1970 Reward Ranking (after bowl games)
(UPI poll not conducted after the bowl games this year.)
| Rank | Name | W | L | T | Reward | AP |
| 1 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6.1159 | 1 |
| 2 | NotreDame | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.0250 | 2 |
| 3 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5.5704 | 3 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5.4436 | 4 |
| 5 | OhioState | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5.3165 | 5 |
| 6 | ArizonaState | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.3147 | 6 |
| 7 | Dartmouth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.2862 | 14 |
| 8 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4.7002 | 9 |
| 9 | Auburn | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4.5834 | 10 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.9936 | 11 |
| 11 | Toledo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.6972 | 12 |
| 12 | LouisianaState | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.3828 | 7 |
| 13 | GeorgiaTech | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.3353 | 13 |
| 14 | Stanford | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.3151 | 8 |
| 15 | AirForce | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.1594 | 16 |
| 16 | Harvard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.9452 | NR |
| 17 | Yale | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.8338 | NR |
| 18 | Houston | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.5380 | 19 |
| 19 | BostonCollege | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.3068 | NR |
| 20 | SouthernCalifornia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2.2797 | 15 |
| 21 | UCLA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.1552 | NR |
| 22 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2.0791 | 20T |
| 23 | Washington | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2.0532 | |
| 24 | Alabama | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1.9930 | |
| 25 | TexasTech | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1.9756 | |
| 26 | OregonState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.9511 | |
| 27 | California | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.8775 | |
| 28 | Oregon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1.8417 | |
| 29 | NewMexico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.7838 | |
| 30 | MississippiState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.7600 | |
| 31 | Tulane | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1.7471 | 17 |
| 32 | Colorado | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.6699 | |
| 33 | Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.6204 | |
| 34 | Cornell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.6199 | |
| 35 | PennState | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.6072 | 18 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.5981 | 20T |
| 37 | Florida | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.5733 | |
| 38 | Missouri | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.5568 | |
| 39 | OklahomaState | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1.5258 | |
| 40 | KansasState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.5038 | |
| 41 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.4978 | |
| 42 | SouthernMethodist | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.4113 | |
| 43 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.3956 | |
| 44 | Kansas | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.3934 | |
| 45 | Rice | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.3909 | |
| 46 | FloridaState | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.2586 | |
| 47 | IowaState | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.2304 | |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1.1778 | |
| 49 | SanDiegoState | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1.1212 | |
| 50 | WestVirginia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.1179 | |
| 51 | MichiganState | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.0024 | |
| 52 | WakeForest | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.9601 | |
| 53 | Villanova | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.9545 | |
| 54 | TexasChristian | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.7668 | |
| 55 | Utah | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.7265 |