1974 saw AP champion (and bowl-ineligible) Oklahoma finish atop the RPR. The nation’s lone perfect team, the Sooners also had the best Score Ratio and Top 15 Score Ratio as well. SEC champion Alabama finished within the CCT cutoff, but after deeper evaluation, I determined they weren’t eligible for co-champion status. USC – the consensus champion from the polls that banned Oklahoma due to their NCAA punishment – fell far below the threshold consideration.

Note: I rated 127 teams instead of 129, which most rating systems rate for the 1974 season. Based on NCAA Football Record books, the following schools weren’t considered “major college”/FBS-equivalent for 1974 and were not rated: Arkansas State and Chattanooga.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0348; CCT Cutoff: 0.7075

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Oklahoma (AP)	0.7423
2	Alabama	0.7150
3	Miami, OH	0.6972
4	Michigan	0.6938
5	Auburn	0.6790
6	Yale	0.6747
7	So. California (C/F/N)	0.6711
8	Ohio State	0.6595
9	Notre Dame	0.6481
10	Maryland	0.6395
11	Penn State	0.6376
12	Nebraska	0.6345
13	Mississippi State	0.6284
14	Harvard	0.6254
15	San Diego State	0.6206
16	Texas	0.6127
17	Temple	0.6122
18	NC State	0.6109
19	Florida	0.6088
20	Tennessee	0.6075
21	Texas A&M	0.6014
22	Boston College	0.5989
23	Vanderbilt	0.5919
24	Arkansas	0.5888
25	Michigan State	0.5843
26	Baylor	0.5831
27	Houston	0.5825
28	Lamar	0.5809
29	San Jose State	0.5775
30	Pittsburgh	0.5756
31	Arizona	0.5753
32	Wisconsin	0.5739
33	Oklahoma State	0.5699
34	Tulsa	0.5694
35	California	0.5688
36	Kent State	0.5639
37	Pennsylvania	0.5634
38	Missouri	0.5622
39	Clemson	0.5595
40	Cincinnati	0.5594
41	North Carolina	0.5568
42	Georgia	0.5565
43	Kentucky	0.5563
44	Utah State	0.5563
45	Texas Tech	0.5550
46	Memphis	0.5528
47	East Carolina	0.5498
48	Bowling Green	0.5492
49	Rutgers	0.5486
50	Georgia Tech	0.5475
51	UCLA	0.5470
52	Arizona State	0.5445
53	Ohio	0.5409
54	Brigham Young	0.5377
55	LSU	0.5341
56	Miami, FL	0.5328
57	Stanford	0.5323
58	Tampa	0.5321
59	VMI	0.5320
60	Hawaii	0.5302
61	Princeton	0.5258
62	Illinois	0.5254
63	SMU	0.5220
64	Brown	0.5195
65	West Texas A&M	0.5183
66	Duke	0.5180
67	Southern Mississippi	0.5156
68	Colorado	0.5009
69	Washington	0.4979
70	Appalachian State	0.4977
71	Toledo	0.4944
72	Fresno State	0.4931
73	Pacific	0.4930
74	Purdue	0.4916
75	Long Beach State	0.4898
76	Iowa State	0.4881
77	Holy Cross	0.4843
78	Colorado State	0.4779
79	Kansas State	0.4714
80	Cornell	0.4679
81	West Virginia	0.4648
82	Virginia	0.4616
83	Dartmouth	0.4573
84	Kansas	0.4557
85	Richmond	0.4555
86	Virginia Tech	0.4541
87	South Carolina	0.4518
88	New Mexico State	0.4516
89	Iowa	0.4502
90	Tulane	0.4496
91	Mississippi	0.4481
92	William & Mary	0.4470
93	Colgate	0.4447
94	Navy	0.4435
95	New Mexico	0.4414
96	Furman	0.4406
97	The Citadel	0.4351
98	Louisville	0.4351
99	Oregon State	0.4300
100	Rice	0.4283
101	Texas-El Paso	0.4263
102	Minnesota	0.4180
103	Army	0.4137
104	Western Michigan	0.4067
105	North Texas	0.4050
106	Syracuse	0.4046
107	Drake	0.3977
108	Northern Illinois	0.3953
109	Northwestern	0.3889
110	Florida State	0.3879
111	Villanova	0.3871
112	Washington State	0.3857
113	Indiana	0.3831
114	Air Force	0.3811
115	Wyoming	0.3660
116	Dayton	0.3656
117	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.3631
118	Southern Illinois	0.3599
119	Wake Forest	0.3448
120	Idaho	0.3441
121	Oregon	0.3349
122	Marshall	0.3334
123	Columbia	0.3327
124	TCU	0.3306
125	Utah	0.3259
126	Wichita State	0.3238
127	Texas-Arlington	0.2902

Best Win Percentage: Oklahoma
Best SOS: Tennessee
Best Score Ratio: Oklahoma