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1970 College Football Rankings

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                                                                  STRENGTH OF
                                     AVERAGE   OVERALL     CONF     SCHEDULE     AP
RANK TEAM                       CONF   SCORE    W- L-T   W- L-T     AVG  RANK   RANK

   1 Texas                       SWC   97.80   10- 1-0   7- 0-0   73.69    11      3
   2 Notre Dame                  IND   97.50   10- 1-0   0- 0-0   69.99    22      2
   3 Nebraska                    BG8   97.01   11- 0-1   7- 0-0   73.32    13      1
   4 Tennessee                   SEC   95.97   11- 1-0   4- 1-0   66.68    34      4
   5 Ohio State                  B10   95.50    9- 1-0   7- 0-0   68.39    26      5
   6 Stanford                    PC8   94.32    9- 3-0   6- 1-0   76.02     8      8
   7 Michigan                    B10   94.21    9- 1-0   6- 1-0   62.93    42      9
   8 Auburn                      SEC   93.38    9- 2-0   6- 2-0   67.00    31     10
   9 Arkansas                    SWC   92.16    9- 2-0   6- 1-0   60.47    46     11
  10 Louisiana State             SEC   91.78    9- 3-0   5- 0-0   67.96    29      7
  11 Southern California         PC8   91.41    6- 4-1   3- 4-0   78.70     4     15
  12 Arizona State               WAC   90.94   11- 0-0   7- 0-0   46.93    68      6
  13 Oklahoma                    BG8   89.92    7- 4-1   5- 2-0   78.83     3     20
  14 UCLA                        PC8   88.39    6- 5-0   4- 3-0   79.54     2       
  15 Dartmouth                   IVY   88.31    9- 0-0   7- 0-0   36.05    88     14
  16 Washington                  PC8   87.50    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   73.61    12       
  17 Colorado                    BG8   85.56    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   73.88     9       
  18 Georgia Tech                IND   84.73    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   65.00    38     13
  19 Air Force                   IND   84.39    9- 3-0   0- 0-0   59.82    48     16
  20 Northwestern                B10   83.45    6- 4-0   6- 1-0   68.08    28       
  21 Houston                     IND   83.32    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   58.65    49     19
  22 Alabama                     SEC   81.82    6- 5-1   3- 4-0   71.33    18       
  23 California                  PC8   80.64    6- 5-0   4- 3-0   70.25    20       
  24 Texas Tech                  SWC   80.13    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   65.07    37       
  25 Oregon State                PC8   79.36    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   76.11     7       
  26 Missouri                    BG8   79.18    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   76.96     6       
  27 Oregon                      PC8   78.42    6- 4-1   4- 3-0   66.87    32       
  28 Kansas State                BG8   77.90    6- 5-0   5- 2-0   72.67    14       
  29 Tulane                      IND   77.46    8- 4-0   0- 0-0   62.79    43     17
  30 Mississippi                 SEC   74.92    7- 4-0   4- 3-0   60.60    45     20
  31 Toledo                      MID   74.15   12- 0-0   5- 0-0   22.93   114     12
  32 Penn State                  IND   74.01    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   48.12    66     18
  33 Georgia                     SEC   73.87    5- 5-0   3- 3-0   63.35    41       
  34 Kansas                      BG8   73.71    5- 6-0   2- 5-0   73.78    10       
  35 Iowa State                  BG8   72.34    5- 6-0   1- 6-0   72.62    15       
  36 New Mexico                  WAC   69.75    7- 3-0   5- 1-0   49.37    64       
  37 Yale                        IVY   68.90    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   39.94    82       
  38 Mississippi State           SEC   68.66    6- 5-0   3- 4-0   71.36    17       
  39 Southern Methodist          SWC   68.65    5- 6-0   3- 4-0   70.85    19       
  40 Purdue                      B10   68.65    4- 6-0   2- 5-0   70.02    21       
  41 Florida State               IND   68.19    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   54.47    59       
  42 Rice                        SWC   68.12    5- 5-0   3- 4-0   65.89    35       
  43 Wisconsin                   B10   67.46    4- 5-1   3- 4-0   66.68    33       
  44 Michigan State              B10   65.86    4- 6-0   3- 4-0   68.95    25       
  45 Florida                     SEC   65.18    7- 4-0   3- 3-0   58.55    50       
  46 Oklahoma State              BG8   65.17    4- 7-0   2- 5-0   79.65     1       
  47 North Carolina              ACC   64.44    8- 4-0   5- 2-0   44.22    74       
  48 Wake Forest                 ACC   62.57    6- 5-0   5- 1-0   57.45    52       
  49 Utah                        WAC   62.55    6- 4-0   4- 2-0   51.55    62       
  50 Harvard                     IVY   61.97    7- 2-0   5- 2-0   40.52    80       
  51 Boston College              IND   60.95    8- 2-0   0- 0-0   32.57    94       
  52 Minnesota                   B10   60.41    3- 6-1   2- 4-1   68.27    27       
  53 San Diego State             PCA   60.08    9- 2-0   5- 1-0   25.94   109       
  54 Syracuse                    IND   58.48    6- 4-0   0- 0-0   47.94    67       
  55 Duke                        ACC   56.89    6- 5-0   5- 2-0   52.41    61       
  56 Texas Christian             SWC   56.43    4- 6-1   3- 4-0   64.43    39       
  57 South Carolina              ACC   54.63    4- 6-1   3- 2-1   55.19    57       
  58 Cornell                     IVY   53.43    6- 3-0   4- 3-0   41.66    77       
  59 Western Michigan            MID   52.01    7- 3-0   2- 3-0   27.60   106       
  60 West Virginia               IND   50.48    8- 3-0   0- 0-0   31.74    96       
  61 Pittsburgh                  IND   49.88    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   54.02    60       
  62 Texas-El Paso               WAC   48.70    6- 4-0   4- 3-0   41.55    78       
  63 Princeton                   IVY   47.17    5- 4-0   3- 4-0   42.84    76       
  64 Illinois                    B10   46.78    3- 7-0   1- 6-0   68.97    24       
  65 Arizona                     WAC   46.76    4- 6-0   2- 4-0   56.70    53       
  66 Texas A&M                   SWC   45.90    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   71.94    16       
  67 Long Beach State            PCA   45.32    9- 2-1   5- 1-0   20.69   117       
  68 Vanderbilt                  SEC   44.96    4- 7-0   1- 5-0   55.86    55       
  69 Cincinnati                  IND   44.93    7- 4-0   0- 0-0   31.52    97       
  70 Memphis State               MVC   44.80    6- 4-0   2- 2-0   38.62    84       
  71 Iowa                        B10   44.53    3- 6-1   3- 3-1   64.25    40       
  72 Miami (Ohio)                MID   44.40    7- 3-0   3- 2-0   29.09   101       
  73 Baylor                      SWC   42.71    2- 9-0   1- 6-0   69.08    23       
  74 Tulsa                       MVC   42.05    6- 4-0   3- 1-0   38.38    85       
  75 Kentucky                    SEC   41.60    2- 9-0   0- 7-0   67.58    30       
  76 Louisville                  MVC   41.56    8- 3-1   4- 0-0   28.64   103       
  77 Villanova                   IND   38.58    9- 2-0   0- 0-0   17.51   121       
  78 Colorado State              WAC   38.01    4- 7-0   1- 3-0   50.21    63       
  79 Washington State            PC8   36.20    1-10-0   0- 7-0   77.02     5       
  80 Utah State                  IND   35.74    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   36.78    86       
  81 Pennsylvania                IVY   34.68    4- 5-0   2- 5-0   43.07    75       
  82 Ohio                        MID   33.88    4- 5-0   3- 2-0   45.71    70       
  83 West Texas A&M              IND   33.48    7- 3-0   0- 0-0   18.67   120       
  84 Dayton                      IND   30.64    5- 4-1   0- 0-0   28.55   104       
  85 Southern Mississippi        IND   30.50    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   39.54    83       
  86 Army                        IND   29.89    1- 9-1   0- 0-0   60.28    47       
  87 Virginia Tech               IND   29.84    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   39.96    81       
  88 San Jose State              PCA   29.61    2- 9-0   2- 3-0   55.14    58       
  89 Virginia                    ACC   28.38    5- 6-0   0- 6-0   31.47    99       
  90 Clemson                     ACC   28.00    3- 8-0   2- 4-0   56.03    54       
  91 Navy                        IND   27.29    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   62.18    44       
  92 New Mexico State            IND   26.76    4- 6-0   0- 0-0   34.48    90       
  93 Miami (Florida)             IND   26.65    3- 8-0   0- 0-0   55.42    56       
  94 Pacific                     PCA   26.46    5- 6-0   2- 3-0   34.89    89       
  95 Columbia                    IVY   26.18    3- 6-0   1- 6-0   44.50    72       
  96 North Carolina State        ACC   25.22    3- 7-1   2- 3-1   44.32    73       
  97 Fresno State                PCA   25.16    8- 4-0   4- 2-0   19.91   119       
  98 Brigham Young               WAC   25.07    3- 8-0   1- 6-0   48.76    65       
  99 Indiana                     B10   21.59    1- 9-0   1- 6-0   65.38    36       
 100 Furman                      SOU   20.02    8- 3-0   3- 2-0    9.89   124       
 101 Colgate                     IND   18.05    5- 6-0   0- 0-0   27.05   107       
 102 Brown                       IVY   17.76    2- 7-0   1- 6-0   45.63    71       
 103 Maryland                    ACC   17.37    2- 9-0   2- 4-0   45.98    69       
 104 Wyoming                     WAC   17.26    1- 9-0   1- 6-0   58.52    51       
 105 Bowling Green               MID   17.12    2- 6-1   1- 4-0   36.62    87       
 106 Idaho                       IND   16.71    4- 7-0   0- 0-0   33.00    92       
 107 Rutgers                     IND   16.33    5- 5-0   0- 0-0   21.55   116       
 108 North Texas                 MVC   14.58    3- 8-0   1- 3-0   31.50    98       
 109 Kent State                  MID   13.74    3- 7-0   1- 4-0   33.14    91       
 110 Minor Teams                       11.96   39-62-1   0- 0-0   23.06   112       
 111 Citadel                     SOU   11.85    5- 6-0   4- 2-0   15.02   122       
 112 Richmond                    SOU   11.76    4- 6-0   3- 3-0   22.79   115       
 113 Marshall                    IND   11.55    3- 6-0   0- 0-0   29.38   100       
 114 William & Mary              SOU   11.21    5- 7-0   3- 1-0   25.67   110       
 115 Northern Illinois           IND   10.62    3- 7-0   0- 0-0   32.56    95       
 116 East Carolina               SOU    7.26    3- 8-0   2- 2-0   24.17   111       
 117 Buffalo                     IND    4.65    2- 9-0   0- 0-0   26.98   108       
 118 Santa Barbara               PCA    4.52    2- 9-0   1- 5-0   28.70   102       
 119 Wichita State               MVC    3.91    0- 9-0   0- 4-0   41.27    79       
 120 Davidson                    SOU    3.45    2- 8-0   2- 4-0   11.26   123       
 121 Virginia Military Institute SOU    2.68    1-10-0   1- 4-0   32.77    93       
 122 Holy Cross                  IND    2.40    0-10-1   0- 0-0   27.69   105       
 123 Xavier                      IND    2.23    1- 9-0   0- 0-0   23.03   113       
 124 Los Angeles State           PCA    1.13    1- 9-0   0- 4-0   20.68   118       

Team Rankings | Conference Rankings


                        # OF AVERAGE AVERAGE      OVERALL     NON-CONF                                   
CONFERENCE      ABBREV TEAMS   SCORE    RANK     W-  L- T     W-  L- T  BEST TEAM            RANK   SCORE

Big 8              BG8     8   80.10   25.25    49- 39- 2    21- 11- 2  Nebraska                3   97.01
Pac 8              PC8     8   79.53   25.13    46- 40- 2    18- 12- 2  Stanford                6   94.32
Southeastern       SEC    10   73.21   33.30    66- 45- 1    34- 13- 1  Tennessee               4   95.97
Southwest          SWC     8   68.99   38.75    45- 42- 1    17- 14- 1  Texas                   1   97.80
Big 10             B10    10   64.84   44.50    46- 51- 3    12- 17- 1  Ohio State              5   95.50
Western Athletic   WAC     8   49.88   63.00    42- 41- 0    17- 16- 0  Arizona State          12   90.94
Ivy League         IVY     8   49.80   62.63    43- 29- 0    15-  1- 0  Dartmouth              15   88.31
Atlantic Coast     ACC     8   42.19   73.13    37- 50- 2    13- 26- 0  North Carolina         47   64.44
Independent        IND    30   40.87   73.97   161-156- 3   161-156- 3  Notre Dame              2   97.50
Mid American       MID     6   39.22   76.33    35- 24- 1    20-  9- 1  Toledo                 31   74.15
Missouri Valley    MVC     5   29.38   89.40    23- 28- 1    13- 18- 1  Memphis State          70   44.80
Pacific Coast Athl PCA     7   27.47   91.57    36- 41- 1    17- 22- 1  San Diego State        53   60.08
Southern           SOU     7    9.75  113.43    28- 48- 0    10- 30- 0  Furman                100   20.02

The database used to produce the above rankings was constructed from data listed on James Howell's website.
Click here for criteria used for determining what scores to use and which team was the home team.

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