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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1972 - 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	41.57	1	38.96	4	30.04	Southern California	1	1	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	PAC-8
8	28.89	2	35.72	7	31.14	Auburn	5	7	11	10-1-0	2	11	10-1-0	SEC
2	38.40	3	35.55	18	35.75	Oklahoma	2	2	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
5	30.94	4	33.29	2	27.91	Texas	3	5	11	10-1-0	4	11	10-1-0	SWAC
3	34.86	5	31.44	19	35.88	Alabama	7	4	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	SEC
10	25.43	6	29.65	31	40.32	Ohio State	9	3	11	9-2-0	6	11	9-2-0	BIG 10
6	30.71	7	29.19	28	39.50	Tennessee	8	11	11	9-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	SEC
7	29.43	8	26.18	38	44.09	Michigan	6	6	11	10-1-0	8	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
9	27.02	9	24.23	13	34.38	LSU	11	10	12	9-2-1	10	12	9-2-1	SEC
4	34.13	10	23.91	22	36.67	Nebraska	4	9	12	9-2-1	9	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
31	13.34	11	23.23	17	35.50	Washington			11	8-3-0	12	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
17	18.83	12	23.13	56	56.62	North Carolina	12	15	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	ACC
13	22.04	13	22.56	27	37.59	UCLA	15	17	11	8-3-0	13	11	8-3-0	PAC-8
15	20.17	14	22.29	6	30.14	Georgia			11	7-4-0	14	11	7-4-0	SEC
11	23.80	15	20.84	50	51.21	Penn State	10	8	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	EIC
19	16.41	16	18.81	41	44.91	Southern Methodist			11	7-4-0	16	11	7-4-0	SWAC
23	15.69	17	18.29	44	46.58	Texas Tech			12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	SWAC
33	11.20	18	18.27	80	71.91	San Diego State			11	10-1-0	20	11	10-1-0	BWC
12	22.44	19	18.18	39	44.55	Notre Dame	14	12	11	8-3-0	17	11	8-3-0	EIC
21	15.91	20	17.43	43	45.73	Washington State	19	18	11	7-4-0	19	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
24	15.69	21	16.27	83	73.54	Arizona State	13	13	12	10-2-0	23	12	10-2-0	WAC
30	13.55	22	15.98	29	39.73	Arkansas			11	6-5-0	21	11	6-5-0	SWAC
14	21.54	23	15.89	1	25.36	Florida			11	5-5-1	22	11	5-5-1	SEC
18	16.84	24	15.51	35	43.42	Colorado	16	14	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
27	14.48	25	15.33	36	43.58	Georgia Tech	20	19	12	7-4-1	25	12	7-4-1	SWIC
16	20.17	26	14.73	32	40.77	Oklahoma State			11	6-5-0	26	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
35	10.41	27	12.89	11	32.23	Rice			11	5-5-1	27	11	5-5-1	SWAC
29	13.76	28	12.70	3	28.00	Baylor			11	5-6-0	28	11	5-6-0	SWAC
22	15.81	29	12.53	16	35.50	Michigan State			11	5-5-1	29	11	5-5-1	BIG 10
20	16.30	30	11.85	59	58.17	North Carolina State	17		12	8-3-1	31	12	8-3-1	ACC
41	8.82	31	11.65	8	31.29	Missouri			12	6-6-0	32	12	6-6-0	BIG 8
34	11.18	32	11.57	114	93.20	Louisville	18	16	10	9-1-0	37	10	9-1-0	MVC
32	13.32	33	11.13	61	59.27	Florida State			11	7-4-0	33	11	7-4-0	SWIC
26	14.53	34	11.00	26	37.50	Stanford			10	5-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
55	3.94	35	10.74	62	60.56	Pacific			8	5-3-0	39	11	8-3-0	BWC
38	9.23	36	10.50	79	71.56	Tampa			9	7-2-0	36	12	10-2-0	SWIC
28	13.76	37	10.50	37	43.68	Purdue			11	6-5-0	34	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
42	8.00	38	10.05	82	72.75	Utah State			10	7-3-0	35	11	8-3-0	SWIC
25	15.08	39	9.21	40	44.80	Mississippi			10	5-5-0	38	10	5-5-0	SEC
48	6.20	40	8.69	34	41.36	Texas Christian			11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	SWAC
36	9.69	41	8.10	15	35.50	Miami (FL)			10	4-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	SWIC
40	8.90	42	7.71	42	45.25	Iowa State			12	5-6-1	42	12	5-6-1	BIG 8
49	6.07	43	7.39	14	34.86	Oregon			11	4-7-0	45	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
54	4.08	44	7.33	45	47.00	Indiana			11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
50	5.92	45	7.04	48	47.59	Duke			11	5-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	ACC
46	7.22	46	6.48	5	30.09	California			11	3-8-0	46	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
69	-2.58	47	5.89	85	74.50	Fresno State			7	4-3-0	56	11	6-4-1	BWC
45	7.29	48	5.87	12	32.59	Illinois			11	3-8-0	47	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
52	5.27	49	4.96	23	37.27	Kansas			11	4-7-0	48	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
66	-1.00	50	4.86	57	56.78	Army			9	5-4-0	49	10	6-4-0	EIC
44	7.45	51	4.68	66	63.95	Virginia Tech			11	6-4-1	51	11	6-4-1	SWIC
53	5.23	52	4.29	21	36.55	Minnesota			11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
39	8.96	53	4.16	49	50.91	Tulane			11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	SWIC
37	9.69	54	3.78	84	73.88	West Virginia		20	12	8-4-0	52	12	8-4-0	EIC
43	7.87	55	3.05	63	61.82	Houston			11	6-4-1	57	11	6-4-1	SWIC
60	0.53	56	2.99	46	47.05	Wisconsin			11	4-7-0	58	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
57	3.34	57	2.53	25	37.36	Kentucky			11	3-8-0	59	11	3-8-0	SEC
77	-4.75	58	2.28	90	79.41	Brigham Young			11	7-4-0	62	11	7-4-0	WAC
51	5.43	59	2.09	9	32.05	Texas A&M			11	3-8-0	60	11	3-8-0	SWAC
64	-0.91	60	2.04	87	76.70	Bowling Green			10	6-3-1	67	10	6-3-1	MAC
61	0.43	61	1.81	30	39.73	Iowa			11	3-7-1	64	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
47	6.57	62	1.66	24	37.30	Mississippi State			10	3-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	SEC
62	-0.40	63	1.28	10	32.18	Oregon State			11	2-9-0	66	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
72	-3.39	64	1.06	58	58.09	Syracuse			11	5-6-0	69	11	5-6-0	EIC
83	-6.12	65	1.03	20	36.32	Kansas State			11	3-8-0	65	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
63	-0.62	66	0.64	98	86.71	Drake			7	5-2-0	77	12	7-5-0	MVC
56	3.80	67	-0.04	74	68.95	Air Force			10	6-4-0	68	10	6-4-0	SWIC
70	-2.59	68	-0.22	68	65.14	Utah			11	6-5-0	70	11	6-5-0	WAC
75	-4.62	69	-0.73	53	52.22	San Jose State			9	3-6-0	79	11	4-7-0	BWC
68	-2.28	70	-1.20	51	51.55	Navy			11	4-7-0	73	11	4-7-0	EIC
91	-9.48	71	-1.29	100	87.50	Western Michigan			10	6-3-1	78	11	7-3-1	MAC
59	1.03	72	-1.60	67	64.50	Maryland			11	5-5-1	74	11	5-5-1	ACC
65	-0.94	73	-1.97	116	94.31	Dartmouth			8	6-1-1	61	9	7-1-1	Ivy
84	-6.25	74	-2.73	88	76.86	Kent State			11	6-5-0	81	12	6-5-1	MAC
71	-3.20	75	-2.82	121	97.45	East Carolina			11	9-2-0	76	11	9-2-0	SoCon
94	-11.69	76	-3.28	65	63.67	Idaho			6	2-4-0	88	11	4-7-0	SWIC
73	-3.72	77	-3.49	55	55.14	Clemson			11	4-7-0	80	11	4-7-0	ACC
58	2.89	78	-3.95	119	95.62	Yale			8	6-2-0	71	9	7-2-0	Ivy
79	-4.85	79	-4.06	64	62.23	Arizona			11	4-7-0	83	11	4-7-0	WAC
87	-7.03	80	-4.70	103	89.50	Northern Illinois			10	6-4-0	84	11	7-4-0	EIC
67	-1.27	81	-5.15	71	67.35	Boston College			10	4-6-0	86	11	4-7-0	EIC
86	-6.38	82	-5.22	118	94.61	Cornell			9	6-3-0	72	9	6-3-0	Ivy
81	-4.92	83	-5.82	33	40.82	Northwestern			11	2-9-0	85	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
74	-3.78	84	-5.85	122	98.35	Miami (OH)			10	7-3-0	91	10	7-3-0	MAC
93	-10.21	85	-5.90	96	85.33	Temple			6	4-2-0	97	9	5-4-0	EIC
80	-4.88	86	-5.93	52	51.55	Vanderbilt			11	3-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	SEC
85	-6.33	87	-6.18	81	72.05	Memphis			11	5-5-1	90	11	5-5-1	MVC
78	-4.76	88	-7.71	111	92.00	Pennsylvania			7	4-3-0	82	9	6-3-0	Ivy
88	-7.89	89	-8.29	69	65.41	Virginia			11	4-7-0	92	11	4-7-0	ACC
76	-4.68	90	-8.38	77	70.00	Southern Mississippi			10	3-6-1	89	11	3-7-1	SWIC
99	-13.57	91	-8.56	99	87.40	Toledo			10	5-5-0	95	11	6-5-0	MAC
95	-11.96	92	-8.92	60	59.25	Tulsa			10	3-7-0	94	11	4-7-0	MVC
100	-13.95	93	-9.25	72	68.14	New Mexico			11	3-8-0	100	11	3-8-0	WAC
82	-5.51	94	-9.96	70	65.73	South Carolina			11	4-7-0	98	11	4-7-0	SWIC
106	-17.94	95	-12.26	75	69.19	Cal State Long Beach			8	2-6-0	108	11	5-6-0	BWC
90	-9.22	96	-13.15	47	47.27	Pittsburgh			11	1-10-0	107	11	1-10-0	EIC
96	-11.99	97	-13.15	108	91.19	Holy Cross			8	3-4-1	99	10	5-4-1	EIC
104	-16.77	98	-13.28	110	91.89	West Texas A&M			9	4-5-0	105	10	5-5-0	MVC
105	-17.05	99	-14.03	78	71.40	Wyoming			10	3-7-0	93	11	4-7-0	WAC
89	-8.37	100	-14.08	105	90.36	Harvard			7	3-3-1	101	9	4-4-1	Ivy
92	-10.11	101	-14.21	102	89.11	Richmond			9	5-4-0	103	10	6-4-0	SoCon
110	-19.24	102	-14.76	117	94.58	Colgate			6	2-3-1	102	10	5-4-1	EIC
107	-18.26	103	-16.48	54	54.18	Wake Forest			11	2-9-0	110	11	2-9-0	ACC
101	-14.33	104	-16.85	112	92.25	Rutgers			6	2-4-0	104	11	7-4-0	EIC
102	-14.69	105	-17.32	113	92.44	Princeton			9	3-5-1	106	9	3-5-1	Ivy
108	-18.55	106	-17.43	115	93.61	Wichita State			9	4-5-0	111	11	6-5-0	MVC
103	-15.71	107	-17.72	107	90.83	Dayton			9	3-5-1	117	11	4-6-1	EIC
119	-26.42	108	-17.75	89	78.83	Texas El Paso			9	2-7-0	119	10	2-8-0	WAC
97	-12.26	109	-18.73	109	91.73	William & Mary			11	5-6-0	113	11	5-6-0	SoCon
118	-26.30	110	-19.13	73	68.73	Colorado State			11	1-10-0	115	11	1-10-0	WAC
113	-22.75	111	-21.18	93	81.95	Ohio University			10	2-8-0	121	11	3-8-0	MAC
116	-25.42	112	-21.46	94	83.35	New Mexico State			10	2-8-0	124	11	2-9-0	MVC
98	-12.74	113	-22.28	106	90.50	Columbia			8	2-5-1	114	9	3-5-1	Ivy
109	-18.68	114	-22.30	97	85.67	Villanova			9	2-7-0	122	11	2-9-0	EIC
111	-19.79	115	-23.56	126	107.40	Citadel			10	5-5-0	120	11	5-6-0	SoCon
114	-24.02	116	-23.67	76	69.92	Southern Illinois			6	0-5-1	118	10	1-8-1	EIC
112	-21.28	117	-23.95	86	76.33	Texas Arlington			6	1-5-0	109	11	5-6-0	SWIC
115	-24.26	118	-24.63	123	99.00	Saint Xavier			8	2-6-0	125	10	2-8-0	EIC
123	-30.36	119	-27.80	91	79.55	North Texas			11	1-10-0	131	11	1-10-0	MVC
122	-29.27	120	-28.07	104	90.33	Marshall			9	1-8-0	133	10	2-8-0	EIC
120	-27.66	121	-30.01	125	106.88	Davidson			8	2-5-1	130	11	3-7-1	SoCon
117	-25.69	122	-30.11	101	88.00	Brown			8	1-7-0	127	9	1-8-0	Ivy
125	-31.27	123	-30.17	92	80.00	Tennessee Chattanooga			6	1-5-0	129	11	2-9-0	SWIC
124	-31.26	124	-33.18	95	83.60	Cincinnati			10	1-9-0	137	11	2-9-0	EIC
121	-28.36	125	-33.40	120	96.45	Virginia Military			11	2-9-0	136	11	2-9-0	SoCon
127	-38.85	126	-39.68	127	107.93	Furman			7	1-6-0	138	11	2-9-0	SoCon
126	-36.10	127	-45.87	124	104.20	Appalachian State			5	0-4-1	140	11	5-5-1	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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)