1980 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

138 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	333.43	402.51	182.55	—
2	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	316.78	385.61	170.27	—
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	10–2	314.05	397.13	153.66	▲ 1
4	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	12–1	308.13	398.66	114.72	▼ 1
5	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	305.87	368.67	161.19	—
6	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	290.06	351.73	160.34	▲ 1
7	Georgia FBS · SEC	★	12–0	282.12	339.58	137.93	▲ 2
8	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	279.96	318.34	176.13	▼ 2
9	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2–1	263.80	300.92	167.83	▼ 1
10	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	8–2–1	261.20	310.38	162.85	—
11	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	259.44	318.78	132.75	▲ 2
12	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	11–1	254.46	300.85	134.04	—
13	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	10–2	243.12	284.60	138.09	▼ 2
14	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	9–2	232.86	271.81	141.22	—
15	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	222.97	263.72	133.99	—
16	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	222.93	240.74	171.71	—
17	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	9–3	214.39	229.26	159.61	▲ 1
18	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	205.33	234.18	147.30	▲ 1
19	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	202.71	210.90	160.51	▼ 2
20	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	201.45	230.13	128.79	▲ 1
21	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	192.92	216.60	127.92	▼ 1
22	Florida FBS · SEC	—	8–4	188.57	190.18	170.80	—
23	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	184.03	194.88	147.15	—
24	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	181.85	191.80	150.23	—
25	Furman FBS · Southern	—	9–1–1	181.04	217.35	87.09	—
26	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	176.47	176.18	157.10	▲ 1
27	McNeese FBS · Southland	—	10–2	176.24	220.05	68.04	▼ 1
28	LSU FBS · SEC	—	7–4	173.83	173.63	162.04	—
29	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	6–3–2	172.28	186.42	141.66	—
30	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	169.87	180.34	152.80	—
31	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	168.31	173.89	125.21	—
32	Tennessee State FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	163.54	157.83	162.13	—
33	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–6	162.67	172.36	161.70	▲ 2
34	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	8–3	162.13	174.88	110.56	▼ 1
35	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	161.56	168.90	136.02	▼ 1
36	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	156.74	174.93	149.36	—
37	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	5–6	154.70	153.72	167.02	▲ 1
38	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	154.62	166.78	134.81	▼ 1
39	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	6–5	147.95	142.32	152.82	▲ 1
40	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	146.02	128.90	160.68	▼ 1
41	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	141.08	157.19	93.08	—
42	NC State FBS · ACC	—	6–5	140.12	139.80	141.90	—
43	UNLV FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	140.10	148.03	114.11	▲ 1
44	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	7–4	139.66	166.74	99.11	▼ 1
45	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	4–5–2	139.06	128.41	168.51	▲ 1
46	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–3	137.77	152.38	94.70	▼ 1
47	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	135.81	150.09	119.91	—
48	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	135.30	147.45	103.79	▲ 2
49	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–5–1	135.10	131.98	137.29	—
50	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	134.58	125.25	173.69	▼ 2
51	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	7–4	132.07	145.16	106.77	—
52	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	5–6	129.39	134.39	134.56	—
53	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	129.13	101.94	161.51	▲ 1
54	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	127.91	155.23	123.70	▲ 1
55	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	125.63	111.90	156.10	▲ 1
56	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	124.19	124.35	104.91	▼ 3
57	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	119.68	136.36	53.13	—
58	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	119.66	111.91	145.87	—
59	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	8–2	118.15	123.15	71.57	—
60	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–4–1	115.25	116.87	111.57	▲ 1
61	North Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	115.21	101.81	125.89	▲ 1
62	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	115.02	100.58	116.45	▼ 2
63	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	3–8	114.56	102.47	170.68	—
64	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	8–3	112.77	142.33	54.71	—
65	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	112.05	96.86	152.72	▲ 2
66	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	111.93	85.23	147.38	—
67	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	7–4	111.78	130.81	70.47	▼ 2
68	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	109.45	104.63	119.18	—
69	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	108.77	130.51	70.22	—
70	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	107.19	91.83	144.56	—
71	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	105.64	84.10	141.20	—
72	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	104.43	116.99	86.92	—
73	California FBS · Pac-10	—	3–8	103.05	94.41	156.14	▲ 1
74	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	101.44	70.84	152.25	▼ 1
75	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–8	99.70	105.96	123.19	—
76	App State FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	99.48	107.90	79.90	▲ 1
77	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	3–7–1	99.31	86.28	152.13	▼ 1
78	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	97.33	93.69	93.46	—
79	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	97.26	108.35	94.16	—
80	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	5–5	97.21	114.75	74.37	—
81	Chattanooga FBS · Southern	—	8–3	96.37	98.61	65.73	▲ 1
82	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	95.83	100.95	121.56	▼ 1
83	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	6–5	90.54	76.87	114.85	—
84	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	88.64	88.38	78.11	—
85	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	4–7	87.69	71.60	141.06	—
86	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	84.13	84.34	65.66	—
87	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	83.15	89.98	90.66	—
88	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	6–4	82.48	82.59	70.90	—
89	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	3–8	81.76	45.63	168.97	▲ 1
90	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	6–5	79.92	57.95	108.16	▼ 1
91	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	7–3	75.73	72.54	56.51	—
92	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	75.33	41.66	141.64	▲ 1
93	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	4–8	74.83	74.19	111.64	▼ 1
94	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	72.69	43.27	166.50	▲ 3
95	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	72.35	48.51	171.10	▼ 1
96	Air Force FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9–1	70.97	70.76	127.49	▼ 1
97	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	70.76	67.07	59.37	▼ 1
98	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	69.64	46.27	131.42	—
99	Duke FBS · ACC	—	2–9	68.43	62.28	138.74	—
100	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	3–7–1	66.67	38.50	139.08	—
101	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	65.88	34.78	130.03	▲ 1
102	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	64.74	67.00	119.05	▼ 1
103	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	6–4	64.08	58.80	59.51	—
104	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	64.07	34.77	143.92	▲ 2
105	Indiana State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	63.87	59.07	67.18	—
106	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	63.17	75.18	102.95	▼ 2
107	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	59.05	57.05	59.15	—
108	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	59.04	81.00	64.46	—
109	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–9–1	58.81	11.90	179.82	▲ 1
110	Western Carolina FBS · Southern	—	3–7–1	58.65	61.69	85.90	▼ 1
111	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	56.95	23.23	143.39	▲ 1
112	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	56.64	9.59	134.69	▲ 2
113	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	56.25	36.37	91.60	▼ 2
114	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	4–6	56.07	59.49	63.89	▼ 1
115	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	55.84	23.73	124.87	—
116	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–5–1	53.93	30.93	90.03	—
117	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	49.99	31.82	81.75	—
118	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	5–6	49.52	24.39	92.54	—
119	TTexas-Arlington FBS · Southland	—	3–8	48.48	49.02	86.11	—
120	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	2–9	48.31	66.00	76.77	—
121	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	46.83	42.33	76.10	—
122	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	42.74	1.00	166.96	—
123	William & Mary FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	38.98	35.39	98.79	—
124	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	38.78	28.04	71.87	—
125	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	35.43	1.00	99.66	—
126	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	3–8	29.26	3.24	95.06	—
127	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–7–1	27.79	1.00	90.23	—
128	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7–1	26.63	18.98	72.55	—
129	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	25.96	16.42	77.88	▲ 1
130	Illinois State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	25.86	10.42	66.19	▲ 1
131	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	0–11	25.28	1.32	145.22	▼ 2
132	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	0–11	23.30	1.00	137.02	—
133	Southern Illinois FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	20.30	5.79	75.44	—
134	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	18.48	1.00	116.31	—
135	Marshall FBS · Southern	—	2–8–1	12.06	4.09	64.48	—
136	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	1–9	8.54	1.00	71.46	—
137	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	1–9	3.98	1.00	62.45	—
138	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	1–9	3.96	1.00	64.55	—