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1970 Auburn

9–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1970, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 33–14; won vs. No. 17 Tennessee 36–23; won at Kentucky 33–15; won at Clemson 44–0; won vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech 31–7; lost vs. No. 14 LSU 9–17; won at Florida 63–14; won vs. Mississippi State 56–0; lost vs. Georgia 17–31; won vs. Alabama 33–28; won vs. Ole Miss 35–28+56−14Won 33–14 vs. Southern Miss+19Southern MissWon 36–23 vs. No. 17 Tennessee+13No. 17 TennesseeWon 33–15 at Kentucky+18KentuckyWon 44–0 at Clemson+44ClemsonWon 31–7 vs. No. 16 Georgia Tech+24No. 16 Georgia TechLost 9–17 vs. No. 14 LSU-8No. 14 LSUWon 63–14 at Florida+49FloridaWon 56–0 vs. Mississippi State+56Mississippi Sta…Lost 17–31 vs. Georgia-14GeorgiaWon 33–28 vs. Alabama+5AlabamaWon 35–28 vs. Ole Miss+7Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsSouthern MissW 33–⁠1481%
Sep 26vs17TennesseeW 36–⁠2355%
Oct 3atKentuckyW 33–⁠1574%
Oct 10atClemsonW 44–⁠072%
Oct 17vs16Georgia TechW 31–⁠778%
Oct 24vs14LSUL 9–⁠1765%
Oct 31atFloridaW 63–⁠1452%
Nov 7vsMississippi StateW 56–⁠085%
Nov 14vsGeorgiaL 17–⁠3177%
Nov 28vsAlabamaW 33–⁠2858%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvsOle MissGator BowlW 35–⁠2859%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 35–⁠28 in the Gator Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 4: 12
  3. Wk 5: 9
  4. Wk 6: 8
  5. Wk 7: 6
  6. Wk 8: 12
  7. Wk 9: 10
  8. Wk 10: 8
  9. Wk 11: 13
  10. Wk 12: 11
  11. Wk 13: 10
  12. Wk 14: 10
  13. Final: 10

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1970.

Led the nationPat Sullivan: total offense per game (285.6)

Consensus All-AmericanLarry Willingham, DB

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 6
Points
390–⁠177
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1708 +83 this season
SP+ rating
27.9 No. 6 of 117; offense No. 3, defense No. 20
SRS
24.0 No. 11 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ronnie Ross

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 4Larry Willingham DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 6Al Bresler WRSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Danny SpeignerOTAP-2
  • Jimmy SpeignerOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU5–⁠09–⁠37
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Auburn5–⁠29–⁠210
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠420
Florida3–⁠37–⁠4
Georgia3–⁠35–⁠5
Mississippi State3–⁠46–⁠5
Alabama3–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Vanderbilt1–⁠54–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.