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)

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1972 - 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	41.57	1	38.96	4	30.04	Southern California	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	PAC-8
2	38.40	3	35.55	18	35.75	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	34.86	5	31.44	19	35.88	Alabama	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	SEC
4	34.13	10	23.91	22	36.67	Nebraska	12	9-2-1	4	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
5	30.94	4	33.29	2	27.91	Texas	11	10-1-0	5	11	10-1-0	SWAC
6	30.71	7	29.19	28	39.50	Tennessee	11	9-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SEC
7	29.43	8	26.18	38	44.09	Michigan	11	10-1-0	7	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
8	28.89	2	35.72	7	31.14	Auburn	11	10-1-0	8	11	10-1-0	SEC
9	27.02	9	24.23	13	34.38	Louisiana State	12	9-2-1	9	12	9-2-1	SEC
10	25.43	6	29.65	31	40.32	Ohio State	11	9-2-0	10	11	9-2-0	BIG 10
11	23.80	15	20.84	50	51.21	Penn State	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	EIC
12	22.44	19	18.18	39	44.55	Notre Dame	11	8-3-0	12	11	8-3-0	EIC
13	22.04	13	22.56	27	37.59	UCLA	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	11-1-0	17	12	11-1-0	ACC
18	16.84	24	15.51	35	43.42	Colorado	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	12	8-3-1	19	12	8-3-1	ACC
21	15.91	20	17.43	43	45.73	Washington State	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	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	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	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	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

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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 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)