1979 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 11, 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	21	0.515	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Eastern Michigan 32–6
2	64	0.562	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 49–7
3	80	0.577	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Texas 25–7
4	71	0.609	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 34–20
5	117	0.609	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wyoming 38–2
6	112	0.648	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 31–0
7	64	0.655	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 45–15
8	66	0.671	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Carolina 28–0
9	85	0.671	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 28–0
10	-8	0.683	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 35–16
11	98	0.687	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 10–6
12	0	0.702	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 30–6
13	-5	0.702	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 28–9
14	51	0.702	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ball State 27–3
15	66	0.710	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 31–8
16	95	0.710	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 33–10
17	86	0.718	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat West Virginia 38–16
18	12	0.726	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 21–0
19	72	0.726	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wisconsin 41–20
20	93	0.726	UNLV	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 35–14
21	76	0.749	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 35–17
22	39	0.757	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 31–14
23	44	0.757	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 33–16
24	-19	0.768	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington State 22–7
25	43	0.780	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 24–10
26	58	0.780	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado 33–19
27	87	0.780	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 21–7
28	-24	0.780	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 27–23
29	-9	0.788	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lamar 20–7
30	-3	0.811	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 10–0
31	-5	0.827	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona State 17–9
32	16	0.827	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 24–16
33	88	0.835	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 30–23
34	17	0.858	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Iowa 30–26
35	27	0.858	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Villanova 24–20
36	83	0.858	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 7–3
37	3	0.866	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Miss 17–14
38	-14	0.882	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M 18–17
39	24	0.882	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Mississippi State 14–13
40	80	0.882	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisville 15–14
41	-40	1.317	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	46	+1	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–25
42	-39	1.367	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	46	+1	Lost to NC State 20–34
43	-37	1.368	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	46	+1	Lost to Texas Arlington 6–10
44	-34	1.420	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southeastern Louisiana 10–3
45	-30	1.433	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
46	-29	1.433	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
47	-29	1.433	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
48	-27	1.433	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
49	-26	1.433	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
50	-22	1.433	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
51	-20	1.433	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
52	-19	1.433	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
53	-19	1.433	UConn (CONNECTICUT)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
54	-19	1.433	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
55	-19	1.433	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
56	-19	1.433	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
57	-18	1.433	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
58	-15	1.433	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
59	-14	1.433	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
60	-7	1.433	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
61	-7	1.433	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
62	-7	1.433	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
63	-6	1.433	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
64	-4	1.433	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
65	-1	1.433	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
66	3	1.433	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
67	5	1.433	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
68	5	1.433	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
69	7	1.433	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
70	8	1.433	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
71	8	1.433	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
72	10	1.433	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
73	14	1.433	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
74	14	1.433	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
75	14	1.433	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
76	14	1.433	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
77	19	1.433	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0–1	0.500	46	0	Tied Utah State 48–48
78	24	1.433	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
79	25	1.433	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
80	26	1.433	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
81	34	1.433	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0–1	0.500	46	0	Tied San José State 48–48
82	34	1.433	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
83	46	1.433	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	104	0	BYE
84	48	1.510	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	46	+1	Beat New Mexico State 14–13
85	45	1.525	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	46	0	Beat Air Force 24–7
86	-27	1.543	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 14–15
87	-17	1.543	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Memphis 13–14
88	19	1.543	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to BYU 17–18
89	10	1.611	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Florida State 14–17
90	-44	1.645	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Utah 23–27
91	-39	1.645	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Indiana 26–30
92	25	1.645	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Maryland 20–24
93	33	1.645	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 3–7
94	-81	1.748	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Wake Forest 23–30
95	-81	1.782	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to California 9–17
96	16	1.782	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Houston 16–24
97	28	1.850	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Central Michigan 0–10
98	-40	1.952	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Baylor 7–20
99	-61	1.958	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat James Madison 31–0
100	-68	1.986	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Oregon 19–33
101	-21	1.986	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Minnesota 10–24
102	6	1.986	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to USC 7–21
103	20	2.020	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Arizona 7–22
104	-63	2.044	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 30–10
105	30	2.054	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
106	-57	2.088	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Michigan State 16–33
107	3	2.088	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Marshall 14–31
108	-3	2.099	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 41–28
109	-93	2.122	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas A&M Commerce 24–14
110	-18	2.122	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to SMU 17–35
111	-26	2.156	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to New Mexico 16–35
112	-87	2.224	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to UNLV 14–35
113	-71	2.224	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Clemson 0–21
114	13	2.224	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Purdue 20–41
115	9	2.258	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Temple 16–38
116	-16	2.292	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Tulane 10–33
117	-16	2.292	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Ohio State 8–31
118	-99	2.326	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–27
119	-75	2.326	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Alabama 6–30
120	16	2.326	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
121	13	2.360	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	46	0	Beat Louisiana 17–7
122	-115	2.429	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	46	-1	Lost to Drake 13–14
123	-76	2.462	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–28
124	-26	2.462	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–28
125	-30	2.530	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Missouri 15–45
126	-33	2.565	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Virginia 0–31
127	-118	2.568	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	46	-1	Lost to Southern Illinois 7–17
128	11	2.631	UTEP	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	46	-1	Beat Pacific 31–7
129	9	2.667	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	59	0	BYE
130	-2	2.735	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Washington 2–38
131	-54	2.939	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Michigan 7–49
132	8	3.246	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	46	0	Lost to Bowling Green 6–32
133	0	3.535	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Indiana State 9–28
134	3	4.072	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	46	-1	Beat Tennessee Tech 24–7
135	-4	4.709	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	-1	BYE
136	-125	5.152	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	-1	Lost to Tulsa 7–24
137	-51	5.390	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	59	-1	Lost to UTEP 7–31
138	-82	11.143	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Eastern Kentucky 14–17
139	-89	11.245	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Youngstown State 27–33
140	-111	11.313	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	59	0	Lost to Presbyterian 13–21