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The Top Ranked College Football Running Backs of the 1970s

 

Notes: Ranking Explanations

 

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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