College Football 1979
Ranking of University Division 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 University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	35.04	3	34.42	64	58.88	Alabama	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	SEC
2	31.96	1	36.07	15	41.25	Southern California	12	11-0-1	2	12	11-0-1	PAC-10
3	30.29	7	29.55	28	45.00	Ohio State	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 10
4	29.64	8	29.33	3	31.42	Texas	12	9-3-0	4	12	9-3-0	SWAC
5	29.06	5	30.05	42	49.71	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
6	28.91	6	29.97	11	38.54	Arkansas	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	SWAC
7	27.97	2	34.87	12	38.58	Houston	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	SWAC
8	27.29	10	26.29	43	49.96	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	8	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
9	26.03	15	22.19	73	65.45	Brigham Young	11	10-1-0	9	12	11-1-0	WAC
10	25.33	4	30.41	39	49.58	Pittsburgh	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	12	11-1-0	12	12	11-1-0	SWIC
13	21.77	13	23.10	9	37.54	Baylor	12	8-4-0	13	12	8-4-0	SWAC
14	21.49	12	23.28	46	51.00	Washington	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
15	21.13	16	20.23	35	48.08	North Carolina	12	8-3-1	15	12	8-3-1	ACC
16	20.96	14	22.64	7	35.29	Penn State	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	EIC
17	20.95	23	17.54	61	56.04	Tulane	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	SWIC
18	20.62	24	17.23	21	42.04	Michigan	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	BIG 10
19	20.22	18	19.91	62	57.70	Temple	10	8-2-0	19	12	10-2-0	EIC
20	19.11	9	26.77	26	44.25	Purdue	12	10-2-0	21	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
21	19.07	31	14.12	63	57.77	Auburn	11	8-3-0	20	11	8-3-0	SEC
22	18.67	29	15.68	33	47.00	Missouri	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	Louisiana State	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	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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