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| ScoreDif | Win_Loss | Schedule | Team | Division | Global | Conference | ||||||
| Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Rank | Rating | Games | Record | Rank | Games | Record | ||
| 1 | 58.77 | 1 | 48.97 | 1 | 12.21 | Army | 7 | 7-0-0 | 1 | 9 | 9-0-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 2 | 43.67 | 2 | 38.45 | 3 | 17.06 | Navy | 9 | 7-1-1 | 2 | 9 | 7-1-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 3 | 42.90 | 3 | 35.85 | 22 | 35.44 | Alabama | 8 | 8-0-0 | 3 | 10 | 10-0-0 | SEC |
| 5 | 35.76 | 4 | 34.93 | 18 | 33.61 | Indiana | 9 | 8-0-1 | 4 | 10 | 9-0-1 | Western |
| 4 | 36.91 | 5 | 33.49 | 2 | 13.55 | Michigan | 10 | 7-3-0 | 5 | 10 | 7-3-0 | Western |
| 12 | 27.02 | 6 | 27.62 | 10 | 27.07 | Duke | 7 | 5-2-0 | 6 | 8 | 6-2-0 | Southern C |
| 13 | 26.36 | 7 | 26.07 | 8 | 25.72 | Purdue | 9 | 6-3-0 | 7 | 10 | 7-3-0 | Western |
| 7 | 30.22 | 8 | 25.81 | 16 | 33.30 | Notre Dame | 10 | 7-2-1 | 8 | 10 | 7-2-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 10 | 28.27 | 9 | 25.71 | 11 | 28.72 | Ohio State | 9 | 7-2-0 | 10 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Western |
| 11 | 27.35 | 10 | 25.49 | 35 | 43.83 | Tennessee | 9 | 8-1-0 | 9 | 9 | 8-1-0 | SEC |
| 6 | 31.93 | 11 | 24.55 | 30 | 39.62 | Pennsylvania | 8 | 6-2-0 | 12 | 8 | 6-2-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 9 | 28.31 | 12 | 24.16 | 20 | 34.70 | Georgia | 10 | 8-2-0 | 13 | 11 | 9-2-0 | SEC |
| 15 | 25.38 | 14 | 23.15 | 68 | 57.28 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 9-0-0 | 14 | 9 | 9-0-0 | MVC |
| 8 | 28.41 | 15 | 22.55 | 28 | 39.11 | Louisiana State | 9 | 7-2-0 | 15 | 9 | 7-2-0 | SEC |
| 17 | 20.21 | 16 | 21.29 | 40 | 45.65 | Miami FL | 10 | 8-1-1 | 16 | 11 | 9-1-1 | Southwest Indep |
| 16 | 22.38 | 17 | 20.27 | 4 | 19.67 | Northwestern | 9 | 4-4-1 | 17 | 9 | 4-4-1 | Western |
| 18 | 19.36 | 18 | 19.43 | 61 | 53.90 | Texas | 10 | 9-1-0 | 18 | 11 | 10-1-0 | Southwest AC |
| 20 | 17.93 | 19 | 17.50 | 21 | 35.39 | Wake Forest | 9 | 5-3-1 | 19 | 9 | 5-3-1 | Southern C |
| 21 | 16.83 | 20 | 15.57 | 87 | 65.89 | Columbia | 9 | 8-1-0 | 20 | 9 | 8-1-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 19 | 19.19 | 21 | 15.48 | 7 | 23.83 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3-4-2 | 22 | 9 | 3-4-2 | Western |
| 28 | 14.19 | 22 | 14.67 | 37 | 44.25 | Southern California | 10 | 7-3-0 | 21 | 11 | 7-4-0 | PCC |
| 32 | 11.19 | 23 | 13.83 | 25 | 37.06 | Michigan State | 8 | 4-3-1 | 23 | 9 | 5-3-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 30 | 13.84 | 24 | 12.69 | 81 | 63.90 | Holy Cross | 10 | 8-2-0 | 24 | 10 | 8-2-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 26 | 16.05 | 26 | 12.46 | 19 | 33.83 | Minnesota | 9 | 4-5-0 | 26 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Western |
| 23 | 16.58 | 27 | 10.91 | 5 | 21.39 | Illinois | 9 | 2-6-1 | 28 | 9 | 2-6-1 | Western |
| 24 | 16.30 | 28 | 10.81 | 43 | 46.50 | Clemson | 9 | 5-3-1 | 27 | 10 | 6-3-1 | Southern C |
| 29 | 13.91 | 29 | 10.28 | 13 | 30.40 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 4-6-0 | 29 | 10 | 4-6-0 | SEC |
| 22 | 16.67 | 30 | 9.74 | 77 | 60.70 | Tulsa | 10 | 7-3-0 | 32 | 11 | 8-3-0 | MVC |
| 44 | 5.60 | 31 | 9.71 | 64 | 55.44 | Washington | 9 | 6-3-0 | 31 | 9 | 6-3-0 | PCC |
| 46 | 5.29 | 32 | 9.71 | 80 | 63.39 | Washington State | 9 | 6-2-1 | 30 | 9 | 6-2-1 | PCC |
| 36 | 7.24 | 33 | 9.36 | 38 | 44.88 | Villanova | 8 | 4-4-0 | 34 | 8 | 4-4-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 41 | 6.32 | 34 | 9.16 | 39 | 45.33 | Tennessee Chattanooga | 6 | 3-3-0 | 33 | 8 | 5-3-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 45 | 5.58 | 35 | 8.33 | 55 | 51.40 | Missouri | 10 | 6-4-0 | 35 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Big 6 |
| 31 | 11.59 | 36 | 7.55 | 15 | 31.44 | North Carolina | 8 | 3-5-0 | 36 | 10 | 5-5-0 | Southern C |
| 34 | 8.86 | 37 | 7.48 | 42 | 45.78 | Texas A&M | 9 | 5-4-0 | 37 | 10 | 6-4-0 | Southwest AC |
| 27 | 14.97 | 38 | 6.90 | 58 | 53.29 | Mississippi State | 7 | 4-3-0 | 39 | 9 | 6-3-0 | SEC |
| 50 | 3.43 | 39 | 6.77 | 79 | 63.06 | Yale | 9 | 6-3-0 | 38 | 9 | 6-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 51 | 3.41 | 40 | 6.67 | 99 | 78.12 | Temple | 8 | 7-1-0 | 40 | 8 | 7-1-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 38 | 7.14 | 41 | 6.11 | 62 | 55.29 | Penn State | 7 | 4-3-0 | 41 | 8 | 5-3-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 35 | 7.31 | 42 | 5.41 | 12 | 30.38 | South Carolina | 8 | 1-4-3 | 47 | 9 | 2-4-3 | Southern C |
| 43 | 5.81 | 43 | 5.16 | 84 | 64.39 | William & Mary | 9 | 6-3-0 | 42 | 9 | 6-3-0 | Southern C |
| 33 | 9.69 | 44 | 5.08 | 33 | 43.56 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 4-5-0 | 43 | 11 | 5-6-0 | Southwest AC |
| 60 | -1.72 | 45 | 4.94 | 49 | 48.55 | Texas Christian | 10 | 5-5-0 | 44 | 10 | 5-5-0 | Southwest AC |
| 47 | 4.80 | 46 | 4.53 | 34 | 43.80 | California | 10 | 4-5-1 | 45 | 10 | 4-5-1 | PCC |
| 37 | 7.21 | 47 | 4.31 | 46 | 47.88 | UCLA | 8 | 4-4-0 | 46 | 9 | 5-4-0 | PCC |
| 62 | -2.82 | 48 | 3.73 | 56 | 52.19 | Oregon State | 8 | 4-4-0 | 48 | 9 | 4-4-1 | PCC |
| 39 | 6.89 | 49 | 3.51 | 50 | 48.75 | Rice | 10 | 5-5-0 | 50 | 11 | 5-6-0 | Southwest AC |
| 48 | 4.28 | 50 | 3.45 | 54 | 51.19 | Auburn | 8 | 4-4-0 | 49 | 10 | 5-5-0 | SEC |
| 56 | 1.60 | 52 | 2.91 | 93 | 73.06 | Maryland | 8 | 5-2-1 | 52 | 9 | 6-2-1 | Southern C |
| 49 | 4.05 | 53 | 1.95 | 23 | 36.10 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 3-7-0 | 54 | 10 | 3-7-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 53 | 2.09 | 54 | 1.89 | 76 | 60.61 | Cornell | 9 | 5-4-0 | 53 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 40 | 6.69 | 56 | 0.80 | 100 | 78.12 | Virginia | 8 | 6-2-0 | 57 | 9 | 7-2-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 55 | 1.69 | 57 | 0.70 | 63 | 55.44 | Oklahoma | 9 | 4-5-0 | 59 | 10 | 5-5-0 | Big 6 |
| 71 | -4.17 | 60 | 0.19 | 6 | 22.56 | Iowa | 8 | 1-7-0 | 60 | 9 | 2-7-0 | Western |
| 57 | 1.01 | 61 | -0.60 | 17 | 33.50 | Tulane | 9 | 2-6-1 | 61 | 9 | 2-6-1 | SEC |
| 54 | 1.76 | 62 | -0.74 | 59 | 53.35 | Baylor | 10 | 4-5-1 | 62 | 11 | 5-5-1 | Southwest AC |
| 74 | -4.47 | 63 | -1.04 | 45 | 47.62 | Mississippi | 8 | 3-5-0 | 63 | 9 | 4-5-0 | SEC |
| 72 | -4.34 | 64 | -1.35 | 69 | 57.29 | Princeton | 7 | 2-3-2 | 64 | 7 | 2-3-2 | Eastern Indep |
| 61 | -2.01 | 65 | -1.48 | 53 | 51.10 | Texas Tech | 10 | 3-5-2 | 65 | 10 | 3-5-2 | Border |
| 59 | -0.52 | 68 | -2.52 | 72 | 58.94 | Florida | 8 | 3-4-1 | 68 | 10 | 4-5-1 | SEC |
| 67 | -3.25 | 69 | -3.03 | 71 | 58.50 | Brown | 8 | 3-4-1 | 69 | 8 | 3-4-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 70 | -3.59 | 70 | -3.46 | 52 | 50.11 | Oregon | 9 | 3-6-0 | 70 | 9 | 3-6-0 | PCC |
| 69 | -3.59 | 71 | -3.48 | 36 | 44.06 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 2-6-0 | 71 | 9 | 3-6-0 | SEC |
| 68 | -3.36 | 72 | -3.73 | 89 | 68.57 | Iowa State | 7 | 3-3-1 | 74 | 8 | 4-3-1 | Big 6 |
| 73 | -4.46 | 73 | -3.75 | 88 | 66.69 | Virginia Military | 8 | 4-4-0 | 73 | 9 | 5-4-0 | Southern C |
| 58 | 0.99 | 74 | -3.87 | 31 | 39.88 | North Carolina State | 8 | 2-6-0 | 72 | 9 | 3-6-0 | Southern C |
| 81 | -9.13 | 75 | -4.13 | 66 | 56.56 | Nebraska | 8 | 3-5-0 | 75 | 9 | 4-5-0 | Big 6 |
| 65 | -3.03 | 76 | -4.42 | 29 | 39.50 | Arkansas | 9 | 2-7-0 | 76 | 10 | 3-7-0 | Southwest AC |
| 84 | -9.74 | 77 | -5.33 | 102 | 80.00 | Harvard | 7 | 4-3-0 | 77 | 8 | 5-3-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 63 | -2.88 | 78 | -5.83 | 32 | 39.94 | Dartmouth | 8 | 1-6-1 | 78 | 8 | 1-6-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 75 | -6.20 | 79 | -5.85 | 108 | 90.33 | New Mexico | 6 | 4-1-1 | 79 | 8 | 6-1-1 | Border |
| 79 | -8.04 | 80 | -6.78 | 83 | 64.31 | Colgate | 8 | 3-4-1 | 80 | 8 | 3-4-1 | Northeast Indep |
| 77 | -6.62 | 81 | -6.97 | 44 | 47.12 | Nevada Reno | 4 | 1-3-0 | 81 | 4 | 1-3-0 | NoConf |
| 91 | -15.47 | 84 | -10.02 | 92 | 71.39 | Kansas | 9 | 3-5-1 | 84 | 10 | 4-5-1 | Big 6 |
| 83 | -9.44 | 85 | -11.85 | 65 | 56.38 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 2-6-0 | 85 | 8 | 2-6-0 | Southern C |
| 82 | -9.36 | 88 | -12.69 | 57 | 52.70 | Kentucky | 10 | 2-8-0 | 88 | 10 | 2-8-0 | SEC |
| 94 | -17.41 | 89 | -13.66 | 82 | 63.93 | Bucknell | 7 | 2-5-0 | 91 | 7 | 2-5-0 | Eastern Indep |
| 96 | -18.26 | 90 | -13.79 | 114 | 97.83 | Rutgers | 3 | 2-1-0 | 89 | 3 | 2-1-0 | NoConf |
| 86 | -11.92 | 91 | -13.84 | 110 | 94.50 | Colorado | 8 | 5-3-0 | 90 | 8 | 5-3-0 | Mountain States |
| 100 | -22.73 | 92 | -14.57 | 27 | 38.50 | Samford | 3 | 0-3-0 | 92 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 98 | -21.59 | 93 | -15.38 | 24 | 36.88 | Presbyterian | 4 | 0-4-0 | 93 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Southwest Indep |
| 88 | -14.64 | 94 | -15.55 | 105 | 83.75 | Utah | 8 | 4-4-0 | 94 | 8 | 4-4-0 | Mountain States |
| 85 | -10.91 | 95 | -16.67 | 70 | 58.50 | Syracuse | 7 | 1-6-0 | 95 | 7 | 1-6-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 103 | -24.77 | 96 | -16.80 | 47 | 48.10 | Idaho | 5 | 0-5-0 | 96 | 8 | 1-7-0 | PCC |
| 92 | -15.67 | 98 | -18.53 | 104 | 83.17 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1-2-0 | 98 | 3 | 1-2-0 | NoConf |
| 107 | -28.10 | 99 | -18.93 | 90 | 68.79 | Kansas State | 7 | 1-6-0 | 99 | 8 | 1-7-0 | Big 6 |
| 102 | -24.51 | 100 | -19.45 | 95 | 74.58 | Boston College | 6 | 2-4-0 | 102 | 7 | 3-4-0 | Northeast Indep |
| 104 | -25.09 | 101 | -19.74 | 48 | 48.33 | Louisiana Lafayette | 3 | 0-3-0 | 100 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
| 95 | -17.94 | 106 | -23.39 | 78 | 62.25 | West Virginia | 6 | 0-5-1 | 106 | 9 | 2-6-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 108 | -28.80 | 107 | -23.83 | 74 | 60.50 | Richmond | 6 | 0-6-0 | 107 | 8 | 2-6-0 | Southern C |
| 90 | -15.07 | 108 | -24.06 | 103 | 80.50 | Drake | 6 | 1-4-1 | 108 | 10 | 5-4-1 | MVC |
| 112 | -31.76 | 109 | -25.06 | 91 | 69.71 | Lafayette | 7 | 0-6-1 | 109 | 9 | 1-7-1 | Eastern Indep |
| 99 | -22.57 | 110 | -29.18 | 86 | 65.20 | West Texas A&M | 5 | 0-5-0 | 110 | 8 | 2-6-0 | Border |
| 111 | -30.16 | 111 | -30.12 | 112 | 96.62 | Utah State | 4 | 1-3-0 | 111 | 7 | 4-3-0 | Mountain States |
| 114 | -37.17 | 114 | -35.71 | 115 | 97.94 | Colorado State | 8 | 2-5-1 | 113 | 8 | 2-5-1 | Mountain States |
| 116 | -58.02 | 116 | -54.14 | 116 | 110.00 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 0-3-0 | 116 | 3 | 0-3-0 | NoConf |
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