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1970 South Carolina

4–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Paul Dietzel.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1970, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 20–23; won vs. Wake Forest 43–7; tied at NC State 7–7; won vs. Virginia Tech 24–7; won at No. 18 North Carolina 35–21; lost at Maryland 15–21; lost vs. Florida State 13–21; lost at Georgia 34–52; lost vs. No. 8 Tennessee 18–20; lost vs. Duke 38–42; won at Clemson 38–32+36−18Lost 20–23 at Georgia Tech-3Georgia TechWon 43–7 vs. Wake Forest+36Wake ForestTied 7–7 at NC State0NC StateWon 24–7 vs. Virginia Tech+17Virginia TechWon 35–21 at No. 18 North Carolina+14No. 18 North CarolinaLost 15–21 at Maryland-6MarylandLost 13–21 vs. Florida State-8Florida StateLost 34–52 at Georgia-18GeorgiaLost 18–20 vs. No. 8 Tennessee-2No. 8 TennesseeLost 38–42 vs. Duke-4DukeWon 38–32 at Clemson+6Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atGeorgia TechL 20–⁠2351%
Sep 19vsWake ForestW 43–⁠774%
Sep 26atNC StateT 7–⁠753%
Oct 3vsVirginia TechW 24–⁠764%
Oct 10at18North CarolinaW 35–⁠2141%
Oct 17atMarylandL 15–⁠2176%
Oct 24vsFlorida StateL 13–⁠2161%
Oct 31atGeorgiaL 34–⁠5235%
Nov 7vs8TennesseeL 18–⁠2028%
Nov 14vsDukeL 38–⁠4260%
Nov 21atClemsonW 38–⁠3256%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 38–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
285–⁠253
Coach
Paul Dietzel
Elo
1490 −34 this season
SP+ rating
9.4 No. 36 of 117; offense No. 23, defense No. 68
SRS
5.5 No. 48 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jimmy Poston and Dave DeCamilla

All-ACC

3 first team

First team

  • Jim MitchellEAP
  • Dave DeCamillaOTAP
  • Dick HarrisDBAP

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

1970 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wake Forest5–⁠16–⁠5
North Carolina5–⁠28–⁠4
Duke5–⁠26–⁠5
South Carolina3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
NC State2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Clemson2–⁠43–⁠8
Maryland2–⁠42–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠65–⁠6

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