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1972 Week 9 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
110.766Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–01.0001+19Beat Tennessee 17–10
2-10.838LSUSEC6–01.0001+18Beat Kentucky 10–0
320.930Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC5–01.0001+14Beat Wichita State 46–3
401.074Michigan (MICHIGAN)B106–01.0001+15Beat Illinois 31–7
521.090USCPAC7–01.0001+17Beat Washington 34–7
621.105Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B105–01.0001+12Beat Indiana 44–7
7-41.153Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–10.80022+10Lost to Colorado 14–20
8101.209Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–10.80022+13Beat Arkansas 35–15
971.212Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B85–10.83312+9Beat Kansas 56–0
1051.338Auburn (AUBURN)SEC5–10.83312+14Beat Georgia Tech 24–14
1181.424Yale (YALE)IND IVY4–01.0001+4Beat Columbia 28–14
12131.444Colorado (COLORADO)IND B86–10.8579+13Beat Oklahoma 20–14
1311.455North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–10.83312+13Beat Wake Forest 21–0
14-41.465Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY4–01.0001+4Beat Brown 49–20
15161.493Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–10.80022+8Beat Kansas State 55–22
16-51.553Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–20.66736+10Lost to Alabama 10–17
17201.570Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–20.60045+11Beat Ole Miss 16–0
1851.581Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–10.83312+9Beat Syracuse 17–0
19101.607Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC5–10.83312+9Beat Arizona 35–10
2061.681Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC5–10.83312+8Beat BYU 49–17
2101.686UCLAPAC6–10.8579+12Beat California 49–13
22-101.722Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–10.75029+5Lost to Harvard 15–33
23171.802SMUIND SWC4–10.80022+5Beat Rice 29–14
2491.811Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI6–10.8579+9Beat Colorado State 37–0
2521.840Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC3–2–10.58347+8Lost to San Diego State 19–35
2641.856Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–20.66736+9Beat Vanderbilt 28–3
27221.861NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–2–10.64343+9Beat East Carolina 38–16
28-61.865Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC5–10.83312+8Beat South Carolina 21–8
29-161.898Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–20.66736+10Lost to Texas 15–35
30-211.930Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–10.83312+5Lost to Navy 17–21
31-111.935East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–10.83312+7Lost to NC State 16–38
32-261.993Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–20.66736+10Lost to Oregon 13–15
3322.002Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA5–1–10.78628+5Beat LOS Angeles State 31–0
3422.018Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA5–20.71431+9Beat San José State 38–28
3592.032Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–2–10.58347+6Beat Ohio 53–21
3652.055San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA5–10.83312+6Beat Bowling Green 35–19
37-202.098Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–10.80022+4Lost to Missouri 26–30
3892.105Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–2–10.64343+7Beat Marshall 34–0
39-112.109Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–20.71431+11Lost to USC 7–34
4022.114Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–20.66736+7Beat Baylor 20–7
4122.143West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–20.71431+8Beat Tulane 31–19
42-102.197TCUIND SWC4–10.80022+4Beat Texas A&M 13–10
43-192.226Indiana (INDIANA)B104–20.66736+8Lost to Ohio State 7–44
4472.287Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI5–20.71431+5Beat Drake 24–7
4592.521Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–3–10.50053+5Beat Xavier 26–16
46192.589Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–30.50053+6Beat Wyoming 27–6
47242.667Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–30.50053+5Beat Air Force 21–17
48-92.668Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI3–2–10.58347+3Lost to Auburn 14–24
49-152.716Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–2–10.50053+3Lost to SMU 14–29
50202.787Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–10.75029+4Beat Cornell 33–15
51-62.897Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–30.50053+2Lost to Florida 0–16
5272.961Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–20.714310Beat Oregon State 37–7
53-33.120Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC4–20.66736+3Lost to Tampa 7–24
5413.166Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–30.50053+2Lost to West Virginia 19–31
55-23.249Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI3–40.42974+1Lost to Penn State 0–17
56183.268Duke (DUKE)ACC3–40.42974+2Beat Maryland 20–14
5713.268Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI2–2–10.500530BYE
58-203.269Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–30.50053+2Lost to Michigan State 0–31
5943.281Purdue (PURDUE)B103–30.50053-1Beat Northwestern 37–0
60203.306Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–20.60045+1Beat Rutgers 35–28
61213.319Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–2–10.500530Beat Princeton 35–26
62-63.359Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–30.50053+1Lost to Georgia 3–28
6363.409Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC4–30.57150-2Beat Dayton 20–17
64173.533Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–30.57150-3Beat West Texas A&M 17–8
65-83.540Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–40.42974+2Lost to Iowa State 22–55
66203.559New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC3–30.50053-1Beat UTEP 56–7
67253.590Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–40.42974-2Beat Southern Miss 26–7
68283.590Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–30.50053+1Beat Notre Dame 30–26
69-13.631Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50053-2BYE
70-103.697Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–30.40085-1Lost to Oklahoma State 7–20
71183.742Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–40.333920Beat Wisconsin 31–0
72-53.745Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–40.33392+1Lost to LSU 0–10
73-93.763BYUIND WAC3–30.50053-3Lost to Arizona State 17–49
74-283.823Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–3–10.417840Lost to Miami 13–33
75163.865Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–30.400850Beat Houston 33–13
76-43.970Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–2–10.37587-1Lost to Yale 14–28
77-153.987West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC3–30.50053-7Lost to Northern Illinois 8–17
78-263.994Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI3–30.50053+1Lost to Boston University 14–17
79-184.026Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–3–10.50053-7Lost to Duke 14–20
8054.092Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA3–30.50053-7BYE
81144.135Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–40.42974-5Beat Furman 37–0
82-164.177Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–30.50053-1Lost to Mississippi State 7–26
83-354.198Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–2–10.375870Lost to Colgate 26–35
84-54.214Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–30.57150-7Lost to Louisville 3–46
85-24.244Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC1–50.167110-1Lost to TCU 10–13
86-84.297Ohio (OHIO)MAC3–40.42974-4Lost to Virginia Tech 21–53
87-124.353Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–40.33392-4Lost to Nebraska 0–56
88-154.369Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC3–40.42974-6Lost to Utah 6–27
89-134.527Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC3–40.42974-8Lost to Clemson 21–37
90134.557Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–20.50053-5Beat Lehigh 30–27
91134.573Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–50.286106-3Beat Stanford 15–13
92-84.614San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA2–40.33392-5Lost to Pacific 28–38
93134.617William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–40.42974-9Beat Virginia Military Institute 31–3
9404.649Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC2–40.33392-6Lost to Texas Tech 10–35
95-54.666South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–40.33392-6Lost to Miami (OH) 8–21
96-94.741Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–40.33392-7Lost to Kent State 16–26
97134.799Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–40.33392-3Beat Virginia 37–21
9814.954California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–60.143118-4Lost to UCLA 13–49
99-225.097Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–40.33392-9Lost to Pittsburgh 20–35
100145.137Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–40.42974-6Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 12–0
101-15.167Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC2–40.33392-8Beat North Texas 7–6
102-145.228Iowa (IOWA)B102–40.33392-7Lost to Minnesota 14–43
103-55.237Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–60.143118-6Lost to Washington State 7–37
104-75.295Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–4–10.35789-3Lost to Toledo 17–20
105-125.490Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–40.33392-7Lost to Army 28–35
10675.592Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–40.2001090Lost to Dartmouth 20–49
10705.759Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–40.33392-11BYE
108-65.789Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–50.167110-7BYE
109-15.843Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–50.167110-7Lost to North Carolina 0–21
11075.900Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–50.167110-9Beat Iowa 43–14
11115.978Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–60.143118-10Beat Boston College 35–20
112-15.981Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–60.000123-7Lost to Michigan 7–31
11366.275App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON2–4–10.35789-14Beat Lenoir Rhyne 42–13
114-96.435Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–50.167110-10Lost to Purdue 0–37
115-146.472Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–40.33392+5Lost to Idaho State 7–35
11686.937Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–4–10.250108-6Beat Ball State 13–7
117-87.094Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–4–10.35789-4Lost to Wofford 17–27
118-27.224Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–50.167110-14Lost to Western Michigan 0–34
119-47.319North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–60.000123-13Lost to Memphis 6–7
12077.540New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC1–60.143118-16Beat Texas Arlington 17–12
12107.542UTEPIND WAC1–50.167110-10Lost to New Mexico 7–56
122-27.780Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–50.286106-10Lost to Richmond 0–37
12307.853Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–70.000123-17Lost to Florida State 0–37
124-28.034Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–50.167110-8Lost to Citadel 0–12
125-78.146Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–60.143118-14Lost to Quantico Marines 7–13
12609.101Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–70.000123-24Lost to William & Mary 3–31
127-29.188Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI0–60.000123-15Lost to New Mexico State 12–17

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