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1974 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Oklahoma                    BG8   99.18   11- 0-0   7- 0-0   70.60    14      1
   2 Alabama                     SEC   97.21   11- 1-0   6- 0-0   68.33    24      5
   3 Michigan                    B10   96.80   10- 1-0   7- 1-0   64.19    42      3
   4 Ohio State                  B10   96.20   10- 2-0   7- 1-0   61.04    50      4
   5 Southern California         PC8   96.10   10- 1-1   6- 0-1   65.53    38      2
   6 Nebraska                    BG8   94.03    9- 3-0   5- 2-0   65.77    34      9
   7 Auburn                      SEC   93.94   10- 2-0   4- 2-0   68.47    22      8
   8 Notre Dame                  IND   92.08   10- 2-0   0- 0-0   61.12    49      6
   9 Texas                       SWC   91.30    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   68.66    21     18
  10 Penn State                  IND   90.34   10- 2-0   0- 0-0   56.92    61      7
  11 Maryland                    ACC   90.32    8- 4-0   6- 0-0   65.17    39     13
  12 Florida                     SEC   89.40    8- 4-0   3- 3-0   77.03     1     15
  13 Miami (Ohio)                MID   89.02   10- 0-1   5- 0-0   42.75    77     10
  14 Texas A&M                   SWC   89.02    8- 3-0   5- 2-0   68.91    19     16
  15 Baylor                      SWC   88.73    8- 4-0   6- 1-0   72.82     9     14
  16 Wisconsin                   B10   87.04    7- 4-0   5- 3-0   67.38    29       
  17 Mississippi State           SEC   86.95    9- 3-0   3- 3-0   64.60    40     17
  18 Michigan State              B10   86.64    7- 3-1   6- 1-1   66.05    32     12
  19 Oklahoma State              BG8   86.13    7- 5-0   4- 3-0   71.15    12       
  20 Arkansas                    SWC   85.95    6- 4-1   3- 3-1   69.96    15       
  21 Missouri                    BG8   85.95    7- 4-0   5- 2-0   74.49     6       
  22 Tennessee                   SEC   85.78    7- 3-2   2- 3-1   76.17     2     20
  23 North Carolina State        ACC   84.74    9- 2-1   4- 2-0   60.22    52     11
  24 Pittsburgh                  IND   81.91    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   66.83    31       
  25 Vanderbilt                  SEC   81.64    7- 3-2   2- 3-1   59.44    55       
  26 Kentucky                    SEC   79.57    6- 5-0   3- 3-0   68.96    17       
  27 Boston College              IND   78.76    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   45.02    70       
  28 Houston                     IND   78.63    8- 3-1   0- 0-0   54.82    63     19
  29 Texas Tech                  SWC   78.17    6- 4-2   3- 4-0   68.29    25       
  30 Georgia                     SEC   77.67    6- 6-0   4- 2-0   74.23     7       
  31 Clemson                     ACC   77.63    7- 4-0   4- 2-0   68.42    23       
  32 California                  PC8   77.14    7- 3-1   4- 2-1   58.53    57       
  33 UCLA                        PC8   76.04    6- 3-2   4- 2-1   57.26    60       
  34 North Carolina              ACC   75.03    7- 5-0   4- 2-0   62.04    46       
  35 Louisiana State             SEC   74.98    5- 5-1   2- 4-0   67.96    26       
  36 Georgia Tech                IND   74.15    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   67.63    27       
  37 Colorado                    BG8   72.51    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   75.40     3       
  38 Illinois                    B10   70.77    6- 4-1   4- 3-1   60.33    51       
  39 Southern Methodist          SWC   69.93    6- 4-1   3- 3-1   63.68    43       
  40 Stanford                    PC8   69.04    5- 4-2   5- 1-1   65.82    33       
  41 Temple                      IND   68.42    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   34.58    90       
  42 Miami (Florida)             IND   67.74    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   62.02    47       
  43 Duke                        ACC   67.68    6- 5-0   2- 4-0   62.33    44       
  44 Iowa State                  BG8   67.55    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   71.02    13       
  45 Yale                        IVY   67.01    8- 1-0   6- 1-0   25.87   115       
  46 Arizona                     WAC   66.91    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   37.69    86       
  47 Tulsa                       MVC   64.93    8- 3-0   6- 0-0   41.21    81       
  48 Memphis State               IND   64.54    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   47.70    66       
  49 San Diego State             PCA   63.88    8- 2-1   4- 0-0   35.59    88       
  50 Kansas                      BG8   63.22    4- 7-0   1- 6-0   72.33    10       
  51 Washington                  PC8   62.93    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   65.56    37       
  52 Cincinnati                  IND   60.50    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   47.08    69       
  53 Purdue                      B10   60.42    4- 6-1   3- 5-0   67.15    30       
  54 San Jose State              PCA   59.40    8- 3-1   2- 2-0   31.12   105       
  55 Harvard                     IVY   58.67    7- 2-0   6- 1-0   31.16   104       
  56 Brigham Young               WAC   57.95    7- 4-1   6- 0-1   40.30    83       
  57 Arizona State               WAC   57.02    7- 5-0   4- 3-0   43.42    75       
  58 Utah State                  IND   55.85    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   39.33    84       
  59 Kansas State                BG8   53.97    4- 7-0   1- 6-0   68.82    20       
  60 Iowa                        B10   50.61    3- 8-0   2- 6-0   75.16     4       
  61 Mississippi                 SEC   49.99    3- 8-0   0- 6-0   71.41    11       
  62 Virginia                    ACC   48.89    4- 7-0   1- 5-0   59.45    54       
  63 Kent State                  MID   48.56    7- 4-0   2- 3-0   31.88   100       
  64 Virginia Military Institute SOU   48.55    7- 4-0   4- 1-0   34.55    91       
  65 Rice                        SWC   47.94    2- 8-1   2- 5-0   75.14     5       
  66 Oregon State                PC8   47.85    3- 8-0   3- 4-0   64.24    41       
  67 West Virginia               IND   47.54    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   58.16    58       
  68 Ohio                        MID   47.13    6- 5-0   3- 2-0   42.34    78       
  69 Southern Mississippi        IND   46.62    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   44.59    72       
  70 Lamar                       IND   46.26    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   25.74   116       
  71 Navy                        IND   45.03    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   60.12    53       
  72 Virginia Tech               IND   44.97    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   51.23    64       
  73 Bowling Green               MID   44.07    6- 4-1   2- 3-0   37.54    87       
  74 East Carolina               SOU   42.75    7- 4-0   3- 3-0   28.01   114       
  75 Rutgers                     IND   42.63    7- 3-1   0- 0-0   22.65   125       
  76 Tulane                      IND   42.11    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   50.45    65       
  77 South Carolina              IND   42.02    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   61.23    48       
  78 Tampa                       IND   40.76    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   33.29    93       
  79 Colorado State              WAC   40.15    4- 6-1   2- 3-1   44.81    71       
  80 Pennsylvania                IVY   39.51    6- 2-1   4- 2-1   28.39   112       
  81 West Texas A&M              MVC   36.83    6- 5-0   3- 3-0   30.21   106       
  82 Minnesota                   B10   36.30    4- 7-0   2- 6-0   58.95    56       
  83 Syracuse                    IND   34.97    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   69.95    16       
  84 Florida State               IND   32.70    1-10-0   0- 0-0   73.68     8       
  85 Arkansas State              IND   31.55    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   16.87   129       
  86 Indiana                     B10   31.50    1-10-0   1- 7-0   68.94    18       
  87 Princeton                   IVY   30.71    4- 4-1   3- 4-0   33.12    94       
  88 Northwestern                B10   30.17    3- 8-0   2- 6-0   65.76    35       
  89 Pacific                     PCA   30.08    6- 5-0   2- 2-0   32.54    96       
  90 Brown                       IVY   29.24    5- 4-0   4- 3-0   31.21   103       
  91 Washington State            PC8   28.82    2- 9-0   1- 6-0   62.14    45       
  92 Holy Cross                  IND   28.77    5- 5-1   0- 0-0   32.22    98       
  93 William & Mary              SOU   28.52    4- 7-0   2- 3-0   42.30    79       
  94 New Mexico                  WAC   27.20    4- 6-1   3- 4-0   44.08    73       
  95 Army                        IND   25.72    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   57.63    59       
  96 Appalachian State           SOU   25.70    6- 5-0   3- 1-0   20.11   127       
  97 Toledo                      MID   25.50    6- 5-0   3- 2-0   29.09   109       
  98 Hawaii                      IND   24.02    6- 5-0   0- 0-0   31.31   101       
  99 Louisville                  MVC   23.70    4- 7-0   3- 2-0   47.48    68       
 100 Long Beach State            PCA   22.30    6- 5-0   1- 3-0   22.87   122       
 101 Dartmouth                   IVY   21.10    3- 6-0   3- 4-0   32.11    99       
 102 Air Force                   IND   20.48    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   43.76    74       
 103 Fresno State                PCA   20.43    5- 7-0   1- 3-0   24.50   118       
 104 New Mexico State            MVC   19.50    5- 6-0   2- 3-0   24.15   119       
 105 Richmond                    SOU   19.43    5- 5-0   3- 3-0   29.98   107       
 106 Texas-El Paso               WAC   18.99    4- 7-0   3- 4-0   34.86    89       
 107 Colgate                     IND   18.51    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   29.07   110       
 108 Cornell                     IVY   18.44    3- 5-1   1- 5-1   31.27   102       
 109 Furman                      SOU   17.86    5- 6-0   2- 4-0   23.10   121       
 110 Oregon                      PC8   17.80    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   55.43    62       
 111 Wake Forest                 ACC   17.35    1-10-0   0- 6-0   65.66    36       
 112 Texas Christian             SWC   17.21    1-10-0   0- 7-0   67.55    28       
 113 Citadel                     SOU   17.19    4- 7-0   2- 4-0   28.27   113       
 114 Tennessee-Chattanooga       IND   15.43    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   33.07    95       
 115 Minor Teams                       13.66   42-64-2   0- 0-0   24.95   117       
 116 North Texas                 MVC   13.17    2- 7-2   1- 3-2   38.81    85       
 117 Villanova                   IND   13.03    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   42.22    80       
 118 Wyoming                     WAC   12.13    2- 9-0   1- 6-0   43.00    76       
 119 Western Michigan            MID    8.93    3- 8-0   0- 5-0   28.68   111       
 120 Drake                       MVC    8.53    3- 7-1   2- 3-1   24.11   120       
 121 Utah                        WAC    7.12    1-10-0   1- 5-0   47.66    67       
 122 Idaho                       IND    6.51    2- 8-1   0- 0-0   20.83   126       
 123 Wichita State               MVC    6.51    1- 9-1   1- 4-1   41.11    82       
 124 Northern Illinois           IND    5.83    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   15.73   130       
 125 Southwest Louisiana         IND    4.92    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   29.51   108       
 126 Dayton                      IND    4.70    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   18.83   128       
 127 Marshall                    IND    4.27    1-10-0   0- 0-0   33.59    92       
 128 Southern Illinois           IND    3.69    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   22.70   124       
 129 Columbia                    IVY    2.99    1- 8-0   0- 7-0   32.44    97       
 130 Texas-Arlington             IND    1.48    1-10-0   0- 0-0   22.85   123       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Southeastern       SEC    10   81.71   23.70    72- 40- 5    43- 11- 3  Alabama                 2   97.21
Big 8              BG8     8   77.82   29.63    51- 39- 0    23- 11- 0  Oklahoma                1   99.18
Southwest          SWC     8   71.03   37.88    45- 41- 5    18- 14- 3  Texas                   9   91.30
Atlantic Coast     ACC     7   65.95   45.00    42- 37- 1    21- 16- 1  Maryland               11   90.32
Big 10             B10    10   64.65   44.80    55- 53- 3    16- 14- 1  Michigan                3   96.80
Pac 8              PC8     8   59.46   53.50    40- 43- 6    14- 17- 2  Southern California     5   96.10
Mid American       MID     6   43.87   72.17    38- 26- 2    23- 11- 2  Miami (Ohio)           13   89.02
Independent        IND    37   40.20   78.05   185-217- 4   185-217- 4  Notre Dame              8   92.08
Pacific Coast Athl PCA     5   39.22   79.00    33- 22- 2    23- 12- 2  San Diego State        49   63.88
Western Athletic   WAC     8   35.93   84.63    38- 49- 3    12- 23- 1  Arizona                46   66.91
Ivy League         IVY     8   33.46   86.88    37- 32- 3    10-  5- 1  Yale                   45   67.01
Southern           SOU     7   28.57   93.43    38- 38- 0    19- 19- 0  Virginia Military Inst 64   48.55
Missouri Valley    MVC     7   24.74   98.57    29- 44- 4    11- 26- 0  Tulsa                  47   64.93

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
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