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1973 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
140.613Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC4–01.0001+8Beat Georgia 28–14
2100.711Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–0–10.83319+4Beat Miami 24–20
360.833LSUSEC4–01.0001+8Beat Florida 24–3
420.895Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–01.0001+8Beat San Diego State 14–9
5110.907Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–01.0001+8Beat Minnesota 48–7
6-50.908San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA2–10.66743+6Lost to Houston 9–14
7111.001Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–01.0001+7Beat Kansas 28–27
801.011Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–01.0001+8Beat SMU 17–7
981.035Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat Pittsburgh 24–6
10-61.053Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC4–01.0001+7Beat Iowa 23–20
11131.053Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–01.0001+7Beat Marshall 31–6
1291.117Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Air Force 19–9
13131.127Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–10.75025+7Beat Navy 44–7
1481.132Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC4–01.0001+7Beat Toledo 49–35
1501.156USCPAC3–0–10.87518+4Beat Oregon State 21–7
16-61.165Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Michigan State 14–10
17-141.176Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+3Beat Washington State 27–3
1811.229Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC4–01.0001+5Beat New Mexico 67–24
1961.250Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–01.0001+6Beat Furman 20–17
20-131.269Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–0–10.75025+1Tied Lehigh 7–7
21101.292Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–10.75025+7Beat Memphis 21–16
22-21.386Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+3Beat Oregon 24–0
23-101.562Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–10.75025+3Lost to Texas Tech 7–20
24191.622Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC3–10.75025+5Beat Oklahoma State 20–7
25201.689Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–10.75025+5Beat Western Michigan 39–15
26211.731Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–10.75025+4Beat Iowa State 23–16
27171.762Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–20.50057+5Beat Illinois 24–0
28181.788UCLAPAC3–10.75025+3Beat Utah 66–16
29211.822Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI4–10.80020+6Beat Cincinnati 16–15
30-191.840Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–1–10.62549+4Lost to Alabama 14–28
31-21.894Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–10.66743+3Beat Wake Forest 41–0
3271.938Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–0–10.750250Beat Princeton 14–13
33-191.967West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75025+3Lost to Indiana 14–28
34-112.032Kansas (KANSAS)IND B83–10.75025+2Lost to Tennessee 27–28
3562.060Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–01.00010Beat Boston University 16–0
36-92.081Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.66743+2Lost to Oklahoma 20–24
37172.083Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–10.75025+3Beat Drake 44–7
38112.115Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI3–10.75025+3Beat Akron 21–7
39-72.142NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–20.60052+6Beat North Carolina 28–26
40-382.168Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–1–10.62549+2Lost to Kentucky 14–42
41122.185East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON4–10.80020+3Beat Davidson 45–0
42132.187Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75025+3Beat Ole Miss 14–7
43262.268Indiana (INDIANA)B102–20.50057+3Beat West Virginia 28–14
44-142.273Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI3–20.60052+4Lost to Kansas State 16–21
45-82.281Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC3–10.75025+1Beat Syracuse 38–0
46-132.401SMUIND SWC3–10.750250Lost to Missouri 7–17
4742.477South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI2–20.50057+2Beat Virginia Tech 27–24
4842.482Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–20.60052+6Beat Idaho 33–30
49112.559Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI4–10.800200Beat Fresno State 24–15
50182.571Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.50057+2Beat Duke 27–7
51-112.575Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–20.50057+3Lost to LSU 3–24
52-242.575Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–10.66743+1Lost to Penn State 9–19
5382.615Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–20.50057+1Beat Clemson 30–15
5422.675William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON4–10.800200Beat Villanova 33–21
55-132.696Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–20.60052+3Lost to Kent State 15–39
56112.705Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI4–10.80020-1Beat Dartmouth 10–0
57-232.800Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–20.50057+1Lost to Stanford 0–24
58142.898Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–10.750250Beat BYU 13–7
59-22.902Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–20.50057+1Beat TCU 13–5
60332.938Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–20.500570Beat Mississippi State 42–14
6152.987San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA3–1–10.70042-2Tied Pacific 21–21
6223.127Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–20.600520Lost to Richmond 17–20
63-283.136Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–20.50057-1Lost to Wisconsin 28–37
6493.139Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–20.500570Lost to Bowling Green 35–49
65103.218Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–20.500570Beat Florida State 21–14
66133.351Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–20.50057+2Beat Virginia 39–22
67103.357New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC4–20.66743-2Beat UTEP 27–23
68-103.442Utah (UTAH)IND WAC2–20.50057-2Lost to UCLA 16–66
69-103.452North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC1–30.25091+1Lost to NC State 26–28
70-223.467TCUIND SWC1–20.333840Lost to Arkansas 5–13
71133.496Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50057-1Beat Army 14–10
72183.498Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC2–20.50057-1Beat Wichita State 24–10
7313.546Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA2–1–10.62549-2Tied San José State 21–21
74173.606California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–20.50057-1Beat Washington 54–49
75-103.639Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–30.40077-1Lost to Auburn 7–14
76-143.695New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–30.25091+2Lost to Arizona State 24–67
77273.772Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–30.25091-1Beat Wyoming 37–28
7823.773Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–20.333840BYE
79-163.851Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–30.250910Lost to Ohio State 3–27
8014.058Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–2–10.37582-1Lost to Tulane 6–24
81-104.066Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–30.250910Lost to Boston College 7–44
82-464.189Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–10.667430Lost to Massachusetts 22–25
83-74.248Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–30.40077-2Lost to Vanderbilt 22–39
8434.311Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI2–20.50057-2Beat Mcneese State 26–24
85-24.319Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B81–20.33384-2Lost to Colorado 16–23
86-164.439Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–20.33384-1Lost to Yale 18–24
87114.489Iowa (IOWA)B100–40.000117-1Lost to Arizona 20–23
88-64.496Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–30.25091-1Lost to Nebraska 7–48
8904.598BYUIND WAC1–20.33384-3Lost to Utah State 7–13
90134.649West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC2–30.40077-2Beat Lamar 13–0
91254.806Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–20.33384-2Beat Northwestern 14–12
92134.822Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–30.400770Beat Southern Illinois 23–19
9324.827North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–2–10.37582-2BYE
94-84.831Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–30.25091-2Lost to Texas 0–41
9564.850Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI2–30.40077-4Beat Louisiana 17–14
9614.901Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI1–30.25091-4Lost to Temple 15–16
97-195.093Duke (DUKE)ACC1–30.25091-4Lost to Purdue 7–27
98-25.102Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–30.25091-4Lost to Notre Dame 10–14
99305.193Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–10.50057+1Beat Colgate 24–18
100-125.274Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–20.000117-1Lost to Columbia 13–14
101-75.560Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–40.000117-3Lost to Michigan 0–24
102115.587Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI1–30.25091-5Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 42–7
103255.678Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–10.500570Beat Brown 28–20
104-195.681Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–30.25091-3Lost to Ohio 12–14
105-135.709Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–30.25091-4Lost to Texas A&M 15–30
10656.165Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–40.200108-5Beat Citadel 23–6
10736.247Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC1–40.200108-7Lost to Tulsa 7–44
108-16.298Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–40.000117-4Lost to USC 7–21
109-36.347Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–30.25091-6Lost to Louisville 10–24
110-106.418Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–50.000117-7Lost to South Carolina 24–27
111-26.685Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–40.200108-4Lost to William & Mary 21–33
112-106.732Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI0–40.000117-6Lost to Dayton 19–23
11356.759Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–30.25091-3Lost to Miami (OH) 6–31
114-26.837Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–30.000117-4Lost to Georgia Tech 10–14
115-77.219Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–30.25091-5Lost to California 49–54
11647.391Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–40.200108-4Lost to East Carolina 0–45
117-187.554Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–40.000117-7Lost to Baylor 14–21
118-37.589Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI1–40.200108-6Lost to Southern Miss 7–42
119-817.674Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–1–10.25091-1Lost to Pennsylvania 20–28
120-67.794Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–40.000117-7Lost to Maryland 0–38
12107.958App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON1–3–10.30090-1Tied Lenoir Rhyne 14–14
122-58.149Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–40.200108-8Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–23
123-48.164Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI1–40.200108-7Lost to Colorado State 30–33
124-28.336Lamar (LAMAR)IND FBSI1–40.200108-9Lost to West Texas A&M 0–13
12528.985Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–20.000117-1Lost to Holy Cross 0–10
126-29.003UTEPIND WAC0–50.000117-11Lost to New Mexico State 23–27
127-49.788Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA0–4–10.100116-3Lost to CAL State Fullerton 14–17
128-310.170Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA0–50.000117-2Lost to Northern Illinois 15–24
129-311.837Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–40.000117-7Lost to Xavier 14–17

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