1979

1980 Rankings
​Final

1981

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia	(12-0-0)		0.8663	Southeastern
2	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.8353	Independent
3	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.8214	Independent
4	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7987	Atlantic Coast
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.7819	Southeastern
6	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.7766	Independent
7	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.7623	Big Eight
8	Baylor	(10-2-0)		0.7474	Southwest
9	Southern California	(8-2-1)		0.7346	Pac 10
10	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.7194	Big Eight
11	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.6859	Pac 10
12	Brigham Young	(12-1-0)		0.6849	Western Athletic
13	Notre Dame	(9-2-1)		0.6661	Independent
14	Miami (Florida)	(9-3-0)		0.6648	Independent
15	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6390	Big Ten
16	Mississippi State	(9-3-0)		0.6326	Southeastern
17	Southern Methodist	(8-4-0)		0.6123	Southwest
18	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5645	Southeastern
19	Houston	(7-5-0)		0.5472	Southwest
20	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.5325	Southwest
21	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.5295	Pac 10
22	Southern Mississippi	(9-3-0)		0.5180	Independent
23	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.5172	Atlantic Coast
24	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4975	Independent
25	Arkansas	(7-5-0)		0.4891	Southwest
26	Louisiana State	(7-4-0)		0.4868	Southeastern
27	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.4857	Big Ten
28	Oregon	(6-3-2)		0.4819	Pac 10
29	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.4719	Pac 10
30	Arizona State	(7-4-0)		0.4679	Pac 10
31	Purdue	(9-3-0)		0.4614	Big Ten
32	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.4212	Big Eight
33	Navy	(8-4-0)		0.4183	Independent
34	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.4095	Southwest
35	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.4059	Southland
36	Clemson	(6-5-0)		0.4056	Atlantic Coast
37	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3928	Missouri Valley
38	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3752	Mid-American
39	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3702	Independent
40	Virginia Tech	(8-4-0)		0.3677	Independent
41	Furman	(9-1-1)		0.3616	Southern
42	Tulane	(7-5-0)		0.3565	Independent
43	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.3504	Southwest
44	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.3355	PCAA
45	Texas A&M	(4-7-0)		0.3330	Southwest
46	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.3308	PCAA
47	North Carolina State	(6-5-0)		0.3261	Atlantic Coast
48	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.3116	Atlantic Coast
49	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.3081	Independent
50	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.3035	Southeastern
51	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.2999	Independent
52	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2917	Independent
53	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2894	Southeastern
54	Yale	(8-2-0)		0.2865	Ivy
55	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.2864	Big Eight
56	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.2706	Independent
57	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2608	Independent
58	Drake	(8-3-0)		0.2567	Missouri Valley
58=	Kansas	(4-5-2)		0.2567	Big Eight
60	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.2490	Mid-American
61	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.2402	Independent
62	Utah State	(6-5-0)		0.2388	Independent
63	Hawaii	(8-3-0)		0.2353	Western Athletic
64	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(8-3-0)		0.2321	Southern
65	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2277	Mid-American
66	Citadel	(7-4-0)		0.2234	Southern
67	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.2069	Atlantic Coast
68	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.2055	Mid-American
69	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.1932	Southeastern
70	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-4-0)		0.1805	Southland
71	Harvard	(7-3-0)		0.1781	Ivy
72	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.1737	Southern
73	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.1730	Pac 10
74	Wyoming	(6-5-0)		0.1725	Western Athletic
75	Indiana	(6-5-0)		0.1723	Big Ten
76	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.1670	Mid-American
77	Colorado State	(6-4-1)		0.1664	Western Athletic
78	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.1647	Pac 10
79	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.1417	Mid-American
80	Wichita State	(5-5-1)		0.1407	Missouri Valley
81	Indiana State	(6-5-0)		0.1325	Missouri Valley
82	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.1301	Southeastern
83	Richmond	(5-6-0)		0.1207	Independent
84	West Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.1188	Missouri Valley
85	Villanova	(6-5-0)		0.1087	Independent
86	Utah	(5-5-1)		0.1071	Western Athletic
87	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		0.0994	Mid-American
88	Princeton	(6-4-0)		0.0993	Ivy
89	Oklahoma State	(3-7-1)		0.0933	Big Eight
90	Brown	(6-4-0)		0.0866	Ivy
91	Louisiana-Monroe	(7-4-0)		0.0846	Independent
92	California	(3-8-0)		0.0841	Pac 10
93	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		0.0790	Big Ten
94	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		0.0644	Southwest
95	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		0.0561	Big Ten
96	East Carolina	(4-7-0)		0.0525	Independent
97	Iowa	(4-7-0)		0.0428	Big Ten
98	Colgate	(5-4-1)		0.0391	Independent
99	Louisiana Tech	(5-6-0)		0.0383	Southland
100	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		0.0233	Western Athletic
100=	Illinois	(3-7-1)		0.0233	Big Ten
102	Georgia Tech	(1-9-1)		0.0177	Independent
103	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		0.0135	Big Eight
104	Duke	(2-9-0)		0.0052	Atlantic Coast
105	Cornell	(5-5-0)		-0.0082	Ivy
106	Michigan State	(3-8-0)		-0.0141	Big Ten
107	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.0212	Mid-American
108	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.0316	PCAA
109	New Mexico State	(3-7-1)		-0.0320	Missouri Valley
110	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		-0.0358	PCAA
111	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.0573	Independent
112	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0580	Southeastern
113	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.0688	PCAA
114	Air Force	(2-9-1)		-0.0837	Western Athletic
115	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.0939	Independent
116	San Diego State	(4-8-0)		-0.1055	Western Athletic
117	Dartmouth	(4-6-0)		-0.1167	Ivy
118	William & Mary	(2-9-0)		-0.1373	Independent
119	Virginia Military Institute	(3-7-1)		-0.1466	Southern
120	Memphis	(2-9-0)		-0.1490	Independent
121	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1547	Missouri Valley
122	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.1715	Mid-American
123	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.1910	Independent
124	Western Carolina	(3-7-1)		-0.1995	Southern
125	Colorado	(1-10-0)		-0.2137	Big Eight
126	Texas-Arlington	(3-8-0)		-0.2214	Southland
127	Illinois State	(4-7-0)		-0.2435	Independent
128	Lamar	(3-8-0)		-0.2600	Southland
129	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.2885	Independent
130	Oregon State	(0-11-0)		-0.2958	Pac 10
131	East Tennessee State	(2-9-0)		-0.3260	Southern
132	Marshall	(2-8-1)		-0.3720	Southern
133	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.4045	Western Athletic
134	Arkansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.4201	Southland
135	Eastern Michigan	(1-9-0)		-0.5086	Mid-American
136	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.5181	Big Ten
137	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-0.5705	Ivy
138	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-0.6505	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4540
2	Southeastern	0.4190
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3673
4	Pac 10	0.3498
5	Big Eight	0.2924
6	Independent	0.2408
7	Big Ten	0.1427
8	Missouri Valley	0.1221
9	PCAA	0.1060
10	Western Athletic	0.0884
11	Mid-American	0.0764
12	Southern	-0.0067
13	Southland	-0.0461
14	Ivy	-0.0869