1970 small college football rankings
| 1970 small college football rankings | |
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No. 1: Arkansas State | |
| Small college football rankings (AP, UPI) | |
«1969 1971» |
The 1970 small college football rankings are rankings of
1970 NAIA football season. Separate rankings were published by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International
(UPI). The AP rankings were selected by a board of sports writers, and the UPI rankings were selected by a board of small-college coaches.
The 1970 Arkansas State Indians football team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and was rated No. 1 by both the AP and UPI. Montana (10–1) was ranked No. 2 by the AP, and Tampa (10–1) was ranked No. 2 by the UPI.
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The AP poll
| Week 1 Sept 24 Montclair State (9–1–1) т 21. | | |||||||||||
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| 22. | Sam Houston State (8–2–1) т | 22. | ||||||||||
| Week 1 Sept 24[1] | Week 2 Oct 1[2] | Week 3 Oct 8[3] | Week 4 Oct 15[4] | Week 5 Oct 22[5] | Week 6 Oct 29[6] | Week 7 Nov 5[7] | Week 8 Nov 12[8] | Week 9 Nov 19[9] | Week 10 Nov 26[10] | Week 11 Dec 3[11] | ||
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| Dropped: 15 Central Missouri State | Dropped: 18 Springfield (MA) | Dropped: 19 Boise State | Dropped:
| Dropped: 8 Eastern Kentucky | Dropped: 20 Edinboro |
The UPI Coaches poll
| Week 1 Sept 23 Central Oklahoma (8–1) т Northeastern Oklahoma (8–1–1) | Westminster (PA) (9–1) | 19. | | |||||||||
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| 20. | East Tennessee State (1–0) | Troy State т | Missouri–Rolla т | Missouri–Rolla (4–0) | Linfield (5–0) т | Linfield (6–0) т | Fresno State (6–2) т | Wittenberg (8–0) т | Luther (8–1) т | Northern Colorado (7–2) | Cal Poly (8–2) т | 20. |
| 21. | Florida A&M т | Northern Michigan (8–2) т | 21. | |||||||||
| Week 1 Sept 23[12][note 2] | Week 2 Sept 30[13] | Week 3 Oct 7[14] | Week 4 Oct 14[15] | Week 5 Oct 21[16] | Week 6 Oct 28[17] | Week 7 Nov 4[18][note 3] | Week 8 Nov 11[19] | Week 9 Nov 18[20] | Week 10 Nov 25[21] | Week 11 Dec 2[22] | ||
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Notes
- ^ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
- ^ The UPI poll did not include won/loss records for the first three weeks. The won/loss records shown here have been copied from the AP poll where available.
- ^ The UPI poll was missing a few won/loss records from week 7 onward. They have been filled in based on other research. This includes week 7: Southwest Louisiana & Northern Colorado; week 8: Alcorn A&M, Florida A&M & Wittenberg; week 9: Eastern Michigan; week 10: Northern Colorado; week 11: Central Missouri State, North Dakota & Northern Michigan.
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