1969

1970 Rankings
​Final

1971

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(11-0-1)		0.9102	Big Eight
2	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.8573	Southwest
3	Notre Dame	(10-1-0)		0.8518	Independent
4	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.8235	Southeastern
5	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.7801	Southeastern
6	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.7556	Ivy
7	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7533	AAWU
8	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.6987	Big Ten
9	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6881	Southeastern
10	Arizona State	(11-0-0)		0.6605	Western Athletic
11	Michigan	(9-1-0)		0.6474	Big Ten
12	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.6266	Southwest
13	Georgia Tech	(9-3-0)		0.6136	Independent
14	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.6110	AAWU
15	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5805	Big Eight
16	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.5624	Mid-American
17	Houston	(8-3-0)		0.5589	Independent
18	UCLA	(6-5-0)		0.5421	AAWU
19	Air Force	(9-3-0)		0.5309	Independent
20	Washington	(6-4-0)		0.5264	AAWU
21	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.5213	Ivy
22	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.5025	Ivy
23	Alabama	(6-5-1)		0.4989	Southeastern
24	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.4979	Southwest
25	Tulane	(8-4-0)		0.4948	Independent
26	Oregon State	(6-5-0)		0.4855	AAWU
27	Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4631	Southeastern
28	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.4529	Big Eight
29	California	(6-5-0)		0.4519	AAWU
30	Oregon	(6-4-1)		0.4473	AAWU
31	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.4418	Southeastern
32	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.4352	Southeastern
33	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.4231	Independent
34	Kansas State	(6-5-0)		0.4131	Big Eight
35	Georgia	(5-5-0)		0.3921	Southeastern
36	Northwestern	(6-4-0)		0.3896	Big Ten
37	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3798	Ivy
38	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.3566	Independent
39	San Diego State	(9-2-0)		0.3528	PCAA
40	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.3456	Independent
41	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.3416	Western Athletic
42	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.3359	Big Eight
43	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.3313	Big Eight
44	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.3273	Mid-American
45	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.3195	Western Athletic
46	Kansas	(5-6-0)		0.3140	Big Eight
47	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.3135	Southwest
48	Louisville	(8-3-1)		0.3105	Missouri Valley
49	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.3095	Atlantic Coast
50	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.3073	Missouri Valley
51	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.3032	Mid-American
52	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.3004	Ivy
53	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2931	Southwest
54	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.2921	Atlantic Coast
55	West Virginia	(8-3-0)		0.2884	Independent
56	Tulsa	(6-4-0)		0.2848	Missouri Valley
57	Long Beach State	(9-2-1)		0.2831	PCAA
58	Memphis	(6-4-0)		0.2613	Missouri Valley
59	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2583	Atlantic Coast
60	Villanova	(9-2-0)		0.2517	Independent
61	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.2462	Big Eight
62	Purdue	(4-6-0)		0.2358	Big Ten
63	Syracuse	(6-4-0)		0.2352	Independent
64	Wisconsin	(4-5-1)		0.1989	Big Ten
65	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.1861	Independent
66	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.1822	Ivy
67	Texas-El Paso	(6-4-0)		0.1695	Western Athletic
68	South Carolina	(4-6-1)		0.1667	Atlantic Coast
69	Michigan State	(4-6-0)		0.1666	Big Ten
70	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		0.1616	Independent
71	Texas Christian	(4-6-1)		0.1470	Southwest
72	Dayton	(5-4-1)		0.1192	Independent
73	Columbia	(3-6-0)		0.1111	Ivy
74	Arizona	(4-6-0)		0.1102	Western Athletic
75	Ohio	(4-5-0)		0.1005	Mid-American
76	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.1000	Southeastern
77	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0805	Independent
78	Illinois	(3-7-0)		0.0695	Big Ten
79	Colorado State	(4-7-0)		0.0629	Western Athletic
80	Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		0.0623	Southwest
81	Minnesota	(3-6-1)		0.0511	Big Ten
82	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.0447	Southern
83	Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.0147	Atlantic Coast
84	Baylor	(2-9-0)		0.0120	Southwest
85	Southern Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.0119	Independent
86	Iowa	(3-6-1)		-0.0049	Big Ten
87	Fresno State	(8-4-0)		-0.0056	PCAA
88	Kentucky	(2-9-0)		-0.0101	Southeastern
89	Utah State	(5-5-0)		-0.0205	Independent
90	Army	(1-9-1)		-0.0357	Independent
91	Marshall	(3-6-0)		-0.0389	Mid-American
92	San Jose State	(2-9-0)		-0.0416	PCAA
93	Pacific	(5-6-0)		-0.0467	PCAA
94	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.0484	Independent
95	Clemson	(3-8-0)		-0.0593	Atlantic Coast
96	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.0610	Ivy
97	Washington State	(1-10-0)		-0.0694	AAWU
98	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		-0.0802	Independent
99	Kent State	(3-7-0)		-0.0808	Mid-American
100	Colgate	(5-6-0)		-0.1003	Independent
101	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.1027	Western Athletic
102	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		-0.1106	Atlantic Coast
103	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.1172	Independent
104	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.1372	Independent
105	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.1380	Southern
106	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.1596	Missouri Valley
107	William & Mary	(5-7-0)		-0.1636	Southern
108	Bowling Green State	(2-6-1)		-0.1892	Mid-American
109	Northern Illinois	(3-7-0)		-0.2066	Independent
110	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.2081	Southern
111	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.2405	Atlantic Coast
112	Wyoming	(1-9-0)		-0.2808	Western Athletic
113	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.3241	Southern
114	Indiana	(1-9-0)		-0.3406	Big Ten
115	Buffalo	(2-9-0)		-0.3631	Independent
116	Santa Barbara	(2-9-0)		-0.4715	PCAA
117	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-0.5845	Southern
118	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.6028	Southern
119	Wichita State	(0-9-0)		-0.6032	Missouri Valley
120	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-0.6823	Independent
121	Holy Cross	(0-10-1)		-0.6844	Independent
122	Los Angeles State	(1-9-0)		-0.8548	PCAA

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	AAWU	0.4685
2	Southeastern	0.4613
3	Big Eight	0.4480
4	Southwest	0.3512
5	Ivy	0.3365
6	Big Ten	0.2112
7	Western Athletic	0.1601
8	Mid-American	0.1406
9	Independent	0.1124
10	Atlantic Coast	0.0789
11	Missouri Valley	0.0668
12	PCAA	-0.1120
13	Southern	-0.2823