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1970 College Football School Ratings

1969 CFB School Ratings 1971 CFB School Ratings

Champions:
Nebraska (AP, FWAA)
Texas (NFF, UPI)
Ohio State (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Jim Plunkett (Stanford)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Alex Agase (Northwestern)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: Nebraska

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

123 Schools

123 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Texas	SWC	3	10	1	0	17.23	11.06	28.29	54.85	-1.42
2	Nebraska	Big 8	1	11	0	1	18.06	9.56	27.63	50.36	1.04
3	Notre Dame	Ind	2	10	1	0	11.63	14.69	26.32	48.37	-4.38
4	Tennessee	SEC	4	11	1	0	9.79	14.91	24.70	44.34	-3.81
5	Ohio State	Big Ten	5	9	1	0	11.69	12.35	24.04	43.62	-1.53
6	Michigan	Big Ten	9	9	1	0	7.25	14.86	22.12	41.85	-3.65
7	Auburn	SEC	10	9	2	0	13.44	7.87	21.31	49.43	3.15
8	Arkansas	SWC	11	9	2	0	10.47	10.21	20.68	48.31	1.77
9	LSU	SEC	7	9	3	0	6.15	14.45	20.61	38.73	-4.91
10	Stanford	Pac-8	8	9	3	0	9.76	10.68	20.44	42.92	-1.16
11	USC	Pac-8	15	6	4	1	12.86	6.73	19.60	46.32	2.02
12	Arizona State	WAC	6	11	0	0	11.82	7.15	18.97	44.22	4.82
13	Washington	Pac-8		6	4	0	14.60	3.44	18.04	48.16	5.56
14	Dartmouth	Ivy	14	9	0	0	4.27	12.85	17.12	39.99	0.12
15	Oklahoma	Big 8	20	7	4	1	8.63	8.36	16.98	41.15	2.64
16	Colorado	Big 8		6	5	0	9.14	6.97	16.11	41.97	3.32
17	UCLA	Pac-8		6	5	0	9.01	6.96	15.97	40.65	2.34
18	Houston	Ind	19	8	3	0	7.58	7.90	15.48	37.38	4.29
19	Air Force	Ind	16	9	3	0	12.85	2.34	15.20	42.90	8.79
20	Alabama	SEC		6	5	1	11.49	2.96	14.45	42.38	6.85
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Georgia Tech	Ind	13	9	3	0	4.10	9.81	13.91	32.72	0.33
22	Northwestern	Big Ten		6	4	0	6.71	7.19	13.90	38.59	2.64
23	Missouri	Big 8		5	6	0	6.01	6.92	12.92	37.09	2.92
24	Georgia	SEC		5	5	0	5.39	6.85	12.24	36.76	3.18
25	Ole Miss	SEC	20	7	4	0	10.05	1.14	11.19	41.32	11.23
26	Texas Tech	SWC		8	4	0	2.09	8.94	11.03	32.04	1.62
27	Oregon State	Pac-8		6	5	0	3.97	7.00	10.97	33.52	4.43
28	California	Pac-8		6	5	0	5.38	5.58	10.95	38.43	5.59
29	Oregon	Pac-8		6	4	1	7.96	2.33	10.28	37.52	7.26
30	Tulane	Ind	17	8	4	0	1.16	8.88	10.04	30.29	2.05
31	Kansas State	Big 8		6	5	0	1.26	8.52	9.78	30.89	3.67
32	Kansas	Big 8		5	6	0	8.47	1.07	9.54	37.61	9.11
33	Penn State	Ind	18	7	3	0	5.54	4.00	9.54	38.56	7.81
34	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	5	1	4.89	4.20	9.09	33.44	5.87
35	Purdue	Big Ten		4	6	0	1.24	7.70	8.94	31.68	4.02
36	Toledo	MAC	12	12	0	0	2.39	6.55	8.94	35.07	6.33
37	Florida State	Ind		7	4	0	4.75	3.78	8.52	32.76	9.39
38	Iowa State	Big 8		5	6	0	6.14	2.19	8.32	36.50	10.58
39	Yale	Ivy		7	2	0	0.51	7.46	7.97	30.55	4.32
40	Michigan State	Big Ten		4	6	0	3.16	4.39	7.56	33.38	5.74
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	North Carolina	ACC		8	4	0	7.98	-1.55	6.43	39.40	13.04
42	New Mexico	WAC		7	3	0	6.03	0.19	6.22	37.05	12.28
43	Mississippi State	SEC		6	5	0	0.35	5.66	6.01	29.45	8.79
44	SMU	SWC		5	6	0	0.32	5.64	5.96	29.21	4.41
45	Rice	SWC		5	5	0	0.69	5.14	5.82	30.22	4.13
46	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	7	0	5.69	0.09	5.78	35.07	13.57
47	Florida	SEC		7	4	0	3.82	1.95	5.77	32.30	12.32
48	Harvard	Ivy		7	2	0	4.91	0.67	5.58	32.85	11.41
49	San Diego State	PCAA		9	2	0	2.16	3.21	5.37	35.31	9.44
50	Utah	WAC		6	4	0	1.95	3.41	5.36	29.24	7.80
51	Texas Christian	SWC		4	6	1	1.31	2.89	4.20	31.23	11.27
52	South Carolina	ACC		4	6	1	7.88	-3.75	4.13	37.73	14.60
53	Wake Forest	ACC		6	5	0	0.54	3.09	3.64	28.50	10.24
54	Syracuse	Ind		6	4	0	3.38	0.13	3.52	33.22	12.48
55	Minnesota	Big Ten		3	6	1	1.41	1.83	3.24	32.42	9.11
56	Western Michigan	MAC		7	3	0	1.39	1.26	2.65	32.47	10.60
57	Illinois	Big Ten		3	7	0	2.83	-0.31	2.53	31.57	15.15
58	Texas A&M	SWC		2	9	0	2.39	-0.39	2.01	31.35	12.79
59	Kentucky	SEC		2	9	0	-3.13	4.26	1.12	26.32	7.26
60	Iowa	Big Ten		3	6	1	-3.11	4.04	0.93	26.99	13.77
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Duke	ACC		6	5	0	3.31	-2.69	0.62	31.10	14.20
62	Princeton	Ivy		5	4	0	1.02	-0.46	0.56	29.20	13.48
63	Baylor	SWC		2	9	0	-1.78	2.09	0.31	27.85	9.65
64	Boston College	Ind		8	2	0	-2.38	2.38	0.00	33.12	10.38
65	Cornell	Ivy		6	3	0	1.40	-1.53	-0.13	28.84	13.91
66	Vanderbilt	SEC		4	7	0	-2.89	2.76	-0.13	29.12	8.35
67	Arizona	WAC		4	6	0	-1.01	0.84	-0.17	26.84	9.97
68	UTEP	WAC		6	4	0	3.59	-4.24	-0.65	32.92	16.81
69	West Virginia	Ind		8	3	0	1.01	-1.70	-0.69	31.55	15.11
70	Memphis	MVC		6	4	0	-1.33	0.58	-0.75	27.83	13.08
71	Long Beach State	PCAA		9	2	1	-1.95	1.08	-0.87	27.41	11.26
72	Pitt	Ind		5	5	0	0.94	-2.10	-1.15	28.18	13.57
73	Cincinnati	Ind		7	4	0	-6.15	4.83	-1.32	24.18	7.50
74	Tulsa	MVC		6	4	0	-2.77	1.33	-1.44	24.33	11.97
75	Washington State	Pac-8		1	10	0	4.75	-7.12	-2.36	35.69	24.28
76	Colorado State	WAC		4	7	0	-1.95	-1.18	-3.12	26.10	12.92
77	Miami (OH)	MAC		7	3	0	-6.70	3.45	-3.25	22.82	8.15
78	Utah State	Ind		5	5	0	0.52	-3.82	-3.30	28.81	17.73
79	Pennsylvania	Ivy		4	5	0	-0.06	-3.25	-3.31	28.40	15.05
80	Army	Ind		1	9	1	-3.17	-0.76	-3.93	25.82	12.63
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Louisville	MVC		8	3	1	-1.18	-2.95	-4.14	25.45	15.09
82	West Texas State	Ind		7	3	0	-3.27	-1.36	-4.62	25.80	12.94
83	Villanova	Ind		9	2	0	0.19	-5.18	-4.99	26.97	17.96
84	Columbia	Ivy		3	6	0	-1.97	-3.35	-5.32	26.60	18.16
85	San Jose State	PCAA		2	9	0	-1.28	-4.68	-5.95	28.70	16.56
86	Clemson	ACC		3	8	0	-3.85	-2.13	-5.98	25.32	17.60
87	Virginia	ACC		5	6	0	-4.18	-1.89	-6.07	25.53	14.44
88	Navy	Ind		2	9	0	-6.24	0.12	-6.13	23.11	16.46
89	Virginia Tech	Ind		5	6	0	-4.61	-1.60	-6.22	22.43	15.10
90	Ohio	MAC		4	5	0	1.83	-8.07	-6.24	30.25	22.68
91	New Mexico State	Ind		4	6	0	1.94	-9.31	-7.38	33.64	22.59
92	Dayton	Ind		5	4	1	-6.21	-1.36	-7.57	22.62	13.14
93	Southern Mississippi	Ind		5	6	0	-1.14	-6.45	-7.59	26.82	19.82
94	Miami (FL)	Ind		3	8	0	-3.26	-4.62	-7.87	25.22	19.69
95	BYU	WAC		3	8	0	-7.33	-1.07	-8.40	21.10	14.07
96	Indiana	Big Ten		1	9	0	-5.77	-2.78	-8.55	23.26	17.29
97	Pacific	PCAA		5	6	0	-7.54	-1.37	-8.91	19.97	15.04
98	North Carolina State	ACC		3	7	1	-12.30	3.06	-9.24	16.16	9.91
99	Fresno State	PCAA		8	4	0	-4.60	-4.85	-9.45	25.46	22.03
100	Maryland	ACC		2	9	0	-10.90	-0.25	-11.15	17.05	13.12
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Brown	Ivy		2	7	0	-7.95	-3.38	-11.33	20.12	16.50
102	Wyoming	WAC		1	9	0	-7.90	-3.54	-11.44	21.17	19.53
103	Furman	Southern		8	3	0	-5.35	-6.66	-12.01	21.31	19.72
104	North Texas	MVC		3	8	0	-6.94	-5.32	-12.27	20.07	16.46
105	Rutgers	Ind		5	5	0	-7.74	-5.02	-12.76	20.38	19.64
106	Bowling Green	MAC		2	6	1	-10.36	-2.54	-12.90	19.72	14.55
107	Idaho	Ind		4	7	0	-3.84	-9.41	-13.26	24.34	24.86
108	Kent State	MAC		3	7	0	-7.40	-6.08	-13.47	20.47	18.91
109	Marshall	Ind		3	6	0	-7.90	-6.36	-14.25	20.11	20.53
110	Richmond	Southern		4	6	0	-5.98	-8.41	-14.39	20.73	22.37
111	Colgate	Ind		5	6	0	-5.99	-8.84	-14.83	21.89	24.18
112	The Citadel	Southern		5	6	0	-8.32	-6.98	-15.30	22.45	22.22
113	Northern Illinois	Ind		3	7	0	-6.28	-9.44	-15.72	22.03	24.56
114	William & Mary	Southern		5	7	0	-5.70	-11.63	-17.33	19.98	25.46
115	East Carolina	Southern		3	8	0	-12.48	-7.32	-19.80	15.15	20.96
116	California-Santa Barbara	PCAA		2	9	0	-10.03	-10.34	-20.37	17.82	28.00
117	Buffalo	Ind		2	9	0	-12.36	-8.40	-20.76	15.27	24.74
118	Wichita State	MVC		0	9	0	-9.25	-12.70	-21.94	19.62	35.98
119	Davidson	Southern		2	8	0	-7.43	-17.50	-24.92	20.42	30.83
120	Holy Cross	Ind		0	10	1	-13.75	-11.59	-25.34	14.16	28.01
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		1	10	0	-13.73	-12.06	-25.79	14.55	36.15
122	Xavier	Ind		1	9	0	-12.37	-16.28	-28.65	16.05	31.75
123	Cal State Los Angeles	PCAA		1	9	0	-20.35	-10.38	-30.72	6.81	30.39