1970 Reward Ranking (before bowl games)
| Rank | Name | W | L | T | Reward | AP | UPI |
| 1 | Texas | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.3739 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | OhioState | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.1270 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Nebraska | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5.7837 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | NotreDame | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5.1914 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | ArizonaState | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.1312 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | Dartmouth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.0944 | 14 | 13T |
| 7 | Tennessee | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4.9765 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4.5892 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Auburn | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4.1877 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.9789 | 9 | 12 |
| 11 | LouisianaState | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.9117 | 5 | 6 |
| 12 | AirForce | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.7222 | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Toledo | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.6103 | 15 | 17T |
| 14 | Stanford | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.8589 | 12 | 10 |
| 15 | Harvard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.7660 | NR | NR |
| 16 | GeorgiaTech | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.7511 | 13 | 17T |
| 17 | TexasTech | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.7227 | 19 | NR |
| 18 | Yale | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.6587 | ||
| 19 | Houston | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2.3573 | 17 | 13T |
| 20 | Mississippi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.2679 | ||
| 21 | BostonCollege | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.1690 | ||
| 22 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2.0356 | 20 | 15 |
| 23 | SouthernCalifornia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1.9491 | 16 | 19T |
| 24 | UCLA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.8703 | ||
| 25 | Colorado | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.8198 | NR | 16 |
| 26 | Washington | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.8180 | ||
| 27 | OregonState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.7831 | ||
| 28 | Alabama | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.7529 | ||
| 29 | MississippiState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.6527 | ||
| 30 | NewMexico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.6473 | ||
| 31 | California | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.6150 | ||
| 32 | Oregon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1.6109 | ||
| 33 | Missouri | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.5374 | ||
| 34 | PennState | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.5134 | 18 | 19 |
| 35 | Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1.5089 | ||
| 36 | Cornell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.4527 | ||
| 37 | OklahomaState | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1.4265 | ||
| 38 | KansasState | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.4138 | ||
| 39 | SouthernMethodist | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.3903 | ||
| 40 | Kansas | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.3464 | ||
| 41 | Rice | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.3448 | ||
| 42 | Florida | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.3020 | ||
| 43 | Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.2974 | ||
| 44 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.2220 | ||
| 45 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1.2138 | ||
| 46 | NorthCarolina | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.1701 | ||
| 47 | IowaState | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.1572 | ||
| 48 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1.0901 | ||
| 49 | FloridaState | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.0508 | ||
| 50 | SanDiegoState | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1.0304 |