| 1970 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1970 NCAA University Division football season |
| 1968 1969 ← → 1971 1972 |
The 1970 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1970. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1970 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Central Press Association (CP), (4) Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (6) the United Press International (UPI).[1]
AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers,[2] as was the Walter Camp Foundation.[3] The AFCA[4] was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and coaches.[5][6] AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1970 and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number[7] | Official selectors | Other selectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Tatum | Defensive back | Ohio State | 6/5/11 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, PFW, Time, TSN, WC |
| Bill Atessis | Defensive end | Texas | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, CP, NEA, UPI | FN, PFW, Time, TSN |
| Dan Dierdorf | Offensive tackle | Michigan | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, PFW, Time, WC |
| Steve Worster | Running back | Texas | 5/4/9 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, Time, TSN, WC |
| Jim Plunkett | Quarterback | Stanford | 5/4/9 | AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, Time, TSN, WC |
| Larry Willingham | Defensive back | Auburn | 4/5/9 | AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA | FN, PFW, Time, TSN, WC |
| Chip Kell | Offensive guard | Tennessee | 6/2/8 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Jim Stillwagon | Middle guard | Ohio State | 6/2/8 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Rock Perdoni | Defensive tackle | Georgia Tech | 5/3/8 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN, TSN, WC |
| Tom Gatewood | End | Notre Dame | 5/2/7 | AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Don Popplewell | Center | Colorado | 5/2/7 | AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Larry DiNardo | Offensive guard | Notre Dame | 4/3/7 | AP, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN, TSN, WC |
| Charlie Weaver | Defensive end | USC | 4/3/7 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Elmo Wright | End | Houston | 3/4/7 | AP, FWAA, NEA | FN, PFW, Time, TSN |
| Ernie Jennings | End | Air Force | 5/1/6 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN |
| Mike Anderson | Linebacker | LSU | 5/1/6 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN |
| Don McCauley | Running back | North Carolina | 4/2/6 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA | FN, WC |
| Bobby Wuensch | Offensive tackle | Texas | 4/2/6 | AFCA, CP, NEA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Bob Newton | Offensive tackle | Nebraska | 4/1/5 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA | FN |
| Dick Bumpas | Defensive tackle | Arkansas | 2/0/2 | AP, NEA | -- |
| Tommy Casanova | Defensive back | LSU | 2/0/2 | AFCA, AP | -- |
| Dave Elmendorf | Defensive back | Texas A&M | 2/0/2 | AP, FWAA | -- |