NCAA football standings at the end of October 17, 1972
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
North Carolina
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
138 | 126 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 59 | Bill Dooley |
|
North Carolina State
| 3 |
2 |
1 |
181 | 119 |
Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 71 | Lou Holtz |
|
Duke
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
68 | 89 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 30 | Mike McGee |
|
Maryland
| 3 |
2 |
1 |
150 | 94 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 55 | Jerry Claiborne |
|
Virginia
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
123 | 145 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 37 | Don Lawrence |
|
Clemson
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
35 | 119 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Hootie Ingram |
|
Wake Forest
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
55 | 186 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 65 | Tom Harper |
| Big Ten Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#6 Michigan
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
119 | 23 |
Won 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Bo Schembechler |
|
#4 Ohio State
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
111 | 39 |
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | Woody Hayes |
|
Indiana
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
133 | 97 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 30 | John Pont |
|
Purdue
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
101 | 77 |
Won 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | Bob DeMoss |
|
Wisconsin
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
97 | 88 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 47 | John Jardine |
|
Michigan State
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
46 | 98 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | Duffy Daugherty |
|
Iowa
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
52 | 82 |
Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 57 | Frank Lauterbur |
|
Northwestern
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
53 | 110 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 51 | Alex Agase |
|
Illinois
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
55 | 171 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 50 | Bob Blackman |
|
Minnesota
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
60 | 176 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 55 | Cal Stoll |
| Big Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Oklahoma State
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
124 | 83 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 22 | Dave Smith |
|
#5 Nebraska
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
242 | 34 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | Bob Devaney |
|
#9 Colorado
| 5 |
1 |
0 |
192 | 100 |
Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 70 | Eddie Crowder |
|
Kansas State
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
112 | 165 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 57 | Vince Gibson |
|
#20 Iowa State
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
138 | 56 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 34 | Johnny Majors |
|
Kansas
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
144 | 124 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 20 | Don Fambrough |
|
Missouri
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
74 | 155 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 79 | Al Onofrio |
|
#2 Oklahoma
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
196 | 6 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Fairbanks |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Pacific
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
93 | 74 |
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | Chester Caddas |
|
San Diego State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
93 | 69 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | Don Coryell |
|
Fresno State
| 4 |
1 |
1 |
161 | 100 |
Tied 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | Darryl Rogers |
|
Long Beach State
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
133 | 134 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | Jim Strangeland |
|
San Jose State
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
83 | 128 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 46 | Dewey King |
| Ivy League |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Yale
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
108 | 33 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 19 | Carmen Cozza |
|
Cornell
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
97 | 49 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | Jack Musick |
|
Dartmouth
| 3 |
0 |
0 |
76 | 35 |
Won 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | Jake Crouthamel |
|
Harvard
| 2 |
1 |
0 |
72 | 60 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18 | Joseph Restic |
|
Brown
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
88 | 124 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 73 | Len Jardine |
|
Columbia
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
62 | 20 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 20 | Frank Navarro |
|
Princeton
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
21 | 41 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 35 | Jake McCandless |
|
Pennsylvania
| 1 |
2 |
0 |
95 | 64 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 52 | Harry Gamble |
| Missouri Valley Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Drake
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
161 | 69 |
Won 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 27 | Jack Wallace |
|
Louisville
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
135 | 31 |
Won 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | Lee Corso |
|
Tulsa
| 1 |
5 |
0 |
70 | 142 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | Claude Gibson, F.A. Dry |
|
Wichita State
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
83 | 69 |
Won 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 16 | Bob Seaman |
|
West Texas A&M
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
158 | 94 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 54 | Gene Mayfield |
|
Memphis
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
88 | 158 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | Fred Pancoast |
|
North Texas
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
41 | 182 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 133 | Rod Rust |
|
New Mexico State
| 0 |
6 |
0 |
91 | 291 |
Lost 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 63 | 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 |
1 |
1 |
75 | 56 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 42 | Don Nehlen |
|
Kent State
| 2 |
3 |
1 |
76 | 98 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 37 | Don James |
|
Miami (Ohio)
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
119 | 44 |
Won 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 23 | Bill Mallory |
|
Western Michigan
| 3 |
2 |
1 |
95 | 116 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 45 | William Doolittle |
|
Toledo
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
104 | 115 |
Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 70 | John Murphy |
|
Ohio University
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
127 | 142 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 90 | Bill Hess |
| Pac Eight Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#1 Southern California
| 6 |
0 |
0 |
260 | 77 |
Won 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 41 | John McKay |
|
#11 UCLA
| 5 |
1 |
0 |
211 | 129 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 27 | Pepper Rodgers |
|
#18 Washington
| 5 |
1 |
0 |
103 | 85 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41 | Jim Owens |
|
#13 Stanford
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
140 | 71 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 30 | Jack Christiansen |
|
Washington State
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
160 | 132 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 51 | Jim Sweeney |
|
California
| 1 |
5 |
0 |
116 | 171 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 65 | Mike White |
|
Oregon State
| 1 |
5 |
0 |
68 | 165 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 88 | Dee Andros |
|
Oregon
| 1 |
5 |
0 |
110 | 218 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 119 | Dick Enright |
| Southeastern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#3 Alabama
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
167 | 47 |
Won 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 35 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
|
#7 Louisiana State
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
147 | 50 |
Won 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | Charles McClendon |
|
#15 Auburn
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
64 | 64 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 57 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan |
|
Georgia
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
86 | 98 |
Won 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 38 | Vince Dooley |
|
Florida
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
91 | 71 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 37 | Doug Dickey |
|
Kentucky
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
96 | 121 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 48 | John Ray |
|
Mississippi State
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
102 | 97 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 65 | Charley Shira |
|
#10 Tennessee
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
151 | 47 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | Bill Battle |
|
Mississippi
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
94 | 71 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 33 | Billy Kinard |
|
Vanderbilt
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
82 | 89 |
Won 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 58 | Bill Pace |
| Southern Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
East Carolina
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
129 | 31 |
Won 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 31 | Sonny Randle |
|
Davidson
| 2 |
3 |
1 |
121 | 194 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 59 | Dave Fagg |
|
William & Mary
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
139 | 122 |
Lost 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 19 | Jim Root |
|
Citadel
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
103 | 105 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 82 | Jimmy "Red" Parker |
|
Richmond
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
85 | 126 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 36 | Frank Jones |
|
Furman
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
108 | 136 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 99 | Bob King |
|
Appalachian State
| 1 |
4 |
1 |
69 | 140 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 93 | Jim Brakefield |
|
Virginia Military
| 0 |
6 |
0 |
65 | 197 |
Lost 6 | 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) |
|---|
|
#17 Arkansas
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
113 | 107 |
Won 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 33 | Frank Broyles |
|
#14 Texas
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
75 | 69 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | Darrell Royal |
|
Texas Tech
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
158 | 75 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 39 | Jim Carlen |
|
Texas Christian
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
117 | 78 |
Won 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 27 | Billy Tohill |
|
Baylor
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
71 | 58 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 31 | Grant Teaff |
|
Texas A&M
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
88 | 133 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | Emory Bellard |
|
Southern Methodist
| 3 |
1 |
0 |
142 | 43 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry |
|
Rice
| 2 |
1 |
1 |
85 | 71 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Conover |
| Western Athletic Conference |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
Arizona
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
88 | 119 |
Won 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 15 | Bob Weber |
|
Brigham Young
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
113 | 121 |
Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | Lavell Edwards |
|
Wyoming
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
145 | 180 |
Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 69 | Fritz Shurmur |
|
#19 Arizona State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
229 | 142 |
Won 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 93 | Frank Kush |
|
New Mexico
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
103 | 133 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 41 | Rudy Feldman |
|
Utah
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
155 | 193 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 79 | Bill Meek |
|
Texas-El Paso
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
87 | 141 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 60 | Bobby Dobbs, Tommy Hudspeth |
|
Colorado State
| 0 |
6 |
0 |
36 | 200 |
Lost 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 45 | Jerry Wampfler |
| Major Independents |
| CONFERENCE GAMES |
|---|
| CONFERENCE GAMES | |
|---|
| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
|---|
|
#16 Air Force
| 5 |
0 |
0 |
219 | 55 |
Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin |
|
#8 Notre Dame
| 4 |
0 |
0 |
130 | 30 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian |
|
Florida State
| 5 |
1 |
0 |
165 | 121 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Jones |
|
#12 Penn State
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
136 | 65 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
|
Georgia Tech
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
125 | 101 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Fulcher |
|
Tampa
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
162 | 69 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
|
West Virginia
| 4 |
2 |
0 |
221 | 137 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
|
Southern Mississippi
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
109 | 79 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood |
|
Tulane
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
100 | 84 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie Ellender |
|
Temple
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
107 | 121 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
|
Utah State
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
152 | 147 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Mills |
|
Northern Illinois
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
95 | 97 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Ippoliti |
|
Syracuse
| 3 |
3 |
0 |
92 | 120 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Schwartzwalder |
|
Houston
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
138 | 88 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman |
|
Holy Cross
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
89 | 91 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Doherty |
|
Virginia Tech
| 2 |
2 |
1 |
109 | 120 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Coffey |
|
Army
| 2 |
2 |
0 |
57 | 157 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Cahill |
|
Rutgers
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
104 | 87 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bateman |
|
South Carolina
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
97 | 93 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Dietzel |
|
Boston College
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
99 | 97 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica |
|
Xavier
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
59 | 68 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Cecchini |
|
Dayton
| 2 |
3 |
1 |
88 | 109 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McVay |
|
Idaho
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
75 | 105 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Robbins |
|
Navy
| 2 |
3 |
0 |
71 | 115 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Forzano |
|
Cincinnati
| 2 |
4 |
0 |
76 | 137 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Callahan |
|
Colgate
| 1 |
2 |
1 |
68 | 99 |
Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright |
|
Miami (Florida)
| 1 |
3 |
0 |
51 | 91 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fran Curci |
|
Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
69 | 80 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harold Wilkes |
|
Marshall
| 1 |
4 |
0 |
41 | 123 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Lengyel |
|
Villanova
| 1 |
5 |
0 |
67 | 139 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Ferry |
|
Southern Illinois
| 0 |
4 |
1 |
6 | 85 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Towers |
|
Texas-Arlington
| 0 |
5 |
0 |
72 | 170 |
Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Symank |
|
Pittsburgh
| 0 |
6 |
0 |
92 | 205 |
Lost 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl DePasqua |
