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	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	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	3	7	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
3	37.55	2	36.92	4	29.21	Alabama	4	2	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SEC
15	21.39	14	19.44	5	31.14	Southern California	20		11	6-4-1	5	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
2	42.48	3	36.85	6	32.04	Oklahoma	2	3	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	1	1	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		17	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	12	5	11	9-2-0	19	11	9-2-0	SEC
10	25.39	9	24.36	20	39.88	Stanford	10	16	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	7	8	12	11-1-0	24	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	26.96	12	22.19	25	42.75	LSU	11	10	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	9	9	12	10-2-0	28	12	10-2-0	SEC
13	21.91	17	18.95	29	45.25	Houston	17	14	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	19		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	13	15	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	15		12	10-2-0	38	12	10-2-0	SEC
23	15.33	20	15.92	40	50.55	Texas	18	12	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		19	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	8	6	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	6	4	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	5	11	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	16	20	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		18	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	14	13	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)