December 4, 1972



  1   Southern California      50   11-0-0    1000
  2   Oklahoma                      10-1-0     878
  3   Ohio State                     9-1-0     666
  4   Alabama                       10-1-0     606
  5   Penn State                    10-1-0     554
  6   Auburn                         9-1-0     536
  7   Texas                          9-1-0     484
  8   Michigan                      10-1-1     467
  9   Nebraska                       8-2-1     385
 10   LSU                            9-1-1     273
 11   Tennessee                      9-2-0     259
 12   Notre Dame                     8-2-0     227
 13   Colorado                       8-3-0     174
 14   UCLA                           8-3-0      79
 15   Arizona State                  9-2-0      68
 16   North Carolina                 9-1-0      60
 17   Louisville                     9-1-0      22
 18   West Virginia                  8-3-0      18
 19   Washington State               7-4-0      10
 20   Purdue                         6-5-0       3