College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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1979 - Ranking of Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	35.04	3	34.42	64	58.88	Alabama	1	1	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	SEC
2	31.96	1	36.07	15	41.25	Southern California	2	2	12	11-0-1	2	12	11-0-1	PAC-10
3	30.29	7	29.55	28	45.00	Ohio State	4	4	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
4	29.64	8	29.33	3	31.42	Texas	12	14	12	9-3-0	4	12	9-3-0	SWAC
5	29.06	5	30.05	42	49.71	Oklahoma	3	3	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
6	28.91	6	29.97	11	38.54	Arkansas	8	9	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SWAC
7	27.97	2	34.87	12	38.58	Houston	5	5	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	SWAC
8	27.29	10	26.29	43	49.96	Nebraska	9	7	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
9	26.03	15	22.19	73	65.45	Brigham Young	20	13	11	10-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	WAC
10	25.33	4	30.41	39	49.58	Pittsburgh	7	6	12	11-1-0	10	12	11-1-0	EIC
11	23.38	20	18.53	5	32.41	Texas A&M			11	6-5-0	11	11	6-5-0	SWAC
12	22.91	11	24.14	66	60.04	Florida State	6	8	12	11-1-0	12	12	11-1-0	SWIC
13	21.77	13	23.10	9	37.54	Baylor	14		12	8-4-0	13	12	8-4-0	SWAC
14	21.49	12	23.28	46	51.00	Washington	11	11	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
15	21.13	16	20.23	35	48.08	North Carolina		17	12	8-3-1	15	12	8-3-1	ACC
16	20.96	14	22.64	7	35.29	Penn State	18	15	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	EIC
17	20.95	23	17.54	61	56.04	Tulane		20	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SWIC
18	20.62	24	17.23	21	42.04	Michigan	15	12	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
19	20.22	18	19.91	62	57.70	Temple	17		10	8-2-0	19	12	10-2-0	EIC
20	19.11	9	26.77	26	44.25	Purdue	10	10	12	10-2-0	21	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
21	19.07	31	14.12	63	57.77	Auburn	13	18	11	8-3-0	20	11	8-3-0	SEC
22	18.67	29	15.68	33	47.00	Missouri		16	12	7-5-0	22	12	7-5-0	BIG 8
23	16.85	21	17.86	27	44.71	Clemson			12	8-4-0	23	12	8-4-0	ACC
24	16.76	22	17.57	2	30.86	UCLA			11	5-6-0	24	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
25	16.05	38	11.94	37	49.00	LSU			12	7-5-0	25	12	7-5-0	SEC
26	16.02	33	12.94	52	52.67	Tennessee			12	7-5-0	26	12	7-5-0	SEC
27	15.39	25	16.59	10	38.36	North Carolina State			11	7-4-0	27	11	7-4-0	ACC
28	14.91	27	16.19	45	51.00	Indiana	16		12	8-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
29	14.71	17	20.21	13	39.36	Notre Dame			11	7-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	EIC
30	14.43	35	12.83	22	42.18	Southern Methodist			11	5-6-0	31	11	5-6-0	SWAC
31	14.32	19	19.32	14	40.25	South Carolina		19	12	8-4-0	30	12	8-4-0	SWIC
32	13.75	37	12.34	24	42.88	California			12	6-6-0	33	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
33	13.72	36	12.74	50	51.86	Maryland			11	7-4-0	32	11	7-4-0	ACC
34	12.30	26	16.58	31	46.67	Syracuse			12	7-5-0	34	12	7-5-0	EIC
35	12.09	57	5.31	77	70.82	Southern Mississippi			11	6-4-1	35	11	6-4-1	SWIC
36	12.01	42	10.14	51	51.91	Stanford			11	5-5-1	36	11	5-5-1	PAC-10
37	11.61	32	13.54	74	66.05	San Diego State			11	8-3-0	37	11	8-3-0	WAC
38	10.57	40	11.13	17	41.32	Iowa			11	5-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
39	10.02	51	7.39	38	49.21	Arizona State			12	6-6-0	39	12	6-6-0	PAC-10
40	9.59	56	5.37	23	42.86	Minnesota			11	4-6-1	41	11	4-6-1	BIG 10
41	9.54	28	16.06	55	53.41	Oklahoma State			11	7-4-0	40	11	7-4-0	BIG 8
42	9.49	46	8.77	30	46.14	Michigan State			11	5-6-0	42	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
43	9.28	55	5.60	68	60.15	Virginia			10	5-5-0	44	11	6-5-0	ACC
44	8.79	30	15.54	32	46.83	Wake Forest			12	8-4-0	43	12	8-4-0	ACC
45	8.13	41	10.47	4	31.55	Texas Tech			11	3-6-2	47	11	3-6-2	SWAC
46	8.00	52	7.35	57	54.27	Georgia			11	6-5-0	45	11	6-5-0	SEC
47	7.84	54	6.46	79	71.70	Utah State			10	6-3-1	49	11	7-3-1	BWC
48	7.65	39	11.80	119	96.82	Central Michigan			11	10-0-1	46	11	10-0-1	MAC
49	7.41	43	9.86	41	49.71	Arizona			12	6-5-1	50	12	6-5-1	PAC-10
50	6.29	34	12.90	99	85.23	McNeese State			11	10-1-0	57	12	11-1-0	SLC
51	6.13	62	2.99	98	85.05	East Carolina			11	7-3-1	48	11	7-3-1	SWIC
52	6.01	72	-0.32	71	63.41	Kentucky			11	5-6-0	51	11	5-6-0	SEC
53	5.98	47	8.45	34	47.95	Miami (FL)			10	5-5-0	52	11	5-6-0	SWIC
54	5.93	45	9.78	106	88.39	Nevada Las Vegas			9	6-1-2	55	12	9-1-2	SWIC
55	5.83	44	9.82	53	52.73	Oregon			11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
56	5.73	53	6.54	95	83.45	Rutgers			10	7-3-0	59	11	8-3-0	EIC
57	5.67	59	4.05	105	88.15	Texas Arlington			10	7-3-0	58	11	8-3-0	SLC
58	5.50	49	7.51	18	41.64	Wisconsin			11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
59	4.46	48	7.91	29	45.05	West Virginia			11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	EIC
60	3.91	60	4.02	67	60.08	Utah			12	6-6-0	62	12	6-6-0	WAC
61	3.68	65	2.23	70	62.67	Hawaii			9	4-5-0	63	11	6-5-0	WAC
62	3.28	63	2.97	60	55.55	Georgia Tech			11	4-6-1	61	11	4-6-1	SWIC
63	3.23	75	-0.75	44	50.86	Mississippi			11	4-7-0	60	11	4-7-0	SEC
64	3.09	58	4.18	6	33.14	Texas Christian			11	2-8-1	64	11	2-8-1	SWAC
65	1.73	93	-7.53	49	51.64	Mississippi State			11	3-8-0	65	11	3-8-0	SEC
66	1.48	70	0.78	58	54.90	Boston College			10	4-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	EIC
67	1.18	50	7.39	80	72.27	Navy			11	7-4-0	66	11	7-4-0	EIC
68	0.94	64	2.93	19	41.68	Kansas			11	3-8-0	70	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
69	0.64	66	1.29	118	96.14	Toledo			11	7-3-1	68	11	7-3-1	MAC
70	0.42	68	0.99	87	76.05	San Jose State			10	5-4-1	74	11	6-4-1	BWC
71	0.25	91	-6.72	108	88.68	Miami (OH)			11	6-5-0	69	11	6-5-0	MAC
72	-0.05	73	-0.35	36	48.27	Colorado			11	3-8-0	73	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
73	-0.08	67	1.21	90	77.95	Lamar			10	5-3-2	81	11	6-3-2	SLC
74	-0.27	69	0.90	72	65.14	Virginia Tech			11	5-6-0	71	11	5-6-0	SWIC
75	-0.85	84	-3.02	75	67.91	Louisville			11	4-6-1	77	11	4-6-1	SWIC
76	-0.89	76	-0.95	25	44.05	Illinois			11	2-8-1	75	11	2-8-1	BIG 10
77	-1.22	79	-1.48	86	75.62	New Mexico			12	6-6-0	79	12	6-6-0	WAC
78	-1.47	61	3.87	92	82.82	West Texas A&M			11	6-4-1	82	11	6-4-1	MVC
79	-1.71	71	-0.05	54	52.91	Iowa State			11	3-8-0	78	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
80	-2.28	81	-2.27	89	76.95	Memphis			11	5-6-0	80	11	5-6-0	SWIC
81	-2.30	83	-2.78	109	88.70	Western Michigan			10	5-5-0	76	11	6-5-0	MAC
82	-2.96	77	-1.12	131	109.67	Tennessee Chattanooga			9	7-2-0	83	11	9-2-0	SoCon
83	-3.37	86	-4.54	65	60.04	Colorado State			12	4-7-1	84	12	4-7-1	WAC
84	-3.75	82	-2.45	88	76.91	Tulsa			11	6-5-0	85	11	6-5-0	MVC
85	-5.05	74	-0.54	8	35.70	Washington State			10	2-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
86	-5.24	80	-1.82	1	21.64	Rice			11	1-10-0	88	11	1-10-0	SWAC
87	-5.51	98	-8.71	115	94.91	Ohio University			11	6-5-0	86	11	6-5-0	MAC
88	-5.94	88	-5.51	47	51.41	Duke			11	2-8-1	89	11	2-8-1	ACC
89	-6.61	94	-7.67	59	55.50	Kansas State			11	3-8-0	90	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
90	-6.85	85	-4.15	82	72.64	North Texas			11	5-6-0	91	11	5-6-0	SWIC
91	-7.28	78	-1.18	130	108.33	Southern Illinois			9	7-2-0	94	11	8-3-0	MVC
92	-7.87	100	-9.72	78	71.29	Wyoming			12	4-8-0	97	12	4-8-0	WAC
93	-7.98	87	-4.68	107	88.40	Cal State Long Beach			10	6-4-0	96	11	7-4-0	BWC
94	-8.43	109	-13.48	20	41.91	Florida			11	0-10-1	98	11	0-10-1	SEC
95	-8.49	92	-7.18	127	103.78	Indiana State			9	6-3-0	101	11	8-3-0	MVC
96	-8.75	99	-9.63	120	97.30	Ball State			10	5-5-0	93	11	6-5-0	MAC
97	-9.31	96	-8.46	123	98.94	Citadel			9	5-4-0	92	11	6-5-0	SoCon
98	-9.48	97	-8.64	94	83.44	Villanova			8	4-4-0	95	11	5-6-0	EIC
99	-9.56	102	-10.76	76	69.19	Fresno State			8	2-6-0	104	11	4-7-0	BWC
100	-9.95	112	-15.13	69	60.18	Cincinnati			11	2-9-0	100	11	2-9-0	EIC
101	-10.49	121	-18.73	102	87.00	Arkansas State			10	3-7-0	110	11	4-7-0	SLC
102	-11.29	89	-6.57	85	74.08	Northwestern State (LA)			6	2-4-0	127	9	3-6-0	SWIC
103	-11.56	107	-13.15	124	100.69	Furman			8	4-4-0	102	11	5-6-0	SoCon
104	-11.76	90	-6.67	16	41.32	Northwestern			11	1-10-0	107	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
105	-12.74	104	-11.16	81	72.59	Air Force			11	2-9-0	111	11	2-9-0	SWIC
106	-13.09	103	-10.93	121	97.95	Northern Illinois			11	5-5-1	105	11	5-5-1	MAC
107	-13.26	101	-9.78	126	103.00	Virginia Military			11	6-4-1	103	11	6-4-1	SoCon
108	-13.31	110	-14.07	93	83.05	Bowling Green			11	4-7-0	109	11	4-7-0	MAC
109	-13.68	111	-14.39	103	87.30	Louisiana Lafayette			10	3-7-0	122	11	4-7-0	SLC
110	-13.89	113	-15.86	48	51.50	Vanderbilt			11	1-10-0	112	11	1-10-0	SEC
111	-14.25	108	-13.46	40	49.68	Oregon State			11	1-10-0	120	11	1-10-0	PAC-10
112	-14.29	106	-13.11	104	87.44	William & Mary			9	3-6-0	114	11	4-7-0	SWIC
113	-14.36	116	-16.35	91	81.64	Louisiana Tech			11	2-9-0	123	11	2-9-0	SLC
114	-14.65	119	-18.64	116	95.09	Appalachian State			11	3-8-0	106	11	3-8-0	SoCon
115	-14.98	95	-8.29	56	54.14	Army			11	2-8-1	118	11	2-8-1	EIC
116	-15.02	117	-16.43	113	93.33	Louisiana Monroe			9	3-6-0	129	11	3-8-0	SWIC
117	-15.83	118	-18.21	129	106.43	Holy Cross			7	3-4-0	126	11	5-6-0	EIC
118	-15.94	114	-16.10	96	83.67	Drake			9	2-7-0	124	11	3-8-0	MVC
119	-16.83	105	-11.49	140	133.67	Yale			9	8-1-0	119	9	8-1-0	Ivy
120	-17.02	126	-22.09	125	102.57	Western Carolina			7	2-5-0	113	11	6-5-0	SoCon
121	-17.24	120	-18.68	84	73.59	Texas El Paso			11	2-9-0	125	11	2-9-0	WAC
122	-18.17	124	-20.67	101	85.71	Cal State Fullerton			7	1-6-0	138	11	3-8-0	BWC
123	-18.25	125	-21.79	112	92.31	Pacific			8	2-6-0	130	10	3-7-0	BWC
124	-18.97	128	-23.30	136	130.44	Brown			8	5-3-0	128	9	6-3-0	Ivy
125	-19.06	131	-26.28	128	105.42	East Tennessee State			6	2-4-0	99	11	7-4-0	SoCon
126	-19.52	115	-16.24	97	84.00	New Mexico State			11	2-9-0	131	11	2-9-0	MVC
127	-21.18	122	-19.23	83	73.32	Wichita State			11	1-10-0	133	11	1-10-0	MVC
128	-22.97	123	-20.06	122	98.42	Illinois State			6	1-5-0	135	11	3-8-0	EIC
129	-24.22	132	-26.87	139	131.50	Cornell			8	5-3-0	139	9	5-4-0	Ivy
130	-25.19	135	-29.98	100	85.64	Richmond			11	0-11-0	141	11	0-11-0	SWIC
131	-25.28	130	-26.16	132	122.94	Princeton			9	5-4-0	140	9	5-4-0	Ivy
132	-26.76	133	-27.14	111	91.92	Connecticut			6	0-5-1	136	11	3-6-2	EIC
133	-26.84	129	-24.66	117	95.28	Eastern Michigan			9	1-7-1	143	11	2-8-1	MAC
134	-27.50	127	-22.95	133	123.08	Colgate			6	3-3-0	137	10	5-4-1	EIC
135	-27.54	137	-30.67	114	94.73	Marshall			11	1-10-0	142	11	1-10-0	SoCon
136	-27.95	136	-30.31	134	129.19	Dartmouth			8	4-4-0	145	9	4-4-1	Ivy
137	-29.52	134	-29.26	110	89.83	Kent State			9	1-8-0	144	11	1-10-0	MAC
138	-30.51	138	-38.65	138	130.57	Harvard			7	3-4-0	148	9	3-6-0	Ivy
139	-45.68	139	-45.72	137	130.44	Columbia			8	1-7-0	151	9	1-8-0	Ivy
140	-50.32	140	-55.22	135	130.29	Pennsylvania			7	0-7-0	152	9	0-9-0	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 Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1979
Ranking of Division I-A Teams

Based on games played between 1979/9/1 and 1980/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)