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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1980 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
8	26.72	1	34.49	37	49.46	Georgia	12	12-0-0	1	12	12-0-0	SEC
4	30.11	2	32.47	20	43.33	Oklahoma	12	10-2-0	2	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
1	35.98	3	30.72	4	35.88	Florida State	12	10-2-0	3	12	10-2-0	SIC
3	31.13	4	29.73	9	38.71	Pittsburgh	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	EIC
11	25.81	5	28.76	21	43.38	Notre Dame	12	9-2-1	5	12	9-2-1	EIC
7	27.40	6	26.90	50	51.55	UCLA	11	9-2-0	6	11	9-2-0	PAC-10
2	34.44	7	25.95	23	43.46	Nebraska	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
9	26.41	8	25.52	1	34.05	Southern California	11	8-2-1	8	11	8-2-1	PAC-10
15	20.96	9	25.28	47	51.38	North Carolina	12	11-1-0	10	12	11-1-0	ACC
6	27.80	10	25.25	7	37.79	Penn State	12	10-2-0	9	12	10-2-0	EIC
10	26.34	11	23.28	44	50.96	Michigan	12	10-2-0	12	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
12	25.09	12	23.21	77	67.58	Brigham Young	13	12-1-0	11	13	12-1-0	WAC
14	21.99	13	22.42	2	35.45	Miami FL	11	8-3-0	13	12	9-3-0	SIC
5	28.89	14	21.69	29	45.54	Alabama	12	10-2-0	14	12	10-2-0	SEC
13	22.89	15	21.18	64	57.00	Baylor	12	10-2-0	15	12	10-2-0	SWAC
20	17.47	16	20.39	10	38.96	Florida	12	8-4-0	16	12	8-4-0	SEC
22	16.18	17	19.12	46	51.29	Mississippi State	12	9-3-0	17	12	9-3-0	SEC
25	15.56	18	17.89	60	54.50	Purdue	12	9-3-0	18	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
16	19.90	19	17.81	38	49.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
21	16.62	20	16.64	61	55.42	Washington	12	9-3-0	20	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
27	14.32	21	16.30	55	53.50	South Carolina	12	8-4-0	22	12	8-4-0	SIC
30	13.38	22	16.03	19	43.25	Maryland	12	8-4-0	23	12	8-4-0	ACC
23	15.79	23	15.32	36	49.23	Arizona State	11	7-4-0	24	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
40	9.01	24	14.16	33	47.55	Clemson	11	6-5-0	30	11	6-5-0	ACC
28	13.79	25	14.07	32	47.05	Louisiana State	11	7-4-0	26	11	7-4-0	SEC
17	19.21	26	13.84	43	50.42	Southern Methodist	12	8-4-0	27	12	8-4-0	SWAC
19	18.48	27	13.62	56	53.54	Missouri	12	8-4-0	28	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
31	12.75	28	13.11	73	65.42	Navy	12	8-4-0	33	12	8-4-0	EIC
41	8.45	29	12.99	53	53.25	Louisville	10	5-5-0	29	11	5-6-0	SIC
18	18.57	30	12.86	31	46.86	Oregon	11	6-3-2	32	11	6-3-2	PAC-10
26	14.34	31	12.80	12	39.75	Houston	12	7-5-0	34	12	7-5-0	SWAC
32	12.48	32	12.67	28	45.42	Texas	12	7-5-0	31	12	7-5-0	SWAC
29	13.69	33	11.86	22	43.41	Stanford	11	6-5-0	35	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
37	9.98	34	11.32	59	54.40	Boston College	10	6-4-0	25	11	7-4-0	EIC
39	9.54	35	11.06	80	69.00	Southern Mississippi	12	9-3-0	37	12	9-3-0	SIC
68	0.97	36	10.87	92	80.75	Hawaii	10	7-3-0	36	11	8-3-0	WAC
33	12.17	37	10.43	75	66.15	Virginia Tech	10	6-4-0	39	12	8-4-0	SIC
34	12.15	38	10.03	14	41.09	Kansas	11	4-5-2	38	11	4-5-2	BIG 8
53	4.35	39	9.95	58	54.36	North Carolina State	11	6-5-0	41	11	6-5-0	ACC
52	4.62	40	9.40	110	96.44	Furman	8	7-1-0	48	11	9-1-1	SoCon
63	2.75	41	9.23	100	88.20	Cal State Long Beach	10	8-2-0	40	11	8-3-0	BWC
24	15.57	42	8.39	30	45.68	Tennessee	11	5-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	SEC
36	10.04	43	8.04	42	50.42	Arkansas	12	7-5-0	44	12	7-5-0	SWAC
38	9.70	44	7.98	65	57.09	Iowa State	11	6-5-0	42	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
55	4.28	45	6.55	8	38.68	Rice	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SWAC
43	7.51	46	6.29	40	50.00	Syracuse	11	5-6-0	47	11	5-6-0	EIC
42	7.61	47	6.18	5	36.00	Texas A&M	11	4-7-0	50	11	4-7-0	SWAC
35	10.29	48	6.03	25	44.82	Auburn	11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	SEC
50	5.08	49	5.67	52	53.00	West Virginia	12	6-6-0	51	12	6-6-0	EIC
46	6.35	50	5.46	68	61.04	Tulane	12	7-5-0	53	12	7-5-0	SIC
61	3.08	51	4.70	62	55.73	Minnesota	11	5-6-0	58	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
54	4.35	52	4.61	70	62.50	Indiana	11	6-5-0	56	11	6-5-0	BIG 10
56	4.19	53	4.51	41	50.18	Texas Tech	11	5-6-0	59	11	5-6-0	SWAC
49	5.09	54	4.46	86	72.18	Nevada Las Vegas	11	7-4-0	55	11	7-4-0	SIC
66	1.97	55	4.17	99	87.50	Tulsa	11	8-3-0	57	11	8-3-0	MVC
45	6.61	56	3.88	79	68.80	Utah	10	5-4-1	60	11	5-5-1	WAC
48	5.23	57	3.38	94	81.61	Villanova	9	6-3-0	72	11	6-5-0	EIC
75	-1.77	58	3.20	17	42.09	Virginia	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	ACC
59	3.49	59	3.18	93	81.14	Rutgers	11	7-4-0	61	11	7-4-0	EIC
62	2.80	60	2.72	35	48.55	Wisconsin	11	4-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
73	-1.02	61	2.34	78	68.18	Colorado State	11	6-4-1	64	11	6-4-1	WAC
58	3.78	62	2.21	133	109.20	McNeese State	10	9-1-0	74	12	10-2-0	SLC
72	0.53	63	1.83	49	51.55	Arizona	11	5-6-0	65	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
44	7.46	64	1.64	63	56.59	Wake Forest	11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	ACC
65	2.46	65	1.16	18	42.59	Kentucky	11	3-8-0	66	11	3-8-0	SEC
82	-3.99	66	1.14	124	105.44	Yale	9	7-2-0	54	10	8-2-0	Ivy
51	4.66	67	0.76	13	40.95	Mississippi	11	3-8-0	70	11	3-8-0	SEC
57	4.02	68	0.75	91	77.05	Wyoming	11	6-5-0	68	11	6-5-0	WAC
67	1.10	69	0.62	48	51.45	Illinois	11	3-7-1	69	11	3-7-1	BIG 10
60	3.20	70	0.33	57	53.73	Iowa	11	4-7-0	71	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
70	0.89	71	-0.77	74	65.44	San Jose State	9	5-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	BWC
69	0.95	72	-0.83	89	74.32	North Texas	11	6-5-0	76	11	6-5-0	SIC
64	2.68	73	-0.99	51	52.45	Oklahoma State	11	3-7-1	73	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
47	5.78	74	-1.04	67	60.23	Washington State	11	4-7-0	77	11	4-7-0	PAC-10
76	-2.41	75	-1.22	69	61.70	East Carolina	10	4-6-0	78	11	4-7-0	SIC
71	0.64	76	-2.58	76	66.56	Utah State	9	4-5-0	79	11	6-5-0	BWC
93	-8.24	77	-2.68	137	113.00	Central Michigan	10	8-2-0	84	11	9-2-0	MAC
83	-4.61	78	-3.70	134	110.17	Drake	9	6-3-0	81	11	8-3-0	MVC
80	-3.65	79	-4.17	88	73.23	Richmond	11	5-6-0	83	11	5-6-0	SIC
109	-13.36	80	-4.28	136	112.30	Harvard	10	7-3-0	86	10	7-3-0	Ivy
74	-1.38	81	-4.34	39	49.95	Michigan State	11	3-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
100	-10.07	82	-4.90	71	64.38	San Diego State	12	4-8-0	85	12	4-8-0	WAC
89	-6.20	83	-5.08	27	45.12	Temple	8	2-6-0	89	11	4-7-0	EIC
78	-2.76	84	-5.23	90	76.86	Citadel	7	3-4-0	82	11	7-4-0	SoCon
77	-2.56	85	-5.31	15	41.27	California	11	3-8-0	88	11	3-8-0	PAC-10
94	-8.65	86	-5.66	24	44.50	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	90	11	2-9-0	SEC
84	-4.79	87	-6.84	109	96.14	Louisiana Monroe	7	4-3-0	91	11	7-4-0	SIC
86	-5.57	88	-6.94	34	47.68	Duke	11	2-9-0	95	11	2-9-0	ACC
81	-3.70	89	-7.00	66	59.35	Army	10	3-7-0	93	11	3-7-1	EIC
79	-2.82	90	-7.05	3	35.55	Texas Christian	11	1-10-0	94	11	1-10-0	SWAC
98	-10.01	91	-7.07	132	108.91	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	103	11	7-4-0	MAC
107	-12.00	92	-7.11	129	107.36	Northern Illinois	11	7-4-0	101	11	7-4-0	MAC
91	-6.55	93	-7.56	103	90.39	Appalachian State	9	4-4-1	104	11	6-4-1	SoCon
106	-11.54	94	-7.74	138	113.94	Brown	8	5-3-0	107	10	6-4-0	Ivy
90	-6.31	95	-7.77	45	51.25	Kansas State	10	2-8-0	96	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
87	-6.10	96	-7.77	120	103.11	Tennessee Chattanooga	9	6-3-0	105	11	8-3-0	SoCon
95	-8.93	97	-7.99	72	64.73	New Mexico	11	4-7-0	97	11	4-7-0	WAC
99	-10.05	98	-8.93	104	90.82	Wichita State	11	5-5-1	102	11	5-5-1	MVC
102	-10.92	99	-9.25	123	105.27	Ball State	11	6-5-0	114	11	6-5-0	MAC
101	-10.53	100	-9.61	95	82.44	Fresno State	9	3-6-0	99	11	5-6-0	BWC
97	-9.75	101	-10.02	54	53.42	Air Force	12	2-9-1	106	12	2-9-1	WAC
88	-6.17	102	-10.29	106	92.33	Colgate	6	3-3-0	100	10	5-4-1	EIC
85	-5.37	103	-10.32	6	37.36	Georgia Tech	11	1-9-1	111	11	1-9-1	SIC
111	-13.62	104	-10.38	81	69.27	Pacific	11	3-8-0	109	12	4-8-0	BWC
113	-14.36	105	-10.90	84	69.68	Cincinnati	11	2-9-0	113	11	2-9-0	EIC
96	-9.73	106	-11.20	127	105.86	Louisiana Lafayette	11	7-4-0	110	11	7-4-0	SLC
108	-12.75	107	-11.21	108	95.28	Indiana State	9	4-5-0	108	11	6-5-0	MVC
122	-17.34	108	-11.45	119	103.06	Princeton	9	5-4-0	112	10	6-4-0	Ivy
105	-11.46	109	-11.68	128	106.68	Ohio University	11	6-5-0	118	11	6-5-0	MAC
115	-14.44	110	-12.13	96	85.00	Virginia Military	10	3-6-1	116	11	3-7-1	SoCon
112	-14.30	111	-12.18	121	103.44	Cornell	9	5-4-0	121	10	5-5-0	Ivy
92	-7.39	112	-12.28	111	96.55	Miami OH	11	5-6-0	119	11	5-6-0	MAC
114	-14.38	113	-13.12	98	86.15	West Texas A&M	10	4-6-0	117	11	5-6-0	MVC
104	-11.33	114	-13.78	87	72.50	Cal State Fullerton	7	1-6-0	120	11	4-7-0	BWC
110	-13.40	115	-14.25	11	39.55	Colorado	11	1-10-0	122	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
103	-11.22	116	-14.47	113	98.05	Bowling Green	11	4-7-0	124	11	4-7-0	MAC
131	-24.36	117	-15.22	126	105.79	Illinois State	7	3-4-0	135	11	4-7-0	EIC
118	-16.88	118	-15.46	101	88.33	Western Carolina	9	2-6-1	123	11	3-7-1	SoCon
120	-17.14	119	-15.82	16	41.86	Oregon State	11	0-11-0	126	11	0-11-0	PAC-10
117	-16.00	120	-15.97	117	101.00	New Mexico State	11	3-7-1	125	11	3-7-1	MVC
121	-17.17	121	-16.30	85	70.80	William & Mary	10	2-8-0	127	11	2-9-0	SIC
125	-19.36	122	-16.83	26	45.00	Northwestern	11	0-11-0	128	11	0-11-0	BIG 10
123	-18.89	123	-18.37	102	90.31	Holy Cross	8	2-6-0	129	11	3-8-0	EIC
116	-14.53	124	-19.21	82	69.32	Memphis	11	2-9-0	132	11	2-9-0	SIC
129	-22.60	125	-21.41	112	96.60	Texas Arlington	10	3-7-0	136	11	3-8-0	SLC
119	-17.09	126	-21.45	135	112.22	Dartmouth	9	4-5-0	134	10	4-6-0	Ivy
127	-20.43	127	-21.45	122	105.23	Toledo	11	4-7-0	138	11	4-7-0	MAC
132	-25.40	128	-22.14	118	102.18	Kent State	11	3-8-0	140	11	3-8-0	MAC
124	-18.97	129	-23.02	115	100.40	Southern Illinois	10	2-8-0	133	11	3-8-0	MVC
126	-19.89	130	-23.12	107	92.61	Louisiana Tech	9	3-6-0	130	11	5-6-0	SLC
128	-22.02	131	-23.72	83	69.46	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	139	12	1-11-0	WAC
130	-23.33	132	-25.61	105	92.00	East Tennessee State	7	1-6-0	141	11	2-9-0	SoCon
134	-31.33	133	-28.17	116	100.94	Pennsylvania	8	1-7-0	147	10	1-9-0	Ivy
133	-27.12	134	-29.20	125	105.70	Marshall	10	1-8-1	143	11	2-8-1	SoCon
137	-39.76	135	-30.85	131	108.56	Eastern Michigan	9	1-8-0	149	10	1-9-0	MAC
135	-33.21	136	-31.02	97	85.56	Lamar	9	1-8-0	144	11	3-8-0	SLC
138	-40.77	137	-38.22	130	107.67	Columbia	9	0-9-0	148	10	1-9-0	Ivy
136	-36.11	138	-39.18	114	98.50	Arkansas State	9	0-9-0	152	11	2-9-0	SLC

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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 Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)