College Football 1980
Ranking of Division I-A 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 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
9	26.41	8	25.52	1	34.05	Southern California	11	12	11	8-2-1	1	11	8-2-1	PAC-10
14	21.99	13	22.42	2	35.45	Miami (FL)	18	18	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	5	5	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	8	10	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	2	2	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	EIC
20	17.47	16	20.39	10	38.96	Florida		20	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	3	3	12	10-2-0	18	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
11	25.81	5	28.76	21	43.38	Notre Dame	9	14	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	7	7	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	6	6	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	LSU			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	16	19	11	7-4-0	36	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
8	26.72	1	34.49	37	49.46	Georgia	1	1	12	12-0-0	38	12	12-0-0	SEC
16	19.90	19	17.81	38	49.71	Ohio State	15	15	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	20		12	8-4-0	43	12	8-4-0	SWAC
10	26.34	11	23.28	44	50.96	Michigan	4	4	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	19	8	12	9-3-0	44	12	9-3-0	SEC
15	20.96	9	25.28	47	51.38	North Carolina		9	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	13		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	17	17	12	9-3-0	59	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
21	16.62	20	16.64	61	55.42	Washington	10	16	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	14	13	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	12	11	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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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