November 20, 1972



  1   Southern California      44   10-0-0     988
  2   Alabama                   5   10-0-0     874
  3   Michigan                  1   10-0-0     744
  4   Oklahoma                       8-1-0     689
  5   Nebraska                       8-1-1     608
  6   Penn State                     9-1-0     454
  7   Texas                          8-1-0     414
  8   LSU                            8-1-0     388
  9   Ohio State                     8-1-0     350
 10   Auburn                         8-1-0     307
 11   Notre Dame                     8-1-0     266
 12   Tennessee                      7-2-0     189
 13   Colorado                       8-3-0     128
 14   UCLA                           8-3-0      73
 15   North Carolina                 8-1-0      72
 16   Missouri                       6-4-0      62
 17   Iowa State                     5-3-1      36
 18   Arizona State                  8-2-0      30
 19   Washington State               7-4-0      16
 20   Texas Tech                     8-2-0      15