I was looking at the 1969 season when schools only played 9 or 10 regular season games. It was interesting how many of the top teams played each other in the regular season, especially the Pac 8, Big 10, Big 8 and Independents. Rankings are after bowls.

Pac 8
#3 USC played NE, ND and UCLA, Stanford
#13 UCLA played USC and Stanford
#19 Stanford played Purdue and UCLA, USC

Big 10
#4 Ohio St.played MI and Purdue
#9 Michigan played Missouri and Ohio St., Purdue
#18 Purdue played Stanford, ND and Ohio St. and Michigan

Big 8
#6 Missouri played MI and Nebraska and Colorado
#11 Nebraska played USC and Missouri, Colorado
#16 Colorado played Penn St. and Missouri, Nebraska
Oklahoma was 6-4 and unranked but beat CU-losing to MO, NE, TX and then ranked #18 KSU.

Ind.
#2 Penn St. played Colorado and WVU
#5 ND played USC and Purdue
#12 Houston played Florida and Ole Miss
#17 WVU played Penn St.


SWC
#1 Texas played Arkansas (and Oklahoma ranked 8 at the time)
#7 Arkansas played Texas

SEC
#8 Ole Miss played LSU and Tennessee and Houston
#10 LSU played Ole Miss and Auburn
#14 Florida played Auburn and Houston
#15 Tennessee played Ole Miss, Auburn
#20 Auburn played TN, LSU, FL

Bowls
Texas over Notre Dame
USC over Michigan
Penn St. beat Missouri
Nebraska beat Georgia
Colorado beat Alabama
Ole Miss beat Arkansas
Houston beat Auburn
Florida beat Tennessee
WVU beat South Carolina

http://www.collegepollarchive.com/footba...ZVc9kZKjIU
1969 Final AP Football Poll
Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Texas (36) Southwest 11-0 910 W 21-17 N #9 Notre Dame (Cotton)
2 < 2 Penn State (7) Ind 11-0 822
3 < 5 USC Pac-8 10-0-1 695 (T Notre Dame)
4 < 4 Ohio State (2) Big Ten 8-1 659 (L Michigan)
5 < 9 Notre Dame Ind 8-2-1 457 (L Texas, Purdue, T USC)
6 < 6 Missouri Big 8 9-2 336 (L Penn St., Colorado)
7 < 3 Arkansas Southwest 9-2 335 (L Texas, Ole Miss)
8 < 13 Mississippi SEC 8-3 317 (L Houston, Kentucky, Alabama-note UK and AL were 1 point on road 2nd & 3rd games)
9 < 7 Michigan Big Ten 8-3 301 (L USC, Missouri, Mich. St.)
10 < 8 LSU SEC 9-1 285 (L Ole Miss)
11 < 14 Nebraska Big 8 9-2 207 W 45-6 N Georgia (Sun) (L USC, Missouri)
12 < 17 Houston Ind 9-2 204 (L Florida, Oklahoma St.)
13 < 10 UCLA Pac-8 8-1-1 203 (L USC, T Stanford)
14 < 15 Florida SEC 9-1-1 183 (L Auburn, T Georgia)
15 < 11 Tennessee SEC 9-2 88 (L Ole Miss, Florida)
16 < NR Colorado Big 8 8-3 70 (L Penn St., Nebraska, Oklahoma)
17 < 19 West Virginia Ind 10-1 62 (L Penn St.)
18 < 17 Purdue Big Ten 8-2 46 (L Michigan, Ohio St.)
19 < 16 Stanford Pac-8 7-2-1 25 (LUSC, Purdue, T UCLA)
20 < 12 Auburn SEC 8-3 23 (L LSU, Houston, Tennessee)