1978

1979 Rankings
​Final

1980

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(11-0-1)		0.9400	Pac 10
2	Alabama	(12-0-0)		0.8472	Southeastern
3	Houston	(11-1-0)		0.8365	Southwest
4	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.7993	Independent
5	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.7584	Big Eight
6	Arkansas	(10-2-0)		0.7461	Southwest
7	Ohio State	(11-1-0)		0.7434	Big Ten
8	Florida State	(11-1-0)		0.7178	Independent
9	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.7055	Southwest
10	Brigham Young	(11-1-0)		0.6895	Western Athletic
11	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6621	Big Eight
11=	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.6621	Pac 10
13	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.6596	Atlantic Coast
14	Purdue	(10-2-0)		0.6447	Big Ten
15	Penn State	(8-4-0)		0.6323	Independent
16	North Carolina State	(7-4-0)		0.6232	Atlantic Coast
17	Clemson	(8-4-0)		0.6134	Atlantic Coast
18	Temple	(10-2-0)		0.6055	Independent
19	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.5907	Independent
20	Wake Forest	(8-4-0)		0.5656	Atlantic Coast
21	McNeese State	(11-1-0)		0.5625	Southland
22	Baylor	(8-4-0)		0.5605	Southwest
23	Tulane	(9-3-0)		0.5334	Independent
24	Central Michigan	(10-0-1)		0.5319	Mid-American
25	Michigan	(8-4-0)		0.5216	Big Ten
26	Notre Dame	(7-4-0)		0.5210	Independent
27	Auburn	(8-3-0)		0.5199	Southeastern
28	Maryland	(7-4-0)		0.5186	Atlantic Coast
29	Texas A&M	(6-5-0)		0.4968	Southwest
30	Indiana	(8-4-0)		0.4718	Big Ten
31	Louisiana State	(7-5-0)		0.4562	Southeastern
32	UCLA	(5-6-0)		0.4438	Pac 10
33	California	(6-6-0)		0.4437	Pac 10
34	Syracuse	(7-5-0)		0.4265	Independent
35	San Diego State	(8-3-0)		0.4031	Western Athletic
36	Missouri	(7-5-0)		0.3930	Big Eight
37	Nevada-Las Vegas	(9-1-2)		0.3885	Independent
38	Oklahoma State	(7-4-0)		0.3871	Big Eight
39	Stanford	(5-5-1)		0.3825	Pac 10
40	Arizona State	(6-6-0)		0.3730	Pac 10
41	Tennessee	(7-5-0)		0.3627	Southeastern
42	East Carolina	(7-3-1)		0.3624	Independent
43	Texas-Arlington	(8-3-0)		0.3590	Southland
44	Utah State	(7-3-1)		0.3555	Independent
45	Virginia	(6-5-0)		0.3490	Atlantic Coast
46	Arizona	(6-5-1)		0.3485	Pac 10
47	Georgia	(6-5-0)		0.3357	Southeastern
48	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-2-0)		0.3338	Southern
49	Oregon	(6-5-0)		0.3254	Pac 10
50	Southern Mississippi	(6-4-1)		0.3185	Independent
51	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.3110	Independent
52	Lamar	(6-3-2)		0.3083	Southland
53	Yale	(8-1-0)		0.3053	Ivy
54	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2947	Independent
55	Navy	(7-4-0)		0.2889	Independent
56	Miami (Florida)	(5-6-0)		0.2709	Independent
57	San Jose State	(6-4-1)		0.2696	PCAA
58	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.2677	Missouri Valley
59	Utah	(6-6-0)		0.2669	Western Athletic
60	Kentucky	(5-6-0)		0.2594	Southeastern
61	Southern Methodist	(5-6-0)		0.2564	Southwest
62	Iowa	(5-6-0)		0.2464	Big Ten
63	Michigan State	(5-6-0)		0.2416	Big Ten
64	Toledo	(7-3-1)		0.2377	Mid-American
65	Virginia Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2372	Independent
66	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.2363	Western Athletic
67	Southern Illinois	(8-3-0)		0.2312	Missouri Valley
68	Texas Tech	(3-6-2)		0.2174	Southwest
69	Miami (Ohio)	(6-5-0)		0.2158	Mid-American
70	Indiana State	(8-3-0)		0.2094	Missouri Valley
71	Long Beach State	(7-4-0)		0.2088	PCAA
72	Minnesota	(4-6-1)		0.2073	Big Ten
73	Boston College	(5-6-0)		0.2022	Independent
74	Tulsa	(6-5-0)		0.1849	Missouri Valley
75	Mississippi	(4-7-0)		0.1741	Southeastern
76	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.1678	Ivy
77	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.1515	Big Ten
78	Western Michigan	(6-5-0)		0.1480	Mid-American
79	Louisville	(4-6-1)		0.1459	Independent
80	East Tennessee State	(7-4-0)		0.1414	Southern
81	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.1390	Mid-American
82	New Mexico	(6-6-0)		0.1270	Western Athletic
83	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.1222	Mid-American
84	Memphis	(5-6-0)		0.1102	Independent
85	Mississippi State	(3-8-0)		0.1082	Southeastern
86	Colorado State	(4-7-1)		0.1037	Western Athletic
87	Georgia Tech	(4-6-1)		0.1008	Independent
88	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.0931	Southern
89	Washington State	(3-8-0)		0.0898	Pac 10
90	Citadel	(6-5-0)		0.0815	Southern
91	North Texas	(5-6-0)		0.0637	Independent
92	Wyoming	(4-8-0)		0.0636	Western Athletic
93	Texas Christian	(2-8-1)		0.0600	Southwest
94	Virginia Military Institute	(6-4-1)		0.0527	Southern
95	Colorado	(3-8-0)		0.0504	Big Eight
96	Arkansas State	(4-7-0)		0.0437	Southland
97	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0265	Big Eight
98	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-7-0)		0.0225	Southland
99	Northern Illinois	(5-5-1)		0.0212	Mid-American
100	Furman	(5-6-0)		0.0165	Southern
101	Cornell	(5-4-0)		0.0133	Ivy
102	Villanova	(5-6-0)		0.0110	Independent
103	Kansas	(3-8-0)		0.0108	Big Eight
104	Princeton	(5-4-0)		-0.0053	Ivy
105	Duke	(2-8-1)		-0.0153	Atlantic Coast
106	Illinois	(2-8-1)		-0.0193	Big Ten
107	Appalachian State	(3-8-0)		-0.0316	Southern
108	Fresno State	(4-7-0)		-0.0421	PCAA
109	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.0585	Independent
110	Iowa State	(3-8-0)		-0.0589	Big Eight
111	Holy Cross	(5-6-0)		-0.0662	Independent
112	Drake	(3-8-0)		-0.0693	Missouri Valley
113	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.0708	Mid-American
114	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.0807	Southwest
115	Dartmouth	(4-4-1)		-0.0946	Ivy
116	Colgate	(5-4-1)		-0.0990	Independent
117	Army	(2-8-1)		-0.1380	Independent
118	Oregon State	(1-10-0)		-0.1446	Pac 10
119	Louisiana-Monroe	(3-8-0)		-0.1448	Independent
120	Florida	(0-10-1)		-0.1618	Southeastern
121	Louisiana Tech	(2-9-0)		-0.1635	Southland
122	William & Mary	(4-7-0)		-0.1871	Independent
123	Pacific	(3-7-0)		-0.2031	PCAA
124	Harvard	(3-6-0)		-0.2042	Ivy
125	Vanderbilt	(1-10-0)		-0.2210	Southeastern
126	Texas-El Paso	(2-9-0)		-0.2605	Western Athletic
127	Air Force	(2-9-0)		-0.2687	Independent
128	Wichita State	(1-10-0)		-0.2774	Missouri Valley
129	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.2779	Big Ten
130	New Mexico State	(2-9-0)		-0.2836	Missouri Valley
131	Fullerton State	(3-8-0)		-0.3194	PCAA
132	Illinois State	(3-8-0)		-0.3654	Independent
133	Eastern Michigan	(2-8-1)		-0.3672	Mid-American
134	Kent State	(1-10-0)		-0.4547	Mid-American
135	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.4677	Southern
136	Richmond	(0-11-0)		-0.4706	Independent
137	Columbia	(1-8-0)		-0.6200	Ivy
138	Pennsylvania	(0-9-0)		-0.7307	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Atlantic Coast	0.4734
2	Southwest	0.4221
3	Pac 10	0.3864
4	Big Ten	0.2931
5	Big Eight	0.2787
6	Southeastern	0.2680
7	Western Athletic	0.2037
8	Independent	0.2028
9	Southland	0.1887
10	Mid-American	0.0523
11	Missouri Valley	0.0376
12	Southern	0.0275
13	PCAA	-0.0172
14	Ivy	-0.1460