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1972 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1972 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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.848Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC9–01.0001+40Beat LSU 35–21
230.889Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B87–10.8757+29Beat Missouri 17–6
300.959Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–1–10.83315+27Tied Iowa State 23–23
4-20.975Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC7–10.8757+32Beat Baylor 17–3
511.002USCPAC9–01.0001+37BYE
6-21.129LSUSEC7–10.8757+31Lost to Alabama 21–35
711.154Michigan (MICHIGAN)B109–01.0001+33Beat Iowa 31–0
831.156Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI8–10.8894+33Beat NC State 37–22
9-21.194Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–10.8757+30BYE
1001.246Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–20.75023+25BYE
1141.324San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA8–10.8894+31Beat Pacific 20–7
1261.336Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–10.8757+23Beat Air Force 21–7
1311.391North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC7–10.8757+26Beat Virginia 23–3
14-21.626UCLAPAC8–20.80016+28Lost to Washington 21–30
1521.655Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC7–10.8757+18Beat Southern Illinois 20–16
1651.666East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON8–10.8894+22Beat William & Mary 21–15
17-81.704Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B107–10.8757+19Lost to Michigan State 12–19
1871.752Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC8–20.80016+30Beat UCLA 30–21
1931.759Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC6–2–10.72224+20Beat Dayton 5–0
20-71.794Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC7–20.77819+20Lost to TCU 7–31
2121.818Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY5–1–10.78618+8Beat Columbia 38–8
22-31.824NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC6–3–10.65037+21Lost to Penn State 22–37
23-31.941Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY5–20.71425+13Beat Brown 48–28
2441.949Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC7–20.77819+14Beat New Mexico 60–7
25-91.952Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–20.71425+8Lost to Pennsylvania 30–48
2602.035Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B85–2–10.68832+10Tied Nebraska 23–23
2732.080Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–30.66733+17Beat Florida 10–7
2832.129Colorado (COLORADO)IND B87–30.70028+15Beat Kansas 33–8
2952.140Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI7–20.77819+10Beat Miami 7–0
30-62.173Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA7–30.70028+15Lost to San Diego State 7–20
31162.284Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI6–30.66733+12Beat Utah 44–16
3232.319West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–30.70028+13Beat Virginia Military Institute 50–24
33112.363Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61142+10Beat Boston College 42–10
34262.378Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–4–10.50062+14Beat Ohio State 19–12
3582.396Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA6–3–10.65037+10Beat Northern Illinois 9–6
36202.432Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY5–20.71425+3Beat Yale 48–30
37-102.471Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC6–30.66733+9Lost to Kent State 10–21
38-92.475Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–40.55648+13Lost to Washington State 13–27
39-32.501Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC6–3–10.65037+9Beat Ball State 31–14
40-82.549Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI6–30.66733+7Lost to Notre Dame 7–21
41-12.556Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70028+10Beat Tulsa 23–21
4202.582Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC7–20.77819+11Beat UL Monroe 35–7
43152.583TCUIND SWC5–30.62541+10Beat Texas Tech 31–7
44152.647Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC5–4–10.55059+9Beat Miami (OH) 21–10
4562.704Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B85–40.55648+8Beat Kansas State 45–14
46-52.773Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–40.55648+12Lost to Oklahoma 6–17
47-102.773Utah (UTAH)IND WAC5–40.55648+9Lost to Utah State 16–44
48-92.775Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC4–40.50062+5Lost to Texas 3–17
4982.845Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–3–10.61142+3Beat South Carolina 45–20
5052.866Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–2–10.64340+3BYE
5132.900Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–40.60044+5Beat Marshall 21–0
52-72.919Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI4–40.50062+3Lost to Tampa 0–7
5392.923Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–40.55648+6Beat Ohio 44–6
54-162.980Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–40.55648+6Lost to Rice 20–23
55122.992Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC6–40.60044+6Beat Stanford 27–13
56143.002Purdue (PURDUE)B105–40.55648+3Beat Wisconsin 27–6
57-243.033Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–40.42986+7Lost to Georgia 7–10
58173.083Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY3–3–10.50062+3Beat Harvard 10–7
59-63.089Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–40.50062+5BYE
60-113.136Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI6–40.60044+1Lost to Fresno State 6–9
6173.193Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC5–40.55648+2Beat Cincinnati 49–24
62-163.211Duke (DUKE)ACC5–50.50062+4Lost to Wake Forest 7–9
63143.320Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC5–4–10.55059-1Beat Clemson 31–6
64143.379Rice (RICE)IND SWC3–4–10.43885+4Beat Arkansas 23–20
6563.381Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–4–10.50062+2Beat Colorado State 48–13
6683.392Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–40.55648-1Beat Davidson 20–14
67-173.444Army (ARMY)IND FBSI4–40.50062+3Lost to Syracuse 6–27
68-203.470SMUIND SWC4–40.50062-2Lost to Texas A&M 17–27
6903.476Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–50.44478+3Beat Pittsburgh 28–13
70133.686Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI5–50.50062-1Beat Army 27–6
71-83.734BYUIND WAC5–40.55648-6Lost to Arizona 7–21
7293.736Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–40.55648-9Beat Boston University 51–7
73-213.779Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–3–10.56347+3Lost to Bucknell 7–41
7483.854Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–60.33392-1Beat SMU 27–17
7513.870William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–50.50062-7Lost to East Carolina 15–21
76-153.870Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–50.444780Lost to Purdue 6–27
77-123.966Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–3–10.50062+2Lost to Princeton 7–10
78-63.977Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA4–40.50062-8BYE
7914.047Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–50.44478-4BYE
80124.185Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC4–50.44478-9Beat BYU 21–7
81-24.190Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–4–10.35790-5Lost to Dartmouth 8–38
82-164.237Indiana (INDIANA)B104–50.44478-4Lost to Illinois 20–37
83-194.286San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA4–50.44478-9Lost to Oregon 2–27
8474.325Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–60.33392-5Beat Vanderbilt 14–13
85-124.475West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC4–50.44478-12Lost to Texas Arlington 7–20
86104.482App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON5–4–10.55059-21Beat Eastern Kentucky 55–7
87104.555Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–40.50062+3Beat Rhode Island 22–0
88-14.637South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–60.33392-11Lost to Virginia Tech 20–45
89-14.652Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–60.33392-10Lost to Colorado 8–33
9084.657Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–70.300101-8Beat San José State 27–2
91134.665Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–70.222107-6Beat Indiana 37–20
92-74.695Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI4–5–10.45077-6Lost to Bowling Green 0–5
93-74.765Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–70.300101-8Lost to Oklahoma State 14–45
9464.837Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC5–50.50062-19Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 17–14
95-114.900Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–50.37588-8Lost to Kentucky 13–14
96-64.932Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–60.33392-9Lost to Maryland 6–31
97-44.965Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–50.37588-13Lost to Georgia Tech 10–42
9875.067Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–60.40087-9Beat Furman 19–13
99-45.202New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC3–60.33392-13Lost to Arizona State 7–60
10035.332Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–70.222107-15Lost to Florida State 21–23
101-75.365Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–60.33392-7Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 6–10
102-15.395Ohio (OHIO)MAC3–70.300101-17Lost to Tulane 6–44
103-45.399Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–70.300101-18Lost to North Carolina 3–23
10425.449Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–80.200116-14Beat California 26–23
105-165.538California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–80.200116-16Lost to Oregon State 23–26
10625.726Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–70.222107-16Beat Northwestern 35–29
10705.751Iowa (IOWA)B102–6–10.278106-14Lost to Michigan 0–31
108-66.024Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC3–70.300101-26Lost to UTEP 13–20
10916.233Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–60.143122-5Lost to Cornell 28–48
11066.239Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–70.222107-18Beat Duke 9–7
11146.270Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI3–60.33392-1Beat Montana 31–17
11286.357Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI3–60.33392-21Beat West Texas A&M 20–7
113-16.885Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–90.100125-30Lost to Navy 13–28
114-56.898Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–70.222107-25Lost to Minnesota 29–35
115-16.953Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON3–6–10.35091-16Lost to Richmond 14–20
11667.023UTEPIND WAC2–70.222107-19Beat Wyoming 20–13
117-67.139North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–80.111123-27Lost to New Mexico State 22–36
118-17.282Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–70.222107-33Lost to Memphis 24–49
11927.309Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–7–10.167121-11Lost to Louisville 16–20
120-77.377Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–70.222107-25Lost to Villanova 13–40
12167.570Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI2–70.222107-10Beat Southern Miss 10–6
122-47.594Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–80.111123-32Lost to Toledo 0–21
12337.688Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–80.200116-20Beat Xavier 40–13
12417.703New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC2–80.200116-26Beat North Texas 36–22
125-67.931Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–80.200116-26Lost to Citadel 13–19
126-38.094Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–90.100125-39Lost to West Virginia 24–50
127-38.731Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–90.000127-36Lost to Houston 13–48

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