Saint Xavier 10 1 - 9 - 0 95 90 96 90 Richmond 11 5 - 6 - 0 96 90 97 92 Massachusetts 3 1 - 2 - 0 97 92 98 92 Montana 3 0 - 3 - 0 98 92 99 92 Villanova 11 6 - 4 - 1 99 92 100 92 Dayton 11 5 - 6 - 0 100 92 101 93 Northern Illinois 11 5 - 5 - 1 101 93 102 93 Santa Barbara 11 3 - 8 - 0 102 93 103 94 Louisiana Tech 3 2 - 1 - 0 103 94 104 94 Miami OH 10 7 - 3 - 0 104 94 105 95 Hayward State 1 1 - 0 - 0 105 95 106 95 Boston College 11 9 - 2 - 0 106 95 107 98 California Poly 3 1 - 2 - 0 107 98 108 98 Fresno State 11 6 - 5 - 0 108 98 109 99 Idaho State 2 1 - 1 - 0 109 99 110 100 Florida A&M 1 0 - 1 - 0 110 100 111 100 Delaware 3 2 - 1 - 0 111 100 112 101 Western Michigan 10 7 - 3 - 0 112 101 113 101 Bowling Green 10 6 - 4 - 0 113 101 114 101 Tampa 11 6 - 5 - 0 114 101 115 101 William & Mary 11 5 - 6 - 0 115 101 116 102 New Mexico State 11 5 - 5 - 1 116 102 117 102 Cal State Long Beach 12 8 - 4 - 0 117 102 118 103 East Carolina 10 4 - 6 - 0 118 103 119 103 Toledo 12 12 - 0 - 0 119 103 120 104 Wichita State 11 3 - 8 - 0 120 104 121 105 Temple 9 6 - 2 - 1 121 105 122 105 Louisville 10 6 - 3 - 1 122 105 123 105 West Texas A&M 11 2 - 9 - 0 123 105 124 106 Texas Arlington 11 2 - 9 - 0 124 106 125 108 Youngstown State 2 0 - 2 - 0 125 108 126 108 South Dakota 2 0 - 2 - 0 126 108 127 108 Virginia Military 11 1 - 10 - 0 127 108 128 113 New Mexico Highlands 1 0 - 1 - 0 128 113 129 113 Linfield College 1 0 - 1 - 0 129 113 130 113 Southern Illinois 4 2 - 2 - 0 130 113 131 113 Cal State Northridge 4 2 - 2 - 0 131 113 132 113 Boston University 5 0 - 5 - 0 132 113 133 115 Hawaii 11 7 - 4 - 0 133 115 134 119 Cal State Los Angeles 10 2 - 8 - 0 134 119 135 121 Connecticut 3 1 - 2 - 0 135 121 136 122 Rhode Island 2 1 - 1 - 0 136 122 137 124 Davidson 10 1 - 9 - 0 137 124 138 125 Akron 1 1 - 0 - 0 138 125 139 125 Santa Clara 2 0 - 2 - 0 139 125 140 126 Cal State Fullerton 2 1 - 1 - 0 140 126 141 127 Holy Cross 10 4 - 6 - 0 141 127 142 130 Lamar 3 1 - 2 - 0 142 130 143 130 Rutgers 11 4 - 7 - 0 143 130 144 133 Presbyterian 2 2 - 0 - 0 144 133 145 135 Brown 9 0 - 9 - 0 145 135 146 136 Pennsylvania 9 2 - 7 - 0 146 136 147 137 Middle Tennessee 1 1 - 0 - 0 147 137 148 137 Louisiana Monroe 1 1 - 0 - 0 148 137 149 137 Tennessee Tech 1 1 - 0 - 0 149 137 150 137 East Tennessee State 1 0 - 1 - 0 150 137 151 137 Furman 11 5 - 5 - 1 151 137 152 137 Citadel 11 8 - 3 - 0 152 137 153 138 Columbia 9 6 - 3 - 0 153 138 154 138 Drake 11 7 - 4 - 0 154 138 155 139 Northern Iowa 1 0 - 1 - 0 155 139 156 139 Indiana State 1 0 - 1 - 0 156 139 157 139 Northern Arizona 1 0 - 1 - 0 157 139 158 139 Yale 9 4 - 5 - 0 158 139 159 139 Princeton 9 4 - 5 - 0 159 139 160 142 Morehead State 1 1 - 0 - 0 160 142 161 142 Dartmouth 9 8 - 1 - 0 161 142 162 142 Harvard 9 5 - 4 - 0 162 142 163 143 Cornell 9 8 - 1 - 0 163 143 164 144 Northeastern 2 0 - 2 - 0 164 144 165 146 Bucknell 4 1 - 3 - 0 165 146 166 147 Arkansas State 2 2 - 0 - 0 166 147 167 147 Trinity University TX 2 1 - 1 - 0 167 147 168 147 Abilene Christian 2 0 - 2 - 0 168 147 169 148 Carson Newman 1 0 - 1 - 0 169 148 170 148 Guilford College 1 0 - 1 - 0 170 148 171 148 Western Carolina 1 0 - 1 - 0 171 148 172 148 Lafayette 4 3 - 1 - 0 172 148 173 149 Colgate 10 6 - 4 - 0 173 149 174 150 Quantico Marines 1 1 - 0 - 0 174 150 175 151 Morgan State 1 0 - 1 - 0 175 151 176 153 Lehigh 3 1 - 2 - 0 176 153 177 155 Louisiana Lafayette 1 1 - 0 - 0 177 155 178 157 Wofford 2 2 - 0 - 0 178 157 179 158 US International 1 1 - 0 - 0 179 158 180 158 California Lutheran 1 1 - 0 - 0 180 158 181 158 California Poly Ponoma 1 0 - 1 - 0 181 158 182 166 Appalachian State 2 1 - 0 - 1 182 166