NCAA football standings at the end of December 28, 1971
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
North Carolina
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
285 | 145 |
Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 57 | Bill Dooley |
|
Clemson
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
155 | 202 |
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 102 | Hootie Ingram |
|
South Carolina
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
191 | 196 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 78 | Paul Dietzel |
|
Duke
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
170 | 149 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 89 | Mike McGee |
|
Wake Forest
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
218 | 178 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 83 | Cal Stoll |
|
Virginia
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
134 | 272 |
Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 163 | Don Lawrence |
|
North Carolina State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
147 | 274 |
Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 178 | Al Michaels |
|
Maryland
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
224 | 283 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 144 | Roy Lester |
| Big Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#4 Michigan
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
409 | 70 |
Won 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 70 | Bo Schembechler |
|
#19 Northwestern
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
211 | 183 |
Won 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 127 | Alex Agase |
|
Ohio State
| 6 |
4 |
0 |
224 | 120 |
Lost 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 97 | Woody Hayes |
|
Michigan State
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
225 | 169 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 131 | Duffy Daugherty |
|
Illinois
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
163 | 238 |
Won 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 149 | 131 | Bob Blackman |
|
Wisconsin
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
240 | 258 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 161 | 200 | John Jardine |
|
Minnesota
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
212 | 278 |
Won 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 147 | 192 | Murray Warmath |
|
Purdue
| 3 |
7 |
0 |
210 | 228 |
Lost 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 182 | Bob DeMoss |
|
Indiana
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
152 | 260 |
Won 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 126 | 235 | John Pont |
|
Iowa
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
121 | 379 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 302 | Frank Lauterbur |
| Big Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#1 Nebraska
| 12 |
0 |
0 |
469 | 98 |
Won 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 68 | Bob Devaney |
|
#3 Oklahoma
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
494 | 195 |
Won 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 328 | 119 | Chuck Fairbanks |
|
#7 Colorado
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
341 | 203 |
Won 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 138 | Eddie Crowder |
|
Iowa State
| 8 |
4 |
0 |
337 | 250 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 145 | Johnny Majors |
|
Kansas State
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
219 | 296 |
Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 248 | Vince Gibson |
|
Oklahoma State
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
184 | 322 |
Lost 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 254 | Floyd Gass |
|
Kansas
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
187 | 286 |
Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 218 | Don Fambrough |
|
Missouri
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
93 | 260 |
Lost 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 200 | Al Onofrio |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Long Beach State
| 8 |
4 |
0 |
335 | 231 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 81 | Jim Strangeland |
|
San Jose State
| 5 |
6 |
1 |
258 | 289 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 77 | Dewey King |
|
Fresno State
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
215 | 165 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 68 | Darryl Rogers |
|
San Diego State
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
245 | 230 |
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 104 | Don Coryell |
|
California-Santa Barbara
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
162 | 302 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 120 | |
|
Pacific
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
176 | 198 |
Won 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 91 | Homer Smith |
|
Cal State Los Angeles
| 2 |
8 |
0 |
90 | 269 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 109 | |
| Ivy League |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Cornell
| 8 |
1 |
0 |
240 | 136 |
Won 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 171 | 99 | Jack Musick |
|
Dartmouth
| 8 |
1 |
0 |
207 | 106 |
Won 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 90 | Jake Crouthamel |
|
Columbia
| 6 |
3 |
0 |
166 | 136 |
Won 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 117 | Frank Navarro |
|
Harvard
| 5 |
4 |
0 |
180 | 167 |
Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 147 | 139 | Joseph Restic |
|
Princeton
| 4 |
5 |
0 |
195 | 160 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 115 | Jake McCandless |
|
Yale
| 4 |
5 |
0 |
150 | 156 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 106 | 128 | Carmen Cozza |
|
Pennsylvania
| 2 |
7 |
0 |
120 | 207 |
Lost 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 176 | Harry Gamble |
|
Brown
| 0 |
9 |
0 |
139 | 238 |
Lost 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 162 | Len Jardine |
| Missouri Valley Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
North Texas
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
155 | 321 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 86 | Rod Rust |
|
Drake
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
267 | 185 |
Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 56 | Jack Wallace |
|
Memphis
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
255 | 202 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 34 | Billy Murphy |
|
Tulsa
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
173 | 297 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 43 | Claude Gibson |
|
Louisville
| 6 |
3 |
1 |
190 | 111 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 88 | 55 | Lee Corso |
|
West Texas A&M
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
143 | 281 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 93 | Gene Mayfield |
|
Wichita State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
149 | 268 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 114 | Bob Seaman |
| Mid-America Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#14 Toledo
| 12 |
0 |
0 |
383 | 96 |
Won 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 71 | John Murphy |
|
Bowling Green State
| 6 |
4 |
0 |
263 | 207 |
Lost 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 89 | Don Nehlen |
|
Western Michigan
| 7 |
3 |
0 |
228 | 124 |
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 79 | William Doolittle |
|
Miami (Ohio)
| 7 |
3 |
0 |
207 | 117 |
Won 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 87 | Bill Mallory |
|
Ohio University
| 5 |
5 |
0 |
240 | 173 |
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 100 | Bill Hess |
|
Kent State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
169 | 304 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 185 | Don James |
| Pac Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#16 Stanford
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
248 | 123 |
Won 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 98 | John Ralston |
|
Southern California
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
229 | 164 |
Tied 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 100 | John McKay |
|
#20 Washington
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
357 | 188 |
Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 106 | Jim Owens |
|
California
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
186 | 262 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 156 | Ray Willsey |
|
Oregon State
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
268 | 317 |
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 159 | Dee Andros |
|
Oregon
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
235 | 286 |
Lost 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 160 | Jerry Frei |
|
Washington State
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
246 | 286 |
Lost 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 181 | Jim Sweeney |
|
UCLA
| 2 |
7 |
1 |
166 | 243 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 103 | 136 | Pepper Rodgers |
| Southeastern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#2 Alabama
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
362 | 84 |
Won 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 45 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
|
#6 Georgia
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
353 | 112 |
Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 56 | Vince Dooley |
|
#5 Auburn
| 9 |
1 |
0 |
313 | 142 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 94 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan |
|
#9 Tennessee
| 10 |
2 |
0 |
270 | 121 |
Won 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 76 | Bill Battle |
|
#17 Mississippi
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
322 | 204 |
Won 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 127 | Billy Kinard |
|
#11 Louisiana State
| 9 |
3 |
0 |
353 | 153 |
Won 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 61 | Charles McClendon |
|
Vanderbilt
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
136 | 208 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 146 | Bill Pace |
|
Florida
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
174 | 298 |
Won 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 79 | 232 | Doug Dickey |
|
Kentucky
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
144 | 284 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 186 | John Ray |
|
Mississippi State
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
120 | 311 |
Lost 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 251 | Charley Shira |
| Southern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Richmond
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
131 | 187 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 60 | Frank Jones |
|
William & Mary
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
278 | 241 |
Lost 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 80 | Lou Holtz |
|
Citadel
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
366 | 272 |
Won 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 141 | Jimmy "Red" Parker |
|
East Carolina
| 4 |
6 |
0 |
181 | 300 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 106 | Sonny Randle |
|
Furman
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
201 | 187 |
Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 101 | 87 | Bob King |
|
Virginia Military
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
78 | 257 |
Lost 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 75 | Bob Thalman |
|
Davidson
| 1 |
9 |
0 |
122 | 289 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 196 | Dave Fagg |
| Southwestern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#12 Texas
| 8 |
2 |
0 |
275 | 138 |
Won 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 73 | Darrell Royal |
|
#18 Arkansas
| 8 |
3 |
1 |
356 | 169 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 83 | Frank Broyles |
|
Texas Christian
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
214 | 275 |
Won 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 151 | Jim Pittman, Billy Tohill |
|
Texas A&M
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
144 | 212 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 117 | Gene Stallings |
|
Southern Methodist
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
151 | 227 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 111 | 118 | Hayden Fry |
|
Rice
| 3 |
7 |
1 |
146 | 220 |
Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 108 | 124 | Bill Peterson |
|
Texas Tech
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
131 | 138 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 94 | Jim Carlen |
|
Baylor
| 1 |
9 |
0 |
74 | 236 |
Lost 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 173 | Bill Beall |
| Western Athletic Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#8 Arizona State
| 11 |
1 |
0 |
462 | 201 |
Won 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 88 | Frank Kush |
|
New Mexico
| 6 |
3 |
2 |
341 | 292 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 154 | Rudy Feldman |
|
Arizona
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
191 | 232 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 102 | Bob Weber |
|
Brigham Young
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
227 | 199 |
Lost 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 127 | Tommy Hudspeth |
|
Wyoming
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
222 | 309 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 173 | Fritz Shurmur |
|
Utah
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
244 | 315 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 170 | 182 | Bill Meek |
|
Colorado State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
177 | 276 |
Won 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 162 | Jerry Wampfler |
|
Texas-El Paso
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
166 | 217 |
Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 166 | Bobby Dobbs |
| Major Independents |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#10 Penn State
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
454 | 131 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
|
#15 Houston
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
322 | 170 |
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman |
|
Boston College
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
259 | 117 |
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica |
|
#13 Notre Dame
| 8 |
2 |
0 |
225 | 86 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian |
|
Temple
| 6 |
2 |
1 |
248 | 136 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
|
Utah State
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
243 | 183 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Mills |
|
Idaho
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
227 | 171 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Robbins |
|
Florida State
| 8 |
4 |
0 |
309 | 174 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Jones |
|
West Virginia
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
280 | 220 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
|
Cincinnati
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
225 | 188 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Callahan |
|
Hawaii
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
255 | 225 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Holmes |
|
Villanova
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
211 | 164 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Ferry |
|
Colgate
| 6 |
4 |
0 |
287 | 262 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright |
|
Air Force
| 6 |
4 |
0 |
187 | 187 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin |
|
Army
| 6 |
4 |
0 |
146 | 206 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Cahill |
|
Tampa
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
329 | 162 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Georgia Tech
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
189 | 166 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bud Carson |
|
Southern Mississippi
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
202 | 192 |
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood |
|
Syracuse
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
197 | 179 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Schwartzwalder |
|
New Mexico State
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
220 | 208 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Wood |
|
Northern Illinois
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
202 | 232 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Ippoliti |
|
Dayton
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
165 | 235 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McVay |
|
Holy Cross
| 4 |
6 |
0 |
188 | 239 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty |
|
Virginia Tech
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
249 | 272 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Coffey |
|
Miami (Florida)
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
174 | 221 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fran Curci |
|
Rutgers
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
193 | 243 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bateman |
|
Tulane
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
152 | 215 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender |
|
Pittsburgh
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
216 | 388 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl DePasqua |
|
Navy
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
146 | 331 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Forzano |
|
Marshall
| 2 |
8 |
0 |
57 | 299 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Lengyel |
|
Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
205 | 337 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Wilkes |
|
Texas-Arlington
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
94 | 269 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Symank |
|
Xavier
| 1 |
9 |
0 |
134 | 242 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Selcer |
