Standings
| Overall | Conference | SRS | Polls | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Pts | Pts | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Post | Notes |
| Notre Dame | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 9.8 | 26.32 | 10.41 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Boston College | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 14.2 | 0.00 | -7.90 | |||||
| Villanova | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 17.3 | -4.99 | -14.62 | |||||
| Air Force | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 19.9 | 15.20 | 5.03 | 7 | 16 | |||
| Georgia Tech | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 13.91 | 8.24 | 13 | 13 | |||
| Houston | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.9 | 14.5 | 15.48 | 3.94 | 13 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Penn State | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 16.3 | 9.54 | -0.06 | 7 | 4 | 18 | ||
| West Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.4 | 14.9 | -4.62 | -12.62 | |||||
| West Virginia | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 18.2 | -0.69 | -7.96 | 20 | 11 | |||
| Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 9.8 | -1.32 | -8.50 | |||||
| Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 17.7 | 8.52 | 2.52 | |||||
| Syracuse | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.8 | 20.8 | 3.52 | 0.62 | 20 | ||||
| Tulane | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 10.04 | 6.62 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Dayton | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 15.1 | -7.57 | -9.97 | |||||
| Pitt | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 | 24.5 | -1.15 | 2.75 | 15 | ||||
| Rutgers | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 21.5 | -12.76 | -11.76 | |||||
| Utah State | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 22.5 | -3.30 | -4.10 | |||||
| Colgate | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 26.2 | -14.83 | -9.10 | |||||
| New Mexico State | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 | 27.7 | -7.38 | -5.88 | |||||
| Southern Mississippi | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 27.2 | -7.59 | -3.50 | |||||
| Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 20.7 | -6.22 | -4.22 | |||||
| Idaho | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 30.5 | -13.26 | -6.26 | |||||
| Marshall | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 22.4 | -14.25 | -9.58 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 28.1 | -15.72 | -7.92 | |||||
| Miami (FL) | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 28.2 | -7.87 | 2.40 | |||||
| Army | 1 | 9 | 1 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 25.5 | -3.93 | 5.89 | |||||
| Buffalo | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 27.2 | -20.76 | -10.12 | |||||
| Navy | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 29.7 | -6.13 | 5.60 | |||||
| Xavier | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 32.8 | -28.65 | -10.75 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 0 | 10 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 31.2 | -25.34 | -9.34 | |||||
4 Bowl Games
| Date | Bowl | Winner | Pts | Loser | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-01-01 | Cotton Bowl | Notre Dame | 24 | Texas | 11 | Dallas, TX |
| 1971-01-01 | Sugar Bowl | Tennessee | 34 | Air Force | 13 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1970-12-19 | Sun Bowl | Georgia Tech | 17 | Texas Tech | 9 | El Paso, TX |
| 1970-12-12 | Liberty Bowl | Tulane | 17 | Colorado | 3 | Memphis, TN |
1970 Conference Leaders