1970 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 1970By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1970 Season Tags: • No Comments

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.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	65	0.361	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Navy 55–7
2	69	0.415	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 42–0
3	31	0.532	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado State 38–9
4	9	0.604	USC	PAC	1–0–1	0.750	42	+1	Tied Nebraska 21–21
5	30	0.622	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 33–14
6	19	0.627	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat San José State 34–3
7	63	0.658	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 15–0
8	14	0.658	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas 23–0
9	21	0.690	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Mississippi State 34–13
10	26	0.730	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Villanova 28–21
11	18	0.735	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Florida State 23–13
12	-8	0.744	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 49–10
13	34	0.757	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon 20–16
14	-12	0.811	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 34–12
15	-5	0.929	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 27–17
16	4	0.951	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat NC State 19–0
17	58	1.001	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 56–15
18	8	1.019	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pittsburgh 24–15
19	5	1.041	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Long Beach State 9–6
20	40	1.064	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 47–13
21	-20	1.091	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 41–17
22	28	1.109	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 32–3
23	-17	1.123	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 23–0
24	22	1.127	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 42–15
25	-20	1.127	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Buffalo 27–6
26	51	1.136	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 42–16
27	47	1.145	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat SMU 28–3
28	-17	1.154	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–0–1	0.750	42	0	Tied USC 21–21
29	47	1.154	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 44–20
30	25	1.172	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 36–14
31	25	1.181	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Xavier 28–7
32	31	1.181	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 35–14
33	-16	1.231	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 21–7
34	62	1.231	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 35–17
35	-28	1.240	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 20–18
36	21	1.271	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 20–9
37	27	1.280	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 24–14
38	1	1.307	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 16–9
39	-12	1.366	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Idaho State 38–13
40	58	1.402	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 52–0
41	53	1.585	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Beat Kansas State 16–3
42	45	1.589	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Beat Dayton 13–7
43	-27	1.688	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 0–23
44	-30	1.734	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Lost to Arizona State 9–38
45	-7	1.820	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
46	-6	1.820	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
47	-6	1.820	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
48	-6	1.820	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
49	-6	1.820	Davidson (DAVIDSON)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
50	-5	1.820	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
51	14	1.820	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
52	15	1.820	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
53	16	1.820	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
54	27	1.820	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	112	0	BYE
55	-46	1.873	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Lost to Penn State 7–55
56	30	1.923	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Wake Forest 43–7
57	-38	1.939	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Lost to Rice 0–42
58	14	1.975	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 41–16
59	60	1.996	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	44	+1	Beat Army 10–7
60	45	2.060	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
61	-8	2.110	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Morehead State 17–7
62	-47	2.150	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Boston College 21–28
63	43	2.153	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Virginia Tech 51–18
64	25	2.159	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Oklahoma State 23–7
65	-44	2.228	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Illinois 16–20
66	22	2.239	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Iowa 21–14
67	16	2.267	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Maryland 13–12
68	-45	2.295	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Clemson 17–27
69	23	2.302	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Beat Georgia 17–14
70	-67	2.326	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Kentucky 3–16
71	-40	2.345	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–23
72	-20	2.384	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Texas A&M 18–20
73	-45	2.424	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Western Michigan 17–35
74	-42	2.477	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Florida 13–34
75	-57	2.534	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to West Virginia 10–49
76	-28	2.580	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Colorado 9–16
77	-9	2.659	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to UCLA 15–24
78	-27	2.698	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Ohio 14–24
79	-46	2.738	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Michigan 9–20
80	-1	2.856	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–21
81	9	2.895	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Utah 20–44
82	-74	2.976	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Lost to Baylor 7–10
83	-71	3.040	Dayton (DAYTON)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Lost to Cincinnati 7–13
84	20	3.059	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Pacific 6–9
85	17	3.111	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Purdue 0–15
86	14	3.111	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Idaho 44–16
87	-25	3.131	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Notre Dame 14–35
88	11	3.131	SMU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Tennessee 3–28
89	-30	3.170	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Missouri 12–34
90	-10	3.249	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Air Force 17–41
91	-33	3.328	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Washington 16–42
92	-19	3.367	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Houston 15–42
93	16	3.378	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Auburn 14–33
94	13	3.389	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	44	0	Lost to Stanford 3–34
95	23	3.423	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Bowling Green 33–14
96	-35	3.446	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Iowa State 3–32
97	20	3.446	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Miami 14–36
98	-44	3.643	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Ole Miss 13–47
99	11	3.800	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–52
100	3	4.066	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Texas Arlington 35–7
101	-6	4.162	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Presbyterian 19–7
102	10	4.377	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	44	-1	Beat Boston University 26–21
103	-18	4.508	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to San Diego State 0–23
104	-7	4.666	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–19
105	3	4.862	Xavier (XAVIER)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–28
106	-15	4.941	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Texas 15–56
107	4	5.177	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to South Carolina 7–43
108	12	5.295	Idaho (IDAHO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Washington State 16–44
109	-65	5.807	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Tulane 14–17
110	-61	5.964	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Oregon State 14–21
111	-29	6.023	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	76	-2	Lost to Arkansas 7–23
112	-11	6.062	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–2	0.000	76	-2	Lost to Duke 12–13
113	-76	6.436	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Utah State 14–33
114	-21	6.475	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	-2	Lost to Alabama 18–51
115	-2	6.711	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	-1	BYE
116	5	7.616	Buffalo (BUFFALO)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Toledo 6–27
117	-1	7.911	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to East Tennessee State 0–10
118	-3	8.167	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Montana 6–30
119	-5	8.364	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	76	0	Lost to Arkansas State 14–53
120	-36	8.856	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	76	-1	Lost to Southern Illinois 28–31
121	-43	12.023	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	76	0	Lost to Lamar 28–33