1973 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 23, 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	1	0.666	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Tennessee 42–21
2	-1	0.694	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0–1	0.900	15	+12	Beat Colorado 34–7
3	0	0.799	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–1	0.800	26	+17	Beat Pacific 13–10
4	0	0.881	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Oklahoma State 13–9
5	1	0.893	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Miami 30–7
6	2	0.960	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	17	+17	Beat Kansas 10–9
7	0	0.969	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	6–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Bowling Green 31–8
8	-3	1.022	LSU	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Kentucky 28–21
9	17	1.178	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	17	+15	Beat Arizona 31–17
10	0	1.186	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Indiana 37–7
11	8	1.213	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat West Virginia 38–17
12	-1	1.247	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat BYU 52–12
13	-1	1.252	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat North Carolina 16–0
14	1	1.331	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Syracuse 49–6
15	5	1.350	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Wisconsin 35–6
16	-2	1.354	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Army 62–3
17	7	1.400	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Cornell 21–15
18	-5	1.425	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	14	+8	Beat Oregon 31–10
19	-10	1.584	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–1	0.833	17	+11	Lost to Alabama 21–42
20	-2	1.588	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–1	0.833	17	+11	Beat Eastern Michigan 34–20
21	7	1.633	UCLA	PAC	5–1	0.833	17	+8	Beat Washington State 24–13
22	-6	1.726	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	17	+9	Lost to Texas Tech 17–31
23	9	1.819	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	36	+10	Beat Iowa State 21–19
24	10	1.851	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	16	+10	Beat Citadel 34–0
25	6	1.875	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–2	0.667	36	+11	BYE
26	-1	1.880	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	36	+10	Lost to Miami (OH) 8–31
27	-5	1.897	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–2–1	0.583	53	+8	Lost to Vanderbilt 14–18
28	5	1.909	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	+10	Beat Florida State 13–10
29	-8	1.961	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	50	+5	Lost to Missouri 9–13
30	5	2.016	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+6	BYE
31	-14	2.038	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–1–1	0.625	49	+3	Lost to Harvard 15–21
32	-3	2.058	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	36	+6	Lost to Nebraska 9–10
33	5	2.095	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	50	+7	Beat Arkansas 34–6
34	-11	2.096	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	36	+7	Lost to Oklahoma 7–34
35	2	2.139	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–1–1	0.750	29	+4	Beat Louisville 18–7
36	3	2.142	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+5	Beat Southern Illinois 25–23
37	12	2.147	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	36	+6	Beat New Mexico State 52–14
38	9	2.153	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	36	+5	Beat San José State 28–21
39	6	2.171	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	4–2	0.667	36	+10	Beat Georgia 18–14
40	-13	2.172	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	57	+7	Lost to Pittsburgh 14–28
41	0	2.214	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+5	Beat West Texas A&M 36–14
42	-12	2.240	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+6	Lost to Houston 7–30
43	0	2.264	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–2	0.714	31	+7	Beat Marshall 21–7
44	-4	2.267	SMU	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	26	+3	Beat Rice 27–16
45	1	2.371	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–2	0.667	36	+6	Beat Georgia Tech 24–10
46	-4	2.403	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	36	+5	Beat Ohio 38–22
47	-3	2.440	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–3	0.500	57	+7	Beat Washington 23–14
48	0	2.444	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	53	+5	Beat Boston College 28–14
49	2	2.560	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–2	0.667	36	+3	Beat Michigan State 6–3
50	2	2.566	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	57	+3	Beat TCU 35–16
51	-1	2.626	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	31	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–13
52	1	2.756	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–2	0.667	36	-1	Beat Wake Forest 37–0
53	14	2.959	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–3	0.500	57	+2	Beat Northwestern 21–10
54	7	2.990	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	31	0	Beat Davidson 51–35
55	4	3.006	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	-2	Beat Ball State 45–17
56	-1	3.100	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	57	+3	Lost to Richmond 17–38
57	14	3.134	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	26	+1	Beat Delaware 24–7
58	0	3.217	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–4	0.333	86	+3	Lost to Tulane 0–16
59	-23	3.224	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	57	+2	Lost to Texas 6–34
60	13	3.273	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	29	+2	Beat Lehigh 27–20
61	2	3.320	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	36	-3	BYE
62	19	3.334	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	57	0	Beat Air Force 42–6
63	20	3.359	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–3	0.500	57	-1	Beat Dayton 14–10
64	1	3.371	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	3–2–1	0.583	53	0	Beat Drake 19–7
65	15	3.424	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	57	-2	Beat Colorado State 35–3
66	9	3.535	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3	0.500	57	-1	Beat Iowa 31–23
67	-11	3.555	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–4	0.333	86	+1	Lost to Ole Miss 10–13
68	19	3.557	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–4	0.429	73	-1	Beat Florida 13–10
69	22	3.661	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	57	-4	Beat Wichita State 27–6
70	-8	3.712	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–2–1	0.583	53	-4	Lost to San Diego State 10–13
71	-14	3.718	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–4	0.429	73	+2	Lost to Wyoming 3–35
72	-2	3.806	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Ohio State 7–37
73	-4	3.870	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	86	-2	Lost to Auburn 10–24
74	-2	3.871	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3–1	0.500	57	-4	Lost to Utah 21–28
75	-1	3.905	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	77	-2	BYE
76	10	3.916	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	86	-1	Beat UTEP 49–0
77	-23	3.966	TCU	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	77	-2	Lost to Texas A&M 16–35
78	-1	4.001	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	57	-5	Lost to Tulsa 14–52
79	-19	4.103	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	77	-2	Lost to Navy 6–42
80	-14	4.104	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	77	-4	Lost to Kansas State 19–21
81	-3	4.126	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–4	0.333	86	-3	Lost to LSU 21–28
82	10	4.147	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–3	0.500	57	-4	Beat Duke 24–8
83	-4	4.168	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	86	-3	Lost to Mississippi State 7–18
84	12	4.194	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	57	-5	Beat Oregon State 24–14
85	-1	4.201	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	107	-1	Lost to UCLA 13–24
86	4	4.388	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–5	0.167	107	-3	Lost to Michigan 6–35
87	-2	4.398	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	104	-1	Lost to SMU 16–27
88	1	4.403	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–5	0.167	107	-2	Lost to USC 10–31
89	4	4.484	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	86	-3	Lost to Utah State 14–36
90	19	4.531	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	57	+1	Beat Columbia 29–0
91	-27	4.599	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	77	-2	Lost to Princeton 21–37
92	16	4.609	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	86	-6	Beat Texas Arlington 41–14
93	-25	4.774	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–2–1	0.375	83	-2	Lost to Dartmouth 16–28
94	-18	4.841	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–2–1	0.375	83	-1	Lost to Yale 0–29
95	-1	4.931	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–4	0.200	104	-4	Lost to South Carolina 22–38
96	-8	4.952	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	73	-4	Lost to Toledo 10–14
97	2	5.238	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	86	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 7–21
98	-16	5.261	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	77	-6	Lost to Southern Miss 14–41
99	-2	5.266	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–5	0.167	107	-7	Lost to Illinois 3–6
100	-5	5.333	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	2–4	0.333	86	-8	Lost to Purdue 10–21
101	10	5.427	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Beat Colgate 37–21
102	-2	5.443	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	107	-8	Lost to Tampa 23–25
103	-2	5.648	BYU	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	104	-7	Lost to Arizona State 12–52
104	-6	5.649	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–5	0.286	98	-11	Lost to Virginia Tech 15–27
105	2	5.869	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–5	0.167	107	-8	Lost to Maryland 0–37
106	17	5.969	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	102	-2	Beat Brown 28–16
107	5	6.013	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	117	-10	Beat Virginia 27–15
108	7	6.022	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	73	-14	Beat Louisiana 31–0
109	-4	6.022	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	107	-9	Lost to California 14–24
110	-7	6.064	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–5	0.167	107	-11	Lost to Clemson 8–24
111	-7	6.069	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	86	-13	Lost to Cincinnati 6–27
112	-2	6.074	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	117	-9	Lost to Furman 13–19
113	-11	6.215	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–6	0.000	124	-9	Lost to Minnesota 23–31
114	0	6.234	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	107	-6	BYE
115	-2	6.638	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	98	-11	Lost to East Carolina 0–34
116	-10	6.695	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	98	-8	Lost to Arkansas State 0–37
117	-1	7.054	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	124	-8	Lost to Notre Dame 3–62
118	0	7.236	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	117	-9	Lost to William & Mary 35–51
119	5	7.262	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	85	-1	Beat Wofford 28–21
120	0	7.578	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	98	-15	Beat Weber State 17–13
121	-2	7.743	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–6	0.143	117	-13	Lost to North Texas 7–19
122	-5	7.840	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	124	-15	Lost to Memphis 10–13
123	2	8.468	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	124	-17	Lost to Penn State 6–49
124	-2	8.476	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–5	0.167	107	-16	Lost to Stanford 14–23
125	-4	8.795	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	117	-13	Lost to Western Carolina 0–14
126	2	9.187	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–6	0.143	117	-9	Beat Long Beach State 15–14
127	0	9.388	UTEP	IND WAC	0–7	0.000	124	-24	Lost to New Mexico 0–49
128	-2	10.000	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–6–1	0.071	123	-13	Lost to Fresno State 14–15
129	0	11.508	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	124	-18	Lost to Lamar 0–31