1969 NCAA College Division football season

American college football season

1969 NCAA College Division football season

Champion(s)| North Dakota State (AP, UPI)
Alcorn A&M (black)
| ← 1968 · | College Division football seasons | · 1970 →

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The 1969 NCAA College Division football season was the 14th season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.

## Conference and program changes

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### Conference changes

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School | 1968 conference | 1969 conference

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Towson State | New program | Mason–Dixon Conference

## Conference standings

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1969 Big Sky Conference football standings |

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Montana $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Weber State | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Idaho State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Idaho | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Montana State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Cal Poly $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Valley State | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Cal Poly Pomona | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
UC Riverside | 0  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Johnson C. Smith $  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
North Carolina Central | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Elizabeth City State | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
North Carolina A&T | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Morgan State | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Norfolk State | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Virginia Union | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Livingstone | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Delaware State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Fayetteville State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Virginia State | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Howard | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Shaw | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Maryland State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Winston-Salem State | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Saint Paul's (VA) | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Hampton | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Conference standings were determined by Dickinson Rating

1969 College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Centre $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Southwestern (TN) | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Sewanee | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Washington and Lee | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Washington University | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings |

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No. 17 Carthage $  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
Augustana (IL) | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Millikin | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Elmhurst | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Carroll (WI) | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Illinois Wesleyan | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
North Park | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
North Central (IL) | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1969 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Bridgeport $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Montclair State | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Glassboro State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Central Connecticut State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Southern Connecticut State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 Far Western Conference football standings |

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No. 15 UPI Cal State Hayward $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 12 AP Sacramento State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Chico State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Humboldt State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
San Francisco State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
UC Davis | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from small college polls
1969 Gulf States Conference football standings |

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Louisiana Tech $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Northwestern State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Southwestern Louisiana | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southeastern Louisiana | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
McNeese State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Northeast Louisiana | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings |

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St. Lawrence $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Alfred | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Hobart | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
RPI | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1

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1969 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Valparaiso \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Evansville \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Butler | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
DePauw | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

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1969 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Western Illinois $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Central Michigan | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Illinois State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Eastern Illinois | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

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1969 Iowa Conference football standings |

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Simpson (IA) $  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Luther | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Central (IA) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
William Penn | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Upper Iowa | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Wartburg | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Buena Vista | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Dubuque | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

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1969 Little Three Conference football standings |

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Wesleyan $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0
Amherst | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Williams | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0

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1969 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Bowdoin $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0
Colby | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bates | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0

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1969 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings |

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Randolph–Macon $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Hampden–Sydney | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Western Maryland | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bridgewater | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Towson State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Johns Hopkins | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Gallaudet | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1969 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Albion $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0
Alma | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Kalamazoo | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Hope | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Olivet | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Adrian | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings |

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No. 10 Delaware x  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Gettysburg | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Bucknell | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Lehigh | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Temple | 1  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Lafayette | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Hofstra | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0
West Chester *  | 0  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Susquehanna | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Juniata | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Delaware Valley | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Upsala | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Albright | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lycoming | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Wagner *  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Lebanon Valley x  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Ursinus x  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1
Moravian | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Dickinson | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Muhlenberg | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Swarthmore | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Western Maryland | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Pennsylvania Military | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Haverford | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0
Franklin & Marshall | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Drexel*  | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0

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* * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

Rankings from AP Poll
1969 Midwest Conference football standings |

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St. Olaf $  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Monmouth (IL) | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Coe | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Grinnell | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Lawrence | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Cornell (IA) | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Ripon | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Carleton | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Knox | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Beloit | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 3 Concordia–Moorhead $^  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Saint John's (MN) | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 1
Hamline | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Gustavus Adolphus | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Macalester | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Minnesota–Duluth | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Augsburg | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1969 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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SE Missouri State \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
NE Missouri State \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Missouri–Rolla | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Central Missouri State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
NW Missouri State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
SW Missouri State | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0

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1969 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings |

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Montclair State $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Glassboro State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Jersey City State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Trenton State | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0

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1969 North Central Conference football standings |

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No. 1 North Dakota State $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
Northern Iowa | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
North Dakota | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
South Dakota State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Morningside | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
South Dakota | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Augustana (SD) | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0

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Rankings from AP small college poll
1969 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Michigan Tech $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Minnesota Morris | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Moorhead State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Bemidji State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1
St. Cloud State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1
Winona State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 13 Wittenberg $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
Marietta | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Baldwin–Wallace | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Denison | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Muskingum | 3  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 2
Kenyon | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Ohio Wesleyan | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Mount Union | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Capital | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Wooster | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Hiram | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Otterbein | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Heidelberg | 0  | – | 4  | – | 2 |  |  | 0  | – | 6  | – | 2
Oberlin | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1969 Ohio Valley Conference football standings |

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Western Kentucky | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Eastern Kentucky | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Tennessee Tech | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Morehead State | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Murray State | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Austin Peay | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 1
Middle Tennessee | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

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West Chester xy$  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Mansfield | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
East Stroudsburg | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Kutztown | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bloomsburg | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Millersville | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Cheyney | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0
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Clarion xy  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Slippery Rock | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Edinboro | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Lock Haven | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0
California (PA) | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1
Shippensburg | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Championship: West Chester 41, Clarion 34

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John Carroll $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Bethany (WV) | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Thiel | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Allegheny | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Case Tech | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Washington & Jefferson | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Western Reserve | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

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Adams State * xy  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Western State (CO) | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Westminster (UT) | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Southern Utah | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Colorado Mines | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Western New Mexico | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Fort Lewis | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Plains Division
Colorado State–Greeley xy$  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
Emporia State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Southern Colorado | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Washburn | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Nebraska–Omaha | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Pittsburg State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Fort Hays State | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0
Championship: Colorado State–Greeley 33, Adams State 14

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* * Adams State received a non-conference forfeit win from Eastern New Mexico.

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No. 19 Redlands | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Claremont-Mudd | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Pomona | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Occidental | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Caltech | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

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1969 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Division I
No. 16 Florida A&M x  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Alabama A&M | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bethune–Cookman | 1  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1
South Carolina State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Morris Brown | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Division II
Tuskegee x  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Fort Valley State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Clark (GA) | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Alabama State | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Savannah State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lane | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Morehouse | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Fisk | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Knoxville | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0

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No. 7 Arkansas State $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 1
Abilene Christian | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
UT Arlington | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Trinity (TX) | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lamar Tech | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

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No. 9/8 Alcorn A&M $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 1
Southern | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Grambling | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Texas Southern | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 2
Prairie View A&M | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Arkansas AM&N | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Jackson State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Mississippi Valley State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll
1969 Yankee Conference football standings |

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UMass $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Connecticut | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Maine | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Vermont | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
New Hampshire | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Rhode Island | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1969 NCAA College Division independents football records |

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No. 3 Akron |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Indiana (PA) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Boston University |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 9 Tampa |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Tennessee State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Colorado College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Drake |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 2
Northern Arizona |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Mankato State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Hawaii |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Indiana State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Ashland |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Lincoln (MO) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Portland State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Santa Clara |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
UNLV |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Eastern Michigan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
St. Norbert |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Cortland |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Northern Michigan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Nevada |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Rose Poly |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Southern Illinois |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Wayne State (MI) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Chattanooga |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Chicago |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0
Milwaukee |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Northeastern |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Wabash |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Samford |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Lake Forest |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Parsons |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Kentucky State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0
Rankings from AP small college poll

## Rankings

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Main article: 1969 small college football rankings

College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played.

### Small college final polls

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In 1969, both services ranked 9–0 North Dakota State first and 10–0 Montana second. They later met in the Camellia Bowl, which North Dakota State won, 30–3.[1]

United Press International (coaches) final poll
Published on November 26[2]

| Rank  | School  | Record  | No. 1
votes  | Total
points

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1 | North Dakota State | 9–0 | 24 | 319
2 | Montana | 10–0 | 8 | 295
3 | Colorado State–Greeley | 10–0 | 1 | 197
4 | Akron | 9–1 |  | 186
5 | Arkansas State | 8–1–1note1 |  | 173
6 | Tampa | 9–1note2 |  | 114
7 | Louisiana Tech | 8–1 |  | 110
8 | New Mexico Highlands | 8–0–1 |  | 108
9 | Texas A&I | 9–1 |  | 89
10 | Delaware | 8–2 |  | 64

^note1 Arkansas State actually 7–1–1 when the poll was taken.[3]
^note2 Tampa actually 8–1 when the poll was taken.

Associated Press (writers) final poll
Published on November 27[4]

| Rank  | School  | Record  | No. 1
votes  | Total
points

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1 | North Dakota State | 9–0 | 10 | 225
2 | Montana | 10–0 | 1 | 219
3 | Akron | 9–1 | 1 | 176
4 | Louisiana Tech | 8–1 |  | 152
5 | Colorado State–Greeley | 10–0 |  | 131
6 | New Mexico Highlands | 8–0–1 |  | 129
7 | Arkansas State | 7–1–1 |  | 115
8 | Alcorn A&M | 7–0–1 |  | 107
9 | Tampa | 8–1 |  | 92
10 | Delaware | 8–2 |  | 70

## Bowl games

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The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, all played on December 13. The Grantland Rice Bowl moved from Murfreesboro, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bowl  | Region  | Location  | Winning team  | Losing team  | Ref

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Boardwalk | East  | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Delaware | 31 | North Carolina Central | 13  |
Grantland Rice | Mideast  | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | East Tennessee State | 34 | Louisiana Tech | 14  | [5]
Pecan | Midwest  | Arlington, Texas | Arkansas State | 29 | Drake | 14  | [6][7]
Camellia | West  | Sacramento, California | North Dakota State | 30 | Montana | 3  | [8]

## See also

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* 1969 NCAA University Division football season
* 1969 NAIA football season

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "North Dakota State belts Montana 30-3". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 14, 1969. p. 1, sports.
2. ^ "N. Dakota State Wins Final Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. United Press International. November 26, 1969. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Arkansas St. Yearly Results". Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
4. ^ "Bison Top Final Poll; Canines 4th". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Associated Press. November 27, 1969. Retrieved February 21, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Tennessee rush ruins Bradshaw". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 3, sports.
6. ^ "Games". Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
7. ^ "Arkansas State turns back Drake". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 6, section 2.
8. ^ "Bison drop Montana 30-3 in Camellia". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 14, 1969. p. 16.

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