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1973 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1973 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
100.710Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B810–0–10.9555+56Beat Oklahoma State 45–18
200.724Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC11–01.0001+61Beat Auburn 35–0
320.880Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI10–01.0001+49Beat Miami 44–0
4-10.884Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI11–01.0001+52BYE
5-10.895Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC10–01.0001+55BYE
611.106Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–0–10.9507+35BYE
721.122Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–0–10.9555+41BYE
801.133Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B88–2–10.77322+45BYE
911.179Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC10–10.9098+48BYE
1021.185Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI10–10.9098+46Beat Tulsa 35–16
11-51.187LSUSEC9–20.81814+48Lost to Tulane 0–14
12-11.231San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA9–1–10.86412+39Beat Iowa State 41–28
1301.307USCPAC9–1–10.86412+41BYE
1401.319Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC10–10.9098+35BYE
1501.473Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC9–20.81814+36BYE
1601.520Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–20.80019+31BYE
1701.551UCLAPAC9–20.81814+31BYE
1831.590Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI9–20.81814+36Beat LSU 14–0
19-11.620East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON9–20.81814+31BYE
20-11.635NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC8–30.72724+34BYE
21-11.796Kansas (KANSAS)IND B87–3–10.68231+28BYE
2201.859Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON8–20.80019+32BYE
2301.926Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI9–10.90011+15BYE
2401.982Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC8–30.72724+22BYE
2502.004Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC8–30.72724+24Beat Vanderbilt 20–17
2652.029Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–4–10.59144+22Beat Georgia Tech 10–3
27-12.108Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–40.63635+22BYE
28-12.125Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC8–30.72724+21BYE
29-12.155Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI8–30.72724+17BYE
30-12.202Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC7–30.70030+19BYE
31-12.212Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY7–20.77821+9BYE
3222.227Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–40.63635+21Beat Florida State 49–0
3302.252Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–40.63635+22BYE
3412.331South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI7–40.63635+15BYE
35122.456Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI7–40.63635+11Beat Holy Cross 42–21
3622.458Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC6–50.54550+15BYE
3722.473Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI6–4–10.59144+12BYE
38-12.501Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–50.54550+18Lost to Alabama 0–35
3912.513Yale (YALE)IND IVY6–30.66732+17BYE
40-42.532Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B85–4–20.54550+10Lost to Oklahoma 18–45
4102.553Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–30.66732+13BYE
4202.590Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B107–40.63635+15BYE
4312.623Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI6–4–10.59144+12BYE
44-12.648Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI7–40.63635+9BYE
4562.703Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI8–30.72724+3Beat Rutgers 34–6
46-12.725Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY6–30.66732+10BYE
47-12.760Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA7–2–10.75023-5BYE
48-162.771Utah (UTAH)IND WAC7–50.58348+20Lost to Hawai'i 6–7
49-12.848Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–60.45567+14BYE
50-12.854Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI6–40.60043+9BYE
51-12.864Brown (BROWN)IND IVY4–3–10.56349+3BYE
5223.012Ohio (OHIO)MAC5–50.50060+11BYE
5373.088SMUIND SWC6–4–10.59144+1Beat TCU 21–19
5423.096West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI6–50.54550+7BYE
55-23.131Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–60.45567+7Lost to Notre Dame 0–44
56-43.147Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–50.54550+1Lost to Houston 16–35
57-23.150Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–60.45567+6BYE
5803.270Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–5–10.50060+6BYE
5923.276Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–60.45567+1BYE
60-33.280Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–60.45567+7Lost to Tennessee 17–20
6123.283Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC5–60.455670BYE
6263.310Rice (RICE)IND SWC5–60.45567+5Beat Baylor 27–0
63-43.354Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON7–40.63635-10BYE
6403.412Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC5–60.45567+3BYE
6503.502Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC6–50.54550-2BYE
6643.587Illinois (ILLINOIS)B105–60.45567-4BYE
67-53.628Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI5–60.45567-5Lost to Georgia 3–10
68-23.685Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–70.36488-2Lost to San Diego State 28–41
6923.693Purdue (PURDUE)B105–60.45567-4BYE
7033.694Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–60.45567-2BYE
71-23.707San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA5–4–20.54550-10BYE
72-53.725Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC4–5–20.45567-1BYE
73-13.767William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON6–50.54550-8BYE
7403.789Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC5–60.45567-6BYE
7503.861North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC5–5–10.50060-4BYE
7603.895Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC5–60.45567-6BYE
7763.911Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–70.36488-5Beat Army 51–0
78103.997BYUIND WAC5–60.45567-15Beat UTEP 63–0
79-14.051Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–60.45567-12BYE
80-14.159Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI4–70.36488-14BYE
8104.173Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC4–70.36488-11BYE
8204.188New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC4–70.36488-10BYE
83-34.197Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–5–10.38987-7BYE
8404.238Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI6–50.54550-13BYE
8504.254New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC5–60.45567-15BYE
8604.298North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–70.36488-12BYE
87-104.331Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI6–50.54550-5Lost to Tampa 6–34
8834.468Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–70.36488-14BYE
8914.517Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI5–5–10.50060-8BYE
9024.552Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI5–5–10.50060-2BYE
91-24.564Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–50.50060+1BYE
9214.660Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B104–70.36488-14BYE
93-64.675Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–60.45567-18Lost to Boston College 21–42
9404.719Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI4–70.36488-6BYE
9504.884California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–70.36488-19BYE
9615.047Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC3–80.273104-21BYE
97-15.083TCUIND SWC3–80.273104-17Lost to SMU 19–21
9805.244Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–70.36488-26BYE
9905.464Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–90.182111-26BYE
10005.500Lamar (LAMAR)IND FBSI5–50.50060-20BYE
10115.762Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–80.273104-22BYE
102-15.783Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI4–60.40086-10BYE
10315.837Indiana (INDIANA)B102–90.182111-28BYE
10415.919Duke (DUKE)ACC2–8–10.227109-30BYE
10525.944Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON3–80.273104-28BYE
106-35.978Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI3–7–10.318102-12BYE
10736.086Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–90.182111-32BYE
10816.105Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–90.182111-31BYE
109-16.105Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC4–70.36488-38BYE
11016.131Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI2–90.182111-32BYE
111-56.202Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–90.182111-32Lost to Rice 0–27
11206.441Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–70.36488-15BYE
11306.502Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–80.273104-27BYE
11406.584West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC2–90.182111-38BYE
11506.869Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–80.111124-26BYE
11606.961Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI4–70.36488-36BYE
11717.109App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON3–7–10.318102-5BYE
118-17.142Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–7–10.167121-23BYE
11907.220Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–80.200110-29BYE
12007.261Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC2–90.182111-35BYE
12117.363Iowa (IOWA)B100–110.000125-41BYE
122-17.392Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–9–10.136122-39BYE
12317.673Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–90.182111-40BYE
124-18.220Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–100.000125-43Lost to Navy 0–51
12508.261Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA2–90.182111-18BYE
12608.525Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–110.000125-54Lost to Florida 0–49
12718.912Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA1–9–10.136122-17BYE
128-19.005UTEPIND WAC0–110.000125-55Lost to BYU 0–63
129011.023Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–100.000125-33BYE

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