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1974 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

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1974 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
100.664Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B811–01.0001+63BYE
200.807Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC11–01.0001+60BYE
301.025Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC9–0–10.9503+42BYE
401.132Michigan (MICHIGAN)B1010–10.9094+45BYE
501.196Auburn (AUBURN)SEC9–20.8188+44BYE
601.214Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B1010–10.9094+42BYE
701.249USCPAC9–1–10.8647+38BYE
801.377San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA8–2–10.77316+39BYE
901.408Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC8–30.72717+34BYE
1001.416NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC9–20.8188+40BYE
1101.439Yale (YALE)IND IVY8–10.8896+24BYE
1201.444Florida (FLORIDA)SEC8–30.72717+37BYE
1301.488Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC8–30.72717+36BYE
1401.521Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–30.72717+31BYE
1501.594Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY7–20.77815+23BYE
1601.596Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–20.8188+33BYE
1701.613Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI9–20.8188+30BYE
1801.724Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC8–30.72717+29BYE
1901.814Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–3–20.63636+28BYE
2001.825Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC8–30.72717+26BYE
2101.831Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B88–30.72717+24BYE
2201.854Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC9–20.8188+26BYE
2301.979Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI8–20.80013+15BYE
2401.983Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI8–30.72717+18BYE
2501.988Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC7–3–10.68231+24BYE
2602.007Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B107–3–10.68231+24BYE
2702.024Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI8–30.72717+21BYE
2802.044Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–40.63636+24BYE
2902.116Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–4–10.59148+16BYE
3002.120Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI8–30.72717+22BYE
3102.122Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC8–30.72717+21BYE
3202.167Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–40.63636+23BYE
3312.226Lamar (LAMAR)IND FBSI8–20.80013+24BYE
34-12.228San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA8–3–10.70829+14BYE
3502.232California (CALIFORNIA)PAC7–3–10.68231+19BYE
3602.260Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY6–2–10.72228+10BYE
3702.266Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B107–40.63636+19BYE
3802.311North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC7–40.63636+17BYE
3912.325Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B87–40.63636+23BYE
40-12.335BYUIND WAC7–3–10.68231+14BYE
4102.405Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC6–4–10.59148+16BYE
4202.483Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–50.54555+14BYE
4302.542Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI7–40.63636+12BYE
4402.603Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC6–4–10.59148+13BYE
4502.661Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI7–40.63636+8BYE
4602.662Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–50.54555+13BYE
4702.677Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC6–50.54555+13BYE
4802.712UCLAPAC6–3–20.63636+7BYE
4902.722East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON7–40.63636+8BYE
5002.746Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI6–50.54555+13BYE
5102.764Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B86–50.54555+10BYE
5282.774Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC7–50.58353+8Beat Hawai'i 26–3
53-12.810Stanford (STANFORD)PAC5–4–20.54555+11BYE
54-12.815SMUIND SWC6–4–10.59148+9BYE
55-12.845Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON7–40.63636+8BYE
56-12.899Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI6–50.54555+12BYE
57-12.954Ohio (OHIO)MAC6–50.54555+6BYE
58-12.972Duke (DUKE)ACC6–50.54555+6BYE
59-12.972Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC7–40.636360BYE
60-12.997Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–4–10.59148+6BYE
6103.028LSUSEC5–5–10.50071+6BYE
6203.139Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI7–3–10.68231+1BYE
6303.237West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC6–50.54555-1BYE
6403.274Brown (BROWN)IND IVY5–40.55654+1BYE
6503.295Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70030-1BYE
6603.329Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY4–4–10.50071+2BYE
6703.342Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI6–50.54555-5BYE
6813.563Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA6–50.54555-5BYE
6913.567Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–60.45575-1BYE
7013.621Colorado (COLORADO)IND B85–60.45575+3BYE
7123.662Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–50.54555+6BYE
7203.664Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA6–50.54555-7BYE
73-53.736Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND FBSI6–50.54555+23Lost to Arizona State 3–26
7404.074Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI5–5–10.50071-10BYE
7504.125Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–70.36486-9BYE
7604.167Purdue (PURDUE)B104–6–10.40981-8BYE
7704.216Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B84–70.36486-9BYE
7804.321Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–70.36486-14BYE
7904.372Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–50.500710BYE
8004.380West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–70.36486-14BYE
8114.442Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC4–6–10.40981-17BYE
82-14.453Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–60.45575-14BYE
8304.473South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI4–70.36486-14BYE
8404.495Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI4–70.36486-13BYE
8504.533Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–70.36486-13BYE
8604.539Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC4–70.36486-14BYE
8704.555William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–70.36486-17BYE
8804.574Iowa (IOWA)B103–80.273103-10BYE
8904.584New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC5–60.45575-18BYE
9004.588New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC4–6–10.40981-15BYE
9104.607App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON6–50.54555+3BYE
9204.753Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI4–70.36486-21BYE
9304.773Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–80.273103-12BYE
9414.898UTEPIND WAC4–70.36486-19BYE
95-14.901Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–5–10.38985-12BYE
9604.968Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–8–10.227112-19BYE
9705.036Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–60.333101-5BYE
9805.122Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA5–70.41780-3BYE
9905.159Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–60.45575-21BYE
10005.229Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–70.36486-23BYE
10105.281North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–7–20.273103-17BYE
10205.309Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–60.40084-12BYE
10305.359Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–80.273103-21BYE
10405.524Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–80.273103-25BYE
10505.573Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–70.36486-22BYE
10605.575Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–90.182114-26BYE
10705.794Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–80.273103-24BYE
10805.896Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–80.273103-18BYE
10906.112Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–70.36486-23BYE
11006.245Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–100.091123-33BYE
11106.313Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–7–10.318102-23BYE
11206.361Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–80.273103-17BYE
11306.439Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–90.182114-33BYE
11406.500Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–90.182114-37BYE
11506.665Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–70.36486-7BYE
11606.723Indiana (INDIANA)B101–100.091123-37BYE
11706.738Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–90.182114-42BYE
11806.905Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–100.091123-36BYE
11917.304TCUIND SWC1–100.091123-40BYE
120-17.321Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–90.182114-42BYE
12107.513Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI2–90.182114-30BYE
12207.540Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–100.091123-45BYE
12307.640Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI3–80.273103-25BYE
12407.866Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–9–10.136121-45BYE
12507.966Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–80.111122-24BYE
12607.968Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI2–90.182114-24BYE
12708.206Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–100.091123-43BYE
12808.604Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–8–10.227112-41BYE
12909.264Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI1–100.091123-44BYE

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