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1970 Week 5 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
1500.189Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B101–01.0001+2Beat Texas A&M 56–13
230.631Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.0001+3Beat Tennessee 36–23
3140.717Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC2–01.0001+3Beat Texas Tech 35–13
4490.730Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY1–01.0001+1Beat Rutgers 41–14
560.772Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI3–01.0001+4Beat Miami 31–21
6300.861Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Washington 17–3
730.906Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI2–01.0001+3Beat Navy 28–14
8-40.906USCPAC2–0–10.83330+2Beat Iowa 48–0
9130.929Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B82–01.0001+2Beat Colorado State 37–6
10-40.962Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–01.0001+4Beat Oregon 33–10
1191.032Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat Kentucky 20–17
12-41.064Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC2–10.66732+4Lost to Texas 13–35
13181.073Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–01.0001+2Beat Western Michigan 23–12
1441.079UCLAPAC3–01.0001+3Beat Northwestern 12–7
15171.105Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+1Beat Purdue 48–0
1651.175Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Missouri 37–14
17-141.195Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–01.0001+2Beat Kansas State 35–13
18-61.232West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–01.0001+2Beat Virginia Military Institute 47–10
1961.253Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC3–01.0001+1Beat Marshall 52–3
20181.258Colorado (COLORADO)IND B82–01.0001+1Beat Penn State 41–13
21431.324Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC2–10.66732+3Beat Tulsa 49–7
22251.334Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY1–01.0001+1Beat Colgate 17–7
23261.343Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–01.0001+1Beat Richmond 14–5
2441.407Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B82–0–10.83330+1Beat Army 28–0
25-161.516Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–10.66732+3Lost to Alabama 15–46
26-71.521Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA3–01.0001+2Beat Idaho 17–10
27-111.527North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC3–01.0001+1Beat Maryland 53–20
28-51.557San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA3–01.0001+1Beat LOS Angeles State 35–0
29341.636Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–10.66732+2Beat Florida 46–15
30-161.647Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B82–10.66732+2Lost to Air Force 14–37
31351.799Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–10.66732+2Beat Oklahoma 23–14
32771.856Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.50054+1Beat Clemson 38–0
33-71.860Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.50054+1Lost to Michigan 3–17
34351.878Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI2–10.66732+1Beat Illinois 23–9
35131.957Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Massachusetts 27–0
36161.984Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lehigh 24–0
37372.002Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC2–10.66732+2Beat Vanderbilt 20–6
38122.011Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Northeastern 28–7
3972.074Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Lafayette 23–9
40142.110Yale (YALE)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat UConn 10–0
4142.137Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–01.00010Beat Rhode Island 21–14
42-72.186Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–10.66732+1Lost to Ohio State 13–56
43532.228New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–10.50054+1Beat Utah 34–28
44-432.299Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI1–10.50054+1Lost to Colorado 13–41
45-112.309Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–10.66732+1Lost to Miami (OH) 12–23
46-392.347Purdue (PURDUE)B101–10.50054+1Lost to Notre Dame 0–48
47-202.366Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–10.50054+1Lost to Auburn 23–36
48232.378Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66732+1Beat Wake Forest 19–14
49-72.406Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI2–10.667320Beat William & Mary 17–10
50222.433LSUSEC1–10.500540Beat Rice 24–0
51382.472Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.500540Beat Ohio 49–7
52-132.510Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC2–10.66732+1Lost to Arkansas 7–49
53242.524Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI1–10.50054+1Beat Baylor 15–10
54-142.549Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–10.667320Lost to Mississippi State 6–20
55242.587Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–10.50054+1Beat San José State 30–29
56-232.606Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–10.667320Lost to Oregon State 14–23
57-12.631South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC1–1–10.500540Tied NC State 7–7
5842.649Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI2–10.667320Beat Santa Clara 37–16
59-162.671Kansas (KANSAS)IND B82–10.667320Beat Syracuse 31–14
6072.672Duke (DUKE)ACC2–10.667320Beat Virginia 17–7
61-462.759Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–10.66732+1Lost to Georgia 0–38
62-322.850Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI1–10.500540Lost to Georgia Tech 21–31
63-222.911Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–20.33379+1Lost to Ole Miss 17–20
64293.088Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI2–10.667320Beat Texas Arlington 26–20
65-523.276Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500540Lost to Tulane 9–23
66-223.289Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–20.33379+1Lost to Iowa State 6–37
67313.329Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC1–10.500540Beat Virginia Tech 21–20
68-103.393Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–10.500540Lost to Princeton 14–41
69-403.472Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–10.500540Lost to New Mexico 28–34
70133.482Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI1–1–10.50054-1Tied Bowling Green 14–14
71-693.488Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–10.500540Lost to LSU 0–24
72-353.505Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–10.500540Lost to Minnesota 7–49
73-33.547Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–20.333790Lost to Arizona State 13–35
74213.568Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI2–10.66732-2Beat Wyoming 42–29
75123.613Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–20.0001060Lost to UCLA 7–12
76-13.613Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–20.333790Lost to Davidson 5–14
77343.692Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B81–20.33379-1Beat Houston 26–17
78-173.789Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI1–10.500540Lost to Toledo 3–52
79123.794Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–10.500540Beat Washington State 28–14
8013.997UTEPIND WAC1–20.333790Beat BYU 17–0
81-164.054Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–20.333790Lost to Stanford 10–33
82-44.185Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–10.50054-1Beat Buffalo 27–21
83-284.214Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–20.333790Lost to Boston College 14–28
84-244.347Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA2–10.667320Lost to Montana State 12–26
8504.443TCUIND SWC1–1–10.50054-1Tied Wisconsin 14–14
86-294.477Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–20.333790Lost to West Virginia 10–47
87-634.514Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI1–10.50054-2Lost to Oklahoma State 17–26
88-204.554Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–20.33379-2Lost to Duke 7–17
89-14.705SMUIND SWC1–20.33379-1Beat New Mexico State 34–21
9044.759San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–20.33379-1Lost to Arizona 29–30
91-94.787Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–20.33379-2Lost to Nebraska 0–28
92-334.797Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–20.33379-1Lost to Pittsburgh 10–15
93134.809California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–20.33379-2Beat Indiana 56–14
9454.864Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON1–20.33379-2Beat East Carolina 31–0
95-94.880Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–20.33379-2Lost to Michigan State 14–28
96-65.049Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–20.000106-1Lost to Utah State 29–42
97245.260West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI1–10.500540Beat Wichita State 43–0
9845.326Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI1–20.33379-2Lost to Cornell 7–17
99115.403Iowa (IOWA)B100–20.000106-1Lost to USC 0–48
100125.410Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–30.000106-2Lost to North Carolina 20–53
101-285.581BYUIND WAC1–20.33379-3Lost to UTEP 0–17
102-185.798Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA1–20.333790Lost to Hawai'i 14–23
103155.865Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–20.333790Beat Xavier 18–0
104166.024Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC1–20.33379-1Beat North Texas 13–2
105-256.092Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–1–10.250103-1Tied TCU 14–14
10626.105Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–30.000106-2Lost to Pacific 10–17
10706.157Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–30.000106-2Lost to Florida State 14–19
108-116.157William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON0–30.000106-2Lost to Cincinnati 10–17
10946.289Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–1–10.250103-1Tied Dayton 14–14
110-106.518New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI1–20.33379-4Lost to SMU 21–34
111-76.839NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–2–10.167105-2Tied South Carolina 7–7
112-367.134Indiana (INDIANA)B100–20.000106-2Lost to California 14–56
113-217.272Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–20.000106-2Lost to Kansas 14–31
114-97.351Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–30.000106-3Lost to Northern Illinois 0–18
115-147.398Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON1–20.33379-2Lost to Wofford 13–28
116-137.679North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC0–30.000106-4Lost to Louisville 2–13
117-37.889Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–30.000106-4Lost to Memphis 20–21
118-28.111Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI0–30.000106-1Lost to Kent State 21–27
119-29.292East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–30.000106-2Lost to Citadel 0–31
120-19.908Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–30.000106-2Lost to West Texas A&M 0–43
121-611.639Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–20.000106-2Lost to Temple 13–23

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