1973 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.

129 Schools

129 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	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	10	0	1	18.37	14.50	32.87	52.39	-3.49
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	2	10	0	1	11.82	17.84	29.66	50.25	-5.51
3	Michigan	Big Ten	6	10	0	1	11.54	16.54	28.08	43.49	-5.33
4	Alabama	SEC	4	11	1	0	12.34	13.76	26.10	51.36	-1.82
5	Nebraska	Big 8	7	9	2	1	10.74	15.15	25.89	40.98	-5.80
6	Notre Dame	Ind	1	11	0	0	11.44	14.23	25.67	47.14	-2.08
7	Penn State	Ind	5	12	0	0	11.63	11.15	22.78	46.23	1.25
8	Texas	SWC	14	8	3	0	11.21	9.26	20.47	46.61	3.64
9	USC	Pac-8	8	9	2	1	11.52	8.12	19.64	40.18	1.33
10	UCLA	Pac-8	12	9	2	0	13.84	5.62	19.45	53.11	6.38
11	Arizona State	WAC	9	11	1	0	12.66	5.76	18.42	49.62	6.53
12	LSU	SEC	13	9	3	0	7.07	10.79	17.86	35.78	-0.04
13	Texas Tech	SWC	11	11	1	0	9.62	8.11	17.73	38.96	3.00
14	Missouri	Big 8	17	8	4	0	4.58	12.51	17.10	32.55	-1.96
15	Houston	Ind	9	11	1	0	8.20	8.79	16.98	37.42	4.16
16	North Carolina State	ACC	16	9	3	0	14.39	1.89	16.29	44.72	9.93
17	Kansas	Big 8	18	7	4	1	7.45	8.27	15.73	35.18	2.22
18	Oklahoma State	Big 8		5	4	2	6.65	8.14	14.79	41.75	3.69
19	Georgia	SEC		7	4	1	4.33	9.35	13.68	31.79	1.42
20	Maryland	ACC	20	8	4	0	5.74	7.58	13.33	36.90	4.09
				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	Colorado	Big 8		5	6	0	9.26	3.56	12.82	37.94	7.06
22	Miami (OH)	MAC	15	11	0	0	-0.47	13.08	12.62	26.13	1.58
23	Stanford	Pac-8		7	4	0	6.60	4.87	11.47	35.29	8.09
24	Minnesota	Big Ten		7	4	0	10.18	1.22	11.41	38.06	14.05
25	Tennessee	SEC	19	8	4	0	10.83	0.48	11.31	37.05	11.17
26	San Diego State	PCAA		9	1	1	5.55	5.00	10.54	35.41	8.46
27	Kent State	MAC		9	2	0	4.26	5.56	9.82	32.35	8.83
28	Iowa State	Big 8		4	7	0	7.20	2.43	9.63	37.71	7.01
29	Tulane	Ind	20	9	3	0	1.91	7.35	9.26	30.60	7.43
30	Kentucky	SEC		5	6	0	3.89	5.02	8.91	31.84	6.01
31	Ole Miss	SEC		6	5	0	1.66	6.79	8.45	31.35	7.48
32	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	7	0	5.84	2.59	8.43	33.64	7.58
33	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	6	0	-2.36	10.69	8.33	24.52	-0.19
34	Boston College	Ind		7	4	0	4.75	3.43	8.18	36.66	8.89
35	Arizona	WAC		8	3	0	4.43	3.62	8.05	30.26	8.38
36	Illinois	Big Ten		5	6	0	-2.25	10.20	7.95	26.34	1.05
37	Purdue	Big Ten		5	6	0	5.34	2.52	7.85	32.46	8.83
38	East Carolina	Southern		9	2	0	2.17	5.60	7.77	34.20	10.06
39	Kansas State	Big 8		5	6	0	3.67	4.03	7.70	31.81	9.36
40	Florida	SEC		7	5	0	1.62	5.87	7.50	29.61	5.82
				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	Pitt	Ind		6	5	1	1.99	5.47	7.46	29.20	4.79
42	South Carolina	Ind		7	4	0	12.39	-5.00	7.40	39.55	17.76
43	Texas A&M	SWC		5	6	0	6.41	0.82	7.24	37.31	10.59
44	Auburn	SEC		6	6	0	-0.90	7.84	6.94	27.92	5.00
45	SMU	SWC		6	4	1	4.59	1.99	6.59	34.01	11.05
46	Temple	Ind		9	1	0	7.31	-1.20	6.11	37.24	16.34
47	Richmond	Southern		8	2	0	1.86	4.22	6.08	31.82	10.16
48	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	6	0	1.68	3.95	5.63	27.39	7.51
49	Washington State	Pac-8		5	6	0	5.87	-0.67	5.20	33.90	10.63
50	Rice	SWC		5	6	0	-0.77	5.70	4.93	26.90	6.78
51	Arkansas	SWC		5	5	1	-4.29	9.09	4.80	23.33	2.36
52	Northwestern	Big Ten		4	7	0	4.22	0.30	4.52	31.16	15.33
53	Navy	Ind		4	7	0	1.03	3.45	4.48	31.38	10.68
54	Air Force	Ind		6	4	0	5.02	-1.13	3.88	31.21	14.40
55	Memphis	Ind		8	3	0	3.32	0.42	3.74	29.78	12.45
56	Utah	WAC		7	5	0	9.33	-5.73	3.59	39.96	18.26
57	BYU	WAC		5	6	0	3.92	-0.96	2.96	34.94	13.77
58	West Virginia	Ind		6	5	0	2.54	-0.09	2.45	30.13	14.44
59	Pacific	PCAA		7	2	1	-1.08	3.51	2.43	29.04	10.16
60	Georgia Tech	Ind		5	6	0	0.72	1.71	2.42	26.66	11.19
				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	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	4	1	-1.17	3.54	2.37	25.61	10.61
62	Mississippi State	SEC		4	5	2	3.84	-1.87	1.97	31.62	15.51
63	Oregon	Pac-8		2	9	0	-2.97	4.62	1.65	28.78	5.08
64	Bowling Green	MAC		7	3	0	5.58	-4.34	1.24	30.67	18.61
65	San Jose State	PCAA		5	4	2	-3.05	3.97	0.92	22.71	7.32
66	Indiana	Big Ten		2	9	0	0.53	0.34	0.87	28.78	11.88
67	Wyoming	WAC		4	7	0	1.04	-0.44	0.60	28.88	15.59
68	Vanderbilt	SEC		5	6	0	-0.23	0.59	0.36	25.95	14.26
69	North Carolina	ACC		4	7	0	3.64	-3.82	-0.18	31.72	15.58
70	Clemson	ACC		5	6	0	1.95	-2.85	-0.89	29.22	15.75
71	Texas Christian	SWC		3	8	0	-1.10	0.16	-0.94	27.43	13.78
72	California	Pac-8		4	7	0	4.61	-5.57	-0.97	34.13	22.57
73	Tampa	Ind		8	3	0	-1.60	0.61	-0.99	23.15	12.52
74	Utah State	Ind		7	4	0	-1.22	0.18	-1.04	23.94	12.26
75	Ohio	MAC		5	5	0	-2.40	0.77	-1.64	22.86	14.75
76	Oregon State	Pac-8		2	9	0	-2.07	-0.03	-2.10	25.58	11.32
77	New Mexico	WAC		4	7	0	-1.14	-1.08	-2.22	28.03	16.15
78	Cincinnati	Ind		4	7	0	-6.28	3.41	-2.87	21.98	9.28
79	Baylor	SWC		2	9	0	2.95	-6.80	-3.85	31.12	19.94
80	Iowa	Big Ten		0	11	0	0.61	-4.84	-4.23	28.94	20.30
				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	Duke	ACC		2	8	1	-7.18	2.92	-4.26	19.50	8.96
82	Tulsa	MVC		6	5	0	-1.83	-2.54	-4.38	27.79	16.87
83	Furman	Southern		7	4	0	-0.56	-4.21	-4.77	24.88	16.77
84	Yale	Ivy		6	3	0	-3.57	-1.36	-4.93	24.09	14.67
85	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	3	0	-4.79	-0.27	-5.06	21.76	13.05
86	Pennsylvania	Ivy		6	3	0	1.02	-6.61	-5.59	27.93	18.42
87	Syracuse	Ind		2	9	0	-4.94	-0.65	-5.60	22.60	16.00
88	Harvard	Ivy		7	2	0	-2.56	-3.44	-5.99	26.20	17.90
89	Louisville	MVC		5	6	0	-6.84	0.50	-6.34	18.27	12.83
90	Virginia Tech	Ind		2	9	0	0.74	-7.41	-6.67	27.38	24.79
91	William & Mary	Southern		6	5	0	2.23	-8.97	-6.74	27.43	23.75
92	Colorado State	WAC		5	6	0	-1.24	-5.69	-6.93	25.94	22.20
93	Rutgers	Ind		6	5	0	-3.50	-3.51	-7.01	22.66	18.33
94	Virginia	ACC		4	7	0	-0.35	-6.71	-7.06	25.55	20.47
95	Western Michigan	MAC		6	5	0	-5.12	-2.38	-7.50	19.62	17.01
96	Villanova	Ind		3	8	0	-7.14	-0.69	-7.82	18.67	13.36
97	Holy Cross	Ind		5	6	0	-2.70	-5.26	-7.96	22.14	16.23
98	Washington	Pac-8		2	9	0	0.35	-8.81	-8.46	28.37	24.48
99	Brown	Ivy		4	3	1	-0.81	-8.04	-8.85	24.71	20.70
100	Northern Illinois	Ind		6	5	0	3.35	-12.37	-9.01	27.58	24.70
				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	Toledo	MAC		3	8	0	-0.09	-8.95	-9.03	24.44	23.85
102	Colgate	Ind		5	5	0	2.72	-12.36	-9.64	30.85	25.85
103	Cornell	Ivy		3	5	1	-8.45	-2.48	-10.93	19.43	15.71
104	Marshall	Ind		4	7	0	-2.42	-8.90	-11.31	21.89	23.65
105	Army	Ind		0	10	0	-10.05	-1.38	-11.43	17.87	26.01
106	Southern Illinois	Ind		3	7	1	-2.14	-9.45	-11.60	26.03	24.68
107	Dayton	Ind		5	5	1	-8.56	-3.13	-11.69	14.72	17.87
108	Wake Forest	ACC		1	9	1	-12.97	0.26	-12.71	13.90	18.85
109	Florida State	Ind		0	11	0	-9.65	-3.60	-13.25	17.35	20.40
110	North Texas	MVC		5	5	1	-9.73	-3.61	-13.35	15.14	22.34
111	Idaho	Ind		4	7	0	-3.79	-10.48	-14.27	24.28	24.99
112	New Mexico State	MVC		5	6	0	-4.08	-10.48	-14.56	21.29	28.16
113	Texas-Arlington	Ind		4	6	0	-4.47	-10.47	-14.94	20.18	29.79
114	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	8	0	-10.63	-4.83	-15.46	14.61	23.50
115	Appalachian State	Southern		3	7	1	-9.13	-6.51	-15.64	15.80	21.13
116	Chattanooga	Ind		4	7	0	-9.20	-6.71	-15.92	14.97	22.10
117	Xavier	Ind		5	5	1	-6.03	-10.70	-16.73	18.74	32.99
118	Long Beach State	PCAA		1	9	1	-11.14	-5.60	-16.74	14.06	17.44
119	Fresno State	PCAA		2	9	0	-9.30	-8.56	-17.86	16.29	24.29
120	The Citadel	Southern		3	8	0	-10.99	-6.92	-17.91	13.92	21.01
				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	Wichita State	MVC		4	7	0	-8.54	-10.74	-19.28	16.17	26.77
122	Lamar	Ind		5	5	0	-14.59	-4.82	-19.42	7.25	18.81
123	Davidson	Southern		2	8	0	-9.43	-11.50	-20.93	15.21	29.54
124	Princeton	Ivy		1	8	0	-10.74	-11.07	-21.81	15.87	23.90
125	UTEP	WAC		0	11	0	-9.13	-13.00	-22.12	17.25	41.45
126	Drake	MVC		2	9	0	-12.67	-9.97	-22.64	11.62	25.74
127	West Texas State	MVC		2	9	0	-13.30	-10.03	-23.33	12.20	29.42
128	Columbia	Ivy		1	7	1	-17.05	-9.22	-26.27	9.28	28.83
129	Louisiana	Ind		0	10	0	-16.70	-11.82	-28.52	7.56	28.82

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