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1970 Week 13 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
100.857Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC8–01.0001+40BYE
220.949Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI9–01.0001+40Beat LSU 3–0
3-10.989Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY9–01.0001+34Beat Pennsylvania 28–0
4-11.026Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B810–0–10.9557+46Beat Oklahoma 28–21
521.078Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B109–01.0001+41Beat Michigan 20–9
6-11.155Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC8–10.88911+36Beat Kentucky 45–0
711.155Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC9–01.0001+36Beat New Mexico 33–21
8-21.192Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC11–01.0001+42Beat Colorado State 24–14
901.325Auburn (AUBURN)SEC7–20.77816+30BYE
1051.340Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC9–10.9008+30Beat Texas Tech 24–10
11-11.440Michigan (MICHIGAN)B109–10.9008+33Lost to Ohio State 9–20
12-11.547Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI9–20.81813+33Lost to Colorado 19–49
1331.594Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–10.87512+22BYE
14-21.599San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA9–10.9008+26Lost to Long Beach State 11–27
15-21.663Yale (YALE)IND IVY7–20.77816+23Lost to Harvard 12–14
16-21.733Stanford (STANFORD)PAC8–30.72721+28Lost to California 14–22
1701.740LSUSEC7–20.77816+23Lost to Notre Dame 0–3
1851.750Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY7–20.77816+23Beat Yale 14–12
19-11.871Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI7–30.70026+27BYE
2001.895Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI7–30.70026+24Beat NC State 31–0
2171.995Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70026+23Beat Kansas State 33–7
22-12.052Florida (FLORIDA)SEC7–30.70026+25BYE
23-42.084Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC8–30.72721+22Lost to Arkansas 10–24
2402.087Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI7–20.77816+13Beat Massachusetts 21–10
2502.091Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–40.60040+21BYE
26142.116Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI7–30.70026+15Beat Miami (OH) 33–0
2792.169Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI7–30.70026+14Beat Pittsburgh 35–15
2892.193Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI6–30.66738+18Beat Wake Forest 26–2
2962.218UCLAPAC6–40.60040+18Beat USC 45–20
30-82.276Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC7–30.70026+16Lost to Cincinnati 0–33
31152.311Colorado (COLORADO)IND B86–40.60040+15Beat Air Force 49–19
32-32.345Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B86–40.60040+19Lost to Nebraska 21–28
33-22.352Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC7–30.70026+12BYE
34-82.375New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC7–30.70026+14Lost to Arizona State 21–33
3532.393Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY6–30.66738+15Beat Princeton 6–3
36122.408Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA8–20.80014+13Beat San Diego State 27–11
3772.428North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC8–30.72721+12Beat Duke 59–34
38-52.450Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC6–40.60040+11Beat Washington State 43–25
39-52.499West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI7–30.70026+10BYE
4032.528Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC7–30.70026+19Beat Drake 23–14
41-142.614Oregon (OREGON)PAC6–4–10.59149+12Lost to Oregon State 9–24
4272.669Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI8–20.80014-2Beat West Chester 30–7
43-132.676Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY5–40.55650+12Lost to Cornell 3–6
44-122.685USCPAC5–4–10.55054+6Lost to UCLA 20–45
4562.707Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B106–40.60040+10Beat Michigan State 23–20
4612.713Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC5–40.55650+8BYE
47-82.923Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC6–50.54556+17Lost to Houston 2–26
4872.932Utah (UTAH)IND WAC6–40.60040+6Beat BYU 14–13
49112.942Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC6–50.54556+10Beat Oregon 24–9
50-52.977Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B86–50.54556+11Lost to Florida State 7–33
5122.990Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA8–30.72721+4Beat San José State 27–19
52-113.011Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC5–40.55650+6Lost to Utah State 12–15
53-113.013Duke (DUKE)ACC6–50.54556+10Lost to North Carolina 34–59
5403.048UTEPIND WAC6–40.60040+3Beat Trinity (TEXAS) 37–16
55-33.054Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–50.50061+11BYE
5663.060Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC5–40.55650+3Beat Idaho 30–17
5743.088West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI7–30.70026+5Beat Southern Miss 14–11
58-13.090SMUIND SWC5–50.50061+9Beat Baylor 23–10
5983.172California (CALIFORNIA)PAC6–50.54556+5Beat Stanford 22–14
60-43.185Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI5–4–10.55054+2BYE
6123.205Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI6–40.60040-1Beat Miami 56–16
6263.372Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B85–60.45565+3Beat Kansas 28–17
63-133.426Kansas (KANSAS)IND B85–60.45565+1Lost to Missouri 17–28
6423.448Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON8–30.72721-7Beat Mississippi College 38–17
65-73.462Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI5–50.50061+2Lost to Penn State 15–35
6683.647Rice (RICE)IND SWC4–50.44474+1Beat TCU 17–15
67-33.686Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–50.44474+2BYE
6883.769Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–5–10.45073-1Beat Minnesota 39–14
6963.876South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC4–6–10.40980-2Beat Clemson 38–32
7083.915Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI5–60.45565-7Beat Virginia Military Institute 20–14
71-123.992Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B84–60.40081-3Lost to Oklahoma State 27–36
72114.033Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B84–60.40081-3Beat Iowa State 36–27
73-44.036Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY4–50.44474-6Lost to Dartmouth 0–28
7474.036Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC4–50.44474-5Beat Wyoming 38–12
7554.115Purdue (PURDUE)B104–60.40081-3Beat Indiana 40–0
76-44.282Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B104–60.40081-6Lost to Northwestern 20–23
77-124.307Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA5–60.45565-4Lost to Hawai'i 0–14
7894.435Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC4–60.40081-13Beat Tampa 36–28
79-24.471Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC4–70.36488-8Lost to Toledo 14–24
80-104.518Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC5–60.45565-19Lost to Maryland 14–17
81-104.582Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–6–10.35090-7Lost to Wisconsin 14–39
82-34.659Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI4–60.40081-4Lost to West Texas A&M 11–14
8314.696New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44474-19BYE
84-114.768Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY3–60.33393-9Lost to Brown 12–17
85-34.906Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON4–60.40081-17Lost to William & Mary 33–34
86104.913William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON5–60.45565-24Beat Richmond 34–33
87105.034Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI5–50.50061-7Beat Colgate 30–14
88-25.066Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI5–60.45565-27Lost to Rutgers 14–30
89-45.107Illinois (ILLINOIS)B103–70.30096-12Lost to Iowa 16–22
9085.129Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI4–50.44474-21Beat Memphis 15–12
91135.329Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON5–60.45565-13Beat Davidson 44–9
92-15.415San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA2–90.182110-21Lost to Fresno State 19–27
93-35.422BYUIND WAC3–80.273101-19Lost to Utah 13–14
94-15.429Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–6–10.278100-13BYE
95-75.441Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–80.273101-19Lost to South Carolina 32–38
96-75.488TCUIND SWC3–6–10.35090-17Lost to Rice 15–17
97-35.532Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–90.182110-18Lost to Tennessee 0–45
98-35.549Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI3–60.33393-19BYE
9935.549Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI3–70.30096-11Beat Buffalo 43–26
10015.580Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–70.30096-18Beat Xavier 34–6
101-95.775NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC3–7–10.31895-25Lost to Tulane 0–31
10255.786North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC3–70.30096-17Beat Wichita State 41–24
10305.798Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–90.100114-20BYE
10445.814Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–70.222103-19Beat Columbia 17–12
10555.845Iowa (IOWA)B103–6–10.35090-19Beat Illinois 22–16
106-65.904Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–80.200106-22BYE
107-26.150Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–70.222103-15Lost to Syracuse 16–56
108-96.176Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC2–80.200106-25Lost to SMU 10–23
10906.341Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–8–10.150113-24BYE
110-46.395Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI4–70.36488-22Lost to Tulsa 17–30
11136.579Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–80.200106-30Beat Virginia 17–14
11206.954East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON2–80.200106-14BYE
113-27.126Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–90.100114-30Lost to Arizona 12–38
114-17.319Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–100.091118-37Lost to Washington 25–43
11507.836Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI2–90.182110-28Lost to Northern Illinois 26–43
11628.094Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–100.091118-42Lost to Virginia Tech 14–20
117-18.180Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON2–70.222103-10Lost to Citadel 9–44
118-18.381Indiana (INDIANA)B101–90.100114-42Lost to Purdue 0–40
11909.044Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI1–90.100114-32Lost to Kent State 6–34
12009.613Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–80.000121-30Lost to North Texas 24–41
121010.659Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–9–10.050120-30Tied UConn 20–20

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