1979 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 30, 1979By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1979 Season Tags: • No Comments

1979 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.796	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+28	Beat LSU 24–19
2	1	0.954	USC	PAC	7–0–1	0.938	10	+23	Beat California 24–14
3	-1	0.970	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+22	Beat Colorado 38–10
4	1	0.973	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–1–1	0.786	20	+20	Tied East Carolina 24–24
5	3	1.031	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	8–0	1.000	1	+29	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 24–17
6	3	1.067	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat Arkansas 13–10
7	-3	1.090	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	14	+22	Lost to Houston 10–13
8	9	1.092	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+23	Beat Navy 24–7
9	4	1.107	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	7–1	0.875	11	+25	Beat Auburn 42–38
10	-4	1.125	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat Michigan State 42–0
11	-1	1.175	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+16	Beat Virginia Tech 31–7
12	2	1.194	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–2	0.750	22	+24	Beat Clemson 16–13
13	-2	1.198	BYU	IND WAC	7–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat New Mexico 59–7
14	-7	1.227	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–0	1.000	1	+21	Beat Kent State 44–21
15	1	1.366	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+18	BYE
16	-4	1.376	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Pennsylvania 24–6
17	-2	1.437	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	19	+15	Beat SMU 30–6
18	3	1.527	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	11	+18	Beat Indiana 27–21
19	8	1.580	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+16	Beat West Virginia 31–6
20	0	1.586	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	22	+17	Beat TCU 16–3
21	4	1.639	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	14	+14	Beat Iowa State 38–9
22	4	1.645	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–2	0.714	29	+15	Beat Utah State 28–14
23	-5	1.761	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+13	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–24
24	7	1.767	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+14	Beat South Carolina 18–17
25	5	1.854	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–2	0.750	22	+14	Beat UCLA 34–14
26	-2	1.877	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+12	Lost to Notre Dame 17–18
27	-4	1.888	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–2	0.714	29	+12	Lost to Wake Forest 38–42
28	1	1.908	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–3–1	0.563	60	+14	Tied Illinois 17–17
29	-7	1.946	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–2	0.714	29	+10	Lost to NC State 13–16
30	-11	2.061	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3–1	0.563	60	+13	Lost to Arizona State 14–28
31	2	2.093	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	11	+9	Beat Wyoming 28–24
32	10	2.182	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	6–2	0.750	22	+11	Beat Miami (OH) 24–21
33	13	2.251	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+10	Beat Mississippi State 21–7
34	-2	2.256	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	38	+8	BYE
35	-1	2.263	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+7	BYE
36	5	2.267	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+7	BYE
37	3	2.279	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	64	+8	Tied North Carolina 24–24
38	1	2.327	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–2	0.750	22	+8	Beat Northwestern 20–16
39	-3	2.341	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–2	0.714	29	+6	Beat Louisiana Tech 30–16
40	21	2.363	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	4–2–1	0.643	41	+7	Beat Arkansas State 20–10
41	-4	2.411	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	22	+4	Beat Georgia Tech 12–7
42	3	2.423	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	29	+9	Beat Utah 17–13
43	-15	2.467	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	38	+3	Lost to Holy Cross 7–14
44	4	2.488	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+9	Beat Miami 25–15
45	-10	2.561	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	22	+3	Lost to Mcneese State 17–24
46	-3	2.568	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	51	+8	Beat Kansas 30–17
47	-3	2.627	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–3	0.571	51	+2	BYE
48	10	2.660	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	21	+4	Beat Illinois State 23–21
49	0	2.676	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–4	0.500	64	+4	Lost to USC 14–24
50	9	2.711	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	51	+3	Beat Kentucky 20–6
51	3	2.736	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	+8	BYE
52	3	2.841	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	64	+5	BYE
53	-3	2.890	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	+5	Lost to Alabama 7–31
54	-1	2.951	LSU	SEC	4–3	0.571	51	+1	Lost to Florida State 19–24
55	12	2.953	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–4	0.500	64	+3	Beat Duke 27–0
56	12	3.032	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	84	+4	Beat Rice 41–15
57	-5	3.032	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3	0.625	43	+2	Lost to Michigan 21–27
58	8	3.059	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	51	0	Beat UTEP 27–12
59	21	3.070	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3–1	0.563	60	+1	Beat Long Beach State 53–42
60	-13	3.097	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	51	+1	Lost to Kansas State 3–19
61	-23	3.115	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–3–1	0.563	60	0	Lost to Oregon State 31–33
62	7	3.153	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	+8	Beat Wofford 49–30
63	0	3.161	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	64	+2	Lost to Penn State 6–31
64	-8	3.164	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	79	+4	Lost to San Diego State 13–17
65	5	3.168	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	+2	Beat Furman 21–20
66	6	3.188	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	38	+4	Beat Dartmouth 21–10
67	-7	3.299	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–4	0.500	64	-1	Lost to Toledo 21–24
68	18	3.342	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	-1	Beat Columbia 24–14
69	5	3.388	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–4	0.500	64	-1	Beat Wisconsin 24–13
70	-8	3.417	SMU	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	84	+2	Lost to Texas 6–30
71	11	3.417	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–4	0.500	64	-2	Beat Bowling Green 38–23
72	-21	3.460	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	-5	Lost to App State 10–24
73	-16	3.511	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	4–4	0.500	64	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 6–20
74	15	3.537	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–5–1	0.389	91	+1	Beat Wichita State 58–0
75	-2	3.547	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	64	-2	Beat Air Force 20–6
76	-11	3.569	UCLA	PAC	3–5	0.375	92	+1	Lost to Washington 14–34
77	-13	3.593	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	51	-3	Lost to San José State 42–53
78	10	3.662	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	64	-4	Beat Washington State 37–26
79	13	3.725	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	43	0	Beat Northern Illinois 21–11
80	7	3.780	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	43	-11	BYE
81	-10	3.788	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–4	0.500	64	-6	Lost to Lamar 10–20
82	12	3.836	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–3	0.500	64	-4	Beat Harvard 9–7
83	-7	3.927	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–5	0.375	92	-2	Lost to Ohio State 0–42
84	9	3.955	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	79	-3	Beat Florida 20–10
85	-10	4.000	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–4	0.429	84	-6	Lost to Southern Miss 7–21
86	-2	4.029	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	79	-3	Lost to BYU 7–59
87	-6	4.158	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	84	+2	Lost to Syracuse 15–25
88	-10	4.256	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	106	-2	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–30
89	-6	4.398	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	-7	Lost to Memphis 0–22
90	18	4.408	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–4	0.429	84	-8	Beat Missouri 19–3
91	-12	4.428	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–4–1	0.357	100	-4	Lost to Southern Illinois 11–21
92	11	4.530	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	92	-10	Beat Ohio 20–6
93	9	4.539	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–5	0.444	79	-12	Beat CAL Poly Pomona 31–9
94	-17	4.594	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	100	-4	Lost to Boston College 16–29
95	0	4.622	TCU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	106	-6	Lost to Baylor 3–16
96	14	4.656	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	114	-9	Beat East Tennessee State 24–10
97	10	4.679	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	106	-6	Beat Richmond 17–14
98	-7	4.705	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	92	-9	Lost to Ball State 23–38
99	-14	4.742	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–4–1	0.357	100	-8	Lost to Maryland 0–27
100	16	4.839	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	84	-9	Beat North Texas 22–0
101	24	4.841	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	84	-5	Beat Brown 14–7
102	4	4.919	UConn (CONNECTICUT)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	100	-7	Beat Massachusetts 24–0
103	-5	4.964	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–6	0.250	114	-8	Lost to Oregon 26–37
104	-8	4.999	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–5	0.286	106	-11	Lost to Georgia 6–20
105	6	5.036	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	106	-9	Beat Army 29–16
106	-6	5.041	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–5–1	0.214	124	-6	Lost to Tulane 7–12
107	-17	5.091	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	64	+2	Lost to Nicholls State 24–27
108	14	5.181	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	92	-7	Beat Pacific 33–10
109	-12	5.216	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	+1	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 0–13
110	-5	5.336	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	106	-10	Lost to Oklahoma 9–38
111	-12	5.400	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–6	0.250	114	-13	Lost to Iowa 13–24
112	14	5.472	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–5	0.286	106	-13	Beat Vanderbilt 63–28
113	-12	5.716	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	104	-13	Lost to Northern Michigan 26–30
114	-2	5.915	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	128	-12	Lost to Nebraska 10–38
115	2	5.937	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	114	-17	Lost to UNLV 24–28
116	4	5.962	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–4–1	0.250	114	-8	Lost to Cornell 10–21
117	-2	6.052	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	114	-17	BYE
118	-9	6.089	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	92	-14	Lost to Fresno State 10–33
119	5	6.098	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–7	0.125	129	-14	Lost to Purdue 16–20
120	-2	6.138	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–6–1	0.188	125	-16	Tied Minnesota 17–17
121	-8	6.250	UTEP	IND WAC	2–7	0.222	123	-19	Lost to Hawai'i 12–27
122	-18	6.289	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	114	-11	Lost to Delaware 0–40
123	9	6.398	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–7	0.125	129	-16	Beat Stanford 33–31
124	9	6.417	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-10	Beat Marshall 24–14
125	-4	6.496	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	114	-7	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 20–21
126	-3	6.505	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–7	0.125	129	-18	Lost to Texas Arlington 16–30
127	7	6.692	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	106	-6	Beat Northridge State 49–3
128	-9	6.787	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7	0.125	129	-15	Lost to Texas A&M 15–41
129	-15	6.978	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–5–1	0.083	136	-12	Lost to Tulsa 10–20
130	-1	7.008	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–5–1	0.313	105	-16	BYE
131	0	7.117	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	114	-11	Lost to Indiana State 21–23
132	-2	7.136	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–7	0.125	129	-20	Lost to West Texas A&M 0–58
133	-6	7.207	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–7	0.125	129	-22	Lost to Villanova 14–24
134	-6	7.329	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–7	0.000	137	-18	Lost to Ole Miss 28–63
135	0	7.832	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–5	0.167	126	-11	Lost to Colgate 14–24
136	2	8.342	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–7	0.125	129	-15	Lost to Central Michigan 21–44
137	0	8.653	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–5	0.167	126	-8	Lost to Princeton 7–9
138	1	8.892	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	137	-32	Lost to Colorado State 6–20
139	-3	9.160	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	137	-33	Lost to Cincinnati 14–17
140	0	9.472	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–6	0.000	137	-9	Lost to Yale 6–24