1971 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

128 Schools

128 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Nebraska	Big 8	1	13	0	0	14.96	16.53	31.49	50.28	-5.37
2	Oklahoma	Big 8	2	11	1	0	22.60	6.64	29.24	56.73	4.18
3	Alabama	SEC	4	11	1	0	12.22	15.44	27.66	45.23	-3.98
4	Georgia	SEC	7	11	1	0	9.50	12.72	22.22	40.24	-0.61
5	Colorado	Big 8	3	10	2	0	13.51	7.75	21.25	43.99	3.40
6	LSU	SEC	11	9	3	0	10.85	10.03	20.87	41.60	0.51
7	Michigan	Big Ten	6	11	1	0	6.57	12.97	19.54	44.83	-1.26
8	Penn State	Ind	5	11	1	0	10.67	8.83	19.51	47.08	3.81
9	Arizona State	WAC	8	11	1	0	14.38	4.73	19.11	45.77	7.77
10	Auburn	SEC	12	9	2	0	11.87	6.82	18.69	42.50	4.23
11	Houston	Ind	17	9	3	0	10.31	6.46	16.77	38.75	4.13
12	USC	Pac-8	20	6	4	1	6.55	10.08	16.63	34.54	0.21
13	Notre Dame	Ind	13	8	2	0	1.95	14.65	16.60	33.58	-2.73
14	Ole Miss	SEC	15	10	2	0	11.42	5.15	16.57	41.33	7.25
15	Tennessee	SEC	9	10	2	0	4.57	11.75	16.33	32.58	-1.25
16	Stanford	Pac-8	10	9	3	0	5.04	10.05	15.09	32.71	0.11
17	Iowa State	Big 8		8	4	0	9.14	5.81	14.95	38.36	6.60
18	Washington	Pac-8	19	8	3	0	10.34	4.35	14.69	41.50	6.94
19	Ohio State	Big Ten		6	4	0	4.85	9.35	14.20	33.27	0.44
20	Texas	SWC	18	8	3	0	6.83	6.59	13.42	35.82	4.29
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Florida State	Ind		8	4	0	5.99	7.26	13.25	33.41	4.23
22	Arkansas	SWC	16	8	3	1	8.81	2.88	11.68	38.06	8.62
23	Toledo	MAC	14	12	0	0	4.66	6.30	10.95	35.90	6.59
24	North Carolina	ACC		9	3	0	5.62	5.29	10.91	33.85	6.55
25	Michigan State	Big Ten		6	5	0	2.73	7.14	9.88	32.19	3.32
26	Northwestern	Big Ten		7	4	0	3.79	5.51	9.30	31.34	6.14
27	Georgia Tech	Ind		6	6	0	3.35	4.45	7.80	30.43	6.46
28	Boston College	Ind		9	2	0	0.02	7.27	7.29	29.55	6.06
29	Utah State	Ind		8	3	0	2.67	4.20	6.87	28.62	8.51
30	Oregon	Pac-8		5	6	0	6.46	-0.65	5.81	33.67	11.98
31	Air Force	Ind		6	4	0	1.13	4.37	5.50	26.94	7.74
32	New Mexico	WAC		6	3	2	10.68	-5.79	4.90	38.87	18.61
33	Kansas State	Big 8		5	6	0	4.99	-0.15	4.84	31.71	12.99
34	Kansas	Big 8		4	7	0	0.42	4.24	4.66	28.81	11.39
35	Memphis	MVC		5	6	0	2.83	1.57	4.41	31.29	10.46
36	South Carolina	Ind		6	5	0	0.80	3.55	4.35	28.44	9.78
37	Oregon State	Pac-8		5	6	0	9.05	-4.81	4.24	35.73	16.23
38	California	Pac-8		6	5	0	1.06	3.12	4.18	28.31	10.23
39	Florida	SEC		4	7	0	2.48	1.65	4.13	29.78	14.12
40	West Virginia	Ind		7	4	0	6.20	-2.07	4.12	33.15	13.63
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Duke	ACC		6	5	0	-3.14	7.01	3.87	24.24	6.23
42	Cornell	Ivy		8	1	0	2.91	0.71	3.62	29.77	12.71
43	Purdue	Big Ten		3	7	0	5.16	-1.68	3.49	32.81	10.96
44	Dartmouth	Ivy		8	1	0	0.50	2.94	3.44	26.10	9.77
45	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	6	1	0.88	2.46	3.34	27.77	13.81
46	Illinois	Big Ten		5	6	0	-0.67	3.96	3.28	27.42	8.89
47	Washington State	Pac-8		4	7	0	5.49	-2.23	3.25	32.60	14.65
48	Temple	Ind		6	2	1	1.67	0.94	2.61	31.32	11.43
49	Ohio	MAC		5	5	0	3.11	-0.85	2.26	29.81	11.87
50	Long Beach State	PCAA		8	4	0	5.95	-3.75	2.20	32.01	15.94
51	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	7	0	4.04	-1.92	2.12	31.24	12.36
52	UCLA	Pac-8		2	7	1	0.51	1.58	2.09	28.24	10.45
53	Tampa	Ind		6	5	0	1.19	0.61	1.80	34.35	10.93
54	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	6	1	5.12	-3.33	1.79	32.81	14.41
55	Syracuse	Ind		5	5	1	-3.92	5.61	1.69	24.15	6.21
56	Western Michigan	MAC		7	3	0	-1.52	3.07	1.54	26.68	8.95
57	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	5	0	-2.04	3.56	1.52	26.79	9.14
58	San Jose State	PCAA		5	6	1	0.69	0.48	1.17	29.87	13.28
59	Vanderbilt	SEC		4	6	1	-2.76	3.83	1.07	23.70	8.62
60	Tulane	Ind		3	8	0	-1.68	2.62	0.94	26.23	8.89
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	San Diego State	PCAA		6	5	0	2.11	-1.51	0.60	28.58	15.27
62	Miami (FL)	Ind		4	7	0	0.06	0.49	0.54	27.01	11.70
63	Clemson	ACC		5	6	0	-1.98	2.39	0.42	24.17	9.54
64	Army	Ind		6	4	0	-2.25	2.65	0.39	23.01	12.62
65	Louisville	MVC		6	3	1	-3.60	3.97	0.37	22.88	7.13
66	Texas Tech	SWC		4	7	0	-6.10	6.32	0.22	20.90	4.46
67	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	3	0	-6.17	6.29	0.13	25.04	7.95
68	Texas Christian	SWC		6	4	1	1.70	-1.59	0.11	29.46	16.92
69	Rice	SWC		3	7	1	-1.46	1.51	0.05	25.61	10.32
70	BYU	WAC		5	6	0	-2.45	2.27	-0.18	25.09	10.02
71	Cincinnati	Ind		7	4	0	-0.98	0.55	-0.43	26.18	13.15
72	Wake Forest	ACC		6	5	0	-2.03	1.28	-0.75	25.00	10.53
73	Arizona	WAC		5	6	0	-2.76	1.82	-0.94	24.16	11.16
74	Texas A&M	SWC		5	6	0	-3.81	2.80	-1.01	23.82	10.07
75	Villanova	Ind		6	4	1	-3.61	2.59	-1.02	25.21	9.08
76	Mississippi State	SEC		2	9	0	-1.70	0.06	-1.65	24.99	14.22
77	Kentucky	SEC		3	8	0	-1.60	-0.23	-1.83	25.33	13.45
78	Wyoming	WAC		5	6	0	1.58	-3.59	-2.01	27.82	18.89
79	SMU	SWC		4	7	0	-2.40	-0.02	-2.42	24.03	12.02
80	Hawaii	Ind		7	4	0	-0.93	-1.67	-2.60	26.82	15.61
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Bowling Green	MAC		6	4	0	4.49	-7.11	-2.63	29.87	18.99
82	Utah	WAC		3	8	0	3.44	-6.18	-2.74	29.82	18.37
83	Missouri	Big 8		1	10	0	-5.46	2.67	-2.79	21.41	9.05
84	Virginia Tech	Ind		4	7	0	2.72	-5.78	-3.06	30.10	18.59
85	Pitt	Ind		3	8	0	5.69	-8.89	-3.20	31.90	22.85
86	Idaho	Ind		8	3	0	-4.23	0.80	-3.43	23.61	13.03
87	William & Mary	Southern		5	6	0	2.75	-6.23	-3.47	29.44	17.26
88	Columbia	Ivy		6	3	0	-2.27	-1.23	-3.50	22.06	12.99
89	Navy	Ind		3	8	0	-0.17	-4.14	-4.31	25.36	19.85
90	Drake	MVC		7	4	0	-1.56	-2.89	-4.45	25.95	15.51
91	Indiana	Big Ten		3	8	0	-3.61	-1.01	-4.62	24.11	14.60
92	Princeton	Ivy		4	5	0	-3.24	-1.94	-5.18	25.01	14.84
93	Harvard	Ivy		5	4	0	-1.51	-3.95	-5.46	23.82	16.29
94	UTEP	WAC		5	6	0	-7.00	1.22	-5.78	19.65	12.70
95	Pacific	PCAA		3	8	0	-3.40	-2.72	-6.11	21.96	13.37
96	The Citadel	Southern		8	3	0	7.09	-13.39	-6.31	33.37	25.67
97	New Mexico State	Ind		5	5	1	-2.97	-3.38	-6.35	22.77	16.89
98	Fresno State	PCAA		6	5	0	-5.60	-0.77	-6.37	21.65	12.45
99	Maryland	ACC		2	9	0	1.20	-7.69	-6.49	29.40	19.82
100	Northern Illinois	Ind		5	5	1	-3.19	-3.59	-6.78	22.26	16.71
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Tulsa	MVC		4	7	0	-2.05	-4.92	-6.97	24.57	20.24
102	Virginia	ACC		3	8	0	-4.85	-2.53	-7.37	20.73	17.09
103	Yale	Ivy		4	5	0	-6.77	-1.75	-8.52	19.76	13.76
104	Richmond	Southern		5	6	0	-9.62	1.05	-8.57	16.47	11.40
105	Colorado State	WAC		3	8	0	-4.63	-4.25	-8.87	21.74	19.74
106	Colgate	Ind		6	4	0	2.91	-11.89	-8.99	30.47	24.72
107	Iowa	Big Ten		1	10	0	-4.94	-4.73	-9.67	23.00	20.92
108	Dayton	Ind		5	6	0	-5.61	-4.15	-9.75	20.62	17.30
109	Holy Cross	Ind		4	6	0	-3.57	-6.79	-10.36	22.74	20.70
110	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA		3	8	0	-6.78	-3.74	-10.52	19.98	21.88
111	North Carolina State	ACC		3	8	0	-5.74	-5.06	-10.79	20.73	17.71
112	Rutgers	Ind		4	7	0	-5.92	-5.90	-11.82	19.64	19.24
113	Kent State	MAC		3	8	0	-4.32	-8.21	-12.53	21.50	22.24
114	East Carolina	Southern		4	6	0	-4.98	-8.19	-13.16	21.59	23.81
115	Chattanooga	Ind		2	9	0	-3.70	-9.54	-13.24	22.85	24.55
116	Baylor	SWC		1	9	0	-9.77	-3.86	-13.64	17.14	16.19
117	Furman	Southern		5	5	1	-9.34	-4.86	-14.20	17.75	17.60
118	North Texas	MVC		3	8	0	-6.66	-7.72	-14.38	19.73	24.28
119	Pennsylvania	Ivy		2	7	0	-8.57	-7.07	-15.64	17.64	20.33
120	Xavier	Ind		1	9	0	-8.46	-8.15	-16.61	17.41	21.20
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Brown	Ivy		0	9	0	-7.35	-10.47	-17.82	19.55	22.84
122	Wichita State	MVC		3	8	0	-8.93	-9.48	-18.40	15.97	22.97
123	West Texas State	MVC		2	9	0	-9.66	-9.54	-19.20	16.31	23.46
124	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		1	10	0	-17.34	-3.04	-20.39	9.66	18.35
125	Marshall	Ind		2	8	0	-14.98	-5.48	-20.46	10.73	25.28
126	Texas-Arlington	Ind		2	9	0	-14.80	-6.83	-21.63	10.88	21.56
127	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA		2	8	0	-14.57	-9.79	-24.35	10.53	24.96
128	Davidson	Southern		1	9	0	-12.47	-13.08	-25.55	13.91	27.79

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