1970 saw a surprise team finish atop the RPR, as Ivy League champion and Lambert Trophy winner Dartmouth secured the top spot. The Mean Green, who shared the best Win % on the year, were also bolstered by the best Score Ratio as well. 1-loss Tennessee and Notre Dame finished within the CCT cutoff, but after evaluating their bodies of work, Dartmouth was able to hold them off to keep sole possession as #1. All 3 major poll champions – Nebraska, Ohio State, and Texas – failed to fall within the CCT cutoff, which has only happened once so far (1980 season).

Note: I rated 118 teams instead of 123, which most rating systems rate for the 1970 season. Based on NCAA Football Record books, the following schools weren’t considered “major college”/FBS-equivalent for 1970 and were not rated: California State-Los Angeles, California-Santa Barbara, Fresno State, Furman, and Long Beach State.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0367; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6984

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Dartmouth	0.7352
2	Tennessee	0.7017
3	Notre Dame	0.7015
4	Texas (C/NFF)	0.6942
5	Toledo	0.6894
6	Nebraska (AP/F)	0.6866
7	Auburn	0.6746
8	Arizona State	0.6719
9	Ohio State (NFF)	0.6686
10	Michigan	0.6595
11	LSU	0.6552
12	Yale	0.6507
13	Arkansas	0.6444
14	Harvard	0.6348
15	Georgia Tech	0.6278
16	Stanford	0.6273
17	Air Force	0.6117
18	Houston	0.6116
19	San Diego State	0.6081
20	Western Michigan	0.5999
21	Southern California	0.5903
22	Boston College	0.5846
23	Oklahoma	0.5844
24	Tulane	0.5840
25	Miami, OH	0.5840
26	Texas Tech	0.5811
27	Mississippi	0.5802
28	Alabama	0.5788
29	Cornell	0.5783
30	Penn State	0.5777
31	Florida State	0.5764
32	Cincinnati	0.5753
33	Washington	0.5690
34	Colorado	0.5683
35	UCLA	0.5681
36	New Mexico	0.5593
37	Louisville	0.5588
38	Northwestern	0.5533
39	Princeton	0.5528
40	Georgia	0.5513
41	North Carolina	0.5503
42	Florida	0.5458
43	Memphis	0.5427
44	West Virginia	0.5426
45	Villanova	0.5403
46	Tulsa	0.5384
47	Kansas State	0.5355
48	Oregon	0.5339
49	Utah	0.5329
50	West Texas A&M	0.5317
51	Mississippi State	0.5306
52	Oregon State	0.5296
53	Dayton	0.5295
54	Wake Forest	0.5286
55	Missouri	0.5263
56	UTEP	0.5257
57	California	0.5254
58	Pennsylvania	0.5190
59	Duke	0.5178
60	Iowa State	0.5171
61	Syracuse	0.5120
62	Kansas	0.5113
63	Southern Mississippi	0.5066
64	Rice	0.5038
65	South Carolina	0.4975
66	Wisconsin	0.4952
67	Ohio	0.4947
68	SMU	0.4927
69	Vanderbilt	0.4886
70	Pittsburgh	0.4884
71	Purdue	0.4868
72	Oklahoma State	0.4774
73	Columbia	0.4751
74	Arizona	0.4748
75	Colorado State	0.4744
76	Michigan State	0.4729
77	Virginia Tech	0.4713
78	Pacific	0.4677
79	Minnesota	0.4649
80	New Mexico State	0.4578
81	Utah State	0.4565
82	Virginia	0.4545
83	TCU	0.4516
84	Rutgers	0.4459
85	Northern Illinois	0.4420
86	Bowling Green	0.4407
87	San Jose State	0.4349
88	Marshall	0.4341
89	Illinois	0.4311
90	Miami, FL	0.4286
91	Kent State	0.4282
92	Idaho	0.4279
93	Brown	0.4278
94	North Texas	0.4239
95	Colgate	0.4228
96	William & Mary	0.4221
97	Kentucky	0.4194
98	Richmond	0.4159
99	Brigham Young	0.4149
100	Clemson	0.4146
101	Texas A&M	0.4143
102	The Citadel	0.4093
103	Navy	0.4059
104	Iowa	0.4005
105	NC State	0.3915
106	East Carolina	0.3897
107	Baylor	0.3873
108	Army	0.3867
109	Washington State	0.3792
110	Maryland	0.3657
111	Buffalo	0.3631
112	Wyoming	0.3611
113	Xavier	0.3331
114	Indiana	0.3145
115	Davidson	0.3095
116	Wichita State	0.3082
117	Holy Cross	0.2963
118	VMI	0.2943

Best Win Percentage: Arizona State/Dartmouth/Toledo
Best SOS: Alabama
Best Score Ratio: Dartmouth