College Football 1972
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1972	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

Links to the same page for other seasons
1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963

1972 - 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	41.57	1	38.96	4	30.04	Southern California	1	1	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	PAC-8
2	38.40	3	35.55	18	35.75	Oklahoma	2	2	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	34.86	5	31.44	19	35.88	Alabama	7	4	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	SEC
4	34.13	10	23.91	22	36.67	Nebraska	4	9	12	9-2-1	4	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
5	30.94	4	33.29	2	27.91	Texas	3	5	11	10-1-0	5	11	10-1-0	SWAC
6	30.71	7	29.19	28	39.50	Tennessee	8	11	11	9-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SEC
7	29.43	8	26.18	38	44.09	Michigan	6	6	11	10-1-0	7	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
8	28.89	2	35.72	7	31.14	Auburn	5	7	11	10-1-0	8	11	10-1-0	SEC
9	27.02	9	24.23	13	34.38	LSU	11	10	12	9-2-1	9	12	9-2-1	SEC
10	25.43	6	29.65	31	40.32	Ohio State	9	3	11	9-2-0	10	11	9-2-0	BIG 10
11	23.80	15	20.84	50	51.21	Penn State	10	8	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	EIC
12	22.44	19	18.18	39	44.55	Notre Dame	14	12	11	8-3-0	12	11	8-3-0	EIC
13	22.04	13	22.56	27	37.59	UCLA	15	17	11	8-3-0	13	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
14	21.54	23	15.89	1	25.36	Florida			11	5-5-1	14	11	5-5-1	SEC
15	20.17	14	22.29	6	30.14	Georgia			11	7-4-0	16	11	7-4-0	SEC
16	20.17	26	14.73	32	40.77	Oklahoma State			11	6-5-0	15	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
17	18.83	12	23.13	56	56.62	North Carolina	12	15	12	11-1-0	17	12	11-1-0	ACC
18	16.84	24	15.51	35	43.42	Colorado	16	14	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
19	16.41	16	18.81	41	44.91	Southern Methodist			11	7-4-0	20	11	7-4-0	SWAC
20	16.30	30	11.85	59	58.17	North Carolina State	17		12	8-3-1	19	12	8-3-1	ACC
21	15.91	20	17.43	43	45.73	Washington State	19	18	11	7-4-0	22	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
22	15.81	29	12.53	16	35.50	Michigan State			11	5-5-1	23	11	5-5-1	BIG 10
23	15.69	17	18.29	44	46.58	Texas Tech			12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	SWAC
24	15.69	21	16.27	83	73.54	Arizona State	13	13	12	10-2-0	25	12	10-2-0	WAC
25	15.08	39	9.21	40	44.80	Mississippi			10	5-5-0	26	10	5-5-0	SEC
26	14.53	34	11.00	26	37.50	Stanford			10	5-5-0	21	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
27	14.48	25	15.33	36	43.58	Georgia Tech	20	19	12	7-4-1	27	12	7-4-1	SWIC
28	13.76	37	10.50	37	43.68	Purdue			11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
29	13.76	28	12.70	3	28.00	Baylor			11	5-6-0	28	11	5-6-0	SWAC
30	13.55	22	15.98	29	39.73	Arkansas			11	6-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	SWAC
31	13.34	11	23.23	17	35.50	Washington			11	8-3-0	32	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
32	13.32	33	11.13	61	59.27	Florida State			11	7-4-0	31	11	7-4-0	SWIC
33	11.20	18	18.27	80	71.91	San Diego State			11	10-1-0	33	11	10-1-0	BWC
34	11.18	32	11.57	114	93.20	Louisville	18	16	10	9-1-0	36	10	9-1-0	MVC
35	10.41	27	12.89	11	32.23	Rice			11	5-5-1	34	11	5-5-1	SWAC
36	9.69	41	8.10	15	35.50	Miami (FL)			10	4-6-0	37	11	5-6-0	SWIC
37	9.69	54	3.78	84	73.88	West Virginia		20	12	8-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	EIC
38	9.23	36	10.50	79	71.56	Tampa			9	7-2-0	42	12	10-2-0	SWIC
39	8.96	53	4.16	49	50.91	Tulane			11	6-5-0	40	11	6-5-0	SWIC
40	8.90	42	7.71	42	45.25	Iowa State			12	5-6-1	38	12	5-6-1	BIG 8
41	8.82	31	11.65	8	31.29	Missouri			12	6-6-0	39	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
42	8.00	38	10.05	82	72.75	Utah State			10	7-3-0	41	11	8-3-0	SWIC
43	7.87	55	3.05	63	61.82	Houston			11	6-4-1	43	11	6-4-1	SWIC
44	7.45	51	4.68	66	63.95	Virginia Tech			11	6-4-1	44	11	6-4-1	SWIC
45	7.29	48	5.87	12	32.59	Illinois			11	3-8-0	46	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
46	7.22	46	6.48	5	30.09	California			11	3-8-0	45	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
47	6.57	62	1.66	24	37.30	Mississippi State			10	3-7-0	47	11	4-7-0	SEC
48	6.20	40	8.69	34	41.36	Texas Christian			11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SWAC
49	6.07	43	7.39	14	34.86	Oregon			11	4-7-0	50	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
50	5.92	45	7.04	48	47.59	Duke			11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	ACC
51	5.43	59	2.09	9	32.05	Texas A&M			11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	SWAC
52	5.27	49	4.96	23	37.27	Kansas			11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
53	5.23	52	4.29	21	36.55	Minnesota			11	4-7-0	54	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
54	4.08	44	7.33	45	47.00	Indiana			11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
55	3.94	35	10.74	62	60.56	Pacific			8	5-3-0	59	11	8-3-0	BWC
56	3.80	67	-0.04	74	68.95	Air Force			10	6-4-0	55	10	6-4-0	SWIC
57	3.34	57	2.53	25	37.36	Kentucky			11	3-8-0	57	11	3-8-0	SEC
58	2.89	78	-3.95	119	95.62	Yale			8	6-2-0	52	9	7-2-0	Ivy
59	1.03	72	-1.60	67	64.50	Maryland			11	5-5-1	62	11	5-5-1	ACC
60	0.53	56	2.99	46	47.05	Wisconsin			11	4-7-0	64	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
61	0.43	61	1.81	30	39.73	Iowa			11	3-7-1	63	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
62	-0.40	63	1.28	10	32.18	Oregon State			11	2-9-0	66	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
63	-0.62	66	0.64	98	86.71	Drake			7	5-2-0	72	12	7-5-0	MVC
64	-0.91	60	2.04	87	76.70	Bowling Green			10	6-3-1	70	10	6-3-1	MAC
65	-0.94	73	-1.97	116	94.31	Dartmouth			8	6-1-1	61	9	7-1-1	Ivy
66	-1.00	50	4.86	57	56.78	Army			9	5-4-0	65	10	6-4-0	EIC
67	-1.27	81	-5.15	71	67.35	Boston College			10	4-6-0	67	11	4-7-0	EIC
68	-2.28	70	-1.20	51	51.55	Navy			11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	EIC
69	-2.58	47	5.89	85	74.50	Fresno State			7	4-3-0	76	11	6-4-1	BWC
70	-2.59	68	-0.22	68	65.14	Utah			11	6-5-0	68	11	6-5-0	WAC
71	-3.20	75	-2.82	121	97.45	East Carolina			11	9-2-0	71	11	9-2-0	SoCon
72	-3.39	64	1.06	58	58.09	Syracuse			11	5-6-0	79	11	5-6-0	EIC
73	-3.72	77	-3.49	55	55.14	Clemson			11	4-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	ACC
74	-3.78	84	-5.85	122	98.35	Miami (OH)			10	7-3-0	82	10	7-3-0	MAC
75	-4.62	69	-0.73	53	52.22	San Jose State			9	3-6-0	87	11	4-7-0	BWC
76	-4.68	90	-8.38	77	70.00	Southern Mississippi			10	3-6-1	78	11	3-7-1	SWIC
77	-4.75	58	2.28	90	79.41	Brigham Young			11	7-4-0	77	11	7-4-0	WAC
78	-4.76	88	-7.71	111	92.00	Pennsylvania			7	4-3-0	74	9	6-3-0	Ivy
79	-4.85	79	-4.06	64	62.23	Arizona			11	4-7-0	81	11	4-7-0	WAC
80	-4.88	86	-5.93	52	51.55	Vanderbilt			11	3-8-0	80	11	3-8-0	SEC
81	-4.92	83	-5.82	33	40.82	Northwestern			11	2-9-0	83	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
82	-5.51	94	-9.96	70	65.73	South Carolina			11	4-7-0	84	11	4-7-0	SWIC
83	-6.12	65	1.03	20	36.32	Kansas State			11	3-8-0	86	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
84	-6.25	74	-2.73	88	76.86	Kent State			11	6-5-0	89	12	6-5-1	MAC
85	-6.33	87	-6.18	81	72.05	Memphis			11	5-5-1	90	11	5-5-1	MVC
86	-6.38	82	-5.22	118	94.61	Cornell			9	6-3-0	73	9	6-3-0	Ivy
87	-7.03	80	-4.70	103	89.50	Northern Illinois			10	6-4-0	91	11	7-4-0	EIC
88	-7.89	89	-8.29	69	65.41	Virginia			11	4-7-0	92	11	4-7-0	ACC
89	-8.37	100	-14.08	105	90.36	Harvard			7	3-3-1	88	9	4-4-1	Ivy
90	-9.22	96	-13.15	47	47.27	Pittsburgh			11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	EIC
91	-9.48	71	-1.29	100	87.50	Western Michigan			10	6-3-1	97	11	7-3-1	MAC
92	-10.11	101	-14.21	102	89.11	Richmond			9	5-4-0	95	10	6-4-0	SoCon
93	-10.21	85	-5.90	96	85.33	Temple			6	4-2-0	104	9	5-4-0	EIC
94	-11.69	76	-3.28	65	63.67	Idaho			6	2-4-0	107	11	4-7-0	SWIC
95	-11.96	92	-8.92	60	59.25	Tulsa			10	3-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	MVC
96	-11.99	97	-13.15	108	91.19	Holy Cross			8	3-4-1	93	10	5-4-1	EIC
97	-12.26	109	-18.73	109	91.73	William & Mary			11	5-6-0	100	11	5-6-0	SoCon
98	-12.74	113	-22.28	106	90.50	Columbia			8	2-5-1	98	9	3-5-1	Ivy
99	-13.57	91	-8.56	99	87.40	Toledo			10	5-5-0	109	11	6-5-0	MAC
100	-13.95	93	-9.25	72	68.14	New Mexico			11	3-8-0	106	11	3-8-0	WAC
101	-14.33	104	-16.85	112	92.25	Rutgers			6	2-4-0	96	11	7-4-0	EIC
102	-14.69	105	-17.32	113	92.44	Princeton			9	3-5-1	101	9	3-5-1	Ivy
103	-15.71	107	-17.72	107	90.83	Dayton			9	3-5-1	117	11	4-6-1	EIC
104	-16.77	98	-13.28	110	91.89	West Texas A&M			9	4-5-0	108	10	5-5-0	MVC
105	-17.05	99	-14.03	78	71.40	Wyoming			10	3-7-0	102	11	4-7-0	WAC
106	-17.94	95	-12.26	75	69.19	Cal State Long Beach			8	2-6-0	113	11	5-6-0	BWC
107	-18.26	103	-16.48	54	54.18	Wake Forest			11	2-9-0	111	11	2-9-0	ACC
108	-18.55	106	-17.43	115	93.61	Wichita State			9	4-5-0	115	11	6-5-0	MVC
109	-18.68	114	-22.30	97	85.67	Villanova			9	2-7-0	110	11	2-9-0	EIC
110	-19.24	102	-14.76	117	94.58	Colgate			6	2-3-1	105	10	5-4-1	EIC
111	-19.79	115	-23.56	126	107.40	Citadel			10	5-5-0	112	11	5-6-0	SoCon
112	-21.28	117	-23.95	86	76.33	Texas Arlington			6	1-5-0	116	11	5-6-0	SWIC
113	-22.75	111	-21.18	93	81.95	Ohio University			10	2-8-0	123	11	3-8-0	MAC
114	-24.02	116	-23.67	76	69.92	Southern Illinois			6	0-5-1	122	10	1-8-1	EIC
115	-24.26	118	-24.63	123	99.00	Saint Xavier			8	2-6-0	125	10	2-8-0	EIC
116	-25.42	112	-21.46	94	83.35	New Mexico State			10	2-8-0	127	11	2-9-0	MVC
117	-25.69	122	-30.11	101	88.00	Brown			8	1-7-0	120	9	1-8-0	Ivy
118	-26.30	110	-19.13	73	68.73	Colorado State			11	1-10-0	124	11	1-10-0	WAC
119	-26.42	108	-17.75	89	78.83	Texas El Paso			9	2-7-0	133	10	2-8-0	WAC
120	-27.66	121	-30.01	125	106.88	Davidson			8	2-5-1	126	11	3-7-1	SoCon
121	-28.36	125	-33.40	120	96.45	Virginia Military			11	2-9-0	129	11	2-9-0	SoCon
122	-29.27	120	-28.07	104	90.33	Marshall			9	1-8-0	134	10	2-8-0	EIC
123	-30.36	119	-27.80	91	79.55	North Texas			11	1-10-0	135	11	1-10-0	MVC
124	-31.26	124	-33.18	95	83.60	Cincinnati			10	1-9-0	136	11	2-9-0	EIC
125	-31.27	123	-30.17	92	80.00	Tennessee Chattanooga			6	1-5-0	130	11	2-9-0	SWIC
126	-36.10	127	-45.87	124	104.20	Appalachian State			5	0-4-1	138	11	5-5-1	SoCon
127	-38.85	126	-39.68	127	107.93	Furman			7	1-6-0	140	11	2-9-0	SoCon

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1972	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

Links to the same page for other seasons
1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1972	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Thu Sep  3 18:06:48 2026

College Football 1972Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1972
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1972/9/8 and 1973/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)