1971 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 21, 1971By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1971 Season Tags: • No Comments

1971 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	64	0.251	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Navy 56–3
2	6	0.442	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0–1	0.750	39	+1	Tied Syracuse 20–20
3	11	0.472	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Minnesota 35–7
4	20	0.481	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wyoming 56–13
5	-1	0.485	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 31–10
6	-1	0.533	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulane 17–7
7	28	0.550	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico State 34–0
8	34	0.702	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Houston 18–17
9	-8	0.788	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 10–7
10	9	0.806	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 49–21
11	15	0.810	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 42–6
12	32	0.823	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 60–7
13	15	0.888	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 28–10
14	15	0.901	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 28–12
15	47	0.909	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 50–7
16	58	0.918	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Arlington 42–0
17	4	0.974	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 56–0
18	-7	0.987	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 54–14
19	-13	1.013	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
20	44	1.022	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 30–0
21	-19	1.039	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 22–0
22	-9	1.044	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 27–0
23	-6	1.048	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 38–3
24	56	1.074	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 27–3
25	-15	1.078	UTEP	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 21–3
26	51	1.126	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 28–10
27	30	1.135	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 24–7
28	-13	1.148	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 20–9
29	68	1.184	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Beat Texas A&M 37–0
30	11	1.187	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 39–28
31	-11	1.204	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 20–17
32	-5	1.208	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 17–7
33	0	1.247	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
34	27	1.256	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 13–10
35	5	1.273	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 7–6
36	10	1.273	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 20–19
37	1	1.273	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	39	0	Tied Louisville 0–0
38	-16	1.324	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Toledo 7–10
39	-21	1.442	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Duke 12–28
40	-31	1.443	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Ole Miss 21–49
41	-29	1.463	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Nebraska 7–35
42	-26	1.476	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Arkansas 10–31
43	55	1.477	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 38–35
44	73	1.670	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Beat West Virginia 20–10
45	-13	1.760	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Utah State 0–34
46	1	1.780	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
47	3	1.780	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
48	3	1.780	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
49	3	1.780	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
50	4	1.780	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
51	4	1.780	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
52	4	1.780	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
53	5	1.780	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–0–1	0.500	41	0	Tied Vanderbilt 0–0
54	12	1.780	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
55	12	1.780	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
56	14	1.780	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
57	16	1.780	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	41	0	Tied Wisconsin 20–20
58	25	1.780	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	116	0	BYE
59	17	1.836	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Barbara 48–6
60	35	1.922	USC	PAC	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Rice 24–0
61	26	2.025	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Tulsa 19–10
62	43	2.040	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ball State 9–0
63	-27	2.072	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to Arizona State 17–18
64	-57	2.093	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to California 10–20
65	-35	2.129	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to Georgia 7–17
66	-18	2.148	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 27–21
67	-4	2.195	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Bowling Green 19–20
68	31	2.212	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Kent State 42–20
69	-9	2.271	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Florida State 17–20
70	-2	2.271	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Washington 35–38
71	49	2.274	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Iowa 33–19
72	38	2.300	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Utah 36–29
73	46	2.313	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Long Beach State 48–38
74	30	2.372	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Michigan State 10–0
75	36	2.411	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Kentucky 26–8
76	31	2.535	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Air Force 6–7
77	5	2.535	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–17
78	11	2.573	UCLA	PAC	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Texas 10–28
79	2	2.573	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Wake Forest 9–20
80	-49	2.606	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to Penn State 3–56
81	13	2.630	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to UTEP 3–21
82	18	2.818	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Beat NC State 35–7
83	-58	2.940	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–10
84	-39	2.989	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Kansas 0–22
85	23	2.989	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 3–27
86	-83	2.994	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Lost to LSU 0–37
87	34	3.008	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Arizona 28–39
88	-54	3.094	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Lost to Indiana 8–26
89	17	3.104	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Beat Florida 13–10
90	12	3.121	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Alabama 6–42
91	25	3.125	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Beat Temple 17–3
92	-55	3.146	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 20–42
93	0	3.159	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat Bucknell 38–35
94	-55	3.178	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Auburn 7–60
95	18	3.216	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	77	0	BYE
96	5	3.254	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Notre Dame 7–50
97	-25	3.291	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Oklahoma 0–30
98	25	3.348	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to William & Mary 10–28
99	10	3.435	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	41	0	Lost to Colorado 13–56
100	-57	3.480	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Stanford 3–38
101	13	3.499	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to TCU 0–42
102	-53	3.669	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to BYU 14–54
103	-12	3.839	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Mississippi State 10–13
104	-12	3.839	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to New Mexico 10–13
105	-17	3.841	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Beat Abilene Christian 34–17
106	-3	4.161	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Northern Illinois 38–48
107	-84	4.171	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	41	+1	Lost to Southern Illinois 14–31
108	7	4.205	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	41	-1	Beat Lamar 14–6
109	-13	4.369	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–27
110	8	4.520	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Oregon State 19–33
111	13	4.734	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	41	0	Beat San José State 14–7
112	-22	4.803	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–56
113	-27	5.294	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	77	-1	BYE
114	-43	5.446	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Fresno State 7–14
115	-36	5.446	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Oregon 29–36
116	-38	5.521	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Kansas State 10–19
117	-32	5.672	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	77	-2	Lost to USC 0–24
118	-43	5.710	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Boston College 3–17
119	-35	5.748	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	77	-2	Lost to Maryland 7–35
120	6	7.770	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Iowa State 7–24
121	-9	7.827	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	77	0	Lost to Weber State 0–20
122	0	9.112	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	77	-1	Lost to Arkansas State 14–16
123	-54	11.909	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Lafayette 7–13
124	1	11.984	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	BYE
125	-72	12.476	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1–1	0.250	76	0	Lost to Presbyterian 14–35
126	-67	12.551	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	77	0	Lost to Morehead State 6–29