1974 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	★	11–0	370.01	481.99	150.44	—
2	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	11–1	312.73	381.73	157.75	—
3	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	282.88	360.18	128.67	—
4	USC FBS · Pac-8	★	10–1–1	280.02	346.71	134.11	▲ 2
5	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–1	274.10	345.75	126.43	▼ 1
6	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	10–2	270.31	310.49	167.37	▲ 1
7	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	10–0–1	268.54	341.80	106.92	▼ 2
8	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	243.93	293.82	144.54	▲ 1
9	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	238.87	295.96	120.12	▲ 5
10	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	226.04	265.33	151.53	—
11	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	9–3	223.06	242.21	161.77	—
12	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	220.26	246.96	159.46	▼ 4
13	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	7–3–2	218.64	232.07	176.35	▼ 1
14	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	217.51	243.04	135.56	▲ 4
15	Florida FBS · SEC	—	8–4	213.46	228.71	171.77	▼ 2
16	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	199.37	205.73	168.45	▼ 1
17	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	199.19	247.68	88.52	▼ 1
18	NC State FBS · ACC	—	9–2–1	197.35	217.68	130.02	▼ 1
19	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	191.67	237.51	95.29	—
20	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–3	187.58	210.79	137.11	—
21	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	186.09	200.86	157.45	—
22	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	183.81	223.16	95.24	—
23	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	6–5	183.32	201.05	157.24	—
24	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	182.89	188.55	154.83	▲ 1
25	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	5–0	182.11	226.56	83.54	▼ 1
26	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–3–1	181.12	197.05	140.63	—
27	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4	179.46	193.70	148.28	—
28	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	7–4	178.42	175.91	168.45	—
29	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	177.57	214.50	100.80	—
30	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–4	174.94	185.54	148.95	—
31	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3–1	174.20	196.37	120.18	—
32	San Diego State FBS · PCAA	—	8–2–1	173.75	213.08	83.44	—
33	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	173.12	201.05	104.81	—
34	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	170.56	194.95	142.28	▲ 2
35	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	7–5	170.54	169.94	163.13	▼ 1
36	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	7–3–2	169.22	180.35	137.89	▼ 1
37	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	6–6	166.29	159.46	176.84	—
38	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	8–2	164.38	176.45	105.63	—
39	California FBS · Pac-8	—	7–3–1	152.14	168.33	114.09	—
40	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	151.51	164.36	119.26	—
41	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	6–3–2	146.98	161.60	118.18	—
42	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	7–3	145.27	159.37	98.70	—
43	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	6–4–1	145.24	166.98	103.96	—
44	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–2	145.09	158.77	81.46	—
45	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–2	142.72	139.92	144.43	—
46	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–4–1	140.99	169.49	87.07	▲ 1
47	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	6–4–1	140.72	132.17	144.54	▼ 1
48	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	6–2–1	137.62	149.78	93.54	—
49	LSU FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	135.83	128.88	155.47	—
50	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	132.38	130.86	121.79	—
51	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	131.22	120.56	107.64	—
52	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	7–5	129.41	120.68	138.63	—
53	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	129.11	143.48	100.27	—
54	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	126.95	118.40	163.16	—
55	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	5–4–2	126.48	114.30	140.02	—
56	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	121.62	113.29	159.68	▲ 1
57	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	121.48	135.88	100.74	▼ 1
58	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	121.18	131.38	93.70	—
59	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4–1	120.78	114.23	127.60	—
60	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	120.73	89.31	173.62	—
61	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	116.12	107.43	122.24	—
62	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	2–0	115.65	157.84	46.27	—
63	Duke FBS · ACC	—	6–5	114.40	103.29	134.33	—
64	VMI FBS · Southern	—	7–4	111.54	126.54	77.48	—
65	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	109.91	78.01	151.16	—
66	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	107.42	91.98	148.39	—
67	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	106.15	96.64	113.19	—
68	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	104.85	123.39	108.98	—
69	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	4–7	102.68	125.46	95.61	—
70	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	3–8	100.97	88.80	162.65	—
71	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	5–6	98.57	78.71	139.02	—
72	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6–1	98.16	113.83	99.36	—
73	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	97.88	100.88	122.79	▲ 1
74	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	97.74	79.16	146.19	▼ 1
75	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	7–4	95.11	93.23	77.45	—
76	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	94.80	88.77	131.72	—
77	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	94.08	114.48	62.54	—
78	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	91.41	86.71	100.48	—
79	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	90.92	71.01	138.21	▲ 1
80	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	90.30	55.75	167.47	▼ 1
81	TTampa FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	88.69	97.76	80.65	—
82	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	87.13	86.19	86.67	—
83	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	8–3–1	86.16	71.96	77.03	—
84	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	85.78	73.07	125.24	—
85	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–7	81.95	62.73	134.02	▲ 1
86	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	81.88	80.87	89.33	▲ 1
87	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	81.03	76.25	64.95	▲ 1
88	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–8–1	80.79	57.31	163.13	▼ 3
89	Hawai'i FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	80.70	75.25	84.19	—
90	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	3–8	78.75	66.95	137.07	—
91	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	75.35	72.42	101.62	—
92	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	74.59	54.72	130.94	—
93	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6–1	73.30	77.00	88.33	—
94	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	73.14	22.13	176.18	—
95	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	4–7	68.46	90.02	67.04	—
96	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–7–2	68.06	67.31	106.24	—
97	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	66.74	39.22	171.69	—
98	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	66.55	63.33	73.22	—
99	App State FBS · Southern	—	6–5	64.44	65.17	59.78	—
100	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	61.48	36.44	140.09	—
101	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	57.47	67.45	64.99	—
102	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	1–10	51.48	17.00	159.28	—
103	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	49.87	11.72	154.77	▲ 2
104	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	49.59	18.00	90.40	▼ 1
105	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7–1	49.53	51.17	77.00	▼ 1
106	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	3–5–1	47.18	22.05	96.43	—
107	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	42.94	8.43	154.40	—
108	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	41.65	1.00	109.30	—
109	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	2–9	39.92	39.40	92.67	▲ 1
110	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	39.90	15.05	115.94	▲ 1
111	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	38.61	2.80	154.95	▼ 2
112	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	36.99	9.22	128.40	—
113	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	36.85	14.54	99.58	—
114	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–9–1	36.49	34.59	100.89	—
115	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	35.28	9.14	107.36	—
116	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	5–5	35.08	1.00	81.75	—
117	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	5–7	33.50	19.91	64.91	—
118	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	31.31	9.69	70.08	—
119	TTexas-Arlington FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	30.44	37.68	87.61	—
120	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	0–3	28.79	4.46	81.48	—
121	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	28.40	8.61	72.74	—
122	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	27.94	1.00	85.20	—
123	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	27.30	26.41	96.79	—
124	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	26.87	1.00	115.57	—
125	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	22.44	1.41	98.31	—
126	Furman FBS · Southern	—	5–6	21.59	1.00	59.03	▲ 1
127	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	21.20	1.42	98.05	▼ 1
128	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	18.66	13.55	84.96	—
129	Southern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	17.59	3.31	80.46	—
130	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	16.83	12.00	58.54	—
131	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–10	14.17	1.00	94.41	—
132	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	2–8–1	8.66	9.81	49.34	—