1970 small college football rankings
1970 small college football rankings Small college football rankings (AP , UPI )
The 1970 small college football rankings are rankings of college football teams representing smaller college and university teams during the 1970 college football season, including the 1970 NCAA College Division football season and the 1970 NAIA football season . Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.
The 1970 Arkansas State Indians football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and was rated No. 1 by both the AP and UPI. Montana (10–1) was ranked No. 2 by the AP, and Tampa (10–1) was ranked No. 2 by the UPI.
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AP poll
Week 1[ 1] Week 2[ 2] Week 3[ 3] Week 4[ 4] Week 5[ 5] Week 6[ 6] Week 7[ 7] Week 8[ 8] Week 9[ 9] Week 10[ 10] Week 11[ 11] 1. Arkansas State (1–0) (4) Arkansas State (2–0) (5) Arkansas State (3–0) (7) Arkansas State (4–0) (5) Arkansas State (5–0) (4) Arkansas State (6–0) (4) Arkansas State (7–0) (5) Arkansas State (8–0) (5) Arkansas State (9–0) (7) Arkansas State (10–0) (7) Arkansas State (10–0) (4) 1. 2. Montana (2–0) (3) Akron (3–0) (2) Montana (4–0) (6) Montana (5–0) (6) Montana (6–0) (2) Montana (7–0) (4) Montana (8–0) (2) Montana (9–0) (3) Montana (10–0) (4) Montana (10–0) (3) Montana (10–0) (3) 2. 3. Akron (2–0) (2) Montana (3–0) (4) Akron (4–0) (4) North Dakota State (4–0–1) Tampa (5–0) (3) Tampa (6–0) (3) North Dakota State (7–0–1) Tampa (8–0) (4) North Dakota State (8–0–1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) 3. 4. North Dakota State (1–0–1) (1) Delaware (3–0) North Dakota State (3–0–1) Texas A&I (4–1) (2) Texas A&I (5–0) North Dakota State (6–0–1) Tampa (7–0) (1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) Tampa (9–0) (1) Tennessee State (9–0) Tampa (10–0) (2) 4. 5. Delaware (2–0)North Dakota State (2–0–1) Texas A&I (3–1) Tampa (4–0) (1) Tennessee State (5–0) Tennessee State (6–0) Western Kentucky (7–0–1) (1) Tennessee State (8–0) Tennessee State (8–0) Tampa (9–1) (1) Tennessee State (10–0) 5. 6. Texas A&I (1–0) (1) Eastern Michigan (2–0–1) (1) Tennessee State (4–0) (1) Tennessee State (5–0) North Dakota State (5–0–1) Western Kentucky (6–0–1) (1) Tennessee State (7–0) Wofford (9–0) (1) Wofford (10–0) (1) Wofford (10–0) (2) Wofford (11–0) (2) 6. 7. Eastern Michigan (1–0–1)Texas A&I (2–1) (1) Eastern Michigan (3–0–1) Delaware (4–1) (1) Delaware (5–1) (2) Delaware (5–1) Southwestern Louisiana (7–1) Texas A&I (7–1) (1) Texas A&I (8–1) (1) Texas A&I (9–1) (1) Texas A&I (10–1) (1) 7. 8. Louisiana Tech (1–0)Drake (3–0) Tampa (3–0) Western Kentucky (4–0–1) (1) Western Kentucky (5–0–1) Southern Illinois (5–0) Delaware (6–1) (1) Wittenberg (8–0) Eastern Kentucky (8–1) (1) Jacksonville State (8–1) Jacksonville State (9–0) 8. 9. Drake (2–0)Tampa (2–0) Southern Illinois (3–0) Southern Illinois (3–0) Southern Illinois (4–0) Southwestern Louisiana (6–1) Wofford (8–0) Abilene Christian (7–2) Abilene Christian (8–2) Alcorn A&M (8–1) Alcorn A&M (9–1) 9. 10. Tennessee State (2–0)Tennessee State (3–0) Western Kentucky (3–0–1) Akron (4–1) Wofford (6–0) (2) Wofford (7–0) (2) Southern Illinois (6–0) (1) Eastern Kentucky (7–1) (1) Wittenberg (9–0) Southwestern Louisiana (9–2) Southwestern Louisiana (9–2) 10. 11. Northern Arizona (2–0)Western Kentucky (2–0) Delaware (3–1) Abilene Christian (4–1) Wittenberg (5–0) Texas A&I (5–1) (1) Wittenberg (7–0) Southern Illinois (6–1) St. Olaf (9–0) Delaware (8–2) Delaware (8–2) 11. 12. Western Kentucky (1–0) тPacific Lutheran (2–0) (1) Boise State (4–0) Wofford (4–1) Abilene Christian (5–1) Alcorn A&M (5–1) Texas A&I (6–1) Western Kentucky (7–1–1) Southwestern Louisiana (8–2) Western Kentucky (9–1–1) Western Kentucky (9–1–1) 12. 13. Southern Illinois (1–0) тWittenberg (2–0) Drake (3–1) Central Missouri State (5–0) т Southwestern Louisiana (5–1) Linfield (6–0) (1) Alcorn A&M (6–1) St. Olaf (8–0) Western Kentucky (8–1–1) Wittenberg (9–0) Long Beach State (9–2) 13. 14. East Tennessee State (1–0)Northern Colorado (2–0)Wofford (3–1)Southwestern Louisiana (4–1) тEastern Kentucky (5–0)Wittenberg (6–0) Eastern Kentucky (6–1) Linfield (8–0) (1) Eastern Michigan (7–2–1) Long Beach State (9–1)Abilene Christian (8–2) 14. 15. Pacific Lutheran (1–0)Southern Illinois (2–0) Wittenberg (3–0) Troy State (4–0–1) Central Missouri State (6–0) Boise State (6–1) Linfield (7–0) (1) Alcorn A&M (7–1) Jacksonville State (7–0) Abilene Christian (8–2) Westminster (PA) (9–0) 15. 16. Tampa (1–0) тCentral Missouri State (3–0)Central Missouri State (4–0) Alcorn A&M (4–1) тSpringfield (MA) (5–1)Abilene Christian (5–2) Abilene Christian (6–2) Jacksonville State (6–0) Delaware (7–2) St. Olaf (9–0) Grambling (9–2) 16. 17. Northern Michigan (2–0) (1) тLamar Tech (2–0) (1) Troy State (3–0)Wittenberg (4–0) т Boise State (5–1) St. Olaf (6–0) St. Olaf (7–0) Southwestern Louisiana (7–2) Westminster (PA) (8–0) Westminster (PA) (8–0) Wittenberg (9–0) 17. 18. UMass (1–0) т [ note 1] Humboldt State (3–0)Grambling (3–0)Eastern Michigan (3–1–1) Linfield (4–0)Springfield (MA) (6–0) т Jacksonville State (8–0)Delaware (6–2) Grambling (7–2) Grambling (8–2) St. Olaf (9–0) 18. 19. Howard Payne (1–0) тHoward Payne (2–0) Howard Payne (3–0) St. Olaf (4–1)Alcorn A&M (4–1) Eastern Kentucky (5–1) т Boise State (7–1) т Grambling (6–2) Alcorn A&M (8–1) Eastern Michigan (7–2–1) Eastern Michigan (7–2–1) 19. 20. Wittenberg (1–0)Boise State (2–0)Abilene Christian (3–1)Northern Michigan (4–1) Grambling (3–2) Grambling (4–2) т Grambling (5–2) т Westminster (PA) (6–1)Edinboro (9–0)Edinboro (9–0) Appalachian State (8–2) т20. 21. Montclair State (9–1–1) т21. 22. Sam Houston State (8–2–1) т22. Week 1[ 1] Week 2[ 2] Week 3[ 3] Week 4[ 4] Week 5[ 5] Week 6[ 6] Week 7[ 7] Week 8[ 8] Week 9[ 9] Week 10[ 10] Week 11[ 11] Dropped: 8 Louisiana Tech 11 Northern Arizona 14 East Tennessee State 17 Northern Michigan 18 UMass Dropped: 12 Pacific Lutheran 14 Northern Colorado 17 Lamar Tech 18 Humboldt State Dropped: 12 Boise State 13 Drake 18 Grambling 19 Howard Payne Dropped: 10 Akron 15 Troy State 18 Eastern Michigan 19 St. Olaf 20 Northern Michigan Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: Dropped: 11 Southern Illinois 14 Linfield Dropped: Dropped:
UPI coaches poll
Week 1[ 12] [ note 2] Week 2[ 13] Week 3[ 14] Week 4[ 15] Week 5[ 16] Week 6[ 17] Week 7[ 18] [ note 3] Week 8[ 19] Week 9[ 20] Week 10[ 21] Week 11[ 22] 1. Arkansas State (1–0) (2) Arkansas State (2–0) (16) Arkansas State (3–0) (25) Arkansas State (4–0) (24) Tampa (5–0) (11) Tampa (6–0) (18) Tampa (7–0) (19) Tampa (8–0) (17) Tampa (9–0) (25) Arkansas State (10–0) (17) Arkansas State (10–0) (21) 1. 2. Akron (2–0) (2) т Delaware (3–0) (3) Akron (4–0) (1) Montana (5–0) (2) Arkansas State (5–0) (15) Arkansas State (6–0) (9) Arkansas State (7–0) (9) Arkansas State (8–0) (9) Arkansas State (9–0) (4) Tampa (9–1) (5) Tampa (10–1) (8) 2. 3. North Dakota State (1–0–1) (2) т Akron (3–0) (1) Montana (4–0) (2) Tampa (4–0) (2) Montana (6–0) (1) Montana (7–0) (1) Montana (8–0) Montana (9–0) (2) Montana (10–0) (3) Montana (10–0) (6) Montana (10–0) (3) 3. 4. Delaware (2–0) (1) Texas A&I (2–1) (2) North Dakota State (3–0–1) Texas A&I (4–1) (2) Texas A&I (5–0) (2) North Dakota State (6–0–1) (1) North Dakota State (7–0–1) (1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) (1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) North Dakota State (8–0–1) 4. 5. Montana (2–0) (4) Montana (3–0) (3) Texas A&I (3–1) (1) North Dakota State (4–0–1) North Dakota State (5–0–1) (1) Delaware (5–1) Delaware (6–1) (1) Tennessee State (8–0) (1) Tennessee State (8–0) (1) Tennessee State (9–0) (1) Tennessee State (10–0) (1) 5. 6. Texas A&I (1–0) (1) North Dakota State (2–0–1) Tampa (3–0) (1) Tennessee State (5–0) (1) Delaware (5–1) Tennessee State (6–0) (1) Tennessee State (7–0) (1) Wofford (8–0) (1) Wofford (10–0) (1) Wofford (10–0) (1) Long Beach State (9–2) 6. 7. Tampa (1–0) т Tampa (2–0) (2) Delaware (3–1) Delaware (4–1) Tennessee State (5–0) Western Kentucky (5–0–1) Western Kentucky (6–0–1) Western Kentucky (6–1–1) Western Kentucky (7–1–1) Long Beach State (8–2) Wofford (10–0) (1) 7. 8. Northern Michigan (2–0) т Eastern Michigan (2–0–1) Eastern Michigan (3–0–1) Troy State (4–0–1) Abilene Christian (5–1) Wofford (7–0) (1) Wofford (8–0) (1) Abilene Christian (6–2) Delaware (7–2) Delaware (8–2) Delaware (8–2) 8. 9. Eastern Michigan (1–0–1) Drake (3–0) Tennessee State (4–0) (1) Abilene Christian (4–1) Western Kentucky (4–0–1) Fresno State (6–1) Southern Illinois (6–0) Delaware (6–2) Abilene Christian (8–2) Western Kentucky (8–1–1) Western Kentucky (8–1–1) 9. 10. Drake (2–0) Northern Colorado (2–0) (8) Grambling (2–1) Cal Poly (4–0) (1) Eastern Kentucky (5–0) Abilene Christian (5–2) Abilene Christian (5–2) Long Beach State (6–2) Long Beach State (7–2) Abilene Christian (8–2) Hawaii (9–1) 10. 11. Louisiana Tech (1–0) Tennessee State (3–0) (1) Troy State (3–0–1) Akron (4–1) Wofford (6–1) Texas A&I (5–1) Texas A&I (6–1) Eastern Kentucky (7–1) Eastern Kentucky (8–1) Texas A&I (9–1) Abilene Christian (8–2) т 11. 12. Tennessee State (2–0) Grambling Cal Poly Western Kentucky (4–0–1) Fresno State (5–1) Northern Michigan (6–1) Eastern Kentucky (6–1) Texas A&I (7–1) Texas A&I (8–1) Alcorn A&M (7–1) Jacksonville State (9–0) т 12. 13. New Mexico Highlands (1) Northern Michigan Northern Colorado Wofford (4–1) Grambling (3–2) Southern Illinois (5–0) Jacksonville State (5–0) Southern Illinois (6–1) Alcorn A&M (7–1) Jacksonville State (8–0) Texas A&I (9–1) 13. 14. Wittenberg (1–0) т North Dakota (1) Abilene Christian (3–1) North Dakota (2–1–1) Northern Michigan (5–1) Grambling (4–2) Northeastern Oklahoma (5–0–1) (1) Jacksonville State (6–0) Grambling (7–2) Grambling (8–2) Alcorn A&M (8–1) 14. 15. Grambling (1) т Louisiana Tech Northern Michigan Grambling (2–2) Missouri–Rolla (5–0) Eastern Kentucky (5–1) Southwestern Louisiana (7–1) Grambling (6–2) Jacksonville State (7–0) Hawaii (8–1) Grambling (9–2) 15. 16. Wofford Wofford (1) Wofford (4–0) (1) Florida A&M (3–0) т Southern Illinois (4–0) Northeastern Oklahoma (4–0–1) (1) Linfield (7–0) Alcorn A&M (7–1) Hawaii (7–1)Eastern Kentucky (8–2) Central Missouri State (9–2) т16. 17. Western Carolina Weber State (1) Drake (3–1) Northern Colorado (3–1) т Northeastern Oklahoma (3–0–1) (1) Jacksonville State (4–0) Gustavus Adolphus (7–1)Northeastern Oklahoma (6–0–1) (1) Platteville State (10–0)Platteville State (10–0) Northeastern Oklahoma (8–1–1) т 17. 18. Northern Colorado т Cal Poly тBoise State (4–0) Northern Michigan (4–1) Troy State (4–1–1) Missouri–Rolla (5–0–1) т Northern Colorado (5–2) т Linfield (8–0) Eastern Michigan (7–2–1) Luther (8–1) North Dakota (9–0–1) 18. 19. Fresno State тLamar Tech (2–0) т Howard Payne (3–0) т Southern Illinois (3–0) Cal Poly (4–1) т Cal Poly (5–1) т Grambling (5–2) т Florida A&M (5–2) т Central Oklahoma (8–1) тNortheastern Oklahoma (8–1–1) Westminster (PA) (9–1) 19. 20. East Tennessee State (1–0) Troy State т Missouri–Rolla тMissouri–Rolla (4–0) Linfield (5–0) т Linfield (6–0) т Fresno State (6–2) т Wittenberg (8–0) т Luther (8–1) тNorthern Colorado (7–2) Cal Poly (8–2) т 20. 21. Florida A&M т Northern Michigan (8–2) т 21. Week 1[ 12] [ note 2] Week 2[ 13] Week 3[ 14] Week 4[ 15] Week 5[ 16] Week 6[ 17] Week 7[ 18] [ note 3] Week 8[ 19] Week 9[ 20] Week 10[ 21] Week 11[ 22] Dropped: 13 New Mexico Highlands 14 Wittenberg 17 Western Carolina 19 Fresno State 20 East Tennessee State Dropped: 14 North Dakota 15 Louisiana Tech 17 Weber State 19 Lamar Tech Dropped: 8 Eastern Michigan 17 Drake 18 Boise State 19 Howard Payne Dropped: 11 Akron 14 North Dakota 16 Florida A&M 17 Northern Colorado Dropped: Dropped: 12 Northern Michigan 18 Missouri–Rolla 19 Cal Poly Dropped: 15 Southwestern Louisiana 17 Gustavus Adolphus 18 Northern Colorado 20 Fresno State Dropped: 13 Southern Illinois 17 Northeastern Oklahoma 18 Linfield 19 Florida A&M 20 Wittenberg Dropped: 18 Eastern Michigan 19 Central Oklahoma Dropped: 16 Eastern Kentucky 17 Platteville State 18 Luther 20 Northern Colorado
Notes
^ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
^ The UPI poll did not include won/loss records for the first three weeks. The won/loss records shown here have been copied from the AP poll where available.
^ The UPI poll was missing a few won/loss records from week 7 onward. They have been filled in based on other research. This includes week 7: Southwest Louisiana & Northern Colorado; week 8: Alcorn A&M, Florida A&M & Wittenberg; week 9: Eastern Michigan; week 10: Northern Colorado; week 11: Central Missouri State, North Dakota & Northern Michigan.
References
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