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1970 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

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1970 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.738Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC6–01.0001+24Beat SMU 42–15
250.936Auburn (AUBURN)SEC6–10.85712+25Beat Florida 63–14
360.995Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY6–01.0001+15Beat Yale 10–0
401.006Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–10.85712+23Beat Wake Forest 41–7
5-31.059Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B87–0–10.93810+22Beat Colorado 29–13
6-11.077Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–01.0001+18Beat Northwestern 24–10
741.170Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI8–01.0001+22Beat Arizona 23–20
841.170Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC8–01.0001+22Beat Miami (OH) 14–13
9-61.177Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI6–01.0001+15Beat Navy 56–7
10-41.203Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–01.0001+19Beat Wisconsin 29–15
1131.220San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA7–01.0001+19Beat Fresno State 56–14
1211.295Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC6–01.0001+15BYE
13-31.326Stanford (STANFORD)PAC7–10.87511+22Beat Oregon State 48–10
14-61.483Yale (YALE)IND IVY5–10.83316+12Lost to Dartmouth 0–10
1511.498Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC6–10.85712+12Beat Texas A&M 45–6
1661.528Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI6–20.75020+20Beat Duke 24–16
1711.567Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC5–10.83316+13BYE
18-31.617Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–10.83316+13Beat Brown 42–14
1911.760LSUSEC5–10.83316+11BYE
20-11.830Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC6–20.75020+14Beat Rice 3–0
2181.869Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI5–30.62535+15Beat Vanderbilt 10–7
22101.919Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC5–30.62535+14Beat Mississippi State 35–6
2352.029UCLAPAC5–30.62535+12Beat Washington State 54–9
24-72.083Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–30.62535+12Lost to Oklahoma State 7–19
25-42.122Florida (FLORIDA)SEC5–30.62535+14Lost to Auburn 14–63
26122.143Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI4–20.66730+8Beat Tulsa 21–9
2772.193Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY4–20.66730+7Beat Columbia 31–20
28-52.232Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–30.62535+11Lost to Alabama 6–35
29-22.239Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC5–20.71423+7Lost to Toledo 13–14
30122.247Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY4–20.66730+6Beat Pennsylvania 38–23
31-62.334Duke (DUKE)ACC5–30.62535+10Lost to Georgia Tech 16–24
3252.356Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B85–30.62535+8Beat Missouri 17–13
3362.404Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI6–10.85712+1Beat Xavier 42–14
34132.406Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC4–20.66730+8Beat Southern Miss 33–0
3502.409Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI5–20.71423+3Beat Wichita State 35–5
36-122.469Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–20.71423+6Lost to Syracuse 13–43
3732.469Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI4–20.66730+6Beat Army 21–13
3862.499New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC5–20.71423+6Beat UTEP 35–16
39-82.517Oregon (OREGON)PAC5–30.62535+8Lost to Washington 23–25
40-142.517USCPAC4–3–10.56357+5Lost to California 10–13
4122.552Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI4–30.57149+6Beat Miami 27–3
4272.590Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI5–2–10.68829+2Beat Northern Illinois 21–20
43-132.680Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B84–40.50058+7Lost to Kansas State 13–17
44162.730Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC4–30.57149+5Beat Oregon 25–23
4582.739Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC5–30.62535+3Beat Ohio 52–23
46112.808Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC4–30.57149+3Beat South Carolina 52–34
47212.866Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B83–40.42971+4Beat Kansas 19–7
48-72.868Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA6–20.75020+5Lost to San Diego State 14–56
49-162.961West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI5–30.62535+1Lost to Penn State 8–42
5052.973Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–30.57149+3Beat Iowa State 29–28
51-153.021Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY3–30.50058+2Lost to Cornell 20–31
52233.042Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI4–30.57149+2Beat Pittsburgh 43–13
5313.065Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA5–30.62535+1Beat Santa Barbara 27–13
54-83.080Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC4–40.50058+7Lost to Tennessee 7–41
55113.085North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC5–30.625350Beat Virginia 30–15
56203.242Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI4–30.571490Beat West Virginia 42–8
57-123.282Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI4–40.50058+2Lost to Memphis 0–33
58-73.287Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B103–40.42971+1Lost to Ohio State 10–24
59113.331West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI5–20.714230Beat Texas Arlington 33–8
6023.341Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA5–20.71423-1BYE
61-93.348Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC3–30.50058+3Lost to Air Force 20–23
6213.396Utah (UTAH)IND WAC4–30.57149-2Beat San José State 13–9
63153.410California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–40.500580Beat USC 13–10
64-143.474Ohio (OHIO)MAC3–40.42971+3Lost to Western Michigan 23–52
65-93.485SMUIND SWC3–40.42971+2Lost to Texas 15–42
66-53.530Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–40.42971-2Lost to Nebraska 13–29
67-193.535Purdue (PURDUE)B103–40.42971+3Lost to Illinois 21–23
68-33.605Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–40.42971-2Lost to Houston 9–21
69-103.706Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–40.42971-2Lost to Oklahoma 28–29
7093.708Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC4–30.57149+4Beat Kent State 14–13
7193.790Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–40.429710Beat Indiana 32–7
72-143.798Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY3–30.50058-4Lost to Harvard 23–38
7303.823UTEPIND WAC3–40.429710Lost to New Mexico 16–35
74-103.837South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–4–10.43870-3Lost to Georgia 34–52
7593.895Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–40.42971-1Beat Purdue 23–21
76-93.942Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–4–10.357880Tied Iowa 14–14
7704.090Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–50.37582-3Lost to Stanford 10–48
78-94.110Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC4–40.50058-8Lost to North Carolina 15–30
79-54.111Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–40.33391-2Lost to Texas Tech 0–3
80144.250TCUIND SWC3–3–10.50058-5Beat Baylor 24–17
8114.298Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–50.37582-4Beat Maryland 24–11
82-114.356Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON5–30.62535-9Lost to East Carolina 0–7
8304.385BYUIND WAC3–50.37582-4Beat Wyoming 23–3
8434.453Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–4–10.35788-4Beat Marshall 26–24
8564.454Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–40.50058-10Beat Lehigh 21–12
86-144.519Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–30.50058-9Lost to Colorado State 13–20
87-64.645San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA2–60.250100-6Lost to Utah 9–13
8884.646Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–60.250100-5Beat NC State 27–2
89-34.861Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–60.250100-6Lost to Arkansas 6–45
9084.888Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI3–50.37582-10Beat William & Mary 35–14
9184.895Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON3–50.37582-10Beat Citadel 31–14
92-34.997Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–60.250100-12Lost to Tulane 7–10
9325.233Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–4–10.35788-7Lost to Michigan 15–29
94-45.234Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–50.28695-6Lost to Louisville 13–14
95-105.349Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–50.28695-8Lost to TCU 17–24
96-85.371Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON4–40.50058-12Lost to Richmond 14–31
9785.457New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI3–50.37582-16Beat North Texas 32–31
9895.565Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC2–60.250100-11Beat Utah State 20–13
99-75.611Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–40.33391-4Lost to Florida State 3–27
100-75.671Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI2–50.28695-12Lost to Bowling Green 24–26
101-15.673Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI2–50.28695-6Lost to Dayton 20–21
10245.828Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–70.125113-9Lost to Notre Dame 7–56
103-15.992Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–50.167110-9Lost to Princeton 14–42
104-16.108North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC2–60.250100-10Lost to New Mexico State 31–32
105-46.250Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–60.143111-11Lost to BYU 3–23
106-96.291NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–5–10.31394-18Lost to Kentucky 2–27
10716.467Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–70.125113-15Lost to Boston College 13–21
10816.482Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–70.125113-16Lost to UCLA 9–54
10956.671Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–60.250100-13Beat Holy Cross 16–0
110-66.783William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON2–60.250100-21Lost to Virginia Tech 14–35
11146.982Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI2–50.28695-6Beat Bucknell 21–7
11247.010Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–40.33391+1Beat Virginia Military Institute 55–21
113-37.213Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–70.125113-21Lost to Clemson 11–24
11437.590Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI2–60.250100-13Beat Montana State 37–24
115-47.749Iowa (IOWA)B101–5–10.214109-17Tied Minnesota 14–14
116-37.896Indiana (INDIANA)B101–60.143111-20Lost to Michigan State 7–32
11718.017East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–70.125113-11Beat Furman 7–0
118-68.187Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–70.125113-22Lost to Davidson 21–55
11909.451Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–80.000119-17Lost to Villanova 14–42
12019.483Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–50.000119-11Lost to Cincinnati 5–35
121-110.139Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–70.000119-18Lost to Buffalo 0–16

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