1979

1980 Rankings
​Final

1981

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Georgia	(12-0-0)		0.8724	Southeastern
2	Pittsburgh	(11-1-0)		0.8363	Independent
3	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.8209	Independent
4	North Carolina	(11-1-0)		0.7852	Atlantic Coast
5	Alabama	(10-2-0)		0.7836	Southeastern
6	Penn State	(10-2-0)		0.7775	Independent
7	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.7522	Big Eight
8	Baylor	(10-2-0)		0.7349	Southwest
9	Southern California	(8-2-1)		0.7218	Pac 10
10	Nebraska	(10-2-0)		0.7178	Big Eight
11	UCLA	(9-2-0)		0.6660	Pac 10
12	Notre Dame	(9-2-1)		0.6612	Independent
13	Miami (Florida)	(9-3-0)		0.6559	Independent
14	Brigham Young	(12-1-0)		0.6394	Western Athletic
15	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6297	Big Ten
16	Mississippi State	(9-3-0)		0.6201	Southeastern
17	Southern Methodist	(8-4-0)		0.6008	Southwest
18	Florida	(8-4-0)		0.5508	Southeastern
19	Houston	(7-5-0)		0.5115	Southwest
20	Texas	(7-5-0)		0.5058	Southwest
21	Washington	(9-3-0)		0.4965	Pac 10
22	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4924	Atlantic Coast
23	Southern Mississippi	(9-3-0)		0.4776	Independent
24	South Carolina	(8-4-0)		0.4736	Independent
25	Arkansas	(7-5-0)		0.4731	Southwest
26	Louisiana State	(7-4-0)		0.4725	Southeastern
27	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.4700	Big Ten
28	Arizona State	(7-4-0)		0.4424	Pac 10
29	Purdue	(9-3-0)		0.4409	Big Ten
30	Oregon	(6-3-2)		0.4301	Pac 10
31	Stanford	(6-5-0)		0.4286	Pac 10
32	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.4103	Big Eight
33	McNeese State	(10-2-0)		0.3765	Southland
34	Furman	(9-1-1)		0.3754	Southern
35	Tulsa	(8-3-0)		0.3747	Missouri Valley
36	Navy	(8-4-0)		0.3674	Independent
37	Rice	(5-6-0)		0.3570	Southwest
38	Clemson	(6-5-0)		0.3396	Atlantic Coast
39	Virginia Tech	(8-4-0)		0.3318	Independent
40	Tulane	(7-5-0)		0.3313	Independent
41	Boston College	(7-4-0)		0.3273	Independent
42	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3007	Mid-American
43	Texas A&M	(4-7-0)		0.2962	Southwest
44	Texas Tech	(5-6-0)		0.2935	Southwest
45	San Jose State	(7-4-0)		0.2844	PCAA
46	Wake Forest	(5-6-0)		0.2836	Atlantic Coast
47	North Carolina State	(6-5-0)		0.2773	Atlantic Coast
48	North Texas	(6-5-0)		0.2667	Independent
49	Rutgers	(7-4-0)		0.2662	Independent
50	Tennessee	(5-6-0)		0.2606	Southeastern
51	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2602	Southeastern
52	West Virginia	(6-6-0)		0.2411	Independent
53	Long Beach State	(8-3-0)		0.2398	PCAA
54	Iowa State	(6-5-0)		0.2233	Big Eight
55	Kansas	(4-5-2)		0.2216	Big Eight
56	Yale	(8-2-0)		0.2144	Ivy
57	Syracuse	(5-6-0)		0.2103	Independent
58	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(8-3-0)		0.2038	Southern
59	Drake	(8-3-0)		0.2036	Missouri Valley
60	Citadel	(7-4-0)		0.1949	Southern
61	Utah State	(6-5-0)		0.1760	Independent
62	Louisville	(5-6-0)		0.1721	Independent
63	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.1651	Independent
64	Mississippi	(3-8-0)		0.1610	Southeastern
65	Appalachian State	(6-4-1)		0.1580	Southern
66	Northern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1155	Mid-American
67	Virginia	(4-7-0)		0.1112	Atlantic Coast
68	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1048	Mid-American
69	Washington State	(4-7-0)		0.1023	Pac 10
70	Hawaii	(8-3-0)		0.0940	Western Athletic
71	Harvard	(7-3-0)		0.0914	Ivy
72	Louisiana-Lafayette	(7-4-0)		0.0912	Southland
73	Ball State	(6-5-0)		0.0894	Mid-American
74	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.0778	Pac 10
75	Indiana	(6-5-0)		0.0777	Big Ten
76	Kentucky	(3-8-0)		0.0642	Southeastern
77	Wichita State	(5-5-1)		0.0624	Missouri Valley
78	Wyoming	(6-5-0)		0.0487	Western Athletic
79	West Texas A&M	(5-6-0)		0.0480	Missouri Valley
80	Ohio	(6-5-0)		0.0376	Mid-American
81	Oklahoma State	(3-7-1)		0.0360	Big Eight
82	Indiana State	(6-5-0)		0.0312	Missouri Valley
83	Miami (Ohio)	(5-6-0)		0.0299	Mid-American
84	Colorado State	(6-4-1)		0.0163	Western Athletic
85	Richmond	(5-6-0)		-0.0045	Independent
86	Villanova	(6-5-0)		-0.0066	Independent
87	Texas Christian	(1-10-0)		-0.0139	Southwest
88	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.0143	Mid-American
89	Princeton	(6-4-0)		-0.0155	Ivy
90	California	(3-8-0)		-0.0269	Pac 10
91	Brown	(6-4-0)		-0.0275	Ivy
92	Colgate	(5-4-1)		-0.0317	Independent
93	Utah	(5-5-1)		-0.0435	Western Athletic
94	Louisiana-Monroe	(7-4-0)		-0.0574	Independent
95	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		-0.0575	Big Ten
96	Wisconsin	(4-7-0)		-0.0583	Big Ten
97	Illinois	(3-7-1)		-0.0610	Big Ten
98	East Carolina	(4-7-0)		-0.0658	Independent
99	Kansas State	(3-8-0)		-0.0672	Big Eight
100	Louisiana Tech	(5-6-0)		-0.0708	Southland
101	Georgia Tech	(1-9-1)		-0.0730	Independent
102	Iowa	(4-7-0)		-0.0855	Big Ten
103	Duke	(2-9-0)		-0.1335	Atlantic Coast
104	New Mexico State	(3-7-1)		-0.1536	Missouri Valley
105	Army	(3-7-1)		-0.1542	Independent
106	Cornell	(5-5-0)		-0.1789	Ivy
107	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.1790	Southeastern
108	Michigan State	(3-8-0)		-0.1823	Big Ten
109	New Mexico	(4-7-0)		-0.1894	Western Athletic
110	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.1979	PCAA
111	Toledo	(4-7-0)		-0.2027	Mid-American
112	Fresno State	(5-6-0)		-0.2245	PCAA
113	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.2344	PCAA
114	Air Force	(2-9-1)		-0.2444	Western Athletic
115	Temple	(4-7-0)		-0.2813	Independent
116	Virginia Military Institute	(3-7-1)		-0.3046	Southern
117	Memphis	(2-9-0)		-0.3106	Independent
118	Dartmouth	(4-6-0)		-0.3170	Ivy
119	William & Mary	(2-9-0)		-0.3212	Independent
120	San Diego State	(4-8-0)		-0.3300	Western Athletic
121	Western Carolina	(3-7-1)		-0.3382	Southern
122	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.3476	Missouri Valley
123	Cincinnati	(2-9-0)		-0.3938	Independent
124	Texas-Arlington	(3-8-0)		-0.4122	Southland
125	Kent State	(3-8-0)		-0.4272	Mid-American
126	Colorado	(1-10-0)		-0.4307	Big Eight
127	Lamar	(3-8-0)		-0.5090	Southland
128	Holy Cross	(3-8-0)		-0.5295	Independent
129	East Tennessee State	(2-9-0)		-0.5367	Southern
130	Oregon State	(0-11-0)		-0.5392	Pac 10
131	Illinois State	(4-7-0)		-0.5524	Independent
132	Marshall	(2-8-1)		-0.6074	Southern
133	Arkansas State	(2-9-0)		-0.7379	Southland
134	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.7887	Western Athletic
135	Northwestern	(0-11-0)		-0.8928	Big Ten
136	Eastern Michigan	(1-9-0)		-0.9640	Mid-American
137	Pennsylvania	(1-9-0)		-0.9804	Ivy
138	Columbia	(1-9-0)		-1.0820	Ivy

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4176
2	Southeastern	0.3866
3	Atlantic Coast	0.3080
4	Pac 10	0.2799
5	Big Eight	0.2329
6	Independent	0.1541
7	Missouri Valley	0.0313
8	Big Ten	0.0281
9	PCAA	-0.0265
10	Western Athletic	-0.0886
11	Mid-American	-0.0930
12	Southern	-0.1068
13	Southland	-0.2104
14	Ivy	-0.2869