Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1970 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record (After Bowls)
AP
(Before Bowls)
UPI
Bowl Game Results
1 NEBRASKA 114.5863 11-0-1 1 3 Beat LSU 17-12
2 NOTRE DAME 113.2854 10-1 2 5 Beat Texas 24-11
3 TEXAS 112.6074 10-1 3 1 Lost to Notre Dame
4 TENNESSEE 107.1876 11-1 4 4 Beat Air Force 34-13
5 LSU 103.2044 9-3 7 6 Lost to Nebraska
6 ARKANSAS 102.1519 9-2 11 12 No Bowl Game
7 MICHIGAN 100.1232 9-1 9 7 No Bowl Game
8 GEORGIA TECH 96.5375 9-3 13 17 Beat Texas Tech 17-9
9 AUBURN 94.7947 9-2 10 9 Beat Mississippi 35-28
10 ARIZONA STATE 94.5633 11-0 6 8 Beat North Carolina 48-26
11 STANFORD 93.4689 9-3 8 10 Beat Ohio State 27-17
12 OHIO STATE 92.7909 9-1 5 2 Lost to Stanford
13 USC 90.9439 6-4-1 15 19 No Bowl Game
14 AIR FORCE 87.2579 9-3 16 11 Lost to Tennessee
15 WASHINGTON 85.9975        
16 CALIFORNIA 85.7241        
17 OKLAHOMA 85.0570        
18 TULANE 84.8813        
19 ALABAMA 84.3817        
20 COLORADO 84.2151        
21 OREGON STATE 82.7321        
22 HOUSTON 81.8605        
23 TEXAS TECH 81.4412        
24 GEORGIA 81.4006        
25 OREGON 81.0125        
26 UCLA 80.1589        
27 OKLAHOMA STATE 79.8086        
28 NORTHWESTERN 79.1289        
29 MISSISSIPPI STATE 78.8400        
30 MISSOURI 76.6766        
31 IOWA STATE 76.3675        
32 KANSAS 75.9986        
33 MISSISSIPPI 75.7735        
34 KANSAS STATE 75.6016        
35 RICE 73.0549        
36 NEW MEXICO 72.2845        
37 TCU 72.0842        
38 FLORIDA STATE 72.0118        
39 SMU 71.4063        
40 PURDUE 70.9831        
41 WISCONSIN 70.2996        
42 FLORIDA 70.2705        
43 PENN STATE 69.0079        
44 UTAH 68.7303        
45 MINNESOTA 67.8290        
46 MICHIGAN STATE 67.7423        
47 IOWA 67.4662        
48 SYRACUSE 66.9571        
49 ILLINOIS 66.7882        
50 SAN DIEGO STATE 66.7263        
51 TOLEDO 65.9187        
52 MIAMI (F) 65.5861        
53 TEXAS A+M 65.5579        
54 BOSTON COLLEGE 64.2396        
55 WEST VIRGINIA 63.7947        
56 DARTMOUTH 63.7864        
57 BAYLOR 63.3097        
58 PITTSBURGH 61.8413        
59 WAKE FOREST 61.1988        
60 NORTH CAROLINA 60.5753        
61 DUKE 59.7744        
62 UTEP 59.4207        
63 LOUISVILLE 59.2954        
64 INDIANA 59.0220        
65 ARIZONA 58.8862        
66 VANDERBILT 58.0422        
67 KENTUCKY 57.1402        
68 SAN JOSE STATE 57.1393        
69 MEMPHIS STATE 55.6305        
70 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 55.5956      
71 SOUTH CAROLINA 55.4808        
72 CINCINNATI 54.8567        
73 COLORADO STATE 54.8204        
74 PACIFIC 54.6522        
75 NAVY 54.3918        
76 TULSA 53.9495        
77 VILLANOVA 53.8976        
78 WASHINGTON STATE 53.7997        
79 ARMY 53.7152        
80 VIRGINIA TECH 53.7138        
81 UTAH STATE 53.7031        
82 WEST TEXAS STATE 53.2341        
83 WESTERN MICHIGAN 50.7654        
84 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 50.6328        
85 HARVARD 50.6001        
86 IDAHO 50.0661        
87 YALE 50.0152        
88 MIAMI (O) 49.1704        
89 MARYLAND 48.7718        
90 VIRGINIA 48.6770        
91 CLEMSON 48.5159        
92 OHIOU 48.2897        
93 BYU 48.2524        
94 CORNELL 45.1882        
95 DAYTON 44.9051        
96 NEW MEXICO STATE 43.0273        
97 RICHMOND 42.8514        
98 WYOMING 42.8140        
99 WILLIAM&MARY 42.6732        
100 NORTH TEXAS STATE 41.9501        
101 CITADEL 41.0652        
102 PRINCETON 39.9246        
103 PENNSYLVANIA 36.6144        
104 EAST CAROLINA 36.5074        
105 BGU 36.0153        
106 DAVIDSON 35.8294        
107 KENT STATE 35.1369        
108 MARSHALL 33.3032        
109 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 30.7921        
110 RUTGERS 29.0201        
111 BROWN 25.8992        
112 COLUMBIA 25.2212        
113 COLGATE 20.4838        
114 WICHITA STATE 17.3844        
115 BUFFALO STATE 11.0060        
116 HOLY CROSS 2.0437        
117 XAVIER -8.5291        
118 VMI -20.6949        

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