1979

1980 Rankings
​Final

1981

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia	(12-0-0)		0.8122	Southeastern
2	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.7933	Independent
3	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.7730	Independent
4	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7501	Atlantic Coast
5	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.7453	Independent
6	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.7306	Southeastern
7	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.7291	Big Eight
8	Baylor	(10-2-0)		0.7038	Southwest
9	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.6889	Big Eight
10	Southern California	(8-2-1)		0.6736	Pac 10
11	Notre Dame	(9-2-1)		0.6552	Independent
12	Brigham Young	(12-1-0)		0.6401	Western Athletic
13	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.6392	Pac 10
14	Miami (Florida)	(9-3-0)		0.6288	Independent
15	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6054	Big Ten
16	Mississippi State	(9-3-0)		0.5941	Southeastern
17	Southern Methodist	(8-4-0)		0.5779	Southwest
18	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5259	Southeastern
19	Houston	(7-5-0)		0.5130	Southwest
20	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.4987	Southwest
21	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.4939	Pac 10
22	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4827	Atlantic Coast
23	Southern Mississippi	(9-3-0)		0.4785	Independent
24	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4709	Independent
25	Arkansas	(7-5-0)		0.4684	Southwest
26	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.4567	Big Ten
27	Louisiana State	(7-4-0)		0.4564	Southeastern
28	Oregon	(6-3-2)		0.4435	Pac 10
29	Purdue	(9-3-0)		0.4383	Big Ten
30	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.4370	Pac 10
31	Arizona State	(7-4-0)		0.4311	Pac 10
32	Furman	(9-1-1)		0.4112	Southern
33	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.4100	Big Eight
34	Navy	(8-4-0)		0.3954	Independent
35	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.3846	Southwest
36	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3831	Missouri Valley
37	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.3824	Southland
38	Clemson	(6-5-0)		0.3787	Atlantic Coast
39	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3493	Independent
40	Virginia Tech	(8-4-0)		0.3429	Independent
41	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3414	Mid-American
42	Tulane	(7-5-0)		0.3333	Independent
43	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.3272	Southwest
44	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.3133	PCAA
45	Texas A&M	(4-7-0)		0.3129	Southwest
46	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.3072	PCAA
47	North Carolina State	(6-5-0)		0.3066	Atlantic Coast
48	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.2976	Atlantic Coast
49	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.2970	Independent
50	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.2820	Independent
51	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.2805	Big Eight
52	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2766	Independent
53	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2756	Southeastern
54	Yale	(8-2-0)		0.2744	Ivy
55	Kansas	(4-5-2)		0.2705	Big Eight
56	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2650	Southeastern
57	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2524	Independent
58	Drake	(8-3-0)		0.2500	Missouri Valley
59	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.2476	Independent
60	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(8-3-0)		0.2388	Southern
61	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.2294	Mid-American
62	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.2284	Independent
63	Citadel	(7-4-0)		0.2280	Southern
64	Utah State	(6-5-0)		0.2240	Independent
65	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.2177	Southern
66	Hawaii	(8-3-0)		0.2141	Western Athletic
67	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2022	Mid-American
68	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.1909	Atlantic Coast
69	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.1823	Mid-American
70	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.1765	Southeastern
71	Wichita State	(5-5-1)		0.1753	Missouri Valley
72	Harvard	(7-3-0)		0.1722	Ivy
73	Colorado State	(6-4-1)		0.1710	Western Athletic
74	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-4-0)		0.1689	Southland
75	Indiana	(6-5-0)		0.1625	Big Ten
76	Wyoming	(6-5-0)		0.1568	Western Athletic
77	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.1562	Pac 10
78	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.1466	Mid-American
79	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.1431	Pac 10
80	Indiana State	(6-5-0)		0.1356	Missouri Valley
81	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.1258	Mid-American
82	West Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.1238	Missouri Valley
83	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.1155	Southeastern
84	Utah	(5-5-1)		0.1146	Western Athletic
85	Oklahoma State	(3-7-1)		0.1081	Big Eight
86	Princeton	(6-4-0)		0.1025	Ivy
87	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1023	Independent
88	Villanova	(6-5-0)		0.0986	Independent
89	Colgate	(5-4-1)		0.0978	Independent
90	Brown	(6-4-0)		0.0844	Ivy
91	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		0.0828	Mid-American
92	Louisiana-Monroe	(7-4-0)		0.0811	Independent
93	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		0.0743	Big Ten
94	California	(3-8-0)		0.0699	Pac 10
95	Illinois	(3-7-1)		0.0627	Big Ten
96	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		0.0579	Southwest
97	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.0529	Big Ten
98	East Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0449	Independent
99	Iowa	(4-7-0)		0.0423	Big Ten
100	Louisiana Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0334	Southland
101	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0222	Big Eight
102	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0159	Western Athletic
103	Cornell	(5-5-0)		0.0044	Ivy
104	Georgia Tech	(1-9-1)		0.0018	Independent
105	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.0024	Independent
106	New Mexico State	(3-7-1)		-0.0057	Missouri Valley
107	Duke	(2-9-0)		-0.0061	Atlantic Coast
108	Michigan State	(3-8-0)		-0.0145	Big Ten
109	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.0332	Mid-American
110	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		-0.0392	PCAA
111	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.0398	PCAA
112	Air Force	(2-9-1)		-0.0458	Western Athletic
113	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0561	Southeastern
114	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.0711	PCAA
115	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.0887	Independent
116	San Diego State	(4-8-0)		-0.1024	Western Athletic
117	Virginia Military Institute	(3-7-1)		-0.1030	Southern
118	Dartmouth	(4-6-0)		-0.1072	Ivy
119	Western Carolina	(3-7-1)		-0.1241	Southern
120	William & Mary	(2-9-0)		-0.1324	Independent
121	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1372	Missouri Valley
122	Memphis	(2-9-0)		-0.1393	Independent
123	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.1767	Mid-American
124	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.1814	Independent
125	Colorado	(1-10-0)		-0.1861	Big Eight
126	Texas-Arlington	(3-8-0)		-0.2008	Southland
127	Illinois State	(4-7-0)		-0.2338	Independent
128	Lamar	(3-8-0)		-0.2455	Southland
129	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.2604	Independent
130	East Tennessee State	(2-9-0)		-0.2847	Southern
131	Marshall	(2-8-1)		-0.2876	Southern
132	Oregon State	(0-11-0)		-0.3007	Pac 10
133	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.3908	Western Athletic
134	Arkansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.3965	Southland
135	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.4877	Big Ten
136	Eastern Michigan	(1-9-0)		-0.4991	Mid-American
137	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-0.5370	Ivy
138	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-0.6023	Ivy

Average Ratings by Conference (1980)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.4272
2	Southeastern		0.3896
3	Atlantic Coast		0.3429
4	Pac 10		0.3187
5	Big Eight		0.2904
6	Independent		0.2310
7	Big Ten		0.1393
8	Missouri Valley		0.1321
9	PCAA		0.0941
10	Western Athletic		0.0860
11	Mid-American		0.0601
12	Southern		0.0370
13	Southland		-0.0430
14	Ivy		-0.0761