1972 Independent Year Summary

Record: 168-183-8, .479 W-L% (9th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -3.17 (9th of 13), SOS: -2.34 (8th of 13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Florida State, Notre Dame and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Penn State)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Penn State	10	2	0	.833					29.8	15.8	16.72	4.64	5	5	10
Tampa	10	2	0	.833					24.9	11.0	4.95	-5.80
Notre Dame	8	3	0	.727					26.3	17.5	16.88	8.42	13	7	14
Utah State	8	3	0	.727					29.9	20.9	4.75	-3.79
West Virginia	8	4	0	.667					34.6	24.1	7.55	-1.62		18
Florida State	7	4	0	.636					26.1	20.4	7.51	2.41	19	13
Northern Illinois	7	4	0	.636					18.0	12.8	-6.18	-10.73
Rutgers	7	4	0	.636					26.4	15.6	0.68	-7.13
Georgia Tech	7	4	1	.625					23.7	18.8	12.06	7.06		20	20
Air Force	6	4	0	.600					30.3	18.3	3.66	-2.24		16
Army	6	4	0	.600					16.0	28.2	-0.77	3.63
Houston	6	4	1	.591					29.5	18.4	5.98	-0.48
Virginia Tech	6	4	1	.591					27.9	23.0	5.99	1.53
Temple	5	4	0	.556					18.2	19.6	-9.46	-9.02
Colgate	5	4	1	.550					21.9	26.9	-8.25	-5.75
Holy Cross	5	4	1	.550					18.7	18.2	-6.01	-6.71
Tulane	6	5	0	.545					19.3	15.0	7.60	4.88		18
Miami (FL)	5	6	0	.455					19.5	15.5	9.89	7.71
Syracuse	5	6	0	.455					12.8	20.8	-4.00	1.63
Texas-Arlington	5	6	0	.455					14.9	20.5	-13.38	-8.20
Dayton	4	6	1	.409					15.6	16.5	-12.53	-10.08
Boston College	4	7	0	.364					21.8	23.5	-3.80	-1.44
Idaho	4	7	0	.364					15.0	25.3	-14.22	-7.04
Navy	4	7	0	.364					16.5	23.4	-1.63	4.92
South Carolina	4	7	0	.364					19.5	21.1	-1.88	1.39
Southern Mississippi	3	7	1	.318					16.5	21.0	-4.84	-0.84
Xavier	3	8	0	.273					12.2	23.0	-22.98	-11.78
Marshall	2	8	0	.200					9.3	25.4	-21.78	-9.58
Chattanooga	2	9	0	.182					8.5	18.8	-17.14	-7.51
Cincinnati	2	9	0	.182					12.5	29.4	-20.56	-7.38
Villanova	2	9	0	.182					12.7	19.7	-14.60	-7.14
Southern Illinois	1	8	1	.150					5.4	17.2	-17.07	-7.07
Pitt	1	10	0	.091					17.5	31.8	-7.70	5.76

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1973-01-01	Orange Bowl	Nebraska (9)	40	Notre Dame (12)	6	Miami, FL
1972-12-31	Sugar Bowl	Oklahoma (2)	14	Penn State (5)	0	New Orleans, LA
1972-12-29	Peach Bowl	North Carolina State	49	West Virginia (18)	13	Atlanta, GA
1972-12-29	Tangerine Bowl	Tampa	21	Kent State	18	Orlando, FL
1972-12-18	Liberty Bowl	Georgia Tech	31	Iowa State	30	Memphis, TN