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The Top Ranked
College Football Running Backs of the 1970s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
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Rnk |
Athlete |
College |
|
1 |
Archie Griffin |
Ohio St. |
|
2 |
Billy Sims |
Oklahoma |
|
3 |
Tony Dorsett |
Pitt |
|
4 |
Charles White |
USC |
|
5 |
Earl Campbell |
Texas |
|
6 |
John Cappelletti |
Penn St. |
|
7 |
Greg Pruitt |
Oklahoma |
|
8 |
Ricky Bell |
USC |
|
9 |
Terry Miller |
Oklahoma St. |
|
10 |
Ed Marinaro |
Cornell |
|
11 |
Anthony Davis |
USC |
|
12 |
Chuck Muncie |
Cal |
|
13 |
Joe Washington |
Oklahoma |
|
14 |
Roosevelt Leaks |
Texas |
|
15 |
Rob Lytle |
Michigan |
|
16 |
Steve Worster |
Texas |
|
17 |
Johnny Musso |
Alabama |
|
18 |
Charles Alexander |
LSU |
|
19 |
Lydell Mitchell |
Penn St. |
|
20 |
Vagas Ferguson |
Notre Dame |
|
21 |
Ted Brown |
NC State |
|
22 |
Jimmy DuBose |
Florida |
|
23 |
George Rogers |
South Carolina |
|
24 |
George Amundson |
Iowa St. |
|
25 |
Woody Green |
Arizona St. |
|
26 |
Otis Armstrong |
Purdue |
|
27 |
Eddie Lee Ivery |
Georgia Tech |
|
28 |
Mike Voight |
North Carolina |
|
29 |
Gordon Bell |
Michigan |
|
30 |
Don McCauley |
North Carolina |
|
31 |
Eric Allen |
Michigan St. |
|
32 |
Kermit Johnson |
UCLA |
|
33 |
James Hadnot |
Texas Tech |
|
34 |
Jerome Persell |
Western Michigan |
|
35 |
Billy Marek |
Wisconsin |
|
36 |
Darrin Nelson |
Stanford |
|
37 |
Dick Jauron |
Yale |
|
38 |
Howard Stevens |
Louisville |
|
39 |
James Brooks |
Auburn |
|
40 |
John Brockington |
Ohio St. |
|
41 |
Robert Newhouse |
Houston |
|
42 |
Scott Dierking |
Purdue |
|
43 |
Stan Fritts |
NC State |
|
44 |
Tony Reed |
Colorado |
|
45 |
Willard Harrell |
Pacific |
|
46 |
Louie Giammona |
Utah St. |
|
47 |
Ahmad Rashad |
Oregon |
|
48 |
Andre Herrera |
Southern Illinois |
|
49 |
Barty Smith |
Richmond |
|
50 |
Billy Taylor |
Michigan |
|
51 |
Bo Robinson |
West Texas A&M |
|
52 |
Bob Hitchens |
Miami (OH) |
|
53 |
Dennis Mosley |
Iowa |
|
54 |
Derrick Jensen |
Texas-Arlington |
|
55 |
Dickey Morton |
Arkansas |
|
56 |
Freeman McNeil |
UCLA |
|
57 |
Jeff Kinney |
Nebraska |
|
58 |
Joe Cribbs |
Auburn |
|
59 |
John Pagliaro |
Yale |
|
60 |
Joseph H. Holland |
Cornell |
|
61 |
Leo Hayden |
Ohio St. |
|
62 |
Leon Burns |
Long Beach St. |
|
63 |
Mike Adamle |
Northwestern |
|
64 |
Obie Graves |
Cal St.-Fullerton |
|
65 |
Pete Val Valkenburg |
BYU |
|
66 |
Steve Jones |
Duke |
|
67 |
Walt Snickenberger |
Princeton |
|
68 |
Willie Armstrong |
Grambling |
|
69 |
Ben Cowins |
Arkansas |
|
70 |
Bo Matthews |
Colorado |
|
71 |
Don Hardeman |
Texas A&M |
|
72 |
I.M. Hipp |
Nebraska |
|
73 |
Jarvis Redwine |
Nebraska |
|
74 |
Joe Moore |
Missouri |
|
75 |
Joe Orduna |
Nebraska |
|
76 |
Johnny Davis |
Alabama |
|
77 |
Pete Johnson |
Ohio St. |
|
78 |
Sam Cunningham |
USC |
|
79 |
Sonny Collins |
Kentucky |
|
80 |
Vince Clements |
Connecticut |
|
81 |
Walter Payton |
Jackson St. |
|
82 |
Wendell Tyler |
UCLA |
|
83 |
Willie McClendon |
Georgia |
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