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1970 Week 7 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
100.645Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+11Beat Oklahoma 41–9
220.848Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+9Beat Purdue 29–0
320.879Auburn (AUBURN)SEC4–01.0001+9Beat Clemson 44–0
4-10.950Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–01.0001+6Beat Michigan State 29–0
5111.035Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B84–0–10.90015+8Beat Missouri 21–7
691.185Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+8Beat Tulane 24–3
711.201Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI4–01.0001+5Beat Army 51–10
821.224Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC4–01.0001+6Beat Marshall 19–12
9-71.240Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI4–10.80016+8Lost to Tennessee 6–17
1021.267Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC4–01.0001+6Beat Georgia 31–21
11171.280Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY3–01.0001+4Beat Pennsylvania 32–31
12181.287Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–10.75026+7Beat Georgia Tech 17–6
13111.310Stanford (STANFORD)PAC4–10.80016+9Beat USC 24–14
14-31.313Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC5–01.0001+5Beat Bowling Green 20–0
15161.331Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–01.0001+2Beat Princeton 38–0
1611.332Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC4–10.80016+9Beat Texas A&M 21–7
17-101.342USCPAC3–1–10.70035+6Lost to Stanford 14–24
18-51.382Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC4–01.0001+5Beat Washington State 37–30
1901.423San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND PCAA5–01.0001+6Beat Southern Miss 41–14
2071.473Yale (YALE)IND IVY3–01.0001+3Beat Brown 28–0
2111.525Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–10.80016+6Beat Baylor 41–7
22211.611South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)ACC3–1–10.70035+5Beat North Carolina 35–21
23131.616Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–10.80016+7Beat Florida State 38–27
24141.809Kansas (KANSAS)IND B84–10.80016+5Beat Kansas State 21–15
25171.848LSUSEC3–10.75026+3Beat Pacific 34–0
26-171.890Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY2–10.66737+3Lost to Dartmouth 0–38
27301.946Colorado (COLORADO)IND B83–10.75026+2Beat Iowa State 61–10
28-22.026UCLAPAC3–20.60044+5Lost to Oregon 40–41
29-232.086Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI3–10.75026+4Lost to Penn State 3–28
3072.109Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–20.60044+5Beat Vanderbilt 35–11
3112.115Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B83–20.60044+5Lost to Nebraska 7–21
32-112.123North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC4–10.80016+3Lost to South Carolina 21–35
33-82.132Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI3–20.60044+5Lost to Air Force 3–24
34292.199Duke (DUKE)ACC3–20.60044+5Beat West Virginia 21–13
35-212.203Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–10.75026+3Lost to Colorado 10–61
36-182.257West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI4–10.80016+1Lost to Duke 13–21
37-82.307Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.50059+5Lost to Michigan 0–29
38132.308Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC3–10.75026+3Beat BYU 24–17
39102.372Rice (RICE)IND SWC2–10.66737+2BYE
4052.374Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75026+2Beat Navy 10–8
41242.495Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–10.66737+1Beat Harvard 28–21
42-222.524Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY2–10.66737+1Lost to Cornell 31–32
43442.555Houston (HOUSTON)IND FBSI2–10.66737+1Beat Mississippi State 31–14
4482.563Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI4–10.800160Beat Buffalo 17–7
45-102.609Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA3–20.60044+3Lost to LSU 0–34
46212.735Oregon (OREGON)PAC3–20.60044+3Beat UCLA 41–40
47-132.766Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–20.60044+3Lost to Houston 14–31
48-12.821Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–10.667370BYE
49-52.846Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50059+2Lost to Florida 27–38
5092.854Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA4–10.80016+3Beat Northridge State 21–7
5142.872Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC3–20.60044+1Beat Utah 31–21
52172.898Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75026-1Beat Kentucky 35–6
53-302.920Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY2–10.667370Lost to Columbia 21–28
54-62.950Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC2–30.40073+2Lost to Texas Tech 7–21
55-152.959Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B82–20.50059+1Lost to Texas 9–41
56-32.991Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B82–30.40073+1Lost to Kansas 15–21
57-33.033Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI3–20.60044-1Beat Xavier 42–0
58-193.097Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC3–20.600440Lost to Louisville 8–14
5953.104Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–20.500590Beat Indiana 23–0
60-103.118Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–20.60044+1Lost to San Diego State 14–41
61253.152Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–20.50059+2Beat Dayton 17–14
62-213.205Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC3–20.60044-1Lost to Kent State 22–25
63213.284Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI2–20.50059+1Beat Boston College 28–3
64133.335West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND FBSI3–10.75026+1Beat Northern Illinois 24–22
65-323.370Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–20.50059-1Lost to California 28–31
66263.448Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–20.50059+1Beat Western Michigan 25–22
6753.460New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC2–20.500590Beat San José State 48–25
68-63.509Marshall (MARSHALL)IND FBSI2–20.500590Lost to Miami (OH) 12–19
6993.603Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–30.40073-2Beat TCU 34–20
7063.676SMUIND SWC2–20.500590BYE
71-103.804Dayton (DAYTON)IND FBSI2–2–10.50059-2Lost to Ohio 14–17
72193.901California (CALIFORNIA)PAC2–30.40073-1Beat Washington 31–28
73-273.937Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–20.50059-1Lost to Northwestern 0–48
74-163.974Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC2–30.40073-3Lost to Alabama 11–35
75-194.008Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–40.200990Lost to Utah State 6–35
7674.043Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–30.40073-1Beat Virginia Tech 28–9
77-64.089Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–30.400730Lost to Auburn 0–44
78-184.124Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–30.25091-2Lost to Ole Miss 21–31
79214.185Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–30.25091-2Beat Illinois 48–0
80-64.191UTEPIND WAC2–20.50059-2BYE
8114.241Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA3–20.60044-1Beat Boise State 27–14
82134.300Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC1–30.250910Beat Colorado State 16–6
83-154.662Brown (BROWN)IND IVY1–20.33386-1Lost to Yale 0–28
84-114.667Utah (UTAH)IND WAC1–30.25091-3Lost to Oregon State 21–31
85164.723Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON3–20.60044-3Beat Richmond 23–9
86-74.754Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–30.25091-1Lost to Ohio State 0–29
8764.781Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI2–30.40073-4Beat Holy Cross 21–13
88-84.808Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND MVC1–20.33386-2BYE
89194.950Iowa (IOWA)B101–30.25091-3Beat Wisconsin 24–14
90-205.062Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC1–40.20099-2Lost to Wyoming 6–16
91145.082Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND MVC2–30.400730Beat Tulsa 14–8
92175.172Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–30.40073-7Beat Virginia Military Institute 49–10
93-275.455Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–2–10.37585-3Lost to Iowa 14–24
94-45.479Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–40.20099-4Lost to Arkansas 7–41
95-105.479BYUIND WAC1–40.20099-4Lost to Arizona 17–24
96195.604Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI1–30.25091-4Beat Maryland 23–7
97145.614New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI2–30.40073-8Beat Northern Arizona 57–13
98125.665NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–3–10.30089-6Beat East Carolina 23–6
9935.694Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–40.20099-6Lost to Arizona State 30–37
100-195.753Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–40.20099-3Lost to Virginia 10–49
101-25.820Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–40.20099-5Lost to Notre Dame 10–51
102-45.855San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–40.20099-6Lost to New Mexico 25–48
103-75.876Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI1–40.20099-4Lost to Pittsburgh 8–10
10435.954Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–3–10.125113-3Lost to Toledo 0–20
105-26.090Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)IND FBSI1–40.20099-1Lost to West Texas A&M 22–24
106-186.162TCUIND SWC1–3–10.30089-6Lost to Oklahoma State 20–34
107-186.184Richmond (RICHMOND)IND SOCON1–40.20099-6Lost to Furman 9–23
10886.252Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON2–30.40073-5Beat William & Mary 16–7
109-126.328William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND SOCON1–40.20099-7Lost to Citadel 7–16
11026.500Buffalo (BUFFALO)IND FBSI1–40.20099-3Lost to Villanova 7–17
111-366.878Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI1–30.25091-2Lost to Lehigh 0–7
112-87.087Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–50.000114-8Lost to Syracuse 7–23
11307.508Indiana (INDIANA)B100–40.000114-7Lost to Minnesota 0–23
114-87.639North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND MVC1–40.20099-7Lost to Tampa 7–18
115-217.795Davidson (DAVIDSON)IND SOCON1–20.33386+1Lost to Bucknell 20–21
116-28.393Xavier (XAVIER)IND FBSI0–50.000114-10Lost to Cincinnati 0–42
11718.661Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–50.000114-11Lost to Wake Forest 9–28
11819.023East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–50.000114-7Lost to NC State 6–23
11919.908Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–40.000114-7Lost to Colgate 13–21
120-310.306Idaho (IDAHO)IND FBSI0–50.000114-6Lost to Montana 26–44
121010.544Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–30.000114-4BYE

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