College Football 1974
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1974/9/7 and 1975/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1974 - 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	37.67	1	35.92	20	38.86	Oklahoma	11	11-0-0	1	11	11-0-0	BIG 8
2	31.61	2	32.70	34	41.96	Alabama	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SEC
3	29.91	7	25.29	44	45.29	Ohio State	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
4	28.71	4	27.97	41	42.86	Michigan	11	10-1-0	4	11	10-1-0	BIG 10
5	27.80	3	31.00	40	42.46	Southern California	12	10-1-1	5	12	10-1-1	PAC-8
6	26.85	5	27.40	28	41.21	Auburn	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SEC
7	24.18	8	24.26	61	53.38	Penn State	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	EIC
8	22.82	12	21.98	30	41.46	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
9	22.49	20	19.57	32	41.50	Texas	12	8-4-0	9	12	8-4-0	SWAC
10	22.39	17	19.95	36	42.04	Maryland	12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	ACC
11	22.20	11	22.35	2	31.46	Florida	12	8-4-0	11	12	8-4-0	SEC
12	22.02	9	22.79	25	40.45	Texas A&M	11	8-3-0	12	11	8-3-0	SWAC
13	20.86	6	27.02	51	48.17	Notre Dame	12	10-2-0	13	12	10-2-0	EIC
14	19.97	10	22.57	74	68.70	Miami OH	10	9-0-1	14	11	10-0-1	MAC
15	19.33	21	18.61	15	38.00	Wisconsin	11	7-4-0	15	11	7-4-0	BIG 10
16	18.65	13	21.78	3	31.62	Tennessee	12	7-3-2	16	12	7-3-2	SEC
17	18.45	18	19.93	10	35.42	Baylor	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	SWAC
18	18.17	14	21.13	18	38.77	Michigan State	11	7-3-1	18	11	7-3-1	BIG 10
19	17.84	24	15.47	14	37.58	Oklahoma State	12	7-5-0	19	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
20	17.57	19	19.60	39	42.38	Mississippi State	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	SEC
21	16.94	15	20.89	53	49.67	North Carolina State	12	9-2-1	21	12	9-2-1	ACC
22	16.49	28	13.93	21	39.27	Kentucky	11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	SEC
23	14.94	16	20.21	7	33.68	Missouri	11	7-4-0	24	11	7-4-0	BIG 8
24	14.88	26	14.24	42	44.05	Pittsburgh	11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	EIC
25	14.76	30	13.76	19	38.86	Arkansas	11	6-4-1	27	11	6-4-1	SWAC
26	14.68	36	12.25	22	39.86	Louisiana State	11	5-5-1	26	11	5-5-1	SEC
27	14.67	37	12.19	48	47.08	North Carolina	12	7-5-0	25	12	7-5-0	ACC
28	14.46	23	15.94	17	38.68	Clemson	11	7-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	ACC
29	13.62	22	16.25	33	41.75	Texas Tech	12	6-4-2	31	12	6-4-2	SWAC
30	13.29	25	14.34	57	51.59	UCLA	11	6-3-2	32	11	6-3-2	PAC-8
31	12.40	56	3.81	97	81.50	Temple	8	6-2-0	30	10	8-2-0	EIC
32	12.24	39	11.62	58	52.17	Vanderbilt	12	7-3-2	33	12	7-3-2	SEC
33	11.91	27	14.07	54	50.82	California	11	7-3-1	34	11	7-3-1	PAC-8
34	11.51	32	12.82	23	40.14	Georgia Tech	11	6-5-0	35	11	6-5-0	SWIC
35	10.94	34	12.39	5	32.92	Georgia	12	6-6-0	36	12	6-6-0	SEC
36	10.68	29	13.82	45	45.55	Illinois	11	6-4-1	37	11	6-4-1	BIG 10
37	10.45	40	11.24	47	45.86	Duke	11	6-5-0	38	11	6-5-0	ACC
38	9.40	33	12.58	63	58.58	Houston	12	8-3-1	39	12	8-3-1	SWIC
39	9.18	35	12.35	4	32.82	Colorado	11	5-6-0	40	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
40	8.62	44	8.13	12	36.82	Iowa State	11	4-7-0	42	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
41	8.50	41	10.79	46	45.59	Southern Methodist	11	6-4-1	43	11	6-4-1	SWAC
42	8.36	47	7.65	13	37.50	Purdue	11	4-6-1	44	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
43	8.21	31	13.41	31	41.50	Stanford	11	5-4-2	45	11	5-4-2	PAC-8
44	7.99	38	11.96	52	48.64	Miami FL	11	6-5-0	46	11	6-5-0	SWIC
45	7.62	46	7.93	95	80.68	San Diego State	11	8-2-1	47	11	8-2-1	BWC
46	7.49	52	5.41	71	67.65	Boston College	10	7-3-0	48	11	8-3-0	EIC
47	7.07	50	6.26	80	73.14	Tulsa	11	8-3-0	51	11	8-3-0	MVC
48	6.81	54	4.11	24	40.23	Kansas State	11	4-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
49	6.75	43	9.42	93	79.45	Arizona	11	9-2-0	50	11	9-2-0	WAC
50	6.09	53	5.24	8	34.82	Kansas	11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
51	6.09	48	6.94	70	67.27	Memphis	11	7-4-0	52	11	7-4-0	SWIC
52	5.19	61	2.75	75	69.46	Arizona State	12	7-5-0	54	12	7-5-0	WAC
53	4.67	63	1.39	83	74.71	Brigham Young	12	7-4-1	55	12	7-4-1	WAC
54	3.99	42	10.31	38	42.23	Washington	11	5-6-0	57	11	5-6-0	PAC-8
55	3.97	51	5.56	66	63.45	Cincinnati	10	6-4-0	56	11	7-4-0	EIC
56	3.53	73	-2.15	60	53.14	West Virginia	11	4-7-0	58	11	4-7-0	EIC
57	3.26	57	3.54	86	75.55	San Jose State	10	6-3-1	59	12	8-3-1	BWC
58	2.34	69	-0.39	43	44.32	Oregon State	11	3-8-0	60	11	3-8-0	PAC-8
59	2.12	49	6.77	1	27.64	Iowa	11	3-8-0	61	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
60	1.63	77	-3.72	65	62.36	Virginia Tech	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	SWIC
61	1.21	68	0.42	55	51.41	Virginia	11	4-7-0	64	11	4-7-0	ACC
62	1.11	45	8.08	112	91.12	Lamar	8	7-1-0	62	10	8-2-0	SWIC
63	0.81	67	0.49	72	67.90	Ohio University	10	5-5-0	68	11	6-5-0	MAC
64	0.79	65	0.96	6	33.09	Rice	11	2-8-1	65	11	2-8-1	SWAC
65	0.68	64	1.30	16	38.14	Mississippi	11	3-8-0	66	11	3-8-0	SEC
66	-0.64	85	-6.69	108	87.91	West Texas A&M	11	6-5-0	70	11	6-5-0	MVC
67	-0.67	55	3.89	89	77.00	Utah State	10	7-3-0	69	11	8-3-0	SWIC
68	-0.71	74	-3.02	94	80.41	Bowling Green	11	6-4-1	67	11	6-4-1	MAC
69	-1.56	59	3.01	87	75.57	Hawaii	7	5-2-0	75	11	6-5-0	SWIC
70	-1.83	70	-0.73	59	52.64	Navy	11	4-7-0	73	11	4-7-0	EIC
71	-2.27	58	3.34	50	48.00	South Carolina	11	4-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	SWIC
72	-2.46	84	-6.64	104	86.85	East Carolina	10	6-4-0	71	11	7-4-0	SoCon
73	-3.00	71	-1.62	67	66.36	Tulane	11	5-6-0	77	11	5-6-0	SWIC
74	-3.09	76	-3.62	100	84.40	Virginia Military	10	6-4-0	79	11	7-4-0	SoCon
75	-3.15	88	-6.98	73	68.65	Colorado State	10	3-6-1	78	11	4-6-1	WAC
76	-3.43	90	-7.21	11	36.41	Indiana	11	1-10-0	81	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
77	-3.57	79	-4.36	26	40.50	Syracuse	11	2-9-0	76	11	2-9-0	EIC
78	-3.68	93	-10.06	96	80.78	Tampa	9	4-5-0	84	11	6-5-0	SWIC
79	-4.45	86	-6.93	49	47.77	Washington State	11	2-9-0	83	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
80	-5.01	75	-3.20	85	75.44	Kent State	8	4-4-0	72	11	7-4-0	MAC
81	-5.33	60	2.78	27	40.64	Northwestern	11	3-8-0	86	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
82	-5.38	72	-1.66	76	70.77	Southern Mississippi	11	6-5-0	85	11	6-5-0	SWIC
83	-5.53	81	-4.83	79	72.27	New Mexico	11	4-6-1	88	11	4-6-1	WAC
84	-6.83	87	-6.94	92	78.50	Fresno State	7	3-4-0	93	12	5-7-0	BWC
85	-6.98	78	-4.30	90	77.15	Pacific	10	5-5-0	91	11	6-5-0	BWC
86	-7.07	66	0.72	110	89.10	Appalachian State	5	3-2-0	89	11	6-5-0	SoCon
87	-7.47	62	1.58	35	42.00	Minnesota	10	3-7-0	94	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
88	-7.57	91	-8.72	91	77.91	William & Mary	11	4-7-0	95	11	4-7-0	SoCon
89	-7.80	80	-4.38	69	67.14	Louisville	11	4-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	MVC
90	-7.82	97	-12.07	9	35.32	Florida State	11	1-10-0	96	11	1-10-0	SWIC
91	-7.94	105	-14.30	129	118.94	Yale	8	7-1-0	87	9	8-1-0	Ivy
92	-8.05	96	-11.83	126	114.83	Harvard	9	7-2-0	90	9	7-2-0	Ivy
93	-8.05	95	-11.46	117	96.50	Arkansas State	5	3-2-0	82	10	7-3-0	SWIC
94	-9.42	82	-5.26	107	87.90	Toledo	10	6-4-0	103	11	6-5-0	MAC
95	-9.75	101	-13.75	114	91.95	New Mexico State	11	5-6-0	99	11	5-6-0	MVC
96	-10.04	99	-12.70	119	100.75	Rutgers	6	3-2-1	102	11	7-3-1	EIC
97	-11.33	89	-7.19	109	88.65	Cal State Long Beach	10	5-5-0	100	11	6-5-0	BWC
98	-11.89	104	-14.29	99	82.81	Citadel	8	2-6-0	106	11	4-7-0	SoCon
99	-12.07	107	-15.31	98	81.68	Texas El Paso	11	4-7-0	101	11	4-7-0	WAC
100	-12.62	92	-9.90	56	51.50	Army	10	2-8-0	104	11	3-8-0	EIC
101	-12.98	83	-5.98	103	85.94	Richmond	9	5-4-0	109	10	5-5-0	SoCon
102	-13.06	98	-12.30	62	54.77	Oregon	11	2-9-0	107	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
103	-13.07	94	-10.89	29	41.45	Texas Christian	11	1-10-0	108	11	1-10-0	SWAC
104	-13.76	100	-12.91	37	42.23	Wake Forest	11	1-10-0	112	11	1-10-0	ACC
105	-14.16	118	-23.65	84	74.73	Air Force	11	2-9-0	113	11	2-9-0	SWIC
106	-14.99	103	-14.04	101	84.67	Western Michigan	9	3-6-0	114	11	3-8-0	MAC
107	-15.27	110	-18.18	116	95.56	Holy Cross	8	3-5-0	110	11	5-5-1	EIC
108	-16.41	114	-20.35	77	71.33	Villanova	9	2-7-0	115	11	3-8-0	EIC
109	-16.46	111	-18.38	106	87.64	Furman	7	2-5-0	120	11	5-6-0	SoCon
110	-16.98	102	-13.98	82	74.14	North Texas	11	2-7-2	116	11	2-7-2	MVC
111	-17.86	108	-16.80	81	73.95	Wyoming	11	2-9-0	117	11	2-9-0	WAC
112	-18.01	109	-17.94	78	71.73	Wichita State	11	1-9-1	118	11	1-9-1	MVC
113	-20.07	106	-14.98	120	102.57	Northern Illinois	7	4-3-0	124	11	4-7-0	EIC
114	-20.89	121	-27.26	125	114.39	Princeton	9	4-4-1	122	9	4-4-1	Ivy
115	-21.23	112	-19.52	128	115.43	Pennsylvania	7	4-2-1	119	9	6-2-1	Ivy
116	-22.03	122	-27.82	102	85.31	Louisiana Lafayette	8	1-7-0	125	11	2-9-0	SWIC
117	-22.43	117	-23.10	111	90.71	Southern Illinois	7	1-6-0	130	11	2-9-0	EIC
118	-22.74	125	-32.73	64	59.70	Tennessee Chattanooga	5	0-5-0	123	11	4-7-0	SWIC
119	-23.77	113	-20.31	105	87.61	Drake	9	2-6-1	128	11	3-7-1	MVC
120	-23.84	116	-22.65	68	66.50	Utah	11	1-10-0	126	11	1-10-0	WAC
121	-24.76	123	-28.89	123	113.50	Dartmouth	8	3-5-0	132	9	3-6-0	Ivy
122	-25.21	120	-26.17	124	113.62	Brown	8	4-4-0	127	9	5-4-0	Ivy
123	-25.75	115	-21.55	118	96.93	Dayton	7	2-5-0	133	11	3-8-0	EIC
124	-27.42	124	-31.32	88	76.67	Marshall	9	0-9-0	134	11	1-10-0	EIC
125	-28.61	119	-25.74	115	92.11	Texas Arlington	9	1-8-0	135	11	1-10-0	SWIC
126	-29.16	127	-36.05	113	91.83	Idaho	6	0-6-0	137	11	2-8-1	SWIC
127	-29.99	126	-34.57	127	115.38	Cornell	8	2-5-1	136	9	3-5-1	Ivy
128	-35.88	128	-38.16	121	103.83	Colgate	6	1-5-0	138	10	4-6-0	EIC
129	-46.54	129	-47.69	122	113.21	Columbia	7	0-7-0	143	9	1-8-0	Ivy

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College Football 1974Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1974/9/7 and 1975/1/1Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1974
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1974/9/7 and 1975/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)