Standings
| 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 |
| Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 24.6 | 11.0 | 23.72 | 11.72 | 14 | 3 | 3 | |
| Texas Tech | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 23.5 | 15.7 | 11.72 | 5.39 | 15 | |||
| SMU | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 24.5 | 14.0 | 11.76 | 5.76 | 18 | |||
| Arkansas | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 20.7 | 20.6 | 8.63 | 8.36 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Rice | 5 | 5 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 17.8 | 21.6 | 8.39 | 10.20 | ||||
| Baylor | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 12.04 | 10.77 | ||||
| Texas Christian | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 5.56 | 7.10 | ||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 15.0 | 22.1 | 3.89 | 10.25 | ||||
2 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-01-01 | Cotton Bowl | Texas (7) | 17 | Alabama (4) | 13 | Dallas, TX |
| 1972-12-30 | Sun Bowl | North Carolina (16) | 32 | Texas Tech | 28 | El Paso, TX |
1972 Conference Leaders