AP Poll Preseason College Football Rankings: 1970 to 1979 Top 25
Take all the AP Poll preseason rankings and use our CFN scoring system – the AP Poll preseason No. 1 gets 25 points, the No. 2 team 24, No. 3 23, and so on down to the bottom.
1 USC 211
2 Michigan 207
3 Oklahoma 198
4 Nebraska 196
5 Ohio State 195
6 Alabama 194
7 Notre Dame 191
8 Penn State 184
9 Texas 172
10 Arkansas 120
11 UCLA 99
12 Arizona State 96
13 LSU 86
14 Texas A&M 74
15 Pitt 70
16 Tennessee 64
17 Houston 58
18 Auburn 57
19 Colorado 53
20 Maryland 51
T21 Florida 49
T21 Georgia 49
23 Stanford 48
24 Washington 43
25 Ole Miss 31
Also Receiving Votes/Points: Michigan State 30; NC State 30; Missouri 29; Purdue 28; Texas Tech 24; Florida State 23; Arizona 19; North Carolina 14; Syracuse 13; Kansas State 12; Cal 11; Kentucky 11; Mississippi State 10; Georgia Tech 9; South Carolina 9; Clemson 8; Kansas 7; Iowa State 6; Miami University 6; Northwestern 6; Oklahoma State 6; West Virginia 6
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