College Football 1980
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1980 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
9	26.41	8	25.52	1	34.05	Southern California	11	8-2-1	1	11	8-2-1	PAC-10
14	21.99	13	22.42	2	35.45	Miami FL	11	8-3-0	4	12	9-3-0	SIC
79	-2.82	90	-7.05	3	35.55	Texas Christian	11	1-10-0	3	11	1-10-0	SWAC
1	35.98	3	30.72	4	35.88	Florida State	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	SIC
42	7.61	47	6.18	5	36.00	Texas A&M	11	4-7-0	5	11	4-7-0	SWAC
85	-5.37	103	-10.32	6	37.36	Georgia Tech	11	1-9-1	7	11	1-9-1	SIC
6	27.80	10	25.25	7	37.79	Penn State	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	EIC
55	4.28	45	6.55	8	38.68	Rice	11	5-6-0	11	11	5-6-0	SWAC
3	31.13	4	29.73	9	38.71	Pittsburgh	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	EIC
20	17.47	16	20.39	10	38.96	Florida	12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	SEC
110	-13.40	115	-14.25	11	39.55	Colorado	11	1-10-0	9	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
26	14.34	31	12.80	12	39.75	Houston	12	7-5-0	12	12	7-5-0	SWAC
51	4.66	67	0.76	13	40.95	Mississippi	11	3-8-0	15	11	3-8-0	SEC
34	12.15	38	10.03	14	41.09	Kansas	11	4-5-2	13	11	4-5-2	BIG 8
77	-2.56	85	-5.31	15	41.27	California	11	3-8-0	16	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
120	-17.14	119	-15.82	16	41.86	Oregon State	11	0-11-0	14	11	0-11-0	PAC-10
75	-1.77	58	3.20	17	42.09	Virginia	11	4-7-0	17	11	4-7-0	ACC
65	2.46	65	1.16	18	42.59	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	19	11	3-8-0	SEC
30	13.38	22	16.03	19	43.25	Maryland	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	ACC
4	30.11	2	32.47	20	43.33	Oklahoma	12	10-2-0	18	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
11	25.81	5	28.76	21	43.38	Notre Dame	12	9-2-1	22	12	9-2-1	EIC
29	13.69	33	11.86	22	43.41	Stanford	11	6-5-0	21	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
2	34.44	7	25.95	23	43.46	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	20	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
94	-8.65	86	-5.66	24	44.50	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	23	11	2-9-0	SEC
35	10.29	48	6.03	25	44.82	Auburn	11	5-6-0	26	11	5-6-0	SEC
125	-19.36	122	-16.83	26	45.00	Northwestern	11	0-11-0	24	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
89	-6.20	83	-5.08	27	45.12	Temple	8	2-6-0	56	11	4-7-0	EIC
32	12.48	32	12.67	28	45.42	Texas	12	7-5-0	28	12	7-5-0	SWAC
5	28.89	14	21.69	29	45.54	Alabama	12	10-2-0	27	12	10-2-0	SEC
24	15.57	42	8.39	30	45.68	Tennessee	11	5-6-0	29	11	5-6-0	SEC
18	18.57	30	12.86	31	46.86	Oregon	11	6-3-2	30	11	6-3-2	PAC-10
28	13.79	25	14.07	32	47.05	Louisiana State	11	7-4-0	31	11	7-4-0	SEC
40	9.01	24	14.16	33	47.55	Clemson	11	6-5-0	32	11	6-5-0	ACC
86	-5.57	88	-6.94	34	47.68	Duke	11	2-9-0	33	11	2-9-0	ACC
62	2.80	60	2.72	35	48.55	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	34	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
23	15.79	23	15.32	36	49.23	Arizona State	11	7-4-0	36	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
8	26.72	1	34.49	37	49.46	Georgia	12	12-0-0	38	12	12-0-0	SEC
16	19.90	19	17.81	38	49.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	35	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
74	-1.38	81	-4.34	39	49.95	Michigan State	11	3-8-0	39	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
43	7.51	46	6.29	40	50.00	Syracuse	11	5-6-0	37	11	5-6-0	EIC
56	4.19	53	4.51	41	50.18	Texas Tech	11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	SWAC
36	10.04	43	8.04	42	50.42	Arkansas	12	7-5-0	40	12	7-5-0	SWAC
17	19.21	26	13.84	43	50.42	Southern Methodist	12	8-4-0	43	12	8-4-0	SWAC
10	26.34	11	23.28	44	50.96	Michigan	12	10-2-0	42	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
90	-6.31	95	-7.77	45	51.25	Kansas State	10	2-8-0	46	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
22	16.18	17	19.12	46	51.29	Mississippi State	12	9-3-0	44	12	9-3-0	SEC
15	20.96	9	25.28	47	51.38	North Carolina	12	11-1-0	51	12	11-1-0	ACC
67	1.10	69	0.62	48	51.45	Illinois	11	3-7-1	45	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
72	0.53	63	1.83	49	51.55	Arizona	11	5-6-0	48	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
7	27.40	6	26.90	50	51.55	UCLA	11	9-2-0	47	11	9-2-0	PAC-10
64	2.68	73	-0.99	51	52.45	Oklahoma State	11	3-7-1	50	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
50	5.08	49	5.67	52	53.00	West Virginia	12	6-6-0	55	12	6-6-0	EIC
41	8.45	29	12.99	53	53.25	Louisville	10	5-5-0	57	11	5-6-0	SIC
97	-9.75	101	-10.02	54	53.42	Air Force	12	2-9-1	49	12	2-9-1	WAC
27	14.32	21	16.30	55	53.50	South Carolina	12	8-4-0	58	12	8-4-0	SIC
19	18.48	27	13.62	56	53.54	Missouri	12	8-4-0	52	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
60	3.20	70	0.33	57	53.73	Iowa	11	4-7-0	53	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
53	4.35	39	9.95	58	54.36	North Carolina State	11	6-5-0	60	11	6-5-0	ACC
37	9.98	34	11.32	59	54.40	Boston College	10	6-4-0	54	11	7-4-0	EIC
25	15.56	18	17.89	60	54.50	Purdue	12	9-3-0	59	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
21	16.62	20	16.64	61	55.42	Washington	12	9-3-0	62	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
61	3.08	51	4.70	62	55.73	Minnesota	11	5-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
44	7.46	64	1.64	63	56.59	Wake Forest	11	5-6-0	64	11	5-6-0	ACC
13	22.89	15	21.18	64	57.00	Baylor	12	10-2-0	65	12	10-2-0	SWAC
38	9.70	44	7.98	65	57.09	Iowa State	11	6-5-0	63	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
81	-3.70	89	-7.00	66	59.35	Army	10	3-7-0	68	11	3-7-1	EIC
47	5.78	74	-1.04	67	60.23	Washington State	11	4-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
46	6.35	50	5.46	68	61.04	Tulane	12	7-5-0	67	12	7-5-0	SIC
76	-2.41	75	-1.22	69	61.70	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	70	11	4-7-0	SIC
54	4.35	52	4.61	70	62.50	Indiana	11	6-5-0	69	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
100	-10.07	82	-4.90	71	64.38	San Diego State	12	4-8-0	71	12	4-8-0	WAC
95	-8.93	97	-7.99	72	64.73	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	72	11	4-7-0	WAC
31	12.75	28	13.11	73	65.42	Navy	12	8-4-0	75	12	8-4-0	EIC
70	0.89	71	-0.77	74	65.44	San Jose State	9	5-4-0	73	11	7-4-0	BWC
33	12.17	37	10.43	75	66.15	Virginia Tech	10	6-4-0	92	12	8-4-0	SIC
71	0.64	76	-2.58	76	66.56	Utah State	9	4-5-0	74	11	6-5-0	BWC
12	25.09	12	23.21	77	67.58	Brigham Young	13	12-1-0	77	13	12-1-0	WAC
73	-1.02	61	2.34	78	68.18	Colorado State	11	6-4-1	78	11	6-4-1	WAC
45	6.61	56	3.88	79	68.80	Utah	10	5-4-1	79	11	5-5-1	WAC
39	9.54	35	11.06	80	69.00	Southern Mississippi	12	9-3-0	83	12	9-3-0	SIC
111	-13.62	104	-10.38	81	69.27	Pacific	11	3-8-0	80	12	4-8-0	BWC
116	-14.53	124	-19.21	82	69.32	Memphis	11	2-9-0	82	11	2-9-0	SIC
128	-22.02	131	-23.72	83	69.46	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	81	12	1-11-0	WAC
113	-14.36	105	-10.90	84	69.68	Cincinnati	11	2-9-0	84	11	2-9-0	EIC
121	-17.17	121	-16.30	85	70.80	William & Mary	10	2-8-0	76	11	2-9-0	SIC
49	5.09	54	4.46	86	72.18	Nevada Las Vegas	11	7-4-0	86	11	7-4-0	SIC
104	-11.33	114	-13.78	87	72.50	Cal State Fullerton	7	1-6-0	85	11	4-7-0	BWC
80	-3.65	79	-4.17	88	73.23	Richmond	11	5-6-0	89	11	5-6-0	SIC
69	0.95	72	-0.83	89	74.32	North Texas	11	6-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	SIC
78	-2.76	84	-5.23	90	76.86	Citadel	7	3-4-0	95	11	7-4-0	SoCon
57	4.02	68	0.75	91	77.05	Wyoming	11	6-5-0	91	11	6-5-0	WAC
68	0.97	36	10.87	92	80.75	Hawaii	10	7-3-0	93	11	8-3-0	WAC
59	3.49	59	3.18	93	81.14	Rutgers	11	7-4-0	94	11	7-4-0	EIC
48	5.23	57	3.38	94	81.61	Villanova	9	6-3-0	88	11	6-5-0	EIC
101	-10.53	100	-9.61	95	82.44	Fresno State	9	3-6-0	96	11	5-6-0	BWC
115	-14.44	110	-12.13	96	85.00	Virginia Military	10	3-6-1	100	11	3-7-1	SoCon
135	-33.21	136	-31.02	97	85.56	Lamar	9	1-8-0	103	11	3-8-0	SLC
114	-14.38	113	-13.12	98	86.15	West Texas A&M	10	4-6-0	99	11	5-6-0	MVC
66	1.97	55	4.17	99	87.50	Tulsa	11	8-3-0	102	11	8-3-0	MVC
63	2.75	41	9.23	100	88.20	Cal State Long Beach	10	8-2-0	104	11	8-3-0	BWC
118	-16.88	118	-15.46	101	88.33	Western Carolina	9	2-6-1	105	11	3-7-1	SoCon
123	-18.89	123	-18.37	102	90.31	Holy Cross	8	2-6-0	106	11	3-8-0	EIC
91	-6.55	93	-7.56	103	90.39	Appalachian State	9	4-4-1	112	11	6-4-1	SoCon
99	-10.05	98	-8.93	104	90.82	Wichita State	11	5-5-1	107	11	5-5-1	MVC
130	-23.33	132	-25.61	105	92.00	East Tennessee State	7	1-6-0	111	11	2-9-0	SoCon
88	-6.17	102	-10.29	106	92.33	Colgate	6	3-3-0	110	10	5-4-1	EIC
126	-19.89	130	-23.12	107	92.61	Louisiana Tech	9	3-6-0	116	11	5-6-0	SLC
108	-12.75	107	-11.21	108	95.28	Indiana State	9	4-5-0	125	11	6-5-0	MVC
84	-4.79	87	-6.84	109	96.14	Louisiana Monroe	7	4-3-0	123	11	7-4-0	SIC
52	4.62	40	9.40	110	96.44	Furman	8	7-1-0	114	11	9-1-1	SoCon
92	-7.39	112	-12.28	111	96.55	Miami OH	11	5-6-0	115	11	5-6-0	MAC
129	-22.60	125	-21.41	112	96.60	Texas Arlington	10	3-7-0	122	11	3-8-0	SLC
103	-11.22	116	-14.47	113	98.05	Bowling Green	11	4-7-0	117	11	4-7-0	MAC
136	-36.11	138	-39.18	114	98.50	Arkansas State	9	0-9-0	120	11	2-9-0	SLC
124	-18.97	129	-23.02	115	100.40	Southern Illinois	10	2-8-0	127	11	3-8-0	MVC
134	-31.33	133	-28.17	116	100.94	Pennsylvania	8	1-7-0	131	10	1-9-0	Ivy
117	-16.00	120	-15.97	117	101.00	New Mexico State	11	3-7-1	121	11	3-7-1	MVC
132	-25.40	128	-22.14	118	102.18	Kent State	11	3-8-0	130	11	3-8-0	MAC
122	-17.34	108	-11.45	119	103.06	Princeton	9	5-4-0	126	10	6-4-0	Ivy
87	-6.10	96	-7.77	120	103.11	Tennessee Chattanooga	9	6-3-0	129	11	8-3-0	SoCon
112	-14.30	111	-12.18	121	103.44	Cornell	9	5-4-0	119	10	5-5-0	Ivy
127	-20.43	127	-21.45	122	105.23	Toledo	11	4-7-0	137	11	4-7-0	MAC
102	-10.92	99	-9.25	123	105.27	Ball State	11	6-5-0	135	11	6-5-0	MAC
82	-3.99	66	1.14	124	105.44	Yale	9	7-2-0	128	10	8-2-0	Ivy
133	-27.12	134	-29.20	125	105.70	Marshall	10	1-8-1	133	11	2-8-1	SoCon
131	-24.36	117	-15.22	126	105.79	Illinois State	7	3-4-0	134	11	4-7-0	EIC
96	-9.73	106	-11.20	127	105.86	Louisiana Lafayette	11	7-4-0	136	11	7-4-0	SLC
105	-11.46	109	-11.68	128	106.68	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	138	11	6-5-0	MAC
107	-12.00	92	-7.11	129	107.36	Northern Illinois	11	7-4-0	139	11	7-4-0	MAC
138	-40.77	137	-38.22	130	107.67	Columbia	9	0-9-0	140	10	1-9-0	Ivy
137	-39.76	135	-30.85	131	108.56	Eastern Michigan	9	1-8-0	147	10	1-9-0	MAC
98	-10.01	91	-7.07	132	108.91	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	142	11	7-4-0	MAC
58	3.78	62	2.21	133	109.20	McNeese State	10	9-1-0	148	12	10-2-0	SLC
83	-4.61	78	-3.70	134	110.17	Drake	9	6-3-0	141	11	8-3-0	MVC
119	-17.09	126	-21.45	135	112.22	Dartmouth	9	4-5-0	143	10	4-6-0	Ivy
109	-13.36	80	-4.28	136	112.30	Harvard	10	7-3-0	145	10	7-3-0	Ivy
93	-8.24	77	-2.68	137	113.00	Central Michigan	10	8-2-0	149	11	9-2-0	MAC
106	-11.54	94	-7.74	138	113.94	Brown	8	5-3-0	146	10	6-4-0	Ivy

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College Football 1980Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1980
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)