Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1971 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record (After Bowls)
AP
(Before Bowls)
UPI
Bowl Game Results
1 NEBRASKA 128.8631 13-0 1 1 Beat Alabama 38-7
2 OKLAHOMA 119.8158 11-1 2 3 Beat Auburn 40-22
3 ALABAMA 107.4445 11-1 4 2 Lost to Nebraska
4 COLORADO 83.0766 10-2 3 7 Beat Houston 29-17
5 GEORGIA 75.9992 11-1 7 8 Beat North Carolina 7-3
6 AUBURN 74.4947 9-2 12 5 Lost to Oklahoma
7 PENN STATE 73.4688 11-1 5 11 Beat Texas 30-6
8 TENNESSEE 71.4121 10-2 9 9 Beat Arkansas 14-13
9 LSU 69.4840 9-3 11 10 Beat Iowa State 33-15
10 MISSISSIPPI 65.8083 10-2 15 20 Beat Georgia Tech 41-18
11 STANFORD 58.4618 9-3 10 16 Beat Michigan 13-12
12 MICHIGAN 57.7839 11-1 6 4 Lost to Stanford
13 IOWA STATE 56.4007 8-4 NR 17 Lost to LSU
14 WASHINGTON 55.8334 8-3 19 NR No Bowl Game
15 NOTRE DAME 54.8080 8-2 13 15 No Bowl Game
16 TEXAS 54.1757 8-3 18 12 Lost to Penn State
17 HOUSTON 53.4885 9-3 17 14 Lost to Colorado
18 ARIZONA STATE 53.1055 11-1 8 6 Beat Florida State 45-38
19 USC 51.1606 6-4-1 20 NR No Bowl Game
20 NORTH CAROLINA 46.7988 9-3 NR 18 Lost to Georgia
21 UCLA 46.5960
22 ILLINOIS 45.8051
23 CALIFORNIA 45.5828
24 OREGON STATE 44.8376
25 NORTHWESTERN 44.8206
26 FLORIDA STATE 44.1856
27 OREGON 44.1596
28 MICHIGAN STATE 44.1420
29 ARKANSAS 43.7976
30 GEORGIA TECH 43.4663
31 WASHINGTON STATE 43.2985
32 OHIO STATE 42.5170
33 AIR FORCE 40.7532
34 BOSTON COLLEGE 39.9686
35 FLORIDA 39.4988
36 DUKE 38.5776
37 WEST VIRGINIA 38.1723
38 TEXAS A+M 38.1332
39 ARMY 37.8518
40 SYRACUSE 37.7521
41 TOLEDO 37.6854
42 TCU 37.5822
43 SOUTH CAROLINA 37.0293
44 RICE 36.8239
45 SAN JOSE STATE 36.2788
46 NAVY 36.1752
47 KANSAS 36.0800
48 CLEMSON 35.9276
49 MINNESOTA 35.8260
50 PITTSBURGH 35.1789
51 WISCONSIN 35.1481
52 MEMPHIS STATE 34.8309
53 OKLAHOMA STATE 34.5521
54 KANSAS STATE 34.4686
55 SMU 34.3245
56 PURDUE 33.5500
57 TEXAS TECH 33.3115
58 SAN DIEGO STATE 32.1585
59 INDIANA 32.1430
60 MIAMI (F) 31.9856
61 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 31.4668
62 ARIZONA 31.3426
63 NEW MEXICO 31.3165
64 DARTMOUTH 31.1888
65 VILLANOVA 30.4394
66 CORNELL 30.4068
67 WAKE FOREST 30.0822
68 TEMPLE 29.9269
69 KENTUCKY 29.8699
70 TULANE 29.8626
71 VANDERBILT 29.4808
72 COLUMBIA 29.2018
73 UTAH STATE 28.9326
74 IOWA 28.8975
75 MISSOURI 28.7914
76 MISSISSIPPI STATE 28.3205
77 VIRGINIA TECH 27.3102
78 VIRGINIA 27.2818
79 MIAMI (O) 27.1348
80 CINCINNATI 27.0371
81 OHIOU 26.4296
82 LOUISVILLE 26.3591
83 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 26.1598
84 RUTGERS 26.0081
85 IDAHO 25.0896
86 WESTERN MICHIGAN 24.8786
87 RICHMOND 23.5163
88 WILLIAM&MARY 23.4010
89 HARVARD 23.3509
90 CITADEL 23.2132
91 HOLY CROSS 23.2047
92 BAYLOR 23.1957
93 WYOMING 22.9784
94 DAYTON 21.7351
95 EAST CAROLINA 21.7273
96 UTAH 21.0550
97 BYU 20.4468
98 TULSA 19.9493
99 MARYLAND 19.7823
100 PRINCETON 18.3712
101 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 18.1591
102 YALE 18.0086
103 COLGATE 13.9030
104 COLORADO STATE 13.1225
105 NORTH TEXAS STATE 12.5945
106 NEW MEXICO STATE 12.4446
107 XAVIER 11.3267
108 BGU 10.3086
109 UTEP 9.9964
110 PACIFIC 8.8396
111 KENT STATE 4.4075
112 MARSHALL 3.8406
113 PENNSYLVANIA -0.5555
114 WICHITA STATE -3.7410
115 WEST TEXAS STATE -6.9222
116 BROWN -8.5705
117 VMI -9.8432
118 DAVIDSON -11.9445

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