College Football 1980
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1980	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

Links to the same page for other seasons
1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971

1980 - 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	35.98	3	30.72	4	35.88	Florida State	12	10-2-0	1	12	10-2-0	SIC
2	34.44	7	25.95	23	43.46	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
3	31.13	4	29.73	9	38.71	Pittsburgh	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	EIC
4	30.11	2	32.47	20	43.33	Oklahoma	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
5	28.89	14	21.69	29	45.54	Alabama	12	10-2-0	5	12	10-2-0	SEC
6	27.80	10	25.25	7	37.79	Penn State	12	10-2-0	6	12	10-2-0	EIC
7	27.40	6	26.90	50	51.55	UCLA	11	9-2-0	7	11	9-2-0	PAC-10
8	26.72	1	34.49	37	49.46	Georgia	12	12-0-0	8	12	12-0-0	SEC
9	26.41	8	25.52	1	34.05	Southern California	11	8-2-1	9	11	8-2-1	PAC-10
10	26.34	11	23.28	44	50.96	Michigan	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
11	25.81	5	28.76	21	43.38	Notre Dame	12	9-2-1	11	12	9-2-1	EIC
12	25.09	12	23.21	77	67.58	Brigham Young	13	12-1-0	12	13	12-1-0	WAC
13	22.89	15	21.18	64	57.00	Baylor	12	10-2-0	13	12	10-2-0	SWAC
14	21.99	13	22.42	2	35.45	Miami FL	11	8-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	SIC
15	20.96	9	25.28	47	51.38	North Carolina	12	11-1-0	15	12	11-1-0	ACC
16	19.90	19	17.81	38	49.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	16	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
17	19.21	26	13.84	43	50.42	Southern Methodist	12	8-4-0	17	12	8-4-0	SWAC
18	18.57	30	12.86	31	46.86	Oregon	11	6-3-2	18	11	6-3-2	PAC-10
19	18.48	27	13.62	56	53.54	Missouri	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
20	17.47	16	20.39	10	38.96	Florida	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	SEC
21	16.62	20	16.64	61	55.42	Washington	12	9-3-0	21	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
22	16.18	17	19.12	46	51.29	Mississippi State	12	9-3-0	22	12	9-3-0	SEC
23	15.79	23	15.32	36	49.23	Arizona State	11	7-4-0	23	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
24	15.57	42	8.39	30	45.68	Tennessee	11	5-6-0	25	11	5-6-0	SEC
25	15.56	18	17.89	60	54.50	Purdue	12	9-3-0	24	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
26	14.34	31	12.80	12	39.75	Houston	12	7-5-0	27	12	7-5-0	SWAC
27	14.32	21	16.30	55	53.50	South Carolina	12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	SIC
28	13.79	25	14.07	32	47.05	Louisiana State	11	7-4-0	29	11	7-4-0	SEC
29	13.69	33	11.86	22	43.41	Stanford	11	6-5-0	28	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
30	13.38	22	16.03	19	43.25	Maryland	12	8-4-0	30	12	8-4-0	ACC
31	12.75	28	13.11	73	65.42	Navy	12	8-4-0	31	12	8-4-0	EIC
32	12.48	32	12.67	28	45.42	Texas	12	7-5-0	32	12	7-5-0	SWAC
33	12.17	37	10.43	75	66.15	Virginia Tech	10	6-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	SIC
34	12.15	38	10.03	14	41.09	Kansas	11	4-5-2	34	11	4-5-2	BIG 8
35	10.29	48	6.03	25	44.82	Auburn	11	5-6-0	37	11	5-6-0	SEC
36	10.04	43	8.04	42	50.42	Arkansas	12	7-5-0	38	12	7-5-0	SWAC
37	9.98	34	11.32	59	54.40	Boston College	10	6-4-0	36	11	7-4-0	EIC
38	9.70	44	7.98	65	57.09	Iowa State	11	6-5-0	41	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
39	9.54	35	11.06	80	69.00	Southern Mississippi	12	9-3-0	40	12	9-3-0	SIC
40	9.01	24	14.16	33	47.55	Clemson	11	6-5-0	42	11	6-5-0	ACC
41	8.45	29	12.99	53	53.25	Louisville	10	5-5-0	43	11	5-6-0	SIC
42	7.61	47	6.18	5	36.00	Texas A&M	11	4-7-0	46	11	4-7-0	SWAC
43	7.51	46	6.29	40	50.00	Syracuse	11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	EIC
44	7.46	64	1.64	63	56.59	Wake Forest	11	5-6-0	44	11	5-6-0	ACC
45	6.61	56	3.88	79	68.80	Utah	10	5-4-1	47	11	5-5-1	WAC
46	6.35	50	5.46	68	61.04	Tulane	12	7-5-0	48	12	7-5-0	SIC
47	5.78	74	-1.04	67	60.23	Washington State	11	4-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
48	5.23	57	3.38	94	81.61	Villanova	9	6-3-0	68	11	6-5-0	EIC
49	5.09	54	4.46	86	72.18	Nevada Las Vegas	11	7-4-0	50	11	7-4-0	SIC
50	5.08	49	5.67	52	53.00	West Virginia	12	6-6-0	51	12	6-6-0	EIC
51	4.66	67	0.76	13	40.95	Mississippi	11	3-8-0	52	11	3-8-0	SEC
52	4.62	40	9.40	110	96.44	Furman	8	7-1-0	57	11	9-1-1	SoCon
53	4.35	39	9.95	58	54.36	North Carolina State	11	6-5-0	54	11	6-5-0	ACC
54	4.35	52	4.61	70	62.50	Indiana	11	6-5-0	53	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
55	4.28	45	6.55	8	38.68	Rice	11	5-6-0	56	11	5-6-0	SWAC
56	4.19	53	4.51	41	50.18	Texas Tech	11	5-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	SWAC
57	4.02	68	0.75	91	77.05	Wyoming	11	6-5-0	58	11	6-5-0	WAC
58	3.78	62	2.21	133	109.20	McNeese State	10	9-1-0	74	12	10-2-0	SLC
59	3.49	59	3.18	93	81.14	Rutgers	11	7-4-0	59	11	7-4-0	EIC
60	3.20	70	0.33	57	53.73	Iowa	11	4-7-0	60	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
61	3.08	51	4.70	62	55.73	Minnesota	11	5-6-0	61	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
62	2.80	60	2.72	35	48.55	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
63	2.75	41	9.23	100	88.20	Cal State Long Beach	10	8-2-0	63	11	8-3-0	BWC
64	2.68	73	-0.99	51	52.45	Oklahoma State	11	3-7-1	64	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
65	2.46	65	1.16	18	42.59	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	65	11	3-8-0	SEC
66	1.97	55	4.17	99	87.50	Tulsa	11	8-3-0	66	11	8-3-0	MVC
67	1.10	69	0.62	48	51.45	Illinois	11	3-7-1	69	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
68	0.97	36	10.87	92	80.75	Hawaii	10	7-3-0	70	11	8-3-0	WAC
69	0.95	72	-0.83	89	74.32	North Texas	11	6-5-0	75	11	6-5-0	SIC
70	0.89	71	-0.77	74	65.44	San Jose State	9	5-4-0	71	11	7-4-0	BWC
71	0.64	76	-2.58	76	66.56	Utah State	9	4-5-0	72	11	6-5-0	BWC
72	0.53	63	1.83	49	51.55	Arizona	11	5-6-0	73	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
73	-1.02	61	2.34	78	68.18	Colorado State	11	6-4-1	76	11	6-4-1	WAC
74	-1.38	81	-4.34	39	49.95	Michigan State	11	3-8-0	77	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
75	-1.77	58	3.20	17	42.09	Virginia	11	4-7-0	82	11	4-7-0	ACC
76	-2.41	75	-1.22	69	61.70	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	81	11	4-7-0	SIC
77	-2.56	85	-5.31	15	41.27	California	11	3-8-0	83	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
78	-2.76	84	-5.23	90	76.86	Citadel	7	3-4-0	80	11	7-4-0	SoCon
79	-2.82	90	-7.05	3	35.55	Texas Christian	11	1-10-0	84	11	1-10-0	SWAC
80	-3.65	79	-4.17	88	73.23	Richmond	11	5-6-0	85	11	5-6-0	SIC
81	-3.70	89	-7.00	66	59.35	Army	10	3-7-0	86	11	3-7-1	EIC
82	-3.99	66	1.14	124	105.44	Yale	9	7-2-0	79	10	8-2-0	Ivy
83	-4.61	78	-3.70	134	110.17	Drake	9	6-3-0	88	11	8-3-0	MVC
84	-4.79	87	-6.84	109	96.14	Louisiana Monroe	7	4-3-0	99	11	7-4-0	SIC
85	-5.37	103	-10.32	6	37.36	Georgia Tech	11	1-9-1	91	11	1-9-1	SIC
86	-5.57	88	-6.94	34	47.68	Duke	11	2-9-0	92	11	2-9-0	ACC
87	-6.10	96	-7.77	120	103.11	Tennessee Chattanooga	9	6-3-0	89	11	8-3-0	SoCon
88	-6.17	102	-10.29	106	92.33	Colgate	6	3-3-0	90	10	5-4-1	EIC
89	-6.20	83	-5.08	27	45.12	Temple	8	2-6-0	97	11	4-7-0	EIC
90	-6.31	95	-7.77	45	51.25	Kansas State	10	2-8-0	94	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
91	-6.55	93	-7.56	103	90.39	Appalachian State	9	4-4-1	93	11	6-4-1	SoCon
92	-7.39	112	-12.28	111	96.55	Miami OH	11	5-6-0	95	11	5-6-0	MAC
93	-8.24	77	-2.68	137	113.00	Central Michigan	10	8-2-0	96	11	9-2-0	MAC
94	-8.65	86	-5.66	24	44.50	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	100	11	2-9-0	SEC
95	-8.93	97	-7.99	72	64.73	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	101	11	4-7-0	WAC
96	-9.73	106	-11.20	127	105.86	Louisiana Lafayette	11	7-4-0	109	11	7-4-0	SLC
97	-9.75	101	-10.02	54	53.42	Air Force	12	2-9-1	102	12	2-9-1	WAC
98	-10.01	91	-7.07	132	108.91	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	103	11	7-4-0	MAC
99	-10.05	98	-8.93	104	90.82	Wichita State	11	5-5-1	104	11	5-5-1	MVC
100	-10.07	82	-4.90	71	64.38	San Diego State	12	4-8-0	105	12	4-8-0	WAC
101	-10.53	100	-9.61	95	82.44	Fresno State	9	3-6-0	106	11	5-6-0	BWC
102	-10.92	99	-9.25	123	105.27	Ball State	11	6-5-0	108	11	6-5-0	MAC
103	-11.22	116	-14.47	113	98.05	Bowling Green	11	4-7-0	110	11	4-7-0	MAC
104	-11.33	114	-13.78	87	72.50	Cal State Fullerton	7	1-6-0	112	11	4-7-0	BWC
105	-11.46	109	-11.68	128	106.68	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	111	11	6-5-0	MAC
106	-11.54	94	-7.74	138	113.94	Brown	8	5-3-0	107	10	6-4-0	Ivy
107	-12.00	92	-7.11	129	107.36	Northern Illinois	11	7-4-0	115	11	7-4-0	MAC
108	-12.75	107	-11.21	108	95.28	Indiana State	9	4-5-0	113	11	6-5-0	MVC
109	-13.36	80	-4.28	136	112.30	Harvard	10	7-3-0	114	10	7-3-0	Ivy
110	-13.40	115	-14.25	11	39.55	Colorado	11	1-10-0	119	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
111	-13.62	104	-10.38	81	69.27	Pacific	11	3-8-0	120	12	4-8-0	BWC
112	-14.30	111	-12.18	121	103.44	Cornell	9	5-4-0	118	10	5-5-0	Ivy
113	-14.36	105	-10.90	84	69.68	Cincinnati	11	2-9-0	123	11	2-9-0	EIC
114	-14.38	113	-13.12	98	86.15	West Texas A&M	10	4-6-0	121	11	5-6-0	MVC
115	-14.44	110	-12.13	96	85.00	Virginia Military	10	3-6-1	117	11	3-7-1	SoCon
116	-14.53	124	-19.21	82	69.32	Memphis	11	2-9-0	122	11	2-9-0	SIC
117	-16.00	120	-15.97	117	101.00	New Mexico State	11	3-7-1	127	11	3-7-1	MVC
118	-16.88	118	-15.46	101	88.33	Western Carolina	9	2-6-1	126	11	3-7-1	SoCon
119	-17.09	126	-21.45	135	112.22	Dartmouth	9	4-5-0	128	10	4-6-0	Ivy
120	-17.14	119	-15.82	16	41.86	Oregon State	11	0-11-0	130	11	0-11-0	PAC-10
121	-17.17	121	-16.30	85	70.80	William & Mary	10	2-8-0	124	11	2-9-0	SIC
122	-17.34	108	-11.45	119	103.06	Princeton	9	5-4-0	129	10	6-4-0	Ivy
123	-18.89	123	-18.37	102	90.31	Holy Cross	8	2-6-0	125	11	3-8-0	EIC
124	-18.97	129	-23.02	115	100.40	Southern Illinois	10	2-8-0	131	11	3-8-0	MVC
125	-19.36	122	-16.83	26	45.00	Northwestern	11	0-11-0	133	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
126	-19.89	130	-23.12	107	92.61	Louisiana Tech	9	3-6-0	134	11	5-6-0	SLC
127	-20.43	127	-21.45	122	105.23	Toledo	11	4-7-0	135	11	4-7-0	MAC
128	-22.02	131	-23.72	83	69.46	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	137	12	1-11-0	WAC
129	-22.60	125	-21.41	112	96.60	Texas Arlington	10	3-7-0	141	11	3-8-0	SLC
130	-23.33	132	-25.61	105	92.00	East Tennessee State	7	1-6-0	138	11	2-9-0	SoCon
131	-24.36	117	-15.22	126	105.79	Illinois State	7	3-4-0	139	11	4-7-0	EIC
132	-25.40	128	-22.14	118	102.18	Kent State	11	3-8-0	142	11	3-8-0	MAC
133	-27.12	134	-29.20	125	105.70	Marshall	10	1-8-1	143	11	2-8-1	SoCon
134	-31.33	133	-28.17	116	100.94	Pennsylvania	8	1-7-0	147	10	1-9-0	Ivy
135	-33.21	136	-31.02	97	85.56	Lamar	9	1-8-0	148	11	3-8-0	SLC
136	-36.11	138	-39.18	114	98.50	Arkansas State	9	0-9-0	150	11	2-9-0	SLC
137	-39.76	135	-30.85	131	108.56	Eastern Michigan	9	1-8-0	152	10	1-9-0	MAC
138	-40.77	137	-38.22	130	107.67	Columbia	9	0-9-0	149	10	1-9-0	Ivy

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1980	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

Links to the same page for other seasons
1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972

Navigation - College Football
Rankings Home Page	Main Page 1980	Rankings - All Seasons	Teams - All Seasons	Historical Team Comparisons	Top of this page

       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Tue Mar  3 22:07:19 2026

College Football 1980Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 1980
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1980/9/6 and 1981/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)