1973 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 11, 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	Game Status
1	66	-0.059	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Carolina 57–8
2	36	-0.051	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 62–14
3	94	0.000	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Xavier 49–7
4	1	0.093	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colorado State 31–0
5	59	0.127	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UCLA 40–13
6	97	0.152	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 31–7
7	53	0.203	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 24–6
8	-7	0.220	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	Beat Lamar 24–7
9	105	0.220	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 16–0
10	44	0.296	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 28–21
11	113	0.296	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 31–24
12	108	0.330	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 13–10
13	5	0.338	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 14–12
14	-12	0.585	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
15	-12	0.585	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
16	-10	0.585	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
17	-10	0.585	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
18	-10	0.585	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
19	-10	0.585	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
20	-10	0.585	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
21	-10	0.585	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
22	-10	0.585	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
23	-10	0.585	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
24	-10	0.585	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
25	-10	0.585	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
26	-10	0.585	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
27	-8	0.585	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
28	-8	0.585	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
29	-7	0.585	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
30	-7	0.585	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
31	-7	0.585	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
32	-5	0.585	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
33	-4	0.585	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
34	-4	0.585	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
35	-2	0.585	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
36	-2	0.585	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
37	-2	0.585	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
38	-1	0.585	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
39	0	0.585	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
40	0	0.585	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
41	0	0.585	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
42	0	0.585	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
43	0	0.585	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
44	0	0.585	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
45	0	0.585	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
46	0	0.585	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
47	2	0.585	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
48	3	0.585	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
49	3	0.585	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
50	3	0.585	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
51	4	0.585	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
52	4	0.585	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
53	4	0.585	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
54	4	0.585	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
55	4	0.585	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
56	5	0.585	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
57	5	0.585	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
58	5	0.585	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
59	6	0.585	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
60	6	0.585	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
61	9	0.585	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
62	9	0.585	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
63	9	0.585	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
64	9	0.585	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
65	9	0.585	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
66	9	0.585	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
67	9	0.585	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
68	9	0.585	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
69	10	0.585	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
70	10	0.585	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
71	10	0.585	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
72	10	0.585	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
73	10	0.585	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
74	10	0.585	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
75	10	0.585	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
76	10	0.585	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
77	10	0.585	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
78	11	0.585	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
79	11	0.585	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
80	11	0.585	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
81	11	0.585	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
82	11	0.585	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
83	11	0.585	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
84	11	0.585	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
85	11	0.585	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
86	12	0.585	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
87	13	0.585	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
88	13	0.585	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
89	13	0.585	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
90	14	0.585	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
91	14	0.585	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
92	14	0.585	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
93	15	0.585	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
94	15	0.585	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
95	15	0.585	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
96	16	0.585	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
97	20	0.585	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
98	20	0.585	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
99	20	0.585	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
100	21	0.585	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
101	22	0.585	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
102	23	0.585	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
103	23	0.585	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
104	24	0.585	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	39	BYE
105	-88	0.714	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Clemson 12–14
106	-56	0.898	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Memphis 21–28
107	9	0.898	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to William & Mary 24–31
108	21	0.972	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	21	Lost to West Texas A&M 10–13
109	6	1.231	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Virginia 0–16
110	-63	1.268	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to New Mexico State 7–24
111	2	1.305	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Ole Miss 6–24
112	-44	1.526	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Texas Arlington 7–31
113	-6	1.637	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Nebraska 13–40
114	-93	1.785	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Arizona 0–31
115	-89	2.014	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Youngstown State 22–0
116	-38	2.014	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Sacramento State 22–0
117	-48	2.048	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Indiana State 42–24
118	-86	2.141	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 13–6
119	3	2.158	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 18–13
120	-84	2.183	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Massachusetts 30–28
121	-33	2.183	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 14–12
122	5	2.191	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Temple 7–49
123	-12	2.412	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Idaho 14–62
124	-96	2.449	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to NC State 8–57
125	-26	10.314	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Eastern Kentucky 6–10
126	-95	10.462	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to CAL Poly Pomona 9–17
127	-79	10.646	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Grambling State 16–29
128	-103	11.015	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Wofford 0–23
129	-125	11.458	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	21	Lost to Western Kentucky 7–42