1970 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 15, 1970By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1970 Season Tags: • No Comments

1970 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	Game Status
1	0	0.379	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho 45–7
2	56	0.379	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baylor 38–0
3	39	0.388	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 37–0
4	109	0.397	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 43–7
5	91	0.424	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat East Carolina 35–2
6	78	0.433	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Illinois 35–3
7	87	0.478	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wichita State 41–14
8	-2	0.487	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Holy Cross 26–0
9	50	0.487	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colgate 48–22
10	7	0.505	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Citadel 24–0
11	49	0.505	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 36–12
12	13	0.514	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Xavier 45–22
13	87	0.532	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Alabama 42–21
14	6	0.550	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 28–9
15	90	0.559	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Maryland 21–3
16	25	0.568	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Washington State 48–31
17	54	0.568	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat SMU 28–11
18	64	0.586	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat NC State 21–6
19	88	0.604	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 13–0
20	43	0.631	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Kentucky 20–10
21	52	0.658	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 31–24
22	73	0.658	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 21–14
23	83	0.658	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Tech 7–0
24	51	0.667	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 24–18
25	64	0.667	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arkansas 34–28
26	73	0.676	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon State 14–9
27	71	0.685	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 7–3
28	-15	0.694	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 10–7
29	3	0.694	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat South Carolina 23–20
30	-2	0.703	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 21–19
31	-2	0.703	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 9–7
32	25	0.712	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oklahoma State 14–13
33	-30	1.180	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
34	-30	1.180	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
35	-28	1.180	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
36	-27	1.180	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
37	-27	1.180	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
38	-27	1.180	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
39	-20	1.180	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
40	-19	1.180	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
41	-19	1.180	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
42	-19	1.180	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
43	-19	1.180	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
44	-13	1.180	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
45	-12	1.180	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
46	-11	1.180	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
47	-10	1.180	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
48	-10	1.180	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
49	-10	1.180	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
50	-10	1.180	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
51	-8	1.180	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
52	-5	1.180	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
53	-5	1.180	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
54	-4	1.180	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
55	-4	1.180	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
56	-4	1.180	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
57	-4	1.180	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
58	-4	1.180	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
59	-4	1.180	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
60	-4	1.180	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
61	0	1.180	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
62	5	1.180	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
63	5	1.180	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
64	5	1.180	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
65	5	1.180	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
66	10	1.180	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
67	10	1.180	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
68	10	1.180	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
69	10	1.180	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
70	10	1.180	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
71	10	1.180	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
72	11	1.180	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
73	17	1.180	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
74	18	1.180	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
75	18	1.180	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
76	25	1.180	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
77	33	1.180	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
78	34	1.180	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
79	38	1.180	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
80	38	1.180	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
81	39	1.180	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	73	BYE
82	-10	1.282	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Mississippi State 13–14
83	-57	1.321	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Florida 19–21
84	-38	1.321	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Florida State 7–9
85	-20	1.361	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to BYU 7–10
86	1	1.361	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Georgia Tech 20–23
87	-72	1.400	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Tulsa 3–7
88	-14	1.439	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to UCLA 9–14
89	-84	1.479	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Stanford 28–34
90	13	1.479	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Pacific 18–24
91	-77	1.518	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Oregon 24–31
92	5	1.518	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Texas Tech 14–21
93	15	1.518	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Virginia 0–7
94	-50	1.636	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to North Carolina 10–20
95	-65	1.754	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–13
96	18	1.830	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 41–0
97	-33	1.833	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Richmond 6–21
98	6	1.902	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 39–6
99	-13	1.911	SMU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Oklahoma 11–28
100	11	1.911	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Kansas 31–48
101	-52	1.951	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Villanova 3–21
102	-11	1.984	TCU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Arlington 31–7
103	-41	1.990	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Colorado State 9–28
104	-59	2.056	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Montana State 19–3
105	16	2.060	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	BYE
106	-104	2.069	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to USC 21–42
107	-22	2.074	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Barbara 28–14
108	11	2.148	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Dayton 22–45
109	-21	2.182	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana 16–14
110	-94	2.187	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Clemson 0–24
111	-2	2.187	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Nebraska 12–36
112	-94	2.266	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Navy 22–48
113	-79	2.266	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Army 0–26
114	1	2.305	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Texas A&M 14–41
115	-49	2.502	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to San Diego State 3–35
116	-89	2.541	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Toledo 2–35
117	-1	2.659	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to West Virginia 7–43
118	-16	2.698	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Kansas State 0–37
119	-111	2.738	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Missouri 0–38
120	-84	2.738	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Air Force 7–45
121	-109	11.039	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	40	Lost to Ball State 7–14