Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1972 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record (After Bowls)
AP		  (Before Bowls)
UPI		 Bowl Game Results
1 USC 128.0504 12-0 1 1 Defeated Ohio State 42-17
2 TEXAS 90.1240 10-1 3 5 Defeated Alabama 17-13
3 OKLAHOMA 81.3076 11-1 2 2 Defeated Penn State 14-0
4 AUBURN 80.8111 10-1 5 7 Defeated Colorado 24-3
5 ALABAMA 76.9733 10-2 7 4 Lost to Texas
6 TENNESSEE 76.4356 10-2 8 11 Defeated LSU 24-17
7 PENN STATE 76.3520 10-2 10 8 Lost to Oklahoma
8 OHIO STATE 73.2461 9-2 9 3 Lost to USC
9 NEBRASKA 72.9783 9-2-1 4 9 Defeated Notre Dame 40-6
10 MICHIGAN 72.5741 10-1 6 6 No Bowl Game
11 NORTH CAROLINA 62.6855 11-1 12 NR Defeated Texax Tech 32-28
12 LSU 62.6135 9-2-1 11 10 Lost to Tennessee
13 COLORADO 62.3401 8-4 16 14 Lost to Auburn
14 FLORIDA 61.1526        
15 NOTRE DAME 59.0064        
16 MICHIGAN STATE 58.3408        
17 UCLA 57.3387        
18 GEORGIA 56.4014        
19 PURDUE 56.3437        
20 MINNESOTA 55.2184        
21 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 54.5549        
22 OKLAHOMA STATE 54.4164        
23 WASHINGTON 52.9609        
24 WASHINGTON STATE 52.3963        
25 MISSOURI 52.3009        
26 KANSAS 51.6144        
27 GEORGIA TECH 51.5163        
28 SMU 51.2039        
29 IOWA STATE 50.8441        
30 SAN DIEGO STATE 50.5113        
31 BAYLOR 50.1186        
32 ARKANSAS 49.6003        
33 RICE 49.4463        
34 MISSISSIPPI 49.1336        
35 TEXAS TECH 48.9083        
36 MIAMI (F) 48.7487        
37 ARIZONA STATE 48.6663        
38 TCU 48.1096        
39 IOWA 47.6078        
40 ILLINOIS 46.9356        
41 WISCONSIN 46.3996        
42 INDIANA 46.0778        
43 TEXAS A+M 45.8729        
44 WEST VIRGINIA 44.4284        
45 OREGON 43.9981        
46 HOUSTON 43.9748        
47 TULANE 43.2395        
48 VIRGINIA TECH 42.6791        
49 STANFORD 42.5242        
50 AIR FORCE 41.8197        
51 NORTHWESTERN 41.7546        
52 ARMY 41.5994        
53 CALIFORNIA 41.5148        
54 MISSISSIPPI STATE 41.5046        
55 DUKE 41.2506        
56 MARYLAND 41.0462        
57 SYRACUSE 40.8028        
58 FLORIDA STATE 40.6571        
59 NAVY 40.2704        
60 TEMPLE 39.8179        
61 KENTUCKY 39.4858        
62 PACIFIC 39.4353        
63 OREGON STATE 39.2468        
64 UTAH STATE 39.0021        
65 EAST CAROLINA 38.8683        
66 KANSAS STATE 37.8910        
67 BOSTON COLLEGE 37.4595        
68 LOUISVILLE 36.3245        
69 BGU 36.0130        
70 CLEMSON 35.9218        
71 VANDERBILT 35.2684        
72 SOUTH CAROLINA 35.2495        
73 SAN JOSE STATE 35.1344        
74 MEMPHIS STATE 34.9239        
75 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 34.2516        
76 VIRGINIA 34.1726        
77 KENT STATE 34.1186        
78 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 34.0996        
79 BYU 33.9549        
80 TULSA 33.7101        
81 UTAH 33.3347        
82 PITTSBURGH 32.3940        
83 MIAMI (O) 31.1233        
84 WESTERN MICHIGAN 30.4138        
85 YALE 29.7226        
86 DARTMOUTH 29.5521        
87 TOLEDO 28.6682        
88 IDAHO 28.5415        
89 PENNSYLVANIA 28.4877        
90 RICHMOND 28.0722        
91 WAKE FOREST 27.7085        
92 RUTGERS 27.1500        
93 CORNELL 26.9336        
94 ARIZONA 26.5513        
95 WILLIAM&MARY 25.7295        
96 COLUMBIA 25.2776        
97 HARVARD 24.5336        
98 HOLY CROSS 24.3744        
99 COLGATE 23.6565        
100 PRINCETON 22.9567        
101 DAYTON 21.8789        
102 WYOMING 21.3387        
103 UTARLINGTON 20.2152        
104 NEW MEXICO 20.1252        
105 WEST TEXAS STATE 19.5481        
106 WICHITA STATE 19.3711        
107 VILLANOVA 18.0840        
108 NEW MEXICO STATE 16.6208        
109 CITADEL 16.0297        
110 CINCINNATI 11.4578        
111 NORTH TEXAS STATE 10.9921        
112 DAVIDSON 8.4991        
113 XAVIER 8.3058        
114 UTEP 8.2928        
115 MARSHALL 7.5484        
116 COLORADO STATE 7.0184        
117 OHIOU 6.8762        
118 BROWN 5.7622        
119 VMI -16.1369        

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