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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1973 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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
5	34.16	2	36.17	37	48.05	Notre Dame	11	11-0-0	2	11	11-0-0	EIC
7	31.49	3	32.20	54	54.79	Penn State	12	12-0-0	3	12	12-0-0	EIC
4	35.42	4	30.94	16	38.83	Alabama	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SEC
2	37.71	5	28.48	40	49.09	Ohio State	11	10-0-1	5	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
6	32.44	6	28.36	1	24.88	Nebraska	12	9-2-1	6	12	9-2-1	BIG 8
3	35.42	7	26.16	48	50.91	Michigan	11	10-0-1	7	11	10-0-1	BIG 10
20	17.45	8	25.30	84	71.32	Miami OH	11	11-0-0	8	11	11-0-0	MAC
11	23.54	9	25.02	35	47.46	Texas Tech	12	11-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	SWAC
9	25.96	10	23.63	27	45.83	Southern California	12	9-2-1	10	12	9-2-1	PAC-8
12	23.28	11	23.15	61	59.67	Houston	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	SWIC
10	23.59	12	23.04	2	29.75	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	SEC
8	27.33	13	21.64	26	45.73	Texas	11	8-3-0	13	11	8-3-0	SWAC
15	21.80	14	20.92	32	46.46	North Carolina State	12	9-3-0	15	12	9-3-0	ACC
17	20.46	15	20.64	8	34.21	Georgia	12	7-4-1	14	12	7-4-1	SEC
16	20.81	16	19.89	10	35.83	Missouri	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
18	19.19	17	19.44	6	33.12	Kansas	12	7-4-1	16	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
30	11.50	18	18.50	13	36.92	Florida	12	7-5-0	18	12	7-5-0	SEC
14	22.21	19	17.29	57	57.32	UCLA	11	9-2-0	19	11	9-2-0	PAC-8
57	2.62	20	17.17	89	75.50	Dartmouth	8	6-2-0	52	9	6-3-0	Ivy
25	14.53	21	16.74	24	44.38	Tennessee	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	SEC
19	18.39	22	16.40	14	38.09	Oklahoma State	11	5-4-2	21	11	5-4-2	BIG 8
31	11.41	23	16.06	49	50.92	Tulane	12	9-3-0	23	12	9-3-0	SWIC
62	1.49	24	15.55	85	72.06	Yale	8	6-2-0	63	9	6-3-0	Ivy
13	22.96	25	14.72	87	73.96	Arizona State	12	11-1-0	22	12	11-1-0	WAC
36	10.71	26	13.52	11	36.58	Auburn	12	6-6-0	26	12	6-6-0	SEC
24	14.84	27	13.14	17	41.25	Minnesota	10	6-4-0	27	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
29	12.10	28	12.90	20	41.59	Mississippi	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	SEC
59	2.31	29	12.62	82	70.43	Pennsylvania	7	5-2-0	71	9	6-3-0	Ivy
77	-4.05	30	12.62	78	69.07	Harvard	7	5-2-0	62	9	7-2-0	Ivy
23	15.84	31	12.39	103	83.77	San Diego State	11	9-1-1	25	11	9-1-1	BWC
35	10.80	32	11.64	38	48.71	Pittsburgh	12	6-5-1	30	12	6-5-1	EIC
33	11.02	33	11.55	60	58.73	South Carolina	11	7-4-0	31	11	7-4-0	SWIC
22	16.21	34	11.48	47	50.55	Stanford	11	7-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
44	8.37	35	11.31	9	34.36	Kansas State	11	5-6-0	32	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
42	8.73	36	10.86	107	85.61	Richmond	9	8-1-0	37	10	8-2-0	SoCon
28	13.41	37	10.68	101	83.50	East Carolina	11	9-2-0	41	11	9-2-0	SoCon
27	13.64	38	10.56	19	41.32	Kentucky	11	5-6-0	35	11	5-6-0	SEC
43	8.49	39	10.33	7	34.05	Rice	10	4-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	SWAC
26	14.19	40	10.32	4	32.36	Colorado	11	5-6-0	33	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
38	10.19	41	10.01	83	70.61	Kent State	9	7-2-0	36	11	9-2-0	MAC
21	17.03	42	9.68	63	61.58	Maryland	12	8-4-0	39	12	8-4-0	ACC
49	5.72	43	9.25	23	43.36	Miami FL	11	5-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	SWIC
47	6.96	44	8.99	46	50.15	Southern Methodist	10	5-4-1	43	11	6-4-1	SWAC
40	8.92	45	8.62	70	65.45	Boston College	10	6-4-0	40	11	7-4-0	EIC
48	6.50	46	8.37	21	42.32	Arkansas	11	5-5-1	42	11	5-5-1	SWAC
61	1.74	47	7.45	52	53.27	West Virginia	11	6-5-0	44	11	6-5-0	EIC
78	-4.77	48	7.03	75	67.71	Brown	7	4-3-0	80	8	4-3-1	Ivy
72	-2.22	49	5.94	65	61.70	Ohio University	10	5-5-0	45	10	5-5-0	MAC
50	5.36	50	5.77	31	46.35	Mississippi State	10	4-5-1	47	11	4-5-2	SEC
32	11.34	51	5.53	80	69.73	Arizona	11	8-3-0	46	11	8-3-0	WAC
63	0.54	52	5.46	67	63.55	Air Force	10	6-4-0	50	10	6-4-0	SWIC
60	1.95	53	5.39	50	52.14	Georgia Tech	11	5-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	SWIC
53	4.67	54	5.02	64	61.59	Utah	11	7-4-0	59	12	7-5-0	WAC
37	10.43	55	4.72	28	45.95	Michigan State	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
41	8.74	56	4.65	33	46.55	Illinois	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
39	9.49	57	4.62	44	50.00	Texas A&M	11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	SWAC
55	4.35	58	4.52	66	62.75	Southern Mississippi	10	5-4-1	55	11	6-4-1	SWIC
51	4.98	59	3.17	91	77.14	Memphis	11	8-3-0	54	11	8-3-0	SWIC
52	4.69	60	3.16	45	50.14	Washington State	11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
45	8.12	61	3.08	29	46.09	Purdue	11	5-6-0	57	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
68	-0.79	62	2.49	41	49.09	Vanderbilt	11	5-6-0	60	11	5-6-0	SEC
34	10.82	63	2.42	12	36.82	Iowa State	11	4-7-0	58	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
89	-8.84	64	1.93	76	67.88	Cornell	8	3-5-0	96	9	3-5-1	Ivy
46	8.03	65	1.00	22	42.91	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	61	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
67	-0.62	66	0.42	62	60.64	Clemson	11	5-6-0	68	11	5-6-0	ACC
56	3.50	67	0.30	43	49.77	Navy	11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	EIC
54	4.38	68	-0.34	25	44.73	Northwestern	11	4-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
73	-2.27	69	-0.41	99	81.11	Bowling Green	9	6-3-0	64	10	7-3-0	MAC
75	-2.46	70	-0.69	121	97.58	Temple	6	5-1-0	67	10	9-1-0	EIC
94	-10.84	71	-2.08	110	85.75	Colgate	6	3-3-0	111	10	5-5-0	EIC
69	-1.04	72	-2.11	36	47.50	Texas Christian	11	3-8-0	72	11	3-8-0	SWAC
65	0.25	73	-2.25	88	74.22	Utah State	9	5-4-0	70	11	7-4-0	SWIC
76	-3.27	74	-2.95	51	52.59	North Carolina	11	4-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	ACC
81	-5.58	75	-4.56	120	96.67	Tampa	9	6-3-0	82	11	8-3-0	SWIC
71	-1.84	76	-4.86	55	56.36	California	11	4-7-0	73	11	4-7-0	PAC-8
91	-9.36	77	-4.89	68	64.41	Virginia	11	4-7-0	78	11	4-7-0	ACC
79	-5.37	78	-5.99	106	85.59	Tulsa	11	6-5-0	76	11	6-5-0	MVC
88	-8.77	79	-6.09	109	85.73	William & Mary	11	6-5-0	85	11	6-5-0	SoCon
58	2.60	80	-6.75	15	38.73	Indiana	11	2-9-0	83	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
74	-2.42	81	-7.34	79	69.44	San Jose State	9	3-4-2	74	11	5-4-2	BWC
96	-11.88	82	-7.74	96	79.22	Western Michigan	9	4-5-0	77	11	6-5-0	MAC
70	-1.44	83	-7.91	73	66.86	Wyoming	11	4-7-0	81	11	4-7-0	WAC
82	-5.77	84	-8.04	18	41.27	Baylor	11	2-9-0	86	11	2-9-0	SWAC
102	-15.08	85	-8.32	113	90.33	Rutgers	6	3-3-0	100	11	6-5-0	EIC
66	-0.38	86	-8.54	30	46.09	Oregon	11	2-9-0	88	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
84	-7.12	87	-9.62	59	58.14	Duke	11	2-8-1	91	11	2-8-1	ACC
83	-6.47	88	-9.66	77	68.55	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	84	11	4-7-0	WAC
123	-29.32	89	-10.05	71	65.56	Columbia	8	1-7-0	125	9	1-7-1	Ivy
80	-5.42	90	-10.25	39	48.77	Oregon State	11	2-9-0	90	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
92	-10.09	91	-10.28	108	85.64	Texas Arlington	7	3-4-0	105	10	4-6-0	SWIC
64	0.45	92	-10.57	81	70.30	Brigham Young	10	4-6-0	89	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	92	11	2-9-0	EIC
86	-8.09	95	-11.78	56	56.55	Virginia Tech	11	2-9-0	102	11	2-9-0	SWIC
97	-12.73	96	-12.29	93	77.59	Colorado State	11	5-6-0	93	11	5-6-0	WAC
101	-14.75	97	-12.42	94	79.06	Marshall	9	3-6-0	94	11	4-7-0	EIC
114	-20.87	98	-12.89	125	102.55	Saint Xavier	10	5-4-1	113	11	5-5-1	EIC
111	-18.80	99	-13.34	86	73.50	Virginia Military	11	3-8-0	109	11	3-8-0	SoCon
87	-8.66	100	-13.49	5	32.82	Iowa	11	0-11-0	104	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
103	-16.28	101	-13.98	98	79.90	Appalachian State	5	2-3-0	120	11	3-7-1	SoCon
93	-10.35	102	-14.49	116	91.67	Pacific	6	3-2-1	79	10	7-2-1	BWC
107	-17.19	103	-14.50	58	57.91	Wake Forest	11	1-9-1	110	11	1-9-1	ACC
90	-8.96	104	-15.03	115	91.27	Louisville	11	5-6-0	106	11	5-6-0	MVC
106	-17.15	105	-15.08	92	77.36	Holy Cross	7	2-5-0	103	11	5-6-0	EIC
119	-22.13	106	-15.43	72	66.72	Princeton	9	1-8-0	137	9	1-8-0	Ivy
113	-20.29	107	-15.87	114	91.25	Dayton	8	3-4-1	119	11	5-5-1	EIC
85	-7.99	108	-16.27	111	86.55	Cincinnati	11	4-7-0	108	11	4-7-0	EIC
105	-16.83	109	-16.51	119	95.41	North Texas	11	5-5-1	107	11	5-5-1	MVC
117	-21.59	110	-16.84	97	79.58	Tennessee Chattanooga	6	2-4-0	98	11	4-7-0	SWIC
109	-18.48	111	-17.07	74	67.38	Villanova	8	1-7-0	124	11	3-8-0	EIC
95	-10.96	112	-17.27	69	64.60	Washington	10	2-8-0	116	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
112	-19.34	113	-18.05	127	103.36	Northern Illinois	7	3-4-0	112	11	6-5-0	EIC
104	-16.45	114	-19.49	90	76.35	Toledo	10	2-8-0	114	11	3-8-0	MAC
116	-21.30	115	-20.53	34	46.55	Army	10	0-10-0	123	10	0-10-0	EIC
120	-25.24	116	-20.87	105	84.22	Citadel	9	2-7-0	138	11	3-8-0	SoCon
115	-21.05	117	-21.13	124	99.14	New Mexico State	11	5-6-0	118	11	5-6-0	MVC
100	-14.47	118	-21.30	102	83.50	Southern Illinois	7	2-5-0	130	11	3-7-1	EIC
122	-28.67	119	-21.39	95	79.12	Davidson	8	1-7-0	140	10	2-8-0	SoCon
108	-18.26	120	-22.46	42	49.32	Florida State	11	0-11-0	129	11	0-11-0	SWIC
118	-21.62	121	-26.43	104	83.83	Idaho	6	1-5-0	132	11	4-7-0	SWIC
110	-18.64	122	-27.21	118	92.21	Cal State Long Beach	7	1-5-1	128	11	1-9-1	BWC
126	-31.40	123	-29.32	123	99.00	West Texas A&M	11	2-9-0	135	11	2-9-0	MVC
121	-28.14	124	-29.36	126	103.35	Wichita State	10	3-7-0	134	11	4-7-0	MVC
125	-30.47	125	-30.74	117	92.17	Fresno State	6	1-5-0	139	11	2-9-0	BWC
124	-29.47	126	-31.03	128	106.40	Drake	10	2-8-0	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	144	11	0-11-0	WAC
129	-40.25	129	-39.88	122	98.25	Louisiana Lafayette	6	0-6-0	148	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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)