College Football 1970
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1970/9/5 and 1971/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1970 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
10	26.10	13	22.12	1	23.82	Southern California	11	6-4-1	1	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
15	22.18	15	21.11	2	25.32	UCLA	11	6-5-0	2	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
40	10.55	33	12.74	3	25.50	Oklahoma State	11	4-7-0	3	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
14	22.32	14	21.96	4	25.67	Oklahoma	12	7-4-1	4	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
67	-1.51	69	-1.94	5	27.18	Washington State	11	1-10-0	5	11	1-10-0	PAC-8
8	29.87	6	30.25	6	28.42	Stanford	12	9-3-0	7	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
22	18.33	26	16.53	7	28.50	Oregon State	11	6-5-0	6	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
26	15.50	30	15.05	8	29.00	Missouri	11	5-6-0	8	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
19	19.72	17	19.92	9	30.67	Alabama	12	6-5-1	10	12	6-5-1	SEC
42	9.77	25	16.82	10	31.50	Mississippi State	11	6-5-0	9	11	6-5-0	SEC
13	24.91	16	20.13	11	32.10	Washington	10	6-4-0	11	10	6-4-0	PAC-8
35	12.15	34	12.50	12	32.86	Kansas	11	5-6-0	12	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
17	20.22	28	15.25	13	33.45	Colorado	11	6-5-0	13	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
31	12.63	20	18.71	14	33.77	Kansas State	11	6-5-0	14	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
36	11.74	46	6.84	15	33.85	Purdue	10	4-6-0	16	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
29	14.06	32	13.50	16	33.86	California	11	6-5-0	18	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
3	35.04	3	31.74	17	34.18	Texas	11	10-1-0	15	11	10-1-0	SWAC
2	35.48	1	35.69	18	34.42	Nebraska	12	11-0-1	17	12	11-0-1	BIG 8
65	-1.34	83	-7.34	19	34.59	Texas A&M	11	2-9-0	20	11	2-9-0	SWAC
41	9.94	36	11.26	20	34.64	Iowa State	11	5-6-0	19	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
7	30.36	5	31.02	21	35.86	Auburn	11	9-2-0	21	11	9-2-0	SEC
33	12.24	42	8.24	22	36.10	Michigan State	10	4-6-0	22	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
62	-0.03	82	-7.27	23	36.77	Kentucky	11	2-9-0	23	11	2-9-0	SEC
52	5.32	49	5.35	24	37.30	Minnesota	10	3-6-1	25	10	3-6-1	BIG 10
18	20.03	27	15.55	25	37.30	Northwestern	10	6-4-0	24	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
55	2.92	58	1.89	26	37.35	Illinois	10	3-7-0	26	10	3-7-0	BIG 10
6	30.96	7	29.41	27	37.67	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	27	12	9-3-0	SEC
49	6.45	52	4.11	28	38.15	Texas Christian	10	3-6-1	43	11	4-6-1	SWAC
44	8.20	35	11.47	29	38.32	Southern Methodist	11	5-6-0	28	11	5-6-0	SWAC
1	36.06	2	35.34	30	38.82	Notre Dame	11	10-1-0	33	11	10-1-0	EIC
5	31.54	8	28.35	31	38.85	Ohio State	10	9-1-0	32	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
4	31.81	4	31.08	32	39.00	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	30	12	11-1-0	SEC
27	14.73	44	7.58	33	39.30	Georgia	10	5-5-0	29	10	5-5-0	SEC
25	16.29	22	17.93	34	39.59	Oregon	11	6-4-1	31	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
74	-3.49	75	-4.64	35	40.59	Baylor	11	2-9-0	35	11	2-9-0	SWAC
16	22.01	12	23.31	36	40.67	Georgia Tech	12	9-3-0	36	12	9-3-0	SWIC
64	-0.22	67	-0.93	37	40.67	Vanderbilt	9	2-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	SEC
34	12.18	39	9.59	38	40.90	Wisconsin	10	4-5-1	34	10	4-5-1	BIG 10
20	19.37	23	17.87	39	41.20	Mississippi	10	6-4-0	44	11	7-4-0	SEC
57	1.85	60	1.86	40	42.25	Iowa	10	3-6-1	38	10	3-6-1	BIG 10
89	-10.98	88	-9.96	41	42.40	Indiana	10	1-9-0	37	10	1-9-0	BIG 10
24	16.54	24	17.59	42	42.50	Texas Tech	12	8-4-0	39	12	8-4-0	SWAC
45	7.52	38	9.92	43	43.30	Rice	10	5-5-0	41	10	5-5-0	SWAC
30	13.14	29	15.09	44	43.96	Tulane	12	8-4-0	40	12	8-4-0	SWIC
9	28.83	10	24.02	45	44.25	Michigan	10	9-1-0	42	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
23	17.73	19	18.77	46	46.14	Houston	11	8-3-0	45	11	8-3-0	SWIC
11	25.58	11	23.36	47	47.55	Arkansas	11	9-2-0	46	11	9-2-0	SWAC
28	14.48	21	18.25	48	47.68	Florida	11	7-4-0	47	11	7-4-0	SEC
85	-9.60	73	-3.60	49	47.85	Miami FL	10	3-7-0	52	11	3-8-0	SWIC
37	11.70	31	13.74	50	48.55	Florida State	11	7-4-0	50	11	7-4-0	SWIC
71	-2.75	81	-7.07	51	49.18	San Jose State	11	2-9-0	58	11	2-9-0	BWC
21	19.29	18	19.45	52	49.79	Air Force	12	9-3-0	48	12	9-3-0	SWIC
53	4.36	40	9.34	53	50.05	Wake Forest	11	6-5-0	51	11	6-5-0	ACC
86	-10.50	89	-10.13	54	51.00	Southern Mississippi	7	2-5-0	71	11	5-6-0	SWIC
101	-18.13	96	-14.66	55	51.70	Wyoming	10	1-9-0	53	10	1-9-0	WAC
72	-2.92	62	0.44	56	51.95	Arizona	10	4-6-0	55	10	4-6-0	WAC
43	8.41	55	2.84	57	52.95	South Carolina	11	4-6-1	54	11	4-6-1	ACC
79	-6.51	76	-5.97	58	53.09	Clemson	11	3-8-0	56	11	3-8-0	ACC
88	-10.86	109	-22.18	59	53.18	Army	11	1-9-1	59	11	1-9-1	EIC
94	-13.36	95	-14.16	60	54.50	Navy	11	2-9-0	57	11	2-9-0	EIC
90	-11.02	91	-11.00	61	54.58	Idaho	6	1-5-0	61	11	4-7-0	SWIC
56	1.98	51	4.15	62	55.95	Duke	11	6-5-0	60	11	6-5-0	ACC
50	6.42	50	5.22	63	59.10	Utah	10	6-4-0	62	10	6-4-0	WAC
77	-5.56	63	-0.17	64	61.35	Pittsburgh	10	5-5-0	63	10	5-5-0	EIC
75	-4.07	70	-2.78	65	62.41	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	64	11	4-7-0	WAC
83	-8.82	74	-4.55	66	62.44	Pacific	9	4-5-0	74	11	5-6-0	BWC
48	6.58	43	8.17	67	62.90	New Mexico	10	7-3-0	65	10	7-3-0	WAC
119	-35.27	115	-28.41	68	63.00	Cal State Los Angeles	4	0-4-0	88	10	1-9-0	BWC
105	-19.04	104	-17.90	69	63.29	Santa Barbara	7	1-6-0	86	11	2-9-0	BWC
114	-28.38	114	-27.42	70	63.75	Wichita State	8	0-8-0	66	9	0-9-0	MVC
12	24.97	9	25.60	71	63.77	Arizona State	11	11-0-0	67	11	11-0-0	WAC
87	-10.79	87	-9.06	72	64.36	Brigham Young	11	3-8-0	68	11	3-8-0	WAC
92	-11.63	86	-9.04	73	65.82	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	69	11	3-7-1	ACC
46	7.06	48	5.49	74	67.17	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	72	12	8-4-0	ACC
58	0.90	59	1.87	75	67.22	Tulsa	9	5-4-0	70	10	6-4-0	MVC
59	0.21	56	2.49	76	67.45	Syracuse	10	6-4-0	73	10	6-4-0	EIC
68	-1.67	61	1.24	77	68.00	Texas El Paso	9	5-4-0	80	10	6-4-0	WAC
102	-18.61	99	-16.22	78	68.91	Maryland	11	2-9-0	76	11	2-9-0	ACC
108	-20.86	97	-14.93	79	69.07	New Mexico State	7	1-6-0	90	10	4-6-0	SWIC
51	5.67	53	4.04	80	69.20	Penn State	10	7-3-0	77	10	7-3-0	EIC
69	-2.11	64	-0.18	81	69.70	Memphis	10	6-4-0	78	10	6-4-0	MVC
82	-8.14	80	-7.02	82	73.27	Virginia Tech	11	5-6-0	83	11	5-6-0	SWIC
84	-8.90	84	-7.36	83	73.28	Ohio University	9	4-5-0	79	9	4-5-0	MAC
99	-16.65	107	-19.58	84	75.11	North Texas	9	2-7-0	85	11	3-8-0	MVC
80	-7.30	79	-6.39	85	76.45	Utah State	10	5-5-0	84	10	5-5-0	SWIC
60	0.11	65	-0.31	86	76.83	Fresno State	6	4-2-0	109	12	8-4-0	BWC
32	12.32	37	9.97	87	76.93	Cal State Long Beach	7	5-1-1	99	12	9-2-1	BWC
54	3.62	45	7.00	88	79.35	Louisville	10	7-2-1	94	12	8-3-1	MVC
103	-18.97	110	-23.34	89	81.00	Northern Illinois	8	2-6-0	96	10	3-7-0	EIC
47	6.96	54	3.93	90	81.41	San Diego State	11	9-2-0	110	11	9-2-0	BWC
98	-16.27	101	-16.82	91	82.22	Bowling Green	9	2-6-1	95	9	2-6-1	MAC
66	-1.50	71	-3.05	92	82.55	Cincinnati	11	7-4-0	100	11	7-4-0	EIC
111	-23.04	112	-25.26	93	83.55	Kent State	10	3-7-0	101	10	3-7-0	MAC
121	-37.53	118	-31.30	94	83.68	Virginia Military	11	1-10-0	107	11	1-10-0	SoCon
106	-20.16	111	-24.60	95	84.25	Marshall	8	2-6-0	103	9	3-6-0	EIC
70	-2.66	66	-0.90	96	84.73	West Virginia	11	8-3-0	108	11	8-3-0	EIC
91	-11.24	98	-14.96	97	85.06	Dayton	9	4-4-1	105	10	5-4-1	EIC
93	-12.66	93	-13.65	98	85.64	Virginia	11	5-6-0	104	11	5-6-0	ACC
113	-26.45	106	-19.12	99	86.75	William & Mary	10	3-7-0	121	12	5-7-0	SoCon
63	-0.14	57	2.26	100	87.61	Boston College	9	7-2-0	115	10	8-2-0	EIC
61	0.05	72	-3.07	101	88.06	Western Michigan	9	6-3-0	111	10	7-3-0	MAC
118	-32.45	120	-34.10	102	88.56	Buffalo	8	1-7-0	120	11	2-9-0	EIC
104	-19.03	108	-22.12	103	88.64	Pennsylvania	7	2-5-0	97	9	4-5-0	Ivy
112	-24.09	105	-19.08	104	89.39	East Carolina	9	3-6-0	116	11	3-8-0	SoCon
76	-4.38	78	-6.30	105	90.10	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	113	10	7-3-0	MAC
117	-31.10	121	-34.58	106	90.88	Brown	8	1-7-0	82	9	2-7-0	Ivy
110	-22.95	116	-29.48	107	91.25	Columbia	8	2-6-0	89	9	3-6-0	Ivy
100	-17.63	100	-16.72	108	92.70	Richmond	10	4-6-0	125	10	4-6-0	SoCon
123	-47.70	123	-46.72	109	92.71	Holy Cross	7	0-7-0	127	11	0-10-1	EIC
96	-13.79	92	-12.29	110	94.00	Cornell	8	5-3-0	98	9	6-3-0	Ivy
122	-40.95	122	-39.93	111	94.14	Saint Xavier	7	0-7-0	117	10	1-9-0	EIC
73	-3.11	85	-7.56	112	95.88	Yale	8	6-2-0	106	9	7-2-0	Ivy
97	-15.53	102	-17.16	113	95.89	Princeton	9	5-4-0	93	9	5-4-0	Ivy
78	-6.16	68	-1.87	114	96.25	Harvard	8	6-2-0	92	9	7-2-0	Ivy
38	10.77	41	8.79	115	96.46	Toledo	12	12-0-0	126	12	12-0-0	MAC
81	-7.57	77	-6.13	116	98.50	West Texas A&M	8	6-2-0	131	10	7-3-0	SWIC
107	-20.35	103	-17.34	117	99.50	Citadel	8	4-4-0	133	11	5-6-0	SoCon
95	-13.53	90	-10.17	118	100.00	Villanova	7	5-2-0	132	11	9-2-0	EIC
39	10.73	47	6.59	119	100.81	Dartmouth	8	8-0-0	112	9	9-0-0	Ivy
120	-36.13	119	-31.91	120	102.31	Colgate	8	2-6-0	130	11	5-6-0	EIC
116	-29.94	117	-30.76	121	105.60	Rutgers	5	2-3-0	135	10	5-5-0	EIC
115	-29.36	113	-25.32	122	107.33	Davidson	6	2-4-0	138	10	2-8-0	SoCon
109	-21.37	94	-13.89	123	109.40	Furman	5	3-2-0	137	11	8-3-0	SoCon

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College Football 1970Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1970/9/5 and 1971/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1970
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1970/9/5 and 1971/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)