The McComas Power Index for 1970 NCAA Football. These ratings were lasted updated on June 16, 2011, 5:56 p.m.
| Rank | Team | W | L | T | MPI | Sched (Rk) | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.8964 | 0.5355 (57) | Big 8 |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.8834 | 0.4684 (86) | Ivy |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8782 | 0.5554 (43) | Eastern Independent |
| 4 | Arizona State | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.8687 | 0.4628 (88) | WAC |
| 5 | Toledo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.8655 | 0.4383 (98) | MAC |
| 6 | Texas | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8383 | 0.5893 (21) | SWC |
| 7 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8267 | 0.5498 (48) | SEC |
| 8 | Ohio State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.8224 | 0.5259 (62) | Big Ten |
| 9 | Michigan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.8071 | 0.4776 (85) | Big Ten |
| 10 | Arkansas | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.7778 | 0.5168 (67) | SWC |
| 11 | Auburn | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.7619 | 0.5963 (16) | SEC |
| 12 | Stanford | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7603 | 0.5860 (25) | Pac 8 |
| 13 | Louisiana State | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7574 | 0.5921 (20) | SEC |
| 14 | Air Force | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7377 | 0.5538 (46) | South/West Independent |
| 15 | Yale | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.7371 | 0.5230 (65) | Ivy |
| 16 | Harvard | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.7330 | 0.5258 (63) | Ivy |
| 17 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7280 | 0.5964 (15) | South/West Independent |
| 18 | San Diego State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.7201 | 0.4166 (102) | PCAA |
| 19 | Long Beach State | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.6924 | 0.2791 (116) | PCAA |
| 20 | Houston | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.6919 | 0.5315 (60) | South/West Independent |
| 21 | Villanova | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.6872 | 0.2199 (122) | Eastern Independent |
| 22 | Tulane | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6695 | 0.5714 (31) | South/West Independent |
| 23 | Boston College | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.6610 | 0.3745 (109) | Eastern Independent |
| 24 | Louisville | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0.6582 | 0.4099 (105) | MVC |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0.6525 | 0.5962 (17) | Big 8 |
| 26 | Texas Tech | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6514 | 0.5522 (47) | SWC |
| 27 | Cornell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.6472 | 0.5330 (59) | Ivy |
| 28 | New Mexico | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.6471 | 0.4795 (84) | WAC |
| 29 | Mississippi | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.6426 | 0.5340 (58) | SEC |
| 30 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.6407 | 0.4880 (79) | MAC |
| 31 | West Virginia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.6326 | 0.4250 (100) | Eastern Independent |
| 32 | Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.6190 | 0.5596 (40) | South/West Independent |
| 33 | Western Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.6178 | 0.4495 (95) | MAC |
| 34 | North Carolina | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6155 | 0.4564 (91) | ACC |
| 35 | Penn State | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.6108 | 0.4821 (81) | Eastern Independent |
| 36 | Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5995 | 0.4910 (77) | Eastern Independent |
| 37 | Northwestern | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5994 | 0.5209 (66) | Big Ten |
| 38 | Southern California | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.5958 | 0.6251 (5) | Pac 8 |
| 39 | Washington | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5945 | 0.5683 (36) | Pac 8 |
| 40 | Furman | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.5923 | 0.1606 (123) | Southern |
| 41 | Oregon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0.5879 | 0.5275 (61) | Pac 8 |
| 42 | West Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.5878 | 0.3177 (114) | South/West Independent |
| 43 | UCLA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5847 | 0.6335 (1) | Pac 8 |
| 44 | California | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5829 | 0.5395 (55) | Pac 8 |
| 45 | Fresno State | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.5811 | 0.2335 (121) | PCAA |
| 46 | Texas-El Paso | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5805 | 0.4560 (92) | WAC |
| 47 | Florida | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5787 | 0.5476 (49) | SEC |
| 48 | Memphis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5776 | 0.5145 (68) | MVC |
| 49 | Mississippi State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5739 | 0.6147 (9) | SEC |
| 50 | Kansas State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5656 | 0.5929 (19) | Big 8 |
| 51 | Alabama | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.5647 | 0.6301 (2) | SEC |
| 52 | Colorado | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5633 | 0.5887 (22) | Big 8 |
| 53 | Oregon State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5617 | 0.5872 (23) | Pac 8 |
| 54 | Princeton | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.5594 | 0.5942 (18) | Ivy |
| 55 | Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5550 | 0.4531 (93) | Eastern Independent |
| 56 | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5500 | 0.5808 (28) | ACC |
| 57 | Utah | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5434 | 0.5119 (69) | WAC |
| 58 | Duke | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5391 | 0.5409 (54) | ACC |
| 59 | Tulsa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5299 | 0.4807 (82) | MVC |
| 60 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.5232 | 0.5971 (14) | SWC |
| 61 | Iowa State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.5059 | 0.6101 (11) | Big 8 |
| 62 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.5056 | 0.5595 (41) | SEC |
| 63 | Dayton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.5044 | 0.4593 (90) | Eastern Independent |
| 64 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.5020 | 0.5439 (52) | Eastern Independent |
| 65 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.4955 | 0.5008 (73) | Ivy |
| 66 | Southern Mississippi | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4887 | 0.4158 (103) | South/West Independent |
| 67 | Utah State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.4878 | 0.4258 (99) | South/West Independent |
| 68 | Rice | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.4840 | 0.5623 (39) | SWC |
| 69 | Missouri | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4740 | 0.6022 (13) | Big 8 |
| 70 | Ohio | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.4654 | 0.5685 (35) | MAC |
| 71 | Rutgers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.4628 | 0.2499 (120) | Eastern Independent |
| 72 | Arizona | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.4590 | 0.5539 (45) | WAC |
| 73 | Colorado State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4529 | 0.5725 (30) | WAC |
| 74 | Colgate | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4416 | 0.3487 (111) | Eastern Independent |
| 75 | Kansas | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4391 | 0.5870 (24) | Big 8 |
| 76 | Wisconsin | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.4355 | 0.5414 (53) | Big Ten |
| 77 | Texas Christian | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.4324 | 0.4955 (75) | SWC |
| 78 | Pacific | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4300 | 0.4502 (94) | PCAA |
| 79 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4264 | 0.6275 (3) | Big 8 |
| 80 | William & Mary | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.4248 | 0.3967 (106) | Southern |
| 81 | Michigan State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.4236 | 0.5467 (50) | Big Ten |
| 82 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4210 | 0.4953 (76) | South/West Independent |
| 83 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.4145 | 0.5464 (51) | ACC |
| 84 | Virginia | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4030 | 0.4131 (104) | ACC |
| 85 | Purdue | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.3980 | 0.5849 (26) | Big Ten |
| 86 | Citadel | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.3959 | 0.2777 (117) | Southern |
| 87 | New Mexico State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.3905 | 0.3854 (108) | South/West Independent |
| 88 | Idaho | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3829 | 0.2993 (115) | South/West Independent |
| 89 | Richmond | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.3796 | 0.4402 (96) | Southern |
| 90 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.3693 | 0.4612 (89) | Eastern Independent |
| 91 | Columbia | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.3680 | 0.5664 (37) | Ivy |
| 92 | Minnesota | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.3642 | 0.5738 (29) | Big Ten |
| 93 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3628 | 0.4894 (78) | SEC |
| 94 | Iowa | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.3464 | 0.4824 (80) | Big Ten |
| 95 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3365 | 0.5370 (56) | South/West Independent |
| 96 | North Carolina State | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.3279 | 0.4798 (83) | ACC |
| 97 | Kent | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.3255 | 0.5056 (71) | MAC |
| 98 | Texas A&M | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.3210 | 0.6193 (7) | SWC |
| 99 | Bowling Green State | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.3181 | 0.5641 (38) | MAC |
| 100 | Marshall | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.3122 | 0.4658 (87) | Eastern Independent |
| 101 | Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.3113 | 0.5689 (34) | Big Ten |
| 102 | Brigham Young | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3108 | 0.5581 (42) | WAC |
| 103 | Brown | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.3092 | 0.5706 (32) | Ivy |
| 104 | Clemson | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3041 | 0.5551 (44) | ACC |
| 105 | East Carolina | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2946 | 0.4197 (101) | Southern |
| 106 | Navy | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2904 | 0.6271 (4) | Eastern Independent |
| 107 | North Texas | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2744 | 0.4389 (97) | MVC |
| 108 | Baylor | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2645 | 0.5694 (33) | SWC |
| 109 | Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2591 | 0.6148 (8) | SEC |
| 110 | Maryland | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2439 | 0.5233 (64) | ACC |
| 111 | San Jose State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2401 | 0.6209 (6) | PCAA |
| 112 | Santa Barbara | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2145 | 0.3446 (113) | PCAA |
| 113 | Xavier | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.2019 | 0.3739 (110) | Eastern Independent |
| 114 | Davidson | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.1930 | 0.2561 (118) | Southern |
| 115 | Washington State | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.1891 | 0.6102 (10) | Pac 8 |
| 116 | Buffalo | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.1742 | 0.3873 (107) | Eastern Independent |
| 117 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.1740 | 0.5030 (72) | Southern |
| 118 | Army | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0.1722 | 0.5818 (27) | Eastern Independent |
| 119 | Indiana | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.1679 | 0.4957 (74) | Big Ten |
| 120 | Wyoming | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.1572 | 0.6080 (12) | WAC |
| 121 | Los Angeles State | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.1453 | 0.2508 (119) | PCAA |
| 122 | Wichita State | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.1237 | 0.5107 (70) | MVC |
| 123 | Holy Cross | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0.0966 | 0.3466 (112) | Eastern Independent |