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NCAA Division I football win–loss records in the 1970s

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The following list shows NCAA Division I football programs by winning percentage during the 1970-1979 football seasons. This list includes teams in Division I, and Division I-A after Division I split into two sub-divisions following the 1977 season. The following list reflects the records according to the NCAA. This list takes into account results modified later due to NCAA action, such as vacated victories and forfeits. This list only takes into account games played while in Division I-A. Template:Static column begin

Team Total Games Won Lost Tie Pct.
Grambling State1 11 10 1 0 .909
Oklahoma 118 102 13 3 .877
Alabama 120 103 16 1 .863
Michigan 115 96 16 3 .848
Nebraska 122 98 20 4 .820
Central Michigan2 55 44 9 2 .818
Penn State 118 96 22 0 .814
Ohio State 114 91 20 3 .811
Notre Dame 113 91 22 0 .805
USC 119 93 21 5 .803
Texas 115 88 26 1 .770
Tennessee State3 32 24 7 1 .766
Ball State4 55 42 13 0 .764
Arizona State 128 90 28 0 .763
Yale 90 67 21 2 .756
San Diego State 110 82 26 2 .755
Miami (OH) 108 80 26 2 .750
UNLV5 23 16 5 2 .739
Jackson State1 11 8 3 0 .727
McNeese State6 57 40 16 1 .711
Arkansas 115 79 31 5 .709
Houston 115 80 33 2 .704
Dartmouth 90 60 27 3 .683
Rutgers 110 74 35 1 .677
East Carolina 110 73 36 1 .668
Georgia 115 75 38 2 .661
Temple7 93 60 30 3 .661
Tennessee 117 75 39 3 .654
LSU 117 74 40 3 .645
UCLA 112 69 37 6 .643
East Tennessee State8 11 7 4 0 .636
Stanford 111 70 40 4 .632
Arkansas State 9 65 41 24 0 .631
Auburn 112 69 40 3 .629
North Carolina 117 72 42 3 .628
BYU 105 71 43 1 .622
Texas Tech 116 70 42 4 .621
Pittsburgh 115 70 43 2 .617
Harvard 90 54 34 2 .611
Maryland 116 69 45 2 .603
Colorado 114 67 46 1 .592
North Carolina State 116 66 45 5 .591
Texas Southern1 11 6 4 1 .591
Utah State 109 63 45 1 .583
Louisiana Tech10 55 31 22 2 .582
Washington 111 64 47 0 .577
Texas A&M 114 65 49 0 .570
Boston College 111 62 47 0 .569
Long Beach State 111 62 47 2 .568
Colgate 103 57 44 2 .563
Western Carolina11 33 18 14 1 .561
Memphis 109 60 48 1 .555
Tulsa 110 60 49 1 .550
Michigan State 109 58 47 4 .550
Georgia Tech 114 61 50 3 .548
Arizona 111 60 50 1 .545
Florida State 113 60 53 0 .531
West Virginia 112 59 53 0 .527
California 111 58 52 1 .527
San Jose State 113 57 51 5 .527
Bowling Green 106 54 49 3 .524
Northwestern State12 21 11 10 0 .524
Furman 110 55 50 5 .523
Florida 114 58 53 3 .522
Toledo 112 58 53 1 .522
Louisville 110 55 51 4 .518
Brown 89 45 42 2 .517
Western Michigan 108 55 52 1 .514
Oklahoma State 112 56 53 3 .513
Missouri 114 58 56 0 .509
Clemson 113 56 54 3 .509
Ole Miss 110 56 54 0 .509
Purdue 110 55 53 2 .509
Chattanooga13 99 48 47 4 .505
Iowa State 114 57 56 1 .504
South Carolina 113 56 55 2 .504
Mississippi State 111 54 54 3 .500
Southern Miss 111 54 54 3 .500
Mississippi Valley State1 10 5 5 0 .500
Cincinnati 110 53 55 2 .491
Hawaii14 66 32 34 0 .485
Citadel 110 53 57 0 .482
New Mexico 112 52 57 3 .478
Appalachian State15 88 40 45 3 .472
Tulane 113 53 60 0 .469
North Texas 110 50 57 3 .468
Kent State 111 51 59 1 .464
Minnesota 110 50 58 2 .464
Louisiana-Lafayette16 67 30 35 2 .463
Cornell 90 40 47 3 .461
Fresno State 112 51 60 1 .460
Pacific 110 49 59 2 .455
SMU 110 48 59 3 .450
William & Mary 111 49 61 1 .446
Wisconsin 109 46 58 5 .445
Navy 111 49 62 0 .441
Kentucky 111 48 61 2 .441
Villanova 110 47 61 2 .436
Virginia Tech 110 47 61 2 .436
West Texas A&M 118 45 59 4 .435
Colorado State 112 47 62 3 .433
Duke 110 45 60 5 .432
Ohio 106 45 60 1 .429
Dayton17 76 31 42 3 .428
Indiana State18 52 22 30 0 .423
Penn 90 37 51 2 .422
Richmond 106 44 62 0 .415
Syracuse 110 45 64 1 .414
Baylor 111 44 64 3 .410
Idaho19 55 22 32 1 .409
Texas-Arlington20 98 40 58 0 .408
Kansas 112 44 66 2 .402
Air Force 108 42 64 2 .398
Utah 111 44 67 0 .396
New Mexico State 109 42 65 2 .394
Northern Illinois 109 42 65 2 .394
Princeton 90 33 53 4 .389
Miami (FL) 109 42 67 0 .385
Southern Illinois21 87 32 52 3 .385
Eastern Michigan22 53 19 33 1 .368
Illinois 109 38 67 4 .367
Lamar23 75 26 46 3 .367
Holy Cross 108 37 68 3 .356
Wyoming 112 39 72 1 .353
VMI 109 38 70 1 .353
Army 107 36 68 3 .350
Vanderbilt 111 37 71 3 .347
Washington State 110 37 72 1 .341
Indiana 110 36 72 2 .336
Oregon 110 36 73 1 .332
Drake24 100 32 67 1 .325
Kansas State 110 35 75 0 .318
Southern1 11 3 7 1 .318
Cal State Fullerton25 56 17 38 1 .313
Wake Forest 111 34 76 1 .311
Illinois State 26 54 15 37 2 .296
Virginia 110 32 77 1 .295
Columbia 90 25 62 3 .294
Wichita State 108 31 76 1 .292
Rice 109 29 77 3 .280
Iowa 109 29 78 2 .275
Alcorn State1 11 3 8 0 .273
Prairie View A&M1 11 3 8 0 .273
Northwestern 109 28 80 1 .261
TCU 110 26 81 3 .250
Oregon State 111 27 83 1 .248
Xavier27 41 9 31 1 .232
UC Santa Barbara28 22 5 17 0 .227
UTEP 110 23 87 0 .209
Marshall 106 22 84 0 .208
Davidson29 41 8 32 1 .207
Buffalo30 11 2 9 0 .182
Cal State Los Angeles31 20 3 17 0 .150

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Chart notes
  1. The Southwestern Athletic Conference moved to Division I in 1977, and then joined Division I-AA in 1978.
  2. Central Michigan joined Division I in 1975.
  3. Tennessee State joined Division I in 1977.
  4. Ball State joined Division I in 1975.
  5. UNLV joined Division I in 1978
  6. McNeese State joined Division I in 1975.
  7. Temple joined Division I in 1971.
  8. East Tennessee State joined Division I in 1979.
  9. Arkansas State joined Division I in 1974.
  10. Louisiana Tech joined Division I in 1975.
  11. Western Carolina joined Division I in 1977.
  12. Northwestern State joined Division I for the 1976 & 1977 seasons.
  13. Chattanooga joined Division I in 1971.
  14. Hawaii joined Division I in 1974.
  15. Appalachian State joined Division I in 1972.
  16. Louisiana-Lafayette joined Division I in 1974.
  17. Eastern Michigan joined Division I in 1975.
  18. Lamar joined Division I in 1973.
  19. Idaho left Division I after the 1974 season.
  20. Texas-Arlington joined Division I in 1971.
  21. Southern Illinois joined Division I in 1972.
  22. Drake joined Division I in 1971.
  23. Cal State Fullerton joined Division I in 1975.
  24. Illinois State joined Division I in 1975.
  25. Dayton left Division I after the 1976 season.
  26. Indiana State joined Division I in 1975.
  27. Xavier dropped their football program after 1973.
  28. UC Santa Barbara left Division I after the 1971 season.
  29. Davidson left Division I after the 1973 season.
  30. Buffalo suspended its football program after the 1970 season.
  31. Cal State Los Angeles left Division I after the 1971 season.

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