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1980 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
10-0.016Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC1–01.00010Beat Arkansas 23–17
2-10.029Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
3-20.029Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
4-30.029App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
5-40.029Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC0–00.00030BYE
6-50.029Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
7-60.029Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
8-70.029Army (ARMY)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
9-80.029Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00030BYE
10-90.029Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–00.00030BYE
11-100.029Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
12-110.029Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
13-120.029Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
14-130.029Brown (BROWN)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
15-140.029BYUIND WAC0–00.00030BYE
16-150.029CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
17-160.029California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00030BYE
18-170.029Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
19-180.029Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
20-190.029Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
21-200.029Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.00030BYE
22-210.029Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
23-220.029Colorado (COLORADO)IND B80–00.00030BYE
24-230.029Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
25-240.029Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
26-250.029Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
27-260.029Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
28-270.029Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
29-280.029Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.00030BYE
30-290.029East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
31-300.029East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
32-310.029Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
33-320.029Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
34-330.029Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
35-340.029Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
36-350.029Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
37-360.029Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00030BYE
38-370.029Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
39-380.029Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
40-390.029Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
41-400.029Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
42-410.029Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
43-420.029Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00030BYE
44-430.029Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
45-440.029Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00030BYE
46-450.029Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
47-460.029Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00030BYE
48-470.029Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
49-480.029Kansas (KANSAS)IND B80–00.00030BYE
50-490.029Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
51-500.029Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.00030BYE
52-510.029Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00030BYE
53-520.029Lamar (LAMAR)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
54-530.029Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
55-540.029Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
56-550.029UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
57-560.029Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
58-570.029Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
59-580.029LSUSEC0–00.00030BYE
60-590.029Marshall (MARSHALL)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
61-600.029Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.00030BYE
62-610.029Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
63-620.029Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
64-630.029Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
65-640.029Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–00.00030BYE
66-650.029Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00030BYE
67-660.029Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.00030BYE
68-670.029Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00030BYE
69-680.029Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00030BYE
70-690.029Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00030BYE
71-700.029Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B80–00.00030BYE
72-710.029Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
73-720.029Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B80–00.00030BYE
74-730.029New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
75-740.029New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
76-750.029North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.00030BYE
77-760.029NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–00.00030BYE
78-770.029North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
79-780.029Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–00.00030BYE
80-790.029Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00030BYE
81-800.029Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
82-810.029Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.00030BYE
83-820.029Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00030BYE
84-830.029Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B80–00.00030BYE
85-840.029Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B80–00.00030BYE
86-850.029Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00030BYE
87-860.029Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
88-870.029Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
89-880.029Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
90-890.029Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
91-900.029Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
92-910.029Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
93-920.029Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00030BYE
94-930.029Rice (RICE)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
95-940.029Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
96-950.029Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
97-960.029San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
98-970.029San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
99-980.029SMUIND SWC0–00.00030BYE
100-990.029South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
101-1000.029Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
102-1010.029Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
103-1020.029Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00030BYE
104-1030.029Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
105-1040.029TCUIND SWC0–00.00030BYE
106-1050.029Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
107-1060.029Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00030BYE
108-1070.029Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
109-1080.029Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
110-1090.029Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC0–00.00030BYE
111-1100.029Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND SLC0–00.00030BYE
112-1110.029Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–00.00030BYE
113-1120.029Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
114-1130.029Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
115-1140.029UCLAPAC0–00.00030BYE
116-1150.029UNLVIND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
117-1160.029USCPAC0–00.00030BYE
118-1170.029Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
119-1180.029Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND PCAA0–00.00030BYE
120-1190.029UTEPIND WAC0–00.00030BYE
121-1200.029Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00030BYE
122-1210.029Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
123-1220.029Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.00030BYE
124-1230.029Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
125-1240.029Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
126-1250.029Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–00.00030BYE
127-1260.029Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00030BYE
128-1270.029Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00030BYE
129-1280.029West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
130-1290.029West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
131-1300.029Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)IND SOCON0–00.00030BYE
132-1310.029Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00030BYE
133-1320.029Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC0–00.00030BYE
134-1330.029William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND FBSI0–00.00030BYE
135-1340.029Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.00030BYE
136-1350.029Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC0–00.00030BYE
137-1360.029Yale (YALE)IND IVY0–00.00030BYE
138-1370.314Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC0–10.00020Lost to Texas 17–23

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