1970 small college football rankings

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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.

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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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The AP poll

Week 1
Sept 24 [1] 		Week 2
Oct 1 [2] 		Week 3
Oct 8 [3] 		Week 4
Oct 15 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 22 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 29 [6] 		Week 7
Nov 5 [7] 		Week 8
Nov 12 [8] 		Week 9
Nov 19 [9] 		Week 10
Nov 26 [10] 		Week 11
Dec 3 [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) тSouthwestern 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) т Eastern 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) т Central Missouri State (3–0)Central Missouri State (4–0) Alcorn A&M (4–1) т Springfield (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) т Lamar Tech (2–0) (1) Troy State (3–0)Wittenberg (4–0) тBoise 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) тBoise State (7–1) тGrambling (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) тGrambling (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
Sept 24 [12] 		Week 2
Oct 1 [13] 		Week 3
Oct 8 [14] 		Week 4
Oct 15 [15] 		Week 5
Oct 22 [16] 		Week 6
Oct 29 [17] 		Week 7
Nov 5 [18] 		Week 8
Nov 12 [19] 		Week 9
Nov 19 [20] 		Week 10
Nov 26 [21] 		Week 11
Dec 3 [22]
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:
15 Central Missouri State		Dropped:
18 Springfield (MA)		Dropped:
19 Boise State		Dropped:
  • 11 Southern Illinois
  • 14 Linfield
Dropped:
8 Eastern Kentucky		Dropped:
20 Edinboro

The UPI Coaches poll

Week 1
Sept 23 [23] [note 2] 		Week 2
Sept 30 [24] 		Week 3
Oct 7 [25] 		Week 4
Oct 14 [26] 		Week 5
Oct 21 [27] 		Week 6
Oct 28 [28] 		Week 7
Nov 4 [29] [note 3] 		Week 8
Nov 11 [30] 		Week 9
Nov 18 [31] 		Week 10
Nov 25 [32] 		Week 11
Dec 2 [33]
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) тDelaware (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) тAkron (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) тTampa (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) тEastern 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) т11.
12.Tennessee State (2–0)GramblingCal PolyWestern 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) т12.
13. New Mexico Highlands (1)Northern MichiganNorthern ColoradoWofford (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) тLouisiana TechNorthern MichiganGrambling (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.WoffordWofford (1)Wofford (4–0) (1)Florida A&M (3–0) тSouthern 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) т17.
18.Northern Colorado т Cal Poly тBoise State (4–0)Northern Michigan (4–1)Troy State (4–1–1)Missouri–Rolla (5–0–1) тNorthern Colorado (5–2) тLinfield (8–0)Eastern Michigan (7–2–1)Luther (8–1)North Dakota (9–0–1)18.
19. Fresno State тLamar Tech (2–0) тHoward Payne (3–0) тSouthern Illinois (3–0)Cal Poly (4–1) тCal Poly (5–1) тGrambling (5–2) тFlorida 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) тLinfield (6–0) тFresno State (6–2) тWittenberg (8–0) т Luther (8–1) тNorthern Colorado (7–2)Cal Poly (8–2) т20.
21.   Florida A&M т       Northern Michigan (8–2) т21.
Week 1
Sept 23 [34] [note 4] 		Week 2
Sept 30 [35] 		Week 3
Oct 7 [36] 		Week 4
Oct 14 [37] 		Week 5
Oct 21 [38] 		Week 6
Oct 28 [39] 		Week 7
Nov 4 [40] [note 5] 		Week 8
Nov 11 [41] 		Week 9
Nov 18 [42] 		Week 10
Nov 25 [43] 		Week 11
Dec 2 [44]
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:
18 Troy State		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

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.

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