1972 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

128 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	371.49	461.20	183.55	—
2	USC FBS · Pac-8	★	12–0	357.82	457.03	148.88	—
3	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–2–1	347.38	446.56	172.39	▲ 1
4	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–2	328.13	408.02	170.81	▼ 1
5	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	10–1	309.14	359.43	180.26	▲ 1
6	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–1	289.40	322.26	185.19	▼ 1
7	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–1	275.85	350.33	122.10	—
8	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	268.19	315.29	164.06	—
9	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	251.88	296.06	140.44	—
10	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–2	250.39	280.11	162.94	—
11	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2	233.67	268.94	142.57	—
12	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	11–1	232.44	263.95	130.16	—
13	NC State FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	227.62	280.66	128.88	—
14	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	8–3	216.31	229.28	164.25	—
15	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	211.91	225.87	172.43	▲ 1
16	Florida FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	210.32	226.67	191.34	▼ 1
17	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	7–4	200.92	200.96	184.90	▲ 1
18	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	200.43	212.63	152.35	▼ 1
19	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	195.14	205.91	178.06	▲ 1
20	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–1	195.02	255.19	61.78	▼ 1
21	San Diego State FBS · PCAA	—	10–1	185.45	220.02	83.93	—
22	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	7–1–1	179.30	223.18	90.68	—
23	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	10–2	175.70	217.53	77.16	—
24	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	171.05	207.59	90.92	—
25	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	7–4	168.26	182.47	138.47	—
26	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	7–4	160.79	171.28	136.03	▲ 2
27	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4–1	160.73	167.78	144.75	—
28	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–5–1	160.47	163.41	159.05	▼ 2
29	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–5	159.94	170.73	156.27	—
30	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	159.51	168.08	114.65	—
31	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	8–3	157.41	146.93	147.01	—
32	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	154.03	167.80	106.83	—
33	TTampa FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	152.22	176.59	85.43	—
34	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	152.03	153.37	133.89	—
35	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	150.01	159.38	153.60	—
36	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	149.70	153.26	165.50	—
37	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	9–2	147.17	158.67	83.58	—
38	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6–1	146.64	140.06	166.24	—
39	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	146.40	134.85	160.38	—
40	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	142.89	157.94	115.73	—
41	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	6–6	141.35	111.63	187.58	—
42	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	2–0	138.18	187.45	59.29	—
43	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	137.41	124.99	180.72	▲ 2
44	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	137.04	161.21	90.50	▼ 1
45	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	136.17	151.02	122.00	▼ 1
46	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	131.65	144.67	104.52	—
47	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	4–7	130.90	130.05	160.79	▲ 3
48	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	130.35	128.17	156.81	▼ 1
49	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	130.21	113.06	163.56	—
50	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	8–3	130.18	145.25	86.73	▼ 2
51	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	129.48	124.38	124.27	—
52	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	123.19	113.74	135.92	—
53	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5–1	120.43	130.90	98.43	—
54	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	119.98	114.79	104.75	—
55	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	117.57	156.71	63.97	—
56	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	117.02	99.31	133.14	—
57	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	115.39	96.24	178.95	—
58	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	113.91	99.19	139.79	—
59	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	111.97	112.68	102.88	—
60	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	111.68	101.61	143.07	—
61	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3–1	106.74	111.82	76.04	—
62	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	6–4	106.46	117.27	81.12	—
63	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	6–3–1	105.14	94.47	100.32	▲ 1
64	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–6	104.80	86.25	145.90	▼ 1
65	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	102.89	120.96	64.46	—
66	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	101.50	103.48	97.18	—
67	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	5–5–1	99.39	85.57	122.15	—
68	California FBS · Pac-8	—	3–8	98.99	81.85	166.36	▲ 1
69	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–7	98.77	78.07	155.74	▼ 1
70	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	97.13	105.90	63.69	—
71	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–4	90.59	93.24	75.93	▲ 1
72	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	90.27	64.01	163.22	▼ 1
73	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	89.47	83.63	101.02	—
74	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	88.72	99.80	99.58	—
75	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	87.74	103.56	65.24	—
76	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	4–7	86.01	65.05	141.91	—
77	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	85.30	38.32	185.09	▲ 1
78	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	84.04	63.79	137.10	▼ 1
79	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	82.36	69.35	114.89	—
80	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	81.91	77.25	84.60	—
81	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–7	81.09	75.73	115.80	—
82	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	3–5–1	80.61	69.12	109.12	—
83	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	3–5–1	80.38	72.98	104.60	—
84	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–8	79.22	44.19	168.53	—
85	TTexas-Arlington FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	78.22	95.38	67.27	▲ 1
86	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	6–4–1	77.94	75.88	73.65	▲ 1
87	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7–1	77.88	62.00	136.35	▼ 2
88	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	76.96	53.05	160.52	▲ 1
89	Memphis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5–1	76.80	66.67	97.22	▼ 1
90	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–6	72.32	75.42	78.35	—
91	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	72.25	61.01	113.89	—
92	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	68.49	77.00	55.51	—
93	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	68.14	69.00	89.95	—
94	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	66.19	61.03	102.68	—
95	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	65.15	60.21	74.78	—
96	VMI FBS · Southern	—	2–9	64.95	96.46	73.11	—
97	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	4–7	60.46	52.94	93.02	—
98	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	57.80	28.36	118.53	—
99	App State FBS · Southern	—	5–5–1	56.92	68.62	48.40	—
100	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	56.27	78.00	72.07	—
101	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	3–8	55.28	22.73	142.23	—
102	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	53.54	24.47	124.81	—
103	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	52.50	46.60	70.52	—
104	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	5–6	46.79	37.28	68.10	—
105	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	46.70	28.79	82.70	—
106	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	44.65	18.33	106.08	—
107	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5	44.19	33.62	60.66	—
108	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	42.05	26.20	134.12	—
109	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	40.35	1.00	122.85	—
110	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	37.43	1.00	83.58	—
111	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–5	34.88	1.00	64.10	—
112	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	2–9	34.15	1.00	134.53	▲ 1
113	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	32.88	2.16	132.59	▼ 1
114	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	31.16	18.22	88.63	—
115	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	28.98	1.00	95.08	—
116	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	28.34	33.39	73.76	—
117	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	26.10	25.84	94.73	—
118	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	22.13	1.00	104.00	—
119	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	21.29	25.81	65.94	—
120	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–3	21.20	8.88	80.04	—
121	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	1–1	20.65	1.00	48.26	—
122	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	20.15	1.00	83.33	—
123	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	3–7–1	14.70	1.00	59.88	—
124	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	0–3	13.99	1.00	55.01	—
125	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	13.73	1.00	77.29	—
126	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–8	13.72	1.00	72.96	—
127	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	13.60	1.00	66.67	—
128	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–10	8.60	1.00	82.27	—