1974 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 17, 1974By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1974 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	71	0.584	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 59–0
2	-1	0.592	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
3	61	0.626	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 61–7
4	0	0.745	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
5	7	0.770	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 37–0
6	-1	0.770	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	59	0.787	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 42–7
8	51	0.795	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 41–7
9	41	0.821	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 38–7
10	-8	0.821	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 47–13
11	43	0.846	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 42–14
12	79	0.880	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clemson 24–0
13	77	0.888	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 42–19
14	71	0.897	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 6–0
15	86	0.897	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 28–6
16	76	0.905	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa State 24–3
17	90	0.914	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 37–17
18	17	0.931	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 24–6
19	30	0.939	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 31–14
20	38	0.939	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 24–7
21	50	0.939	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 28–11
22	22	0.948	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 16–0
23	-17	0.948	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 35–21
24	-9	0.956	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat USC 22–7
25	45	0.956	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 34–19
26	83	0.965	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 28–14
27	-9	0.973	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 16–3
28	11	0.973	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 48–35
29	-18	0.994	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Virginia 29–25
30	31	0.998	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 10–0
31	-21	0.998	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Illinois 28–9
32	67	0.998	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 17–7
33	32	1.007	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 32–23
34	53	1.007	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Arlington 12–3
35	-21	1.024	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 17–10
36	12	1.024	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 14–7
37	26	1.024	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 35–28
38	65	1.024	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 7–0
39	-26	1.041	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 21–16
40	-4	1.049	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 21–17
41	33	1.049	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 24–20
42	63	1.049	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 21–17
43	33	1.058	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida State 9–6
44	-3	1.066	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat BYU 15–13
45	37	1.075	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 7–6
46	48	1.075	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 17–16
47	76	1.396	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 28–7
48	79	1.519	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 20–14
49	75	1.540	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 17–14
50	-43	1.557	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Kentucky 23–17
51	-35	1.723	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
52	-30	1.723	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
53	-25	1.723	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
54	-23	1.723	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
55	-23	1.723	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
56	-23	1.723	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
57	-17	1.723	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
58	-16	1.723	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
59	-8	1.723	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
60	-3	1.723	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
61	14	1.723	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
62	15	1.723	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
63	17	1.723	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
64	25	1.723	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	56	0	BYE
65	31	1.723	UCLA	PAC	0–0–1	0.500	56	0	BYE
66	32	1.723	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
67	44	1.723	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	115	0	BYE
68	-15	1.868	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Tulane 16–17
69	-2	1.868	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to SMU 6–7
70	52	1.870	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
71	-48	1.905	BYU	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Hawai'i 13–15
72	16	1.938	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rhode Island 38–7
73	-36	1.942	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–9
74	26	1.942	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Pacific 14–17
75	-51	1.978	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Florida 17–21
76	-51	1.978	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Washington 17–21
77	9	1.978	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Penn State 20–24
78	30	1.978	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Richmond 25–29
79	-23	2.015	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Alabama 16–21
80	-72	2.054	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Kent State 14–20
81	-72	2.073	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Southern Miss 0–6
82	36	2.086	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Rice 21–0
83	-45	2.089	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–7
84	-3	2.089	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Arizona 10–17
85	17	2.089	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Navy 28–35
86	20	2.089	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Kansas 7–14
87	39	2.115	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 18–7
88	-71	2.141	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 14–7
89	-63	2.149	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 6–0
90	-60	2.163	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to New Mexico 23–32
91	28	2.174	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat South Carolina 35–20
92	-30	2.200	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Ole Miss 0–10
93	17	2.200	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Utah State 7–17
94	-60	2.348	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to NC State 21–35
95	-17	2.348	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–28
96	-36	2.385	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Ohio State 19–34
97	0	2.385	USC	PAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Arkansas 7–22
98	27	2.399	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Wake Forest 17–6
99	-54	2.422	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Illinois 0–16
100	-81	2.458	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Oklahoma 11–28
101	15	2.458	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	66	0	Lost to West Texas A&M 17–37
102	-56	2.458	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Michigan 7–24
103	-8	2.458	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Kansas State 14–31
104	-83	2.495	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to East Carolina 6–24
105	-21	2.532	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to New Mexico State 9–28
106	-59	2.606	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Texas Tech 3–24
107	-87	2.680	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Texas 19–42
108	-81	2.717	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–24
109	12	2.754	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	66	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 6–28
110	-81	2.865	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to LSU 14–42
111	2	2.938	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	66	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–59
112	-8	2.975	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Kentucky 7–38
113	-45	3.086	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Michigan State 7–41
114	-21	3.086	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Tampa 13–47
115	-46	3.123	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–42
116	-73	3.197	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Air Force 0–37
117	-5	3.297	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Massachusetts 17–13
118	-45	3.825	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Nebraska 7–61
119	-5	4.212	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	66	-1	Lost to Auburn 3–16
120	-5	4.249	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	66	-1	Lost to Georgia 35–48
121	-4	4.397	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2	0.000	66	-1	Lost to William & Mary 6–17
122	-119	4.500	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Eastern Michigan 19–20
123	-3	4.526	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	66	-1	Lost to TCU 3–12
124	5	4.759	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Long Beach State 16–14
125	-73	5.966	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	66	-1	Lost to Northern Illinois 14–16
126	-43	6.446	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 20–35
127	-48	6.668	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	66	-1	Lost to Houston 0–21
128	0	7.000	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	66	0	Lost to San José State 7–28
129	-74	11.431	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	66	0	Lost to Morehead State 12–14