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	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	36.06	2	35.34	30	38.82	Notre Dame	2	5	11	10-1-0	1	11	10-1-0	EIC
2	35.48	1	35.69	18	34.42	Nebraska	1	3	12	11-0-1	2	12	11-0-1	BIG 8
3	35.04	3	31.74	17	34.18	Texas	3	1	11	10-1-0	3	11	10-1-0	SWAC
4	31.81	4	31.08	32	39.00	Tennessee	4	4	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SEC
5	31.54	8	28.35	31	38.85	Ohio State	5	2	10	9-1-0	5	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
6	30.96	7	29.41	27	37.67	LSU	7	6	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	SEC
7	30.36	5	31.02	21	35.86	Auburn	10	9	11	9-2-0	7	11	9-2-0	SEC
8	29.87	6	30.25	6	28.42	Stanford	8	10	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
9	28.83	10	24.02	45	44.25	Michigan	9	7	10	9-1-0	9	10	9-1-0	BIG 10
10	26.10	13	22.12	1	23.82	Southern California	15	20	11	6-4-1	10	11	6-4-1	PAC-8
11	25.58	11	23.36	47	47.55	Arkansas	11	12	11	9-2-0	11	11	9-2-0	SWAC
12	24.97	9	25.60	71	63.77	Arizona State	6	8	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	20	15	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	13	17	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SWIC
17	20.22	28	15.25	13	33.45	Colorado		16	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	16	11	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	19	13	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	17		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	18	12	12-0-0	38	12	12-0-0	MAC
39	10.73	47	6.59	119	100.81	Dartmouth	14	14	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	18	19	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)