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	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	47.49	1	43.22	14	37.58	Nebraska	1	1	13	13-0-0	1	13	13-0-0	BIG 8
2	42.48	3	36.85	6	32.04	Oklahoma	2	3	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	37.55	2	36.92	4	29.21	Alabama	4	2	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
4	31.39	5	30.02	3	28.88	Colorado	3	7	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
5	28.66	4	30.87	19	39.82	Auburn	12	5	11	9-2-0	5	11	9-2-0	SEC
6	27.24	6	26.69	24	42.58	Georgia	7	8	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	26.96	12	22.19	25	42.75	LSU	11	10	12	9-3-0	7	12	9-3-0	SEC
8	26.05	15	19.40	63	58.04	Michigan	6	4	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
9	25.42	7	25.82	28	44.58	Tennessee	9	9	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	SEC
10	25.39	9	24.36	20	39.88	Stanford	10	16	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
11	24.22	8	24.61	59	56.96	Arizona State	8	6	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	WAC
12	23.20	11	22.64	65	60.00	Penn State	5	11	12	11-1-0	12	12	11-1-0	EIC
13	21.91	17	18.95	29	45.25	Houston	17	14	12	9-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SWIC
14	21.58	13	19.52	17	39.04	Iowa State		17	12	8-4-0	14	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
15	21.39	14	19.44	5	31.14	Southern California	20		11	6-4-1	15	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
16	21.07	10	24.30	39	48.38	Mississippi	15		12	10-2-0	16	12	10-2-0	SEC
17	20.71	18	16.83	67	60.79	Arkansas	16	20	12	8-3-1	17	12	8-3-1	SWAC
18	19.50	19	16.73	34	47.00	Notre Dame	13	15	10	8-2-0	18	10	8-2-0	EIC
19	19.03	21	14.04	31	45.59	Washington	19		11	8-3-0	19	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
20	18.90	16	19.22	102	78.83	Toledo	14	13	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		19	12	8-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	SWIC
23	15.33	20	15.92	40	50.55	Texas	18	12	11	8-3-0	23	11	8-3-0	SWAC
24	14.51	24	12.00	76	65.58	North Carolina		18	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)