NCAA football standings at the end of October 12, 1972
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
North Carolina
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
107 | 106 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 59 | Bill Dooley |
|
North Carolina State
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
139 | 106 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 58 | Lou Holtz |
|
Maryland
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
113 | 87 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 55 | Jerry Claiborne |
|
Duke
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
61 | 89 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 30 | Mike McGee |
|
Virginia
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
78 | 131 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 37 | Don Lawrence |
|
Wake Forest
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
42 | 144 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | Tom Harper |
|
Clemson
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
35 | 112 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hootie Ingram |
| Big Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#5 Michigan
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
109 | 23 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Bo Schembechler |
|
#4 Ohio State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
85 | 32 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Woody Hayes |
|
Wisconsin
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
90 | 55 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | John Jardine |
|
Indiana
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
100 | 90 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 23 | John Pont |
|
Purdue
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
73 | 74 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Bob DeMoss |
|
Michigan State
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
46 | 88 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Duffy Daugherty |
|
Iowa
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
29 | 70 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | Frank Lauterbur |
|
Northwestern
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
41 | 87 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 28 | Alex Agase |
|
Minnesota
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
57 | 148 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 27 | Cal Stoll |
|
Illinois
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
48 | 145 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bob Blackman |
| Big Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#19 Oklahoma State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
92 | 49 |
Won 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 22 | Dave Smith |
|
#13 Colorado
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
158 | 78 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 48 | Eddie Crowder |
|
Missouri
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
74 | 93 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 17 | Al Onofrio |
|
Kansas State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
92 | 146 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 38 | Vince Gibson |
|
#2 Oklahoma
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
169 | 6 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Fairbanks |
|
#18 Iowa State
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
116 | 22 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors |
|
#6 Nebraska
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
180 | 34 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Devaney |
|
Kansas
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
125 | 104 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Fambrough |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
San Diego State
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
79 | 20 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | Don Coryell |
|
Pacific
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
79 | 64 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Chester Caddas |
|
Fresno State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
137 | 76 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | Darryl Rogers |
|
San Jose State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
83 | 128 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 46 | Dewey King |
|
Long Beach State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
123 | 120 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Strangeland |
| Ivy League |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Brown
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
69 | 71 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 20 | Len Jardine |
|
Pennsylvania
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
75 | 40 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | Harry Gamble |
|
Cornell
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
73 | 29 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Musick |
|
Yale
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
55 | 14 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carmen Cozza |
|
Dartmouth
| 2 |
0 |
0 |
41 | 21 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Crouthamel |
|
Columbia
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
44 | 0 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Frank Navarro |
|
Princeton
| 1 |
0 |
1 |
7 | 6 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jake McCandless |
|
Harvard
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
52 | 42 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joseph Restic |
| Missouri Valley Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Drake
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
140 | 55 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 27 | Jack Wallace |
|
Tulsa
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
61 | 107 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | Claude Gibson, F.A. Dry |
|
Wichita State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
63 | 52 |
Won 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 16 | Bob Seaman |
|
West Texas A&M
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
95 | 80 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 40 | Gene Mayfield |
|
Memphis
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
50 | 129 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | Fred Pancoast |
|
North Texas
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
35 | 126 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 77 | Rod Rust |
|
Louisville
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
79 | 25 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Corso |
|
New Mexico State
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
77 | 228 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Wood |
| Mid-America Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Bowling Green State
| 3 |
0 |
1 |
65 | 42 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 28 | Don Nehlen |
|
Western Michigan
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
82 | 96 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 25 | William Doolittle |
|
Ohio University
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
120 | 111 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 59 | Bill Hess |
|
Kent State
| 1 |
3 |
1 |
62 | 88 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 27 | Don James |
|
Miami (Ohio)
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
88 | 37 |
Won 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | Bill Mallory |
|
Toledo
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
84 | 102 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 57 | John Murphy |
| Pac Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#1 Southern California
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
218 | 63 |
Won 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 27 | John McKay |
|
#12 Washington
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
103 | 61 |
Won 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | Jim Owens |
|
#14 UCLA
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
174 | 122 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 20 | Pepper Rodgers |
|
California
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
102 | 129 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 23 | Mike White |
|
#17 Stanford
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
116 | 71 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 30 | Jack Christiansen |
|
Washington State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
129 | 118 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 37 | Jim Sweeney |
|
Oregon State
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
61 | 128 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 51 | Dee Andros |
|
Oregon
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
96 | 187 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 88 | Dick Enright |
| Southeastern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#3 Alabama
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
143 | 40 |
Won 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 28 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
|
#9 Auburn
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
57 | 29 |
Won 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 22 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan |
|
Florida
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
84 | 47 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | Doug Dickey |
|
Kentucky
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
76 | 90 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 48 | John Ray |
|
Mississippi State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
81 | 72 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 65 | Charley Shira |
|
#11 Tennessee
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
151 | 47 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | Bill Battle |
|
Mississippi
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
81 | 57 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | Billy Kinard |
|
Vanderbilt
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
61 | 72 |
Won 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 58 | Bill Pace |
|
Georgia
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
72 | 85 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | Vince Dooley |
|
#8 Louisiana State
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
112 | 43 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles McClendon |
| Southern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
East Carolina
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
102 | 10 |
Won 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 10 | Sonny Randle |
|
William & Mary
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
122 | 101 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 19 | Jim Root |
|
Davidson
| 1 |
3 |
1 |
70 | 159 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 24 | Dave Fagg |
|
Citadel
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
82 | 78 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 55 | Jimmy "Red" Parker |
|
Furman
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
73 | 85 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 48 | Bob King |
|
Richmond
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
76 | 92 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 36 | Frank Jones |
|
Appalachian State
| 1 |
3 |
1 |
62 | 99 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 93 | Jim Brakefield |
|
Virginia Military
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
51 | 152 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 124 | Bob Thalman |
| Southwestern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#10 Texas
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
75 | 42 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | Darrell Royal |
|
#20 Arkansas
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
82 | 87 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | Frank Broyles |
|
Texas Tech
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
141 | 61 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25 | Jim Carlen |
|
Texas Christian
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
82 | 69 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 27 | Billy Tohill |
|
Southern Methodist
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
142 | 43 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry |
|
Baylor
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
51 | 27 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grant Teaff |
|
Rice
| 2 |
1 |
1 |
85 | 71 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Conover |
|
Texas A&M
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
74 | 116 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emory Bellard |
| Western Athletic Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
New Mexico
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
88 | 106 |
Won 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | Rudy Feldman |
|
Utah
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
107 | 134 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 20 | Bill Meek |
|
Arizona
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
61 | 104 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Bob Weber |
|
Wyoming
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
117 | 171 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 60 | Fritz Shurmur |
|
Arizona State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
170 | 94 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 45 | Frank Kush |
|
Texas-El Paso
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
73 | 120 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 39 | Bobby Dobbs, Tommy Hudspeth |
|
Colorado State
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
27 | 172 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Jerry Wampfler |
|
Brigham Young
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
92 | 107 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lavell Edwards |
| Major Independents |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#16 Air Force
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
206 | 46 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin |
|
#7 Notre Dame
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
88 | 14 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian |
|
West Virginia
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
185 | 98 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
|
Florida State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
140 | 100 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Jones |
|
#15 Penn State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
91 | 65 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
|
Georgia Tech
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
125 | 101 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Fulcher |
|
Tulane
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
79 | 60 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender |
|
Army
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
57 | 112 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Cahill |
|
Tampa
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
118 | 69 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Northern Illinois
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
82 | 66 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Ippoliti |
|
Utah State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
123 | 109 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Mills |
|
Boston College
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
90 | 84 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica |
|
Southern Mississippi
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
75 | 70 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood |
|
Dayton
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
81 | 81 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McVay |
|
Holy Cross
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
68 | 70 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty |
|
Temple
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
68 | 85 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
|
Navy
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
57 | 85 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Forzano |
|
Syracuse
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
62 | 106 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Schwartzwalder |
|
Cincinnati
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
59 | 117 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Callahan |
|
Houston
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
89 | 74 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman |
|
Virginia Tech
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
75 | 88 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Coffey |
|
Colgate
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
47 | 78 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright |
|
Rutgers
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
83 | 80 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bateman |
|
Xavier
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
45 | 68 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Cecchini |
|
South Carolina
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
56 | 86 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Dietzel |
|
Idaho
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
44 | 92 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Robbins |
|
Marshall
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
41 | 109 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Lengyel |
|
Villanova
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
60 | 102 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Ferry |
|
Southern Illinois
| 0 |
3 |
1 |
6 | 41 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Towers |
|
Miami (Florida)
| 0 |
3 |
0 |
27 | 70 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fran Curci |
|
Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 0 |
4 |
0 |
48 | 77 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Wilkes |
|
Pittsburgh
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
76 | 163 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl DePasqua |
|
Texas-Arlington
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
72 | 170 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Symank |
