1978

1979 Rankings
​Final

1980

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-1)		0.8877	Pac 10
2	Alabama	(12-0-0)		0.8052	Southeastern
3	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.7996	Southwest
4	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.7486	Independent
5	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7123	Big Eight
6	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.7106	Southwest
7	Ohio State	(11-1-0)		0.7031	Big Ten
8	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.6794	Independent
9	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.6695	Southwest
10	Brigham Young	(11-1-0)		0.6511	Western Athletic
11	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.6253	Atlantic Coast
12	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6213	Big Eight
13	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.6171	Pac 10
14	Purdue	(10-2-0)		0.6050	Big Ten
15	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.5882	Independent
16	North Carolina State	(7-4-0)		0.5836	Atlantic Coast
17	Clemson	(8-4-0)		0.5770	Atlantic Coast
18	Temple	(10-2-0)		0.5658	Independent
19	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.5561	Independent
20	Baylor	(8-4-0)		0.5366	Southwest
20=	McNeese State	(11-1-0)		0.5366	Southland
22	Wake Forest	(8-4-0)		0.5328	Atlantic Coast
23	Central Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.5098	Mid-American
24	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.5040	Independent
25	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.4944	Southeastern
26	Notre Dame	(7-4-0)		0.4931	Independent
26=	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.4931	Big Ten
28	Maryland	(7-4-0)		0.4904	Atlantic Coast
29	Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		0.4721	Southwest
30	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4460	Big Ten
31	Louisiana State	(7-5-0)		0.4234	Southeastern
32	UCLA	(5-6-0)		0.4137	Pac 10
33	California	(6-6-0)		0.4131	Pac 10
34	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.3983	Independent
35	Nevada-Las Vegas	(9-1-2)		0.3913	Independent
36	San Diego State	(8-3-0)		0.3738	Western Athletic
37	Missouri	(7-5-0)		0.3617	Big Eight
38	Oklahoma State	(7-4-0)		0.3578	Big Eight
39	Utah State	(7-3-1)		0.3474	Independent
40	Arizona State	(6-6-0)		0.3461	Pac 10
41	Stanford	(5-5-1)		0.3446	Pac 10
42	Texas-Arlington	(8-3-0)		0.3431	Southland
43	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.3404	Southeastern
44	Arizona	(6-5-1)		0.3393	Pac 10
45	East Carolina	(7-3-1)		0.3369	Independent
46	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.3343	Atlantic Coast
47	Georgia	(6-5-0)		0.3205	Southeastern
48	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.3163	Independent
49	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-2-0)		0.3120	Southern
50	Lamar	(6-3-2)		0.3065	Southland
51	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.2983	Ivy
52	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.2978	Pac 10
53	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.2897	Independent
54	Navy	(7-4-0)		0.2764	Independent
55	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2742	Independent
56	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.2646	Missouri Valley
57	San Jose State	(6-4-1)		0.2603	PCAA
58	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.2539	Independent
59	Utah	(6-6-0)		0.2520	Western Athletic
60	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2463	Southwest
61	Texas Tech	(3-6-2)		0.2369	Southwest
62	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2368	Southeastern
63	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.2343	Big Ten
64	Minnesota	(4-6-1)		0.2293	Big Ten
65	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2270	Big Ten
66	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2249	Independent
67	Southern Illinois	(8-3-0)		0.2226	Missouri Valley
68	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.2225	Western Athletic
69	Toledo	(7-3-1)		0.2198	Mid-American
70	Long Beach State	(7-4-0)		0.2046	PCAA
71	Indiana State	(8-3-0)		0.1982	Missouri Valley
72	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5-0)		0.1933	Mid-American
73	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.1817	Independent
74	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1785	Missouri Valley
75	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.1669	Ivy
76	Mississippi	(4-7-0)		0.1610	Southeastern
77	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.1446	Big Ten
78	Louisville	(4-6-1)		0.1410	Independent
79	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.1403	Independent
80	East Tennessee State	(7-4-0)		0.1365	Southern
81	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.1349	Mid-American
82	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.1307	Mid-American
83	New Mexico	(6-6-0)		0.1190	Western Athletic
84	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.1108	Mid-American
85	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.1047	Independent
86	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		0.0999	Southeastern
87	Colorado State	(4-7-1)		0.0997	Western Athletic
88	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-1)		0.0960	Southern
89	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.0824	Southern
90	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0804	Pac 10
91	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0766	Southern
91=	Texas Christian	(2-8-1)		0.0766	Southwest
93	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.0657	Mid-American
94	North Texas	(5-6-0)		0.0593	Independent
95	Wyoming	(4-8-0)		0.0566	Western Athletic
96	Arkansas State	(4-7-0)		0.0461	Southland
97	Colorado	(3-8-0)		0.0391	Big Eight
98	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		0.0250	Southland
99	Duke	(2-8-1)		0.0245	Atlantic Coast
100	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.0236	Ivy
101	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0200	Big Eight
102	Furman	(5-6-0)		0.0159	Southern
103	Princeton	(5-4-0)		0.0076	Ivy
104	Villanova	(5-6-0)		0.0061	Independent
105	Kansas	(3-8-0)		0.0021	Big Eight
106	Illinois	(2-8-1)		-0.0033	Big Ten
107	Dartmouth	(4-4-1)		-0.0221	Ivy
108	Appalachian State	(3-8-0)		-0.0319	Southern
109	Fresno State	(4-7-0)		-0.0330	PCAA
109=	Colgate	(5-4-1)		-0.0330	Independent
111	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.0559	Independent
112	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.0594	Independent
113	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.0640	Big Eight
114	Drake	(3-8-0)		-0.0643	Missouri Valley
115	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.0681	Southwest
116	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.0736	Mid-American
117	Army	(2-8-1)		-0.0981	Independent
118	Florida	(0-10-1)		-0.1269	Southeastern
119	Louisiana-Monroe	(3-8-0)		-0.1327	Independent
120	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.1461	Pac 10
121	Louisiana Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1523	Southland
122	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.1693	Independent
123	Harvard	(3-6-0)		-0.1830	Ivy
124	Pacific	(3-7-0)		-0.1904	PCAA
125	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.2153	Southeastern
126	Air Force	(2-9-0)		-0.2521	Independent
127	Texas-El Paso	(2-9-0)		-0.2532	Western Athletic
128	Wichita State	(1-10-0)		-0.2581	Missouri Valley
129	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.2611	Big Ten
130	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.2652	Missouri Valley
131	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.2914	PCAA
132	Eastern Michigan	(2-8-1)		-0.3257	Mid-American
133	Illinois State	(3-8-0)		-0.3403	Independent
134	Kent State	(1-10-0)		-0.4348	Mid-American
135	Richmond	(0-11-0)		-0.4415	Independent
136	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.4488	Southern
137	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.5656	Ivy
138	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.6764	Ivy

Average Ratings by Conference (1979)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Atlantic Coast		0.4525
2	Southwest		0.4089
3	Pac 10		0.3594
4	Big Ten		0.2818
5	Big Eight		0.2563
6	Southeastern		0.2539
7	Independent		0.1967
8	Western Athletic		0.1902
9	Southland		0.1841
10	Mid-American		0.0531
11	Missouri Valley		0.0395
12	Southern		0.0299
13	PCAA		-0.0100
14	Ivy		-0.1188