College Football 1971
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1971 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	47.49	1	43.22	14	37.58	Nebraska	13	13-0-0	1	13	13-0-0	BIG 8
2	42.48	3	36.85	6	32.04	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	37.55	2	36.92	4	29.21	Alabama	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
4	31.39	5	30.02	3	28.88	Colorado	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
5	28.66	4	30.87	19	39.82	Auburn	11	9-2-0	5	11	9-2-0	SEC
6	27.24	6	26.69	24	42.58	Georgia	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	26.96	12	22.19	25	42.75	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	7	12	9-3-0	SEC
8	26.05	15	19.40	63	58.04	Michigan	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
9	25.42	7	25.82	28	44.58	Tennessee	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	SEC
10	25.39	9	24.36	20	39.88	Stanford	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
11	24.22	8	24.61	59	56.96	Arizona State	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	WAC
12	23.20	11	22.64	65	60.00	Penn State	12	11-1-0	12	12	11-1-0	EIC
13	21.91	17	18.95	29	45.25	Houston	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SWIC
14	21.58	13	19.52	17	39.04	Iowa State	12	8-4-0	14	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
15	21.39	14	19.44	5	31.14	Southern California	11	6-4-1	15	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
16	21.07	10	24.30	39	48.38	Mississippi	12	10-2-0	16	12	10-2-0	SEC
17	20.71	18	16.83	67	60.79	Arkansas	12	8-3-1	17	12	8-3-1	SWAC
18	19.50	19	16.73	34	47.00	Notre Dame	10	8-2-0	18	10	8-2-0	EIC
19	19.03	21	14.04	31	45.59	Washington	11	8-3-0	19	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
20	18.90	16	19.22	102	78.83	Toledo	12	12-0-0	20	12	12-0-0	MAC
21	16.76	33	9.09	33	46.80	Ohio State	10	6-4-0	21	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
22	15.75	26	10.74	42	50.71	Florida State	12	8-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	SWIC
23	15.33	20	15.92	40	50.55	Texas	11	8-3-0	23	11	8-3-0	SWAC
24	14.51	24	12.00	76	65.58	North Carolina	12	9-3-0	24	12	9-3-0	ACC
25	13.55	23	12.79	10	34.96	Georgia Tech	12	6-6-0	25	12	6-6-0	SWIC
26	13.52	27	10.62	51	53.27	Northwestern	11	7-4-0	26	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
27	11.44	36	8.51	30	45.36	Michigan State	11	6-5-0	27	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
28	10.11	28	10.51	8	34.59	California	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
29	8.86	29	10.37	13	36.36	Kansas State	11	5-6-0	29	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
30	8.38	30	10.08	7	33.73	Oregon	11	5-6-0	30	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
31	8.32	31	9.49	100	75.40	Boston College	10	8-2-0	33	11	9-2-0	EIC
32	7.93	38	6.73	50	53.23	Duke	11	6-5-0	32	11	6-5-0	ACC
33	7.89	22	13.36	70	62.70	Utah State	10	7-3-0	31	11	8-3-0	SWIC
34	7.65	42	5.52	16	38.32	Kansas	11	4-7-0	34	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
35	7.56	34	8.78	9	34.82	Oklahoma State	11	4-6-1	35	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
36	7.18	46	3.98	27	44.05	Illinois	11	5-6-0	37	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
37	7.01	44	5.06	43	51.59	Memphis	11	5-6-0	36	11	5-6-0	MVC
38	6.89	40	5.96	12	35.86	Florida	11	4-7-0	39	11	4-7-0	SEC
39	6.86	35	8.63	79	66.36	New Mexico	11	6-3-2	38	11	6-3-2	WAC
40	6.82	43	5.42	41	50.68	South Carolina	11	6-5-0	40	11	6-5-0	ACC
41	6.73	41	5.61	18	39.18	Oregon State	11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
42	6.52	25	11.33	44	51.80	Air Force	10	6-4-0	42	10	6-4-0	SWIC
43	4.92	47	3.73	78	66.05	West Virginia	11	7-4-0	43	11	7-4-0	EIC
44	4.80	58	1.90	91	71.81	Western Michigan	8	5-3-0	46	10	7-3-0	MAC
45	4.58	52	3.36	88	70.39	Villanova	9	5-3-1	63	11	6-4-1	EIC
46	4.21	37	8.12	55	55.95	Texas Christian	11	6-4-1	45	11	6-4-1	SWAC
47	4.19	39	6.18	98	74.80	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	50	10	7-3-0	MAC
48	4.19	56	2.33	107	82.78	Louisville	9	5-3-1	48	10	6-3-1	MVC
49	3.78	63	0.71	11	35.10	UCLA	10	2-7-1	47	10	2-7-1	PAC-8
50	3.74	66	-0.27	81	66.40	Ohio University	10	5-5-0	51	10	5-5-0	MAC
51	3.54	54	3.14	103	79.40	Bowling Green	10	6-4-0	59	10	6-4-0	MAC
52	3.31	53	3.31	62	58.00	Southern Mississippi	10	5-5-0	44	11	6-5-0	SWIC
53	3.23	67	-0.31	72	63.18	Syracuse	11	5-5-1	49	11	5-5-1	EIC
54	2.81	45	4.41	45	52.09	Clemson	11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	ACC
55	2.76	88	-5.51	36	47.40	Purdue	10	3-7-0	55	10	3-7-0	BIG 10
56	2.44	75	-1.45	54	55.82	Wisconsin	11	4-6-1	58	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
57	2.38	73	-1.37	22	41.45	Washington State	11	4-7-0	57	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
58	2.05	76	-1.77	38	48.18	Minnesota	11	4-7-0	61	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
59	1.83	50	3.39	49	52.91	Vanderbilt	11	4-6-1	64	11	4-6-1	SEC
60	1.71	68	-0.36	46	52.09	Miami FL	11	4-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	SWIC
61	1.68	49	3.40	35	47.29	San Jose State	12	5-6-1	60	12	5-6-1	BWC
62	1.55	60	1.66	105	80.30	Cal State Long Beach	10	6-4-0	52	12	8-4-0	BWC
63	0.83	51	3.39	93	72.55	Cincinnati	11	7-4-0	66	11	7-4-0	EIC
64	0.60	32	9.29	58	56.90	Army	10	6-4-0	67	10	6-4-0	EIC
65	0.18	78	-2.63	97	74.55	Wake Forest	11	6-5-0	68	11	6-5-0	ACC
66	-0.19	85	-4.64	57	56.14	Texas Tech	11	4-7-0	71	11	4-7-0	SWAC
67	-0.40	72	-1.02	37	47.68	Rice	11	3-7-1	72	11	3-7-1	SWAC
68	-0.48	74	-1.44	82	67.09	San Diego State	11	6-5-0	70	11	6-5-0	BWC
69	-0.53	48	3.73	109	85.33	Fresno State	6	4-2-0	65	11	6-5-0	BWC
70	-0.75	82	-3.76	92	72.25	Tampa	8	4-4-0	82	11	6-5-0	SWIC
71	-0.80	69	-0.54	66	60.41	Arizona	11	5-6-0	73	11	5-6-0	WAC
72	-0.93	83	-3.89	32	45.73	Tulane	11	3-8-0	75	11	3-8-0	SWIC
73	-0.95	79	-2.69	80	66.40	Temple	5	2-2-1	69	9	6-2-1	EIC
74	-1.20	65	-0.23	74	64.59	Brigham Young	11	5-6-0	74	11	5-6-0	WAC
75	-1.93	62	1.17	47	52.15	Wyoming	10	4-6-0	76	11	5-6-0	WAC
76	-2.56	59	1.76	15	37.73	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	77	11	3-8-0	SEC
77	-3.45	57	2.00	52	54.59	Texas A&M	11	5-6-0	79	11	5-6-0	SWAC
78	-3.50	71	-0.99	2	26.64	Missouri	11	1-10-0	80	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
79	-3.83	61	1.43	21	41.36	Pittsburgh	11	3-8-0	81	11	3-8-0	EIC
80	-4.26	94	-8.91	64	59.00	Indiana	11	3-8-0	83	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
81	-4.26	55	3.01	101	77.08	Idaho	6	4-2-0	84	11	8-3-0	SWIC
82	-4.34	90	-6.66	77	66.05	Virginia Tech	11	4-7-0	85	11	4-7-0	SWIC
83	-4.60	81	-3.55	73	63.72	Dayton	9	4-5-0	100	11	5-6-0	EIC
84	-4.64	80	-3.24	48	52.73	Utah	11	3-8-0	86	11	3-8-0	WAC
85	-4.67	77	-1.79	23	42.41	Navy	11	3-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	EIC
86	-4.78	64	-0.22	1	19.55	Mississippi State	10	1-9-0	88	11	2-9-0	SEC
87	-5.09	100	-10.67	108	84.05	William & Mary	11	5-6-0	89	11	5-6-0	SoCon
88	-5.75	70	-0.65	53	55.27	Southern Methodist	11	4-7-0	90	11	4-7-0	SWAC
89	-6.52	86	-5.10	96	74.30	Northern Illinois	10	5-5-0	92	11	5-5-1	EIC
90	-6.77	107	-14.50	68	60.82	Maryland	11	2-9-0	93	11	2-9-0	ACC
91	-7.75	102	-11.83	119	109.86	Citadel	7	5-2-0	102	11	8-3-0	SoCon
92	-8.07	87	-5.13	95	73.86	Texas El Paso	11	5-6-0	94	11	5-6-0	WAC
93	-9.06	93	-8.77	61	57.91	Virginia	11	3-8-0	97	11	3-8-0	ACC
94	-9.46	97	-9.01	99	75.36	Richmond	11	5-6-0	99	11	5-6-0	SoCon
95	-9.99	84	-4.52	128	115.75	Dartmouth	8	7-1-0	78	9	8-1-0	Ivy
96	-10.31	92	-7.06	60	57.59	Tulsa	11	4-7-0	98	11	4-7-0	MVC
97	-10.85	111	-14.95	86	69.85	Pacific	10	2-8-0	101	11	3-8-0	BWC
98	-11.40	99	-10.46	90	71.77	Colorado State	11	3-8-0	103	11	3-8-0	WAC
99	-12.16	89	-6.01	127	115.33	Cornell	9	8-1-0	96	9	8-1-0	Ivy
100	-12.30	98	-9.32	113	88.55	New Mexico State	11	5-5-1	104	11	5-5-1	SWIC
101	-12.33	110	-14.86	26	43.73	Iowa	11	1-10-0	105	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
102	-12.57	104	-13.06	106	82.70	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	106	10	4-6-0	SoCon
103	-12.81	95	-8.96	75	64.95	Kent State	11	3-8-0	108	11	3-8-0	MAC
104	-13.08	103	-11.93	84	67.50	Santa Barbara	8	2-6-0	113	11	3-8-0	BWC
105	-13.51	91	-6.68	85	69.71	Hawaii	7	3-4-0	107	11	7-4-0	SWIC
106	-13.86	109	-14.69	71	62.77	North Carolina State	11	3-8-0	112	11	3-8-0	ACC
107	-14.28	105	-13.36	56	56.05	Baylor	10	1-9-0	110	10	1-9-0	SWAC
108	-15.51	115	-20.05	69	61.25	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	1-5-0	116	11	2-9-0	SWIC
109	-15.61	101	-10.70	89	71.39	North Texas	9	3-6-0	109	11	3-8-0	MVC
110	-17.94	106	-13.88	117	100.25	Rutgers	6	3-3-0	129	11	4-7-0	EIC
111	-18.03	96	-9.01	125	113.12	Columbia	8	6-2-0	115	9	6-3-0	Ivy
112	-18.60	116	-21.80	94	73.11	Saint Xavier	9	1-8-0	120	10	1-9-0	EIC
113	-19.91	119	-23.96	118	108.90	Furman	5	2-3-0	121	11	5-5-1	SoCon
114	-20.34	113	-17.51	87	70.08	Texas Arlington	6	1-5-0	127	11	2-9-0	SWIC
115	-20.50	112	-16.93	115	90.40	Drake	5	2-3-0	118	11	7-4-0	MVC
116	-20.91	114	-17.81	112	88.42	Holy Cross	6	2-4-0	122	10	4-6-0	EIC
117	-21.63	108	-14.65	83	67.22	Marshall	9	2-7-0	125	10	2-8-0	EIC
118	-23.56	117	-23.63	124	112.72	Princeton	9	4-5-0	117	9	4-5-0	Ivy
119	-25.04	118	-23.96	122	112.12	Harvard	8	4-4-0	119	9	5-4-0	Ivy
120	-26.05	120	-24.87	114	88.95	West Texas A&M	10	1-9-0	124	11	2-9-0	MVC
121	-26.71	125	-31.74	111	88.18	Virginia Military	11	1-10-0	130	11	1-10-0	SoCon
122	-30.83	124	-28.75	123	112.62	Yale	8	3-5-0	123	9	4-5-0	Ivy
123	-31.44	122	-26.65	110	86.56	Wichita State	8	1-7-0	132	11	3-8-0	MVC
124	-32.58	123	-28.18	126	114.25	Colgate	6	2-4-0	128	10	6-4-0	EIC
125	-36.19	121	-26.64	104	80.25	Cal State Los Angeles	4	0-4-0	140	10	2-8-0	BWC
126	-37.14	127	-40.41	116	99.86	Davidson	7	0-7-0	138	10	1-9-0	SoCon
127	-39.78	126	-37.70	120	110.57	Pennsylvania	7	1-6-0	135	9	2-7-0	Ivy
128	-41.72	128	-46.93	121	112.00	Brown	8	0-8-0	139	9	0-9-0	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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1971
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1971/9/10 and 1972/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)