1970 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 6, 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	NOW	Game Status
1	2	0.619	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat UCLA 20–17
2	3	0.699	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Clemson 28–7
3	-2	0.726	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Duke 34–10
4	2	0.736	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Texas A&M 14–10
5	-3	0.757	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Kentucky 33–15
6	1	0.962	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 56–3
7	1	1.031	USC	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	23	+4	Beat Oregon State 45–13
8	7	1.046	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Michigan State 29–0
9	-5	1.059	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Columbia 24–22
10	3	1.076	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Northern Illinois 48–0
11	8	1.082	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Ohio 42–7
12	-1	1.124	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Alabama 48–23
13	4	1.208	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Wyoming 52–3
14	-5	1.229	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah 16–13
15	1	1.249	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Colorado State 37–22
16	8	1.253	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–0–1	0.875	23	+3	Beat Minnesota 35–10
17	-5	1.328	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	25	+6	Beat Santa Barbara 63–21
18	0	1.384	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Indiana 16–10
19	9	1.465	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat BYU 31–11
20	16	1.470	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Brown 17–9
21	6	1.472	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 10–7
22	-1	1.476	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	25	+4	Beat TCU 49–14
23	15	1.546	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rutgers 39–9
24	-14	1.603	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–1	0.750	25	+5	Lost to Purdue 14–26
25	9	1.638	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	25	+4	Beat Cincinnati 6–3
26	-12	1.674	UCLA	PAC	3–1	0.750	25	+4	Lost to Texas 17–20
27	13	1.686	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colgate 39–7
28	-6	1.709	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lehigh 41–14
29	17	1.720	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–1	0.667	40	+4	Beat Stanford 26–14
30	17	1.745	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	+3	Beat Army 48–3
31	4	1.790	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 50–14
32	-2	1.832	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Oklahoma State 40–20
33	0	1.917	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–1	0.667	40	+2	Beat Navy 56–7
34	3	2.030	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Georgia 7–6
35	-9	2.054	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Lost to Fresno State 14–34
36	-11	2.064	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat NC State 14–6
37	-8	2.200	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–2	0.500	57	+3	Lost to Ole Miss 23–48
38	21	2.242	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat New Mexico 49–23
39	13	2.266	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	25	+2	Beat Memphis 27–12
40	16	2.273	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	40	+1	BYE
41	4	2.276	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat Bowling Green 23–3
42	8	2.286	LSU	SEC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Baylor 31–10
43	14	2.323	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–1–1	0.625	55	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 24–7
44	4	2.374	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+2	BYE
45	8	2.429	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Kent State 27–6
46	19	2.475	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Syracuse 27–0
47	15	2.492	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Maryland 18–11
48	-6	2.535	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	57	+2	Lost to Michigan 10–14
49	22	2.574	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat California 28–0
50	14	2.577	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	25	+1	Beat Richmond 43–21
51	4	2.610	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	40	+1	Beat Iowa 17–10
52	6	2.644	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	25	0	Beat Delaware 34–31
53	20	2.674	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	57	+1	Beat Colorado 21–20
54	-5	2.703	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	57	+1	Lost to Tulane 3–6
55	-24	2.811	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	57	+1	Lost to USC 13–45
56	7	2.843	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–3	0.250	86	+2	Lost to Auburn 15–33
57	-37	2.943	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	40	-1	Lost to Kansas State 20–21
58	-4	2.959	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–2	0.500	57	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–10
59	25	2.984	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–1	0.750	25	+3	Beat Pacific 34–14
60	-28	3.048	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Mississippi State 6–7
61	9	3.063	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	55	-1	Beat Louisville 28–11
62	16	3.115	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat Xavier 31–14
63	-3	3.242	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–2	0.500	57	0	Lost to Ohio State 10–34
64	-13	3.270	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Nebraska 10–35
65	-26	3.276	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	57	0	Lost to Princeton 22–24
66	39	3.329	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1–1	0.500	57	0	Beat Penn State 29–16
67	14	3.401	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–2	0.500	57	0	Beat Washington State 28–13
68	-27	3.413	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	57	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 9–17
69	5	3.521	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	-2	BYE
70	-4	3.533	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	86	+1	Lost to Air Force 22–37
71	-10	3.638	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–2	0.500	57	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–28
72	-29	3.643	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Kansas 23–49
73	-4	3.684	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Iowa State 13–16
74	6	3.794	UTEP	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	57	-1	Beat New Mexico State 21–14
75	-7	3.850	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Harvard 9–39
76	13	3.913	SMU	IND SWC	2–2	0.500	57	-1	Beat Northwestern 21–20
77	20	3.970	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	40	0	Beat East Carolina 42–30
78	-1	4.000	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Lost to Missouri 20–40
79	0	4.033	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	76	0	Lost to Notre Dame 0–29
80	-13	4.181	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Tulsa 12–27
81	5	4.191	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	86	+1	Lost to Boston College 3–56
82	20	4.600	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	57	0	Beat San José State 7–3
83	24	4.626	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–3	0.250	86	-1	Beat Virginia 27–7
84	-40	4.642	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 16–29
85	16	4.698	BYU	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Lost to San Diego State 11–31
86	-14	4.721	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	76	-1	Lost to Toledo 7–42
87	0	4.819	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	57	-3	BYE
88	-3	4.942	TCU	IND SWC	1–2–1	0.375	75	-2	Lost to Arkansas 14–49
89	-13	5.032	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Lost to Southern Miss 21–43
90	2	5.097	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Lost to LSU 10–31
91	2	5.116	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–3	0.250	86	-3	Lost to Rice 0–28
92	-10	5.229	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–2	0.333	76	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–27
93	5	5.354	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	-3	Lost to Yale 7–39
94	-71	5.374	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	57	+1	Lost to Trinity (TEXAS) 9–20
95	1	5.400	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	110	-1	Lost to Arizona State 3–52
96	-13	5.458	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Lost to Washington 7–56
97	11	5.489	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	86	-3	Beat Ohio Wesleyan 33–29
98	-8	5.563	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	86	-4	Lost to Long Beach State 3–7
99	-8	5.664	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	-4	Lost to Tennessee 3–48
100	-25	5.702	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3	0.000	110	-3	Lost to SMU 20–21
101	14	5.729	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	57	-3	Beat Carson Newman 42–34
102	-7	5.876	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–3	0.250	86	-5	Lost to Oregon 13–28
103	0	5.885	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–48
104	-4	6.170	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–4	0.000	110	-4	Lost to Miami 11–18
105	-1	6.186	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	86	-1	Lost to Dayton 11–28
106	10	6.270	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	86	-6	Beat Drake 37–13
107	2	6.495	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2–1	0.167	108	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 3–23
108	-9	6.554	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–3	0.000	110	-3	Lost to Arizona 10–17
109	-21	6.623	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–3	0.250	86	-7	Lost to Wake Forest 7–27
110	1	6.659	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–3–1	0.125	109	-4	Lost to Florida 6–14
111	-1	6.664	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	-7	Lost to UTEP 14–21
112	6	6.769	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	86	-2	Beat Massachusetts 16–13
113	-1	7.223	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–3	0.000	110	-4	Lost to West Virginia 10–16
114	0	7.233	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	110	-5	Lost to Marshall 14–31
115	-2	7.302	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	110	-3	Lost to Illinois 0–27
116	-22	7.399	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	86	-4	Lost to Arkansas State 7–24
117	-11	8.698	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	110	-4	Lost to Idaho State 14–35
118	-1	8.816	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	110	-8	Lost to South Carolina 7–24
119	0	8.915	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–4	0.000	110	-4	Lost to West Texas A&M 30–42
120	1	9.597	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	110	-3	Lost to Dartmouth 14–50
121	-1	10.344	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	110	-3	BYE