Tuesday, August 17, 2010

1970 Final Rankings

In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1970:

1. Dartmouth Big Green (9-0) - 1.5
2. Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-0-1) - 2.9
3. Toledo Rockets (12-0) - 3.3
4. Arizona State Sun Devils (11-0) - 4.4
5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) - 5.2
6. Tennessee Volunteers (11-1) - 5.4
(tie) Texas Longhorns (10-1) - 5.4
8. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-1) - 8.2
9. Michigan Wolverines (9-1) - 9.4
10. Auburn Tigers (9-2) - 9.8
11. Arkansas Razorbacks (9-2) - 10.5
12. LSU Tigers (9-3) - 12.2
13. Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 13.8
14. Stanford Cardinal (9-3) - 14.8
15. Air Force Falcons (9-3) - 16.3
16. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (9-3) - 16.5
17. USC Trojans (6-4-1) - 17.1
18. San Diego State Aztecs (9-2) - 17.6
19. Houston Cougars (8-3) - 17.8
20. Harvard Crimson (7-2) - 19.5
21. Alabama Crimson Tide (6-5-1) - 21.6
22. Western Michigan Broncos (7-3) - 23.1
23. Ole Miss Rebels (7-4) - 23.4
24. Oklahoma Sooners (7-4-1) - 24.7
25. Washington Huskies (6-4) - 24.8
26. UCLA Bruins (6-5) - 26.1
27. Colorado Buffaloes (6-5) - 27.7
28. Long Beach State 49ers (9-2-1) - 27.9
29. Tulane Green Wave (8-4) - 29.0
30. Georgia Bulldogs (5-5) - 30.0
31. Penn State Nittany Lions (7-3) - 30.9
32. Miami University RedHawks (7-3) - 33.5
33. Florida State Seminoles (7-4) - 33.8
34. Cornell Big Red (6-3) - 34.8
35. Northwestern Wildcats (6-4) - 35.6
36. Missouri Tigers (5-6) - 36.0
37. North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4) - 39.3
38. Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4) - 39.6
39. New Mexico Lobos (7-3) - 39.8
40. Princeton Tigers (5-4) - 40.5
41. Cincinnati Bearcats (7-4) - 40.6
42. Kansas State Wildcats (6-5) - 42.8
43. Kansas Jayhawks (5-6) - 43.4
44. Oregon State Beavers (6-5) - 43.5
45. Boston College Eagles (8-2) - 43.7
46. West Virginia Mountaineers (8-3) - 44.6
47. Iowa State Cyclones (5-6) - 46.4
48. Florida Gators (7-4) - 50.9
49. Louisville Cardinals (8-3-1) - 51.3
50. Oregon Ducks (6-4-1) - 51.5
51. Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-5) - 51.9
52. Utah Utes (6-4) - 52.0
53. California Golden Bears (6-5) - 52.3
54. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-5) - 53.2
55. Memphis Tigers (6-4) - 53.9
56. Pennsylvania Relays (4-5) - 54.7
57. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-6-1) - 56.7
58. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-7) - 58.0
(tie) Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6-4) - 58.0
60. Purdue Boilermakers (4-6) - 58.9
(tie) Syracuse Orange (6-4) - 58.9
62. Villanova Wildcats (9-2) - 60.2
63. Dayton Flyers (5-4-1) - 61.2
64. Wisconsin Badgers (4-5-1) - 63.9
65. Columbia Lions (3-6) - 64.5
66. Rice Owls (5-5) - 65.6
67. Duke Blue Devils (6-5) - 65.8
68. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (7-3) - 69.5
69. SMU Mustangs (5-6) - 69.6
70. TCU Horned Frogs (4-6-1) - 70.0
71. UTEP Miners (6-4) - 70.1
72. Ohio Bobcats (4-5) - 70.4
73. Michigan State Spartans (4-6) - 71.6
74. Vanderbilt Commodores (4-7) - 74.3
75. Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) - 77.1
76. Minnesota Golden Gophers (3-6-1) - 78.0
(tie) Southern Miss Golden Eagles (5-6) - 78.0
78. Virginia Tech Hokies (5-6) - 78.5
79. Kentucky Wildcats (2-9) - 78.9
80. Colorado State Rams (4-7) - 79.0
81. Arizona Wildcats (4-6) - 80.0
82. Utah State Aggies (5-5) - 81.2
83. Pittsburgh Panthers (5-5) - 83.0
84. Marshall Thundering Herd (3-6) - 83.7
85. Virginia Cavaliers (5-6) - 85.6
86. New Mexico State Aggies (4-6) - 87.4
87. Texas A&M Aggies (2-9) - 87.5
88. Iowa Hawkeyes (3-6-1) - 88.0
89. North Texas Mean Green (3-8) - 89.1
90. Illinois Fighting Illini (3-7) - 90.0
91. San Jose State Spartans (2-9) - 91.1
92. Brown Bears (2-7) - 91.6
93. Bowling Green Falcons (2-6-1) - 92.6
94. Pacific Tigers (5-6) - 94.4
95. Northern Illinois Huskies (3-7) - 96.2
96. Clemson Tigers (3-8) - 96.4
97. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-5) - 96.6
98. Kent State Golden Flashes (3-7) - 96.8
99. Baylor Bears (2-9) - 97.1
100. Citadel Bulldogs (5-6) - 100.5
101. Furman Paladins (8-3) - 101.2
(tie) NC State Wolfpack (3-7-1) - 101.2
103. Miami Hurricanes (3-8) - 103.6
104. BYU Cougars (3-8) - 103.9
(tie) Navy Midshipmen (2-9) - 103.9
106. Army Black Knights (1-9-1) - 105.0
107. Richmond Spiders (4-6) - 105.6
108. Maryland Terrapins (2-9) - 106.9
109. Colgate Raiders (5-6) - 109.7
110. William & Mary Tribe (5-7) - 111.2
111. Washington State Cougars (1-10) - 112.3
112. ECU Pirates (3-8) - 112.9
113. Wyoming Cowboys (1-9) - 114.0
114. Idaho Vandals (4-7) - 114.4
115. Buffalo Bulls (2-9) - 115.9
116. Indiana Hoosiers (1-9) - 117.5
117. UCSB Gauchos (2-9) - 117.6
118. Davidson Wildcats (2-8) - 118.5
119. VMI Keydets (1-10) - 120.5
120. Holy Cross Crusaders (0-10-1) - 120.9
121. Xavier Musketeers (1-9) - 121.9
122. Wichita State Shockers (0-9) - 122.8
123. Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles (1-9) - 123.9

Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

1971 Final Rankings

In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1971:

1. Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-0) - 1.0
2. Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) - 2.0
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) - 3.1
4. Toledo Rockets (12-0) - 4.4
5. Colorado Buffaloes (10-2) - 5.5
6. Georgia Bulldogs (11-1) - 7.0
7. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-1) - 7.1
8. Auburn Tigers (9-2) - 7.2
9. LSU Tigers (9-3) - 8.6
10. Arizona State Sun Devils (11-1) - 10.5
11. Michigan Wolverines (11-1) - 11.3
12. Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) - 11.8
13. Houston Cougars (9-3) - 12.4
14. Ole Miss Rebels (10-2) - 13.1
15. Iowa State Cyclones (8-4) - 15.6
16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-2) - 16.6
17. Cornell Big Red (8-1) - 17.3
18. Texas Longhorns (8-3) - 19.4
19. Stanford Cardinal (9-3) - 19.6
20. USC Trojans (6-4-1) - 19.8
21. Washington Huskies (8-3) - 21.1
22. Dartmouth Big Green (8-1) - 22.7
23. North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3) - 23.3
(tie) Western Michigan Broncos (7-3) - 23.3
25. Ohio State Buckeyes (6-4) - 23.6
26. Florida State Seminoles (8-4) - 25.4
27. Boston College Eagles (9-2) - 26.1
28. Arkansas Razorbacks (8-3-1) - 27.2
29. Miami University RedHawks (7-3) - 29.7
(tie) Utah State Aggies (8-3) - 29.7
31. Northwestern Wildcats (7-4) - 33.8
32. Temple Owls (6-2-1) - 34.3
33. New Mexico Lobos (6-3-2) - 34.8
34. West Virginia Mountaineers (7-4) - 34.9
35. Memphis Tigers (5-6) - 35.8
36. Villanova Wildcats (6-4-1) - 36.3
37. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-6) - 36.5
38. Ohio Bobcats (5-5) - 38.3
39. Michigan State Spartans (6-5) - 38.9
40. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (6-5) - 40.2
41. Tampa Spartans (6-5) - 42.9
42. Duke Blue Devils (6-5) - 43.2
43. Cincinnati Bearcats (7-4) - 43.6
44. Columbia Lions (6-3) - 43.8
45. Long Beach State 49ers (8-4) - 45.8
46. California Golden Bears (6-5) - 46.2
47. Louisville Cardinals (6-3-1) - 46.4
48. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-5) - 46.8
49. Air Force Falcons (6-4) - 47.1
50. San Diego State Aztecs (6-5) - 48.6
51. Oregon Ducks (5-6) - 51.2
52. Kansas State Wildcats (5-6) - 51.9
53. Bowling Green Falcons (6-4) - 53.3
54. Oregon State Beavers (5-6) - 53.4
55. Hawaii Warriors (7-4) - 54.7
56. San Jose State Spartans (5-6-1) - 57.4
57. Harvard Crimson (5-4) - 58.6
58. Syracuse Orange (5-5-1) - 59.1
59. William & Mary Tribe (5-6) - 59.9
60. Illinois Fighting Illini (5-6) - 60.0
61. Washington State Cougars (4-7) - 62.3
62. Princeton Tigers (4-5) - 62.5
63. Idaho Vandals (8-3) - 62.9
64. BYU Cougars (5-6) - 63.6
65. Florida Gators (4-7) - 63.9
66. Drake Bulldogs (7-4) - 66.1
67. Texas Tech Red Raiders (4-7) - 69.1
68. Dayton Flyers (5-6) - 69.9
69. Citadel Bulldogs (8-3) - 70.5
70. Yale Bulldogs (4-5) - 71.2
71. TCU Horned Frogs (6-4-1) - 72.9
72. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-5) - 73.2
73. Oklahoma State Cowboys (4-6-1) - 74.4
74. Fresno State Bulldogs (6-5) - 74.5
75. Kansas Jayhawks (4-7) - 75.2
76. Army Black Knights (6-4) - 76.5
77. Wyoming Cowboys (5-6) - 77.1
78. Purdue Boilermakers (3-7) - 77.2
79. Clemson Tigers (5-6) - 77.3
80. Tulane Green Wave (3-8) - 77.8
81. Colgate Raiders (6-4) - 78.2
82. Northern Illinois Huskies (5-5-1) - 81.2
83. Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-7) - 82.1
84. Arizona Wildcats (5-6) - 82.5
85. Texas A&M Aggies (5-6) - 83.6
86. Wisconsin Badgers (4-6-1) - 85.9
87. UTEP Miners (5-6) - 86.7
88. Richmond Spiders (5-6) - 87.2
89. Pacific Tigers (3-8) - 87.4
90. Rice Owls (3-7-1) - 89.4
91. Vanderbilt Commodores (4-6-1) - 89.7
92. New Mexico State Aggies (5-5-1) - 90.2
93. Miami Hurricanes (4-7) - 90.9
94. UCLA Bruins (2-7-1) - 93.8
95. Utah Utes (3-8) - 93.9
96. Virginia Tech Hokies (4-7) - 95.0
97. Furman Paladins (5-5-1) - 97.7
98. Pittsburgh Panthers (3-8) - 98.5
99. SMU Mustangs (4-7) - 100.5
100. ECU Pirates (4-6) - 101.7
101. Kentucky Wildcats (3-8) - 102.9
102. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (4-7) - 103.2
103. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-7) - 103.4
104. Navy Midshipmen (3-8) - 104.3
105. Holy Cross Crusaders (4-6) - 105.2
106. Colorado State Rams (3-8) - 106.7
107. North Texas Mean Green (3-8) - 109.0
108. Pennsylvania Relays (2-7) - 109.4
(tie) UCSB Gauchos (3-8) - 109.4
110. Maryland Terrapins (2-9) - 110.2
111. NC State Wolfpack (3-8) - 111.9
112. Mississippi State Bulldogs (2-9) - 112.3
113. Indiana Hoosiers (3-8) - 112.8
114. Kent State Golden Flashes (3-8) - 114.1
115. Virginia Cavaliers (3-8) - 114.3
116. Brown Bears (0-9) - 118.0
117. Wichita State Shockers (3-8) - 118.7
118. Missouri Tigers (1-10) - 118.8
119. Xavier Musketeers (1-9) - 118.9
120. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (2-9) - 121.1
121. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (2-9) - 121.3
122. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-8) - 122.4
123. Iowa Hawkeyes (1-10) - 124.2
124. Baylor Bears (1-9) - 125.3
125. VMI Keydets (1-10) - 125.8
126. Davidson Wildcats (1-9) - 127.5
127. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (2-9) - 127.7
128. Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles (2-8) - 128.4

Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/

Sunday, August 1, 2010

1972 Final Rankings

In the off-season, we will be running our computer analysis of each of the previous seasons of college football moving backward through time as far as it makes sense to do so. Here are the final rankings from 1972:

1. USC Trojans (12-0) - 1.0
2. Oklahoma Sooners (11-1) - 2.0
3. Alabama Crimson Tide (10-2) - 3.3
4. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-2-1) - 4.5
5. Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) - 5.2
6. Texas Longhorns (10-1) - 6.2
7. Michigan Wolverines (10-1) - 7.5
8. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2) - 7.6
9. Auburn Tigers (10-1) - 8.3
10. LSU Tigers (9-2-1) - 10.3
11. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-2) - 12.2
12. North Carolina Tar Heels (11-1) - 12.3
13. NC State Wolfpack (8-3-1) - 12.5
14. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-3) - 14.0
15. San Diego State Aztecs (10-1) - 15.4
16. Louisville Cardinals (9-1) - 15.5
17. Colorado Buffaloes (8-4) - 17.9
18. Florida Gators (5-5-1) - 18.7
19. UCLA Bruins (8-3) - 19.1
20. Arizona State Sun Devils (10-2) - 19.3
21. Dartmouth Big Green (7-1-1) - 20.6
22. Yale Bulldogs (7-2) - 21.7
23. Georgia Bulldogs (7-4) - 23.3
24. Tampa Spartans (10-2) - 24.7
25. Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4) - 26.9
26. Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-5) - 28.0
27. SMU Mustangs (7-4) - 29.4
28. Utah State Aggies (8-3) - 30.0
29. Purdue Boilermakers (6-5) - 30.4
30. Ole Miss Rebels (5-5) - 31.0
31. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-4-1) - 31.1
32. West Virginia Mountaineers (8-4) - 31.9
33. Houston Cougars (6-4-1) - 32.7
34. Iowa State Cyclones (5-6-1) - 34.8
35. Bowling Green Falcons (6-3-1) - 35.7
36. Miami Hurricanes (5-6) - 36.6
37. Washington State Cougars (7-4) - 36.9
38. Arkansas Razorbacks (6-5) - 37.3
39. ECU Pirates (9-2) - 38.2
40. Florida State Seminoles (7-4) - 38.7
41. Baylor Bears (5-6) - 39.9
42. Pacific Tigers (8-3) - 41.7
43. Washington Huskies (8-3) - 42.3
44. Tulane Green Wave (6-5) - 42.5
45. Stanford Cardinal (6-5) - 43.9
46. Miami University RedHawks (7-3) - 44.1
47. Cornell Big Red (6-3) - 45.1
48. Michigan State Spartans (5-5-1) - 46.5
49. Virginia Tech Hokies (6-4-1) - 48.3
50. Pennsylvania Relays (6-3) - 49.2
51. Air Force Falcons (6-4) - 51.6
52. Rice Owls (5-5-1) - 52.4
53. Missouri Tigers (6-6) - 52.9
54. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-4) - 54.4
55. Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-7) - 55.0
56. Fresno State Bulldogs (6-4-1) - 56.1
57. Utah Utes (6-5) - 58.4
58. TCU Horned Frogs (5-6) - 58.9
(tie) Western Michigan Broncos (7-3-1) - 58.9
60. Kent State Golden Flashes (6-5-1) - 60.3
61. Duke Blue Devils (5-6) - 62.1
62. Maryland Terrapins (5-5-1) - 62.6
63. Richmond Spiders (6-4) - 65.8
64. Army Black Knights (6-4) - 65.9
(tie) Harvard Crimson (4-4-1) - 65.9
66. Kansas Jayhawks (4-7) - 67.0
67. Oregon Ducks (4-7) - 67.1
68. Texas A&M Aggies (3-8) - 67.9
69. Memphis Tigers (5-5-1) - 68.8
70. Columbia Lions (3-5-1) - 69.4
(tie) Northern Illinois Huskies (7-4) - 69.4
72. BYU Cougars (7-4) - 72.0
(tie) Holy Cross Crusaders (5-4-1) - 72.0
74. California Golden Bears (3-8) - 73.7
75. Kentucky Wildcats (3-8) - 75.3
76. Drake Bulldogs (7-5) - 75.5
77. Navy Midshipmen (4-7) - 77.6
78. Toledo Rockets (6-5) - 78.3
79. South Carolina Gamecocks (4-7) - 78.7
80. Colgate Raiders (5-4-1) - 80.7
81. Princeton Tigers (3-5-1) - 81.0
82. Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-7) - 82.4
83. William & Mary Tribe (5-6) - 82.6
84. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (3-7-1) - 84.0
85. Illinois Fighting Illini (3-8) - 84.4
86. Indiana Hoosiers (5-6) - 86.5
87. Syracuse Orange (5-6) - 86.7
88. Boston College Eagles (4-7) - 88.6
89. Clemson Tigers (4-7) - 89.6
90. Wisconsin Badgers (4-7) - 91.4
91. Iowa Hawkeyes (3-7-1) - 93.6
92. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (4-7) - 94.0
93. Kansas State Wildcats (3-8) - 94.7
(tie) Temple Owls (5-4) - 94.7
95. Dayton Flyers (4-6-1) - 94.9
96. Virginia Cavaliers (4-7) - 95.4
97. Arizona Wildcats (4-7) - 95.7
98. West Texas A&M Buffaloes (5-5) - 96.2
99. Appalachian State Mountaineers (5-5-1) - 97.7
100. San Jose State Spartans (4-7) - 98.0
101. Vanderbilt Commodores (3-8) - 98.5
102. Long Beach State 49ers (5-6) - 99.2
103. Oregon State Beavers (2-9) - 100.0
104. Citadel Bulldogs (5-6) - 101.9
105. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (5-6) - 105.4
106. Wichita State Shockers (6-5) - 107.7
107. Idaho Vandals (4-7) - 108.0
108. Wyoming Cowboys (4-7) - 109.3
109. Northwestern Wildcats (2-9) - 110.1
110. New Mexico Lobos (3-8) - 111.0
111. Brown Bears (1-8) - 111.1
112. Southern Illinois Salukis (1-8-1) - 112.3
113. Pittsburgh Panthers (1-10) - 115.1
114. Ohio Bobcats (3-8) - 115.8
(tie) Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs (2-9) - 115.8
116. Davidson Wildcats (3-7-1) - 117.3
117. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-9) - 118.0
118. VMI Keydets (2-9) - 118.1
119. Villanova Wildcats (2-9) - 119.2
120. Marshall Thundering Herd (2-8) - 119.9
121. Furman Paladins (2-9) - 122.3
122. New Mexico State Aggies (2-9) - 122.9
123. Xavier Musketeers (2-8) - 123.4
124. Cincinnati Bearcats (2-9) - 124.9
125. UTEP Miners (2-8) - 126.4
126. North Texas Mean Green (1-10) - 126.6
127. Colorado State Rams (1-10) - 128.0

Special acknowledgement and thanks to James Howell who provided the game score data used in this analysis on his website at http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/