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1973 Week 8 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
110.702Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B83–0–10.87517+7Beat Texas 52–13
2-10.709Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–01.0001+12Beat Florida 35–14
330.793San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA3–10.75030+12Beat New Mexico State 27–0
440.926Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–01.0001+13Beat Nebraska 13–12
5-20.927LSUSEC5–01.0001+12Beat Auburn 20–6
6-20.998Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI5–01.0001+11Beat Virginia Tech 54–27
741.053Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC5–01.0001+11Beat Ohio 10–6
8-31.120Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–10.80021+11Lost to Missouri 12–13
9-21.125Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC5–01.0001+10Beat Georgia Tech 20–14
1071.127Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B104–01.0001+6Beat Wisconsin 24–0
1171.147Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC5–01.0001+9Beat San José State 28–3
12-31.197Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+7Beat Duke 24–17
1321.225USCPAC4–0–10.90016+7Beat Washington State 46–35
1421.254Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+6Beat Rice 28–0
15-31.261Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+6Beat Army 54–3
16-61.303Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC5–01.0001+8Beat New Mexico 22–14
1731.316Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY2–0–10.83318+2Beat Princeton 37–6
1871.317Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC4–10.80021+10Beat Bowling Green 21–7
1901.335Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–01.0001+8Beat Southern Miss 42–20
2021.347Michigan (MICHIGAN)B105–01.0001+6Beat Michigan State 31–0
2121.399Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–10.75030+5BYE
2281.516Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–1–10.70035+8Beat Ole Miss 20–0
2331.517Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–10.80021+7Beat Air Force 38–17
24111.546Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY3–01.0001+1Beat Columbia 57–0
25-111.588Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC4–10.80021+8Lost to Kent State 7–21
26-21.607Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–10.80021+7Beat Texas A&M 28–16
27-141.626Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–20.60046+8Lost to Miami 10–15
2801.673UCLAPAC4–10.80021+5Beat Stanford 59–13
2951.681Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–10.80021+6Beat Kansas State 25–18
3061.771Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI3–10.75030+5Beat Boston College 15–10
3181.786NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–20.66738+10Beat Maryland 24–22
32-111.880Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–20.60046+7Lost to Kansas 18–25
33111.991Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI4–20.66738+7Beat Tulsa 28–16
3471.993East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON5–10.83318+6Beat Virginia Military Institute 42–7
35-62.028Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI5–10.83318+6Beat Boston University 35–15
36232.198Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC3–20.60046+5Beat Baylor 13–7
3732.233Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–1–10.70035+2Beat Florida State 37–12
38-72.314Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–20.50059+4Lost to Oklahoma 13–52
39-12.330Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI4–10.80021+3Beat Villanova 17–10
4062.368SMUIND SWC3–10.75030+1BYE
41172.389Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80021+3Beat Colorado State 34–18
4252.471South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–20.60046+3Beat Wake Forest 28–12
43122.504Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–20.66738+4Beat Toledo 24–22
44-172.518Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–30.40071+5Lost to UCLA 13–59
45212.597Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–20.60046+6Beat William & Mary 20–7
46-42.611Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–20.60046+4Lost to LSU 6–20
47212.612Utah (UTAH)IND WAC3–20.60046+1Beat Wyoming 50–16
48322.693Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI2–2–10.50059+2Beat West Virginia 35–7
49-122.733Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–20.60046+1Lost to Memphis 16–28
50122.830Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON4–20.66738+1Beat Davidson 38–7
5162.848Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–20.60046+1Beat Purdue 15–13
5212.915Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–30.40071+1Lost to Texas Tech 16–28
53-82.961Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–20.60046-1Lost to NC State 22–24
54162.969TCUIND SWC2–20.50059+1Beat Idaho 30–14
55-222.995West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–20.60046+1Lost to Pittsburgh 7–35
56-53.019Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–30.40071+3Lost to Alabama 14–35
57-93.038Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–30.50059+5Lost to Utah State 18–34
58113.054North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–30.40071+2Beat Kentucky 16–10
59-103.102Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–20.66738-2Lost to Marshall 36–39
60-83.133Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–20.50059+1Lost to Colorado 17–38
61-73.194William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–20.66738-1Lost to Vanderbilt 7–20
62113.217Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA3–1–10.70035-3Beat Long Beach State 10–6
63-73.342Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–20.66738-3Lost to Colgate 21–22
64223.376Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–20.50059+2Beat Holy Cross 22–21
65283.380North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–2–10.500590Beat Louisville 7–6
66193.387Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–20.50059-1Beat BYU 26–24
67-173.405Purdue (PURDUE)B102–30.400710Lost to Illinois 13–15
68513.412Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–1–10.500590Beat Yale 34–25
6923.415Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI2–30.400710Lost to Tennessee 14–20
70-273.446Indiana (INDIANA)B102–30.400710Lost to Minnesota 3–24
71113.531Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–10.750300Beat Lafayette 35–6
72-113.562San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA3–2–10.58357-3Lost to Arizona State 3–28
73303.597Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–10.66738+1Beat Dartmouth 22–16
74-93.600Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–30.40071-1Lost to Arkansas 7–13
75133.633Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–30.400710Beat Indiana 24–3
76-443.742Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–1–10.500590Lost to Harvard 0–57
77-103.797New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC4–30.57158-3Lost to San Diego State 0–27
78-183.858Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–30.40071-3Lost to North Carolina 10–16
79-73.874Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC2–30.40071-2Lost to North Texas 6–7
80-173.905Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–30.40071-3Lost to Utah 16–50
8103.913Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–30.40071-1Beat Syracuse 23–14
8223.914Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI2–20.50059-1BYE
83-193.926Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–30.40071-3Lost to Western Michigan 22–24
84-53.969Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–40.2001020Lost to USC 35–46
85-74.085Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.250980Lost to Notre Dame 0–28
86-104.109New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–40.200102+1Lost to Arizona 14–22
87-124.324Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–40.33392-3Lost to Georgia 0–20
8844.325Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–30.500590Beat Ball State 13–12
89124.408Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–40.200102-2Beat California 41–10
90-134.475Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–40.200102-3Lost to Ohio State 0–24
9154.500Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–30.40071-6Beat Louisiana 27–0
92134.576Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–30.40071-3Beat Virginia 32–27
93-34.582West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC2–30.40071-3BYE
94-34.637Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–30.25098-2Lost to Miami (OH) 6–10
9594.761Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–30.40071-4Beat Iowa 31–15
96-224.839California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–30.40071-5Lost to Oregon 10–41
9714.898Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–40.200102-4Lost to Michigan 0–31
98-154.905Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–40.33392-5Lost to Clemson 27–32
99144.949Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI2–30.400710Beat Northern Illinois 39–36
100125.122Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–40.200102-5Beat Xavier 73–7
101-125.236BYUIND WAC1–30.25098-5Lost to Iowa State 24–26
102-155.414Iowa (IOWA)B100–50.000120-4Lost to Northwestern 15–31
103-65.470Duke (DUKE)ACC1–40.200102-6Lost to Tulane 17–24
10455.631Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–30.40071-9Beat Fresno State 18–13
10535.648Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–40.200102-5Beat Washington 31–7
106-115.690Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–40.33392-7Lost to Southern Illinois 7–73
107-135.799Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–40.200102-6Lost to South Carolina 12–28
108-65.887Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–40.200102-7Lost to Richmond 20–42
109-105.996Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–20.33392+1Lost to Brown 25–34
110-46.070Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–50.167113-6Lost to East Carolina 7–42
111-116.197Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–30.000120-2Lost to Cornell 6–37
112-26.671Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–60.000120-10Lost to Houston 27–54
11396.734Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–40.33392-9Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 28–20
114-36.916Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–50.167113-7Lost to Tampa 10–17
11597.033Lamar (LAMAR)IND FBSI2–40.33392-11Beat UTEP 31–27
116-27.037Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–40.000120-6Lost to Penn State 3–54
11707.504Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–50.000120-10Lost to Mississippi State 12–37
118-27.572Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–50.167113-7Lost to Furman 7–38
119-127.729Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC1–50.167113-9Lost to Northern Iowa 3–31
12038.284Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–50.167113-11Lost to TCU 14–30
121-38.335Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–50.167113-12Lost to Citadel 20–28
122-78.443Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–40.200102-11Lost to Oregon State 7–31
12328.560Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–30.000120-3Lost to Pennsylvania 16–22
124-38.874App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON1–4–10.25098-1Lost to East Tennessee State 11–19
125-58.996Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–50.000120-14Lost to Navy 14–23
12619.121Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA0–5–10.083119-5Lost to Pacific 6–10
127-19.434UTEPIND WAC0–60.000120-18Lost to Lamar 27–31
128010.449Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA0–60.000120-7Lost to Wichita State 13–18
129011.772Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–50.000120-12Lost to Cincinnati 0–27

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