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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 |
| 2 | 30.02 | 1 | 35.71 | 1 | 26.18 | Southern California | 11 | 9-2-0 | 1 | 11 | 9-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 7 | 6-1-0 | PCC |
| 1 | 33.23 | 2 | 34.44 | 44 | 55.25 | Tennessee | 11 | 11-0-0 | 2 | 10 | 10-0-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 7 | 7-0-0 | SEC |
| 4 | 29.68 | 3 | 32.94 | 6 | 31.61 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8-1-0 | 3 | 9 | 8-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 2 | 2-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 5 | 25.93 | 4 | 30.20 | 15 | 41.10 | California | 11 | 10-1-0 | 4 | 10 | 9-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 7 | 6-1-0 | PCC |
| 3 | 29.86 | 5 | 28.43 | 66 | 61.05 | Texas Christian | 11 | 11-0-0 | 5 | 11 | 11-0-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 6 | 6-0-0 | Southwest AC |
| 11 | 23.80 | 6 | 27.18 | 33 | 51.00 | Alabama | 9 | 7-1-1 | 6 | 8 | 6-1-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 4-1-1 | SEC |
| 10 | 23.98 | 7 | 26.89 | 7 | 34.12 | Minnesota | 8 | 6-2-0 | 7 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Western |
| 8 | 25.20 | 8 | 25.85 | 9 | 35.33 | Carnegie Mellon | 9 | 7-2-0 | 9 | 6 | 4-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 3 | 2-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 9 | 24.06 | 9 | 25.75 | 55 | 59.00 | Duke | 10 | 9-1-0 | 8 | 10 | 9-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 5 | 5-0-0 | Southern C |
| 16 | 21.95 | 10 | 24.86 | 69 | 62.95 | Oklahoma | 11 | 10-1-0 | 10 | 11 | 10-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 5 | 5-0-0 | Big 6 |
| 15 | 22.34 | 11 | 23.36 | 11 | 36.92 | Fordham | 9 | 6-1-2 | 13 | 7 | 4-1-2 | NoDivi | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 7 | 25.70 | 12 | 22.89 | 22 | 46.15 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 8-2-0 | 11 | 10 | 8-2-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 18 | 20.68 | 13 | 22.74 | 30 | 49.93 | Purdue | 8 | 5-1-2 | 14 | 8 | 5-1-2 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Western |
| 13 | 22.80 | 14 | 21.54 | 13 | 38.50 | Northwestern | 8 | 4-2-2 | 17 | 8 | 4-2-2 | NoDivi | 2 | 5 | 2-1-2 | Western |
| 6 | 25.82 | 15 | 21.00 | 26 | 48.43 | Holy Cross | 9 | 8-1-0 | 12 | 7 | 6-1-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 4 | 4-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 14 | 22.41 | 16 | 20.37 | 59 | 60.14 | Michigan | 8 | 6-1-1 | 15 | 8 | 6-1-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Western |
| 19 | 19.23 | 17 | 20.33 | 43 | 55.19 | St. Mary's CA | 8 | 6-2-0 | 18 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 4 | 4-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 27 | 14.99 | 18 | 19.96 | 12 | 37.39 | Oregon State | 9 | 5-3-1 | 19 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 8 | 4-3-1 | PCC |
| 17 | 20.70 | 19 | 19.90 | 83 | 70.64 | Villanova | 9 | 8-0-1 | 16 | 7 | 6-0-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 2 | 2-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 31 | 12.80 | 20 | 18.10 | 125 | 96.19 | Georgetown | 8 | 8-0-0 | 20 | 8 | 8-0-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 1 | 1-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 24 | 15.35 | 21 | 17.95 | 87 | 71.94 | Clemson | 9 | 7-1-1 | 21 | 8 | 6-1-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 4 | 3-0-1 | Southern C |
| 35 | 10.81 | 22 | 17.87 | 74 | 64.00 | Iowa State | 9 | 7-1-1 | 22 | 8 | 6-1-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 5 | 3-1-1 | Big 6 |
| 25 | 15.08 | 23 | 17.52 | 24 | 47.75 | Wisconsin | 8 | 5-3-0 | 23 | 8 | 5-3-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 3-2-0 | Western |
| 45 | 8.29 | 24 | 15.90 | 5 | 29.39 | Oregon | 9 | 4-5-0 | 26 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 8 | 4-4-0 | PCC |
| 22 | 17.57 | 25 | 15.82 | 35 | 52.56 | Santa Clara | 8 | 6-2-0 | 25 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 32 | 12.72 | 26 | 15.80 | 39 | 54.00 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 6-3-0 | 27 | 8 | 5-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 7 | 4-3-0 | SEC |
| 20 | 18.94 | 27 | 15.73 | 73 | 63.89 | Tulane | 10 | 7-2-1 | 24 | 10 | 7-2-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 4-1-1 | SEC |
| 26 | 15.03 | 28 | 14.96 | 25 | 47.95 | UCLA | 12 | 7-4-1 | 28 | 11 | 6-4-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 8 | 4-3-1 | PCC |
| 12 | 23.14 | 29 | 14.21 | 68 | 62.75 | Cornell | 7 | 5-1-1 | 29 | 7 | 5-1-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 29 | 13.34 | 30 | 13.13 | 98 | 77.05 | Mississippi | 11 | 9-2-0 | 30 | 10 | 8-2-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 3-2-0 | SEC |
| 48 | 7.94 | 31 | 12.35 | 71 | 63.44 | Missouri | 9 | 6-3-0 | 33 | 9 | 6-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Big 6 |
| 39 | 9.76 | 32 | 12.29 | 80 | 69.75 | Boston College | 9 | 6-1-2 | 31 | 6 | 4-1-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 23 | 16.40 | 33 | 11.83 | 85 | 71.06 | Army | 10 | 8-2-0 | 34 | 8 | 6-2-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 54 | 6.94 | 34 | 11.46 | 129 | 97.90 | Texas Tech | 11 | 10-1-0 | 36 | 10 | 9-1-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 2 | 2-0-0 | Border |
| 28 | 13.37 | 35 | 11.26 | 45 | 55.64 | Ohio State | 8 | 4-3-1 | 32 | 8 | 4-3-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Western |
| 41 | 9.44 | 36 | 10.90 | 4 | 28.44 | Washington | 9 | 3-5-1 | 37 | 9 | 3-5-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 8 | 3-4-1 | PCC |
| 30 | 13.32 | 37 | 10.39 | 86 | 71.81 | North Carolina | 9 | 6-2-1 | 35 | 9 | 6-2-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Southern C |
| 42 | 9.43 | 38 | 9.87 | 16 | 42.31 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 3-4-3 | 46 | 10 | 3-4-3 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 2-1-3 | SEC |
| 38 | 10.06 | 39 | 9.80 | 37 | 52.64 | Michigan State | 9 | 6-3-0 | 38 | 7 | 4-3-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 36 | 10.23 | 40 | 9.75 | 3 | 28.39 | Stanford | 9 | 3-6-0 | 40 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 7 | 2-5-0 | PCC |
| 37 | 10.15 | 41 | 9.32 | 84 | 70.94 | Baylor | 10 | 7-2-1 | 39 | 9 | 6-2-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Southwest AC |
| 56 | 5.54 | 42 | 8.87 | 70 | 63.28 | Idaho | 10 | 6-3-1 | 41 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 6 | 2-3-1 | PCC |
| 51 | 7.36 | 43 | 8.18 | 18 | 43.44 | Nebraska | 9 | 3-5-1 | 47 | 9 | 3-5-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Big 6 |
| 50 | 7.67 | 44 | 8.02 | 50 | 57.50 | Louisiana State | 10 | 6-4-0 | 44 | 9 | 5-4-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 6 | 2-4-0 | SEC |
| 21 | 18.17 | 45 | 7.89 | 40 | 54.42 | Dartmouth | 9 | 7-2-0 | 43 | 6 | 4-2-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 4 | 3-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 55 | 6.51 | 46 | 7.87 | 19 | 43.50 | Manhattan | 9 | 5-4-0 | 42 | 5 | 2-3-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 46 | 8.16 | 47 | 7.63 | 56 | 59.06 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 6-4-0 | 45 | 9 | 5-4-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 4-2-0 | Southwest AC |
| 84 | -3.74 | 48 | 5.94 | 141 | 106.79 | New Mexico State | 9 | 7-2-0 | 50 | 7 | 6-1-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 5 | 4-1-0 | Border |
| 69 | 1.66 | 49 | 5.17 | 51 | 57.83 | Kansas State | 9 | 4-4-1 | 54 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 5 | 1-3-1 | Big 6 |
| 52 | 7.33 | 50 | 4.93 | 64 | 60.69 | Detroit | 10 | 6-4-0 | 53 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 15 | 2 | 0-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 58 | 3.90 | 51 | 4.84 | 10 | 36.17 | Temple | 10 | 3-6-1 | 49 | 9 | 2-6-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 33 | 11.14 | 52 | 4.71 | 48 | 57.25 | Brown | 8 | 5-3-0 | 51 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 62 | 3.09 | 53 | 4.64 | 65 | 60.93 | Syracuse | 8 | 5-3-0 | 52 | 7 | 4-3-0 | NoDivi | 2 | 3 | 3-0-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 34 | 10.95 | 54 | 4.32 | 38 | 54.00 | Texas A&M | 9 | 4-4-1 | 55 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 2-3-1 | Southwest AC |
| 44 | 8.32 | 55 | 4.16 | 96 | 75.50 | San Francisco | 8 | 5-2-1 | 62 | 6 | 3-2-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 53 | 7.05 | 56 | 4.08 | 21 | 45.45 | Rice | 10 | 4-6-0 | 56 | 10 | 4-6-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Southwest AC |
| 47 | 7.98 | 57 | 3.88 | 79 | 68.33 | Pennsylvania | 8 | 3-2-3 | 48 | 8 | 3-2-3 | NoDivi | 11 | 3 | 0-1-2 | Eastern Indep |
| 65 | 2.43 | 58 | 3.79 | 100 | 78.30 | Centenary LA | 11 | 7-4-0 | 57 | 10 | 6-4-0 | NoDivi | 1 | 1 | 1-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 66 | 2.14 | 59 | 3.55 | 142 | 109.56 | Utah | 10 | 7-1-2 | 65 | 10 | 7-1-2 | NoDivi | 1 | 6 | 4-0-2 | Mountain States |
| 86 | -4.38 | 60 | 3.38 | 27 | 48.67 | Portland | 3 | 1-2-0 | 63 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 43 | 9.12 | 61 | 2.96 | 91 | 73.31 | Navy | 9 | 4-3-2 | 59 | 9 | 4-3-2 | NoDivi | 7 | 3 | 0-1-2 | Eastern Indep |
| 57 | 5.18 | 62 | 2.53 | 47 | 57.14 | Illinois | 8 | 3-5-0 | 60 | 7 | 3-4-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Western |
| 63 | 2.65 | 63 | 2.43 | 131 | 100.86 | Miami FL | 10 | 8-2-0 | 61 | 7 | 5-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 49 | 7.91 | 64 | 2.28 | 41 | 54.44 | Auburn | 10 | 4-5-1 | 58 | 9 | 3-5-1 | NoDivi | 7 | 7 | 3-3-1 | SEC |
| 94 | -5.77 | 65 | 1.72 | 60 | 60.21 | West Virginia | 10 | 4-5-1 | 66 | 7 | 2-4-1 | NoDivi | 12 | 2 | 0-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 75 | -0.50 | 66 | 1.47 | 8 | 35.05 | Washington State | 10 | 2-8-0 | 69 | 10 | 2-8-0 | NoDivi | 9 | 8 | 1-7-0 | PCC |
| 83 | -3.43 | 67 | 1.44 | 120 | 91.92 | Montana | 9 | 5-3-1 | 67 | 7 | 4-2-1 | NoDivi | 10 | 1 | 0-1-0 | PCC |
| 76 | -0.78 | 68 | 0.92 | 61 | 60.25 | Lafayette | 4 | 2-2-0 | 64 | 4 | 2-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 85 | -3.76 | 69 | 0.54 | 109 | 85.00 | Washington MO | 10 | 6-3-1 | 79 | 8 | 4-3-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 4 | 2-1-1 | MVC |
| 64 | 2.51 | 70 | 0.49 | 34 | 51.75 | New York University | 8 | 4-4-0 | 68 | 6 | 2-4-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 77 | -1.38 | 71 | 0.29 | 122 | 95.00 | Virginia Military | 11 | 6-1-4 | 70 | 10 | 5-1-4 | NoDivi | 4 | 7 | 4-0-3 | Southern C |
| 87 | -4.56 | 72 | 0.03 | 128 | 97.67 | New Mexico | 11 | 8-3-0 | 77 | 9 | 6-3-0 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 4-2-0 | Border |
| 70 | 1.58 | 73 | -0.03 | 95 | 74.44 | Wake Forest | 10 | 4-5-1 | 71 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 5 | 8 | 3-4-1 | Southern C |
| 79 | -1.80 | 74 | -0.07 | 81 | 69.75 | Drake | 10 | 5-4-1 | 78 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 3 | 1-1-1 | MVC |
| 78 | -1.46 | 75 | -0.20 | 94 | 73.92 | Bucknell | 8 | 5-3-0 | 73 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 2 | 1-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 71 | 1.12 | 76 | -0.30 | 42 | 54.83 | Kansas | 9 | 3-6-0 | 76 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Big 6 |
| 40 | 9.44 | 77 | -0.45 | 76 | 65.94 | Harvard | 8 | 4-4-0 | 74 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 73 | 0.94 | 78 | -1.11 | 118 | 91.17 | Southwestern (TN) | 3 | 2-1-0 | 75 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 74 | -0.42 | 79 | -1.19 | 102 | 78.67 | Georgia | 10 | 5-4-1 | 72 | 10 | 5-4-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 4 | 1-2-1 | SEC |
| 89 | -4.76 | 80 | -1.46 | 137 | 104.20 | Creighton | 8 | 6-1-1 | 81 | 5 | 3-1-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 2 | 1-0-1 | MVC |
| 102 | -7.62 | 81 | -2.45 | 117 | 91.08 | Texas El Paso | 9 | 6-3-0 | 83 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 5 | 3-2-0 | Border |
| 96 | -6.20 | 82 | -3.03 | 123 | 95.17 | Rutgers | 3 | 2-1-0 | 82 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 60 | 3.70 | 83 | -3.27 | 32 | 51.00 | Colgate | 7 | 2-5-0 | 80 | 7 | 2-5-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 95 | -5.81 | 84 | -3.80 | 105 | 82.38 | George Washington | 9 | 5-4-0 | 85 | 8 | 4-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 82 | -3.36 | 85 | -3.94 | 77 | 66.50 | Tulsa | 10 | 4-5-1 | 86 | 9 | 3-5-1 | NoDivi | 1 | 4 | 3-1-0 | MVC |
| 68 | 1.78 | 86 | -3.95 | 104 | 81.90 | South Carolina | 11 | 6-4-1 | 84 | 10 | 5-4-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 4 | 2-2-0 | Southern C |
| 72 | 0.96 | 87 | -4.60 | 58 | 59.86 | Penn State | 8 | 3-4-1 | 87 | 7 | 2-4-1 | NoDivi | 14 | 3 | 0-2-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 80 | -1.95 | 88 | -4.74 | 72 | 63.86 | North Carolina State | 11 | 3-7-1 | 90 | 11 | 3-7-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 7 | 3-3-1 | Southern C |
| 59 | 3.88 | 89 | -4.79 | 52 | 57.93 | Princeton | 8 | 3-4-1 | 93 | 7 | 2-4-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 2 | 1-0-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 105 | -8.61 | 90 | -4.94 | 88 | 72.17 | Roanoke | 3 | 1-2-0 | 89 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 90 | -4.76 | 91 | -5.10 | 82 | 70.39 | Mississippi State | 10 | 4-6-0 | 91 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 12 | 5 | 1-4-0 | SEC |
| 61 | 3.69 | 92 | -5.33 | 49 | 57.28 | Columbia | 9 | 3-6-0 | 92 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 6 | 2-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 108 | -10.92 | 93 | -5.55 | 89 | 72.72 | Arizona | 9 | 3-6-0 | 94 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 6 | 3 | 0-3-0 | Border |
| 101 | -7.30 | 94 | -6.07 | 116 | 90.25 | Wichita State | 5 | 2-2-1 | 98 | 5 | 2-2-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 67 | 1.99 | 95 | -6.18 | 46 | 55.95 | Arkansas | 10 | 2-7-1 | 95 | 10 | 2-7-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Southwest AC |
| 93 | -5.56 | 96 | -6.57 | 115 | 90.00 | Hardin-Simmons | 4 | 2-2-0 | 97 | 4 | 2-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 109 | -11.26 | 97 | -6.84 | 90 | 72.83 | Centre College | 3 | 1-2-0 | 102 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 88 | -4.61 | 98 | -7.08 | 28 | 48.71 | Indiana | 8 | 1-6-1 | 88 | 8 | 1-6-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 5 | 1-4-0 | Western |
| 99 | -7.09 | 99 | -7.46 | 17 | 43.12 | Marquette | 8 | 1-7-0 | 103 | 8 | 1-7-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 97 | -6.44 | 100 | -7.63 | 112 | 88.06 | Virginia | 9 | 4-4-1 | 99 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 103 | -7.95 | 101 | -7.71 | 2 | 27.17 | Boston University | 3 | 0-3-0 | 100 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 113 | -12.04 | 102 | -8.03 | 101 | 78.62 | Florida | 11 | 4-6-1 | 96 | 9 | 3-5-1 | NoDivi | 10 | 5 | 2-2-1 | SEC |
| 106 | -10.33 | 103 | -8.15 | 124 | 96.19 | Denver | 9 | 4-4-1 | 105 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 2 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Mountain States |
| 107 | -10.49 | 104 | -8.75 | 99 | 78.25 | DePaul | 4 | 1-3-0 | 101 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 81 | -2.17 | 105 | -9.39 | 31 | 50.44 | Yale | 8 | 2-6-0 | 104 | 8 | 2-6-0 | NoDivi | 14 | 4 | 1-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 121 | -14.98 | 106 | -10.06 | 138 | 104.42 | Washburn University | 9 | 6-3-0 | 107 | 6 | 3-3-0 | NoDivi | 4 | 1 | 1-0-0 | MVC |
| 104 | -8.06 | 107 | -10.34 | 143 | 109.75 | Brigham Young | 8 | 4-3-1 | 106 | 8 | 4-3-1 | NoDivi | 4 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Mountain States |
| 92 | -5.37 | 108 | -10.75 | 20 | 44.72 | Texas | 9 | 1-8-0 | 110 | 9 | 1-8-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 6 | 1-5-0 | Southwest AC |
| 100 | -7.24 | 109 | -10.87 | 93 | 73.69 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 3-5-2 | 109 | 9 | 2-5-2 | NoDivi | 7 | 7 | 2-3-2 | Southern C |
| 91 | -5.22 | 110 | -11.14 | 29 | 49.00 | Duquesne | 10 | 4-6-0 | 108 | 7 | 1-6-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 128 | -18.80 | 111 | -11.38 | 107 | 84.83 | Saint Mary's (Texas) | 3 | 1-2-0 | 117 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 122 | -15.14 | 112 | -11.54 | 132 | 101.50 | Utah State | 8 | 4-4-0 | 112 | 7 | 3-4-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 6 | 3-3-0 | Mountain States |
| 120 | -14.75 | 113 | -11.96 | 106 | 82.50 | Davidson | 10 | 4-6-0 | 114 | 9 | 3-6-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 8 | 2-6-0 | Southern C |
| 110 | -11.42 | 114 | -12.74 | 103 | 79.43 | Loyola Marymount | 9 | 4-5-0 | 118 | 7 | 2-5-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 119 | -14.55 | 115 | -12.91 | 145 | 120.38 | Richmond | 10 | 6-3-1 | 115 | 9 | 5-3-1 | NoDivi | 9 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Southern C |
| 98 | -6.47 | 116 | -13.94 | 36 | 52.64 | Kentucky | 9 | 2-7-0 | 121 | 7 | 1-6-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 4 | 0-4-0 | SEC |
| 126 | -15.75 | 117 | -13.96 | 14 | 39.29 | Sewanee | 9 | 1-8-0 | 119 | 7 | 0-7-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 6 | 0-6-0 | SEC |
| 117 | -14.18 | 118 | -13.99 | 136 | 103.93 | Colorado | 8 | 3-4-1 | 116 | 8 | 3-4-1 | NoDivi | 3 | 6 | 3-2-1 | Mountain States |
| 115 | -13.26 | 119 | -14.01 | 111 | 87.50 | Saint Louis | 10 | 3-5-2 | 111 | 8 | 2-4-2 | NoDivi | 6 | 2 | 0-1-1 | MVC |
| 116 | -14.06 | 120 | -14.18 | 130 | 98.44 | Citadel | 11 | 6-5-0 | 120 | 9 | 4-5-0 | NoDivi | 13 | 5 | 2-3-0 | Southern C |
| 111 | -11.49 | 121 | -14.61 | 53 | 58.43 | Iowa | 8 | 1-6-1 | 113 | 8 | 1-6-1 | NoDivi | 8 | 5 | 1-3-1 | Western |
| 125 | -15.57 | 122 | -15.21 | 144 | 113.78 | Washington & Lee | 9 | 4-4-1 | 122 | 9 | 4-4-1 | NoDivi | 12 | 4 | 2-2-0 | Southern C |
| 118 | -14.48 | 123 | -15.25 | 23 | 46.67 | Mercer | 3 | 0-3-0 | 123 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 137 | -25.72 | 124 | -16.80 | 67 | 61.88 | Montana State | 4 | 0-4-0 | 126 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 140 | -28.31 | 125 | -16.89 | 54 | 58.50 | Loyola (New Orleans) | 3 | 0-3-0 | 127 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 124 | -15.46 | 126 | -17.37 | 97 | 77.00 | Catholic University | 4 | 1-3-0 | 124 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 114 | -12.61 | 127 | -17.58 | 108 | 84.83 | Pacific | 3 | 1-2-0 | 125 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 129 | -18.91 | 128 | -18.86 | 63 | 60.67 | Butler | 3 | 0-3-0 | 129 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 135 | -24.34 | 129 | -19.18 | 127 | 97.00 | Northern Arizona | 9 | 2-6-1 | 130 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 5 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Border |
| 132 | -22.67 | 130 | -19.71 | 110 | 85.38 | Maryland | 9 | 2-7-0 | 128 | 8 | 1-7-0 | NoDivi | 11 | 3 | 1-2-0 | Southern C |
| 130 | -19.70 | 131 | -19.75 | 119 | 91.83 | Wyoming | 8 | 2-5-1 | 133 | 7 | 1-5-1 | NoDivi | 6 | 6 | 1-4-1 | Mountain States |
| 112 | -11.74 | 132 | -19.98 | 57 | 59.71 | Gonzaga | 8 | 1-7-0 | 132 | 7 | 0-7-0 | NoDivi | 8 | 3 | 0-3-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 131 | -21.24 | 133 | -19.98 | 62 | 60.50 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0-3-0 | 131 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 123 | -15.20 | 134 | -21.08 | 75 | 64.67 | Hawaii | 3 | 0-3-0 | 136 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 136 | -25.52 | 135 | -21.72 | 114 | 89.62 | Randolph Macon College | 4 | 1-3-0 | 134 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 127 | -18.49 | 136 | -22.66 | 113 | 89.33 | Furman | 10 | 2-7-1 | 135 | 9 | 1-7-1 | NoDivi | 14 | 5 | 0-4-1 | Southern C |
| 133 | -23.89 | 137 | -23.79 | 92 | 73.62 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 2-8-0 | 137 | 8 | 0-8-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 4 | 0-4-0 | MVC |
| 138 | -26.88 | 138 | -26.16 | 78 | 66.83 | University of Chicago | 8 | 1-6-1 | 138 | 6 | 0-6-0 | NoDivi | 10 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Western |
| 139 | -27.57 | 139 | -27.30 | 133 | 102.00 | William & Mary | 10 | 3-7-0 | 140 | 7 | 1-6-0 | NoDivi | 15 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Southern C |
| 134 | -24.14 | 140 | -28.99 | 121 | 92.70 | Arizona State | 9 | 3-6-0 | 141 | 5 | 0-5-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 4 | 0-4-0 | Border |
| 141 | -28.47 | 141 | -29.82 | 126 | 96.40 | Colorado State | 8 | 1-5-2 | 139 | 7 | 0-5-2 | NoDivi | 7 | 6 | 0-4-2 | Mountain States |
| 142 | -29.71 | 142 | -30.91 | 134 | 102.33 | Grinnell College | 3 | 0-3-0 | 142 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 145 | -38.69 | 143 | -32.65 | 135 | 103.83 | Erskine | 3 | 0-3-0 | 143 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 143 | -33.46 | 144 | -36.03 | 139 | 104.88 | Oglethorpe | 4 | 0-4-0 | 144 | 4 | 0-4-0 | NoDivi | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | NoConf |
| 144 | -33.62 | 145 | -37.29 | 140 | 104.92 | Hampden-Sydney College | 8 | 2-6-0 | 145 | 6 | 0-6-0 | NoDivi | 7 | 1 | 0-1-0 | Southwest Indep |
| Unrated teams with less than 3 games against rated teams | Akron | 1 | 0-1-0 | |||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Lafayette | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nevada Reno | 1 | 0-0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio University | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 2 | 2-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Mississippi | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| California Davis | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| California Poly | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elon | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maine | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Monmouth NJ | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State LA | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Samford | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Chattanooga | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| American International | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Central Oklahoma | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Colorado School of Mines | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Hays State | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| McKendree College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Missouri Rolla | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Anselm | 1 | 0-0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M Kingsville | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne State MI | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| West Virginia Wesleyan | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Albright | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bates College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Central College Iowa | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| DePauw University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickinson College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Emory & Henry College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gettysburg College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Guilford College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Illinois Wesleyan | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Birmingham Southern | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maryville College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| McDaniel College | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Puget Sound | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Lawrence | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Simpson IA | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (Texas) | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tufts University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Waynesburg College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Williams College | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Baker University | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Whittier College | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Panhandle State Oklahoma | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Xavier | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Newport News - Apprentice | 2 | 1-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Albertson | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 2 | 1-0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| California Tech | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Canisius College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarkson | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Warren | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hiwassee | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Honolulu | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Mexico Military | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Norfolk Navy | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Providence | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Benedict | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Bonaventure | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Spring Hill | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tampa | 2 | 0-2-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Upsala | 1 | 0-1-0 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | 1-0-0 | ||||||||||||||
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