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| ScoreDif | Win_Loss | Schedule | Total | Division | Conference | |||||||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Team | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | Name | Rank | Games | Record | Name |
| 1 | 35.68 | 1 | 38.24 | 18 | 38.83 | California | 11 | 10-0-1 | 2 | 10 | 9-0-1 | NoDivi | 1 | 7 | 6-0-1 | PCC |
| 5 | 28.17 | 2 | 34.97 | 32 | 45.92 | Fordham | 8 | 7-0-1 | 3 | 7 | 6-0-1 | NoDivi | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 3 | 30.36 | 3 | 34.23 | 31 | 45.19 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 9-0-1 | 1 | 9 | 8-0-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 5-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 8 | 26.58 | 4 | 33.27 | 72 | 62.67 | Santa Clara | 9 | 9-0-0 | 4 | 9 | 9-0-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 4 | 4-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 4 | 28.35 | 5 | 28.71 | 71 | 62.64 | Villanova | 9 | 8-0-1 | 5 | 8 | 7-0-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 4 | 4-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 11 | 23.14 | 6 | 25.76 | 62 | 59.00 | Alabama | 10 | 9-1-0 | 6 | 9 | 8-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 6 | 6-0-0 | SEC |
| 7 | 26.68 | 7 | 25.60 | 21 | 40.89 | Louisiana State | 11 | 9-2-0 | 8 | 9 | 7-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 5-1-0 | SEC |
| 16 | 20.61 | 8 | 24.62 | 6 | 30.29 | Stanford | 9 | 4-3-2 | 15 | 9 | 4-3-2 | NoDivi | 2 | 7 | 4-2-1 | PCC |
| 17 | 20.20 | 9 | 24.49 | 23 | 41.94 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6-2-1 | 10 | 9 | 6-2-1 | NoDivi | 11 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 2 | 31.62 | 10 | 24.19 | 30 | 44.50 | Dartmouth | 9 | 7-0-2 | 7 | 6 | 4-0-2 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 3-0-2 | Northeast Indep |
| 6 | 27.12 | 11 | 23.16 | 25 | 42.36 | Yale | 8 | 6-1-1 | 9 | 7 | 5-1-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 15 | 22.45 | 12 | 23.15 | 5 | 26.90 | Rice | 11 | 6-3-2 | 11 | 11 | 6-3-2 | NoDivi | 1 | 6 | 4-1-1 | Southwest AC |
| 27 | 16.21 | 13 | 22.92 | 91 | 76.67 | Holy Cross | 10 | 8-0-2 | 19 | 8 | 6-0-2 | NoDivi | 3 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 35 | 13.23 | 14 | 21.93 | 8 | 33.00 | St. Mary's CA | 9 | 4-3-2 | 26 | 8 | 3-3-2 | NoDivi | 2 | 4 | 2-1-1 | Southwest Indep |
| 10 | 25.94 | 15 | 21.07 | 7 | 32.38 | Arkansas | 10 | 6-2-2 | 14 | 9 | 5-2-2 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Southwest AC |
| 14 | 22.54 | 16 | 21.07 | 29 | 44.06 | Baylor | 10 | 7-3-0 | 13 | 9 | 6-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Southwest AC |
| 9 | 25.99 | 17 | 20.14 | 16 | 37.71 | Auburn | 11 | 6-2-3 | 16 | 10 | 5-2-3 | NoDivi | 3 | 7 | 4-1-2 | SEC |
| 24 | 17.66 | 18 | 19.48 | 92 | 76.94 | North Carolina | 9 | 7-1-1 | 12 | 9 | 7-1-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 5-0-1 | Southern C |
| 19 | 19.77 | 19 | 19.46 | 12 | 35.72 | Texas A&M | 9 | 5-2-2 | 18 | 9 | 5-2-2 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 2-2-2 | Southwest AC |
| 31 | 15.75 | 20 | 18.98 | 80 | 69.75 | Nebraska | 9 | 6-1-2 | 21 | 9 | 6-1-2 | NoDivi | 1 | 5 | 3-0-2 | Big 6 |
| 20 | 18.92 | 21 | 18.91 | 49 | 53.81 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 7-2-0 | 17 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 6 | 4-2-0 | SEC |
| 22 | 18.57 | 22 | 18.91 | 37 | 48.06 | Washington | 11 | 7-2-2 | 22 | 9 | 5-2-2 | NoDivi | 3 | 8 | 4-2-2 | PCC |
| 36 | 12.17 | 23 | 17.88 | 11 | 35.43 | Washington State | 9 | 3-3-3 | 35 | 9 | 3-3-3 | NoDivi | 4 | 8 | 3-3-2 | PCC |
| 12 | 22.78 | 24 | 17.23 | 53 | 54.50 | Ohio State | 8 | 6-2-0 | 20 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 5-1-0 | Western |
| 18 | 19.99 | 25 | 17.21 | 2 | 24.55 | Texas Christian | 10 | 4-4-2 | 23 | 10 | 4-4-2 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 3-1-2 | Southwest AC |
| 28 | 16.05 | 26 | 16.40 | 75 | 64.28 | Army | 9 | 7-2-0 | 24 | 9 | 7-2-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 3 | 2-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 29 | 15.95 | 27 | 16.15 | 10 | 34.78 | Southern California | 10 | 4-4-2 | 33 | 10 | 4-4-2 | NoDivi | 5 | 7 | 2-3-2 | PCC |
| 34 | 13.66 | 28 | 15.40 | 74 | 64.17 | Michigan State | 10 | 8-2-0 | 31 | 9 | 7-2-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 23 | 18.56 | 29 | 15.38 | 68 | 60.81 | Minnesota | 8 | 6-2-0 | 27 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 5 | 5-0-0 | Western |
| 13 | 22.71 | 30 | 15.26 | 39 | 49.08 | Harvard | 8 | 5-2-1 | 34 | 7 | 4-2-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 4 | 2-2-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 43 | 10.46 | 31 | 15.25 | 34 | 47.07 | Manhattan | 10 | 6-3-1 | 30 | 8 | 4-3-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 45 | 9.50 | 32 | 15.05 | 58 | 55.83 | Boston University | 3 | 2-1-0 | 29 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 21 | 18.91 | 33 | 14.64 | 50 | 53.88 | Cornell | 8 | 5-2-1 | 25 | 8 | 5-2-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 5 | 2-2-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 32 | 14.33 | 34 | 14.43 | 90 | 75.44 | Duke | 10 | 7-2-1 | 28 | 10 | 7-2-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 5-1-0 | Southern C |
| 63 | 4.69 | 35 | 13.77 | 43 | 51.14 | Idaho | 8 | 4-3-1 | 45 | 8 | 4-3-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 4 | 2-2-0 | PCC |
| 30 | 15.86 | 36 | 13.29 | 65 | 60.43 | Tulsa | 10 | 6-2-2 | 32 | 9 | 5-2-2 | NoDivi | 1 | 3 | 3-0-0 | MVC |
| 48 | 8.35 | 37 | 12.77 | 101 | 86.61 | West Virginia | 10 | 8-1-1 | 36 | 9 | 7-1-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 39 | 11.14 | 38 | 12.38 | 14 | 36.43 | Oregon State | 9 | 3-3-3 | 40 | 8 | 2-3-3 | NoDivi | 6 | 8 | 2-3-3 | PCC |
| 55 | 7.26 | 39 | 11.97 | 69 | 60.94 | Centenary LA | 12 | 6-3-3 | 41 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 50 | 7.95 | 40 | 11.58 | 106 | 90.08 | Montana | 8 | 7-1-0 | 39 | 6 | 5-1-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 1 | 0-1-0 | PCC |
| 26 | 16.36 | 41 | 11.31 | 57 | 55.44 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 6-3-1 | 38 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 3-2-1 | SEC |
| 25 | 17.08 | 42 | 11.19 | 76 | 65.78 | Tennessee | 10 | 6-3-1 | 37 | 10 | 6-3-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 7 | 4-3-0 | SEC |
| 46 | 8.88 | 43 | 11.18 | 47 | 53.20 | Temple | 9 | 3-2-4 | 48 | 9 | 3-2-4 | NoDivi | 5 | 4 | 1-2-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 33 | 14.24 | 44 | 10.14 | 9 | 33.85 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 5-6-0 | 46 | 10 | 4-6-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Southwest AC |
| 38 | 11.71 | 45 | 9.30 | 42 | 50.88 | Northwestern | 8 | 4-4-0 | 44 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Western |
| 44 | 10.16 | 46 | 8.69 | 38 | 48.79 | Purdue | 8 | 4-3-1 | 47 | 7 | 3-3-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 2-2-1 | Western |
| 49 | 8.21 | 47 | 8.54 | 52 | 54.00 | Penn State | 8 | 5-3-0 | 42 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 3 | 2-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 62 | 4.70 | 48 | 8.41 | 112 | 91.15 | Arizona | 10 | 8-2-0 | 52 | 10 | 8-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 4 | 3-1-0 | Border |
| 41 | 10.62 | 49 | 8.21 | 85 | 71.44 | Oklahoma | 9 | 5-2-2 | 43 | 9 | 5-2-2 | NoDivi | 2 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Big 6 |
| 61 | 4.71 | 50 | 8.09 | 110 | 90.70 | Maryland | 10 | 8-2-0 | 49 | 10 | 8-2-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Southern C |
| 40 | 10.68 | 51 | 7.65 | 3 | 25.56 | Texas | 9 | 2-6-1 | 56 | 9 | 2-6-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Southwest AC |
| 59 | 5.52 | 52 | 7.14 | 63 | 59.58 | New York University | 9 | 5-4-0 | 54 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 51 | 7.91 | 53 | 6.77 | 122 | 104.06 | Colorado | 9 | 8-1-0 | 50 | 9 | 8-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 7 | 7-0-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 42 | 10.60 | 54 | 6.74 | 35 | 47.58 | Indiana | 8 | 5-3-0 | 55 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 3-2-0 | Western |
| 47 | 8.64 | 55 | 6.69 | 54 | 54.81 | Tulane | 10 | 5-4-1 | 51 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 6 | 2-3-1 | SEC |
| 52 | 7.83 | 56 | 6.41 | 73 | 63.38 | Georgia | 11 | 6-3-2 | 53 | 9 | 4-3-2 | NoDivi | 8 | 5 | 1-2-2 | SEC |
| 53 | 7.64 | 57 | 6.09 | 13 | 36.06 | UCLA | 9 | 2-6-1 | 65 | 9 | 2-6-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 7 | 1-5-1 | PCC |
| 74 | 1.74 | 58 | 5.91 | 27 | 42.86 | San Francisco | 10 | 4-5-1 | 67 | 8 | 2-5-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 4 | 2-2-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 57 | 6.80 | 59 | 5.51 | 88 | 74.73 | Texas Tech | 12 | 8-4-0 | 60 | 11 | 7-4-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Border |
| 81 | 0.69 | 60 | 5.37 | 24 | 42.10 | Georgetown | 8 | 2-4-2 | 68 | 6 | 1-3-2 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 37 | 12.11 | 61 | 5.26 | 82 | 70.00 | Detroit | 10 | 7-3-0 | 58 | 7 | 4-3-0 | NoDivi | 14 | 2 | 0-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 79 | 1.11 | 62 | 4.66 | 17 | 38.11 | Oregon | 10 | 4-6-0 | 64 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 7 | 2-5-0 | PCC |
| 65 | 3.92 | 63 | 4.64 | 59 | 57.70 | Syracuse | 8 | 5-2-1 | 57 | 5 | 2-2-1 | NoDivi | 12 | 3 | 1-1-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 80 | 0.97 | 64 | 3.84 | 48 | 53.36 | Mississippi State | 10 | 5-4-1 | 62 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 5 | 3-2-0 | SEC |
| 73 | 1.86 | 65 | 3.82 | 67 | 60.62 | Michigan | 8 | 4-4-0 | 61 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Western |
| 71 | 2.75 | 66 | 3.78 | 4 | 26.90 | Brown | 9 | 5-4-0 | 63 | 5 | 1-4-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 64 | 4.30 | 67 | 3.51 | 113 | 93.56 | Drake | 10 | 8-2-0 | 70 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 4 | 3-1-0 | MVC |
| 77 | 1.32 | 68 | 3.25 | 20 | 40.00 | Loyola Marymount | 11 | 4-7-0 | 75 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 85 | -2.09 | 69 | 2.94 | 99 | 83.39 | North Carolina State | 9 | 5-3-1 | 69 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 7 | 4-2-1 | Southern C |
| 60 | 5.14 | 70 | 2.67 | 15 | 37.57 | Carnegie Mellon | 8 | 2-5-1 | 71 | 8 | 2-5-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 56 | 6.96 | 71 | 2.61 | 70 | 62.50 | Wisconsin | 8 | 4-3-1 | 72 | 7 | 3-3-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 2-2-1 | Western |
| 54 | 7.49 | 72 | 2.58 | 55 | 54.93 | Princeton | 8 | 4-4-0 | 66 | 7 | 3-4-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 1 | 1-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 93 | -4.89 | 73 | 2.16 | 1 | 14.50 | Pacific | 3 | 0-2-1 | 59 | 3 | 0-2-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 86 | -2.20 | 74 | 1.54 | 129 | 109.29 | New Mexico State | 9 | 7-2-0 | 76 | 7 | 6-1-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Border |
| 67 | 3.72 | 75 | 1.46 | 93 | 79.17 | Duquesne | 10 | 6-4-0 | 74 | 9 | 5-4-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 82 | -0.64 | 76 | 0.30 | 108 | 90.50 | San Jose State | 3 | 2-1-0 | 80 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 69 | 3.12 | 77 | -0.23 | 44 | 51.64 | Mississippi | 10 | 4-5-1 | 77 | 8 | 2-5-1 | NoDivi | 13 | 4 | 0-4-0 | SEC |
| 70 | 2.99 | 78 | -0.30 | 79 | 67.86 | Boston College | 9 | 4-4-1 | 78 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 10 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 78 | 1.31 | 79 | -0.36 | 89 | 75.19 | Clemson | 9 | 4-4-1 | 82 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 3 | 2-0-1 | Southern C |
| 58 | 6.45 | 80 | -0.87 | 61 | 58.10 | Illinois | 8 | 3-3-2 | 73 | 6 | 2-3-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Western |
| 66 | 3.77 | 81 | -1.70 | 56 | 55.35 | Florida | 11 | 4-7-0 | 87 | 10 | 3-7-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 7 | 3-4-0 | SEC |
| 75 | 1.56 | 82 | -2.51 | 64 | 60.00 | Kentucky | 10 | 4-6-0 | 88 | 10 | 4-6-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 5 | 0-5-0 | SEC |
| 76 | 1.54 | 83 | -2.53 | 22 | 41.75 | Colgate | 8 | 3-5-0 | 89 | 6 | 1-5-0 | NoDivi | 9 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 83 | -1.09 | 84 | -2.98 | 46 | 52.29 | Pennsylvania | 8 | 2-5-1 | 79 | 8 | 2-5-1 | NoDivi | 13 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 84 | -1.96 | 85 | -3.50 | 77 | 66.22 | Missouri | 10 | 3-6-1 | 92 | 10 | 3-6-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 2-2-1 | Big 6 |
| 92 | -4.85 | 86 | -3.85 | 86 | 74.57 | George Washington | 8 | 3-4-1 | 81 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 72 | 2.32 | 87 | -4.43 | 94 | 80.38 | Navy | 9 | 4-4-1 | 84 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 15 | 3 | 0-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 90 | -4.74 | 88 | -4.56 | 66 | 60.50 | Washington MO | 10 | 4-6-0 | 93 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 4 | 2-2-0 | MVC |
| 68 | 3.40 | 89 | -5.08 | 41 | 50.79 | Columbia | 9 | 2-5-2 | 85 | 8 | 1-5-2 | NoDivi | 13 | 5 | 0-4-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 100 | -7.61 | 90 | -5.33 | 84 | 71.17 | Portland | 4 | 1-2-1 | 86 | 4 | 1-2-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 99 | -7.37 | 91 | -5.71 | 138 | 117.06 | Denver | 9 | 6-3-0 | 91 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 7 | 5-2-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 101 | -7.79 | 92 | -5.76 | 124 | 104.25 | Saint Louis | 10 | 7-2-1 | 94 | 6 | 4-2-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 2 | 1-1-0 | MVC |
| 89 | -4.18 | 93 | -5.79 | 83 | 70.25 | Bucknell | 8 | 3-3-2 | 83 | 5 | 1-2-2 | NoDivi | 9 | 3 | 0-2-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 91 | -4.80 | 94 | -6.27 | 87 | 74.69 | Kansas | 9 | 3-4-2 | 96 | 9 | 3-4-2 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 2-1-2 | Big 6 |
| 109 | -11.45 | 95 | -6.32 | 60 | 57.71 | Gonzaga | 10 | 2-6-2 | 90 | 9 | 1-6-2 | NoDivi | 5 | 4 | 0-3-1 | Southwest Indep |
| 88 | -3.75 | 96 | -6.70 | 117 | 96.06 | Virginia Military | 10 | 5-5-0 | 95 | 9 | 5-4-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 7 | 5-2-0 | Southern C |
| 104 | -9.31 | 97 | -7.50 | 96 | 81.85 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 4-6-0 | 98 | 10 | 4-6-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 4 | 2-2-0 | MVC |
| 95 | -5.95 | 98 | -8.58 | 125 | 106.00 | Utah | 8 | 5-3-0 | 97 | 8 | 5-3-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 7 | 5-2-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 108 | -11.36 | 99 | -8.81 | 81 | 69.88 | Iowa State | 9 | 3-6-0 | 100 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Big 6 |
| 97 | -6.52 | 100 | -9.27 | 130 | 111.17 | Wichita State | 3 | 2-1-0 | 99 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 96 | -5.97 | 101 | -9.39 | 105 | 88.61 | Kansas State | 9 | 4-5-0 | 101 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Big 6 |
| 114 | -14.41 | 102 | -10.04 | 19 | 39.00 | Waynesburg College | 3 | 0-3-0 | 103 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 102 | -8.33 | 103 | -10.90 | 137 | 116.83 | Texas El Paso | 10 | 7-1-2 | 104 | 6 | 3-1-2 | NoDivi | 4 | 4 | 2-1-1 | Border |
| 110 | -11.93 | 104 | -11.48 | 104 | 87.95 | South Carolina | 12 | 5-6-1 | 105 | 11 | 4-6-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 2-2-1 | Southern C |
| 106 | -10.13 | 105 | -11.54 | 133 | 113.31 | Brigham Young | 9 | 6-3-0 | 102 | 8 | 5-3-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 7 | 5-2-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 87 | -3.25 | 106 | -11.71 | 97 | 82.33 | Saint Xavier | 3 | 1-2-0 | 107 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 105 | -9.92 | 107 | -11.90 | 51 | 54.00 | Marquette | 9 | 3-6-0 | 115 | 7 | 1-6-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 128 | -21.66 | 108 | -11.90 | 33 | 46.00 | Saint John's (Maryland) | 3 | 0-3-0 | 109 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 116 | -15.14 | 109 | -12.10 | 119 | 98.38 | New Mexico | 9 | 4-4-1 | 106 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 2-3-1 | Border |
| 94 | -5.33 | 110 | -12.21 | 26 | 42.71 | Iowa | 8 | 1-7-0 | 112 | 7 | 0-7-0 | NoDivi | 9 | 5 | 0-5-0 | Western |
| 121 | -17.09 | 111 | -12.35 | 98 | 82.39 | Wake Forest | 9 | 3-6-0 | 108 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Southern C |
| 111 | -13.24 | 112 | -12.79 | 118 | 98.00 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 5-5-0 | 110 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 7 | 3-4-0 | Southern C |
| 119 | -16.41 | 113 | -12.98 | 114 | 94.61 | Washington & Lee | 9 | 4-5-0 | 111 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Southern C |
| 113 | -14.02 | 114 | -13.02 | 36 | 48.00 | McDaniel College | 4 | 0-4-0 | 120 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 98 | -7.22 | 115 | -13.33 | 126 | 106.67 | Santa Barbara | 3 | 1-1-1 | 116 | 3 | 1-1-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 118 | -16.08 | 116 | -13.38 | 28 | 43.17 | Sewanee | 9 | 2-7-0 | 119 | 6 | 0-6-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 6 | 0-6-0 | SEC |
| 103 | -8.40 | 117 | -13.69 | 103 | 87.40 | Miami FL | 9 | 4-4-1 | 114 | 5 | 1-3-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 130 | -24.03 | 118 | -14.47 | 100 | 83.83 | North Dakota State | 3 | 1-2-0 | 113 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 117 | -15.16 | 119 | -14.86 | 136 | 114.22 | Citadel | 11 | 7-4-0 | 117 | 9 | 5-4-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Southern C |
| 126 | -20.95 | 120 | -14.87 | 142 | 118.50 | Western Colorado | 7 | 4-3-0 | 118 | 5 | 3-2-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 4 | 3-1-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 107 | -10.58 | 121 | -16.04 | 40 | 50.50 | University of Chicago | 7 | 1-6-0 | 122 | 6 | 0-6-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Western |
| 131 | -24.06 | 122 | -16.15 | 45 | 51.88 | Oklahoma City | 4 | 0-4-0 | 123 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 120 | -16.82 | 123 | -17.95 | 95 | 81.11 | Davidson | 10 | 2-8-0 | 124 | 9 | 2-7-0 | NoDivi | 14 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Southern C |
| 115 | -15.05 | 124 | -17.95 | 109 | 90.62 | Catholic University | 4 | 1-3-0 | 125 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 112 | -13.92 | 125 | -18.94 | 135 | 114.00 | Furman | 9 | 4-3-2 | 121 | 8 | 3-3-2 | NoDivi | 9 | 5 | 1-2-2 | Southern C |
| 127 | -21.13 | 126 | -19.44 | 131 | 112.07 | Richmond | 10 | 5-4-1 | 128 | 7 | 3-4-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Southern C |
| 123 | -17.75 | 127 | -19.74 | 78 | 67.50 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 3 | 0-3-0 | 127 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 134 | -26.27 | 128 | -20.20 | 140 | 117.12 | Colorado College | 9 | 5-4-0 | 129 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 132 | -24.09 | 129 | -21.79 | 128 | 108.93 | Utah State | 8 | 2-4-2 | 126 | 8 | 2-4-2 | NoDivi | 7 | 7 | 2-4-1 | Rocky Mountain |
| 122 | -17.10 | 130 | -22.13 | 102 | 87.25 | Creighton | 9 | 2-7-0 | 131 | 8 | 1-7-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 3 | 0-3-0 | MVC |
| 125 | -20.89 | 131 | -22.21 | 107 | 90.50 | Virginia | 9 | 2-7-0 | 130 | 9 | 2-7-0 | NoDivi | 15 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Southern C |
| 124 | -19.74 | 132 | -22.69 | 116 | 94.92 | Northern Arizona | 10 | 5-5-0 | 132 | 6 | 1-5-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Border |
| 135 | -27.74 | 133 | -26.15 | 144 | 123.17 | Wyoming | 8 | 3-5-0 | 133 | 6 | 2-4-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 133 | -24.62 | 134 | -27.57 | 127 | 107.12 | Grinnell College | 4 | 1-3-0 | 136 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 129 | -23.00 | 135 | -27.96 | 134 | 113.93 | William & Mary | 9 | 4-5-0 | 135 | 7 | 2-5-0 | NoDivi | 16 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Southern C |
| 137 | -28.74 | 136 | -28.25 | 143 | 120.50 | Northern Colorado | 8 | 2-6-0 | 134 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 9 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 142 | -37.14 | 137 | -31.51 | 111 | 91.10 | Presbyterian | 5 | 0-5-0 | 137 | 5 | 0-5-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 141 | -36.63 | 138 | -31.73 | 132 | 113.00 | Colorado School of Mines | 7 | 2-5-0 | 138 | 6 | 1-5-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 136 | -28.20 | 139 | -31.76 | 115 | 94.79 | Arizona State | 9 | 0-8-1 | 141 | 7 | 0-7-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 0-5-0 | Border |
| 138 | -29.84 | 140 | -33.18 | 120 | 102.80 | Montana State | 8 | 3-4-1 | 139 | 5 | 0-4-1 | NoDivi | 12 | 4 | 0-3-1 | Rocky Mountain |
| 140 | -35.00 | 141 | -33.67 | 123 | 104.19 | Colorado State | 8 | 1-7-0 | 140 | 8 | 1-7-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Rocky Mountain |
| 139 | -33.98 | 142 | -35.43 | 121 | 102.86 | Washburn University | 10 | 0-10-0 | 143 | 7 | 0-7-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 2 | 0-2-0 | MVC |
| 145 | -44.10 | 143 | -36.87 | 139 | 117.12 | Wofford | 4 | 0-4-0 | 142 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 144 | -41.69 | 144 | -37.13 | 141 | 118.50 | Erskine | 3 | 0-3-0 | 144 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 143 | -39.41 | 145 | -43.34 | 145 | 124.50 | Hampden-Sydney College | 4 | 0-4-0 | 145 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams | Cincinnati | 1 | 0-1-0 | |||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | 0-1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Nevada Reno | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butler | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| California Davis | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elon | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | 2-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State LA | 2 | 0-1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Samford | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Oklahoma | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hillsdale College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Missouri Rolla | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Mexico Highlands | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ouachita | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| South Dakota Tech | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne State MI | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| West Texas A&M | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Jewell | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Albright | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Amherst College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bates College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Beloit College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carroll WI | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Central College Iowa | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Centre College | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Coe College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Emory & Henry College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gettysburg College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Birmingham Southern | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| LaVerne | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lebanon Valley College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph Macon College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ripon College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Lawrence | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Vincent PA | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Shenandoah | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (Texas) | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Springfield College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Newberry College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sul Ross State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tufts University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ursinus College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willamette Oregon | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Williams College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Montana Tech | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Whittier College | 2 | 0-1-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Newport News - Apprentice | 1 | 0-0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| American University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| California Tech | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarkson | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Baker | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 2 | 0-0-2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Warren | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiwassee | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Milliken | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (New Orleans) | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Mexico Military | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Oglethorpe | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania Military | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Providence | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roanoke | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Benedict | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Bonaventure | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Edward's | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's (Texas) | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego Marines | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TN) | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Spring Hill | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tampa | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Wesleyan | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Whitman | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
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