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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1971 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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
3	37.55	2	36.92	4	29.21	Alabama	4	2	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
2	42.48	3	36.85	6	32.04	Oklahoma	2	3	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
5	28.66	4	30.87	19	39.82	Auburn	12	5	11	9-2-0	4	11	9-2-0	SEC
4	31.39	5	30.02	3	28.88	Colorado	3	7	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
6	27.24	6	26.69	24	42.58	Georgia	7	8	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	SEC
9	25.42	7	25.82	28	44.58	Tennessee	9	9	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	SEC
11	24.22	8	24.61	59	56.96	Arizona State	8	6	12	11-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	WAC
10	25.39	9	24.36	20	39.88	Stanford	10	16	12	9-3-0	10	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
16	21.07	10	24.30	39	48.38	Mississippi	15		12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	SEC
12	23.20	11	22.64	65	60.00	Penn State	5	11	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	EIC
7	26.96	12	22.19	25	42.75	LSU	11	10	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	SEC
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	13	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
8	26.05	15	19.40	63	58.04	Michigan	6	4	12	11-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
20	18.90	16	19.22	102	78.83	Toledo	14	13	12	12-0-0	17	12	12-0-0	MAC
13	21.91	17	18.95	29	45.25	Houston	17	14	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SWIC
17	20.71	18	16.83	67	60.79	Arkansas	16	20	12	8-3-1	18	12	8-3-1	SWAC
18	19.50	19	16.73	34	47.00	Notre Dame	13	15	10	8-2-0	19	10	8-2-0	EIC
23	15.33	20	15.92	40	50.55	Texas	18	12	11	8-3-0	20	11	8-3-0	SWAC
19	19.03	21	14.04	31	45.59	Washington	19		11	8-3-0	21	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
33	7.89	22	13.36	70	62.70	Utah State			10	7-3-0	22	11	8-3-0	SWIC
25	13.55	23	12.79	10	34.96	Georgia Tech			12	6-6-0	23	12	6-6-0	SWIC
24	14.51	24	12.00	76	65.58	North Carolina		18	12	9-3-0	24	12	9-3-0	ACC
42	6.52	25	11.33	44	51.80	Air Force			10	6-4-0	26	10	6-4-0	SWIC
22	15.75	26	10.74	42	50.71	Florida State		19	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	SWIC
26	13.52	27	10.62	51	53.27	Northwestern			11	7-4-0	27	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
28	10.11	28	10.51	8	34.59	California			11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
29	8.86	29	10.37	13	36.36	Kansas State			11	5-6-0	28	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	36	11	9-2-0	EIC
64	0.60	32	9.29	58	56.90	Army			10	6-4-0	31	10	6-4-0	EIC
21	16.76	33	9.09	33	46.80	Ohio State			10	6-4-0	32	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
35	7.56	34	8.78	9	34.82	Oklahoma State			11	4-6-1	33	11	4-6-1	BIG 8
39	6.86	35	8.63	79	66.36	New Mexico			11	6-3-2	34	11	6-3-2	WAC
27	11.44	36	8.51	30	45.36	Michigan State			11	6-5-0	35	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
46	4.21	37	8.12	55	55.95	Texas Christian			11	6-4-1	37	11	6-4-1	SWAC
32	7.93	38	6.73	50	53.23	Duke			11	6-5-0	39	11	6-5-0	ACC
47	4.19	39	6.18	98	74.80	Miami (OH)			10	7-3-0	45	10	7-3-0	MAC
38	6.89	40	5.96	12	35.86	Florida			11	4-7-0	41	11	4-7-0	SEC
41	6.73	41	5.61	18	39.18	Oregon State			11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
34	7.65	42	5.52	16	38.32	Kansas			11	4-7-0	43	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
40	6.82	43	5.42	41	50.68	South Carolina			11	6-5-0	42	11	6-5-0	ACC
37	7.01	44	5.06	43	51.59	Memphis			11	5-6-0	46	11	5-6-0	MVC
54	2.81	45	4.41	45	52.09	Clemson			11	5-6-0	47	11	5-6-0	ACC
36	7.18	46	3.98	27	44.05	Illinois			11	5-6-0	50	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
43	4.92	47	3.73	78	66.05	West Virginia			11	7-4-0	48	11	7-4-0	EIC
69	-0.53	48	3.73	109	85.33	Fresno State			6	4-2-0	38	11	6-5-0	BWC
61	1.68	49	3.40	35	47.29	San Jose State			12	5-6-1	49	12	5-6-1	BWC
59	1.83	50	3.39	49	52.91	Vanderbilt			11	4-6-1	53	11	4-6-1	SEC
63	0.83	51	3.39	93	72.55	Cincinnati			11	7-4-0	52	11	7-4-0	EIC
45	4.58	52	3.36	88	70.39	Villanova			9	5-3-1	81	11	6-4-1	EIC
52	3.31	53	3.31	62	58.00	Southern Mississippi			10	5-5-0	40	11	6-5-0	SWIC
51	3.54	54	3.14	103	79.40	Bowling Green			10	6-4-0	56	10	6-4-0	MAC
81	-4.26	55	3.01	101	77.08	Idaho			6	4-2-0	54	11	8-3-0	SWIC
48	4.19	56	2.33	107	82.78	Louisville			9	5-3-1	55	10	6-3-1	MVC
77	-3.45	57	2.00	52	54.59	Texas A&M			11	5-6-0	58	11	5-6-0	SWAC
44	4.80	58	1.90	91	71.81	Western Michigan			8	5-3-0	60	10	7-3-0	MAC
76	-2.56	59	1.76	15	37.73	Kentucky			11	3-8-0	57	11	3-8-0	SEC
62	1.55	60	1.66	105	80.30	Cal State Long Beach			10	6-4-0	51	12	8-4-0	BWC
79	-3.83	61	1.43	21	41.36	Pittsburgh			11	3-8-0	59	11	3-8-0	EIC
75	-1.93	62	1.17	47	52.15	Wyoming			10	4-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	WAC
49	3.78	63	0.71	11	35.10	UCLA			10	2-7-1	62	10	2-7-1	PAC-8
86	-4.78	64	-0.22	1	19.55	Mississippi State			10	1-9-0	66	11	2-9-0	SEC
74	-1.20	65	-0.23	74	64.59	Brigham Young			11	5-6-0	65	11	5-6-0	WAC
50	3.74	66	-0.27	81	66.40	Ohio University			10	5-5-0	71	10	5-5-0	MAC
53	3.23	67	-0.31	72	63.18	Syracuse			11	5-5-1	70	11	5-5-1	EIC
60	1.71	68	-0.36	46	52.09	Miami (FL)			11	4-7-0	64	11	4-7-0	SWIC
71	-0.80	69	-0.54	66	60.41	Arizona			11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	WAC
88	-5.75	70	-0.65	53	55.27	Southern Methodist			11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	SWAC
78	-3.50	71	-0.99	2	26.64	Missouri			11	1-10-0	72	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
67	-0.40	72	-1.02	37	47.68	Rice			11	3-7-1	73	11	3-7-1	SWAC
57	2.38	73	-1.37	22	41.45	Washington State			11	4-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
68	-0.48	74	-1.44	82	67.09	San Diego State			11	6-5-0	68	11	6-5-0	BWC
56	2.44	75	-1.45	54	55.82	Wisconsin			11	4-6-1	75	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
58	2.05	76	-1.77	38	48.18	Minnesota			11	4-7-0	78	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
85	-4.67	77	-1.79	23	42.41	Navy			11	3-8-0	76	11	3-8-0	EIC
65	0.18	78	-2.63	97	74.55	Wake Forest			11	6-5-0	80	11	6-5-0	ACC
73	-0.95	79	-2.69	80	66.40	Temple			5	2-2-1	63	9	6-2-1	EIC
84	-4.64	80	-3.24	48	52.73	Utah			11	3-8-0	82	11	3-8-0	WAC
83	-4.60	81	-3.55	73	63.72	Dayton			9	4-5-0	99	11	5-6-0	EIC
70	-0.75	82	-3.76	92	72.25	Tampa			8	4-4-0	94	11	6-5-0	SWIC
72	-0.93	83	-3.89	32	45.73	Tulane			11	3-8-0	84	11	3-8-0	SWIC
95	-9.99	84	-4.52	128	115.75	Dartmouth			8	7-1-0	83	9	8-1-0	Ivy
66	-0.19	85	-4.64	57	56.14	Texas Tech			11	4-7-0	85	11	4-7-0	SWAC
89	-6.52	86	-5.10	96	74.30	Northern Illinois			10	5-5-0	90	11	5-5-1	EIC
92	-8.07	87	-5.13	95	73.86	Texas El Paso			11	5-6-0	89	11	5-6-0	WAC
55	2.76	88	-5.51	36	47.40	Purdue			10	3-7-0	87	10	3-7-0	BIG 10
99	-12.16	89	-6.01	127	115.33	Cornell			9	8-1-0	100	9	8-1-0	Ivy
82	-4.34	90	-6.66	77	66.05	Virginia Tech			11	4-7-0	86	11	4-7-0	SWIC
105	-13.51	91	-6.68	85	69.71	Hawaii			7	3-4-0	93	11	7-4-0	SWIC
96	-10.31	92	-7.06	60	57.59	Tulsa			11	4-7-0	91	11	4-7-0	MVC
93	-9.06	93	-8.77	61	57.91	Virginia			11	3-8-0	97	11	3-8-0	ACC
80	-4.26	94	-8.91	64	59.00	Indiana			11	3-8-0	98	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
103	-12.81	95	-8.96	75	64.95	Kent State			11	3-8-0	103	11	3-8-0	MAC
111	-18.03	96	-9.01	125	113.12	Columbia			8	6-2-0	117	9	6-3-0	Ivy
94	-9.46	97	-9.01	99	75.36	Richmond			11	5-6-0	95	11	5-6-0	SoCon
100	-12.30	98	-9.32	113	88.55	New Mexico State			11	5-5-1	102	11	5-5-1	SWIC
98	-11.40	99	-10.46	90	71.77	Colorado State			11	3-8-0	104	11	3-8-0	WAC
87	-5.09	100	-10.67	108	84.05	William & Mary			11	5-6-0	101	11	5-6-0	SoCon
109	-15.61	101	-10.70	89	71.39	North Texas			9	3-6-0	105	11	3-8-0	MVC
91	-7.75	102	-11.83	119	109.86	Citadel			7	5-2-0	106	11	8-3-0	SoCon
104	-13.08	103	-11.93	84	67.50	Santa Barbara			8	2-6-0	114	11	3-8-0	BWC
102	-12.57	104	-13.06	106	82.70	East Carolina			10	4-6-0	108	10	4-6-0	SoCon
107	-14.28	105	-13.36	56	56.05	Baylor			10	1-9-0	109	10	1-9-0	SWAC
110	-17.94	106	-13.88	117	100.25	Rutgers			6	3-3-0	128	11	4-7-0	EIC
90	-6.77	107	-14.50	68	60.82	Maryland			11	2-9-0	111	11	2-9-0	ACC
117	-21.63	108	-14.65	83	67.22	Marshall			9	2-7-0	116	10	2-8-0	EIC
106	-13.86	109	-14.69	71	62.77	North Carolina State			11	3-8-0	113	11	3-8-0	ACC
101	-12.33	110	-14.86	26	43.73	Iowa			11	1-10-0	112	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
97	-10.85	111	-14.95	86	69.85	Pacific			10	2-8-0	115	11	3-8-0	BWC
115	-20.50	112	-16.93	115	90.40	Drake			5	2-3-0	118	11	7-4-0	MVC
114	-20.34	113	-17.51	87	70.08	Texas Arlington			6	1-5-0	124	11	2-9-0	SWIC
116	-20.91	114	-17.81	112	88.42	Holy Cross			6	2-4-0	131	10	4-6-0	EIC
108	-15.51	115	-20.05	69	61.25	Tennessee Chattanooga			6	1-5-0	120	11	2-9-0	SWIC
112	-18.60	116	-21.80	94	73.11	Saint Xavier			9	1-8-0	125	10	1-9-0	EIC
118	-23.56	117	-23.63	124	112.72	Princeton			9	4-5-0	130	9	4-5-0	Ivy
119	-25.04	118	-23.96	122	112.12	Harvard			8	4-4-0	127	9	5-4-0	Ivy
113	-19.91	119	-23.96	118	108.90	Furman			5	2-3-0	121	11	5-5-1	SoCon
120	-26.05	120	-24.87	114	88.95	West Texas A&M			10	1-9-0	122	11	2-9-0	MVC
125	-36.19	121	-26.64	104	80.25	Cal State Los Angeles			4	0-4-0	133	10	2-8-0	BWC
123	-31.44	122	-26.65	110	86.56	Wichita State			8	1-7-0	119	11	3-8-0	MVC
124	-32.58	123	-28.18	126	114.25	Colgate			6	2-4-0	132	10	6-4-0	EIC
122	-30.83	124	-28.75	123	112.62	Yale			8	3-5-0	129	9	4-5-0	Ivy
121	-26.71	125	-31.74	111	88.18	Virginia Military			11	1-10-0	134	11	1-10-0	SoCon
127	-39.78	126	-37.70	120	110.57	Pennsylvania			7	1-6-0	136	9	2-7-0	Ivy
126	-37.14	127	-40.41	116	99.86	Davidson			7	0-7-0	137	10	1-9-0	SoCon
128	-41.72	128	-46.93	121	112.00	Brown			8	0-8-0	141	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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)