1972 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 28, 1972By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1972 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	3	0.856	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	5	+48	Beat Nebraska 17–14
2	-1	0.872	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+50	BYE
3	0	0.902	USC	PAC	10–0	1.000	1	+51	BYE
4	-2	0.944	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	5	+49	Beat Texas A&M 38–3
5	1	1.134	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1	0.889	11	+41	BYE
6	-1	1.155	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–2–1	0.773	20	+35	Lost to Oklahoma 14–17
7	1	1.211	LSU	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	13	+40	Tied Florida 3–3
8	4	1.212	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–1	0.900	5	+44	Beat East Carolina 42–19
9	-2	1.212	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	3	+45	Lost to Ohio State 11–14
10	-1	1.270	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+42	Beat Pittsburgh 49–27
11	0	1.277	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	9–1	0.900	5	+38	Beat Long Beach State 33–14
12	-2	1.355	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	18	+36	Beat Kentucky 17–7
13	1	1.365	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	9–1	0.900	5	+34	Beat Drake 27–0
14	2	1.444	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–1	0.900	5	+38	Beat Michigan 14–11
15	4	1.479	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	7–1–1	0.833	14	+22	Beat Pennsylvania 31–17
16	-3	1.489	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	11	+29	BYE
17	1	1.757	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+30	BYE
18	5	1.782	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	19	+17	Beat Harvard 28–17
19	2	1.785	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	15	+26	Beat Arizona 38–21
20	0	1.841	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–3–1	0.682	29	+27	BYE
21	-6	1.864	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	15	+28	Lost to North Carolina 19–42
22	0	1.896	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	21	+25	BYE
23	2	1.953	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	15	+19	Beat Vanderbilt 30–7
24	0	1.974	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–3	0.727	21	+30	BYE
25	1	1.991	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–3–1	0.650	33	+21	BYE
26	-9	2.000	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	21	+24	Lost to Arkansas 14–24
27	0	2.049	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+21	BYE
28	0	2.067	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	31	+19	Beat Princeton 22–15
29	1	2.160	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	21	+20	Beat Weber State 20–16
30	-1	2.176	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	33	+17	BYE
31	1	2.260	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	21	+15	BYE
32	-1	2.312	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	42	+19	BYE
33	0	2.323	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–4–1	0.591	48	+17	BYE
34	2	2.391	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3–1	0.682	29	+14	BYE
35	0	2.408	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–3	0.700	28	+12	BYE
36	10	2.478	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	42	+13	Beat Iowa State 45–14
37	10	2.539	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	54	+15	Beat TCU 25–21
38	1	2.555	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	35	+15	BYE
39	-5	2.616	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	31	+5	Lost to Dartmouth 17–31
40	8	2.634	SMU	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	42	+7	Beat Baylor 12–7
41	-1	2.692	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–4–1	0.500	63	+10	Tied LSU 3–3
42	9	2.724	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+8	Beat Cincinnati 49–0
43	12	2.732	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	63	+8	Beat Maryland 28–8
44	1	2.772	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	+9	BYE
45	-4	2.809	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	42	+7	BYE
46	7	2.830	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	48	+7	Beat Wake Forest 44–9
47	-5	2.836	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	42	+7	BYE
48	-4	2.847	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	+4	BYE
49	16	2.930	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	57	+11	Beat Texas Tech 24–14
50	2	2.931	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–5–1	0.500	63	+12	Beat Northwestern 24–14
51	9	2.958	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–5	0.545	57	+8	Beat Indiana 42–7
52	-14	2.987	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–4–1	0.550	54	+4	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–45
53	-3	3.032	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–4–1	0.591	48	+10	BYE
54	-17	3.036	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	57	+11	Lost to Kansas 17–28
55	-6	3.053	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	42	+4	BYE
56	-2	3.095	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	52	+7	BYE
57	6	3.100	BYU	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	35	+2	Beat New Mexico 21–7
58	-2	3.119	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	63	+5	BYE
59	3	3.121	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	41	+1	Beat UConn 20–10
60	-3	3.122	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	57	+5	Beat Colorado State 62–36
61	5	3.145	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	63	+7	Beat Mississippi State 51–14
62	-3	3.147	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	57	+4	BYE
63	8	3.183	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	-7	Beat Colgate 43–13
64	-21	3.255	TCU	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	63	+8	Lost to Rice 21–25
65	-7	3.333	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	35	+11	Lost to Louisville 0–27
66	2	3.375	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	63	+2	BYE
67	2	3.475	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	+2	BYE
68	-7	3.627	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	81	-2	Lost to SMU 7–12
69	-5	3.790	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	84	-1	Lost to Cornell 15–22
70	-3	3.821	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–5–1	0.500	63	-5	Lost to Miami 8–28
71	-1	3.936	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	54	-1	Lost to Rutgers 13–43
72	3	3.978	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	81	-3	BYE
73	0	4.025	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-7	BYE
74	11	4.056	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	84	-7	Beat Brown 28–12
75	-3	4.083	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	63	0	Lost to Yale 17–28
76	1	4.096	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	63	-12	BYE
77	14	4.143	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	86	-6	Beat Missouri 28–17
78	1	4.224	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-13	BYE
79	2	4.278	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	52	+4	BYE
80	4	4.342	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	86	-9	BYE
81	2	4.369	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	81	-15	Lost to San Diego State 14–33
82	-8	4.413	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-10	Lost to Purdue 7–42
83	-5	4.416	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	86	-13	Lost to Clemson 6–7
84	12	4.473	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–7	0.364	86	-8	Beat South Carolina 7–6
85	4	4.522	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	57	-20	BYE
86	-10	4.543	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	86	-11	Lost to Ole Miss 14–51
87	12	4.545	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–7	0.364	86	-11	Beat Wisconsin 14–6
88	-6	4.564	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	104	-8	Lost to Texas 3–38
89	-1	4.674	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-9	BYE
90	0	4.694	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	86	-18	Lost to Arizona State 21–38
91	2	4.715	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	80	-8	BYE
92	9	4.794	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	86	-18	Beat North Texas 45–22
93	2	4.825	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	104	-8	BYE
94	0	4.837	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	104	-15	BYE
95	-15	4.872	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–8	0.273	104	-12	Lost to Iowa 14–15
96	-10	4.904	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	86	-16	Lost to Minnesota 6–14
97	1	4.935	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	86	-18	BYE
98	-6	5.053	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	104	-13	Lost to Tennessee 7–17
99	-12	5.142	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	86	-12	Lost to Hawai'i 14–28
100	0	5.184	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–5–1	0.500	63	-24	BYE
101	2	5.312	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	86	-25	BYE
102	2	5.427	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	101	-12	BYE
103	-1	5.461	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–7	0.300	101	-19	Lost to Tampa 7–30
104	2	5.508	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-25	Beat Arkansas State 7–6
105	4	5.551	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	99	-21	Beat Illinois 15–14
106	4	5.694	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	86	-3	Beat Boise State 22–21
107	0	5.705	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	114	-22	BYE
108	-11	5.707	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	101	-16	Lost to Massachusetts 7–28
109	-4	5.870	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	104	-28	Lost to BYU 7–21
110	-2	5.927	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	104	-28	BYE
111	3	6.735	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-33	BYE
112	-1	6.741	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–9	0.182	114	-32	Lost to Virginia Tech 9–44
113	-1	6.902	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–9	0.182	114	-36	Lost to Michigan State 14–24
114	1	6.951	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–10	0.091	125	-38	Lost to Penn State 27–49
115	-2	7.169	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	124	-17	Lost to Columbia 12–28
116	1	7.298	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	114	-42	BYE
117	-1	7.345	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	99	-25	BYE
118	0	7.475	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	114	-45	Lost to Houston 0–49
119	0	7.556	UTEP	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	111	-33	BYE
120	1	7.582	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–9	0.182	114	-35	BYE
121	1	7.812	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-26	BYE
122	1	7.889	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	125	-45	Lost to Utah 36–62
123	-3	7.943	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–10	0.091	125	-46	Lost to Tulsa 22–45
124	0	7.974	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	114	-32	BYE
125	1	8.130	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	123	-14	BYE
126	1	8.505	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	114	-29	BYE
127	-2	8.713	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	114	-22	Lost to East Tennessee State 0–35