1969

1970 Rankings
​Final

1971

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Nebraska	(11-0-1)		0.8172	Big Eight
2	Texas	(10-1-0)		0.8004	Southwest
3	Notre Dame	(10-1-0)		0.7997	Independent
4	Tennessee	(11-1-0)		0.7816	Southeastern
5	Auburn	(9-2-0)		0.7344	Southeastern
6	Dartmouth	(9-0-0)		0.7179	Ivy
7	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.7127	AAWU
8	Ohio State	(9-1-0)		0.6638	Big Ten
9	Louisiana State	(9-3-0)		0.6429	Southeastern
10	Arizona State	(11-0-0)		0.6162	Western Athletic
11	Michigan	(9-1-0)		0.6152	Big Ten
12	Georgia Tech	(9-3-0)		0.5922	Independent
13	Arkansas	(9-2-0)		0.5846	Southwest
14	Southern California	(6-4-1)		0.5585	AAWU
15	Toledo	(12-0-0)		0.5466	Mid-American
16	Houston	(8-3-0)		0.5263	Independent
17	UCLA	(6-5-0)		0.5084	AAWU
18	Oklahoma	(7-4-1)		0.5032	Big Eight
19	Washington	(6-4-0)		0.4957	AAWU
20	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.4946	Ivy
21	Air Force	(9-3-0)		0.4944	Independent
22	Harvard	(7-2-0)		0.4783	Ivy
23	Tulane	(8-4-0)		0.4726	Independent
24	Texas Tech	(8-4-0)		0.4587	Southwest
25	Oregon State	(6-5-0)		0.4537	AAWU
26	Oregon	(6-4-1)		0.4487	AAWU
27	Alabama	(6-5-1)		0.4448	Southeastern
28	Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4298	Southeastern
29	California	(6-5-0)		0.4245	AAWU
30	Florida	(7-4-0)		0.4139	Southeastern
31	Florida State	(7-4-0)		0.4135	Independent
32	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.4099	Southeastern
33	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.3940	Big Eight
34	Georgia	(5-5-0)		0.3790	Southeastern
35	Northwestern	(6-4-0)		0.3673	Big Ten
36	Cornell	(6-3-0)		0.3611	Ivy
37	Kansas State	(6-5-0)		0.3590	Big Eight
38	Boston College	(8-2-0)		0.3314	Independent
39	Louisville	(8-3-1)		0.3283	Missouri Valley
40	Miami (Ohio)	(7-3-0)		0.3279	Mid-American
41	San Diego State	(9-2-0)		0.3270	PCAA
42	Penn State	(7-3-0)		0.3205	Independent
43	North Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.3079	Atlantic Coast
44	Cincinnati	(7-4-0)		0.3066	Missouri Valley
45	Western Michigan	(7-3-0)		0.2966	Mid-American
46	Wake Forest	(6-5-0)		0.2937	Atlantic Coast
47	Rice	(5-5-0)		0.2913	Southwest
48	Missouri	(5-6-0)		0.2857	Big Eight
49	New Mexico	(7-3-0)		0.2856	Western Athletic
50	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.2847	Ivy
51	Utah	(6-4-0)		0.2843	Western Athletic
52	Long Beach State	(9-2-1)		0.2807	PCAA
53	Iowa State	(5-6-0)		0.2788	Big Eight
54	Tulsa	(6-4-0)		0.2769	Missouri Valley
55	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2733	Southwest
56	West Virginia	(8-3-0)		0.2681	Independent
57	Duke	(6-5-0)		0.2675	Atlantic Coast
58	Kansas	(5-6-0)		0.2661	Big Eight
59	Memphis	(6-4-0)		0.2578	Missouri Valley
60	Villanova	(9-2-0)		0.2374	Independent
61	Purdue	(4-6-0)		0.2227	Big Ten
62	South Carolina	(4-6-1)		0.2174	Atlantic Coast
63	Wisconsin	(4-5-1)		0.2092	Big Ten
64	Syracuse	(6-4-0)		0.1993	Independent
65	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.1983	Big Eight
66	Dayton	(5-4-1)		0.1785	Independent
67	Pennsylvania	(4-5-0)		0.1760	Ivy
68	Pittsburgh	(5-5-0)		0.1675	Independent
69	Michigan State	(4-6-0)		0.1615	Big Ten
70	West Texas A&M	(7-3-0)		0.1610	Independent
71	Texas Christian	(4-6-1)		0.1482	Southwest
72	Texas-El Paso	(6-4-0)		0.1454	Western Athletic
73	Ohio	(4-5-0)		0.1213	Mid-American
74	Columbia	(3-6-0)		0.1089	Ivy
75	Vanderbilt	(4-7-0)		0.0949	Southeastern
76	Arizona	(4-6-0)		0.0908	Western Athletic
77	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0870	Independent
78	Minnesota	(3-6-1)		0.0776	Big Ten
79	Illinois	(3-7-0)		0.0734	Big Ten
80	Texas A&M	(2-9-0)		0.0571	Southwest
81	Colorado State	(4-7-0)		0.0423	Western Athletic
82	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.0413	Southern
83	Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.0325	Atlantic Coast
84	Iowa	(3-6-1)		0.0226	Big Ten
85	Southern Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.0102	Independent
86	Fresno State	(8-4-0)		-0.0005	PCAA
87	Baylor	(2-9-0)		-0.0013	Southwest
88	Kentucky	(2-9-0)		-0.0070	Southeastern
89	Marshall	(3-6-0)		-0.0140	Mid-American
90	Utah State	(5-5-0)		-0.0284	Independent
91	Clemson	(3-8-0)		-0.0315	Atlantic Coast
92	Army	(1-9-1)		-0.0393	Independent
93	Pacific	(5-6-0)		-0.0442	PCAA
94	San Jose State	(2-9-0)		-0.0448	PCAA
95	Navy	(2-9-0)		-0.0501	Independent
96	Brown	(2-7-0)		-0.0536	Ivy
97	Kent State	(3-7-0)		-0.0605	Mid-American
98	North Carolina State	(3-7-1)		-0.0670	Atlantic Coast
99	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		-0.0768	Independent
100	Washington State	(1-10-0)		-0.0778	AAWU
101	Colgate	(5-6-0)		-0.0911	Independent
102	Brigham Young	(3-8-0)		-0.1028	Western Athletic
103	Rutgers	(5-5-0)		-0.1083	Independent
104	Richmond	(4-6-0)		-0.1314	Southern
105	Bowling Green State	(2-6-1)		-0.1351	Mid-American
106	North Texas	(3-8-0)		-0.1403	Missouri Valley
107	New Mexico State	(4-6-0)		-0.1413	Independent
108	William & Mary	(5-7-0)		-0.1515	Southern
109	Northern Illinois	(3-7-0)		-0.1759	Independent
110	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.1929	Southern
111	Maryland	(2-9-0)		-0.2128	Atlantic Coast
112	Wyoming	(1-9-0)		-0.2816	Western Athletic
113	East Carolina	(3-8-0)		-0.3013	Southern
114	Indiana	(1-9-0)		-0.3186	Big Ten
115	Buffalo	(2-9-0)		-0.3303	Independent
116	Santa Barbara	(2-9-0)		-0.4407	PCAA
117	Virginia Military Institute	(1-10-0)		-0.5488	Southern
118	Wichita State	(0-9-0)		-0.5577	Missouri Valley
119	Davidson	(2-8-0)		-0.5710	Southern
120	Holy Cross	(0-10-1)		-0.5911	Independent
121	Xavier	(1-9-0)		-0.6209	Independent
122	Los Angeles State	(1-9-0)		-0.7984	PCAA

Average Ratings by Conference (1970)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	AAWU		0.4406
2	Southeastern		0.4324
3	Big Eight		0.3878
4	Southwest		0.3265
5	Ivy		0.3210
6	Big Ten		0.2095
7	Mid-American		0.1547
8	Western Athletic		0.1350
9	Independent		0.1113
10	Atlantic Coast		0.1010
11	Missouri Valley		0.0786
12	PCAA		-0.1030
13	Southern		-0.2651