1980 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 18, 1980By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1980 Season Tags: • No Comments

1980 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	0.702	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–0–1	0.944	2	+46	Beat Alabama 7–0
2	0	0.761	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+50	BYE
3	2	0.956	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	3	+38	Beat Iowa State 35–0
4	0	0.961	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+45	Beat Temple 50–7
5	2	1.104	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+39	Beat Army 45–7
6	0	1.107	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	9–1	0.900	3	+41	Beat Virginia 26–3
7	4	1.175	BYU	IND WAC	9–1	0.900	3	+36	Beat Colorado State 45–14
8	0	1.204	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+38	Beat Auburn 31–21
9	-6	1.218	USC	PAC	7–1–1	0.833	13	+31	Lost to Washington 10–20
10	0	1.300	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	9–1	0.900	3	+33	Beat Rice 16–6
11	1	1.349	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+34	Beat Wake Forest 39–38
12	1	1.395	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–1	0.900	3	+30	Beat Iowa 41–7
13	-4	1.460	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	15	+29	Lost to Notre Dame 0–7
14	0	1.522	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	8–2	0.800	15	+31	Beat LSU 55–31
15	7	1.598	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–2	0.800	15	+27	Beat Purdue 26–0
16	7	1.608	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	23	+25	Beat Missouri 17–7
17	-2	1.622	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+28	Beat Richmond 33–12
18	2	1.645	UCLA	PAC	7–2	0.778	23	+26	Beat Arizona State 23–14
19	10	1.689	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+22	Beat USC 20–10
20	-4	1.711	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	12	+22	Tied Wofford 14–14
21	0	1.769	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	9–1	0.900	3	+30	Beat Lamar 35–3
22	-3	1.818	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	23	+20	Beat TCU 51–26
23	1	1.865	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	23	+22	Beat Kentucky 17–15
24	6	1.897	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–3	0.700	30	+25	Beat Clemson 34–7
25	6	1.945	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–4	0.600	49	+22	BYE
26	7	1.947	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	14	+23	Beat Western Michigan 22–10
27	0	1.951	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–2–2	0.700	30	+17	Beat Oregon State 40–21
28	-11	2.001	SMU	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	30	+20	Lost to Texas Tech 0–14
29	-1	2.013	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	44	+20	Beat Vanderbilt 24–17
30	-12	2.070	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+19	Lost to Hawai'i 19–24
31	1	2.111	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–2	0.800	15	+15	Beat Illinois State 27–19
32	-6	2.146	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–3	0.700	30	+18	Lost to Michigan 0–26
33	-8	2.153	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	30	+16	Lost to Oklahoma 7–17
34	1	2.332	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–2	0.800	15	+7	BYE
35	1	2.358	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+14	Beat Georgia Tech 19–8
36	14	2.387	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	23	+8	Beat Princeton 25–13
37	5	2.392	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–3	0.700	30	+14	Beat Southern Illinois 41–7
38	8	2.421	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–3	0.700	30	+13	Beat CAL State Fullerton 33–21
39	0	2.457	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	23	+9	Beat Pennsylvania 28–17
40	9	2.462	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–3	0.700	30	+23	Beat Utah State 28–27
41	15	2.513	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	58	+12	Beat Syracuse 27–16
42	-1	2.554	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	29	+8	Beat Virginia Military Institute 21–6
43	16	2.578	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat UNLV 24–19
44	7	2.601	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	65	+14	Beat Rutgers 24–15
45	-2	2.609	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+6	Beat Memphis 21–16
46	-2	2.632	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	58	+11	BYE
47	10	2.646	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–3	0.700	30	+7	Beat Louisiana Tech 27–9
48	-14	2.680	LSU	SEC	6–4	0.600	49	+10	Lost to Mississippi State 31–55
49	-2	2.687	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	30	+3	Beat Davidson 31–13
50	-5	2.706	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	45	+5	BYE
51	12	2.718	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	49	+9	Beat UL Monroe 26–18
52	-15	2.750	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–4	0.556	58	+8	Lost to UCLA 14–23
53	2	2.795	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	6–4	0.600	49	+9	BYE
54	0	2.865	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–3–1	0.611	47	+16	BYE
55	-7	2.868	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	46	+7	Lost to Central Michigan 10–22
56	13	2.875	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4–1	0.550	64	+9	Beat West Texas A&M 20–18
57	10	2.947	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	58	+5	Beat Texas A&M 27–24
58	3	3.011	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	66	+6	Beat Duke 38–21
59	17	3.030	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	58	+5	Beat SMU 14–0
60	-8	3.054	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–5	0.500	66	+5	Lost to Nebraska 0–35
61	-23	3.061	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	49	0	Lost to West Virginia 15–24
62	-2	3.190	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	57	+4	Lost to BYU 14–45
63	-5	3.192	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–5	0.500	66	+6	Lost to Maryland 7–34
64	-24	3.246	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–5	0.500	66	+3	Lost to Michigan State 12–30
65	18	3.266	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–5	0.500	66	0	Beat Ohio 37–18
66	15	3.278	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–4–2	0.500	66	+2	Beat Colorado 42–3
67	-5	3.315	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5	0.500	66	+2	Lost to Georgia 21–31
68	10	3.317	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	49	-2	Beat New Mexico State 33–28
69	5	3.358	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–4	0.600	49	-3	Beat Illinois 26–24
70	-6	3.367	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	58	-1	Lost to Yale 13–25
71	4	3.430	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–5	0.500	66	-2	Beat Kent State 49–14
72	-19	3.456	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–5	0.500	66	-3	Lost to Air Force 7–25
73	6	3.463	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	47	+3	Beat Bucknell 17–14
74	-8	3.487	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	+1	Lost to Boston College 16–27
75	-10	3.551	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	49	+1	Lost to North Texas 18–26
76	9	3.585	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–5	0.444	81	+2	Beat Pacific 63–35
77	-4	3.642	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–6	0.400	84	-4	Lost to South Carolina 38–39
78	-7	3.656	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	66	-4	Lost to Long Beach State 27–28
79	-11	3.658	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	5–5	0.500	66	-5	Lost to Ball State 18–37
80	-10	3.802	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–4	0.500	66	+4	Lost to Dartmouth 24–28
81	-1	3.844	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	84	-4	Lost to Baylor 6–16
82	4	3.918	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	84	-2	BYE
83	-1	3.961	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–5	0.500	66	-11	Lost to Louisiana 9–27
84	9	3.975	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–6	0.400	84	-9	Beat Marshall 38–10
85	-1	3.999	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	84	-7	Lost to Wichita State 18–20
86	6	4.026	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	81	+4	Beat Columbia 24–0
87	0	4.097	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	84	-7	Lost to North Carolina 3–26
88	2	4.181	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	80	-10	Beat Montana State 21–14
89	-17	4.251	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	102	-7	Lost to Ole Miss 9–20
90	8	4.263	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-1	Beat Cincinnati 20–0
91	-3	4.269	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–7	0.300	106	-7	Lost to Florida 15–17
92	-15	4.304	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	+1	Lost to Eastern Kentucky 16–28
93	7	4.324	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	66	+1	Beat Holy Cross 45–13
94	-5	4.462	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-12	Lost to Southern Miss 12–33
95	7	4.466	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–7	0.300	106	-10	Beat Minnesota 30–12
96	-2	4.467	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	84	-13	BYE
97	-6	4.683	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	103	-14	Lost to Indiana 24–26
98	8	4.698	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–5–1	0.389	98	-11	Beat Kansas State 10–0
99	-4	4.705	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	100	-10	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–45
100	4	4.725	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–7	0.300	106	-15	Beat Tennessee 20–9
101	13	4.732	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	81	-9	Beat Brown 28–24
102	6	4.740	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–6	0.400	84	-18	Beat California 31–17
103	6	4.855	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–7	0.300	106	-15	Beat Northwestern 39–19
104	-7	4.904	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	84	-12	Lost to San José State 21–33
105	-6	4.945	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–7	0.300	106	-17	Lost to Mcneese State 3–35
106	-10	4.973	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	117	-11	Lost to Arkansas 24–27
107	-6	5.018	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	84	-12	Lost to Penn State 7–50
108	-3	5.133	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	106	-18	Lost to Tulsa 7–41
109	-6	5.222	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–6–1	0.350	100	-19	Lost to Indiana State 28–33
110	-3	5.251	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–7	0.300	106	-18	Lost to Ohio State 7–41
111	0	5.527	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	103	-13	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–21
112	11	5.529	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–7–1	0.250	115	-17	Beat Wyoming 25–7
113	6	5.661	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	103	-16	Beat East Tennessee State 20–17
114	1	5.729	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	99	-2	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 19–27
115	-3	5.795	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	114	-26	Lost to Arizona 35–63
116	-6	5.867	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–8	0.200	118	-22	Lost to Washington State 17–31
117	1	5.989	TCU	IND SWC	1–9	0.100	130	-23	Lost to Texas 26–51
118	-5	6.079	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–8	0.200	118	-26	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–10
119	-3	6.225	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–8	0.200	118	-31	Lost to NC State 21–38
120	7	6.242	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–8	0.200	118	-19	Beat Arkansas State 36–14
121	7	6.373	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	2–8	0.200	118	-28	Beat UTEP 28–7
122	-5	6.386	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	115	-27	Lost to Toledo 10–38
123	-3	6.407	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–8	0.200	118	-30	Lost to Miami (OH) 14–49
124	-3	6.481	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	130	-22	Lost to Kansas 3–42
125	-3	6.488	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	106	-15	Lost to Villanova 13–45
126	-1	6.546	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	118	-22	BYE
127	-3	6.593	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–8	0.111	126	-26	Lost to Miami 17–24
128	-2	6.735	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	125	-29	Lost to Navy 8–19
129	0	7.559	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	130	-40	Lost to Louisville 0–20
130	0	7.729	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	136	-40	Lost to San Diego State 7–28
131	1	7.978	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	126	-36	Lost to Cornell 0–24
132	3	8.046	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–9	0.000	137	-36	Lost to Oregon 21–40
133	4	8.134	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	126	-21	Lost to Harvard 17–28
134	-3	8.176	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–9	0.100	130	-47	Lost to Texas Arlington 14–36
135	3	8.327	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	130	-47	Lost to Tulane 16–21
136	0	8.395	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–8	0.111	126	-33	BYE
137	-4	8.402	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	130	-21	Lost to Western Carolina 17–20
138	-4	8.692	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-51	Lost to Wisconsin 19–39