1969

1970 Rankings
​Final

1971

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(11-0-1)		0.8657	Big Eight
2	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.8546	Southwest
3	Notre Dame	(10-1-0)		0.8350	Independent
4	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.8136	Southeastern
5	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.7853	Ivy
6	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.7569	Southeastern
7	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7123	AAWU
8	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.6985	Big Ten
9	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6688	Southeastern
10	Michigan	(9-1-0)		0.6470	Big Ten
11	Arizona State	(11-0-0)		0.6414	Western Athletic
12	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.6271	Southwest
13	Georgia Tech	(9-3-0)		0.6106	Independent
14	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.5827	AAWU
15	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.5779	Mid-American
16	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.5365	Ivy
17	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5329	Big Eight
18	Houston	(8-3-0)		0.5261	Independent
19	UCLA	(6-5-0)		0.5125	AAWU
20	Washington	(6-4-0)		0.5104	AAWU
21	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.5044	Ivy
22	Air Force	(9-3-0)		0.4832	Independent
23	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.4775	Southwest
24	Tulane	(8-4-0)		0.4738	Independent
25	Alabama	(6-5-1)		0.4577	Southeastern
26	Oregon State	(6-5-0)		0.4471	AAWU
27	Oregon	(6-4-1)		0.4074	AAWU
28	California	(6-5-0)		0.4073	AAWU
29	Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.3938	Southeastern
30	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.3924	Independent
31	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.3843	Southeastern
32	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3777	Ivy
33	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.3775	Southeastern
34	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.3714	Big Eight
35	Northwestern	(6-4-0)		0.3692	Big Ten
36	Georgia	(5-5-0)		0.3689	Southeastern
37	San Diego State	(9-2-0)		0.3091	PCAA
38	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.3071	Mid-American
39	Kansas State	(6-5-0)		0.3051	Big Eight
40	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.2911	Independent
41	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.2897	Missouri Valley
42	Louisville	(8-3-1)		0.2865	Missouri Valley
43	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.2817	Ivy
44	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.2768	Southwest
45	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2766	Mid-American
46	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.2717	Atlantic Coast
47	Tulsa	(6-4-0)		0.2576	Missouri Valley
48	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.2534	Big Eight
49	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.2522	Western Athletic
50	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.2500	Independent
51	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2454	Southwest
52	Long Beach State	(9-2-1)		0.2419	PCAA
53	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.2324	Atlantic Coast
54	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2230	Western Athletic
55	West Virginia	(8-3-0)		0.2184	Independent
56	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.2132	Big Eight
57	Kansas	(5-6-0)		0.2125	Big Eight
58	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2102	Atlantic Coast
59	Villanova	(9-2-0)		0.1963	Independent
60	Memphis	(6-4-0)		0.1947	Missouri Valley
61	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.1625	Ivy
62	Purdue	(4-6-0)		0.1607	Big Ten
63	Wisconsin	(4-5-1)		0.1378	Big Ten
64	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.1247	Big Eight
65	South Carolina	(4-6-1)		0.1238	Atlantic Coast
66	Michigan State	(4-6-0)		0.1029	Big Ten
67	Syracuse	(6-4-0)		0.0982	Independent
68	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		0.0951	Independent
69	Dayton	(5-4-1)		0.0904	Independent
70	Texas Christian	(4-6-1)		0.0743	Southwest
71	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.0641	Independent
72	Columbia	(3-6-0)		0.0565	Ivy
73	Texas-El Paso	(6-4-0)		0.0432	Western Athletic
74	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.0280	Southeastern
75	Ohio	(4-5-0)		-0.0176	Mid-American
76	Arizona	(4-6-0)		-0.0186	Western Athletic
77	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		-0.0295	Independent
78	Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		-0.0331	Southwest
79	Minnesota	(3-6-1)		-0.0483	Big Ten
80	Illinois	(3-7-0)		-0.0564	Big Ten
81	Colorado State	(4-7-0)		-0.0764	Western Athletic
82	Furman	(8-3-0)		-0.0860	Southern
83	Virginia	(5-6-0)		-0.1003	Atlantic Coast
84	Baylor	(2-9-0)		-0.1021	Southwest
85	Marshall	(3-6-0)		-0.1337	Mid-American
86	Iowa	(3-6-1)		-0.1429	Big Ten
87	Kentucky	(2-9-0)		-0.1499	Southeastern
88	Southern Mississippi	(5-6-0)		-0.1601	Independent
89	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.1611	Ivy
90	Army	(1-9-1)		-0.1656	Independent
91	San Jose State	(2-9-0)		-0.1878	PCAA
92	Fresno State	(8-4-0)		-0.1898	PCAA
93	Clemson	(3-8-0)		-0.1948	Atlantic Coast
94	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.2089	Independent
95	Washington State	(1-10-0)		-0.2155	AAWU
96	Utah State	(5-5-0)		-0.2315	Independent
97	Kent State	(3-7-0)		-0.2465	Mid-American
98	Pacific	(5-6-0)		-0.2494	PCAA
99	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		-0.2635	Atlantic Coast
100	Colgate	(5-6-0)		-0.2765	Independent
101	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		-0.2791	Independent
102	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.2929	Western Athletic
103	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.3111	Independent
104	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.3128	Missouri Valley
105	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.3415	Southern
106	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.3601	Independent
107	Bowling Green State	(2-6-1)		-0.3694	Mid-American
108	William & Mary	(5-7-0)		-0.3830	Southern
109	Northern Illinois	(3-7-0)		-0.3946	Independent
110	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.4490	Southern
111	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.4762	Atlantic Coast
112	Wyoming	(1-9-0)		-0.5817	Western Athletic
113	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.6129	Southern
114	Indiana	(1-9-0)		-0.6285	Big Ten
115	Buffalo	(2-9-0)		-0.6300	Independent
116	Santa Barbara	(2-9-0)		-0.8186	PCAA
117	Wichita State	(0-9-0)		-1.0014	Missouri Valley
118	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-1.0179	Southern
119	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-1.0510	Southern
120	Holy Cross	(0-10-1)		-1.0738	Independent
121	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-1.0865	Independent
122	Los Angeles State	(1-9-0)		-1.4572	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	AAWU	0.4205
2	Southeastern	0.4099
3	Big Eight	0.3599
4	Ivy	0.3179
5	Southwest	0.3026
6	Big Ten	0.1240
7	Mid-American	0.0563
8	Western Athletic	0.0238
9	Independent	-0.0216
10	Atlantic Coast	-0.0246
11	Missouri Valley	-0.0476
12	PCAA	-0.3360
13	Southern	-0.5630