1973 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 18, 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	65	0.465	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas Arlington 56–7
2	19	0.499	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Temple 45–0
3	89	0.499	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 48–3
4	55	0.508	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico State 48–6
5	10	0.525	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 66–0
6	-5	0.588	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Virginia 43–23
7	45	0.609	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Dayton 32–0
8	56	0.668	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Minnesota 56–7
9	79	0.677	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wichita State 48–0
10	65	0.728	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Davidson 42–0
11	46	0.736	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 17–0
12	-8	0.791	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 21–7
13	13	0.804	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 40–7
14	44	0.821	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 37–6
15	45	0.821	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 34–27
16	49	0.846	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 42–14
17	5	0.855	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 41–14
18	-13	0.855	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
19	-6	0.863	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
20	33	0.880	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 31–7
21	22	0.905	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 29–8
22	16	0.931	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 24–6
23	70	0.939	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas 17–0
24	15	0.965	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 28–14
25	-15	0.965	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 24–3
26	43	0.965	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 20–6
27	52	0.973	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 41–28
28	5	0.990	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 21–10
29	19	0.990	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 17–6
30	54	0.998	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 35–25
31	-12	1.007	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 18–9
32	13	1.024	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 10–3
33	56	1.024	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Utah 29–22
34	66	1.024	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 20–13
35	-19	1.032	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 26–20
36	10	1.041	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 31–26
37	24	1.049	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 14–10
38	48	1.049	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 21–17
39	57	1.066	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 14–12
40	57	1.066	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida State 9–7
41	32	1.075	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 14–13
42	74	1.443	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 34–9
43	75	1.540	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 17–0
44	73	1.540	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Illinois 34–28
45	76	1.557	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 24–6
46	73	1.599	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Long Beach State 13–8
47	-33	1.631	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
48	-30	1.631	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
49	-26	1.631	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
50	-23	1.631	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
51	-22	1.631	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
52	-22	1.631	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
53	-22	1.631	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
54	-19	1.631	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	52	0	Tied Pittsburgh 7–7
55	-18	1.631	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
56	-14	1.631	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
57	-6	1.631	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
58	-2	1.631	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	52	0	Tied UL Monroe 21–21
59	3	1.631	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
60	3	1.631	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
61	9	1.631	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
62	9	1.631	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	52	0	Tied Georgia 7–7
63	9	1.631	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
64	12	1.631	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
65	12	1.631	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
66	19	1.631	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
67	20	1.631	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
68	23	1.631	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
69	35	1.631	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	110	0	BYE
70	8	1.845	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Santa Clara 49–7
71	-63	1.849	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	51	+1	Lost to New Mexico 6–48
72	30	1.868	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Purdue 13–14
73	-39	1.905	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Wake Forest 7–9
74	-42	1.978	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Tennessee 17–21
75	-21	1.978	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Northwestern 10–14
76	-69	2.013	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Missouri 0–17
77	-66	2.014	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to North Carolina 27–34
78	-11	2.052	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Arizona State 20–26
79	1	2.052	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Northern Illinois 28–34
80	-71	2.063	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to NC State 23–43
81	-78	2.075	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Boston College 0–45
82	24	2.089	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to Kent State 3–10
83	-33	2.089	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to West Virginia 13–20
84	10	2.089	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Texas Tech 22–29
85	35	2.090	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northeastern 38–14
86	-37	2.141	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Morehead State 24–17
87	8	2.141	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Weber State 10–3
88	-20	2.163	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Auburn 9–18
89	1	2.200	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Tampa 25–35
90	-62	2.237	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to LSU 6–17
91	-47	2.237	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Florida 10–21
92	22	2.253	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat BYU 21–13
93	-87	2.288	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–56
94	-58	2.311	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to South Carolina 28–41
95	-55	2.348	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Illinois 14–28
96	-14	2.348	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Penn State 6–20
97	6	2.348	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Arizona 7–21
98	26	2.393	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat Southern Miss 13–0
99	-87	2.446	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Tulsa 3–48
100	-83	2.458	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to USC 0–17
101	-27	2.495	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Houston 6–24
102	-3	2.606	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Kansas 8–29
103	-62	2.717	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Michigan 7–31
104	-21	2.828	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Bowling Green 14–41
105	8	2.828	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	BYE
106	-86	2.865	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Oklahoma 14–42
107	-2	3.171	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	52	0	Beat Presbyterian 25–13
108	7	3.387	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–32
109	-8	3.603	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–48
110	-55	3.640	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–56
111	-4	3.935	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Kentucky 26–31
112	-87	4.268	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Alabama 0–66
113	-3	4.441	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	-1	Beat Howard Payne 21–17
114	-112	4.479	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	52	0	Lost to Boise State 23–47
115	-3	4.545	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Memphis 3–24
116	-7	4.582	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Navy 6–37
117	6	5.062	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Pacific 9–34
118	4	5.098	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 7–40
119	-95	5.892	BYU	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Colorado State 13–21
120	-12	5.892	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	67	-2	BYE
121	-40	6.077	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	-1	Lost to East Carolina 0–13
122	3	6.705	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 12–14
123	4	6.926	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to Western Michigan 8–13
124	2	7.074	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to San José State 6–24
125	4	7.554	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to Furman 0–17
126	2	7.794	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	67	0	Lost to Richmond 0–42
127	-16	8.828	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	67	-1	Lost to Massachusetts 20–21
128	-30	11.468	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Hawai'i 7–10
129	-82	11.874	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	67	0	Lost to Arkansas State 13–27