College Football 1970
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1970/9/5 and 1971/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1970 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	36.06	2	35.34	30	38.82	Notre Dame	11	10-1-0	1	11	10-1-0	EIC
2	35.48	1	35.69	18	34.42	Nebraska	12	11-0-1	2	12	11-0-1	BIG 8
3	35.04	3	31.74	17	34.18	Texas	11	10-1-0	3	11	10-1-0	SWAC
4	31.81	4	31.08	32	39.00	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SEC
5	31.54	8	28.35	31	38.85	Ohio State	10	9-1-0	5	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
6	30.96	7	29.41	27	37.67	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	SEC
7	30.36	5	31.02	21	35.86	Auburn	11	9-2-0	7	11	9-2-0	SEC
8	29.87	6	30.25	6	28.42	Stanford	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
9	28.83	10	24.02	45	44.25	Michigan	10	9-1-0	9	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
10	26.10	13	22.12	1	23.82	Southern California	11	6-4-1	10	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
11	25.58	11	23.36	47	47.55	Arkansas	11	9-2-0	11	11	9-2-0	SWAC
12	24.97	9	25.60	71	63.77	Arizona State	11	11-0-0	13	11	11-0-0	WAC
13	24.91	16	20.13	11	32.10	Washington	10	6-4-0	12	10	6-4-0	PAC-8
14	22.32	14	21.96	4	25.67	Oklahoma	12	7-4-1	14	12	7-4-1	BIG 8
15	22.18	15	21.11	2	25.32	UCLA	11	6-5-0	15	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
16	22.01	12	23.31	36	40.67	Georgia Tech	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SWIC
17	20.22	28	15.25	13	33.45	Colorado	11	6-5-0	17	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
18	20.03	27	15.55	25	37.30	Northwestern	10	6-4-0	18	10	6-4-0	BIG 10
19	19.72	17	19.92	9	30.67	Alabama	12	6-5-1	19	12	6-5-1	SEC
20	19.37	23	17.87	39	41.20	Mississippi	10	6-4-0	21	11	7-4-0	SEC
21	19.29	18	19.45	52	49.79	Air Force	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	SWIC
22	18.33	26	16.53	7	28.50	Oregon State	11	6-5-0	22	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
23	17.73	19	18.77	46	46.14	Houston	11	8-3-0	23	11	8-3-0	SWIC
24	16.54	24	17.59	42	42.50	Texas Tech	12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	SWAC
25	16.29	22	17.93	34	39.59	Oregon	11	6-4-1	25	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
26	15.50	30	15.05	8	29.00	Missouri	11	5-6-0	27	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
27	14.73	44	7.58	33	39.30	Georgia	10	5-5-0	28	10	5-5-0	SEC
28	14.48	21	18.25	48	47.68	Florida	11	7-4-0	30	11	7-4-0	SEC
29	14.06	32	13.50	16	33.86	California	11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
30	13.14	29	15.09	44	43.96	Tulane	12	8-4-0	31	12	8-4-0	SWIC
31	12.63	20	18.71	14	33.77	Kansas State	11	6-5-0	32	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
32	12.32	37	9.97	87	76.93	Cal State Long Beach	7	5-1-1	48	12	9-2-1	BWC
33	12.24	42	8.24	22	36.10	Michigan State	10	4-6-0	33	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
34	12.18	39	9.59	38	40.90	Wisconsin	10	4-5-1	35	10	4-5-1	BIG 10
35	12.15	34	12.50	12	32.86	Kansas	11	5-6-0	34	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
36	11.74	46	6.84	15	33.85	Purdue	10	4-6-0	36	10	4-6-0	BIG 10
37	11.70	31	13.74	50	48.55	Florida State	11	7-4-0	37	11	7-4-0	SWIC
38	10.77	41	8.79	115	96.46	Toledo	12	12-0-0	38	12	12-0-0	MAC
39	10.73	47	6.59	119	100.81	Dartmouth	8	8-0-0	24	9	9-0-0	Ivy
40	10.55	33	12.74	3	25.50	Oklahoma State	11	4-7-0	40	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
41	9.94	36	11.26	20	34.64	Iowa State	11	5-6-0	42	11	5-6-0	BIG 8
42	9.77	25	16.82	10	31.50	Mississippi State	11	6-5-0	41	11	6-5-0	SEC
43	8.41	55	2.84	57	52.95	South Carolina	11	4-6-1	43	11	4-6-1	ACC
44	8.20	35	11.47	29	38.32	Southern Methodist	11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	SWAC
45	7.52	38	9.92	43	43.30	Rice	10	5-5-0	45	10	5-5-0	SWAC
46	7.06	48	5.49	74	67.17	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	46	12	8-4-0	ACC
47	6.96	54	3.93	90	81.41	San Diego State	11	9-2-0	53	11	9-2-0	BWC
48	6.58	43	8.17	67	62.90	New Mexico	10	7-3-0	51	10	7-3-0	WAC
49	6.45	52	4.11	28	38.15	Texas Christian	10	3-6-1	49	11	4-6-1	SWAC
50	6.42	50	5.22	63	59.10	Utah	10	6-4-0	47	10	6-4-0	WAC
51	5.67	53	4.04	80	69.20	Penn State	10	7-3-0	50	10	7-3-0	EIC
52	5.32	49	5.35	24	37.30	Minnesota	10	3-6-1	52	10	3-6-1	BIG 10
53	4.36	40	9.34	53	50.05	Wake Forest	11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	ACC
54	3.62	45	7.00	88	79.35	Louisville	10	7-2-1	56	12	8-3-1	MVC
55	2.92	58	1.89	26	37.35	Illinois	10	3-7-0	57	10	3-7-0	BIG 10
56	1.98	51	4.15	62	55.95	Duke	11	6-5-0	58	11	6-5-0	ACC
57	1.85	60	1.86	40	42.25	Iowa	10	3-6-1	60	10	3-6-1	BIG 10
58	0.90	59	1.87	75	67.22	Tulsa	9	5-4-0	61	10	6-4-0	MVC
59	0.21	56	2.49	76	67.45	Syracuse	10	6-4-0	64	10	6-4-0	EIC
60	0.11	65	-0.31	86	76.83	Fresno State	6	4-2-0	81	12	8-4-0	BWC
61	0.05	72	-3.07	101	88.06	Western Michigan	9	6-3-0	63	10	7-3-0	MAC
62	-0.03	82	-7.27	23	36.77	Kentucky	11	2-9-0	65	11	2-9-0	SEC
63	-0.14	57	2.26	100	87.61	Boston College	9	7-2-0	67	10	8-2-0	EIC
64	-0.22	67	-0.93	37	40.67	Vanderbilt	9	2-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	SEC
65	-1.34	83	-7.34	19	34.59	Texas A&M	11	2-9-0	69	11	2-9-0	SWAC
66	-1.50	71	-3.05	92	82.55	Cincinnati	11	7-4-0	68	11	7-4-0	EIC
67	-1.51	69	-1.94	5	27.18	Washington State	11	1-10-0	66	11	1-10-0	PAC-8
68	-1.67	61	1.24	77	68.00	Texas El Paso	9	5-4-0	70	10	6-4-0	WAC
69	-2.11	64	-0.18	81	69.70	Memphis	10	6-4-0	71	10	6-4-0	MVC
70	-2.66	66	-0.90	96	84.73	West Virginia	11	8-3-0	73	11	8-3-0	EIC
71	-2.75	81	-7.07	51	49.18	San Jose State	11	2-9-0	78	11	2-9-0	BWC
72	-2.92	62	0.44	56	51.95	Arizona	10	4-6-0	75	10	4-6-0	WAC
73	-3.11	85	-7.56	112	95.88	Yale	8	6-2-0	55	9	7-2-0	Ivy
74	-3.49	75	-4.64	35	40.59	Baylor	11	2-9-0	74	11	2-9-0	SWAC
75	-4.07	70	-2.78	65	62.41	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	76	11	4-7-0	WAC
76	-4.38	78	-6.30	105	90.10	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	77	10	7-3-0	MAC
77	-5.56	63	-0.17	64	61.35	Pittsburgh	10	5-5-0	79	10	5-5-0	EIC
78	-6.16	68	-1.87	114	96.25	Harvard	8	6-2-0	59	9	7-2-0	Ivy
79	-6.51	76	-5.97	58	53.09	Clemson	11	3-8-0	83	11	3-8-0	ACC
80	-7.30	79	-6.39	85	76.45	Utah State	10	5-5-0	82	10	5-5-0	SWIC
81	-7.57	77	-6.13	116	98.50	West Texas A&M	8	6-2-0	84	10	7-3-0	SWIC
82	-8.14	80	-7.02	82	73.27	Virginia Tech	11	5-6-0	86	11	5-6-0	SWIC
83	-8.82	74	-4.55	66	62.44	Pacific	9	4-5-0	90	11	5-6-0	BWC
84	-8.90	84	-7.36	83	73.28	Ohio University	9	4-5-0	88	9	4-5-0	MAC
85	-9.60	73	-3.60	49	47.85	Miami FL	10	3-7-0	97	11	3-8-0	SWIC
86	-10.50	89	-10.13	54	51.00	Southern Mississippi	7	2-5-0	91	11	5-6-0	SWIC
87	-10.79	87	-9.06	72	64.36	Brigham Young	11	3-8-0	96	11	3-8-0	WAC
88	-10.86	109	-22.18	59	53.18	Army	11	1-9-1	92	11	1-9-1	EIC
89	-10.98	88	-9.96	41	42.40	Indiana	10	1-9-0	95	10	1-9-0	BIG 10
90	-11.02	91	-11.00	61	54.58	Idaho	6	1-5-0	85	11	4-7-0	SWIC
91	-11.24	98	-14.96	97	85.06	Dayton	9	4-4-1	93	10	5-4-1	EIC
92	-11.63	86	-9.04	73	65.82	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	98	11	3-7-1	ACC
93	-12.66	93	-13.65	98	85.64	Virginia	11	5-6-0	101	11	5-6-0	ACC
94	-13.36	95	-14.16	60	54.50	Navy	11	2-9-0	102	11	2-9-0	EIC
95	-13.53	90	-10.17	118	100.00	Villanova	7	5-2-0	100	11	9-2-0	EIC
96	-13.79	92	-12.29	110	94.00	Cornell	8	5-3-0	80	9	6-3-0	Ivy
97	-15.53	102	-17.16	113	95.89	Princeton	9	5-4-0	87	9	5-4-0	Ivy
98	-16.27	101	-16.82	91	82.22	Bowling Green	9	2-6-1	104	9	2-6-1	MAC
99	-16.65	107	-19.58	84	75.11	North Texas	9	2-7-0	105	11	3-8-0	MVC
100	-17.63	100	-16.72	108	92.70	Richmond	10	4-6-0	112	10	4-6-0	SoCon
101	-18.13	96	-14.66	55	51.70	Wyoming	10	1-9-0	108	10	1-9-0	WAC
102	-18.61	99	-16.22	78	68.91	Maryland	11	2-9-0	110	11	2-9-0	ACC
103	-18.97	110	-23.34	89	81.00	Northern Illinois	8	2-6-0	109	10	3-7-0	EIC
104	-19.03	108	-22.12	103	88.64	Pennsylvania	7	2-5-0	94	9	4-5-0	Ivy
105	-19.04	104	-17.90	69	63.29	Santa Barbara	7	1-6-0	123	11	2-9-0	BWC
106	-20.16	111	-24.60	95	84.25	Marshall	8	2-6-0	113	9	3-6-0	EIC
107	-20.35	103	-17.34	117	99.50	Citadel	8	4-4-0	116	11	5-6-0	SoCon
108	-20.86	97	-14.93	79	69.07	New Mexico State	7	1-6-0	106	10	4-6-0	SWIC
109	-21.37	94	-13.89	123	109.40	Furman	5	3-2-0	118	11	8-3-0	SoCon
110	-22.95	116	-29.48	107	91.25	Columbia	8	2-6-0	103	9	3-6-0	Ivy
111	-23.04	112	-25.26	93	83.55	Kent State	10	3-7-0	115	10	3-7-0	MAC
112	-24.09	105	-19.08	104	89.39	East Carolina	9	3-6-0	125	11	3-8-0	SoCon
113	-26.45	106	-19.12	99	86.75	William & Mary	10	3-7-0	126	12	5-7-0	SoCon
114	-28.38	114	-27.42	70	63.75	Wichita State	8	0-8-0	127	9	0-9-0	MVC
115	-29.36	113	-25.32	122	107.33	Davidson	6	2-4-0	134	10	2-8-0	SoCon
116	-29.94	117	-30.76	121	105.60	Rutgers	5	2-3-0	114	10	5-5-0	EIC
117	-31.10	121	-34.58	106	90.88	Brown	8	1-7-0	117	9	2-7-0	Ivy
118	-32.45	120	-34.10	102	88.56	Buffalo	8	1-7-0	130	11	2-9-0	EIC
119	-35.27	115	-28.41	68	63.00	Cal State Los Angeles	4	0-4-0	140	10	1-9-0	BWC
120	-36.13	119	-31.91	120	102.31	Colgate	8	2-6-0	122	11	5-6-0	EIC
121	-37.53	118	-31.30	94	83.68	Virginia Military	11	1-10-0	137	11	1-10-0	SoCon
122	-40.95	122	-39.93	111	94.14	Saint Xavier	7	0-7-0	135	10	1-9-0	EIC
123	-47.70	123	-46.72	109	92.71	Holy Cross	7	0-7-0	139	11	0-10-1	EIC

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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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1970
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1970/9/5 and 1971/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)