1970 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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124 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	★	11–0–1	331.10	418.13	150.52	—
2	Texas FBS · Southwest	★	10–1	299.83	371.47	146.95	—
3	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	11–1	292.65	363.05	142.39	▲ 1
4	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	284.16	341.68	152.21	▲ 6
5	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–0	277.73	357.93	102.47	▲ 3
6	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	12–0	272.61	350.53	87.32	▲ 1
7	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	9–2	272.53	324.20	160.51	▼ 1
8	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	9–0	266.36	344.65	100.85	▼ 3
9	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	★	9–1	263.82	326.39	133.63	▼ 6
10	LSU FBS · SEC	—	9–3	260.15	307.68	161.15	▼ 1
11	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	9–1	247.14	311.63	117.92	—
12	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–2	225.96	276.72	121.04	—
13	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	9–3	216.60	237.86	153.85	▲ 7
14	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	214.53	229.24	156.83	—
15	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	7–4–1	213.49	234.12	174.15	▼ 2
16	Houston FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	206.58	249.16	127.95	—
17	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	203.10	232.33	163.28	—
18	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	199.77	222.92	134.97	▼ 3
19	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	198.79	243.90	109.11	▼ 1
20	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	6–5–1	192.61	200.58	178.14	▼ 1
21	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	186.20	197.09	147.80	—
22	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	6–4	185.44	220.69	136.89	—
23	USC FBS · Pac-8	—	6–4–1	183.80	183.33	174.51	—
24	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	177.22	199.29	119.83	—
25	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	6–4	176.89	197.40	144.93	—
26	San Diego State FBS · PCAA	—	9–2	175.15	222.58	71.42	—
27	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	174.96	207.06	109.82	—
28	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	9–2–1	171.96	211.89	76.56	—
29	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–5	167.31	196.82	141.49	—
30	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	165.14	155.31	174.50	—
31	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–4	158.51	151.13	153.62	—
32	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	158.38	185.29	102.82	—
33	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	157.04	161.77	135.79	—
34	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–3	156.54	175.84	112.36	—
35	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	152.99	138.50	170.19	—
36	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	152.59	151.12	154.84	—
37	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	150.68	162.98	125.63	—
38	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	6–5	149.57	137.42	167.07	—
39	California FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	148.09	153.64	143.34	▲ 1
40	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	147.72	140.47	168.99	▲ 1
41	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–4	144.05	161.92	99.89	▼ 2
42	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	140.20	148.55	121.79	▲ 2
43	Louisville FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3–1	139.79	157.31	89.60	—
44	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	139.53	126.29	173.79	▲ 1
45	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–5–1	139.42	140.65	146.04	▼ 3
46	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4	138.07	163.02	101.58	—
47	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	137.02	140.09	116.67	—
48	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	135.81	150.31	83.58	—
49	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	6–4–1	134.36	138.88	129.97	—
50	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	6–5	131.77	116.99	143.54	—
51	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	125.95	140.05	93.48	—
52	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	4–5	125.92	124.80	134.89	—
53	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3	124.06	119.04	106.30	—
54	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4	123.08	133.09	104.02	—
55	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	122.14	125.23	136.82	—
56	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	119.15	108.26	140.40	—
57	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	2–0	118.82	169.69	33.39	▲ 1
58	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–2	118.45	128.84	73.49	▼ 1
59	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6	116.73	104.54	150.16	—
60	Florida FBS · SEC	—	7–4	116.13	83.97	145.37	—
61	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	5–6	114.24	90.51	162.48	—
62	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	111.30	99.97	122.23	—
63	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	110.37	78.46	179.90	▲ 1
64	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	109.40	135.19	87.61	▲ 1
65	Duke FBS · ACC	—	6–5	108.39	101.65	119.07	▼ 2
66	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6–1	107.16	78.99	165.56	—
67	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	4–7	106.63	98.55	142.29	▲ 1
68	Memphis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	106.52	102.75	103.15	▼ 1
69	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	106.27	73.55	160.04	—
70	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4	103.82	93.13	105.20	—
71	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	102.89	92.68	124.23	—
72	West Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3	101.86	117.40	62.76	—
73	Dayton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	101.56	101.68	99.92	—
74	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	98.37	105.17	48.20	—
75	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	98.04	111.12	94.16	—
76	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	4–6–1	94.57	93.81	125.22	—
77	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6	93.12	56.70	158.23	—
78	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	91.85	69.67	127.75	—
79	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	89.96	83.00	110.51	—
80	South Carolina FBS · ACC	—	4–6–1	86.61	65.86	132.84	—
81	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–7	86.27	95.30	105.39	—
82	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	3–6–1	80.71	79.74	121.21	—
83	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	79.55	64.87	137.98	—
84	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6	79.07	46.29	139.70	—
85	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	79.07	77.28	121.47	—
86	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	2–9	74.75	44.27	166.23	—
87	William & Mary FBS · Southern	—	5–7	74.12	79.06	79.55	—
88	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6	69.76	75.19	83.13	—
89	Northern Illinois FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7	69.40	58.97	106.25	—
90	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7	67.32	29.08	149.40	—
91	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	66.60	46.12	128.71	—
92	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	65.30	49.38	136.18	▲ 2
93	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5	64.81	77.48	54.32	▼ 1
94	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	5–6	63.24	69.27	71.52	▼ 1
95	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	2–6–1	63.09	37.27	125.44	▲ 2
96	Richmond FBS · Southern	—	4–6	62.85	77.38	60.50	▼ 1
97	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	62.62	36.78	106.04	▼ 1
98	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	2–9	56.19	59.92	102.42	▲ 1
99	East Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–8	55.56	58.92	83.08	▲ 1
100	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	54.94	7.89	167.52	▼ 2
101	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	8–4	53.48	24.89	68.79	—
102	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	3–8	49.39	17.80	130.99	—
103	Marshall FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	48.93	24.89	101.96	▲ 3
104	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	48.72	1.00	132.94	▲ 1
105	NC State FBS · ACC	—	3–7–1	48.19	38.95	98.71	▼ 1
106	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	47.60	20.52	144.65	▼ 3
107	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	47.46	16.48	142.19	—
108	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	5–6	45.59	46.00	52.58	—
109	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9–1	41.89	1.00	148.41	▲ 2
110	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	4–7	40.19	32.08	78.61	▼ 1
111	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–9	39.88	1.03	148.11	▼ 1
112	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	1–10	37.34	1.14	156.94	—
113	North Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	34.21	17.87	93.49	—
114	Drake FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	26.98	1.00	87.00	—
115	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	1–9	25.76	1.00	127.69	—
116	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	25.18	1.00	69.46	—
117	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–9	21.20	1.00	112.43	—
118	Buffalo FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	18.45	1.46	88.46	—
119	CCalifornia-Santa Barbara FBS · PCAA	—	2–9	16.57	1.00	87.72	—
120	XXavier FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9	10.84	1.00	80.56	—
121	VMI FBS · Southern	—	1–10	9.53	1.00	81.04	—
122	CCal State Los Angeles FBS · PCAA	—	1–9	7.84	1.00	66.64	—
123	Davidson FBS · Southern	—	2–8	0.76	1.00	39.72	—
124	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–10–1	0.48	1.00	72.27	—