College Football 1972
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1972 - 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
14	21.54	23	15.89	1	25.36	Florida	11	5-5-1	1	11	5-5-1	SEC
5	30.94	4	33.29	2	27.91	Texas	11	10-1-0	2	11	10-1-0	SWAC
29	13.76	28	12.70	3	28.00	Baylor	11	5-6-0	3	11	5-6-0	SWAC
1	41.57	1	38.96	4	30.04	Southern California	12	12-0-0	4	12	12-0-0	PAC-8
46	7.22	46	6.48	5	30.09	California	11	3-8-0	6	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
15	20.17	14	22.29	6	30.14	Georgia	11	7-4-0	5	11	7-4-0	SEC
8	28.89	2	35.72	7	31.14	Auburn	11	10-1-0	8	11	10-1-0	SEC
41	8.82	31	11.65	8	31.29	Missouri	12	6-6-0	7	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
51	5.43	59	2.09	9	32.05	Texas A&M	11	3-8-0	9	11	3-8-0	SWAC
62	-0.40	63	1.28	10	32.18	Oregon State	11	2-9-0	10	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
35	10.41	27	12.89	11	32.23	Rice	11	5-5-1	11	11	5-5-1	SWAC
45	7.29	48	5.87	12	32.59	Illinois	11	3-8-0	12	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
9	27.02	9	24.23	13	34.38	Louisiana State	12	9-2-1	13	12	9-2-1	SEC
49	6.07	43	7.39	14	34.86	Oregon	11	4-7-0	18	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
36	9.69	41	8.10	15	35.50	Miami FL	10	4-6-0	16	11	5-6-0	SWIC
22	15.81	29	12.53	16	35.50	Michigan State	11	5-5-1	19	11	5-5-1	BIG 10
31	13.34	11	23.23	17	35.50	Washington	11	8-3-0	14	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
2	38.40	3	35.55	18	35.75	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	34.86	5	31.44	19	35.88	Alabama	12	10-2-0	17	12	10-2-0	SEC
83	-6.12	65	1.03	20	36.32	Kansas State	11	3-8-0	22	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
53	5.23	52	4.29	21	36.55	Minnesota	11	4-7-0	23	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
4	34.13	10	23.91	22	36.67	Nebraska	12	9-2-1	20	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
52	5.27	49	4.96	23	37.27	Kansas	11	4-7-0	21	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
47	6.57	62	1.66	24	37.30	Mississippi State	10	3-7-0	41	11	4-7-0	SEC
57	3.34	57	2.53	25	37.36	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	24	11	3-8-0	SEC
26	14.53	34	11.00	26	37.50	Stanford	10	5-5-0	27	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
13	22.04	13	22.56	27	37.59	UCLA	11	8-3-0	26	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
6	30.71	7	29.19	28	39.50	Tennessee	11	9-2-0	32	12	10-2-0	SEC
30	13.55	22	15.98	29	39.73	Arkansas	11	6-5-0	31	11	6-5-0	SWAC
61	0.43	61	1.81	30	39.73	Iowa	11	3-7-1	29	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
10	25.43	6	29.65	31	40.32	Ohio State	11	9-2-0	30	11	9-2-0	BIG 10
16	20.17	26	14.73	32	40.77	Oklahoma State	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
81	-4.92	83	-5.82	33	40.82	Northwestern	11	2-9-0	34	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
48	6.20	40	8.69	34	41.36	Texas Christian	11	5-6-0	33	11	5-6-0	SWAC
18	16.84	24	15.51	35	43.42	Colorado	12	8-4-0	36	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
27	14.48	25	15.33	36	43.58	Georgia Tech	12	7-4-1	35	12	7-4-1	SWIC
28	13.76	37	10.50	37	43.68	Purdue	11	6-5-0	38	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
7	29.43	8	26.18	38	44.09	Michigan	11	10-1-0	37	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
12	22.44	19	18.18	39	44.55	Notre Dame	11	8-3-0	39	11	8-3-0	EIC
25	15.08	39	9.21	40	44.80	Mississippi	10	5-5-0	40	10	5-5-0	SEC
19	16.41	16	18.81	41	44.91	Southern Methodist	11	7-4-0	43	11	7-4-0	SWAC
40	8.90	42	7.71	42	45.25	Iowa State	12	5-6-1	42	12	5-6-1	BIG 8
21	15.91	20	17.43	43	45.73	Washington State	11	7-4-0	44	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
23	15.69	17	18.29	44	46.58	Texas Tech	12	8-4-0	45	12	8-4-0	SWAC
54	4.08	44	7.33	45	47.00	Indiana	11	5-6-0	47	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
60	0.53	56	2.99	46	47.05	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	48	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
90	-9.22	96	-13.15	47	47.27	Pittsburgh	11	1-10-0	46	11	1-10-0	EIC
50	5.92	45	7.04	48	47.59	Duke	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	ACC
39	8.96	53	4.16	49	50.91	Tulane	11	6-5-0	50	11	6-5-0	SWIC
11	23.80	15	20.84	50	51.21	Penn State	12	10-2-0	51	12	10-2-0	EIC
68	-2.28	70	-1.20	51	51.55	Navy	11	4-7-0	52	11	4-7-0	EIC
80	-4.88	86	-5.93	52	51.55	Vanderbilt	11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	SEC
75	-4.62	69	-0.73	53	52.22	San Jose State	9	3-6-0	54	11	4-7-0	BWC
107	-18.26	103	-16.48	54	54.18	Wake Forest	11	2-9-0	55	11	2-9-0	ACC
73	-3.72	77	-3.49	55	55.14	Clemson	11	4-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	ACC
17	18.83	12	23.13	56	56.62	North Carolina	12	11-1-0	57	12	11-1-0	ACC
66	-1.00	50	4.86	57	56.78	Army	9	5-4-0	61	10	6-4-0	EIC
72	-3.39	64	1.06	58	58.09	Syracuse	11	5-6-0	59	11	5-6-0	EIC
20	16.30	30	11.85	59	58.17	North Carolina State	12	8-3-1	58	12	8-3-1	ACC
95	-11.96	92	-8.92	60	59.25	Tulsa	10	3-7-0	68	11	4-7-0	MVC
32	13.32	33	11.13	61	59.27	Florida State	11	7-4-0	60	11	7-4-0	SWIC
55	3.94	35	10.74	62	60.56	Pacific	8	5-3-0	76	11	8-3-0	BWC
43	7.87	55	3.05	63	61.82	Houston	11	6-4-1	63	11	6-4-1	SWIC
79	-4.85	79	-4.06	64	62.23	Arizona	11	4-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	WAC
94	-11.69	76	-3.28	65	63.67	Idaho	6	2-4-0	77	11	4-7-0	SWIC
44	7.45	51	4.68	66	63.95	Virginia Tech	11	6-4-1	64	11	6-4-1	SWIC
59	1.03	72	-1.60	67	64.50	Maryland	11	5-5-1	66	11	5-5-1	ACC
70	-2.59	68	-0.22	68	65.14	Utah	11	6-5-0	67	11	6-5-0	WAC
88	-7.89	89	-8.29	69	65.41	Virginia	11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	ACC
82	-5.51	94	-9.96	70	65.73	South Carolina	11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	SWIC
67	-1.27	81	-5.15	71	67.35	Boston College	10	4-6-0	71	11	4-7-0	EIC
100	-13.95	93	-9.25	72	68.14	New Mexico	11	3-8-0	74	11	3-8-0	WAC
118	-26.30	110	-19.13	73	68.73	Colorado State	11	1-10-0	70	11	1-10-0	WAC
56	3.80	67	-0.04	74	68.95	Air Force	10	6-4-0	72	10	6-4-0	SWIC
106	-17.94	95	-12.26	75	69.19	Cal State Long Beach	8	2-6-0	78	11	5-6-0	BWC
114	-24.02	116	-23.67	76	69.92	Southern Illinois	6	0-5-1	96	10	1-8-1	EIC
76	-4.68	90	-8.38	77	70.00	Southern Mississippi	10	3-6-1	73	11	3-7-1	SWIC
105	-17.05	99	-14.03	78	71.40	Wyoming	10	3-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	WAC
38	9.23	36	10.50	79	71.56	Tampa	9	7-2-0	80	12	10-2-0	SWIC
33	11.20	18	18.27	80	71.91	San Diego State	11	10-1-0	85	11	10-1-0	BWC
85	-6.33	87	-6.18	81	72.05	Memphis	11	5-5-1	83	11	5-5-1	MVC
42	8.00	38	10.05	82	72.75	Utah State	10	7-3-0	79	11	8-3-0	SWIC
24	15.69	21	16.27	83	73.54	Arizona State	12	10-2-0	82	12	10-2-0	WAC
37	9.69	54	3.78	84	73.88	West Virginia	12	8-4-0	84	12	8-4-0	EIC
69	-2.58	47	5.89	85	74.50	Fresno State	7	4-3-0	86	11	6-4-1	BWC
112	-21.28	117	-23.95	86	76.33	Texas Arlington	6	1-5-0	108	11	5-6-0	SWIC
64	-0.91	60	2.04	87	76.70	Bowling Green	10	6-3-1	89	10	6-3-1	MAC
84	-6.25	74	-2.73	88	76.86	Kent State	11	6-5-0	90	12	6-5-1	MAC
119	-26.42	108	-17.75	89	78.83	Texas El Paso	9	2-7-0	93	10	2-8-0	WAC
77	-4.75	58	2.28	90	79.41	Brigham Young	11	7-4-0	88	11	7-4-0	WAC
123	-30.36	119	-27.80	91	79.55	North Texas	11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	MVC
125	-31.27	123	-30.17	92	80.00	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	1-5-0	105	11	2-9-0	SWIC
113	-22.75	111	-21.18	93	81.95	Ohio University	10	2-8-0	101	11	3-8-0	MAC
116	-25.42	112	-21.46	94	83.35	New Mexico State	10	2-8-0	106	11	2-9-0	MVC
124	-31.26	124	-33.18	95	83.60	Cincinnati	10	1-9-0	102	11	2-9-0	EIC
93	-10.21	85	-5.90	96	85.33	Temple	6	4-2-0	111	9	5-4-0	EIC
109	-18.68	114	-22.30	97	85.67	Villanova	9	2-7-0	104	11	2-9-0	EIC
63	-0.62	66	0.64	98	86.71	Drake	7	5-2-0	114	12	7-5-0	MVC
99	-13.57	91	-8.56	99	87.40	Toledo	10	5-5-0	113	11	6-5-0	MAC
91	-9.48	71	-1.29	100	87.50	Western Michigan	10	6-3-1	120	11	7-3-1	MAC
117	-25.69	122	-30.11	101	88.00	Brown	8	1-7-0	91	9	1-8-0	Ivy
92	-10.11	101	-14.21	102	89.11	Richmond	9	5-4-0	116	10	6-4-0	SoCon
87	-7.03	80	-4.70	103	89.50	Northern Illinois	10	6-4-0	118	11	7-4-0	EIC
122	-29.27	120	-28.07	104	90.33	Marshall	9	1-8-0	119	10	2-8-0	EIC
89	-8.37	100	-14.08	105	90.36	Harvard	7	3-3-1	98	9	4-4-1	Ivy
98	-12.74	113	-22.28	106	90.50	Columbia	8	2-5-1	97	9	3-5-1	Ivy
103	-15.71	107	-17.72	107	90.83	Dayton	9	3-5-1	124	11	4-6-1	EIC
96	-11.99	97	-13.15	108	91.19	Holy Cross	8	3-4-1	110	10	5-4-1	EIC
97	-12.26	109	-18.73	109	91.73	William & Mary	11	5-6-0	115	11	5-6-0	SoCon
104	-16.77	98	-13.28	110	91.89	West Texas A&M	9	4-5-0	122	10	5-5-0	MVC
78	-4.76	88	-7.71	111	92.00	Pennsylvania	7	4-3-0	121	9	6-3-0	Ivy
101	-14.33	104	-16.85	112	92.25	Rutgers	6	2-4-0	130	11	7-4-0	EIC
102	-14.69	105	-17.32	113	92.44	Princeton	9	3-5-1	99	9	3-5-1	Ivy
34	11.18	32	11.57	114	93.20	Louisville	10	9-1-0	125	10	9-1-0	MVC
108	-18.55	106	-17.43	115	93.61	Wichita State	9	4-5-0	129	11	6-5-0	MVC
65	-0.94	73	-1.97	116	94.31	Dartmouth	8	6-1-1	107	9	7-1-1	Ivy
110	-19.24	102	-14.76	117	94.58	Colgate	6	2-3-1	128	10	5-4-1	EIC
86	-6.38	82	-5.22	118	94.61	Cornell	9	6-3-0	109	9	6-3-0	Ivy
58	2.89	78	-3.95	119	95.62	Yale	8	6-2-0	117	9	7-2-0	Ivy
121	-28.36	125	-33.40	120	96.45	Virginia Military	11	2-9-0	126	11	2-9-0	SoCon
71	-3.20	75	-2.82	121	97.45	East Carolina	11	9-2-0	127	11	9-2-0	SoCon
74	-3.78	84	-5.85	122	98.35	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	131	10	7-3-0	MAC
115	-24.26	118	-24.63	123	99.00	Saint Xavier	8	2-6-0	133	10	2-8-0	EIC
126	-36.10	127	-45.87	124	104.20	Appalachian State	5	0-4-1	132	11	5-5-1	SoCon
120	-27.66	121	-30.01	125	106.88	Davidson	8	2-5-1	137	11	3-7-1	SoCon
111	-19.79	115	-23.56	126	107.40	Citadel	10	5-5-0	135	11	5-6-0	SoCon
127	-38.85	126	-39.68	127	107.93	Furman	7	1-6-0	136	11	2-9-0	SoCon

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College Football 1972Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1972
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)