1972 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 3, 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	12	0.676	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Tulane 41–7
2	39	0.705	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 37–7
3	-2	0.736	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Clemson 52–3
4	-1	0.773	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat North Carolina 29–14
5	4	0.922	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat West Virginia 41–35
6	-4	0.932	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Dayton 28–11
7	11	0.948	LSU	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wisconsin 27–7
8	7	1.077	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Tennessee 10–6
9	10	1.113	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Michigan State 51–6
10	-6	1.131	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Lost to Auburn 6–10
11	-5	1.190	TCU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas Arlington 38–14
12	11	1.206	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Davidson 68–6
13	22	1.229	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas Tech 25–20
14	-2	1.235	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 48–21
15	7	1.255	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–0–1	0.833	28	+2	Tied Western Michigan 13–13
16	-5	1.255	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–0–1	0.833	28	+2	Tied Georgia Tech 36–36
17	-3	1.260	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Texas 54–8
18	11	1.272	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 31–0
19	7	1.276	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat San José State 23–21
20	25	1.332	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rutgers 7–6
21	7	1.392	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Purdue 35–14
22	15	1.444	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1–1	0.625	54	+5	Tied Bowling Green 13–13
23	-7	1.487	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–1	0.667	39	+4	Lost to LSU 7–27
24	9	1.493	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas 44–22
25	-18	1.524	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+5	Lost to Stanford 35–41
26	6	1.541	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kent State 14–0
27	4	1.573	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Illinois 31–11
28	6	1.593	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Southern Miss 13–9
29	-4	1.665	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–1	0.667	39	+3	Beat Xavier 25–7
30	-3	1.676	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
31	-21	1.750	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	39	+2	Lost to Texas 20–25
32	-24	1.752	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–1	0.750	30	+4	Lost to Ohio State 14–29
33	-28	1.753	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	+3	Lost to Michigan 7–41
34	6	1.822	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fordham 44–0
35	9	1.830	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 55–12
36	3	1.840	UCLA	PAC	3–1	0.750	30	+4	Beat Oregon 65–20
37	17	1.870	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Beat Minnesota 49–0
38	-2	1.956	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	+2	Beat Iowa 14–10
39	7	2.020	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 28–7
40	7	2.022	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	39	+3	Beat Tulsa 21–20
41	1	2.114	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW Hampshire 24–14
42	44	2.144	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	39	+2	Beat Colorado 31–6
43	-26	2.227	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Lost to Wyoming 43–45
44	-24	2.235	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	30	+2	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–31
45	-7	2.246	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat NC State 28–22
46	13	2.263	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	BYE
47	36	2.271	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	+2	Beat Boston College 27–20
48	0	2.286	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	+1	Beat Colorado State 21–0
49	16	2.416	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat Kentucky 35–34
50	-26	2.446	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 10–13
51	5	2.614	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–2–1	0.375	78	+2	Lost to San Diego State 0–14
52	-3	2.639	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	54	+1	Tied Rice 36–36
53	-23	2.657	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	30	0	Lost to Kansas State 7–31
54	22	2.676	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Mississippi State 28–13
55	12	2.835	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	39	0	Beat Lamar 35–12
56	22	2.875	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	56	+1	Beat Montana 24–6
57	25	2.986	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–3	0.250	102	+2	Beat Virginia 37–13
58	-37	2.999	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	-1	Lost to Temple 7–15
59	18	3.038	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–1	0.750	30	-1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 27–14
60	40	3.179	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	Beat SMU 13–10
61	1	3.232	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Florida State 22–44
62	7	3.271	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Fresno State 21–23
63	22	3.272	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat California 34–27
64	4	3.274	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	56	0	Lost to Louisville 11–28
65	-12	3.383	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–2	0.500	56	0	Lost to Florida 13–28
66	-16	3.421	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–2–1	0.375	78	0	Lost to Georgia 22–28
67	29	3.453	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	81	+1	Beat Washington State 44–25
68	-17	3.470	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Cornell 7–37
69	32	3.481	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	56	-1	Beat Holy Cross 15–7
70	25	3.540	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	56	+1	Beat Tampa 31–7
71	1	3.550	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–3	0.000	113	0	Lost to Notre Dame 14–35
72	21	3.566	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	56	0	Beat Maryland 16–12
73	32	3.566	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	56	0	Beat Arizona State 45–43
74	-19	3.599	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–2	0.333	81	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 3–52
75	15	3.629	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–2	0.333	81	0	Beat Pittsburgh 27–22
76	21	3.653	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	56	-1	Beat Marshall 24–7
77	-17	3.657	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	BYE
78	-26	3.672	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Navy 20–27
79	23	3.685	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	56	-1	Beat Citadel 31–12
80	9	3.794	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	56	-2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 34–15
81	6	3.913	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	113	0	BYE
82	-11	3.925	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Penn State 10–14
83	-26	3.941	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Indiana 34–35
84	-9	4.058	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to Princeton 6–7
85	41	4.088	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Texas A&M 24–14
86	5	4.090	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–25
87	-17	4.129	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–2	0.500	56	-3	Lost to Ohio 22–38
88	-27	4.154	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to Iowa State 0–31
89	-10	4.190	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	81	-1	Lost to USC 6–51
90	-26	4.243	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–2	0.500	56	-2	Lost to Duke 13–37
91	22	4.301	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–2	0.500	56	-2	Beat Toledo 38–22
92	-34	4.311	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	56	-3	Lost to Utah 25–44
93	-12	4.376	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–2	0.333	81	-2	Lost to Alabama 21–48
94	-6	4.414	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	102	0	Lost to Army 14–24
95	9	4.441	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	56	-2	Beat Villanova 14–7
96	10	4.562	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	102	-1	Beat BYU 29–3
97	-31	4.724	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Lost to Missouri 27–34
98	-35	4.728	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2–1	0.375	78	-3	Lost to Syracuse 12–16
99	-5	4.771	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–3	0.250	102	-1	Lost to UCLA 20–65
100	-27	4.879	BYU	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	81	-2	Lost to Oregon State 3–29
101	2	4.888	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	113	-1	Lost to Drake 8–54
102	-18	4.965	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	81	-1	BYE
103	21	5.051	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	56	-1	Beat App State 20–17
104	8	5.210	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	102	-3	Beat Memphis 34–7
105	14	5.362	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	56	-6	Beat Southern Illinois 12–0
106	-14	5.500	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	102	-3	Lost to Cincinnati 7–14
107	7	5.524	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	0	Lost to Ole Miss 9–13
108	7	5.542	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	102	-3	Lost to Arkansas 20–21
109	-11	5.741	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	113	-3	Lost to Northwestern 22–27
110	-11	5.898	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	-4	Lost to Northern Illinois 7–24
111	5	6.150	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–3	0.000	113	-2	Lost to Washington 11–31
112	-2	6.285	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	81	-5	BYE
113	-4	6.346	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	102	-5	Lost to Furman 17–20
114	-34	6.362	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	113	-3	Lost to South Carolina 7–34
115	12	6.691	UTEP	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	81	-2	Beat New Mexico State 21–20
116	-5	6.700	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–3	0.000	113	-3	Lost to Nebraska 0–49
117	6	6.931	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–4	0.000	113	-4	Lost to Utah State 0–21
118	-11	7.026	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	81	+2	Lost to Montana State 3–17
119	2	7.147	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	113	-5	Lost to TCU 14–38
120	2	7.213	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Lost to Air Force 6–68
121	-4	7.472	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	102	-3	Lost to William & Mary 12–31
122	-4	7.625	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–4	0.000	113	-5	Lost to UTEP 20–21
123	-3	8.188	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	113	-7	Lost to Richmond 15–34
124	1	8.225	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	113	-2	Lost to Wichita State 0–12
125	-17	8.688	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	113	-2	Lost to Middle Tennessee 13–17
126	-52	9.613	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	113	-1	Lost to Rhode Island 17–21
127	-84	13.100	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	113	0	Lost to Massachusetts 19–28