1973 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1973 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and broadcasters. The 1973 NCAA Division II football season was the 16th year UPI published a Coaches Poll and it was the 14th year for the Associated Press. Both polls used the term "College Division" in 1973, but many of the referenced publications continued to use the "Small College" terminology.
Instead of using the polls to crown a national champion, 1973 was the first year for the Division II playoffs. The final UPI poll was released before the playoffs, and the final AP poll was released after the playoffs.
Legend
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The AP poll
| Week 1 Sept 19[1] | Week 2 Sept 26[2] | Week 3 Oct 3[3] | Week 4 Oct 10[4] | Week 5 Oct 17[5] | Week 6 Oct 24[6] | Week 7 Oct 31[7] | Week 8 Nov 7[8] | Week 9 Nov 14[9] | Week 10 Nov 21[10] | Week 11 Nov 28[11] | Week Postseason[12] | ||
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| 1. | Delaware (2–0) (23) | Delaware (3–0) (30) | Delaware (4–0) (27) | Delaware (5–0) (39) | Delaware (6–0) (32) | Tennessee State (6–0) (27) | Tennessee State (7–0) (28) | Tennessee State (8–0) (28) | Tennessee State (9–0) (26) | Tennessee State (10–0) (31) | Tennessee State (10–0) (25) | Tennessee State (10–0) (17) | 1. |
| 2. | Grambling (2–0) (3) | Grambling (3–0) (5) | Grambling (4–0) (7) | Tennessee State (4–0) (1) | Tennessee State (5–0) (4) | Delaware (6–1) (5) | Hawaii (6–0) (6) | Hawaii (7–0) (5) | Hawaii (8–0) (4) | Western Kentucky (10–0) (3) | Western Kentucky (10–0) (4) | Louisiana Tech (12–1) (21) | 2. |
| 3. | Tennessee State (2–0) (1) | South Dakota (3–0) (1) | South Dakota (4–0) (7) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Cal Poly (4–0) | Hawaii (5–0) (2) | Western Kentucky (7–0) (2) | Western Kentucky (8–0) (3) | Western Kentucky (9–0) (3) | Louisiana Tech (10–1) (1) | Louisiana Tech (10–1) | Western Kentucky (12–1) | 3. |
| 4. | South Dakota State (2–0) (2) | Tennessee State (3–0) | Eastern Michigan (4–0) | Hawaii (4–0) | Hawaii (4–0) | Cal Poly (5–0) (6) | Cal Poly (6–0) (5) | Cal Poly (7–0) (3) | Cal Poly (8–0) (4) | Wittenberg (10–0) (2) | Wittenberg (10–0) (2) | Wittenberg (12–0) (1) | 4. |
| 5. | North Dakota State (3–0) (4) | Eastern Michigan (3–0) (1) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Boise State (4–0) | Grambling (5–1) | Western Kentucky (6–0) (2) | South Dakota (7–1) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) (1) | Louisiana Tech (9–1) | Grambling (9–2) | Grambling (9–2) | Boise State (10–3) т | 5. |
| 6. | Eastern Michigan (2–0) (2) | Hawaii (2–0) (1) | Hawaii (3–0) (1) | Grambling (4–1) | Western Kentucky (5–0) | South Dakota (6–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–1) | Wittenberg (8–0) (2) | Wittenberg (9–0) (2) | Hawaii (8–1) т | Elon (11–0) (1) | Abilene Christian (11–1) т | 6. |
| 7. | Cal Poly (1–0) [note 1] | Ashland (3–0) | Tennessee State (3–0) (1) | Louisiana Tech (4–1) | South Dakota (5–1) | Wittenberg (6–0) (1) | Wittenberg (7–0) (2) | Elon (9–0) (1) | Grambling (8–2) | Elon (11–0) (2) т | Boise State (9–2) | Grambling (10–3) | 7. |
| 8. | North Dakota (2–0) | Cal Poly (2–0) | Boise State (3–0) | South Dakota (4–1) | Louisiana Tech (5–1) | Louisiana Tech (6–1) | North Dakota State (8–1) (1) | Grambling (7–2) | Elon (10–0) (1) | Boise State (8–2) (1) | Abilene Christian (9–1) | Cal Poly (9–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Ashland (2–0) | Louisiana Tech (2–1) | Louisiana Tech (3–1) | Eastern Michigan (4–1) | Wittenberg (5–0) | Grambling (6–1) | Boise State (6–1) | UNLV (6–2) | UNLV (6–3) | Cal Poly (8–1) | Cal Poly (9–1) | Hawaii (9–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Boise State (1–0) | Boise State (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | North Dakota State (5–1) | North Dakota State (6–1) | North Dakota State (7–1) | Delaware (6–2) | North Dakota State (8–2) | Boise State (7–2) | Abilene Christian (9–1) (1) | South Dakota (8–2) | Elon (12–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Hawaii (1–0) (2) т | Carson–Newman (3–0) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) | Boise State (4–1) | Boise State (5–1) | Elon (8–0) (1) | Boise State (6–2) | North Dakota State (8–3) | South Dakota (8–2) | Hawaii (8–2) | South Dakota (8–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Louisiana Tech (1–1) (1) т | McNeese State (2–0) (1) | North Dakota State (4–1) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | Eastern Michigan (4–1) | UNLV (6–1) | UNLV (6–2) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | South Dakota (8–2) | Delaware (8–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | 12. |
| 13. | McNeese State (1–0) | Northwestern State (3–0) [note 2] | Western Kentucky (3–0) | Wittenberg (4–0) | UNLV (5–1) [note 3] | Elon (7–0) (1) | Grambling (6–2) | South Dakota (7–2) | Abilene Christian (8–1) | North Dakota State (8–2) | North Dakota State (8–2) | Delaware (8–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Carson–Newman (2–0) | North Dakota (1–2) т | Manual (1–0–2) | North Dakota (3–2) | Elon (6–0) | Western Illinois (4–2) (1) | Carson–Newman (6–1) | Delaware (6–3) | Delaware (7–3) | Langston (10–0) | Langston (11–0) (1) | North Dakota State (8–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Jackson State (2–0) (1) | North Dakota State (3–1) т | North Dakota (2–2) | Jacksonville State (3–1) | Carson–Newman (4–1) | Carson–Newman (5–1) | Eastern Michigan (5–2) | Montana State (7–2) | McNeese State (6–3) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | Langston (11–1) | 15. |
| Week 1 Sept 19[13] | Week 2 Sept 26[14] | Week 3 Oct 3[15] | Week 4 Oct 10[16] | Week 5 Oct 17[17] | Week 6 Oct 24[18] | Week 7 Oct 31[19] | Week 8 Nov 7[20] | Week 9 Nov 14[21] | Week 10 Nov 21[22] | Week 11 Nov 28[23] | Week Postseason[24] | ||
Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: 14 Northeast Louisiana | Dropped:
| Dropped: 12 Eastern Michigan | Dropped: 14 Western Illinois | Dropped: 15 Eastern Michigan | Dropped:
| Dropped:
| None | None |
The UPI Coaches poll
| Week Sept 19[25] | Week 1 Sept 26[26] | Week 2 Oct 3[27] | Week 3 Oct 10[28] | Week 4 Oct 17[29] | Week 5 Oct 24[30] | Week 6 Oct 31[31] | Week 7 Nov 7[32] | Week 8 Nov 14[33] | Week 9 Nov 21[34] | Week 10 Nov 28[35] | ||
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| 1. | Delaware (2–0) (24) | Delaware (3–0) (26) | Delaware (4–0) (19) | Delaware (5–0) (24) | Delaware (6–0) (27) | Tennessee State (6–0) (20) | Tennessee State (7–0) (21) | Tennessee State (8–0) (23) | Tennessee State (9–0) (20) | Tennessee State (10–0) (25) | Tennessee State (10–0) (27) | 1. |
| 2. | Grambling (2–0) | Grambling (3–0) (2) | Grambling (4–0) (4) | Tennessee State (4–0) (1) | Tennessee State (5–0) (3) | Hawaii (5–0) (6) | Hawaii (6–0) (5) | Hawaii (7–0) (6) | Hawaii (8–0) (6) | Western Kentucky (10–0) (4) | Western Kentucky (10–0) (3) | 2. |
| 3. | South Dakota (2–0) (2) | South Dakota (3–0) (1) | South Dakota (4–0) (3) | Hawaii (4–0) (1) | Hawaii (4–0) (1) | Cal Poly (5–0) (2) | Cal Poly (6–0) (3) | Western Kentucky (7–0) (2) | Western Kentucky (9–0) (4) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) (1) | Louisiana Tech (9–1) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | Hawaii (1–0) (1) | Hawaii (2–0) (2) | Eastern Michigan (4–0) (3) | Boise State (4–0) (5) | Cal Poly (4–0) | Western Kentucky (5–0) (2) | Western Kentucky (6–0) (2) | Cal Poly (7–0) (1) | Cal Poly (8–0) (3) | Wittenberg (9–0) | Abilene Christian (9–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Tennessee State (2–0) | Eastern Michigan (3–0) | Hawaii (3–0) (3) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Western Kentucky (4–0) (2) | Delaware (6–1) (1) | Louisiana Tech (6–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–1) (1) | Abilene Christian (9–1) | Wittenberg (9–0) | 5. |
| 6. | North Dakota State (3–0) | Tennessee State (3–0) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Western Kentucky (3–0) (1) | Grambling (5–1) | Louisiana Tech (5–1) | Boise State (6–1) (1) | Wittenberg (8–0) | Wittenberg (9–0) | Elon (11–0) | Elon (11–0) | 6. |
| 7. | Eastern Michigan (2–0) | Cal Poly (2–0) (1) | Tennessee State (3–0) | Grambling (4–1) | Louisiana Tech (4–1) | Grambling (6–1) | South Dakota (7–1) | Elon (9–0) (1) | Elon (10–0) (1) | Hawaii (8–1) | Grambling (9–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Cal Poly (1–0) (1) | Ashland (3–0) | Boise State (3–0) | Louisiana Tech (3–1) | Boise State (4–1) | Boise State (5–1) (1) | North Dakota State (6–1) | Abilene Christian (7–1) | Abilene Christian (8–1) | Boise State (8–2) | Boise State (9–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Ashland (2–0) | Northwestern State (3–0) (1) | Western Kentucky (3–0) (1) | North Dakota State (4–1) | South Dakota (5–1) | South Dakota (6–1) | Wittenberg (7–0) | Montana State (7–2) (1) | Grambling (8–2) | Grambling (9–2) | Cal Poly (9–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Northwestern State (2–0) | Boise State (2–0) | Louisiana Tech (2–1) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | UNLV (4–1) | North Dakota State (6–1) | Elon (8–0) (1) | Grambling (7–2) | UNLV (8–2) | Cal Poly (8–1) | Delaware (8–3) | 10. |
| 11. | North Dakota (1–1) | Louisiana Tech (1–1) | North Dakota State (3–1) | Wittenberg (4–0) т | Elon (6–0) | UNLV (5–1) | Abilene Christian (6–1) | Boise State (6–2) | Boise State (7–2) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | Jacksonville State (7–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Carson–Newman (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | Wittenberg (3–0) | Troy State (4–0–1) т | Wittenberg (5–0) | Elon (7–0) (1) | Montana State (6–2) (1) | Howard Payne (8–1) | Jacksonville State (6–2) | C.W. Post (9–1) | Langston (10–0) | 12. |
| 13. | Western Kentucky (1–0) | North Dakota State (3–1) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | South Dakota (4–1) | North Dakota State (5–1) | Troy State (6–0–1) | Delaware (6–2) | UNLV (6–2) | Howard Payne (9–1) | Delaware | Hawaii (8–2) | 13. |
| 14. | McNeese State (1–0) (1) | Western Kentucky (2–0) | Northern Colorado (3–0) | Elon (5–0) (1) | Troy State (5–0–1) | Wittenberg (6–0) | Grambling (6–2) | Connecticut (6–2) | Connecticut (7–2) | Langston (10–0) | C.W. Post (10–1) | 14. |
| 15. | Bridgeport (1–0) (1) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | East Texas State (4–1) | Eastern Michigan (4–1) | Abilene Christian (5–1) | Emporia State (7–0) | Jacksonville State (5–2) | C.W. Post (8–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (7–2–1) | South Dakota (8–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Idaho State (1–1) | Montana State (3–2) | 16. | |||||||||
| 17. | Jacksonville State (2–0) | UNLV (4–1) | 17. | |||||||||
| 18. | Arkansas State (2–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | 18. | |||||||||
| 19. | Louisiana Tech (0–1) | Eastern Michigan (4–1) | 19. | |||||||||
| 20. | UMass (1–1) [note 4] | St. Thomas (MN) (5–0) | 20. | |||||||||
| Week Sept 19[36] | Week 1 Sept 26[37] | Week 2 Oct 3[38] | Week 3 Oct 10[39] | Week 4 Oct 17[40] | Week 5 Oct 24[41] | Week 6 Oct 31[42] | Week 7 Nov 7[43] | Week 8 Nov 14[44] | Week 9 Nov 21[45] | Week 10 Nov 28[46] | ||
Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: 15 Eastern Michigan | Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: 9 Montana State | Dropped:
| Dropped: 15 Nebraska–Omaha |
Notes
- In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- In the actual printed polls, Northwestern State was listed as Northwestern Louisiana
- In the actual printed polls, UNLV was listed as Nevada Las Vegas
- In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
References
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- "Small College poll". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. September 27, 1973. p. D-2. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Grambling Second; Tech 9th". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. October 3, 1973. p. 3-C. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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- "'Bows Remain Second in National Rankings". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. November 14, 1973. p. E-3. Retrieved May 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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