1971 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

129 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	★	13–0	419.61	545.81	165.39	—
2	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	361.33	453.41	174.61	▲ 1
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	11–1	346.08	406.60	196.27	▼ 1
4	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	291.41	380.41	109.48	▲ 2
5	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	11–1	285.77	355.99	134.67	—
6	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	276.37	306.79	185.19	▲ 3
7	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	12–0	274.24	363.14	76.45	—
8	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	11–1	267.13	338.88	107.98	▼ 4
9	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–1	260.58	325.92	108.64	▲ 1
10	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–2	258.03	282.83	179.19	▼ 2
11	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–3	248.85	295.90	155.15	—
12	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	10–2	242.35	276.67	149.04	—
13	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	228.59	256.57	151.00	—
14	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	10–2	222.08	241.72	147.29	▲ 1
15	USC FBS · Pac-8	—	6–4–1	219.95	240.63	178.50	▼ 1
16	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	203.51	234.29	130.69	—
17	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	8–3	199.19	242.10	118.99	—
18	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	9–3	199.08	223.05	135.24	▲ 5
19	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	196.30	196.84	173.21	▼ 1
20	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	193.91	245.72	82.07	▼ 1
21	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	191.85	229.46	90.19	—
22	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	187.31	201.74	135.58	▼ 2
23	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4	179.87	206.44	135.36	▼ 1
24	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	9–3	177.10	202.61	105.88	—
25	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	168.24	202.46	86.44	—
26	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	165.00	172.14	124.66	▲ 1
27	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4	162.28	181.39	121.14	▲ 1
28	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	8–3–1	160.80	191.00	98.84	▲ 2
29	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	159.26	179.24	120.67	—
30	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	156.97	182.86	93.99	▲ 1
31	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	150.54	150.34	157.59	▼ 5
32	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–7	141.45	138.16	173.28	—
33	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	141.42	146.89	141.75	—
34	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	140.52	128.68	171.89	—
35	Memphis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	136.05	153.31	125.62	▲ 1
36	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	135.01	138.38	131.89	▼ 1
37	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	130.73	123.65	133.25	—
38	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	130.69	108.49	170.23	—
39	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	127.22	111.86	141.25	▲ 2
40	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	126.89	127.16	133.70	—
41	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	126.77	129.21	107.06	▼ 2
42	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	125.35	136.37	88.54	—
43	California FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	125.26	109.30	146.71	—
44	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–2–1	122.43	139.09	78.15	—
45	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	121.53	112.07	146.13	▲ 1
46	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	121.01	123.83	96.90	▼ 1
47	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	8–3	115.47	110.93	89.27	▲ 1
48	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	114.34	98.68	131.46	▲ 1
49	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	5–6	114.13	111.90	130.23	▼ 2
50	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	113.70	106.00	121.66	—
51	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6–1	112.55	111.51	125.90	▲ 1
52	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	112.00	107.94	99.16	▼ 1
53	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	2–1	110.40	123.75	89.39	—
54	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	108.17	100.85	102.89	—
55	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–3–2	107.28	102.16	103.46	—
56	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	106.27	111.80	107.24	▲ 1
57	San Diego State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	105.83	118.26	91.61	▼ 1
58	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	104.31	88.19	118.19	—
59	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	1–0	102.53	151.52	23.50	—
60	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	100.58	110.07	85.26	—
61	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	100.12	130.20	96.62	▲ 1
62	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	4–6–1	99.99	82.50	145.52	▼ 1
63	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	99.28	67.40	171.01	▲ 1
64	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–3–1	97.57	105.95	73.03	▼ 1
65	Duke FBS · ACC	—	6–5	96.47	80.77	119.80	—
66	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	2–7–1	94.96	80.76	154.65	—
67	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5	94.31	95.22	100.91	—
68	TTampa FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	94.05	104.77	83.12	—
69	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	92.43	118.53	86.03	—
70	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	91.77	88.37	101.31	—
71	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	90.23	102.33	67.23	▲ 1
72	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	6–5	90.03	102.46	75.72	▼ 1
73	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–6–1	89.99	44.61	176.00	▲ 3
74	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–8	88.80	57.89	167.12	▲ 1
75	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	2–0	88.56	127.94	20.20	▼ 1
76	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	88.40	72.35	146.40	▼ 3
77	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	4–7	86.99	82.95	127.36	▲ 1
78	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	86.95	92.15	89.41	▼ 1
79	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	83.59	52.43	159.70	—
80	Hawai'i FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	82.60	75.89	75.72	▲ 1
81	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–8	82.02	95.24	103.83	▼ 1
82	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	81.00	75.11	97.30	—
83	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	80.66	52.82	142.63	—
84	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	79.20	74.10	89.23	▲ 1
85	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5–1	78.67	87.89	70.98	▲ 1
86	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	76.99	45.93	143.18	▼ 2
87	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	8–4	76.65	60.93	74.71	▲ 2
88	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	76.53	98.22	86.70	▼ 1
89	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	76.29	53.86	119.67	▲ 2
90	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	3–7–1	75.04	56.64	134.92	▼ 2
91	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	74.86	82.33	107.81	▼ 1
92	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	73.85	67.37	122.95	—
93	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	8–3	71.63	81.49	33.35	—
94	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	69.95	52.05	122.90	—
95	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	69.54	56.03	96.57	—
96	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	2–9	66.59	12.63	191.66	—
97	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	5–6	64.01	45.93	93.46	▲ 2
98	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	61.49	34.29	138.30	▼ 1
99	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	60.32	51.48	103.04	▼ 1
100	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	59.64	47.34	112.48	—
101	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	57.16	30.00	117.74	▲ 1
102	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	56.47	34.53	102.56	▲ 1
103	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	56.46	53.32	92.24	▼ 2
104	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	54.41	6.10	190.30	▲ 3
105	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	53.53	26.52	105.10	▲ 1
106	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7	53.21	16.61	135.47	▼ 2
107	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	3–8	52.51	38.48	113.33	▼ 2
108	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	50.13	51.02	85.39	—
109	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	6–4	46.57	5.91	91.78	—
110	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9	42.74	54.20	88.60	—
111	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–6	42.27	29.40	70.94	—
112	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	38.95	10.59	104.82	—
113	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–4	37.17	21.15	38.27	—
114	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	2–9	36.93	12.84	117.75	—
115	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	33.59	11.68	101.68	—
116	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	33.47	1.00	142.23	—
117	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	32.72	4.24	62.32	—
118	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–6	32.55	8.52	80.69	—
119	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	31.55	1.00	89.55	—
120	CCalifornia-Santa Barbara FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	31.48	13.21	88.53	—
121	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8	27.55	1.00	103.22	—
122	TTexas-Arlington FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	23.50	15.00	74.88	—
123	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	0–9	18.61	1.00	105.53	—
124	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	16.90	1.00	71.12	—
125	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	1–9	15.63	1.00	103.58	—
126	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	8.36	1.00	70.11	—
127	CCal State Los Angeles FBS · PCAA	—	2–8	-0.61	1.00	39.28	▲ 1
128	VMI FBS · Southern	—	1–10	-0.76	1.00	64.02	▼ 1
129	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	1–9	-2.77	1.00	46.06	—