1970 NCAA College Division football season

American college football season

1970 NCAA College Division football season

Champion(s)| Arkansas State (AP, UPI)
Tennessee State (black)
| ← 1969 · | College Division football seasons | · 1971 →

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The 1970 NCAA College Division football season was the 15th 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 | 1969 Conference | 1970 Conference

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Cal State Fullerton | New Program | CCAA
Central Michigan | IIAC | Independent
Eastern Illinois | IIAC | Independent
Fordham | Reactivated Program | Independent
Georgetown | Reactivated Program | Independent
Illinois State | IIAC | Independent
Saint Mary's | Reactivated Program | Independent
Western Illinois | IIAC | Independent

## Conference standings

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1970 Big Sky Conference football standings |

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Montana $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Idaho State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Boise State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Weber State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 1
Idaho | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Montana State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Northern Arizona | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Boise State's game against 1970 Long Beach State and Northern Arizona's game against 1970 New Mexico State Aggies counted in the conference standings.

1970 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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No. 20 Cal Poly $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Cal State Fullerton | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 1
Valley State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Cal Poly Pomona | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
UC Riverside | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from UPI small college poll
1970 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Northern
Morgan State x  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 16 Virginia State y$  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Delaware State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Howard | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Saint Paul's (VA) | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Norfolk State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Virginia Union | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Maryland Eastern Shore | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Hampton | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0
Southern
No. 17 Johnson C. Smith xy  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Elizabeth City State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
North Carolina Central | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Shaw | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Fayetteville State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Livingstone | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Winston-Salem State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
North Carolina A&T | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Championship: Virginia State 32, Johnson C. Smith 14

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1970 College Athletic Conference football standings |

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

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1970 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings |

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No. 9 Carthage $  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Carroll (WI) | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Illinois Wesleyan | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Millikin | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Elmhurst | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Augustana (IL) | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
North Park | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Wheaton (IL) | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1
North Central (IL) | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Montclair State \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Southern Connecticut State \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Central Connecticut State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Bridgeport | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1970 Far Western Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Chico State \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
Cal State Hayward \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
UC Davis | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Humboldt State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
San Francisco State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 1
Sonoma State *  | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Sacramento State *  | 0  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0

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* * – ineligible for conference championship

1970 Gulf States Conference football standings |

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

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Independent College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Alfred $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
St. Lawrence | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
RPI | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Hobart | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Iowa Conference football standings |

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Luther $  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 17 Central (IA) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 18 Simpson (IA) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
William Penn | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wartburg | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Dubuque | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Upper Iowa | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1
Buena Vista | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1970 Little Three Conference football standings |

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Wesleyan $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Amherst | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Williams | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Bowdoin $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0
Colby | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Bates | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Mason–Dixon Conference football standings |

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Hampden–Sydney $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Randolph–Macon | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Towson State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Bridgewater | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Western Maryland | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Gallaudet | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0
Johns Hopkins | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Adrian \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Alma \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Hope | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Albion | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Kalamazoo | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Olivet | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

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1970 Mid-South Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 2 Jacksonville State $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
Tennessee–Martin | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Troy State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 1
Delta State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Florence State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Livingston | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1970 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings |

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Northern Division
Susquehanna x  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Albright | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Upsala | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Lycoming | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Delaware Valley | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
Juniata | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Wagner *  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Wilkes *  | 0  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Southern Division
Moravian x  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 2
Muhlenberg | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Johns Hopkins | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Lebanon Valley | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Western Maryland | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Pennsylvania Military | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Franklin & Marshall | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Ursinus | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Dickinson | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1
Swarthmore | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Haverford | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0

* x – Division champion/co-champions
* * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games

Rankings from AP Poll
1970 Midwest Conference football standings |

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No. 18 St. Olaf $  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
Monmouth (IL) | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Knox | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Ripon | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Grinnell | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Cornell (IA) | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Coe | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lawrence | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Carleton | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Beloit |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Beloit was allowed to compete with freshmen. Games with Beloit were not counted in the conference standings.

Rankings from AP small college poll
1970 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Concordia–Moorhead $  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
No. 14 Gustavus Adolphus | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Saint John's (MN) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Minnesota–Duluth | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Hamline | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Macalester | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Augsburg | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division I poll
1970 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Central Missouri State \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
NE Missouri State \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
SE Missouri State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lincoln (MO) | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Missouri–Rolla | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
SW Missouri State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 1
NW Missouri State | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

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1970 New Jersey State Athletic Conference football standings |

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Montclair State $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Glassboro State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Jersey City State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Trenton State | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 North Central Conference football standings |

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No. 3 North Dakota State $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 1
North Dakota | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
South Dakota | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 2
Augustana (SD) | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Morningside | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Northern Iowa | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
South Dakota State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP small college poll
1970 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Michigan Tech \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Minnesota Morris \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
St. Cloud State \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Moorhead State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Winona State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bemidji State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Southwest State (MN) | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1970 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings |

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Capital \+  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 17 Wittenberg \+  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
Wooster | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Muskingum | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Mount Union | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Denison | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Marietta | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Baldwin–Wallace | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Kenyon | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Heidelberg | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Hiram | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Otterbein | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Ohio Wesleyan | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Oberlin | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1970 Ohio Valley Conference football standings |

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Eastern Kentucky | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
East Tennessee State | 4  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 2
Morehead State | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Middle Tennessee | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Austin Peay | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Tennessee Tech | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Murray State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0

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West Chester xy  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
East Stroudsburg | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Kutztown | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bloomsburg | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Millersville | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Mansfield | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Cheyney | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0
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No. 3 Edinboro xy$^  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Clarion | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
California (PA) | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Slippery Rock | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Shippensburg | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lock Haven | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
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John Carroll | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
Allegheny | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0
Case Western Reserve | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
Thiel | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

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Redlands \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Pomona | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Whittier | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Occidental | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

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Florida A&M x  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Alabama State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Morris Brown | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Alabama A&M | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Albany State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bethune–Cookman | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
South Carolina State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
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Fisk x  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0
Savannah State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lane | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Morehouse | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Clark (GA) | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Knoxville | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1970 Southland Conference football standings |

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No. 1 Arkansas State $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 0  | – | 0
No. 14 Abilene Christian | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Trinity (TX) | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lamar Tech | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
UT Arlington | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0

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1970 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 7/9 Alcorn A&M $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 13/16 Grambling | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Texas Southern | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Southern | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 1
Prairie View A&M | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Jackson State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Mississippi Valley State | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

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1970 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings |

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No. 3 Platteville State $^  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
Eau Claire State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Whitewater State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Oshkosh State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Superior State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
La Crosse State | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Stout State | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Stevens Point State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 1
River Falls State | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

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1970 Yankee Conference football standings |

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Connecticut $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 2
UMass | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
New Hampshire | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Rhode Island | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Maine | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Vermont | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1970 NCAA College Division independents football records |

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No. 4 Tampa |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 5 Tennessee State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
No. 11 Delaware |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Hawaii |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Northern Michigan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Mankato State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Akron |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Central Michigan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Temple |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Drake |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Wayne State (MI) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Arkansas AM&N |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Southern Illinois |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
St. Norbert |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Nevada |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Portland State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
UNLV |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Boston University |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Cortland |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Indiana (PA) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Santa Clara |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Lafayette |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 5  | – | 0
Colorado College |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Drexel |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Hofstra |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Indiana State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Samford |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Wabash |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 3  | – | 2
Saint Mary's |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0
Ashland |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bucknell |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lehigh |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Rose Poly |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Northeastern |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Indiana Central |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Lake Forest |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Kentucky State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Chicago |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0
Chattanooga |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 8  | – | 0
Parsons |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Eastern Illinois |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Milwaukee |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0
Rankings from AP small college poll

## Rankings

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Main article: 1970 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 1970, both UPI and AP ranked Arkansas State (10–0) number one.[1][2] The 34 coaches on the UPI board ranked Tampa second, followed by Montana, while the AP panel ranked Montana second, followed by North Dakota State. Arkansas State went on to beat Central Missouri State in the Pecan Bowl, 38–21,[3] while Montana lost to North Dakota State in the Camellia Bowl, 31–16.

United Press International (coaches) final poll
Published on December 2[4]

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

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1 | Arkansas State | 10–0 | 21 | 318
2 | Tampa | 10–1 | 8 | 279
3 | Montana | 10–0 | 3 | 272
4 | North Dakota State | 8–0–1 |  | 201
5 | Tennessee State | 10–0 | 1 | 173
6 | Long Beach State | 9–2 |  | 140
7 | Wofford | 10–0 | 1 | 125
8 | Delaware | 8–2 |  | 89
9 | Western Kentucky | 8–1–1 |  | 55
10 | Hawaii | 9–1 |  | 46

Associated Press (writers) final poll
Published on December 3[5][6]

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

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1 | Arkansas State | 10–0 | 4 | 201
2 | Montana | 10–0 | 3 | 162
3 | North Dakota State | 8–0–1 |  | 147
4 | Tampa | 10–1 | 2 | 146
5 | Tennessee State | 10–0 |  | 131
6 | Wofford | 11–0† | 2 | 109
7 | Texas A&I | 10–1 | 1 | 99
8 | Jacksonville State | 9–0 |  | 87
9 | Alcorn A&M | 9–1 |  | 87
10 | Southwestern Louisiana | 9–2 |  | 73

†Includes NAIA playoff win

## Bowl games

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The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, all played on December 12.

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

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Boardwalk | East  | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Delaware | 38 | Morgan State | 23  |
Grantland Rice | Mideast  | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Tennessee State | 26 | Southwestern Louisiana | 25  |
Pecan | Midwest  | Arlington, Texas | Arkansas State | 38 | Central Missouri State | 21  | [7]
Camellia | West  | Sacramento, California | North Dakota State | 31 | Montana | 16  | [8]

This was the final year for the Pecan Bowl; it was succeeded by the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls in 1971.

## See also

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* 1970 NCAA University Division football season
* 1970 NAIA Division I football season
* 1970 NAIA Division II football season

## References

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1. ^ "Arkansas State Wins Small College Crown," European Stars and Stripes, Dec. 3, 1970, p22
2. ^ "No. 1 Reflects Program At Arkansas St.," The Bee (Danville, VA), Dec. 3, 1970, p13
3. ^ "Top-rated grid team wins bowl". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 13, 1970. p. 3, sports.
4. ^ UPI (December 2, 1970). "Arkansas State Tops Final Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
5. ^ AP (December 3, 1970). "Tampa 4th in Final Small College Poll". The News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
6. ^ AP (December 4, 1970). "TSU Places 5th In Final AP Poll". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved February 22, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Pecan Bowl (2) Games". Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
8. ^ "Bentson-led Bisons defeat Montana 31-16 in Camellia". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 13, 1970. p. 1, sports.

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