1972 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 21, 1972By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1972 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.838	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+48	Beat Virginia Tech 52–13
2	2	0.935	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	6	+41	Beat TCU 27–0
3	2	0.942	USC	PAC	10–0	1.000	1	+49	Beat UCLA 24–7
4	-2	0.949	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	6	+36	Beat Kansas 31–7
5	-2	0.986	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1–1	0.850	15	+33	Beat Kansas State 59–7
6	3	1.095	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	8–1	0.889	6	+39	Beat Georgia 27–10
7	0	1.121	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+42	Beat Purdue 9–6
8	-2	1.151	LSU	SEC	8–1	0.889	6	+38	Beat Mississippi State 28–14
9	-1	1.168	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+40	Beat Boston College 45–26
10	0	1.295	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	7–2	0.778	20	+31	Beat Ole Miss 17–0
11	0	1.314	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	8–1	0.889	6	+34	BYE
12	1	1.342	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–1	0.889	6	+34	Beat Duke 14–0
13	-1	1.445	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	6	+27	Beat Miami 20–17
14	1	1.532	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	8–1	0.889	6	+26	Beat Memphis 17–0
15	1	1.636	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–1	0.900	4	+29	Beat Dayton 24–22
16	1	1.663	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	6	+25	Beat Northwestern 27–14
17	3	1.724	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	17	+26	Beat Baylor 13–7
18	-4	1.765	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	23	+31	Lost to USC 7–24
19	2	1.783	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–1–1	0.813	16	+13	Beat Cornell 31–22
20	2	1.818	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–3–1	0.682	31	+26	Beat Clemson 42–17
21	3	1.883	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	17	+19	Beat San José State 51–21
22	6	1.886	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+24	Beat Air Force 38–7
23	2	1.900	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	21	+12	Beat Princeton 31–7
24	-6	2.017	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–3	0.727	23	+29	Lost to Washington State 10–27
25	4	2.044	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	17	+15	Beat Bowling Green 29–22
26	-7	2.067	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	6–3–1	0.650	33	+20	Lost to Tampa 22–29
27	5	2.087	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+21	Beat Syracuse 43–12
28	-5	2.165	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	38	+15	Lost to Dartmouth 22–31
29	4	2.226	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	33	+15	Beat Navy 30–7
30	1	2.243	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	28	+17	Beat Southern Miss 27–21
31	-4	2.261	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–4	0.600	41	+18	Lost to Auburn 10–27
32	-2	2.278	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+14	Beat California Davis 36–26
33	11	2.344	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–4–1	0.591	48	+17	Beat Toledo 27–9
34	2	2.414	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	21	+5	Beat Columbia 20–14
35	2	2.415	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–3	0.700	28	+12	Beat Cincinnati 23–0
36	3	2.418	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3–1	0.682	31	+13	Beat Idaho 27–16
37	9	2.431	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	41	+20	Beat Iowa State 6–5
38	-12	2.507	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–3–1	0.611	39	+7	Lost to Missouri 5–6
39	16	2.653	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	35	+13	Beat Washington 27–10
40	17	2.698	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–4	0.500	62	+9	Beat Kentucky 40–0
41	-1	2.779	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	41	+6	Lost to Colorado 7–38
42	11	2.813	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	41	+8	Beat Vanderbilt 21–7
43	0	2.824	TCU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	52	+11	Lost to Texas 0–27
44	16	2.851	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	+5	Beat Long Beach State 22–13
45	-4	2.880	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	35	+6	Lost to South Carolina 21–24
46	-1	2.883	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	52	+8	BYE
47	17	2.920	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	62	+8	Beat Texas A&M 20–14
48	20	2.932	SMU	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	52	+3	Beat Arkansas 22–7
49	17	2.996	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	41	+5	Beat William & Mary 20–3
50	-15	3.015	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–4–1	0.591	48	+11	Lost to Montana State 6–10
51	14	3.035	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	57	+5	Beat New Mexico 33–14
52	-18	3.084	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–5–1	0.450	76	+9	Lost to Minnesota 10–14
53	-4	3.105	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	57	+3	Lost to Alabama 13–52
54	13	3.115	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	52	+6	Beat Holy Cross 15–13
55	-3	3.128	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	+3	Lost to Notre Dame 17–20
56	-18	3.150	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–5	0.500	62	+5	Lost to California 21–24
57	-10	3.160	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	62	+6	Lost to BYU 7–16
58	-16	3.171	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	28	+12	Lost to Idaho State 21–24
59	-8	3.245	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	60	+3	Lost to Kent State 9–27
60	-4	3.287	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–5	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Michigan 6–9
61	-13	3.325	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	77	+2	Lost to Texas Tech 7–13
62	-12	3.336	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	50	0	Lost to Army 13–15
63	8	3.360	BYU	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	41	-1	Beat Utah 16–7
64	-6	3.391	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–4–1	0.438	81	+3	Lost to Yale 7–31
65	-11	3.419	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	62	+2	Lost to SMU 7–22
66	-7	3.424	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5	0.444	77	+3	Lost to Tennessee 0–17
67	-4	3.432	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–4–1	0.550	57	-1	BYE
68	-7	3.443	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	62	+2	Lost to Louisville 0–17
69	-7	3.461	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	72	+2	Lost to North Carolina 0–14
70	3	3.548	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	39	+3	Beat Boston University 26–0
71	1	3.720	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	41	-12	Beat Morgan State 37–14
72	5	3.868	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	50	+2	Beat Brown 21–14
73	-3	3.882	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	72	-4	Lost to West Virginia 12–43
74	8	3.884	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–5	0.500	62	-3	Beat Iowa 16–8
75	-6	3.934	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	83	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–30
76	3	4.072	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	83	-6	Lost to LSU 14–28
77	8	4.100	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	62	-11	Beat North Texas 17–14
78	10	4.128	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	83	-6	Beat Florida State 24–21
79	-4	4.196	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	72	-12	Lost to Richmond 3–20
80	11	4.282	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7	0.300	97	-4	Beat Wisconsin 27–7
81	6	4.303	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	52	+4	Beat Villanova 12–10
82	-8	4.306	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	97	-5	Lost to Rice 14–20
83	-5	4.321	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	77	-13	Lost to Northern Illinois 13–22
84	6	4.357	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–7	0.364	90	-8	Beat Oregon State 30–3
85	-4	4.479	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–5–1	0.313	96	-7	Lost to Pennsylvania 14–20
86	-10	4.500	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–6	0.400	83	-8	Lost to Illinois 7–27
87	-4	4.531	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	83	-12	Lost to Arizona State 21–51
88	10	4.564	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	72	-7	Beat Davidson 25–16
89	5	4.568	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	60	-19	Beat New Mexico State 23–20
90	-10	4.645	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	83	-16	Lost to Wyoming 14–22
91	-2	4.684	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	97	-12	Lost to Oklahoma 7–31
92	-8	4.743	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–7	0.300	97	-10	Lost to Florida 0–40
93	-1	4.743	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	82	-7	Lost to East Carolina 22–24
94	11	4.866	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	107	-13	Beat Stanford 24–21
95	-2	4.872	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	107	-8	Lost to Nebraska 7–59
96	0	4.901	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–7	0.300	97	-11	Lost to NC State 17–42
97	0	4.999	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	93	-15	Lost to Penn State 26–45
98	5	5.004	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	90	-17	Beat Wake Forest 15–12
99	7	5.059	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–7	0.300	97	-14	Beat Michigan State 14–10
100	-14	5.114	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–5–1	0.500	62	-22	Lost to Western Carolina 21–35
101	-1	5.174	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	97	-18	Beat Montana 10–7
102	-7	5.340	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–6	0.333	93	-15	Lost to Tulane 7–21
103	5	5.453	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	90	-25	Beat Arizona 22–14
104	-3	5.503	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	97	-11	Lost to Utah State 21–27
105	-6	5.634	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	97	-20	Lost to Houston 14–33
106	6	5.949	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	83	-24	Beat Lamar 10–3
107	-3	5.961	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	118	-23	Lost to Oregon 3–30
108	-6	6.085	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	107	-28	Lost to Marshall 14–31
109	-2	6.130	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–7–1	0.250	110	-21	Lost to Indiana 8–16
110	1	6.205	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	97	-3	Lost to Western Michigan 16–27
111	-1	6.616	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	2–8	0.200	111	-26	Lost to Virginia 12–15
112	2	6.674	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–8	0.200	111	-28	Lost to Ohio State 14–27
113	-4	6.760	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	124	-10	Lost to Harvard 14–21
114	8	6.788	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-33	Beat Ohio 31–14
115	-2	7.086	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	125	-36	BYE
116	-1	7.258	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	95	-24	Lost to Citadel 16–25
117	9	7.264	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	118	-40	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 17–0
118	0	7.403	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-40	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–23
119	-3	7.613	UTEP	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	111	-30	Lost to Colorado State 22–35
120	-3	7.667	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–9	0.100	125	-37	Lost to West Texas A&M 14–17
121	3	7.725	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–9	0.182	118	-34	Lost to Wichita State 20–23
122	-2	7.826	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-26	Lost to Quantico Marines 0–34
123	4	7.853	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	125	-38	Beat UTEP 35–22
124	-1	7.953	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	118	-28	Lost to Temple 10–12
125	-4	8.043	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	111	-20	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–17
126	-7	8.066	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	123	-12	Lost to Indiana State 3–31
127	-2	8.500	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	118	-28	Lost to Carson Newman 7–57