1978

1979 Rankings
​Final

1980

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-1)		0.9237	Pac 10
2	Alabama	(12-0-0)		0.8438	Southeastern
3	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.8372	Southwest
4	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.7872	Independent
5	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7504	Big Eight
6	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.7471	Southwest
7	Ohio State	(11-1-0)		0.7448	Big Ten
8	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7176	Independent
9	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.6982	Southwest
10	Brigham Young	(11-1-0)		0.6684	Western Athletic
11	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.6649	Atlantic Coast
12	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6562	Big Eight
13	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.6369	Pac 10
14	North Carolina State	(7-4-0)		0.6188	Atlantic Coast
15	Clemson	(8-4-0)		0.6079	Atlantic Coast
16	Purdue	(10-2-0)		0.6059	Big Ten
17	Temple	(10-2-0)		0.5919	Independent
18	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.5764	Independent
19	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.5673	Independent
20	Baylor	(8-4-0)		0.5554	Southwest
21	McNeese State	(11-1-0)		0.5531	Southland
22	Wake Forest	(8-4-0)		0.5379	Atlantic Coast
23	Central Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.5194	Mid-American
24	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.5141	Big Ten
25	Maryland	(7-4-0)		0.5053	Atlantic Coast
26	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.5029	Southeastern
27	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.4998	Independent
28	Notre Dame	(7-4-0)		0.4906	Independent
29	Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		0.4806	Southwest
30	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4331	Big Ten
31	Louisiana State	(7-5-0)		0.4319	Southeastern
32	California	(6-6-0)		0.4122	Pac 10
33	UCLA	(5-6-0)		0.4010	Pac 10
34	Nevada-Las Vegas	(9-1-2)		0.3666	Independent
35	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.3600	Independent
36	Oklahoma State	(7-4-0)		0.3513	Big Eight
37	Texas-Arlington	(8-3-0)		0.3429	Southland
38	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.3423	Atlantic Coast
39	East Carolina	(7-3-1)		0.3302	Independent
40	Missouri	(7-5-0)		0.3269	Big Eight
41	Utah State	(7-3-1)		0.3254	Independent
42	Arizona State	(6-6-0)		0.3176	Pac 10
43	Lamar	(6-3-2)		0.3036	Southland
44	Georgia	(6-5-0)		0.3034	Southeastern
45	Stanford	(5-5-1)		0.3006	Pac 10
46	San Diego State	(8-3-0)		0.2993	Western Athletic
47	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.2843	Independent
48	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-2-0)		0.2840	Southern
49	Arizona	(6-5-1)		0.2837	Pac 10
50	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.2735	Southeastern
51	Navy	(7-4-0)		0.2529	Independent
52	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.2452	Pac 10
53	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.2444	Ivy
54	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.2329	Independent
55	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2282	Independent
56	San Jose State	(6-4-1)		0.2270	PCAA
57	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.2151	Missouri Valley
58	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2130	Southwest
59	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2104	Southeastern
60	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2077	Independent
61	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.1982	Big Ten
62	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.1959	Independent
63	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.1784	Big Ten
64	Utah	(6-6-0)		0.1777	Western Athletic
65	Texas Tech	(3-6-2)		0.1768	Southwest
66	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.1719	Western Athletic
67	Southern Illinois	(8-3-0)		0.1681	Missouri Valley
68	Minnesota	(4-6-1)		0.1527	Big Ten
69	Indiana State	(8-3-0)		0.1429	Missouri Valley
70	Long Beach State	(7-4-0)		0.1415	PCAA
71	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5-0)		0.1361	Mid-American
72	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1290	Missouri Valley
73	Toledo	(7-3-1)		0.1161	Mid-American
74	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.1043	Independent
75	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.0898	Ivy
76	Mississippi	(4-7-0)		0.0715	Southeastern
77	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.0671	Big Ten
78	Louisville	(4-6-1)		0.0649	Independent
79	East Tennessee State	(7-4-0)		0.0466	Southern
80	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.0418	Mid-American
81	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.0341	Independent
82	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.0320	Mid-American
83	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		0.0292	Southeastern
84	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.0228	Mid-American
85	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.0141	Independent
86	New Mexico	(6-6-0)		0.0089	Western Athletic
87	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.0026	Southern
88	Washington State	(3-8-0)		-0.0096	Pac 10
89	Texas Christian	(2-8-1)		-0.0123	Southwest
90	Colorado State	(4-7-1)		-0.0165	Western Athletic
91	Citadel	(6-5-0)		-0.0324	Southern
92	Arkansas State	(4-7-0)		-0.0414	Southland
93	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-1)		-0.0475	Southern
94	Wyoming	(4-8-0)		-0.0554	Western Athletic
95	Colorado	(3-8-0)		-0.0757	Big Eight
96	North Texas	(5-6-0)		-0.0774	Independent
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		-0.0854	Southland
98	Duke	(2-8-1)		-0.0898	Atlantic Coast
99	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.0965	Big Eight
100	Furman	(5-6-0)		-0.1152	Southern
101	Illinois	(2-8-1)		-0.1153	Big Ten
102	Kansas	(3-8-0)		-0.1196	Big Eight
103	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		-0.1202	Mid-American
104	Cornell	(5-4-0)		-0.1204	Ivy
105	Villanova	(5-6-0)		-0.1337	Independent
106	Appalachian State	(3-8-0)		-0.1606	Southern
107	Princeton	(5-4-0)		-0.1615	Ivy
108	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.1800	Independent
109	Fresno State	(4-7-0)		-0.1857	PCAA
110	Drake	(3-8-0)		-0.1926	Missouri Valley
111	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.2204	Big Eight
112	Dartmouth	(4-4-1)		-0.2303	Ivy
113	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.2334	Independent
114	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.2342	Southwest
115	Colgate	(5-4-1)		-0.2488	Independent
116	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.2730	Mid-American
117	Florida	(0-10-1)		-0.2908	Southeastern
118	Louisiana-Monroe	(3-8-0)		-0.3116	Independent
119	Army	(2-8-1)		-0.3178	Independent
120	Louisiana Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.3368	Southland
121	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.3485	Pac 10
122	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.4152	Independent
123	Harvard	(3-6-0)		-0.4291	Ivy
124	Pacific	(3-7-0)		-0.4296	PCAA
125	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.4410	Southeastern
126	Wichita State	(1-10-0)		-0.4984	Missouri Valley
127	Air Force	(2-9-0)		-0.4998	Independent
128	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.5139	Missouri Valley
129	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.5406	Big Ten
130	Texas-El Paso	(2-9-0)		-0.5567	Western Athletic
131	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.5792	PCAA
132	Eastern Michigan	(2-8-1)		-0.6578	Mid-American
133	Illinois State	(3-8-0)		-0.6755	Independent
134	Richmond	(0-11-0)		-0.7572	Independent
135	Kent State	(1-10-0)		-0.8046	Mid-American
136	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.8368	Southern
137	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-1.0196	Ivy
138	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-1.1905	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Atlantic Coast	0.4553
2	Southwest	0.3847
3	Pac 10	0.3163
4	Big Ten	0.2238
5	Big Eight	0.1966
6	Southeastern	0.1935
7	Southland	0.1227
8	Independent	0.1057
9	Western Athletic	0.0872
10	Missouri Valley	-0.0785
11	Mid-American	-0.0987
12	Southern	-0.1074
13	PCAA	-0.1652
14	Ivy	-0.3521