College Football 1971
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1971 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
86	-4.78	64	-0.22	1	19.55	Mississippi State	10	1-9-0	4	11	2-9-0	SEC
78	-3.50	71	-0.99	2	26.64	Missouri	11	1-10-0	1	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
4	31.39	5	30.02	3	28.88	Colorado	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
3	37.55	2	36.92	4	29.21	Alabama	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SEC
15	21.39	14	19.44	5	31.14	Southern California	11	6-4-1	5	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
2	42.48	3	36.85	6	32.04	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
30	8.38	30	10.08	7	33.73	Oregon	11	5-6-0	7	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
28	10.11	28	10.51	8	34.59	California	11	6-5-0	8	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
35	7.56	34	8.78	9	34.82	Oklahoma State	11	4-6-1	9	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
25	13.55	23	12.79	10	34.96	Georgia Tech	12	6-6-0	10	12	6-6-0	SWIC
49	3.78	63	0.71	11	35.10	UCLA	10	2-7-1	11	10	2-7-1	PAC-8
38	6.89	40	5.96	12	35.86	Florida	11	4-7-0	12	11	4-7-0	SEC
29	8.86	29	10.37	13	36.36	Kansas State	11	5-6-0	13	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
1	47.49	1	43.22	14	37.58	Nebraska	13	13-0-0	14	13	13-0-0	BIG 8
76	-2.56	59	1.76	15	37.73	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	15	11	3-8-0	SEC
34	7.65	42	5.52	16	38.32	Kansas	11	4-7-0	16	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
14	21.58	13	19.52	17	39.04	Iowa State	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
41	6.73	41	5.61	18	39.18	Oregon State	11	5-6-0	17	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
5	28.66	4	30.87	19	39.82	Auburn	11	9-2-0	19	11	9-2-0	SEC
10	25.39	9	24.36	20	39.88	Stanford	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
79	-3.83	61	1.43	21	41.36	Pittsburgh	11	3-8-0	21	11	3-8-0	EIC
57	2.38	73	-1.37	22	41.45	Washington State	11	4-7-0	22	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
85	-4.67	77	-1.79	23	42.41	Navy	11	3-8-0	23	11	3-8-0	EIC
6	27.24	6	26.69	24	42.58	Georgia	12	11-1-0	24	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	26.96	12	22.19	25	42.75	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	25	12	9-3-0	SEC
101	-12.33	110	-14.86	26	43.73	Iowa	11	1-10-0	27	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
36	7.18	46	3.98	27	44.05	Illinois	11	5-6-0	26	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
9	25.42	7	25.82	28	44.58	Tennessee	12	10-2-0	28	12	10-2-0	SEC
13	21.91	17	18.95	29	45.25	Houston	12	9-3-0	34	12	9-3-0	SWIC
27	11.44	36	8.51	30	45.36	Michigan State	11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
19	19.03	21	14.04	31	45.59	Washington	11	8-3-0	30	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
72	-0.93	83	-3.89	32	45.73	Tulane	11	3-8-0	33	11	3-8-0	SWIC
21	16.76	33	9.09	33	46.80	Ohio State	10	6-4-0	35	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
18	19.50	19	16.73	34	47.00	Notre Dame	10	8-2-0	32	10	8-2-0	EIC
61	1.68	49	3.40	35	47.29	San Jose State	12	5-6-1	31	12	5-6-1	BWC
55	2.76	88	-5.51	36	47.40	Purdue	10	3-7-0	37	10	3-7-0	BIG 10
67	-0.40	72	-1.02	37	47.68	Rice	11	3-7-1	36	11	3-7-1	SWAC
58	2.05	76	-1.77	38	48.18	Minnesota	11	4-7-0	39	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
16	21.07	10	24.30	39	48.38	Mississippi	12	10-2-0	38	12	10-2-0	SEC
23	15.33	20	15.92	40	50.55	Texas	11	8-3-0	42	11	8-3-0	SWAC
40	6.82	43	5.42	41	50.68	South Carolina	11	6-5-0	43	11	6-5-0	ACC
22	15.75	26	10.74	42	50.71	Florida State	12	8-4-0	40	12	8-4-0	SWIC
37	7.01	44	5.06	43	51.59	Memphis	11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	MVC
42	6.52	25	11.33	44	51.80	Air Force	10	6-4-0	44	10	6-4-0	SWIC
54	2.81	45	4.41	45	52.09	Clemson	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	ACC
60	1.71	68	-0.36	46	52.09	Miami FL	11	4-7-0	46	11	4-7-0	SWIC
75	-1.93	62	1.17	47	52.15	Wyoming	10	4-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	WAC
84	-4.64	80	-3.24	48	52.73	Utah	11	3-8-0	47	11	3-8-0	WAC
59	1.83	50	3.39	49	52.91	Vanderbilt	11	4-6-1	51	11	4-6-1	SEC
32	7.93	38	6.73	50	53.23	Duke	11	6-5-0	50	11	6-5-0	ACC
26	13.52	27	10.62	51	53.27	Northwestern	11	7-4-0	49	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
77	-3.45	57	2.00	52	54.59	Texas A&M	11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	SWAC
88	-5.75	70	-0.65	53	55.27	Southern Methodist	11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	SWAC
56	2.44	75	-1.45	54	55.82	Wisconsin	11	4-6-1	54	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
46	4.21	37	8.12	55	55.95	Texas Christian	11	6-4-1	58	11	6-4-1	SWAC
107	-14.28	105	-13.36	56	56.05	Baylor	10	1-9-0	55	10	1-9-0	SWAC
66	-0.19	85	-4.64	57	56.14	Texas Tech	11	4-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	SWAC
64	0.60	32	9.29	58	56.90	Army	10	6-4-0	62	10	6-4-0	EIC
11	24.22	8	24.61	59	56.96	Arizona State	12	11-1-0	57	12	11-1-0	WAC
96	-10.31	92	-7.06	60	57.59	Tulsa	11	4-7-0	59	11	4-7-0	MVC
93	-9.06	93	-8.77	61	57.91	Virginia	11	3-8-0	61	11	3-8-0	ACC
52	3.31	53	3.31	62	58.00	Southern Mississippi	10	5-5-0	63	11	6-5-0	SWIC
8	26.05	15	19.40	63	58.04	Michigan	12	11-1-0	60	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
80	-4.26	94	-8.91	64	59.00	Indiana	11	3-8-0	64	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
12	23.20	11	22.64	65	60.00	Penn State	12	11-1-0	66	12	11-1-0	EIC
71	-0.80	69	-0.54	66	60.41	Arizona	11	5-6-0	65	11	5-6-0	WAC
17	20.71	18	16.83	67	60.79	Arkansas	12	8-3-1	67	12	8-3-1	SWAC
90	-6.77	107	-14.50	68	60.82	Maryland	11	2-9-0	70	11	2-9-0	ACC
108	-15.51	115	-20.05	69	61.25	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	1-5-0	74	11	2-9-0	SWIC
33	7.89	22	13.36	70	62.70	Utah State	10	7-3-0	68	11	8-3-0	SWIC
106	-13.86	109	-14.69	71	62.77	North Carolina State	11	3-8-0	69	11	3-8-0	ACC
53	3.23	67	-0.31	72	63.18	Syracuse	11	5-5-1	71	11	5-5-1	EIC
83	-4.60	81	-3.55	73	63.72	Dayton	9	4-5-0	84	11	5-6-0	EIC
74	-1.20	65	-0.23	74	64.59	Brigham Young	11	5-6-0	72	11	5-6-0	WAC
103	-12.81	95	-8.96	75	64.95	Kent State	11	3-8-0	79	11	3-8-0	MAC
24	14.51	24	12.00	76	65.58	North Carolina	12	9-3-0	77	12	9-3-0	ACC
82	-4.34	90	-6.66	77	66.05	Virginia Tech	11	4-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	SWIC
43	4.92	47	3.73	78	66.05	West Virginia	11	7-4-0	76	11	7-4-0	EIC
39	6.86	35	8.63	79	66.36	New Mexico	11	6-3-2	78	11	6-3-2	WAC
73	-0.95	79	-2.69	80	66.40	Temple	5	2-2-1	110	9	6-2-1	EIC
50	3.74	66	-0.27	81	66.40	Ohio University	10	5-5-0	80	10	5-5-0	MAC
68	-0.48	74	-1.44	82	67.09	San Diego State	11	6-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	BWC
117	-21.63	108	-14.65	83	67.22	Marshall	9	2-7-0	83	10	2-8-0	EIC
104	-13.08	103	-11.93	84	67.50	Santa Barbara	8	2-6-0	86	11	3-8-0	BWC
105	-13.51	91	-6.68	85	69.71	Hawaii	7	3-4-0	95	11	7-4-0	SWIC
97	-10.85	111	-14.95	86	69.85	Pacific	10	2-8-0	88	11	3-8-0	BWC
114	-20.34	113	-17.51	87	70.08	Texas Arlington	6	1-5-0	97	11	2-9-0	SWIC
45	4.58	52	3.36	88	70.39	Villanova	9	5-3-1	98	11	6-4-1	EIC
109	-15.61	101	-10.70	89	71.39	North Texas	9	3-6-0	82	11	3-8-0	MVC
98	-11.40	99	-10.46	90	71.77	Colorado State	11	3-8-0	85	11	3-8-0	WAC
44	4.80	58	1.90	91	71.81	Western Michigan	8	5-3-0	89	10	7-3-0	MAC
70	-0.75	82	-3.76	92	72.25	Tampa	8	4-4-0	93	11	6-5-0	SWIC
63	0.83	51	3.39	93	72.55	Cincinnati	11	7-4-0	92	11	7-4-0	EIC
112	-18.60	116	-21.80	94	73.11	Saint Xavier	9	1-8-0	96	10	1-9-0	EIC
92	-8.07	87	-5.13	95	73.86	Texas El Paso	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	WAC
89	-6.52	86	-5.10	96	74.30	Northern Illinois	10	5-5-0	91	11	5-5-1	EIC
65	0.18	78	-2.63	97	74.55	Wake Forest	11	6-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	ACC
47	4.19	39	6.18	98	74.80	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	100	10	7-3-0	MAC
94	-9.46	97	-9.01	99	75.36	Richmond	11	5-6-0	94	11	5-6-0	SoCon
31	8.32	31	9.49	100	75.40	Boston College	10	8-2-0	101	11	9-2-0	EIC
81	-4.26	55	3.01	101	77.08	Idaho	6	4-2-0	108	11	8-3-0	SWIC
20	18.90	16	19.22	102	78.83	Toledo	12	12-0-0	106	12	12-0-0	MAC
51	3.54	54	3.14	103	79.40	Bowling Green	10	6-4-0	105	10	6-4-0	MAC
125	-36.19	121	-26.64	104	80.25	Cal State Los Angeles	4	0-4-0	103	10	2-8-0	BWC
62	1.55	60	1.66	105	80.30	Cal State Long Beach	10	6-4-0	104	12	8-4-0	BWC
102	-12.57	104	-13.06	106	82.70	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	109	10	4-6-0	SoCon
48	4.19	56	2.33	107	82.78	Louisville	9	5-3-1	112	10	6-3-1	MVC
87	-5.09	100	-10.67	108	84.05	William & Mary	11	5-6-0	107	11	5-6-0	SoCon
69	-0.53	48	3.73	109	85.33	Fresno State	6	4-2-0	114	11	6-5-0	BWC
123	-31.44	122	-26.65	110	86.56	Wichita State	8	1-7-0	115	11	3-8-0	MVC
121	-26.71	125	-31.74	111	88.18	Virginia Military	11	1-10-0	118	11	1-10-0	SoCon
116	-20.91	114	-17.81	112	88.42	Holy Cross	6	2-4-0	123	10	4-6-0	EIC
100	-12.30	98	-9.32	113	88.55	New Mexico State	11	5-5-1	116	11	5-5-1	SWIC
120	-26.05	120	-24.87	114	88.95	West Texas A&M	10	1-9-0	119	11	2-9-0	MVC
115	-20.50	112	-16.93	115	90.40	Drake	5	2-3-0	120	11	7-4-0	MVC
126	-37.14	127	-40.41	116	99.86	Davidson	7	0-7-0	126	10	1-9-0	SoCon
110	-17.94	106	-13.88	117	100.25	Rutgers	6	3-3-0	127	11	4-7-0	EIC
113	-19.91	119	-23.96	118	108.90	Furman	5	2-3-0	128	11	5-5-1	SoCon
91	-7.75	102	-11.83	119	109.86	Citadel	7	5-2-0	135	11	8-3-0	SoCon
127	-39.78	126	-37.70	120	110.57	Pennsylvania	7	1-6-0	130	9	2-7-0	Ivy
128	-41.72	128	-46.93	121	112.00	Brown	8	0-8-0	129	9	0-9-0	Ivy
119	-25.04	118	-23.96	122	112.12	Harvard	8	4-4-0	131	9	5-4-0	Ivy
122	-30.83	124	-28.75	123	112.62	Yale	8	3-5-0	133	9	4-5-0	Ivy
118	-23.56	117	-23.63	124	112.72	Princeton	9	4-5-0	134	9	4-5-0	Ivy
111	-18.03	96	-9.01	125	113.12	Columbia	8	6-2-0	132	9	6-3-0	Ivy
124	-32.58	123	-28.18	126	114.25	Colgate	6	2-4-0	140	10	6-4-0	EIC
99	-12.16	89	-6.01	127	115.33	Cornell	9	8-1-0	137	9	8-1-0	Ivy
95	-9.99	84	-4.52	128	115.75	Dartmouth	8	7-1-0	136	9	8-1-0	Ivy

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College Football 1971Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1971
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)