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1974 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

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1974 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
100.748Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B88–01.0001+33Beat Missouri 37–0
211.002Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC9–01.0001+33Beat LSU 30–0
311.066Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC8–0–10.9445+31Beat Kent State 19–17
4-21.112Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–20.77812+30Lost to Georgia 16–17
511.128Michigan (MICHIGAN)B109–01.0001+32Beat Illinois 14–6
631.155Auburn (AUBURN)SEC8–10.8896+30Beat Mississippi State 24–20
731.264Yale (YALE)IND IVY7–01.0001+17Beat Pennsylvania 37–12
8-31.345Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B108–10.8896+24Lost to Michigan State 13–16
9-21.416Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC6–30.66726+24Lost to Auburn 20–24
1081.480Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY6–10.8579+14Beat Princeton 34–17
11121.533NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC8–20.80011+26Beat Penn State 12–7
12-41.554Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC7–20.77812+21Lost to SMU 14–18
1341.579Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI7–10.8758+19BYE
14-11.587Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC6–2–10.72223+20Beat TCU 28–0
1541.642Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC6–30.66726+19Beat Villanova 41–0
1651.642Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–20.77812+18Beat Iowa State 23–13
1751.689USCPAC6–1–10.81310+15Beat Stanford 34–10
1871.770San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA6–20.75017+21Beat Pacific 37–9
19-81.776Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–30.66726+18Lost to Baylor 24–34
2081.781Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI7–20.77812+19Beat Temple 35–24
2151.798California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–2–10.72223+17Beat Washington 52–26
2221.831Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI6–20.75017+15BYE
23-91.932Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI6–20.75017+19Lost to Southern Miss 3–7
24111.937Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC6–30.66726+15Beat Florida 17–16
2561.966Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC6–20.75017+13Beat Colorado State 34–21
26141.998Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B105–3–10.61148+18Beat Ohio State 16–13
27-72.023Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–20.77812+12Lost to NC State 7–12
28-132.089Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC5–30.62539+14Lost to Kentucky 12–38
29142.094Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC4–3–10.56353+16Beat Memphis 34–6
30-32.120Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI6–20.75017+6Lost to Pittsburgh 24–35
3162.137Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B85–30.62539+11Beat Kansas State 29–5
32142.209Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI5–30.62539+10Beat Tulane 27–3
33152.249Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC5–30.62539+12Beat Texas 34–24
34-182.291Lamar (LAMAR)IND FBSI6–20.75017+17Lost to Louisiana Tech 0–28
35-232.354Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI5–30.62539+12Lost to Florida State 14–21
3652.379Duke (DUKE)ACC6–30.66726+9Beat Wake Forest 23–7
37152.390SMUIND SWC6–30.66726+10Beat Texas A&M 18–14
38122.403San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA6–3–10.65037+7Beat Hawai'i 32–11
3982.408BYUIND WAC5–3–10.61148+9Beat Arizona State 21–18
4022.446UCLAPAC5–2–20.66726+5Beat Oregon 21–0
4132.477Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC5–40.55654+6Beat Rice 25–6
42-122.489Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–2–10.64338+5Lost to Yale 12–37
43182.491Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC5–40.55654+11Beat North Carolina 54–32
4492.531Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI5–30.62539+6Beat Ohio 35–13
45-132.543East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON6–30.66726+6Lost to Richmond 24–28
46-172.574Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI6–30.66726+6Lost to Tennessee 6–34
47112.653Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC6–30.66726+8Beat New Mexico State 28–7
48122.666Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–40.55654+7Beat Vanderbilt 38–12
49-42.677Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC6–30.66726+9Beat Marshall 45–15
5012.687Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B105–40.55654+10Beat Iowa 28–15
51-132.710Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–40.55654+11Lost to Oklahoma 0–37
52-182.765North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–40.55654+6Lost to Clemson 32–54
53-202.848Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC5–30.62539+1Lost to BYU 18–21
54152.851West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC5–40.55654+4Beat Tampa 24–6
55122.911Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI5–40.55654+7Beat Utah State 7–3
5682.919Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC5–40.55654+6Beat Arkansas State 17–0
57-182.924Tampa (TAMPA)IND FBSI5–40.55654+2Lost to West Texas A&M 6–24
5812.937Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–50.44474+6BYE
59-232.967Ohio (OHIO)MAC5–40.55654+7Lost to Cincinnati 13–35
6083.153Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–2–10.68825+2Beat Lafayette 35–0
61-63.264LSUSEC3–4–10.43885+2Lost to Alabama 0–30
62173.290Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON5–30.62539+9Beat East Carolina 28–24
63-93.351Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–30.62539-1Lost to Boston College 3–27
64-73.406Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC6–40.60050-4Lost to Miami (OH) 17–19
6503.433Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–50.44474+1Lost to Nebraska 13–23
66-103.491Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON5–40.55654-2Lost to Virginia 10–28
67-43.541Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–50.44474-2Lost to California 26–52
6873.569Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–50.44474+5Beat Kansas 17–16
69-73.579Illinois (ILLINOIS)B104–4–10.500670Lost to Michigan 6–14
70-213.589Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–3–10.500670Lost to Brown 8–16
71-13.620Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY3–3–10.500670Lost to Harvard 17–34
72-13.860Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND FBSI4–30.57151+11Lost to San José State 11–32
73-73.872Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–4–20.44474+1Lost to USC 10–34
7403.926Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA5–50.50067-5Lost to San Diego State 9–37
7563.998Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–40.55654-4Beat Lenoir Rhyne 14–10
7674.024UTEPIND WAC4–50.44474-8Beat Wyoming 35–13
77-54.058Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–50.44474-5Lost to Colorado 16–17
78154.146Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–50.44474-9Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–10
79-64.147Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND FBSI4–30.57151-4Lost to Bowling Green 0–17
8074.239West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–60.33393-8Beat Syracuse 39–11
81-54.249Purdue (PURDUE)B103–5–10.38989-6Lost to Minnesota 20–24
82-54.271Iowa (IOWA)B103–60.33393-5Lost to Wisconsin 15–28
83-14.395New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC5–50.50067-12Lost to Tulsa 7–28
84124.430Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–60.33393-10Beat William & Mary 34–15
85104.430Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA4–50.44474-11Beat Fresno State 28–24
86144.450Brown (BROWN)IND IVY3–40.42987-5Beat Cornell 16–8
87-34.495North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–5–20.33393-6Tied Wichita State 10–10
8834.528Army (ARMY)IND FBSI3–60.33393-9Beat Air Force 17–16
89134.543South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI3–60.33393-9Beat App State 21–18
90114.557Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI3–4–10.43885-8Beat Massachusetts 30–20
91-114.579Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B83–60.33393-8Lost to Oklahoma State 5–29
9224.584Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI3–60.33393-7Beat Citadel 28–21
9364.660Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–50.44474-10Beat Purdue 24–20
9434.736Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–40.50067-3Beat Bucknell 34–21
95-104.780Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–6–10.188119-10Lost to Arkansas 6–25
96-104.838Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC3–5–10.38989-13Lost to Arizona 21–34
97-194.902New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC3–5–10.38989-10Lost to Utah 10–21
9874.958Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC3–60.33393-14Beat Dayton 20–15
99-95.141Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–60.250109-9BYE
100-115.203App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON5–50.50067-2Lost to South Carolina 18–21
10165.235Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–60.33393-11Beat Indiana 24–22
102-145.239William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON3–60.33393-18Lost to Virginia Tech 15–34
10305.356Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI3–60.33393-7Lost to Maryland 0–41
10455.387Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND FBSI4–50.44474-15Beat Minnesota Morris 41–13
105-135.420Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–70.222110-17Lost to West Virginia 11–39
10645.463Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–70.222110-15Beat Washington State 17–3
107-95.503Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA4–60.400880Lost to Long Beach State 24–28
10865.563Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI1–80.111124-16Beat Miami 21–14
10985.840Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY2–50.286107-4Beat Columbia 21–0
11096.317Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC3–6–10.35092-18Beat Northern Arizona 34–16
111-56.322Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–70.300105-10Lost to Central Michigan 6–42
112-86.373Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–70.222110-20Lost to Oregon State 3–17
113-56.418Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–70.222110-23Lost to UTEP 13–35
11426.448TCUIND SWC1–80.111124-21Lost to Texas Tech 0–28
115-26.473Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–70.222110-22Lost to UCLA 0–21
116-16.658Indiana (INDIANA)B101–80.111124-23Lost to Northwestern 22–24
117-56.679Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI2–70.222110-28Lost to Army 16–17
118-76.859Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–70.222110-20Lost to Navy 21–28
11937.168Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI2–70.222110-23Beat Northern Michigan 14–9
12077.359Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–70.125122-26Beat New Mexico 21–10
121-37.481Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI3–70.300105-7Lost to Ball State 21–31
12217.541Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–90.000129-29Lost to Duke 7–23
12327.595Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC1–7–10.167120-27Tied North Texas 10–10
12447.710Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–6–10.278108-26Beat Weber State 38–13
125-17.964Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–80.111124-27Lost to Toledo 15–45
126-67.993Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–60.143121-12Lost to Dartmouth 0–21
127-18.329Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–80.200118-20Lost to Louisville 15–20
128-78.347Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI1–70.125122-17Lost to Texas Arlington 17–21
12909.965Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND FBSI1–80.111124-33Beat Louisiana 21–17

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