NCAA football standings at the end of December 3, 1970
| Atlantic Coast Conference | 
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| Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0 | 191 | 241 | Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 110 | Cal Stoll | 
| North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 0 | 346 | 179 | Won 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 237 | 125 | Bill Dooley | 
| Duke | 6 | 5 | 0 | 229 | 252 | Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 160 | Tom Harp | 
| South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 1 | 285 | 253 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 176 | 130 | Paul Dietzel | 
| North Carolina State | 3 | 7 | 1 | 90 | 179 | Lost 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 80 | Earle Edwards | 
| Clemson | 3 | 8 | 0 | 164 | 313 | Lost 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 165 | Hootie Ingram | 
| Maryland | 2 | 9 | 0 | 112 | 241 | Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 125 | Roy Lester | 
| Virginia | 5 | 6 | 0 | 240 | 187 | Lost 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 76 | 139 | George "Blackie" Blackburn | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #2 Ohio State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 93 | Won 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 70 | Woody Hayes | 
| #7 Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 288 | 90 | Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 237 | 68 | Bo Schembechler | 
| #19 Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 0 | 233 | 161 | Won 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 93 | Alex Agase | 
| Iowa | 3 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 259 | Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 105 | 173 | Ray Nagel | 
| Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 198 | 195 | Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 148 | 144 | John Jardine | 
| Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 190 | 215 | Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 146 | 130 | Duffy Daugherty | 
| Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 1 | 180 | 237 | Lost 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 161 | Murray Warmath | 
| Purdue | 4 | 6 | 0 | 161 | 189 | Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 127 | Bob DeMoss | 
| Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | 165 | 279 | Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 240 | Jim Valek | 
| Indiana | 1 | 9 | 0 | 102 | 300 | Lost 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 212 | John Pont | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #3 Nebraska | 10 | 0 | 1 | 409 | 177 | Won 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 134 | Bob Devaney | 
| #20 Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 0 | 281 | 215 | Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 133 | Chuck Fairbanks | 
| Kansas State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 218 | Lost 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 134 | Vince Gibson | 
| Colorado | 6 | 4 | 0 | 306 | 189 | Won 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 148 | Eddie Crowder | 
| Missouri | 5 | 6 | 0 | 243 | 223 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 150 | Dan Devine | 
| Kansas | 5 | 6 | 0 | 270 | 277 | Lost 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 142 | 186 | Pepper Rodgers | 
| Oklahoma State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 213 | 337 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 133 | 263 | Floyd Gass | 
| Iowa State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 248 | 284 | Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 135 | 240 | Johnny Majors | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Diego State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 364 | 123 | Lost 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 212 | 67 | Don Coryell | 
| Long Beach State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 293 | 122 | Won 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 51 | Jim Strangeland | 
| Fresno State | 8 | 4 | 0 | 289 | 273 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 155 | Darryl Rogers | 
| Pacific | 5 | 6 | 0 | 166 | 231 | Lost 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 115 | Homer Smith | 
| San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 208 | 293 | Lost 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 87 | Joe McMullen, Dewey King | 
| California-Santa Barbara | 2 | 9 | 0 | 154 | 335 | Lost 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 183 |  | 
| Cal State Los Angeles | 1 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 325 | Lost 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 162 |  | 
| Ivy League | 
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| #15 Dartmouth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 311 | 42 | Won 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 28 | Bob Blackman | 
| Yale | 7 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 97 | Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 169 | 90 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Harvard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 157 | Won 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 141 | John Yovicsin | 
| Cornell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 185 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 164 | Jack Musick | 
| Princeton | 5 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 180 | Lost 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 152 | Jake McCandless | 
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 195 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 175 | Bob Odell | 
| Columbia | 3 | 6 | 0 | 164 | 224 | Lost 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 201 | Frank Navarro | 
| Brown | 2 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 217 | Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 85 | 193 | Len Jardine | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Louisville | 8 | 3 | 0 | 228 | 184 | Won 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 61 | Lee Corso | 
| Tulsa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 158 | Won 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 38 | Claude Gibson | 
| Memphis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 184 | Won 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 80 | Billy Murphy | 
| North Texas | 3 | 7 | 0 | 153 | 201 | Won 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 65 | Rod Rust | 
| Wichita State | 0 | 9 | 0 | 99 | 381 | Lost 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 147 | Ben Wilson | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| #14 Toledo | 11 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 76 | Won 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 37 | Frank Lauterbur | 
| Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 112 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 60 | Bill Mallory | 
| Ohio University | 4 | 5 | 0 | 178 | 261 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 137 | Bill Hess | 
| Western Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 277 | 132 | Won 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 94 | William Doolittle | 
| Kent State | 3 | 7 | 0 | 161 | 222 | Won 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 134 | Dave Puddington | 
| Bowling Green State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 178 | Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 84 | Don Nehlen | 
| Pac Eight Conference | 
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| #12 Stanford | 8 | 3 | 0 | 316 | 189 | Lost 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 220 | 101 | John Ralston | 
| Washington | 6 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 216 | Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 176 | Jim Owens | 
| UCLA | 6 | 4 | 0 | 257 | 212 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 204 | 170 | Tommy Prothro | 
| Oregon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 285 | 256 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 166 | Jerry Frei | 
| California | 6 | 5 | 0 | 272 | 249 | Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 166 | 123 | Ray Willsey | 
| #17 Southern California | 6 | 4 | 1 | 343 | 233 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 163 | John McKay | 
| Oregon State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 211 | 239 | Won 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 171 | Dee Andros | 
| Washington State | 1 | 10 | 0 | 231 | 460 | Lost 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 331 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #8 Louisiana State | 8 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 79 | Won 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 32 | Charles McClendon | 
| #5 Tennessee | 9 | 1 | 0 | 308 | 86 | Won 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 49 | Bill Battle | 
| #16 Mississippi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 268 | 159 | Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 96 | John Vaught | 
| #10 Auburn | 8 | 2 | 0 | 355 | 149 | Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 247 | 128 | Ralph "Shug" Jordan | 
| Florida | 7 | 4 | 0 | 224 | 256 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 190 | Doug Dickey | 
| Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 242 | 153 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 85 | Vince Dooley | 
| Alabama | 6 | 5 | 0 | 310 | 240 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 151 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| Mississippi State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 264 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 189 | Charley Shira | 
| Vanderbilt | 4 | 7 | 0 | 201 | 213 | Lost 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 159 | Bill Pace | 
| Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 0 | 131 | 233 | Lost 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 72 | 173 | John Ray | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| William & Mary | 5 | 6 | 0 | 206 | 295 | Won 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 87 | Lou Holtz | 
| Citadel | 5 | 6 | 0 | 259 | 241 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 84 | Jimmy "Red" Parker | 
| Furman | 8 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 204 | Won 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 74 | Bob King | 
| Richmond | 4 | 6 | 0 | 208 | 232 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 114 | Frank Jones | 
| East Carolina | 3 | 8 | 0 | 136 | 253 | Won 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 87 | Mike McGee | 
| Davidson | 2 | 8 | 0 | 224 | 295 | Lost 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 148 | 166 | Dave Fagg | 
| Virginia Military | 1 | 10 | 0 | 120 | 451 | Lost 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 175 | Vito Ragazzo | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #1 Texas | 9 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 118 | Won 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 77 | Darrell Royal | 
| #4 Arkansas | 9 | 1 | 0 | 395 | 102 | Won 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 233 | 54 | Frank Broyles | 
| Texas Tech | 8 | 3 | 0 | 213 | 148 | Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 93 | Jim Carlen | 
| Rice | 5 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 175 | Won 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 151 | Bo Hagan | 
| Southern Methodist | 5 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 228 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 131 | Hayden Fry | 
| Texas Christian | 4 | 6 | 1 | 189 | 265 | Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 195 | Fred Taylor | 
| Baylor | 2 | 9 | 0 | 133 | 259 | Lost 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 103 | 168 | Bill Beall | 
| Texas A&M | 2 | 9 | 0 | 170 | 304 | Lost 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 202 | Gene Stallings | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| #9 Arizona State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 347 | 116 | Won 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 63 | Frank Kush | 
| New Mexico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 291 | 222 | Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 99 | Rudy Feldman | 
| Utah | 6 | 4 | 0 | 208 | 176 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 120 | Bill Meek | 
| Texas-El Paso | 6 | 4 | 0 | 258 | 236 | Won 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 182 | Bobby Dobbs | 
| Arizona | 4 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 203 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 121 | Bob Weber | 
| Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 206 | 256 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 104 | Jerry Wampfler | 
| Brigham Young | 3 | 8 | 0 | 138 | 255 | Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 162 | Tommy Hudspeth | 
| Wyoming | 1 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 309 | Lost 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 198 | Lloyd Eaton | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #6 Notre Dame | 9 | 1 | 0 | 330 | 97 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ara Parseghian | 
| #11 Air Force | 9 | 2 | 0 | 353 | 205 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Martin | 
| Villanova | 9 | 2 | 0 | 288 | 190 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louis Ferry | 
| Boston College | 8 | 2 | 0 | 307 | 142 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Yukica | 
| West Virginia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 311 | 200 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| #13 Georgia Tech | 8 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 156 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bud Carson | 
| #18 Penn State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 163 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| Houston | 7 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 157 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Yeoman | 
| West Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 149 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Kerbel | 
| Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 0 | 229 | 108 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Callahan | 
| Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 195 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Peterson | 
| Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0 | 179 | 157 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Pittman | 
| Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 248 | 208 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Schwartzwalder | 
| Dayton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 191 | 151 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McVay | 
| Utah State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 217 | 225 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Mills | 
| Rutgers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 193 | 205 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Bateman | 
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 245 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl DePasqua | 
| Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 0 | 199 | 228 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| Southern Mississippi | 5 | 6 | 0 | 228 | 299 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P.W. "Bear" Underwood | 
| Colgate | 5 | 6 | 0 | 198 | 288 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| New Mexico State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 282 | 277 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Wood | 
| Idaho | 4 | 7 | 0 | 226 | 335 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Robbins | 
| Marshall | 3 | 6 | 0 | 138 | 202 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Tolley | 
| Miami (Florida) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 163 | 274 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Tate, Walt Kichefski | 
| Northern Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | 168 | 281 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doc Urich | 
| Buffalo | 2 | 9 | 0 | 133 | 299 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Deming | 
| Navy | 2 | 9 | 0 | 131 | 327 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Forzano | 
| Army | 1 | 9 | 1 | 151 | 281 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Cahill | 
| Xavier | 1 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 328 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Selcer | 
| Holy Cross | 0 | 10 | 1 | 117 | 343 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Whitton |