College Football 1973
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1973 - 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	43.59	1	36.97	3	30.00	Oklahoma	11	10-0-1	1	11	10-0-1	BIG 8
2	37.71	5	28.48	40	49.09	Ohio State	11	10-0-1	2	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
3	35.42	7	26.16	48	50.91	Michigan	11	10-0-1	3	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
4	35.42	4	30.94	16	38.83	Alabama	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SEC
5	34.16	2	36.17	37	48.05	Notre Dame	11	11-0-0	5	11	11-0-0	EIC
6	32.44	6	28.36	1	24.88	Nebraska	12	9-2-1	6	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
7	31.49	3	32.20	54	54.79	Penn State	12	12-0-0	7	12	12-0-0	EIC
8	27.33	13	21.64	26	45.73	Texas	11	8-3-0	8	11	8-3-0	SWAC
9	25.96	10	23.63	27	45.83	Southern California	12	9-2-1	9	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
10	23.59	12	23.04	2	29.75	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	SEC
11	23.54	9	25.02	35	47.46	Texas Tech	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	SWAC
12	23.28	11	23.15	61	59.67	Houston	12	11-1-0	13	12	11-1-0	SWIC
13	22.96	25	14.72	87	73.96	Arizona State	12	11-1-0	10	12	11-1-0	WAC
14	22.21	19	17.29	57	57.32	UCLA	11	9-2-0	14	11	9-2-0	PAC-8
15	21.80	14	20.92	32	46.46	North Carolina State	12	9-3-0	15	12	9-3-0	ACC
16	20.81	16	19.89	10	35.83	Missouri	12	8-4-0	16	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
17	20.46	15	20.64	8	34.21	Georgia	12	7-4-1	17	12	7-4-1	SEC
18	19.19	17	19.44	6	33.12	Kansas	12	7-4-1	18	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
19	18.39	22	16.40	14	38.09	Oklahoma State	11	5-4-2	19	11	5-4-2	BIG 8
20	17.45	8	25.30	84	71.32	Miami OH	11	11-0-0	20	11	11-0-0	MAC
21	17.03	42	9.68	63	61.58	Maryland	12	8-4-0	21	12	8-4-0	ACC
22	16.21	34	11.48	47	50.55	Stanford	11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
23	15.84	31	12.39	103	83.77	San Diego State	11	9-1-1	22	11	9-1-1	BWC
24	14.84	27	13.14	17	41.25	Minnesota	10	6-4-0	24	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
25	14.53	21	16.74	24	44.38	Tennessee	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	SEC
26	14.19	40	10.32	4	32.36	Colorado	11	5-6-0	26	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
27	13.64	38	10.56	19	41.32	Kentucky	11	5-6-0	27	11	5-6-0	SEC
28	13.41	37	10.68	101	83.50	East Carolina	11	9-2-0	28	11	9-2-0	SoCon
29	12.10	28	12.90	20	41.59	Mississippi	11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	SEC
30	11.50	18	18.50	13	36.92	Florida	12	7-5-0	31	12	7-5-0	SEC
31	11.41	23	16.06	49	50.92	Tulane	12	9-3-0	34	12	9-3-0	SWIC
32	11.34	51	5.53	80	69.73	Arizona	11	8-3-0	30	11	8-3-0	WAC
33	11.02	33	11.55	60	58.73	South Carolina	11	7-4-0	35	11	7-4-0	SWIC
34	10.82	63	2.42	12	36.82	Iowa State	11	4-7-0	32	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
35	10.80	32	11.64	38	48.71	Pittsburgh	12	6-5-1	36	12	6-5-1	EIC
36	10.71	26	13.52	11	36.58	Auburn	12	6-6-0	37	12	6-6-0	SEC
37	10.43	55	4.72	28	45.95	Michigan State	11	5-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
38	10.19	41	10.01	83	70.61	Kent State	9	7-2-0	33	11	9-2-0	MAC
39	9.49	57	4.62	44	50.00	Texas A&M	11	5-6-0	39	11	5-6-0	SWAC
40	8.92	45	8.62	70	65.45	Boston College	10	6-4-0	42	11	7-4-0	EIC
41	8.74	56	4.65	33	46.55	Illinois	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
42	8.73	36	10.86	107	85.61	Richmond	9	8-1-0	46	10	8-2-0	SoCon
43	8.49	39	10.33	7	34.05	Rice	10	4-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	SWAC
44	8.37	35	11.31	9	34.36	Kansas State	11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
45	8.12	61	3.08	29	46.09	Purdue	11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
46	8.03	65	1.00	22	42.91	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	44	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
47	6.96	44	8.99	46	50.15	Southern Methodist	10	5-4-1	47	11	6-4-1	SWAC
48	6.50	46	8.37	21	42.32	Arkansas	11	5-5-1	48	11	5-5-1	SWAC
49	5.72	43	9.25	23	43.36	Miami FL	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SWIC
50	5.36	50	5.77	31	46.35	Mississippi State	10	4-5-1	51	11	4-5-2	SEC
51	4.98	59	3.17	91	77.14	Memphis	11	8-3-0	50	11	8-3-0	SWIC
52	4.69	60	3.16	45	50.14	Washington State	11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
53	4.67	54	5.02	64	61.59	Utah	11	7-4-0	54	12	7-5-0	WAC
54	4.38	68	-0.34	25	44.73	Northwestern	11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
55	4.35	58	4.52	66	62.75	Southern Mississippi	10	5-4-1	55	11	6-4-1	SWIC
56	3.50	67	0.30	43	49.77	Navy	11	4-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	EIC
57	2.62	20	17.17	89	75.50	Dartmouth	8	6-2-0	78	9	6-3-0	Ivy
58	2.60	80	-6.75	15	38.73	Indiana	11	2-9-0	57	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
59	2.31	29	12.62	82	70.43	Pennsylvania	7	5-2-0	85	9	6-3-0	Ivy
60	1.95	53	5.39	50	52.14	Georgia Tech	11	5-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	SWIC
61	1.74	47	7.45	52	53.27	West Virginia	11	6-5-0	62	11	6-5-0	EIC
62	1.49	24	15.55	85	72.06	Yale	8	6-2-0	83	9	6-3-0	Ivy
63	0.54	52	5.46	67	63.55	Air Force	10	6-4-0	63	10	6-4-0	SWIC
64	0.45	92	-10.57	81	70.30	Brigham Young	10	4-6-0	60	11	5-6-0	WAC
65	0.25	73	-2.25	88	74.22	Utah State	9	5-4-0	64	11	7-4-0	SWIC
66	-0.38	86	-8.54	30	46.09	Oregon	11	2-9-0	68	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
67	-0.62	66	0.42	62	60.64	Clemson	11	5-6-0	70	11	5-6-0	ACC
68	-0.79	62	2.49	41	49.09	Vanderbilt	11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	SEC
69	-1.04	72	-2.11	36	47.50	Texas Christian	11	3-8-0	72	11	3-8-0	SWAC
70	-1.44	83	-7.91	73	66.86	Wyoming	11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	WAC
71	-1.84	76	-4.86	55	56.36	California	11	4-7-0	73	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
72	-2.22	49	5.94	65	61.70	Ohio University	10	5-5-0	71	10	5-5-0	MAC
73	-2.27	69	-0.41	99	81.11	Bowling Green	9	6-3-0	69	10	7-3-0	MAC
74	-2.42	81	-7.34	79	69.44	San Jose State	9	3-4-2	66	11	5-4-2	BWC
75	-2.46	70	-0.69	121	97.58	Temple	6	5-1-0	74	10	9-1-0	EIC
76	-3.27	74	-2.95	51	52.59	North Carolina	11	4-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	ACC
77	-4.05	30	12.62	78	69.07	Harvard	7	5-2-0	91	9	7-2-0	Ivy
78	-4.77	48	7.03	75	67.71	Brown	7	4-3-0	96	8	4-3-1	Ivy
79	-5.37	78	-5.99	106	85.59	Tulsa	11	6-5-0	77	11	6-5-0	MVC
80	-5.42	90	-10.25	39	48.77	Oregon State	11	2-9-0	81	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
81	-5.58	75	-4.56	120	96.67	Tampa	9	6-3-0	79	11	8-3-0	SWIC
82	-5.77	84	-8.04	18	41.27	Baylor	11	2-9-0	82	11	2-9-0	SWAC
83	-6.47	88	-9.66	77	68.55	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	80	11	4-7-0	WAC
84	-7.12	87	-9.62	59	58.14	Duke	11	2-8-1	86	11	2-8-1	ACC
85	-7.99	108	-16.27	111	86.55	Cincinnati	11	4-7-0	84	11	4-7-0	EIC
86	-8.09	95	-11.78	56	56.55	Virginia Tech	11	2-9-0	88	11	2-9-0	SWIC
87	-8.66	100	-13.49	5	32.82	Iowa	11	0-11-0	89	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
88	-8.77	79	-6.09	109	85.73	William & Mary	11	6-5-0	93	11	6-5-0	SoCon
89	-8.84	64	1.93	76	67.88	Cornell	8	3-5-0	112	9	3-5-1	Ivy
90	-8.96	104	-15.03	115	91.27	Louisville	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	MVC
91	-9.36	77	-4.89	68	64.41	Virginia	11	4-7-0	92	11	4-7-0	ACC
92	-10.09	91	-10.28	108	85.64	Texas Arlington	7	3-4-0	106	10	4-6-0	SWIC
93	-10.35	102	-14.49	116	91.67	Pacific	6	3-2-1	76	10	7-2-1	BWC
94	-10.84	71	-2.08	110	85.75	Colgate	6	3-3-0	128	10	5-5-0	EIC
95	-10.96	112	-17.27	69	64.60	Washington	10	2-8-0	97	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
96	-11.88	82	-7.74	96	79.22	Western Michigan	9	4-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	MAC
97	-12.73	96	-12.29	93	77.59	Colorado State	11	5-6-0	95	11	5-6-0	WAC
98	-12.87	93	-11.03	112	87.71	Furman	7	3-4-0	99	11	7-4-0	SoCon
99	-13.80	94	-11.38	53	54.55	Syracuse	11	2-9-0	102	11	2-9-0	EIC
100	-14.47	118	-21.30	102	83.50	Southern Illinois	7	2-5-0	113	11	3-7-1	EIC
101	-14.75	97	-12.42	94	79.06	Marshall	9	3-6-0	98	11	4-7-0	EIC
102	-15.08	85	-8.32	113	90.33	Rutgers	6	3-3-0	104	11	6-5-0	EIC
103	-16.28	101	-13.98	98	79.90	Appalachian State	5	2-3-0	122	11	3-7-1	SoCon
104	-16.45	114	-19.49	90	76.35	Toledo	10	2-8-0	105	11	3-8-0	MAC
105	-16.83	109	-16.51	119	95.41	North Texas	11	5-5-1	109	11	5-5-1	MVC
106	-17.15	105	-15.08	92	77.36	Holy Cross	7	2-5-0	111	11	5-6-0	EIC
107	-17.19	103	-14.50	58	57.91	Wake Forest	11	1-9-1	114	11	1-9-1	ACC
108	-18.26	120	-22.46	42	49.32	Florida State	11	0-11-0	116	11	0-11-0	SWIC
109	-18.48	111	-17.07	74	67.38	Villanova	8	1-7-0	120	11	3-8-0	EIC
110	-18.64	122	-27.21	118	92.21	Cal State Long Beach	7	1-5-1	108	11	1-9-1	BWC
111	-18.80	99	-13.34	86	73.50	Virginia Military	11	3-8-0	123	11	3-8-0	SoCon
112	-19.34	113	-18.05	127	103.36	Northern Illinois	7	3-4-0	100	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
114	-20.87	98	-12.89	125	102.55	Saint Xavier	10	5-4-1	132	11	5-5-1	EIC
115	-21.05	117	-21.13	124	99.14	New Mexico State	11	5-6-0	119	11	5-6-0	MVC
116	-21.30	115	-20.53	34	46.55	Army	10	0-10-0	124	10	0-10-0	EIC
117	-21.59	110	-16.84	97	79.58	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	2-4-0	118	11	4-7-0	SWIC
118	-21.62	121	-26.43	104	83.83	Idaho	6	1-5-0	121	11	4-7-0	SWIC
119	-22.13	106	-15.43	72	66.72	Princeton	9	1-8-0	137	9	1-8-0	Ivy
120	-25.24	116	-20.87	105	84.22	Citadel	9	2-7-0	140	11	3-8-0	SoCon
121	-28.14	124	-29.36	126	103.35	Wichita State	10	3-7-0	134	11	4-7-0	MVC
122	-28.67	119	-21.39	95	79.12	Davidson	8	1-7-0	142	10	2-8-0	SoCon
123	-29.32	89	-10.05	71	65.56	Columbia	8	1-7-0	145	9	1-7-1	Ivy
124	-29.47	126	-31.03	128	106.40	Drake	10	2-8-0	139	11	2-9-0	MVC
125	-30.47	125	-30.74	117	92.17	Fresno State	6	1-5-0	135	11	2-9-0	BWC
126	-31.40	123	-29.32	123	99.00	West Texas A&M	11	2-9-0	141	11	2-9-0	MVC
127	-33.55	127	-32.29	129	119.00	Lamar	6	3-3-0	136	10	5-5-0	SWIC
128	-36.60	128	-38.62	100	82.77	Texas El Paso	11	0-11-0	143	11	0-11-0	WAC
129	-40.25	129	-39.88	122	98.25	Louisiana Lafayette	6	0-6-0	147	10	0-10-0	SWIC

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College Football 1973Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1973
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1973/9/1 and 1974/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)