1979 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

138 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Alabama FBS · SEC	★	12–0	326.08	414.38	130.23	▲ 1
2	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	11–0–1	323.91	405.49	147.10	▼ 1
3	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	11–1	291.17	364.90	131.11	—
4	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	284.24	341.26	147.33	▲ 1
5	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–1	281.90	361.88	116.01	▲ 1
6	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	278.86	340.84	133.49	▲ 4
7	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	274.77	339.85	126.23	▼ 3
8	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	274.72	341.11	135.55	▼ 1
9	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	266.92	315.65	155.81	▼ 1
10	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	11–1	264.33	301.99	154.82	▲ 1
11	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	257.55	315.44	132.61	▼ 2
12	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	241.98	273.18	166.72	—
13	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	239.12	278.40	157.28	—
14	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	226.96	257.56	149.73	▲ 2
15	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	10–0–1	226.67	281.62	86.02	—
16	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	219.80	231.90	179.80	▲ 1
17	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	8–4	218.39	248.79	157.56	▼ 3
18	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	203.70	242.01	134.77	—
19	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	203.38	214.32	168.96	▲ 6
20	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	8–3	200.54	235.39	130.00	▼ 1
21	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	195.51	200.99	166.44	▼ 1
22	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	192.12	216.07	120.57	▲ 4
23	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	192.07	205.57	173.38	▼ 1
24	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	192.02	200.07	161.85	▼ 3
25	LSU FBS · SEC	—	7–5	188.82	203.51	157.55	▼ 2
26	NC State FBS · ACC	—	7–4	187.81	187.91	172.74	▼ 2
27	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	7–4	180.44	197.54	144.86	—
28	UNLV FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1–2	178.32	213.95	91.82	—
29	McNeese FBS · Southland	—	11–1	175.48	191.27	89.71	—
30	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	172.29	190.54	120.46	▲ 1
31	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	172.19	178.34	157.55	▼ 1
32	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	170.13	212.23	93.45	—
33	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	163.76	157.26	180.83	—
34	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	7–3–1	162.28	176.57	123.61	—
35	TTexas-Arlington FBS · Southland	—	9–2	161.50	199.81	71.28	—
36	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	160.01	164.21	132.10	—
37	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	8–4	156.77	139.81	159.53	—
38	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	7–5	147.69	149.12	140.77	▲ 2
39	California FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	147.56	141.09	159.79	—
40	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	7–5	144.01	134.85	147.18	▼ 2
41	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	143.23	152.26	141.69	—
42	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	6–5	142.10	158.09	122.19	—
43	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	141.65	170.19	101.45	—
44	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	7–4	140.84	135.56	135.44	▲ 1
45	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	140.75	142.19	110.05	▼ 1
46	Chattanooga FBS · Southern	—	9–2	138.94	158.70	71.02	—
47	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–3	137.56	136.94	114.41	—
48	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	136.15	144.41	123.64	—
49	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	133.84	161.67	89.99	—
50	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	6–5	132.99	130.78	138.33	—
51	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	132.94	147.57	129.08	—
52	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	8–1	131.26	147.11	60.66	—
53	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	130.99	128.52	146.40	—
54	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5–1	130.36	126.56	140.06	—
55	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	5–5–1	129.56	129.34	138.18	▲ 1
56	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	129.41	117.17	156.56	▼ 1
57	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	127.16	134.53	110.38	—
58	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	6–3–2	124.53	132.12	99.06	—
59	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	123.33	101.53	162.34	—
60	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	121.28	115.57	148.44	—
61	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	119.58	114.96	111.71	—
62	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5–1	119.23	141.33	92.98	—
63	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–6	114.10	128.33	102.03	—
64	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	6–4–1	111.67	114.41	103.34	—
65	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	4–7	111.19	118.25	130.87	—
66	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–6	109.25	91.35	138.14	▲ 1
67	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	108.91	96.92	134.57	▼ 1
68	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	108.87	102.23	122.11	—
69	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	108.63	103.00	135.41	—
70	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	104.92	115.90	101.84	—
71	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	104.35	110.02	94.19	—
72	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	5–6	103.07	105.86	118.93	—
73	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	102.29	91.43	133.13	—
74	Tennessee State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	100.61	84.53	135.87	—
75	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	3–8	98.37	82.61	153.47	—
76	Furman FBS · Southern	—	5–6	97.69	112.83	88.59	—
77	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	3–6–2	97.44	57.30	180.91	—
78	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	95.09	115.08	68.20	—
79	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	7–4	94.36	82.70	93.75	—
80	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	94.02	103.03	83.42	—
81	Southern Illinois FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	93.43	96.40	62.10	—
82	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	92.17	99.33	78.43	—
83	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	89.91	87.33	135.51	▲ 1
84	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	6–5	89.66	90.66	86.28	▼ 1
85	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	88.34	93.05	75.59	—
86	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	5–5–1	88.22	82.03	97.85	—
87	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	7–3–1	87.65	62.22	97.26	—
88	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	86.09	66.92	139.47	—
89	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	85.20	93.07	84.05	—
90	Western Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–5	85.17	94.02	72.44	—
91	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–6–1	79.74	41.20	150.88	▲ 2
92	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7–1	78.85	50.71	138.57	—
93	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	78.45	78.08	95.99	▼ 2
94	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	78.45	74.62	113.96	—
95	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	77.63	71.03	106.21	—
96	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–8–1	75.88	45.53	168.07	—
97	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	75.31	39.88	161.50	—
98	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	71.85	54.54	97.76	—
99	Indiana State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	70.92	61.53	56.81	—
100	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	70.10	52.68	135.81	▲ 2
101	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	69.59	88.24	67.14	—
102	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	69.07	54.11	113.77	▼ 2
103	VMI FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	68.52	53.09	78.44	—
104	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	66.50	54.04	63.48	—
105	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	66.43	54.65	104.42	—
106	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	65.76	55.68	72.43	—
107	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	64.70	82.16	81.53	—
108	William & Mary FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	59.79	58.40	91.27	—
109	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	55.76	6.86	191.20	▲ 1
110	Duke FBS · ACC	—	2–8–1	53.99	19.90	149.59	▼ 1
111	Illinois State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	52.04	53.43	83.90	▲ 1
112	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	51.78	1.08	159.95	▲ 1
113	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	51.53	24.65	128.33	▲ 1
114	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	51.48	12.02	148.85	▼ 3
115	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	1–10	51.22	29.06	141.91	—
116	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	4–7	45.87	38.21	78.94	—
117	North Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	45.73	19.22	95.84	—
118	Florida FBS · SEC	—	0–10–1	45.44	4.04	172.62	—
119	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	2–8–1	45.26	13.77	136.38	—
120	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8–1	42.86	1.00	146.86	▲ 3
121	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	42.77	58.44	86.98	▼ 1
122	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	1–10	42.56	19.91	142.10	—
123	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–8–1	42.38	38.39	90.64	▼ 2
124	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	2–9	40.60	39.30	95.04	—
125	App State FBS · Southern	—	3–8	37.67	21.07	98.13	—
126	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	4–7	33.86	17.50	79.43	—
127	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	30.08	1.00	140.18	—
128	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	24.77	2.51	108.91	—
129	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	3–7	19.15	1.00	76.22	—
130	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	18.51	1.70	91.88	—
131	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	17.78	1.00	103.24	—
132	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	17.78	1.00	77.93	—
133	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	17.39	1.00	76.99	—
134	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–10	17.07	1.00	104.76	—
135	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	13.18	1.00	76.37	—
136	Marshall FBS · Southern	—	1–10	11.25	1.00	91.54	—
137	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	0–9	6.00	1.00	73.06	—
138	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–11	3.74	1.00	91.59	—