1972 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

127 Schools

127 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	USC	Pac-8	1	12	0	0	16.77	13.56	30.33	50.05	-0.53
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	2	11	1	0	8.47	18.27	26.74	45.51	-7.71
3	Alabama	SEC	7	10	2	0	16.20	9.41	25.60	49.03	2.37
4	Nebraska	Big 8	4	9	2	1	9.10	16.47	25.57	52.89	-5.74
5	Texas	SWC	3	10	1	0	9.36	14.36	23.72	38.99	-3.06
6	Michigan	Big Ten	6	10	1	0	4.19	16.77	20.96	33.93	-4.17
7	Tennessee	SEC	8	10	2	0	6.16	14.37	20.53	36.20	-2.18
8	Auburn	SEC	5	10	1	0	6.95	12.21	19.16	33.84	-0.23
9	LSU	SEC	11	9	2	1	7.95	11.18	19.14	34.98	1.03
10	Notre Dame	Ind	14	8	3	0	10.56	6.32	16.88	38.80	4.80
11	Florida	SEC		5	5	1	5.14	11.72	16.86	34.66	-0.34
12	Penn State	Ind	10	10	2	0	9.66	7.06	16.72	38.36	5.14
13	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	9	2	0	8.74	7.72	16.46	35.64	5.36
14	UCLA	Pac-8	15	8	3	0	14.32	2.02	16.34	43.94	9.17
15	North Carolina State	ACC	17	8	3	1	14.81	0.00	14.81	42.47	12.94
16	Georgia	SEC		7	4	0	4.32	10.26	14.58	31.06	1.36
17	North Carolina	ACC	12	11	1	0	11.54	2.85	14.38	36.63	10.47
18	Colorado	Big 8	16	8	4	0	7.30	5.93	13.23	37.25	4.09
19	Oklahoma State	Big 8		6	5	0	7.50	4.85	12.35	36.26	4.81
20	Georgia Tech	Ind	20	7	4	1	9.33	2.73	12.06	37.11	10.44
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Baylor	SWC		5	6	0	1.92	10.12	12.04	30.68	2.03
22	Purdue	Big Ten		6	5	0	4.29	7.49	11.78	32.76	4.58
23	SMU	SWC		7	4	0	3.68	8.08	11.76	34.36	4.36
24	Texas Tech	SWC		8	4	0	4.83	6.89	11.72	32.82	5.72
25	Ole Miss	SEC		5	5	0	4.29	6.68	10.97	32.65	4.44
26	Arizona State	WAC	13	10	2	0	17.58	-6.74	10.84	49.62	19.70
27	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	5	1	-0.85	11.60	10.76	26.43	2.18
28	Stanford	Pac-8		6	5	0	4.59	5.80	10.39	32.71	5.89
29	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	6	0	2.85	7.04	9.89	31.46	4.48
30	Washington	Pac-8		8	3	0	4.04	5.70	9.73	29.94	7.16
31	Washington State	Pac-8	19	7	4	0	6.37	3.24	9.61	32.61	11.10
32	Iowa State	Big 8		5	6	1	6.57	2.71	9.27	35.73	7.18
33	Yale	Ivy		7	2	0	7.49	1.69	9.18	36.58	10.81
34	Arkansas	SWC		6	5	0	6.43	2.20	8.63	32.95	9.17
35	Rice	SWC		5	5	1	5.23	3.16	8.39	31.48	9.68
36	Missouri	Big 8		6	6	0	4.74	3.19	7.93	30.93	9.27
37	Tulane	Ind		6	5	0	-0.43	8.04	7.60	28.69	5.14
38	West Virginia	Ind		8	4	0	12.88	-5.34	7.55	41.52	19.14
39	Florida State	Ind		7	4	0	7.00	0.51	7.51	34.41	11.76
40	San Diego State	PCAA		10	1	0	2.09	5.26	7.35	28.82	9.65
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Dartmouth	Ivy		7	1	1	6.65	0.66	7.30	35.33	12.61
42	Virginia Tech	Ind		6	4	1	7.63	-1.64	5.99	35.50	14.28
43	Houston	Ind		6	4	1	4.22	1.76	5.98	33.86	10.20
44	Louisville	MVC	18	9	1	0	2.15	3.76	5.91	33.25	9.92
45	Oregon	Pac-8		4	7	0	1.94	3.79	5.73	29.11	13.34
46	Texas Christian	SWC		5	6	0	4.05	1.51	5.56	31.23	12.22
47	Tampa	Ind		10	2	0	1.03	3.93	4.95	29.95	8.70
48	Utah State	Ind		8	3	0	5.00	-0.24	4.75	33.03	15.35
49	Mississippi State	SEC		4	7	0	2.08	2.34	4.43	30.49	12.20
50	Duke	ACC		5	6	0	-5.14	9.09	3.96	20.63	3.20
51	Texas A&M	SWC		3	8	0	2.08	1.80	3.89	28.75	9.81
52	Cornell	Ivy		6	3	0	3.59	0.21	3.79	31.39	12.04
53	California	Pac-8		3	8	0	6.02	-2.34	3.69	32.35	15.85
54	Air Force	Ind		6	4	0	0.54	3.12	3.66	32.51	9.71
55	Kentucky	SEC		3	8	0	-1.16	4.19	3.03	25.39	9.92
56	Illinois	Big Ten		3	8	0	4.19	-1.48	2.71	31.29	14.43
57	Maryland	ACC		5	5	1	3.66	-1.20	2.45	29.78	14.81
58	Pennsylvania	Ivy		6	3	0	6.86	-4.50	2.36	35.32	16.48
59	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	7	0	3.12	-0.99	2.13	30.21	16.65
60	Kansas	Big 8		4	7	0	2.42	-0.89	1.53	30.77	13.33
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Indiana	Big Ten		5	6	0	3.46	-2.40	1.06	28.94	17.43
62	Rutgers	Ind		7	4	0	1.91	-1.23	0.68	30.16	13.60
63	Pacific	PCAA		8	3	0	-0.46	0.94	0.47	24.55	13.24
64	East Carolina	Southern		9	2	0	1.69	-1.47	0.23	27.93	15.31
65	Utah	WAC		6	5	0	8.15	-8.44	-0.29	35.00	23.72
66	Bowling Green	MAC		6	3	1	-3.75	3.12	-0.63	22.85	10.56
67	Army	Ind		6	4	0	0.57	-1.34	-0.77	26.88	18.85
68	Harvard	Ivy		4	4	1	1.26	-2.10	-0.84	27.80	13.75
69	Iowa	Big Ten		3	7	1	-4.79	3.60	-1.20	20.71	9.74
70	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	7	0	-1.65	0.39	-1.26	24.01	14.04
71	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	3	0	-2.41	1.10	-1.31	23.60	13.36
72	Columbia	Ivy		3	5	1	-8.13	6.81	-1.33	21.51	5.09
73	Navy	Ind		4	7	0	0.54	-2.17	-1.63	26.79	14.21
74	South Carolina	Ind		4	7	0	-2.24	0.36	-1.88	25.52	12.57
75	Oregon State	Pac-8		2	9	0	-4.46	2.50	-1.96	21.82	13.65
76	Clemson	ACC		4	7	0	-4.34	2.08	-2.25	22.40	13.08
77	Fresno State	PCAA		6	4	1	-3.22	0.68	-2.55	22.49	12.98
78	Memphis	MVC		5	5	1	1.95	-4.90	-2.95	29.87	18.66
79	Northwestern	Big Ten		2	9	0	-2.32	-1.18	-3.50	24.19	17.03
80	Kansas State	Big 8		3	8	0	0.17	-3.85	-3.68	28.04	21.83
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Princeton	Ivy		3	5	1	-7.35	3.64	-3.71	18.96	8.22
82	Boston College	Ind		4	7	0	1.14	-4.94	-3.80	29.18	18.27
83	William & Mary	Southern		5	6	0	-2.24	-1.65	-3.89	25.71	14.42
84	Syracuse	Ind		5	6	0	-8.26	4.25	-4.00	17.58	10.98
85	Vanderbilt	SEC		3	8	0	-2.62	-1.67	-4.28	23.97	13.10
86	BYU	WAC		7	4	0	-3.62	-0.73	-4.35	21.67	15.13
87	Richmond	Southern		6	4	0	-7.33	2.69	-4.64	19.40	11.16
88	Southern Mississippi	Ind		3	7	1	-3.56	-1.29	-4.84	23.00	14.23
89	Arizona	WAC		4	7	0	-2.09	-3.45	-5.54	22.69	16.30
90	Virginia	ACC		4	7	0	-2.12	-3.65	-5.77	24.02	17.44
91	Holy Cross	Ind		5	4	1	-5.63	-0.38	-6.01	20.33	13.60
92	Western Michigan	MAC		7	3	1	-2.83	-3.27	-6.10	22.63	18.83
93	Northern Illinois	Ind		7	4	0	-6.49	0.31	-6.18	18.45	13.72
94	Kent State	MAC		6	5	1	-5.24	-1.21	-6.45	19.28	14.82
95	Drake	MVC		7	5	0	-3.73	-2.79	-6.52	23.74	15.40
96	Tulsa	MVC		4	7	0	-1.62	-4.93	-6.55	22.91	17.17
97	San Jose State	PCAA		4	7	0	-3.28	-3.97	-7.25	22.28	18.94
98	Pitt	Ind		1	10	0	-0.41	-7.29	-7.70	26.63	20.06
99	Colgate	Ind		5	4	1	0.47	-8.72	-8.25	26.75	23.70
100	Toledo	MAC		6	5	0	-4.23	-5.18	-9.42	21.11	19.40
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Temple	Ind		5	4	0	-4.09	-5.37	-9.46	20.17	18.17
102	Long Beach State	PCAA		5	6	0	-0.84	-9.54	-10.38	23.37	23.68
103	West Texas State	MVC		5	5	0	-5.05	-5.40	-10.46	21.71	20.83
104	Wyoming	WAC		4	7	0	-3.32	-7.46	-10.78	21.12	21.57
105	New Mexico	WAC		3	8	0	-7.88	-3.47	-11.35	20.89	22.15
106	Appalachian State	Southern		5	5	1	-5.02	-6.51	-11.53	21.69	20.76
107	The Citadel	Southern		5	6	0	-8.43	-3.26	-11.69	18.04	16.52
108	Wake Forest	ACC		2	9	0	-9.42	-2.81	-12.23	16.48	21.64
109	Dayton	Ind		4	6	1	-8.21	-4.32	-12.53	17.76	17.14
110	Wichita State	MVC		6	5	0	-9.53	-3.48	-13.01	14.44	19.83
111	Brown	Ivy		1	8	0	-0.41	-12.89	-13.30	27.10	26.48
112	Texas-Arlington	Ind		5	6	0	-8.57	-4.81	-13.38	16.39	17.83
113	Idaho	Ind		4	7	0	-7.24	-6.98	-14.22	17.07	22.76
114	Villanova	Ind		2	9	0	-10.94	-3.65	-14.60	14.78	16.58
115	Southern Illinois	Ind		1	8	1	-16.74	-0.34	-17.07	9.10	14.83
116	Chattanooga	Ind		2	9	0	-13.68	-3.46	-17.14	12.10	17.09
117	Davidson	Southern		3	7	1	-4.78	-12.75	-17.53	19.96	31.17
118	Ohio	MAC		3	8	0	-5.31	-12.45	-17.76	19.84	28.13
119	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		2	9	0	-10.09	-8.84	-18.93	15.83	24.91
120	UTEP	WAC		2	8	0	-7.87	-12.41	-20.27	15.93	30.00
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Cincinnati	Ind		2	9	0	-10.19	-10.37	-20.56	15.16	26.74
122	Colorado State	WAC		1	10	0	-10.66	-10.48	-21.14	15.61	30.17
123	New Mexico State	MVC		2	9	0	-5.55	-15.60	-21.16	19.18	35.22
124	North Texas	MVC		1	10	0	-9.82	-11.43	-21.24	15.23	28.63
125	Furman	Southern		2	9	0	-9.94	-11.31	-21.25	15.04	27.50
126	Marshall	Ind		2	8	0	-13.61	-8.17	-21.78	11.48	26.11
127	Xavier	Ind		3	8	0	-13.05	-9.92	-22.98	12.57	26.99

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