College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1979 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
86	-5.24	80	-1.82	1	21.64	Rice			11	1-10-0	1	11	1-10-0	SWAC
24	16.76	22	17.57	2	30.86	UCLA			11	5-6-0	2	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
4	29.64	8	29.33	3	31.42	Texas	12	14	12	9-3-0	3	12	9-3-0	SWAC
45	8.13	41	10.47	4	31.55	Texas Tech			11	3-6-2	4	11	3-6-2	SWAC
11	23.38	20	18.53	5	32.41	Texas A&M			11	6-5-0	5	11	6-5-0	SWAC
64	3.09	58	4.18	6	33.14	Texas Christian			11	2-8-1	6	11	2-8-1	SWAC
16	20.96	14	22.64	7	35.29	Penn State	18	15	12	8-4-0	7	12	8-4-0	EIC
85	-5.05	74	-0.54	8	35.70	Washington State			10	2-8-0	8	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
13	21.77	13	23.10	9	37.54	Baylor	14		12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	SWAC
27	15.39	25	16.59	10	38.36	North Carolina State			11	7-4-0	9	11	7-4-0	ACC
6	28.91	6	29.97	11	38.54	Arkansas	8	9	12	10-2-0	11	12	10-2-0	SWAC
7	27.97	2	34.87	12	38.58	Houston	5	5	12	11-1-0	12	12	11-1-0	SWAC
29	14.71	17	20.21	13	39.36	Notre Dame			11	7-4-0	14	11	7-4-0	EIC
31	14.32	19	19.32	14	40.25	South Carolina		19	12	8-4-0	13	12	8-4-0	SWIC
2	31.96	1	36.07	15	41.25	Southern California	2	2	12	11-0-1	19	12	11-0-1	PAC-10
104	-11.76	90	-6.67	16	41.32	Northwestern			11	1-10-0	16	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
38	10.57	40	11.13	17	41.32	Iowa			11	5-6-0	15	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
58	5.50	49	7.51	18	41.64	Wisconsin			11	4-7-0	21	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
68	0.94	64	2.93	19	41.68	Kansas			11	3-8-0	18	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
94	-8.43	109	-13.48	20	41.91	Florida			11	0-10-1	17	11	0-10-1	SEC
18	20.62	24	17.23	21	42.04	Michigan	15	12	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
30	14.43	35	12.83	22	42.18	Southern Methodist			11	5-6-0	22	11	5-6-0	SWAC
40	9.59	56	5.37	23	42.86	Minnesota			11	4-6-1	23	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
32	13.75	37	12.34	24	42.88	California			12	6-6-0	24	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
76	-0.89	76	-0.95	25	44.05	Illinois			11	2-8-1	27	11	2-8-1	BIG 10
20	19.11	9	26.77	26	44.25	Purdue	10	10	12	10-2-0	25	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
23	16.85	21	17.86	27	44.71	Clemson			12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	ACC
3	30.29	7	29.55	28	45.00	Ohio State	4	4	12	11-1-0	28	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
59	4.46	48	7.91	29	45.05	West Virginia			11	5-6-0	29	11	5-6-0	EIC
42	9.49	46	8.77	30	46.14	Michigan State			11	5-6-0	31	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
34	12.30	26	16.58	31	46.67	Syracuse			12	7-5-0	33	12	7-5-0	EIC
44	8.79	30	15.54	32	46.83	Wake Forest			12	8-4-0	30	12	8-4-0	ACC
22	18.67	29	15.68	33	47.00	Missouri		16	12	7-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
53	5.98	47	8.45	34	47.95	Miami (FL)			10	5-5-0	37	11	5-6-0	SWIC
15	21.13	16	20.23	35	48.08	North Carolina		17	12	8-3-1	34	12	8-3-1	ACC
72	-0.05	73	-0.35	36	48.27	Colorado			11	3-8-0	35	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
25	16.05	38	11.94	37	49.00	LSU			12	7-5-0	36	12	7-5-0	SEC
39	10.02	51	7.39	38	49.21	Arizona State			12	6-6-0	39	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
10	25.33	4	30.41	39	49.58	Pittsburgh	7	6	12	11-1-0	38	12	11-1-0	EIC
111	-14.25	108	-13.46	40	49.68	Oregon State			11	1-10-0	41	11	1-10-0	PAC-10
49	7.41	43	9.86	41	49.71	Arizona			12	6-5-1	43	12	6-5-1	PAC-10
5	29.06	5	30.05	42	49.71	Oklahoma	3	3	12	11-1-0	40	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
8	27.29	10	26.29	43	49.96	Nebraska	9	7	12	10-2-0	42	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
63	3.23	75	-0.75	44	50.86	Mississippi			11	4-7-0	44	11	4-7-0	SEC
28	14.91	27	16.19	45	51.00	Indiana	16		12	8-4-0	46	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
14	21.49	12	23.28	46	51.00	Washington	11	11	12	9-3-0	50	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
88	-5.94	88	-5.51	47	51.41	Duke			11	2-8-1	48	11	2-8-1	ACC
110	-13.89	113	-15.86	48	51.50	Vanderbilt			11	1-10-0	45	11	1-10-0	SEC
65	1.73	93	-7.53	49	51.64	Mississippi State			11	3-8-0	47	11	3-8-0	SEC
33	13.72	36	12.74	50	51.86	Maryland			11	7-4-0	49	11	7-4-0	ACC
36	12.01	42	10.14	51	51.91	Stanford			11	5-5-1	52	11	5-5-1	PAC-10
26	16.02	33	12.94	52	52.67	Tennessee			12	7-5-0	51	12	7-5-0	SEC
55	5.83	44	9.82	53	52.73	Oregon			11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
79	-1.71	71	-0.05	54	52.91	Iowa State			11	3-8-0	53	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
41	9.54	28	16.06	55	53.41	Oklahoma State			11	7-4-0	56	11	7-4-0	BIG 8
115	-14.98	95	-8.29	56	54.14	Army			11	2-8-1	57	11	2-8-1	EIC
46	8.00	52	7.35	57	54.27	Georgia			11	6-5-0	55	11	6-5-0	SEC
66	1.48	70	0.78	58	54.90	Boston College			10	4-6-0	69	11	5-6-0	EIC
89	-6.61	94	-7.67	59	55.50	Kansas State			11	3-8-0	60	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
62	3.28	63	2.97	60	55.55	Georgia Tech			11	4-6-1	58	11	4-6-1	SWIC
17	20.95	23	17.54	61	56.04	Tulane		20	12	9-3-0	59	12	9-3-0	SWIC
19	20.22	18	19.91	62	57.70	Temple	17		10	8-2-0	68	12	10-2-0	EIC
21	19.07	31	14.12	63	57.77	Auburn	13	18	11	8-3-0	61	11	8-3-0	SEC
1	35.04	3	34.42	64	58.88	Alabama	1	1	12	12-0-0	62	12	12-0-0	SEC
83	-3.37	86	-4.54	65	60.04	Colorado State			12	4-7-1	66	12	4-7-1	WAC
12	22.91	11	24.14	66	60.04	Florida State	6	8	12	11-1-0	63	12	11-1-0	SWIC
60	3.91	60	4.02	67	60.08	Utah			12	6-6-0	65	12	6-6-0	WAC
43	9.28	55	5.60	68	60.15	Virginia			10	5-5-0	74	11	6-5-0	ACC
100	-9.95	112	-15.13	69	60.18	Cincinnati			11	2-9-0	64	11	2-9-0	EIC
61	3.68	65	2.23	70	62.67	Hawaii			9	4-5-0	70	11	6-5-0	WAC
52	6.01	72	-0.32	71	63.41	Kentucky			11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	SEC
74	-0.27	69	0.90	72	65.14	Virginia Tech			11	5-6-0	71	11	5-6-0	SWIC
9	26.03	15	22.19	73	65.45	Brigham Young	20	13	11	10-1-0	72	12	11-1-0	WAC
37	11.61	32	13.54	74	66.05	San Diego State			11	8-3-0	73	11	8-3-0	WAC
75	-0.85	84	-3.02	75	67.91	Louisville			11	4-6-1	75	11	4-6-1	SWIC
99	-9.56	102	-10.76	76	69.19	Fresno State			8	2-6-0	78	11	4-7-0	BWC
35	12.09	57	5.31	77	70.82	Southern Mississippi			11	6-4-1	76	11	6-4-1	SWIC
92	-7.87	100	-9.72	78	71.29	Wyoming			12	4-8-0	80	12	4-8-0	WAC
47	7.84	54	6.46	79	71.70	Utah State			10	6-3-1	83	11	7-3-1	BWC
67	1.18	50	7.39	80	72.27	Navy			11	7-4-0	77	11	7-4-0	EIC
105	-12.74	104	-11.16	81	72.59	Air Force			11	2-9-0	79	11	2-9-0	SWIC
90	-6.85	85	-4.15	82	72.64	North Texas			11	5-6-0	81	11	5-6-0	SWIC
127	-21.18	122	-19.23	83	73.32	Wichita State			11	1-10-0	82	11	1-10-0	MVC
121	-17.24	120	-18.68	84	73.59	Texas El Paso			11	2-9-0	84	11	2-9-0	WAC
102	-11.29	89	-6.57	85	74.08	Northwestern State (LA)			6	2-4-0	92	9	3-6-0	SWIC
77	-1.22	79	-1.48	86	75.62	New Mexico			12	6-6-0	85	12	6-6-0	WAC
70	0.42	68	0.99	87	76.05	San Jose State			10	5-4-1	87	11	6-4-1	BWC
84	-3.75	82	-2.45	88	76.91	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	88	11	6-5-0	MVC
80	-2.28	81	-2.27	89	76.95	Memphis			11	5-6-0	86	11	5-6-0	SWIC
73	-0.08	67	1.21	90	77.95	Lamar			10	5-3-2	94	11	6-3-2	SLC
113	-14.36	116	-16.35	91	81.64	Louisiana Tech			11	2-9-0	100	11	2-9-0	SLC
78	-1.47	61	3.87	92	82.82	West Texas A&M			11	6-4-1	97	11	6-4-1	MVC
108	-13.31	110	-14.07	93	83.05	Bowling Green			11	4-7-0	89	11	4-7-0	MAC
98	-9.48	97	-8.64	94	83.44	Villanova			8	4-4-0	103	11	5-6-0	EIC
56	5.73	53	6.54	95	83.45	Rutgers			10	7-3-0	104	11	8-3-0	EIC
118	-15.94	114	-16.10	96	83.67	Drake			9	2-7-0	91	11	3-8-0	MVC
126	-19.52	115	-16.24	97	84.00	New Mexico State			11	2-9-0	95	11	2-9-0	MVC
51	6.13	62	2.99	98	85.05	East Carolina			11	7-3-1	90	11	7-3-1	SWIC
50	6.29	34	12.90	99	85.23	McNeese State			11	10-1-0	113	12	11-1-0	SLC
130	-25.19	135	-29.98	100	85.64	Richmond			11	0-11-0	93	11	0-11-0	SWIC
122	-18.17	124	-20.67	101	85.71	Cal State Fullerton			7	1-6-0	112	11	3-8-0	BWC
101	-10.49	121	-18.73	102	87.00	Arkansas State			10	3-7-0	110	11	4-7-0	SLC
109	-13.68	111	-14.39	103	87.30	Louisiana Lafayette			10	3-7-0	108	11	4-7-0	SLC
112	-14.29	106	-13.11	104	87.44	William & Mary			9	3-6-0	102	11	4-7-0	SWIC
57	5.67	59	4.05	105	88.15	Texas Arlington			10	7-3-0	115	11	8-3-0	SLC
54	5.93	45	9.78	106	88.39	Nevada Las Vegas			9	6-1-2	109	12	9-1-2	SWIC
93	-7.98	87	-4.68	107	88.40	Cal State Long Beach			10	6-4-0	106	11	7-4-0	BWC
71	0.25	91	-6.72	108	88.68	Miami (OH)			11	6-5-0	99	11	6-5-0	MAC
81	-2.30	83	-2.78	109	88.70	Western Michigan			10	5-5-0	101	11	6-5-0	MAC
137	-29.52	134	-29.26	110	89.83	Kent State			9	1-8-0	111	11	1-10-0	MAC
132	-26.76	133	-27.14	111	91.92	Connecticut			6	0-5-1	131	11	3-6-2	EIC
123	-18.25	125	-21.79	112	92.31	Pacific			8	2-6-0	119	10	3-7-0	BWC
116	-15.02	117	-16.43	113	93.33	Louisiana Monroe			9	3-6-0	129	11	3-8-0	SWIC
135	-27.54	137	-30.67	114	94.73	Marshall			11	1-10-0	107	11	1-10-0	SoCon
87	-5.51	98	-8.71	115	94.91	Ohio University			11	6-5-0	114	11	6-5-0	MAC
114	-14.65	119	-18.64	116	95.09	Appalachian State			11	3-8-0	105	11	3-8-0	SoCon
133	-26.84	129	-24.66	117	95.28	Eastern Michigan			9	1-7-1	118	11	2-8-1	MAC
69	0.64	66	1.29	118	96.14	Toledo			11	7-3-1	117	11	7-3-1	MAC
48	7.65	39	11.80	119	96.82	Central Michigan			11	10-0-1	122	11	10-0-1	MAC
96	-8.75	99	-9.63	120	97.30	Ball State			10	5-5-0	123	11	6-5-0	MAC
106	-13.09	103	-10.93	121	97.95	Northern Illinois			11	5-5-1	116	11	5-5-1	MAC
128	-22.97	123	-20.06	122	98.42	Illinois State			6	1-5-0	120	11	3-8-0	EIC
97	-9.31	96	-8.46	123	98.94	Citadel			9	5-4-0	127	11	6-5-0	SoCon
103	-11.56	107	-13.15	124	100.69	Furman			8	4-4-0	125	11	5-6-0	SoCon
120	-17.02	126	-22.09	125	102.57	Western Carolina			7	2-5-0	128	11	6-5-0	SoCon
107	-13.26	101	-9.78	126	103.00	Virginia Military			11	6-4-1	126	11	6-4-1	SoCon
95	-8.49	92	-7.18	127	103.78	Indiana State			9	6-3-0	132	11	8-3-0	MVC
125	-19.06	131	-26.28	128	105.42	East Tennessee State			6	2-4-0	135	11	7-4-0	SoCon
117	-15.83	118	-18.21	129	106.43	Holy Cross			7	3-4-0	138	11	5-6-0	EIC
91	-7.28	78	-1.18	130	108.33	Southern Illinois			9	7-2-0	136	11	8-3-0	MVC
82	-2.96	77	-1.12	131	109.67	Tennessee Chattanooga			9	7-2-0	134	11	9-2-0	SoCon
131	-25.28	130	-26.16	132	122.94	Princeton			9	5-4-0	141	9	5-4-0	Ivy
134	-27.50	127	-22.95	133	123.08	Colgate			6	3-3-0	139	10	5-4-1	EIC
136	-27.95	136	-30.31	134	129.19	Dartmouth			8	4-4-0	144	9	4-4-1	Ivy
140	-50.32	140	-55.22	135	130.29	Pennsylvania			7	0-7-0	149	9	0-9-0	Ivy
124	-18.97	128	-23.30	136	130.44	Brown			8	5-3-0	150	9	6-3-0	Ivy
139	-45.68	139	-45.72	137	130.44	Columbia			8	1-7-0	147	9	1-8-0	Ivy
138	-30.51	138	-38.65	138	130.57	Harvard			7	3-4-0	143	9	3-6-0	Ivy
129	-24.22	132	-26.87	139	131.50	Cornell			8	5-3-0	148	9	5-4-0	Ivy
119	-16.83	105	-11.49	140	133.67	Yale			9	8-1-0	151	9	8-1-0	Ivy

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College Football 1979Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)