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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1970 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
2	35.48	1	35.69	18	34.42	Nebraska	12	11-0-1	1	12	11-0-1	Big 8
1	36.06	2	35.34	30	38.82	Notre Dame	11	10-1-0	2	11	10-1-0	Eastern Indep
3	35.04	3	31.74	17	34.18	Texas	11	10-1-0	3	11	10-1-0	Southwest AC
4	31.81	4	31.08	32	39.00	Tennessee	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	30.36	5	31.02	21	35.86	Auburn	11	9-2-0	5	11	9-2-0	SEC
8	29.87	6	30.25	6	28.42	Stanford	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	PAC 8
6	30.96	7	29.41	27	37.67	Louisiana State	12	9-3-0	7	12	9-3-0	SEC
5	31.54	8	28.35	31	38.85	Ohio State	10	9-1-0	8	10	9-1-0	Big 10
12	24.97	9	25.60	71	63.77	Arizona State	11	11-0-0	9	11	11-0-0	Western AC
9	28.83	10	24.02	45	44.25	Michigan	10	9-1-0	10	10	9-1-0	Big 10
11	25.58	11	23.36	47	47.55	Arkansas	11	9-2-0	12	11	9-2-0	Southwest AC
16	22.01	12	23.31	36	40.67	Georgia Tech	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	Southwest Indep
10	26.10	13	22.12	1	23.82	Southern California	11	6-4-1	13	11	6-4-1	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
13	24.91	16	20.13	11	32.10	Washington	10	6-4-0	16	10	6-4-0	PAC 8
19	19.72	17	19.92	9	30.67	Alabama	12	6-5-1	17	12	6-5-1	SEC
21	19.29	18	19.45	52	49.79	Air Force	12	9-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	Southwest Indep
23	17.73	19	18.77	46	46.14	Houston	11	8-3-0	19	11	8-3-0	Southwest Indep
31	12.63	20	18.71	14	33.77	Kansas State	11	6-5-0	21	11	6-5-0	Big 8
28	14.48	21	18.25	48	47.68	Florida	11	7-4-0	20	11	7-4-0	SEC
25	16.29	22	17.93	34	39.59	Oregon	11	6-4-1	23	11	6-4-1	PAC 8
20	19.37	23	17.87	39	41.20	Mississippi	10	6-4-0	22	11	7-4-0	SEC
24	16.54	24	17.59	42	42.50	Texas Tech	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	Southwest AC
42	9.77	25	16.82	10	31.50	Mississippi State	11	6-5-0	25	11	6-5-0	SEC
22	18.33	26	16.53	7	28.50	Oregon State	11	6-5-0	26	11	6-5-0	PAC 8
18	20.03	27	15.55	25	37.30	Northwestern	10	6-4-0	27	10	6-4-0	Big 10
17	20.22	28	15.25	13	33.45	Colorado	11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	Big 8
30	13.14	29	15.09	44	43.96	Tulane	12	8-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	Southwest Indep
26	15.50	30	15.05	8	29.00	Missouri	11	5-6-0	30	11	5-6-0	Big 8
37	11.70	31	13.74	50	48.55	Florida State	11	7-4-0	32	11	7-4-0	Southwest Indep
29	14.06	32	13.50	16	33.86	California	11	6-5-0	33	11	6-5-0	PAC 8
40	10.55	33	12.74	3	25.50	Oklahoma State	11	4-7-0	34	11	4-7-0	Big 8
35	12.15	34	12.50	12	32.86	Kansas	11	5-6-0	35	11	5-6-0	Big 8
44	8.20	35	11.47	29	38.32	Southern Methodist	11	5-6-0	36	11	5-6-0	Southwest AC
41	9.94	36	11.26	20	34.64	Iowa State	11	5-6-0	37	11	5-6-0	Big 8
32	12.32	37	9.97	87	76.93	Cal State Long Beach	7	5-1-1	55	12	9-2-1	Big West
45	7.52	38	9.92	43	43.30	Rice	10	5-5-0	39	10	5-5-0	Southwest AC
34	12.18	39	9.59	38	40.90	Wisconsin	10	4-5-1	40	10	4-5-1	Big 10
53	4.36	40	9.34	53	50.05	Wake Forest	11	6-5-0	41	11	6-5-0	ACC
38	10.77	41	8.79	115	96.46	Toledo	12	12-0-0	42	12	12-0-0	Mid-American
33	12.24	42	8.24	22	36.10	Michigan State	10	4-6-0	44	10	4-6-0	Big 10
48	6.58	43	8.17	67	62.90	New Mexico	10	7-3-0	46	10	7-3-0	Western AC
27	14.73	44	7.58	33	39.30	Georgia	10	5-5-0	43	10	5-5-0	SEC
54	3.62	45	7.00	88	79.35	Louisville	10	7-2-1	48	12	8-3-1	MVC
36	11.74	46	6.84	15	33.85	Purdue	10	4-6-0	47	10	4-6-0	Big 10
39	10.73	47	6.59	119	100.81	Dartmouth	8	8-0-0	31	9	9-0-0	Ivy League
46	7.06	48	5.49	74	67.17	North Carolina	12	8-4-0	49	12	8-4-0	ACC
52	5.32	49	5.35	24	37.30	Minnesota	10	3-6-1	50	10	3-6-1	Big 10
50	6.42	50	5.22	63	59.10	Utah	10	6-4-0	51	10	6-4-0	Western AC
56	1.98	51	4.15	62	55.95	Duke	11	6-5-0	52	11	6-5-0	ACC
49	6.45	52	4.11	28	38.15	Texas Christian	10	3-6-1	54	11	4-6-1	Southwest AC
51	5.67	53	4.04	80	69.20	Penn State	10	7-3-0	53	10	7-3-0	Eastern Indep
47	6.96	54	3.93	90	81.41	San Diego State	11	9-2-0	64	11	9-2-0	Big West
43	8.41	55	2.84	57	52.95	South Carolina	11	4-6-1	56	11	4-6-1	ACC
59	0.21	56	2.49	76	67.45	Syracuse	10	6-4-0	60	10	6-4-0	Eastern Indep
63	-0.14	57	2.26	100	87.61	Boston College	9	7-2-0	57	10	8-2-0	Eastern Indep
55	2.92	58	1.89	26	37.35	Illinois	10	3-7-0	62	10	3-7-0	Big 10
58	0.90	59	1.87	75	67.22	Tulsa	9	5-4-0	58	10	6-4-0	MVC
57	1.85	60	1.86	40	42.25	Iowa	10	3-6-1	63	10	3-6-1	Big 10
68	-1.67	61	1.24	77	68.00	Texas El Paso	9	5-4-0	65	10	6-4-0	Western AC
72	-2.92	62	0.44	56	51.95	Arizona	10	4-6-0	66	10	4-6-0	Western AC
77	-5.56	63	-0.17	64	61.35	Pittsburgh	10	5-5-0	67	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
69	-2.11	64	-0.18	81	69.70	Memphis	10	6-4-0	68	10	6-4-0	MVC
60	0.11	65	-0.31	86	76.83	Fresno State	6	4-2-0	76	12	8-4-0	Big West
70	-2.66	66	-0.90	96	84.73	West Virginia	11	8-3-0	70	11	8-3-0	Eastern Indep
64	-0.22	67	-0.93	37	40.67	Vanderbilt	9	2-7-0	61	11	4-7-0	SEC
78	-6.16	68	-1.87	114	96.25	Harvard	8	6-2-0	45	9	7-2-0	Ivy League
67	-1.51	69	-1.94	5	27.18	Washington State	11	1-10-0	69	11	1-10-0	PAC 8
75	-4.07	70	-2.78	65	62.41	Colorado State	11	4-7-0	72	11	4-7-0	Western AC
66	-1.50	71	-3.05	92	82.55	Cincinnati	11	7-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	Eastern Indep
61	0.05	72	-3.07	101	88.06	Western Michigan	9	6-3-0	74	10	7-3-0	Mid-American
85	-9.60	73	-3.60	49	47.85	Miami FL	10	3-7-0	89	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
83	-8.82	74	-4.55	66	62.44	Pacific	9	4-5-0	85	11	5-6-0	Big West
74	-3.49	75	-4.64	35	40.59	Baylor	11	2-9-0	77	11	2-9-0	Southwest AC
79	-6.51	76	-5.97	58	53.09	Clemson	11	3-8-0	78	11	3-8-0	ACC
81	-7.57	77	-6.13	116	98.50	West Texas A&M	8	6-2-0	79	10	7-3-0	Southwest Indep
76	-4.38	78	-6.30	105	90.10	Miami OH	10	7-3-0	81	10	7-3-0	Mid-American
80	-7.30	79	-6.39	85	76.45	Utah State	10	5-5-0	80	10	5-5-0	Southwest Indep
82	-8.14	80	-7.02	82	73.27	Virginia Tech	11	5-6-0	83	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
71	-2.75	81	-7.07	51	49.18	San Jose State	11	2-9-0	95	11	2-9-0	Big West
62	-0.03	82	-7.27	23	36.77	Kentucky	11	2-9-0	82	11	2-9-0	SEC
65	-1.34	83	-7.34	19	34.59	Texas A&M	11	2-9-0	90	11	2-9-0	Southwest AC
84	-8.90	84	-7.36	83	73.28	Ohio University	9	4-5-0	88	9	4-5-0	Mid-American
73	-3.11	85	-7.56	112	95.88	Yale	8	6-2-0	59	9	7-2-0	Ivy League
92	-11.63	86	-9.04	73	65.82	North Carolina State	11	3-7-1	91	11	3-7-1	ACC
87	-10.79	87	-9.06	72	64.36	Brigham Young	11	3-8-0	92	11	3-8-0	Western AC
89	-10.98	88	-9.96	41	42.40	Indiana	10	1-9-0	94	10	1-9-0	Big 10
86	-10.50	89	-10.13	54	51.00	Southern Mississippi	7	2-5-0	93	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
95	-13.53	90	-10.17	118	100.00	Villanova	7	5-2-0	87	11	9-2-0	Eastern Indep
90	-11.02	91	-11.00	61	54.58	Idaho	6	1-5-0	86	11	4-7-0	Southwest Indep
96	-13.79	92	-12.29	110	94.00	Cornell	8	5-3-0	71	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
93	-12.66	93	-13.65	98	85.64	Virginia	11	5-6-0	100	11	5-6-0	ACC
109	-21.37	94	-13.89	123	109.40	Furman	5	3-2-0	99	11	8-3-0	Southern C
94	-13.36	95	-14.16	60	54.50	Navy	11	2-9-0	98	11	2-9-0	Eastern Indep
101	-18.13	96	-14.66	55	51.70	Wyoming	10	1-9-0	103	10	1-9-0	Western AC
108	-20.86	97	-14.93	79	69.07	New Mexico State	7	1-6-0	101	10	4-6-0	Southwest Indep
91	-11.24	98	-14.96	97	85.06	Dayton	9	4-4-1	102	10	5-4-1	Eastern Indep
102	-18.61	99	-16.22	78	68.91	Maryland	11	2-9-0	106	11	2-9-0	ACC
100	-17.63	100	-16.72	108	92.70	Richmond	10	4-6-0	110	10	4-6-0	Southern C
98	-16.27	101	-16.82	91	82.22	Bowling Green	9	2-6-1	108	9	2-6-1	Mid-American
97	-15.53	102	-17.16	113	95.89	Princeton	9	5-4-0	84	9	5-4-0	Ivy League
107	-20.35	103	-17.34	117	99.50	Citadel	8	4-4-0	113	11	5-6-0	Southern C
105	-19.04	104	-17.90	69	63.29	Santa Barbara	7	1-6-0	127	11	2-9-0	Big West
112	-24.09	105	-19.08	104	89.39	East Carolina	9	3-6-0	118	11	3-8-0	Southern C
113	-26.45	106	-19.12	99	86.75	William & Mary	10	3-7-0	119	12	5-7-0	Southern C
99	-16.65	107	-19.58	84	75.11	North Texas	9	2-7-0	112	11	3-8-0	MVC
104	-19.03	108	-22.12	103	88.64	Pennsylvania	7	2-5-0	96	9	4-5-0	Ivy League
88	-10.86	109	-22.18	59	53.18	Army	11	1-9-1	117	11	1-9-1	Eastern Indep
103	-18.97	110	-23.34	89	81.00	Northern Illinois	8	2-6-0	120	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
106	-20.16	111	-24.60	95	84.25	Marshall	8	2-6-0	126	9	3-6-0	Eastern Indep
111	-23.04	112	-25.26	93	83.55	Kent State	10	3-7-0	124	10	3-7-0	Mid-American
115	-29.36	113	-25.32	122	107.33	Davidson	6	2-4-0	138	10	2-8-0	Southern C
114	-28.38	114	-27.42	70	63.75	Wichita State	8	0-8-0	128	9	0-9-0	MVC
119	-35.27	115	-28.41	68	63.00	Cal State Los Angeles	4	0-4-0	136	10	1-9-0	Big West
110	-22.95	116	-29.48	107	91.25	Columbia	8	2-6-0	111	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
116	-29.94	117	-30.76	121	105.60	Rutgers	5	2-3-0	115	10	5-5-0	Eastern Indep
121	-37.53	118	-31.30	94	83.68	Virginia Military	11	1-10-0	133	11	1-10-0	Southern C
120	-36.13	119	-31.91	120	102.31	Colgate	8	2-6-0	116	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
118	-32.45	120	-34.10	102	88.56	Buffalo	8	1-7-0	131	11	2-9-0	Eastern Indep
117	-31.10	121	-34.58	106	90.88	Brown	8	1-7-0	122	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
122	-40.95	122	-39.93	111	94.14	Saint Xavier	7	0-7-0	137	10	1-9-0	Eastern Indep
123	-47.70	123	-46.72	109	92.71	Holy Cross	7	0-7-0	140	11	0-10-1	Eastern Indep

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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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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 Win/Loss (Win_Loss)