1980 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 9, 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	Game Status
1	88	0.332	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Colgate 54–10
2	75	0.348	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 42–0
3	97	0.388	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Pacific 37–0
4	128	0.388	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Eastern Michigan 37–0
5	105	0.459	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 35–7
6	64	0.467	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 34–7
7	36	0.475	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northwestern 35–9
8	22	0.483	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Duke 35–10
9	-6	0.499	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Georgia Tech 26–3
10	66	0.506	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Furman 35–13
11	70	0.514	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Purdue 31–10
12	66	0.546	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Arlington 31–14
13	120	0.546	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Illinois 31–14
14	20	0.554	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat LSU 16–0
15	1	0.570	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Fresno State 39–25
16	48	0.570	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 24–10
17	113	0.570	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Cincinnati 41–27
18	6	0.586	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Air Force 21–9
19	84	0.601	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon 35–25
20	105	0.609	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 16–7
21	31	0.625	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 17–10
22	57	0.625	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Long Beach State 16–9
23	-22	0.633	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	BYE
24	-6	0.649	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ball State 21–17
25	36	0.649	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Villanova 7–3
26	48	0.649	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat BYU 25–21
27	19	0.657	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Drake 13–10
28	34	0.657	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 20–17
29	66	0.657	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Bowling Green 20–17
30	72	0.657	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 17–14
31	78	0.657	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Ole Miss 23–20
32	23	0.665	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico State 14–12
33	98	0.665	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 16–14
34	3	0.673	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee 16–15
35	-30	1.122	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
36	-30	1.122	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
37	-30	1.122	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
38	-30	1.122	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
39	-30	1.122	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
40	-29	1.122	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
41	-29	1.122	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
42	-28	1.122	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
43	-26	1.122	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
44	-23	1.122	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
45	-22	1.122	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
46	-21	1.122	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
47	-21	1.122	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
48	-21	1.122	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
49	-16	1.122	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
50	-11	1.122	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
51	-11	1.122	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
52	-10	1.122	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
53	-8	1.122	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
54	-7	1.122	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
55	-7	1.122	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
56	-7	1.122	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
57	-7	1.122	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
58	-7	1.122	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
59	-3	1.122	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
60	-3	1.122	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
61	4	1.122	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
62	4	1.122	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
63	4	1.122	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
64	4	1.122	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
65	6	1.122	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
66	6	1.122	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
67	6	1.122	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
68	14	1.122	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
69	14	1.122	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
70	14	1.122	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
71	14	1.122	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
72	15	1.122	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
73	17	1.122	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
74	17	1.122	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
75	17	1.122	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
76	18	1.122	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
77	19	1.122	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
78	19	1.122	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
79	20	1.122	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
80	24	1.122	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
81	24	1.122	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
82	24	1.122	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
83	29	1.122	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
84	30	1.122	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
85	30	1.122	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
86	30	1.122	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
87	30	1.122	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
88	33	1.122	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
89	34	1.122	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
90	37	1.122	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
91	37	1.122	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
92	43	1.122	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
93	43	1.122	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
94	43	1.122	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	79	BYE
95	12	1.203	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Georgia 15–16
96	-21	1.237	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Louisiana 12–14
97	27	1.237	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Western Carolina 14–16
98	-85	1.272	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Richmond 17–20
99	-71	1.272	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Indiana State 10–13
100	-31	1.272	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Texas A&M 20–23
101	12	1.272	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Southern Miss 14–17
102	27	1.272	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Mcneese State 17–20
103	-93	1.306	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Central Michigan 17–21
104	-89	1.306	BYU	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to New Mexico 21–25
105	17	1.306	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Maryland 3–7
106	32	1.376	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	43	BYE
107	-53	1.410	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Northern Illinois 9–16
108	11	1.410	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Kentucky 10–17
109	17	1.479	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–16
110	-24	1.514	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Stanford 25–35
111	-109	1.583	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Colorado State 9–21
112	-93	1.652	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to West Virginia 27–41
113	-78	1.652	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 25–39
114	-56	1.652	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Miami 10–24
115	-56	1.721	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Florida State 0–16
116	-15	1.755	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Wichita State 14–31
117	-6	1.755	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to North Texas 14–31
118	-25	1.894	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Notre Dame 10–31
119	-83	1.928	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to North Carolina 13–35
120	-67	1.939	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Southern 41–8
121	-83	1.963	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Alabama 3–26
122	-118	1.978	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat James Madison 34–6
123	-63	1.986	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Morehead State 35–8
124	-95	2.032	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to East Carolina 10–35
125	-45	2.066	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Illinois 9–35
126	-82	2.081	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nicholls State 28–13
127	-29	2.089	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Santa Clara 28–14
128	-65	2.101	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Mississippi State 7–34
129	-9	2.135	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Texas Tech 7–35
130	-110	2.145	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Presbyterian 21–14
131	-90	2.145	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Rhode Island 21–14
132	-24	2.176	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Jacksonville State 16–13
133	-101	2.446	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Western Michigan 0–37
134	-46	2.446	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to South Carolina 0–37
135	-1	2.619	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to NC State 0–42
136	-114	2.688	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Penn State 10–54
137	-106	10.941	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Wofford 9–16
138	-20	11.424	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	43	Lost to Boise State 7–28