1974 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 22, 1974By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1974 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.658	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Colorado 49–14
2	7	0.913	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–1	0.833	14	+17	Beat Memphis 29–28
3	1	0.914	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Georgia Tech 31–22
4	14	0.982	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–1–1	0.750	28	+14	Beat Arizona 17–8
5	-2	1.006	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Indiana 49–9
6	0	1.076	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Tennessee 28–6
7	0	1.161	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Wisconsin 24–20
8	5	1.163	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–0–1	0.917	10	+10	Beat Bowling Green 34–10
9	2	1.238	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	+14	Beat West Virginia 21–20
10	-5	1.296	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	14	+14	Beat Florida State 24–14
11	4	1.411	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Holy Cross 56–0
12	-10	1.459	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	3–2	0.600	51	+10	Lost to Georgia 31–38
13	-3	1.460	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–1	0.833	14	+11	Beat Oregon State 17–14
14	2	1.489	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Long Beach State 28–21
15	-3	1.524	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	14	+10	Beat TCU 17–0
16	13	1.535	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–1	0.800	22	+11	Beat San José State 40–14
17	-9	1.548	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–1	0.857	13	+13	Lost to North Carolina 14–33
18	-1	1.653	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Citadel 30–3
19	5	1.729	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–0–1	0.875	11	+2	Beat Colgate 33–24
20	0	1.735	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Columbia 42–2
21	-7	1.756	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	14	+7	Lost to Texas Tech 8–17
22	5	1.773	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–2	0.667	34	+8	Beat Wake Forest 47–0
23	3	1.875	USC	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+6	Beat Oregon 16–7
24	1	1.926	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–0–1	0.875	11	+1	Beat Lafayette 37–7
25	26	1.940	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	+9	Beat Kent State 27–24
26	31	1.940	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–2	0.667	34	+7	Beat NC State 33–14
27	7	1.944	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	28	+3	Beat Cornell 39–27
28	2	1.956	Tampa (TAMPA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	31	+8	Beat Louisiana 14–13
29	20	2.018	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Beat Kansas 56–0
30	13	2.051	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	34	+7	Beat Arkansas 38–7
31	24	2.092	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Arkansas State 10–6
32	9	2.128	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+4	Beat Army 48–0
33	5	2.136	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	4–1–1	0.750	28	+4	Tied Michigan State 21–21
34	2	2.147	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Utah 32–0
35	4	2.213	SMU	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	14	+4	Beat Rice 19–14
36	8	2.288	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	14	+2	Beat Syracuse 30–14
37	-9	2.320	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+5	Lost to Mississippi State 28–29
38	-1	2.380	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–3	0.500	58	+6	Lost to Michigan 20–24
39	20	2.400	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	34	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 38–31
40	16	2.411	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–2	0.667	34	+6	Beat Dayton 38–27
41	24	2.467	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–3	0.500	58	+7	Beat Duke 17–13
42	25	2.485	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+3	Beat Villanova 35–0
43	-22	2.486	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	34	+3	Lost to App State 21–23
44	14	2.493	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Beat Boston College 35–11
45	17	2.495	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	51	+3	Beat Missouri 31–7
46	-14	2.503	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–2–1	0.643	49	+4	Lost to San Diego State 14–40
47	-24	2.589	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	34	+4	Lost to Nebraska 0–56
48	0	2.625	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	51	+3	BYE
49	-16	2.663	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–2	0.667	34	+2	Lost to Clemson 13–17
50	-31	2.734	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	33	-1	Lost to William & Mary 15–28
51	-20	2.746	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	34	0	Lost to Tulsa 14–17
52	-5	2.793	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	58	+2	Lost to Texas 7–38
53	-3	2.833	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	58	+5	Lost to Miami (OH) 10–34
54	6	2.851	UCLA	PAC	3–1–2	0.667	34	-1	Beat Washington State 17–13
55	-33	2.937	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–1–1	0.625	50	0	Lost to Harvard 27–39
56	-2	2.954	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	58	+5	Lost to Oklahoma 14–49
57	-22	2.993	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	34	0	Lost to Southern Miss 14–15
58	12	2.994	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–3	0.500	58	+3	Beat Morehead State 49–10
59	-19	3.063	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	31	-3	Lost to North Texas 19–24
60	-15	3.070	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	58	0	Lost to Iowa State 18–23
61	-15	3.082	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	58	+2	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–31
62	-10	3.091	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–3–1	0.417	80	+4	Lost to Alabama 6–28
63	11	3.136	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	58	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 15–14
64	-22	3.308	LSU	SEC	2–3–1	0.417	80	0	Lost to Kentucky 13–20
65	12	3.348	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–3	0.500	58	0	Beat LSU 20–13
66	10	3.402	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	75	+1	Lost to Auburn 22–31
67	16	3.411	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	58	-1	Beat Kansas State 23–18
68	3	3.520	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	80	0	Beat Northwestern 31–26
69	-8	3.567	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	87	+1	Lost to Pittsburgh 11–35
70	-6	3.589	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	58	-1	Lost to Houston 0–35
71	-3	3.626	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–3	0.571	56	-2	Lost to Utah State 24–27
72	1	3.628	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	80	+1	Tied Illinois 21–21
73	5	3.635	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	51	-4	Beat Wichita State 43–0
74	-8	3.764	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–4	0.333	89	-1	Lost to Minnesota 17–23
75	-6	3.778	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	51	+3	BYE
76	-1	3.829	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	89	-1	Lost to Miami 20–21
77	-24	3.867	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	58	+2	Lost to East Tennessee State 13–24
78	13	3.901	BYU	IND WAC	2–3–1	0.417	80	-2	Beat UTEP 45–21
79	11	3.993	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–3–2	0.333	89	0	Beat Washington 34–17
80	13	4.004	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	58	-4	Beat West Texas A&M 17–14
81	7	4.051	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–3–1	0.417	80	-3	Beat Wyoming 32–21
82	3	4.094	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	58	-4	Beat Jacksonville State 13–9
83	12	4.213	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3	0.500	58	-4	Beat Iowa 23–17
84	-21	4.328	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–4	0.333	89	-3	Lost to South Carolina 7–10
85	-13	4.454	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	75	-6	Lost to Fresno State 21–37
86	19	4.509	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	75	-7	Beat Rutgers 28–15
87	-5	4.548	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	87	-3	Lost to Temple 0–56
88	16	4.643	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–3–1	0.417	80	-6	Beat Nevada 66–17
89	-5	4.786	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	58	-1	Lost to Lamar 6–10
90	13	4.841	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	75	-4	Beat Marshall 20–17
91	18	4.917	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	56	+4	Beat East Carolina 23–21
92	-12	4.923	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	89	-5	Lost to Stanford 17–34
93	7	4.975	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–4	0.333	89	-7	Beat Virginia Tech 28–27
94	-8	4.983	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	109	-5	Lost to Notre Dame 0–48
95	-6	5.021	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	109	-4	Lost to UCLA 13–17
96	-17	5.089	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	89	-8	Lost to Drake 35–38
97	-10	5.111	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	100	-7	Lost to Penn State 14–30
98	-17	5.137	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	89	-5	Lost to Air Force 16–19
99	21	5.138	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–4–1	0.250	103	-4	Beat New Mexico State 24–19
100	-3	5.190	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–4	0.333	89	-7	Lost to USC 7–16
101	-3	5.194	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	89	-9	Lost to Hawai'i 21–28
102	5	5.247	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	89	-9	Beat Navy 19–16
103	-4	5.268	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–5	0.167	109	-6	Lost to Ohio State 9–49
104	-3	5.275	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–5	0.167	109	-7	Lost to California 14–17
105	-9	5.534	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	107	+1	Lost to Princeton 24–33
106	9	5.705	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	75	-3	Beat Southern Illinois 17–7
107	7	5.837	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4–1	0.100	122	-6	Lost to SMU 14–19
108	0	5.881	TCU	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	109	-9	Lost to Texas A&M 0–17
109	-17	6.107	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–4	0.200	107	-6	Lost to Dartmouth 6–7
110	-16	6.152	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	109	-11	Lost to BYU 21–45
111	-1	6.176	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	109	-8	Lost to New Mexico 21–32
112	-6	6.184	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	109	-11	Lost to Virginia 27–28
113	8	6.239	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	100	+5	Beat Pacific 37–21
114	-2	6.366	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	123	-10	Lost to Florida 14–24
115	-13	6.495	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	109	-6	Lost to Northern Illinois 7–17
116	10	6.630	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Beat Brown 7–6
117	6	6.677	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	109	-13	Beat Ole Miss 10–7
118	-2	6.877	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–6	0.000	123	-10	Lost to Maryland 0–47
119	-6	6.908	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	109	-8	Lost to Western Michigan 17–20
120	-2	7.082	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	109	-8	Lost to Tulane 3–30
121	-10	7.132	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–5	0.167	109	-11	Lost to Purdue 26–31
122	3	7.369	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–4	0.000	123	-1	Lost to Yale 2–42
123	-6	7.447	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	103	-14	Tied Montana 35–35
124	-5	7.528	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	100	-9	Lost to Toledo 27–38
125	2	7.546	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–5–1	0.214	106	-10	Beat Louisville 38–35
126	-2	8.074	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–5	0.000	123	-12	Lost to Arizona State 0–32
127	-5	8.284	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–7	0.000	123	-18	Lost to Cincinnati 0–43
128	0	8.621	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	123	-3	Lost to Tampa 13–14
129	0	10.938	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	123	-14	Lost to Mcneese State 0–43