Seasons 1970 Week 3 ← Week 2 Week 4 → 1970: Week 3 39 games. Three ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Upsets A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS Sep 11, 1970 11 Missouri 38,Baylor 0Box score Sep 12, 1970 Air Force 45,Idaho 7Box score Sep 12, 1970 Army 26,Holy Cross 0Box score Sep 12, 1970 BYU 10,North Texas 7Box score Sep 12, 1970 Clemson 24,The Citadel 0Box score Sep 12, 1970 Colorado State 28,New Mexico State 9Box score Sep 12, 1970 Dayton 45,Xavier 22Box score Sep 12, 1970 15 Florida 21,Duke 19Box score Sep 12, 1970 Florida State 9,Louisville 7Box score Sep 12, 1970 Georgia Tech 23,17 South Carolina 20upset Box score Sep 12, 1970 Kansas 48,Washington State 31Box score Sep 12, 1970 14 Kansas State 37,Utah State 0Box score Sep 12, 1970 Mississippi State 14,Oklahoma State 13Box score Sep 12, 1970 Navy 48,Colgate 22Box score Sep 12, 1970 9 Nebraska 36,Wake Forest 12Box score Sep 12, 1970 North Carolina 20,Kentucky 10Box score Sep 12, 1970 20 Oklahoma 28,SMU 11Box score Sep 12, 1970 Oregon 31,California 24Box score Sep 12, 1970 Pacific 24,UTEP 18Box score Sep 12, 1970 Richmond 21,NC State 6Box score Sep 12, 1970 San Diego State 35,Northern Illinois 3Box score Sep 12, 1970 San José State 28,California–Santa Barbara 14Box score Sep 12, 1970 3 USC 42,16 Alabama 21Box score Sep 12, 1970 10 Stanford 34,4 Arkansas 28upset Box score Sep 12, 1970 Texas A&M 41,Wichita State 14Box score Sep 12, 1970 Texas Tech 21,Tulane 14Box score Sep 12, 1970 Toledo 35,East Carolina 2Box score Sep 12, 1970 Tulsa 7,Cincinnati 3Box score Sep 12, 1970 18 UCLA 14,Oregon State 9Box score Sep 12, 1970 Villanova 21,Maryland 3Box score Sep 12, 1970 Virginia 7,Virginia Tech 0upset Box score Sep 12, 1970 20 West Virginia 43,William & Mary 7Box score
Everyone else Sep 12, 1970 Ball State 14,Buffalo 7upset Box score Sep 12, 1970 Long Beach State 19,Montana State 3Box score Sep 12, 1970 Southern Miss 16,Louisiana 14Box score Sep 12, 1970 TCU 31,Texas–Arlington 7Box score Sep 12, 1970 Vanderbilt 39,Chattanooga 6Box score Sep 12, 1970 VMI 13,Furman 0Box score Sep 12, 1970 Western Michigan 41,Central Michigan 0Box score