1973 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

132 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	10–0–1	373.90	471.96	182.25	—
2	Alabama FBS · SEC	★	11–1	342.60	440.12	151.49	—
3	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	10–0–1	303.59	396.09	119.19	▲ 1
4	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	12–0	301.55	370.15	134.36	▼ 1
5	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–0	295.66	363.92	139.35	▲ 1
6	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–2–1	295.45	334.89	196.81	▼ 1
7	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–1	268.62	358.01	89.70	—
8	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	11–0	267.11	333.43	109.42	—
9	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	11–1	266.37	326.01	129.08	—
10	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–0–1	263.11	336.77	108.87	—
11	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	259.26	326.29	113.74	—
12	USC FBS · Pac-8	—	9–2–1	239.13	260.82	161.84	—
13	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	9–2	234.94	295.81	118.90	▲ 2
14	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–3	234.09	251.33	175.59	▼ 1
15	San Diego State FBS · PCAA	—	9–1–1	229.34	281.42	102.41	▲ 1
16	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	226.04	259.96	154.11	▼ 2
17	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	224.63	271.30	117.12	—
18	NC State FBS · ACC	—	9–3	217.87	239.38	149.43	—
19	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	7–4–1	200.47	214.47	166.16	—
20	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	199.63	209.44	170.73	—
21	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	9–2	197.85	251.65	78.82	—
22	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	7–4–1	196.44	194.82	187.26	—
23	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	5–4–2	194.90	200.58	185.18	—
24	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	192.15	228.64	119.24	—
25	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	8–4	179.22	181.21	154.08	—
26	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	174.13	177.15	191.17	—
27	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	172.02	172.59	135.59	—
28	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	170.76	211.47	91.47	—
29	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	6–5	165.15	178.56	152.37	—
30	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	8–2	164.12	192.37	85.04	—
31	Florida FBS · SEC	—	7–5	161.98	151.74	170.31	—
32	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	160.06	194.79	66.86	▲ 1
33	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	159.69	182.53	148.17	▼ 1
34	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	157.12	175.41	102.12	—
35	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–3	156.73	173.75	107.25	—
36	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	153.98	140.87	189.40	—
37	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5–1	153.89	147.92	156.86	—
38	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	152.36	176.63	110.20	—
39	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4	151.97	155.85	138.48	▲ 1
40	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	150.50	132.67	188.88	▲ 1
41	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	7–4	150.24	144.49	143.27	▼ 2
42	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	148.39	168.02	112.03	—
43	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0–1	143.85	155.65	131.96	▲ 1
44	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	143.65	175.51	83.46	▲ 1
45	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	143.32	144.33	142.14	▲ 1
46	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	143.27	137.47	163.02	▼ 3
47	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	141.56	141.12	126.77	—
48	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	139.09	152.15	104.95	—
49	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	137.99	152.01	88.05	—
50	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	135.94	124.59	156.05	▲ 1
51	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	6–6	135.34	111.51	172.62	▼ 1
52	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	131.43	136.75	126.56	▲ 1
53	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	130.13	136.21	136.04	▼ 1
54	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	★	3–0	125.54	164.71	41.91	—
55	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	123.86	150.24	103.32	—
56	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	123.34	116.89	125.50	—
57	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	120.90	70.69	189.73	—
58	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	120.32	108.26	145.41	—
59	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	115.68	116.45	102.31	▲ 1
60	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	5–6	115.61	104.14	142.51	▼ 1
61	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	111.91	112.59	89.56	—
62	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	110.32	103.76	120.96	—
63	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5–1	106.97	81.60	154.00	—
64	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	106.12	120.46	103.50	—
65	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	7–2–1	102.76	118.11	59.33	—
66	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	101.58	75.19	157.23	—
67	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	4–5–2	99.80	68.62	155.60	—
68	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	95.36	105.27	137.05	▲ 2
69	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	95.21	86.81	126.64	▼ 1
70	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	95.08	97.85	116.48	▼ 1
71	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	4–3–1	93.41	92.65	93.09	—
72	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	87.37	68.76	144.02	▲ 1
73	TTampa FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	85.92	89.02	60.11	▼ 1
74	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	85.24	93.86	84.72	—
75	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	85.16	107.00	63.34	—
76	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	84.22	71.67	97.63	—
77	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	80.91	64.40	135.88	▲ 2
78	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	80.80	39.28	126.38	▼ 1
79	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	5–4–2	79.55	59.70	103.99	▲ 1
80	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	78.68	79.37	103.85	▲ 1
81	California FBS · Pac-8	—	4–7	78.47	60.87	132.23	▼ 3
82	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	78.14	45.89	136.21	▲ 1
83	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	4–7	77.92	104.00	77.63	▼ 1
84	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	76.15	48.82	131.13	—
85	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	5–6	75.26	62.68	108.12	—
86	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	72.57	82.01	64.72	—
87	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	72.41	46.46	113.27	—
88	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	71.89	41.46	150.37	—
89	Duke FBS · ACC	—	2–8–1	71.39	83.47	107.72	—
90	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	69.26	53.78	143.16	—
91	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	3–5–1	66.08	51.22	97.89	—
92	Southern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	62.98	71.59	77.42	—
93	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	5–5	62.09	76.96	42.29	—
94	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5–1	61.11	47.36	79.86	—
95	TTexas-Arlington FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	56.65	52.51	81.78	—
96	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	56.26	70.00	59.44	—
97	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–7	55.11	41.27	104.93	—
98	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	54.00	47.68	114.85	—
99	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	53.64	16.95	159.67	—
100	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	52.46	15.90	125.01	—
101	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	3–2	50.65	42.10	50.91	—
102	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	48.37	24.96	78.74	—
103	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–8	48.31	49.15	89.16	—
104	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	2–8	48.18	64.00	69.20	—
105	Furman FBS · Southern	—	7–4	47.68	22.54	59.30	—
106	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	44.70	28.81	75.94	—
107	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	44.48	30.29	97.39	▲ 1
108	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	43.94	7.73	146.31	▲ 2
109	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	43.90	1.00	154.35	▼ 2
110	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	4–7	43.50	1.00	127.84	▼ 1
111	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	6–5	42.84	19.13	75.07	—
112	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	42.62	1.00	96.39	—
113	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	0–11	40.34	1.00	168.62	▲ 1
114	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	40.26	10.63	88.00	▼ 1
115	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	39.16	13.69	112.82	—
116	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	36.66	1.00	133.44	—
117	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	36.28	45.68	69.62	—
118	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	34.40	25.92	95.28	—
119	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	32.88	38.00	72.24	—
120	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	29.58	1.00	67.78	—
121	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–10	28.77	1.00	149.01	▲ 1
122	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	28.50	1.00	58.13	▼ 1
123	App State FBS · Southern	—	3–7–1	23.66	7.35	68.12	—
124	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	1–9–1	22.41	1.00	113.59	—
125	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–11	19.64	1.00	134.46	—
126	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	3–8	19.47	5.65	71.07	—
127	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	1–7–1	18.93	1.00	89.47	—
128	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	0–11	12.48	1.00	103.40	—
129	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	1–9–1	12.18	5.09	73.41	—
130	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	10.35	1.00	73.49	—
131	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	0–10	6.99	1.00	77.51	—
132	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	0–3–1	4.72	5.74	45.62	—