NCAA football standings at the end of September 2, 1970
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Clemson
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hootie Ingram | 
| 
Duke
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Harp | 
| 
Maryland
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Lester | 
| 
North Carolina
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| 
North Carolina State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earle Edwards | 
| 
South Carolina
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Dietzel | 
| 
Virginia
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George "Blackie" Blackburn | 
| 
Wake Forest
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cal Stoll | 
 
| Big Ten Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Illinois
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Valek | 
| 
Indiana
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Pont | 
| 
Iowa
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Nagel | 
| 
#9 Michigan
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bo Schembechler | 
| 
Michigan State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Duffy Daugherty | 
| 
Minnesota
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Murray Warmath | 
| 
Northwestern
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Agase | 
| 
#4 Ohio State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Woody Hayes | 
| 
#18 Purdue
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob DeMoss | 
| 
Wisconsin
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Jardine | 
 
| Big Eight Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#16 Colorado
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Crowder | 
| 
Iowa State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Majors | 
| 
Kansas
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pepper Rodgers | 
| 
Kansas State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| 
#6 Missouri
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine | 
| 
#11 Nebraska
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Devaney | 
| 
Oklahoma
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Fairbanks | 
| 
Oklahoma State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Floyd Gass | 
 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Fresno State
 | 1 | 
0 | 
0 | 
28 | 12 | 
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darryl Rogers | 
| 
Cal State Los Angeles
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
| 
California-Santa Barbara
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
| 
Long Beach State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Strangeland | 
| 
Pacific
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Homer Smith | 
| 
San Diego State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Coryell | 
| 
San Jose State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe McMullen, Dewey King | 
 
| Ivy League | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Brown
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Len Jardine | 
| 
Columbia
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Navarro | 
| 
Cornell
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Musick | 
| 
Dartmouth
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Blackman | 
| 
Harvard
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Yovicsin | 
| 
Pennsylvania
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Odell | 
| 
Princeton
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake McCandless | 
| 
Yale
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carmen Cozza | 
 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Louisville
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Corso | 
| 
Memphis
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Murphy | 
| 
North Texas
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rod Rust | 
| 
Tulsa
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Claude Gibson | 
| 
Wichita State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Wilson | 
 
| Mid-America Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Bowling Green State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| 
Kent State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Puddington | 
| 
Miami (Ohio)
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Mallory | 
| 
Ohio University
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Hess | 
| 
Toledo
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Lauterbur | 
| 
Western Michigan
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Doolittle | 
 
| Pac Eight Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
California
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Willsey | 
| 
Oregon
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Frei | 
| 
Oregon State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dee Andros | 
| 
#3 Southern California
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McKay | 
| 
#19 Stanford
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Ralston | 
| 
#13 UCLA
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Prothro | 
| 
Washington
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Owens | 
| 
Washington State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
 
| Southeastern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Alabama
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| 
#20 Auburn
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 
| 
#14 Florida
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Dickey | 
| 
Georgia
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Dooley | 
| 
Kentucky
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Ray | 
| 
#10 Louisiana State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles McClendon | 
| 
#8 Mississippi
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Vaught | 
| 
Mississippi State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Shira | 
| 
#15 Tennessee
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Battle | 
| 
Vanderbilt
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Pace | 
 
| Southern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Citadel
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy "Red" Parker | 
| 
Davidson
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Fagg | 
| 
East Carolina
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike McGee | 
| 
Furman
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob King | 
| 
Richmond
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Jones | 
| 
Virginia Military
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vito Ragazzo | 
| 
William & Mary
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Holtz | 
 
| Southwestern Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
#7 Arkansas
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Broyles | 
| 
Baylor
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Beall | 
| 
Rice
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bo Hagan | 
| 
Southern Methodist
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hayden Fry | 
| 
#1 Texas
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Royal | 
| 
Texas A&M
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Stallings | 
| 
Texas Christian
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Taylor | 
| 
Texas Tech
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen | 
 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Arizona
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| 
Arizona State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Kush | 
| 
Brigham Young
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Hudspeth | 
| 
Colorado State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Wampfler | 
| 
New Mexico
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Feldman | 
| 
Texas-El Paso
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Dobbs | 
| 
Utah
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Meek | 
| 
Wyoming
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lloyd Eaton | 
 
| Major Independents | 
 | CONFERENCE GAMES | 
|---|
 | CONFERENCE GAMES |  | 
|---|
 | W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) | 
| 
Air Force
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin | 
| 
Army
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Cahill | 
| 
Boston College
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica | 
| 
Buffalo
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Deming | 
| 
Cincinnati
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Callahan | 
| 
Colgate
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| 
Dayton
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McVay | 
| 
Florida State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Peterson | 
| 
Georgia Tech
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bud Carson | 
| 
Holy Cross
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Whitton | 
| 
#12 Houston
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman | 
| 
Idaho
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Robbins | 
| 
Marshall
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Tolley | 
| 
Miami (Florida)
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Tate, Walt Kichefski | 
| 
Navy
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Forzano | 
| 
New Mexico State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Wood | 
| 
Northern Illinois
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doc Urich | 
| 
#5 Notre Dame
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian | 
| 
#2 Penn State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| 
Pittsburgh
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | 
| 
Rutgers
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bateman | 
| 
Southern Mississippi
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 
| 
Syracuse
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Schwartzwalder | 
| 
Tulane
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Pittman | 
| 
Utah State
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Mills | 
| 
Villanova
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Ferry | 
| 
Virginia Tech
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| 
West Texas A&M
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Kerbel | 
| 
#17 West Virginia
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| 
Xavier
 | 0 | 
0 | 
0 | 
0 | 0 | 
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Selcer |