College Football 1973
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1973 - Ranking of Division I teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
6	32.44	6	28.36	1	24.88	Nebraska	7	11	12	9-2-1	1	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
10	23.59	12	23.04	2	29.75	LSU	13	14	12	9-3-0	3	12	9-3-0	SEC
1	43.59	1	36.97	3	30.00	Oklahoma	3	2	11	10-0-1	2	11	10-0-1	BIG 8
26	14.19	40	10.32	4	32.36	Colorado			11	5-6-0	5	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
87	-8.66	100	-13.49	5	32.82	Iowa			11	0-11-0	4	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
18	19.19	17	19.44	6	33.12	Kansas	18	15	12	7-4-1	6	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
43	8.49	39	10.33	7	34.05	Rice			10	4-6-0	8	11	5-6-0	SWAC
17	20.46	15	20.64	8	34.21	Georgia			12	7-4-1	9	12	7-4-1	SEC
44	8.37	35	11.31	9	34.36	Kansas State			11	5-6-0	7	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
16	20.81	16	19.89	10	35.83	Missouri	17	17	12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
36	10.71	26	13.52	11	36.58	Auburn			12	6-6-0	12	12	6-6-0	SEC
34	10.82	63	2.42	12	36.82	Iowa State			11	4-7-0	11	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
30	11.50	18	18.50	13	36.92	Florida		19	12	7-5-0	13	12	7-5-0	SEC
19	18.39	22	16.40	14	38.09	Oklahoma State			11	5-4-2	16	11	5-4-2	BIG 8
58	2.60	80	-6.75	15	38.73	Indiana			11	2-9-0	14	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
4	35.42	4	30.94	16	38.83	Alabama	4	1	12	11-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	SEC
24	14.84	27	13.14	17	41.25	Minnesota			10	6-4-0	17	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
82	-5.77	84	-8.04	18	41.27	Baylor			11	2-9-0	18	11	2-9-0	SWAC
27	13.64	38	10.56	19	41.32	Kentucky			11	5-6-0	20	11	5-6-0	SEC
29	12.10	28	12.90	20	41.59	Mississippi			11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	SEC
48	6.50	46	8.37	21	42.32	Arkansas			11	5-5-1	19	11	5-5-1	SWAC
46	8.03	65	1.00	22	42.91	Wisconsin			11	4-7-0	21	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
49	5.72	43	9.25	23	43.36	Miami (FL)			11	5-6-0	24	11	5-6-0	SWIC
25	14.53	21	16.74	24	44.38	Tennessee	19		12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	SEC
54	4.38	68	-0.34	25	44.73	Northwestern			11	4-7-0	23	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
8	27.33	13	21.64	26	45.73	Texas	14	8	11	8-3-0	29	11	8-3-0	SWAC
9	25.96	10	23.63	27	45.83	Southern California	8	7	12	9-2-1	28	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
37	10.43	55	4.72	28	45.95	Michigan State			11	5-6-0	26	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
45	8.12	61	3.08	29	46.09	Purdue			11	5-6-0	27	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
66	-0.38	86	-8.54	30	46.09	Oregon			11	2-9-0	30	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
50	5.36	50	5.77	31	46.35	Mississippi State			10	4-5-1	34	11	4-5-2	SEC
15	21.80	14	20.92	32	46.46	North Carolina State	16	18	12	9-3-0	36	12	9-3-0	ACC
41	8.74	56	4.65	33	46.55	Illinois			11	5-6-0	31	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
116	-21.30	115	-20.53	34	46.55	Army			10	0-10-0	32	10	0-10-0	EIC
11	23.54	9	25.02	35	47.46	Texas Tech	11	12	12	11-1-0	33	12	11-1-0	SWAC
69	-1.04	72	-2.11	36	47.50	Texas Christian			11	3-8-0	39	11	3-8-0	SWAC
5	34.16	2	36.17	37	48.05	Notre Dame	1	4	11	11-0-0	35	11	11-0-0	EIC
35	10.80	32	11.64	38	48.71	Pittsburgh			12	6-5-1	40	12	6-5-1	EIC
80	-5.42	90	-10.25	39	48.77	Oregon State			11	2-9-0	37	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
2	37.71	5	28.48	40	49.09	Ohio State	2	3	11	10-0-1	38	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
68	-0.79	62	2.49	41	49.09	Vanderbilt			11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	SEC
108	-18.26	120	-22.46	42	49.32	Florida State			11	0-11-0	42	11	0-11-0	SWIC
56	3.50	67	0.30	43	49.77	Navy			11	4-7-0	47	11	4-7-0	EIC
39	9.49	57	4.62	44	50.00	Texas A&M			11	5-6-0	46	11	5-6-0	SWAC
52	4.69	60	3.16	45	50.14	Washington State			11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
47	6.96	44	8.99	46	50.15	Southern Methodist			10	5-4-1	55	11	6-4-1	SWAC
22	16.21	34	11.48	47	50.55	Stanford			11	7-4-0	43	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
3	35.42	7	26.16	48	50.91	Michigan	6	6	11	10-0-1	44	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
31	11.41	23	16.06	49	50.92	Tulane			12	9-3-0	48	12	9-3-0	SWIC
60	1.95	53	5.39	50	52.14	Georgia Tech			11	5-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	SWIC
76	-3.27	74	-2.95	51	52.59	North Carolina			11	4-7-0	52	11	4-7-0	ACC
61	1.74	47	7.45	52	53.27	West Virginia			11	6-5-0	49	11	6-5-0	EIC
99	-13.80	94	-11.38	53	54.55	Syracuse			11	2-9-0	50	11	2-9-0	EIC
7	31.49	3	32.20	54	54.79	Penn State	5	5	12	12-0-0	53	12	12-0-0	EIC
71	-1.84	76	-4.86	55	56.36	California			11	4-7-0	54	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
86	-8.09	95	-11.78	56	56.55	Virginia Tech			11	2-9-0	57	11	2-9-0	SWIC
14	22.21	19	17.29	57	57.32	UCLA	12	9	11	9-2-0	56	11	9-2-0	PAC-8
107	-17.19	103	-14.50	58	57.91	Wake Forest			11	1-9-1	61	11	1-9-1	ACC
84	-7.12	87	-9.62	59	58.14	Duke			11	2-8-1	58	11	2-8-1	ACC
33	11.02	33	11.55	60	58.73	South Carolina			11	7-4-0	62	11	7-4-0	SWIC
12	23.28	11	23.15	61	59.67	Houston	10	13	12	11-1-0	59	12	11-1-0	SWIC
67	-0.62	66	0.42	62	60.64	Clemson			11	5-6-0	63	11	5-6-0	ACC
21	17.03	42	9.68	63	61.58	Maryland	20	20	12	8-4-0	64	12	8-4-0	ACC
53	4.67	54	5.02	64	61.59	Utah			11	7-4-0	65	12	7-5-0	WAC
72	-2.22	49	5.94	65	61.70	Ohio University			10	5-5-0	60	10	5-5-0	MAC
55	4.35	58	4.52	66	62.75	Southern Mississippi			10	5-4-1	75	11	6-4-1	SWIC
63	0.54	52	5.46	67	63.55	Air Force			10	6-4-0	68	10	6-4-0	SWIC
91	-9.36	77	-4.89	68	64.41	Virginia			11	4-7-0	69	11	4-7-0	ACC
95	-10.96	112	-17.27	69	64.60	Washington			10	2-8-0	71	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
40	8.92	45	8.62	70	65.45	Boston College			10	6-4-0	72	11	7-4-0	EIC
123	-29.32	89	-10.05	71	65.56	Columbia			8	1-7-0	99	9	1-7-1	Ivy
119	-22.13	106	-15.43	72	66.72	Princeton			9	1-8-0	108	9	1-8-0	Ivy
70	-1.44	83	-7.91	73	66.86	Wyoming			11	4-7-0	67	11	4-7-0	WAC
109	-18.48	111	-17.07	74	67.38	Villanova			8	1-7-0	89	11	3-8-0	EIC
78	-4.77	48	7.03	75	67.71	Brown			7	4-3-0	113	8	4-3-1	Ivy
89	-8.84	64	1.93	76	67.88	Cornell			8	3-5-0	116	9	3-5-1	Ivy
83	-6.47	88	-9.66	77	68.55	New Mexico			11	4-7-0	70	11	4-7-0	WAC
77	-4.05	30	12.62	78	69.07	Harvard			7	5-2-0	119	9	7-2-0	Ivy
74	-2.42	81	-7.34	79	69.44	San Jose State			9	3-4-2	78	11	5-4-2	BWC
32	11.34	51	5.53	80	69.73	Arizona			11	8-3-0	73	11	8-3-0	WAC
64	0.45	92	-10.57	81	70.30	Brigham Young			10	4-6-0	79	11	5-6-0	WAC
59	2.31	29	12.62	82	70.43	Pennsylvania			7	5-2-0	128	9	6-3-0	Ivy
38	10.19	41	10.01	83	70.61	Kent State			9	7-2-0	76	11	9-2-0	MAC
20	17.45	8	25.30	84	71.32	Miami (OH)	15	16	11	11-0-0	74	11	11-0-0	MAC
62	1.49	24	15.55	85	72.06	Yale			8	6-2-0	110	9	6-3-0	Ivy
111	-18.80	99	-13.34	86	73.50	Virginia Military			11	3-8-0	81	11	3-8-0	SoCon
13	22.96	25	14.72	87	73.96	Arizona State	9	10	12	11-1-0	77	12	11-1-0	WAC
65	0.25	73	-2.25	88	74.22	Utah State			9	5-4-0	86	11	7-4-0	SWIC
57	2.62	20	17.17	89	75.50	Dartmouth			8	6-2-0	120	9	6-3-0	Ivy
104	-16.45	114	-19.49	90	76.35	Toledo			10	2-8-0	85	11	3-8-0	MAC
51	4.98	59	3.17	91	77.14	Memphis			11	8-3-0	82	11	8-3-0	SWIC
106	-17.15	105	-15.08	92	77.36	Holy Cross			7	2-5-0	91	11	5-6-0	EIC
97	-12.73	96	-12.29	93	77.59	Colorado State			11	5-6-0	80	11	5-6-0	WAC
101	-14.75	97	-12.42	94	79.06	Marshall			9	3-6-0	83	11	4-7-0	EIC
122	-28.67	119	-21.39	95	79.12	Davidson			8	1-7-0	115	10	2-8-0	SoCon
96	-11.88	82	-7.74	96	79.22	Western Michigan			9	4-5-0	92	11	6-5-0	MAC
117	-21.59	110	-16.84	97	79.58	Tennessee Chattanooga			6	2-4-0	104	11	4-7-0	SWIC
103	-16.28	101	-13.98	98	79.90	Appalachian State			5	2-3-0	130	11	3-7-1	SoCon
73	-2.27	69	-0.41	99	81.11	Bowling Green			9	6-3-0	84	10	7-3-0	MAC
128	-36.60	128	-38.62	100	82.77	Texas El Paso			11	0-11-0	88	11	0-11-0	WAC
28	13.41	37	10.68	101	83.50	East Carolina			11	9-2-0	105	11	9-2-0	SoCon
100	-14.47	118	-21.30	102	83.50	Southern Illinois			7	2-5-0	127	11	3-7-1	EIC
23	15.84	31	12.39	103	83.77	San Diego State			11	9-1-1	90	11	9-1-1	BWC
118	-21.62	121	-26.43	104	83.83	Idaho			6	1-5-0	107	11	4-7-0	SWIC
120	-25.24	116	-20.87	105	84.22	Citadel			9	2-7-0	109	11	3-8-0	SoCon
79	-5.37	78	-5.99	106	85.59	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	94	11	6-5-0	MVC
42	8.73	36	10.86	107	85.61	Richmond			9	8-1-0	106	10	8-2-0	SoCon
92	-10.09	91	-10.28	108	85.64	Texas Arlington			7	3-4-0	100	10	4-6-0	SWIC
88	-8.77	79	-6.09	109	85.73	William & Mary			11	6-5-0	114	11	6-5-0	SoCon
94	-10.84	71	-2.08	110	85.75	Colgate			6	3-3-0	133	10	5-5-0	EIC
85	-7.99	108	-16.27	111	86.55	Cincinnati			11	4-7-0	103	11	4-7-0	EIC
98	-12.87	93	-11.03	112	87.71	Furman			7	3-4-0	137	11	7-4-0	SoCon
102	-15.08	85	-8.32	113	90.33	Rutgers			6	3-3-0	132	11	6-5-0	EIC
113	-20.29	107	-15.87	114	91.25	Dayton			8	3-4-1	126	11	5-5-1	EIC
90	-8.96	104	-15.03	115	91.27	Louisville			11	5-6-0	112	11	5-6-0	MVC
93	-10.35	102	-14.49	116	91.67	Pacific			6	3-2-1	118	10	7-2-1	BWC
125	-30.47	125	-30.74	117	92.17	Fresno State			6	1-5-0	97	11	2-9-0	BWC
110	-18.64	122	-27.21	118	92.21	Cal State Long Beach			7	1-5-1	101	11	1-9-1	BWC
105	-16.83	109	-16.51	119	95.41	North Texas			11	5-5-1	122	11	5-5-1	MVC
81	-5.58	75	-4.56	120	96.67	Tampa			9	6-3-0	131	11	8-3-0	SWIC
75	-2.46	70	-0.69	121	97.58	Temple			6	5-1-0	140	10	9-1-0	EIC
129	-40.25	129	-39.88	122	98.25	Louisiana Lafayette			6	0-6-0	123	10	0-10-0	SWIC
126	-31.40	123	-29.32	123	99.00	West Texas A&M			11	2-9-0	125	11	2-9-0	MVC
115	-21.05	117	-21.13	124	99.14	New Mexico State			11	5-6-0	129	11	5-6-0	MVC
114	-20.87	98	-12.89	125	102.55	Saint Xavier			10	5-4-1	134	11	5-5-1	EIC
121	-28.14	124	-29.36	126	103.35	Wichita State			10	3-7-0	135	11	4-7-0	MVC
112	-19.34	113	-18.05	127	103.36	Northern Illinois			7	3-4-0	141	11	6-5-0	EIC
124	-29.47	126	-31.03	128	106.40	Drake			10	2-8-0	139	11	2-9-0	MVC
127	-33.55	127	-32.29	129	119.00	Lamar			6	3-3-0	142	10	5-5-0	SWIC

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College Football 1973Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1973
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)