1973 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 20, 1973By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1973 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.769	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+40	Beat Miami 43–13
2	0	0.780	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–0–1	0.944	8	+39	Beat Kansas 48–20
3	1	0.862	LSU	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+44	Beat Mississippi State 26–7
4	-1	0.936	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	10–0	1.000	1	+51	Beat Cincinnati 6–0
5	1	0.981	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+40	Beat Ohio 49–10
6	-1	0.985	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1–1	0.850	16	+41	Beat Kansas State 50–21
7	1	1.095	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+31	BYE
8	-1	1.147	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–0	1.000	1	+31	Beat Iowa 55–13
9	0	1.184	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	9	+38	Beat Baylor 55–24
10	0	1.190	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–0	1.000	1	+36	Beat Purdue 34–9
11	0	1.294	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	12	+31	BYE
12	0	1.374	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	7–1–1	0.833	18	+28	Beat Fresno State 41–6
13	0	1.414	UCLA	PAC	9–1	0.900	9	+29	Beat Oregon State 56–14
14	0	1.464	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	8–2	0.800	20	+34	Beat Toledo 52–16
15	0	1.473	USC	PAC	8–1–1	0.850	16	+29	Beat Washington 42–19
16	1	1.536	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	9–1	0.900	9	+23	Beat UTEP 54–13
17	3	1.548	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	5–2–2	0.667	33	+17	Beat Colorado 38–24
18	4	1.587	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	12	+26	Beat Vanderbilt 24–3
19	0	1.614	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	23	+23	Beat TCU 52–7
20	-2	1.629	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–3	0.700	26	+31	Beat Duke 21–3
21	2	1.684	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	9–2	0.818	19	+31	Beat App State 49–14
22	6	1.795	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	26	+25	Beat Utah State 31–28
23	-7	1.888	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	26	+23	Lost to Iowa State 7–17
24	-3	1.931	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	8–2	0.800	20	+20	Lost to Air Force 26–27
25	5	1.943	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–1	0.875	15	+10	Beat Brown 35–32
26	7	1.943	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	20	+30	Beat William & Mary 31–0
27	-1	1.997	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	12	+11	Beat Drake 35–10
28	-3	2.119	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	38	+18	Lost to Oklahoma 20–48
29	6	2.212	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	26	+19	Beat Northern Illinois 21–20
30	13	2.219	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+15	Beat Auburn 28–14
31	8	2.293	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–3	0.700	26	+12	Beat Clemson 28–13
32	4	2.294	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	26	+11	Beat Louisiana 41–6
33	-9	2.311	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	6–3	0.667	33	+12	Lost to Ole Miss 18–28
34	-5	2.366	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–4	0.600	44	+15	Lost to Georgia 14–28
35	-3	2.369	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	26	+13	Lost to Utah 28–31
36	11	2.375	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–4	0.556	48	+16	Beat Kentucky 20–18
37	4	2.473	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–4	0.600	44	+16	Beat Oregon 24–7
38	-4	2.519	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	59	+16	Lost to Oklahoma State 24–38
39	7	2.523	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	33	+9	Beat North Texas 24–15
40	0	2.562	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	38	+10	Beat Army 34–0
41	1	2.567	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	44	+11	Beat Florida State 52–12
42	12	2.627	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+9	Beat Arizona 27–26
43	8	2.637	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	41	+12	Beat Cornell 17–0
44	15	2.658	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	59	+9	Beat Tennessee 28–18
45	-18	2.686	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	+8	Lost to Syracuse 13–24
46	-8	2.725	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	+8	Lost to Alabama 13–43
47	-16	2.734	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	23	+2	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 24–25
48	1	2.792	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	7–2–1	0.750	25	-5	Beat Hawai'i 28–3
49	6	2.828	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–4	0.600	44	+10	Beat Illinois 19–16
50	19	2.951	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	52	+3	Beat West Texas A&M 28–0
51	6	2.972	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4–1	0.550	52	+8	Tied SMU 7–7
52	-8	2.998	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–5	0.500	59	+5	Lost to Florida 18–20
53	-8	3.020	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–4–2	0.500	59	+4	Lost to LSU 7–26
54	-4	3.053	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	81	+10	Lost to Nebraska 21–50
55	7	3.062	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	41	+6	Beat Columbia 42–8
56	-8	3.098	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–3–1	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Harvard 32–35
57	-20	3.138	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Rice 20–24
58	3	3.174	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	41	+8	Beat Princeton 30–13
59	9	3.204	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	+6	Beat Virginia 42–17
60	-2	3.307	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	5–5	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Minnesota 16–19
61	-5	3.421	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	4–5	0.444	75	+7	Lost to Penn State 10–49
62	13	3.455	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	59	-1	Beat Navy 26–22
63	2	3.481	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	59	+2	BYE
64	-12	3.492	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	-10	Lost to Louisville 14–35
65	-12	3.540	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–5	0.545	56	-1	Lost to Texas Arlington 12–31
66	13	3.554	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	33	+4	Beat Holy Cross 27–7
67	-7	3.566	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	52	-1	Lost to Tulsa 15–24
68	5	3.649	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	81	-1	Beat Wake Forest 42–0
69	-5	3.671	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–5	0.444	75	+3	Lost to Tulane 3–24
70	2	3.678	SMU	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	59	-5	Tied Arkansas 7–7
71	-4	3.791	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	48	-12	Lost to Rutgers 7–27
72	12	3.806	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	81	+1	Beat California 31–28
73	-2	3.819	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–5	0.500	59	-7	Lost to Maryland 13–28
74	16	3.861	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	95	+2	Beat Texas A&M 24–20
75	-5	3.907	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	56	-6	Lost to Richmond 0–31
76	-13	3.953	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	81	-7	Lost to New Mexico 21–23
77	4	3.967	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4–2	0.500	59	-9	BYE
78	11	3.971	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	81	-5	Beat Furman 35–14
79	4	3.971	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–6	0.400	81	-1	Beat Indiana 10–9
80	-4	4.066	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	81	-10	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–6
81	-15	4.127	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–4–1	0.438	80	-4	Lost to Dartmouth 0–17
82	-8	4.140	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	100	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 22–26
83	-5	4.146	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–6	0.400	81	-7	Lost to Michigan 9–34
84	12	4.177	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	95	-5	Beat Missouri 17–7
85	-5	4.333	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	56	-13	Lost to Bowling Green 20–21
86	6	4.333	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–6	0.400	81	-9	Beat Northwestern 36–34
87	-2	4.340	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	73	-12	BYE
88	-6	4.437	TCU	IND SWC	3–6	0.333	95	-5	Lost to Texas 7–52
89	8	4.467	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	81	-1	Beat Dayton 37–14
90	-13	4.481	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	59	-7	Lost to Marshall 14–37
91	7	4.753	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–7	0.300	100	-11	Beat Wyoming 23–21
92	-4	4.763	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–7	0.300	100	-14	Lost to Kent State 16–52
93	-7	4.771	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–6	0.400	81	-14	Lost to Washington State 28–31
94	-1	4.847	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	110	-13	Lost to Stanford 7–24
95	7	4.982	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	74	-2	Beat Villanova 13–6
96	11	5.241	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-1	Beat Western Michigan 31–12
97	6	5.243	BYU	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	95	-19	Beat Weber State 45–14
98	-11	5.280	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	94	-10	Lost to Indiana State 17–36
99	-8	5.357	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-3	Lost to Boston University 0–3
100	-5	5.373	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	92	-24	Lost to West Virginia 17–42
101	-7	5.438	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	3–7	0.300	100	-18	Lost to Wisconsin 34–36
102	-1	5.551	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	109	-17	Lost to Texas Tech 24–55
103	-4	5.693	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–8	0.200	110	-20	Lost to Michigan State 9–10
104	-4	5.869	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	100	-20	Lost to Xavier 6–13
105	9	5.916	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	110	-24	Beat Boston College 24–13
106	4	6.145	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	107	-26	Beat Virginia Tech 22–21
107	2	6.355	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-23	BYE
108	-4	6.420	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	110	-28	Lost to Southern Miss 0–28
109	-4	6.473	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	117	-31	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 21–22
110	-4	6.650	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	107	-27	Lost to Davidson 16–19
111	1	6.826	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–8–1	0.150	119	-31	Lost to NC State 3–21
112	-1	6.905	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	122	-19	Lost to Yale 13–30
113	0	6.926	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–6–1	0.188	116	-16	Lost to Pennsylvania 8–42
114	3	7.010	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–9	0.100	123	-31	Lost to UCLA 14–56
115	6	7.037	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-31	Beat Idaho State 43–0
116	-8	7.093	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	100	-41	Lost to Long Beach State 10–35
117	8	7.105	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	100	-14	Beat Tampa 25–24
118	-2	7.172	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	99	-5	Lost to East Carolina 14–49
119	4	7.294	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	110	-28	Beat Citadel 19–16
120	0	7.301	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–10	0.000	125	-31	Lost to Ohio State 13–55
121	-3	7.319	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	125	-28	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–34
122	-3	7.394	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–9	0.182	117	-32	Lost to Temple 10–35
123	-8	7.465	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–8–1	0.150	119	-34	Lost to North Carolina 0–42
124	-2	7.661	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–8	0.200	110	-31	Lost to USC 19–42
125	-1	8.453	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–10	0.000	125	-44	Lost to South Carolina 12–52
126	2	8.647	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–8–1	0.150	119	-18	Beat Wichita State 35–10
127	-1	8.811	UTEP	IND WAC	0–10	0.000	125	-44	Lost to Arizona State 13–54
128	-1	9.454	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–9	0.100	123	-18	Lost to San Diego State 6–41
129	0	10.835	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	125	-31	Lost to Memphis 6–41