NCAA football standings at the end of September 7, 1970
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| #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. | 
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| Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 22 | Won 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Darryl Rogers | 
| California-Santa Barbara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | Lost 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 |  | 
| Cal State Los Angeles | 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| #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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 |