1974 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.

129 Schools

129 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	Oklahoma	Big 8	1	11	0	0	14.04	13.75	27.80	55.50	-3.35
2	Alabama	SEC	5	11	1	0	9.89	12.66	22.55	40.03	-2.44
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	4	10	2	0	11.13	10.88	22.02	45.87	-0.16
4	USC	Pac-8	2	10	1	1	10.28	10.62	20.90	40.78	0.02
5	Michigan	Big Ten	3	10	1	0	4.79	16.07	20.86	38.95	-4.72
6	Auburn	SEC	8	10	2	0	6.48	13.01	19.49	36.05	-2.12
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9	9	3	0	6.14	11.36	17.50	41.44	-1.45
8	Maryland	ACC	13	8	4	0	3.89	13.18	17.07	37.00	-1.23
9	Texas	SWC	17	8	4	0	11.52	5.36	16.88	43.45	3.34
10	Notre Dame	Ind	6	10	2	0	5.88	9.88	15.77	37.41	2.68
11	Florida	SEC	15	8	4	0	8.70	6.81	15.51	35.83	2.40
12	Penn State	Ind	7	10	2	0	7.36	7.69	15.05	36.26	3.65
13	Texas A&M	SWC	16	8	3	0	3.98	10.60	14.58	31.77	0.16
14	Wisconsin	Big Ten		7	4	0	11.89	2.36	14.24	41.89	9.27
15	Mississippi State	SEC	17	9	3	0	9.96	3.90	13.86	38.67	8.56
16	Michigan State	Big Ten	12	7	3	1	7.65	6.15	13.80	35.72	5.77
17	Miami (OH)	MAC	10	10	0	1	2.65	11.04	13.69	32.46	1.14
18	Tennessee	SEC	20	7	3	2	5.29	8.14	13.43	31.67	2.50
19	Arkansas	SWC		6	4	1	4.29	8.55	12.84	38.28	2.58
20	Oklahoma State	Big 8		7	5	0	5.04	7.18	12.22	34.99	1.91
				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	Baylor	SWC	14	8	4	0	8.16	4.04	12.19	35.27	5.15
22	North Carolina State	ACC	11	9	2	1	10.97	1.18	12.15	36.01	10.82
23	Kentucky	SEC		6	5	0	6.95	5.01	11.97	35.41	5.45
24	Vanderbilt	SEC		7	3	2	7.34	4.03	11.38	37.14	8.02
25	Missouri	Big 8		7	4	0	3.71	6.83	10.54	32.45	4.91
26	North Carolina	ACC		7	5	0	12.32	-1.96	10.36	39.22	13.27
27	Pitt	Ind		7	4	0	5.92	4.43	10.35	32.25	5.25
28	LSU	SEC		5	5	1	3.11	7.18	10.29	30.73	4.46
29	Georgia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	6.16	3.91	10.07	32.39	7.80
30	Texas Tech	SWC		6	4	2	1.12	8.91	10.03	28.40	1.60
31	Georgia	SEC		6	6	0	9.98	0.00	9.98	39.52	10.88
32	California	Pac-8		7	3	1	8.03	1.46	9.49	34.02	9.74
33	Boston College	Ind		8	3	0	5.13	4.15	9.28	40.90	7.71
34	Clemson	ACC		7	4	0	7.40	1.82	9.21	33.00	11.21
35	Houston	Ind	19	8	3	1	3.61	4.95	8.56	31.62	7.12
36	UCLA	Pac-8		6	3	2	2.32	5.71	8.04	30.02	6.38
37	Yale	Ivy		8	1	0	0.03	7.96	8.00	27.23	5.12
38	Illinois	Big Ten		6	4	1	2.73	4.74	7.47	28.50	8.00
39	Tulsa	MVC		8	3	0	4.99	2.06	7.06	31.93	13.66
40	Temple	Ind		8	2	0	6.64	0.06	6.69	38.15	11.27
				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	Colorado	Big 8		5	6	0	9.27	-2.63	6.64	35.97	12.91
42	Duke	ACC		6	5	0	1.15	5.49	6.64	26.76	7.94
43	San Diego State	PCAA		8	2	1	4.42	2.00	6.42	30.62	10.80
44	Iowa State	Big 8		4	7	0	1.84	4.50	6.34	29.43	3.63
45	Stanford	Pac-8		5	4	2	3.49	2.29	5.77	28.81	9.20
46	Purdue	Big Ten		4	6	1	5.72	-0.16	5.57	31.16	12.71
47	SMU	SWC		6	4	1	6.04	-0.63	5.41	31.79	10.42
48	Miami (FL)	Ind		6	5	0	0.21	4.99	5.20	26.86	6.05
49	Memphis	Ind		7	4	0	0.74	3.99	4.72	27.51	7.67
50	Arizona	WAC		9	2	0	2.06	2.38	4.44	29.46	9.78
51	BYU	WAC		7	4	1	3.88	0.40	4.28	31.57	11.16
52	Arizona State	WAC		7	5	0	-0.46	4.65	4.19	27.14	6.86
53	Harvard	Ivy		7	2	0	4.59	-0.63	3.96	31.49	12.81
54	Kansas	Big 8		4	7	0	0.05	3.75	3.79	28.65	8.73
55	Kansas State	Big 8		4	7	0	1.65	1.84	3.49	29.15	12.27
56	Washington	Pac-8		5	6	0	5.85	-2.78	3.07	36.48	15.18
57	Cincinnati	Ind		7	4	0	1.32	1.32	2.64	27.69	9.42
58	West Virginia	Ind		4	7	0	1.34	0.76	2.10	28.41	9.62
59	San Jose State	PCAA		8	3	1	2.11	-0.64	1.47	29.70	13.01
60	Virginia	ACC		4	7	0	2.33	-1.20	1.13	27.39	12.39
				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	Oregon State	Pac-8		3	8	0	2.90	-2.02	0.89	29.78	13.83
62	Utah State	Ind		8	3	0	-3.79	4.53	0.74	21.54	10.84
63	Virginia Tech	Ind		4	7	0	3.94	-3.34	0.61	32.70	16.13
64	Ole Miss	SEC		3	8	0	-2.71	3.30	0.59	24.19	9.99
65	Iowa	Big Ten		3	8	0	0.89	-0.52	0.37	26.66	13.83
66	Tampa	Ind		6	5	0	1.48	-1.45	0.04	28.44	12.96
67	Rice	SWC		2	8	1	-3.11	2.93	-0.18	24.38	7.88
68	Navy	Ind		4	7	0	-3.75	3.28	-0.47	22.72	10.10
69	Kent State	MAC		7	4	0	-0.11	-0.43	-0.54	26.81	11.89
70	East Carolina	Southern		7	4	0	-0.33	-0.81	-1.14	24.57	13.41
71	Ohio	MAC		6	5	0	-1.20	0.00	-1.20	27.67	13.41
72	Bowling Green	MAC		6	4	1	1.07	-2.33	-1.26	26.88	14.80
73	South Carolina	Ind		4	7	0	3.26	-4.73	-1.47	28.45	18.24
74	West Texas State	MVC		6	5	0	-3.21	1.62	-1.59	22.59	12.28
75	Colorado State	WAC		4	6	1	4.87	-6.53	-1.66	33.98	17.88
76	Tulane	Ind		5	6	0	-2.19	0.02	-2.17	23.97	10.81
77	Rutgers	Ind		7	3	1	-3.80	1.61	-2.20	23.57	10.59
78	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		7	4	0	-4.74	2.27	-2.48	21.71	11.04
79	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	5	0	-4.03	1.40	-2.63	21.59	14.30
80	Indiana	Big Ten		1	10	0	-0.74	-1.94	-2.68	26.14	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
81	Washington State	Pac-8		2	9	0	-2.22	-0.89	-3.12	24.02	13.66
82	Syracuse	Ind		2	9	0	-4.08	0.89	-3.19	23.33	11.71
83	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	7	0	-0.74	-2.54	-3.27	24.12	19.03
84	Lamar	Ind		8	2	0	-6.84	3.37	-3.47	16.74	10.40
85	Florida State	Ind		1	10	0	-2.77	-0.93	-3.70	25.20	13.53
86	Princeton	Ivy		4	4	1	-1.17	-2.60	-3.77	24.80	14.78
87	Pennsylvania	Ivy		6	2	1	-0.56	-3.27	-3.83	25.07	18.05
88	Arkansas State	Ind		7	3	0	-5.03	-0.49	-5.52	20.99	13.54
89	Northwestern	Big Ten		3	8	0	-2.13	-3.50	-5.62	23.21	22.53
90	Brown	Ivy		5	4	0	-5.31	-1.16	-6.47	20.07	14.50
91	Pacific	PCAA		6	5	0	-1.82	-4.69	-6.50	24.96	19.00
92	New Mexico	WAC		4	6	1	-2.49	-4.09	-6.58	24.11	17.21
93	Army	Ind		3	8	0	-2.06	-4.90	-6.96	23.63	18.79
94	Holy Cross	Ind		5	5	1	-6.32	-0.68	-7.00	19.89	15.49
95	Air Force	Ind		2	9	0	-4.45	-2.57	-7.01	22.40	13.49
96	Dartmouth	Ivy		3	6	0	-9.36	2.29	-7.07	15.33	9.86
97	Louisville	MVC		4	7	0	-6.55	-0.55	-7.10	18.19	16.66
98	William & Mary	Southern		4	7	0	-2.21	-4.90	-7.11	24.66	18.48
99	Fresno State	PCAA		5	7	0	-3.76	-3.60	-7.37	22.67	15.08
100	Cornell	Ivy		3	5	1	-1.91	-5.60	-7.50	23.63	18.72
				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	Long Beach State	PCAA		6	5	0	-1.02	-6.68	-7.69	23.68	20.27
102	Appalachian State	Southern		6	5	0	-5.50	-2.28	-7.78	19.26	14.89
103	Hawaii	Ind		6	5	0	-5.84	-2.34	-8.18	19.89	15.26
104	New Mexico State	MVC		5	6	0	-3.43	-4.88	-8.30	21.83	16.63
105	Wake Forest	ACC		1	10	0	-9.57	0.99	-8.58	17.07	19.19
106	Toledo	MAC		6	5	0	0.57	-9.22	-8.65	26.74	22.76
107	Oregon	Pac-8		2	9	0	-7.26	-2.35	-9.61	18.87	20.19
108	UTEP	WAC		4	7	0	-0.08	-9.72	-9.80	25.76	22.39
109	Texas Christian	SWC		1	10	0	-8.04	-2.10	-10.14	19.44	20.85
110	The Citadel	Southern		4	7	0	-3.18	-7.36	-10.54	23.46	21.40
111	Chattanooga	Ind		4	7	0	-6.53	-4.27	-10.80	20.69	18.72
112	Richmond	Southern		5	5	0	-0.98	-9.97	-10.95	22.65	25.04
113	Wyoming	WAC		2	9	0	-6.89	-4.89	-11.78	19.32	18.33
114	Furman	Southern		5	6	0	-10.85	-1.31	-12.16	13.21	13.89
115	North Texas	MVC		2	7	2	-8.08	-4.11	-12.19	16.67	18.89
116	Villanova	Ind		3	8	0	-12.89	-0.58	-13.47	12.73	18.39
117	Colgate	Ind		4	6	0	1.17	-15.48	-14.31	26.43	29.72
118	Western Michigan	MAC		3	8	0	-6.51	-8.94	-15.45	18.89	22.23
119	Drake	MVC		3	7	1	-2.34	-13.40	-15.74	21.21	28.37
120	Wichita State	MVC		1	9	1	-11.25	-4.58	-15.83	14.59	22.72
				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	Idaho	Ind		2	8	1	-4.59	-11.48	-16.07	20.52	25.55
122	Utah	WAC		1	10	0	-8.28	-9.30	-17.58	17.59	24.66
123	Northern Illinois	Ind		4	7	0	-8.31	-10.25	-18.56	15.85	23.27
124	Louisiana	Ind		2	9	0	-7.64	-11.40	-19.04	16.87	24.85
125	Dayton	Ind		3	8	0	-7.22	-13.69	-20.91	17.04	27.73
126	Marshall	Ind		1	10	0	-13.09	-7.84	-20.93	12.94	21.87
127	Southern Illinois	Ind		2	9	0	-11.01	-9.96	-20.97	14.62	25.45
128	Columbia	Ivy		1	8	0	-11.47	-10.06	-21.53	14.13	25.61
129	Texas-Arlington	Ind		1	10	0	-13.07	-12.66	-25.72	11.59	29.56

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