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1981 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 22, 1981By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1981 Season Tags: • No Comments

1981 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	1	0.470	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Wichita State 33–21
2	4	0.550	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
3	6	0.769	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Iowa 23–12
4	11	0.805	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Houston 12–7
5	-4	0.829	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami (OH) 49–7
6	41	0.917	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marshall 14–3
7	41	0.953	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Purdue 16–13
8	46	0.964	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Texas A&M 13–12
9	-5	0.992	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Cincinnati 38–7
10	6	0.992	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Indiana 21–0
11	-6	1.072	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas State 20–3
12	17	1.192	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 29–9
13	17	1.200	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wisconsin 31–13
14	0	1.267	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat SAM Houston State 50–7
15	-7	1.291	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
16	7	1.334	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Memphis 7–3
17	15	1.347	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 47–3
18	-5	1.350	BYU	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 65–8
19	24	1.382	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat East Carolina 31–10
20	31	1.390	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Georgia 13–3
21	50	1.416	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Beat Georgia Tech 27–6
22	22	1.427	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia 3–0
23	13	1.451	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Eastern Kentucky 24–0
24	36	1.499	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 38–12
25	-18	1.507	SMU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Grambling State 59–27
26	39	1.522	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–14
27	6	1.522	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 42–10
28	44	1.522	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Colorado 14–10
29	-7	1.530	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 21–3
30	11	1.534	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
31	33	1.538	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 28–7
32	-12	1.542	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Texas 23–10
33	25	1.554	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 32–13
34	11	1.566	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 38–7
35	-10	1.566	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 27–13
36	23	1.570	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 23–6
37	-6	1.578	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
38	-4	1.634	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 17–13
39	23	1.650	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 29–22
40	-1	1.650	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 14–7
41	20	1.690	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 23–21
42	24	1.734	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	43	+3	Beat UNLV 21–17
43	24	1.774	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 28–7
44	-17	1.842	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Washington State 10–14
45	8	1.884	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Western Illinois 21–6
46	-27	2.006	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Lost to Clemson 3–13
47	-1	2.045	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Iowa State 12–23
48	-8	2.078	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to UCLA 13–31
49	33	2.152	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	43	+2	Beat Portland State 46–0
50	18	2.163	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Louisiana Tech 28–21
51	29	2.234	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Long Beach State 35–13
52	26	2.260	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Duke 17–3
53	-35	2.280	UNLV	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to West Texas A&M 17–21
54	21	2.446	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Beat Kentucky 19–10
55	26	2.448	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Air Force 17–10
56	-6	2.521	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Boston College 12–13
57	-40	2.525	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to Nebraska 14–34
58	35	2.553	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Syracuse 17–14
59	-48	2.642	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Florida 6–27
60	25	2.666	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Beat Florida State 34–14
61	70	2.672	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Ball State 40–0
62	42	2.673	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	92	+1	Beat Arkansas State 24–20
63	-11	2.687	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Arizona State 21–33
64	-29	2.740	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Miami 7–12
65	-27	2.747	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Minnesota 13–16
66	13	2.791	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Bowling Green 23–21
67	34	2.807	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Western Carolina 12–3
68	-26	2.932	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Mississippi State 9–29
69	14	2.946	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Louisiana 20–17
70	18	2.962	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 21–23
71	-22	2.986	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to USC 0–21
72	42	3.024	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Stanford 28–6
73	-47	3.030	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–49
74	17	3.046	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Notre Dame 25–7
75	-18	3.090	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 22–29
76	1	3.131	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Nicholls State 59–9
77	29	3.142	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–3
78	11	3.159	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Southern Miss 3–21
79	-69	3.180	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Toledo 0–40
80	37	3.204	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Weber State 31–18
81	24	3.212	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 7–14
82	-79	3.264	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Richmond 20–24
83	1	3.276	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Akron 17–6
84	-15	3.306	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to App State 14–31
85	10	3.307	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Lehigh 27–14
86	-16	3.324	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Washington 3–20
87	35	3.357	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Beat Auburn 24–21
88	-14	3.426	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Western Michigan 3–14
89	43	3.428	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat East Tennessee State 21–0
90	-34	3.438	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Harvard 6–23
91	-67	3.502	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Alabama 10–19
92	-29	3.507	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Dartmouth 13–32
93	9	3.559	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to NC State 10–31
94	3	3.576	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Texas Arlington 38–16
95	-40	3.577	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	107	0	Lost to Yale 7–28
96	28	3.667	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Beat New Mexico State 41–6
97	-76	3.699	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Delaware 7–13
98	-61	3.703	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 21–24
99	-71	3.709	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Michigan 7–25
100	15	3.890	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Missouri 10–42
101	8	4.077	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Beat New Mexico 28–21
102	1	4.122	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Ole Miss 3–7
103	-4	4.169	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Louisville 13–35
104	15	4.215	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Colorado State 42–0
105	6	4.242	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Baylor 21–28
106	-94	4.304	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to LSU 24–27
107	13	4.326	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Pacific 34–0
108	-10	4.374	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Lost to Oregon 0–34
109	-22	4.417	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to TCU 16–38
110	15	4.428	LSU	SEC	1–2	0.333	92	-1	Beat Oregon State 27–24
111	16	4.576	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	61	-2	Beat Northern Illinois 17–10
112	16	4.725	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Ohio State 13–27
113	-1	4.846	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Wyoming 10–17
114	-4	4.916	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to South Carolina 3–17
115	-2	4.957	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Texas 10–23
116	-22	4.960	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–2	0.333	92	-2	Beat Arizona 14–13
117	-25	4.991	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Illinois 14–17
118	-28	5.107	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to West Virginia 13–17
119	11	5.443	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Hawai'i 12–38
120	-44	5.490	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	107	-1	Lost to Arkansas 7–38
121	-48	5.984	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Massachusetts 10–13
122	-36	6.160	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	92	0	Lost to Montana State 26–30
123	-15	6.325	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to California 13–14
124	-1	6.422	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	92	-3	Lost to Furman 0–21
125	-9	6.429	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Virginia Tech 3–47
126	-8	6.470	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	92	-4	Lost to Indiana State 6–41
127	-27	6.893	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 21–28
128	-32	6.916	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to San José State 6–28
129	-3	6.951	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Citadel 3–12
130	-23	7.020	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Tennessee 0–42
131	4	7.055	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	107	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–38
132	2	7.090	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Ohio 21–23
133	0	7.414	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	107	-1	Lost to UL Monroe 17–20
134	3	8.099	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	0	Lost to Illinois State 7–28
135	-14	8.249	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to Tennessee State 14–17
136	-7	8.394	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	107	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 10–17
137	-1	9.130	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	107	-2	Lost to BYU 8–65

1981 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 15, 1981By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1981 Season Tags: • No Comments

1981 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	68	0.526	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 56–0
2	31	0.638	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah 52–10
3	32	0.797	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UL Monroe 35–13
4	6	0.813	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
5	90	0.813	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Pacific 34–14
6	69	0.837	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 37–20
7	-6	0.841	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat North Texas 34–7
8	70	0.893	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cincinnati 52–0
9	48	0.941	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 17–13
10	27	0.949	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Mcneese State 24–21
11	40	0.949	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Alabama 24–21
12	65	0.949	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fresno State 31–28
13	-5	0.953	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 45–21
14	13	0.964	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
15	13	0.964	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
16	74	1.020	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 43–7
17	-5	1.052	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Memphis 10–5
18	-1	1.072	UNLV	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico 49–42
19	-17	1.076	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat California 27–13
20	66	1.084	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 31–3
21	-18	1.092	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 31–19
22	-16	1.100	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
23	6	1.108	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat South Carolina 20–13
24	-15	1.132	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
25	49	1.140	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Duke 34–13
26	36	1.156	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat William & Mary 33–14
27	16	1.164	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 45–27
28	44	1.164	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat LSU 27–9
29	-16	1.172	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
30	59	1.172	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 35–18
31	52	1.180	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 30–14
32	62	1.180	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 28–12
33	33	1.196	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Army 24–10
34	63	1.196	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 32–18
35	-19	1.220	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
36	31	1.228	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Citadel 17–7
37	-18	1.243	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
38	43	1.243	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 27–19
39	54	1.251	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Carolina 21–14
40	59	1.251	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan 21–14
41	-16	1.255	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 19–10
42	49	1.259	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Maryland 23–17
43	-19	1.263	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wake Forest 28–23
44	-18	1.267	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 13–5
45	-11	1.275	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 14–10
46	10	1.283	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 10–7
47	51	1.283	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 20–17
48	17	1.291	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Ohio 19–17
49	6	1.299	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 21–20
50	-20	1.299	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
51	75	1.582	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 13–5
52	76	1.602	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Illinois 13–7
53	78	1.706	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana State 17–14
54	-16	1.826	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
55	-15	1.826	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
56	-11	1.826	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
57	-11	1.826	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
58	-11	1.826	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
59	-7	1.826	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
60	-7	1.826	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
61	15	1.826	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
62	17	1.826	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
63	17	1.826	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
64	36	1.826	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	127	0	BYE
65	59	1.865	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat James Madison 45–0
66	-43	1.941	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Iowa State 13–17
67	62	2.009	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
68	33	2.010	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Bowling Green 38–0
69	16	2.017	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Middle Tennessee 42–19
70	-12	2.033	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 31–10
71	32	2.100	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Furman 35–7
72	24	2.104	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Montana State 33–21
73	-19	2.136	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston University 14–6
74	-14	2.176	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Morehead State 20–17
75	-64	2.218	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–24
76	-5	2.229	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Indiana 20–21
77	-62	2.236	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Ball State 21–24
78	-64	2.257	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Ole Miss 13–20
79	-6	2.264	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Minnesota 17–19
80	37	2.283	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Toledo 31–6
81	-74	2.283	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Oklahoma 20–37
82	-64	2.286	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Lost to Arizona State 10–52
83	-78	2.288	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Arkansas State 13–35
84	-25	2.299	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Western Michigan 17–20
85	-17	2.299	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Iowa 7–10
86	-66	2.308	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Oregon State 28–31
87	49	2.318	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	61	+1	Beat New Mexico State 26–13
88	18	2.333	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Arkansas 10–14
89	15	2.351	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Clemson 5–13
90	-29	2.403	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 17–23
91	-28	2.438	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–21
92	13	2.438	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Temple 19–31
93	28	2.447	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Michigan State 27–17
94	8	2.455	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Georgia 13–27
95	-53	2.472	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Rutgers 5–13
96	-12	2.472	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Purdue 19–27
97	15	2.472	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	82	0	BYE
98	-76	2.474	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to Washington 14–34
99	24	2.477	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Northern Illinois 17–7
100	15	2.507	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to UNLV 42–49
101	-60	2.542	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Navy 7–17
102	-98	2.566	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	61	0	Lost to North Carolina 0–56
103	16	2.577	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Florida State 5–10
104	3	2.577	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 12–28
105	-69	2.681	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Missouri 10–24
106	-14	2.681	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to West Virginia 18–32
107	-63	2.751	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to San Diego State 14–30
108	-76	2.786	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to UCLA 18–35
109	-22	2.820	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Colorado 27–45
110	-62	2.925	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Ohio State 13–34
111	-2	2.956	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat East Tennessee State 31–3
112	-81	3.029	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to BYU 21–45
113	9	3.046	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to SMU 7–34
114	-1	3.139	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	61	0	Beat Santa Clara 41–7
115	-33	3.168	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Texas 3–31
116	18	3.255	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 14–33
117	-3	3.568	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 14–9
118	-97	3.580	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Texas Arlington 13–26
119	16	3.586	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to USC 7–43
120	-10	4.559	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Kansas 10–19
121	-5	4.646	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Wichita State 7–13
122	-2	4.664	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to NC State 23–28
123	9	4.713	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	61	-1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 3–31
124	6	4.855	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Drake 14–17
125	-7	4.890	LSU	SEC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 9–27
126	7	5.029	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–21
127	-19	6.612	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	-1	BYE
128	-64	6.716	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Illinois 17–27
129	-59	6.716	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Long Beach State 7–17
130	-5	6.890	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	82	-2	Lost to Utah State 9–14
131	-43	7.238	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Louisville 6–31
132	-82	7.342	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Florida 7–35
133	-6	7.533	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 0–7
134	-95	7.690	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Baylor 0–38
135	2	7.968	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	82	0	Lost to Penn State 0–52
136	-25	9.551	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	82	-1	Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 15–37
137	-88	11.968	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	82	0	Lost to Akron 7–14

1981 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 8, 1981By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1981 Season Tags: • No Comments

1981 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	0	0.207	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Arlington 48–0
2	-1	0.239	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee 44–0
3	-2	0.255	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat William & Mary 42–0
4	-3	0.303	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 42–6
5	-4	0.351	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Indiana State 38–8
6	-5	0.383	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana 33–7
7	-6	0.391	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 38–13
8	-7	0.407	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Long Beach State 31–8
9	-8	0.414	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat North Texas 28–6
10	-9	0.430	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Illinois 26–6
11	-10	0.454	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat LSU 24–7
12	-11	0.454	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisville 17–0
13	-12	0.454	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Memphis 20–3
14	-13	0.454	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wake Forest 23–6
15	-14	0.470	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Southern Illinois 27–12
16	-15	0.502	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat New Mexico 21–10
17	-16	0.510	UNLV	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat San José State 16–6
18	-17	0.510	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Utah State 10–0
19	-18	0.526	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat TCU 24–16
20	-19	0.534	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Oregon 23–16
21	-20	0.534	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 14–7
22	-21	0.534	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Central Michigan 10–3
23	-22	0.534	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Louisiana Tech 17–10
24	-23	0.542	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 27–21
25	-24	0.558	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulsa 15–11
26	-25	0.574	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Syracuse 29–27
27	-26	0.582	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Baylor 18–17
28	-27	0.582	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Florida 21–20
29	-28	0.582	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tulane 19–18
30	-29	0.582	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat California 29–28
31	-30	0.971	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
32	-31	0.971	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
33	-32	0.971	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
34	-33	0.971	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
35	-34	0.971	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
36	-35	0.971	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
37	-36	0.971	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
38	-37	0.971	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
39	-38	0.971	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
40	-39	0.971	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
41	-40	0.971	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
42	-41	0.971	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
43	-42	0.971	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
44	-43	0.971	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
45	-44	0.971	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
46	-45	0.971	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
47	-46	0.971	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
48	-47	0.971	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
49	-48	0.971	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
50	-49	0.971	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
51	-50	0.971	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
52	-51	0.971	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
53	-52	0.971	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
54	-53	0.971	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
55	-54	0.971	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
56	-55	0.971	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
57	-56	0.971	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
58	-57	0.971	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
59	-58	0.971	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
60	-59	0.971	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
61	-60	0.971	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
62	-61	0.971	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
63	-62	0.971	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
64	-63	0.971	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
65	-64	0.971	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
66	-65	0.971	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
67	-66	0.971	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
68	-67	0.971	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
69	-68	0.971	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
70	-69	0.971	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
71	-70	0.971	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
72	-71	0.971	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
73	-72	0.971	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
74	-73	0.971	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
75	-74	0.971	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
76	-75	0.971	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
77	-76	0.971	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
78	-77	0.971	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
79	-78	0.971	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
80	-79	0.971	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
81	-80	0.971	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
82	-81	0.971	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
83	-82	0.971	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
84	-83	0.971	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
85	-84	0.971	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
86	-85	0.971	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
87	-86	0.971	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
88	-87	0.971	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
89	-88	0.971	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
90	-89	0.971	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
91	-90	0.971	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
92	-91	0.971	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
93	-92	0.971	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
94	-93	0.971	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
95	-94	0.971	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
96	-95	0.971	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
97	-96	0.971	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
98	-97	0.971	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
99	-98	0.971	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
100	-99	0.971	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	68	BYE
101	-100	1.055	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Lamar 17–18
102	-101	1.055	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Texas A&M 28–29
103	-102	1.055	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Miami 20–21
104	-103	1.055	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Ole Miss 18–19
105	-104	1.090	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Rutgers 27–29
106	-105	1.159	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Kansas 11–15
107	-106	1.229	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to NC State 21–27
108	-107	1.264	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Pacific 3–10
109	-108	1.264	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to West Texas A&M 10–17
110	-109	1.264	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Fresno State 16–23
111	-110	1.264	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to New Mexico State 7–14
112	-111	1.299	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Auburn 16–24
113	-112	1.368	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to UNLV 6–16
114	-113	1.368	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Utah 0–10
115	-114	1.403	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Houston 10–21
116	-115	1.542	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Mcneese State 12–27
117	-116	1.612	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Florida State 0–17
118	-117	1.612	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Alabama 7–24
119	-118	1.612	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Mississippi State 3–20
120	-119	1.612	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to South Carolina 6–23
121	-120	1.716	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–26
122	-121	1.786	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Kentucky 6–28
123	-122	1.820	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to BYU 8–31
124	-123	1.889	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 48–9
125	-124	1.890	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Wyoming 13–38
126	-125	1.921	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Wofford 45–10
127	-126	1.925	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Southern Miss 7–33
128	-127	1.945	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Missouri Southern 38–6
129	-128	2.009	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Illinois 31–7
130	-129	2.064	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to UL Monroe 8–38
131	-130	2.128	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Northern Iowa 39–30
132	-131	2.128	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Tennessee Tech 31–22
133	-132	2.272	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to East Carolina 6–42
134	-133	2.481	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Temple 0–42
135	-134	2.551	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Georgia 0–44
136	-135	2.690	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to SMU 0–48
137	-136	10.759	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	37	Lost to Youngstown State 13–19

1981 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

September 1, 1981By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1981 Season Tags: • No Comments

1981 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.

entries per pageSearch:

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

1980 Final College Football Team Rankings

January 6, 1981By 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.686	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–2	0.833	6	+65	Lost to Oklahoma 17–18
2	1	0.897	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–2	0.833	6	+61	BYE
3	-1	0.899	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–1	0.917	3	+63	BYE
4	0	0.949	BYU	IND WAC	12–1	0.923	2	+62	BYE
5	1	1.032	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	6	+49	BYE
6	-1	1.035	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–2–1	0.792	17	+57	Lost to Georgia 10–17
7	1	1.126	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	11–1	0.917	3	+55	Beat Texas 16–7
8	2	1.169	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	12–0	1.000	1	+55	Beat Notre Dame 17–10
9	-2	1.178	USC	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	18	+43	BYE
10	1	1.188	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–2	0.833	6	+47	Beat Baylor 30–2
11	2	1.277	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	6	+49	Beat Florida State 18–17
12	2	1.300	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–2	0.833	6	+45	Beat Washington 23–6
13	-4	1.349	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–2	0.833	6	+46	Lost to Alabama 2–30
14	1	1.417	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	19	+43	Beat Virginia Tech 20–10
15	-3	1.440	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	14	+38	BYE
16	0	1.557	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	5	+30	BYE
17	1	1.646	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–3	0.750	19	+31	BYE
18	1	1.647	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–3	0.750	19	+37	BYE
19	2	1.754	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	6	+39	BYE
20	0	1.764	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	9–3	0.750	19	+32	BYE
21	1	1.778	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	31	+33	BYE
22	1	1.799	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	19	+34	BYE
23	-6	1.814	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–3	0.750	19	+26	Lost to Michigan 6–23
24	0	1.907	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	14	+25	BYE
25	0	1.947	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–4	0.667	31	+29	BYE
26	1	1.985	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–4	0.667	31	+28	BYE
27	-1	2.020	SMU	IND SWC	8–4	0.667	31	+26	BYE
28	0	2.021	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	16	+18	BYE
29	2	2.125	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–4	0.667	31	+19	BYE
30	-1	2.125	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	25	+33	BYE
31	-1	2.140	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	38	+19	BYE
32	0	2.235	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	38	+15	BYE
33	0	2.284	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+18	BYE
34	0	2.345	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	25	+17	BYE
35	2	2.409	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+15	BYE
36	2	2.418	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	38	+17	BYE
37	-1	2.420	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	54	+19	BYE
38	2	2.473	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	25	+14	BYE
39	2	2.477	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	59	+15	BYE
40	2	2.521	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	31	+13	BYE
41	-6	2.575	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	54	+16	Lost to North Carolina 7–16
42	1	2.589	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	25	+6	BYE
43	1	2.611	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+12	BYE
44	-5	2.638	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	31	+6	Lost to Miami 10–20
45	0	2.660	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	25	+4	BYE
46	0	2.660	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
47	0	2.673	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	30	+9	BYE
48	1	2.720	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	38	+9	BYE
49	-1	2.735	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	54	+11	BYE
50	0	2.745	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+14	BYE
51	0	2.784	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+8	BYE
52	0	2.852	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
53	0	2.875	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
54	1	2.881	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
55	2	2.898	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
56	-2	2.914	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+8	BYE
57	-1	2.920	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	38	-1	BYE
58	0	2.952	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	+6	BYE
59	0	3.041	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	50	+3	BYE
60	0	3.093	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	52	-1	BYE
61	0	3.179	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	52	+6	BYE
62	0	3.232	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+5	BYE
63	0	3.265	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+3	BYE
64	2	3.311	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	54	-3	BYE
65	-1	3.313	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	-2	BYE
66	1	3.343	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	BYE
67	-2	3.382	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	59	-2	BYE
68	0	3.399	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	BYE
69	0	3.413	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-1	BYE
70	0	3.434	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	50	+5	BYE
71	0	3.511	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-1	BYE
72	0	3.565	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	-1	BYE
73	1	3.579	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	59	-8	BYE
74	1	3.602	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	0	BYE
75	-2	3.655	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	-2	BYE
76	0	3.659	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	59	-7	BYE
77	2	3.676	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
78	2	3.687	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+6	BYE
79	-1	3.690	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	BYE
80	2	3.730	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-6	BYE
81	0	3.736	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
82	-5	3.745	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
83	0	3.795	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	58	-1	BYE
84	0	3.871	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+6	BYE
85	0	3.888	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-8	BYE
86	0	3.901	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	0	4.128	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-8	BYE
88	0	4.148	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-9	BYE
89	1	4.196	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-11	BYE
90	1	4.216	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-17	BYE
91	-2	4.217	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
92	0	4.252	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.525	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
94	0	4.580	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-12	BYE
95	0	4.593	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-6	BYE
96	0	4.668	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
97	1	4.669	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-19	BYE
98	-1	4.717	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
99	0	4.735	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
100	0	4.767	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-16	BYE
101	0	4.791	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
102	0	4.927	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-17	BYE
103	0	4.936	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
104	0	4.991	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
105	0	5.049	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
106	1	5.128	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
107	-1	5.160	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-26	BYE
108	0	5.188	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-23	BYE
109	0	5.190	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	0	5.321	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
111	1	5.474	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
112	-1	5.510	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-24	BYE
113	0	5.581	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
114	0	5.603	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-15	BYE
115	0	5.619	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-30	BYE
116	1	5.645	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
117	-1	5.661	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
118	0	5.748	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
119	0	5.754	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	0	5.851	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-21	BYE
121	0	5.999	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
122	0	6.321	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
123	0	6.600	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-38	BYE
124	2	6.617	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-35	BYE
125	-1	6.645	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-39	BYE
126	-1	6.661	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
127	0	6.803	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-31	BYE
128	1	7.023	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-36	BYE
129	-1	7.025	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
130	0	7.441	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-49	BYE
131	0	7.508	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-52	BYE
132	0	7.720	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
133	0	8.029	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-51	BYE
134	0	8.049	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	0	8.138	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
136	1	8.222	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
137	-1	8.252	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
138	0	8.660	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-57	BYE

1980 Post-Season Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

December 30, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.625	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+67	BYE
2	2	0.903	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	11–1	0.917	3	+64	Beat South Carolina 37–9
3	2	0.945	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–2	0.833	9	+60	Beat Ohio State 31–19
4	-2	0.949	BYU	IND WAC	12–1	0.923	2	+62	BYE
5	-2	0.950	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	7	+54	BYE
6	1	1.076	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	10–2	0.833	9	+50	Beat Mississippi State 31–17
7	-1	1.151	USC	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	19	+44	BYE
8	0	1.183	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
9	0	1.210	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
10	0	1.263	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+46	BYE
11	0	1.386	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	12	+38	BYE
12	0	1.430	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	12	+38	BYE
13	0	1.447	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	12	+39	BYE
14	0	1.476	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	12	+37	BYE
15	2	1.568	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	+36	BYE
16	2	1.576	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	7	+30	BYE
17	3	1.667	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	12	+28	BYE
18	-3	1.672	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–3	0.750	20	+31	Lost to Penn State 19–31
19	-3	1.691	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–3	0.750	20	+35	Lost to Nebraska 17–31
20	4	1.770	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	9–3	0.750	20	+33	Beat Missouri 28–25
21	0	1.783	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	9	+39	BYE
22	-3	1.806	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	32	+32	Lost to Pittsburgh 9–37
23	-1	1.832	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	20	+34	BYE
24	-1	1.889	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	12	+25	BYE
25	2	1.971	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–4	0.667	32	+29	BYE
26	0	1.999	SMU	IND SWC	8–4	0.667	32	+27	BYE
27	1	2.008	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–4	0.667	32	+29	BYE
28	1	2.038	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	18	+18	BYE
29	1	2.112	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	24	+33	BYE
30	1	2.125	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	38	+20	BYE
31	-6	2.169	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–4	0.667	32	+19	Lost to Purdue 25–28
32	0	2.218	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	38	+15	BYE
33	0	2.287	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+18	BYE
34	0	2.332	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	24	+18	BYE
35	1	2.371	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	38	+17	BYE
36	3	2.406	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	55	+21	BYE
37	1	2.409	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+16	BYE
38	-3	2.437	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	38	+18	BYE
39	1	2.458	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	24	+10	BYE
40	1	2.463	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	24	+14	BYE
41	-4	2.475	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	59	+15	BYE
42	0	2.500	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	32	+14	BYE
43	0	2.586	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	24	+6	BYE
44	0	2.603	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+12	BYE
45	0	2.647	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	24	+4	BYE
46	0	2.680	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
47	2	2.692	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	31	+9	BYE
48	10	2.704	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	55	+13	Beat Tulane 34–15
49	-1	2.711	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	38	+9	BYE
50	-3	2.733	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+14	BYE
51	-1	2.778	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+8	BYE
52	-1	2.861	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
53	0	2.894	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
54	2	2.904	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+9	BYE
55	-3	2.904	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
56	-1	2.929	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	38	-1	BYE
57	-3	2.934	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	59	+7	BYE
58	-1	2.955	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	+6	BYE
59	1	3.063	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	51	+3	BYE
60	1	3.108	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	53	-1	BYE
61	1	3.191	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	53	+6	BYE
62	1	3.241	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+5	BYE
63	1	3.283	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+3	BYE
64	1	3.302	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	-1	BYE
65	1	3.329	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	59	-1	BYE
66	-7	3.333	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–5	0.583	55	-3	Lost to Arkansas 15–34
67	0	3.343	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	BYE
68	0	3.393	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	BYE
69	1	3.447	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-1	BYE
70	1	3.456	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	51	+5	BYE
71	-2	3.461	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
72	0	3.565	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	-1	BYE
73	2	3.603	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
74	-1	3.606	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	59	-8	BYE
75	-1	3.649	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	0	BYE
76	0	3.653	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	59	-7	BYE
77	3	3.700	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-4	BYE
78	-1	3.702	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	BYE
79	-1	3.702	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
80	-1	3.705	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+7	BYE
81	1	3.751	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
82	-1	3.764	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-6	BYE
83	0	3.811	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	58	-1	BYE
84	1	3.877	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+6	BYE
85	-1	3.884	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-7	BYE
86	0	3.897	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	0	4.087	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-7	BYE
88	0	4.131	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-8	BYE
89	1	4.197	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
90	-1	4.221	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-11	BYE
91	0	4.235	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-17	BYE
92	0	4.248	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.529	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
94	0	4.585	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-12	BYE
95	1	4.614	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	BYE
96	1	4.643	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	BYE
97	1	4.705	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
98	-3	4.716	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-19	BYE
99	1	4.756	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
100	1	4.833	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-16	BYE
101	-2	4.841	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
102	1	4.902	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
103	-1	4.956	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-18	BYE
104	1	5.008	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
105	-1	5.058	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-21	BYE
106	0	5.156	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-26	BYE
107	1	5.161	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
108	-1	5.192	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-23	BYE
109	0	5.203	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	0	5.313	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
111	0	5.452	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-22	BYE
112	0	5.464	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
113	1	5.572	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
114	-1	5.573	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
115	0	5.624	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
116	1	5.649	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
117	-1	5.687	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
118	0	5.743	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
119	0	5.764	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	0	5.865	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-21	BYE
121	0	6.066	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
122	0	6.337	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
123	0	6.514	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-36	BYE
124	1	6.645	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-39	BYE
125	1	6.670	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
126	-2	6.679	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-35	BYE
127	0	6.777	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-30	BYE
128	1	7.037	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
129	-1	7.063	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-36	BYE
130	0	7.441	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-48	BYE
131	0	7.529	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-52	BYE
132	0	7.694	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
133	0	7.879	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-49	BYE
134	0	8.049	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	0	8.163	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
136	0	8.239	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
137	0	8.247	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
138	0	8.667	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-56	BYE

1980 Post-Season Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

December 23, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.617	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+65	BYE
2	2	0.946	BYU	IND WAC	12–1	0.923	2	+62	Beat SMU 46–45
3	0	0.954	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	7	+53	BYE
4	-2	0.970	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+55	BYE
5	0	1.013	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	10	+51	BYE
6	0	1.138	USC	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	21	+44	BYE
7	1	1.156	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+40	BYE
8	-1	1.172	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+48	BYE
9	0	1.212	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	3	+47	BYE
10	0	1.251	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+46	BYE
11	0	1.350	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	BYE
12	1	1.404	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
13	-1	1.406	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
14	0	1.422	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
15	0	1.482	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+33	BYE
16	0	1.512	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
17	0	1.537	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+37	BYE
18	0	1.574	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	7	+30	BYE
19	0	1.628	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+33	BYE
20	0	1.659	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+28	BYE
21	1	1.785	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	9	+39	BYE
22	1	1.795	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	22	+34	BYE
23	2	1.866	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+25	BYE
24	2	1.930	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–3	0.727	23	+25	BYE
25	2	1.980	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+22	BYE
26	-2	1.988	SMU	IND SWC	8–4	0.667	34	+26	Lost to BYU 45–46
27	-6	1.992	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–4	0.667	34	+29	Lost to Florida 20–35
28	3	2.007	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	8–4	0.667	34	+29	Beat Maryland 35–20
29	-1	2.066	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	20	+18	BYE
30	0	2.097	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+33	BYE
31	-2	2.098	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	38	+21	BYE
32	0	2.224	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	38	+15	BYE
33	0	2.290	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+18	BYE
34	0	2.322	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+18	BYE
35	1	2.362	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	38	+19	BYE
36	-1	2.376	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	38	+16	BYE
37	1	2.406	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	58	+15	BYE
38	1	2.412	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+16	BYE
39	-2	2.428	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	56	+20	BYE
40	0	2.443	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+10	BYE
41	0	2.450	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	23	+14	BYE
42	0	2.519	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	34	+14	BYE
43	1	2.578	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	23	+6	BYE
44	-1	2.589	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+12	BYE
45	0	2.631	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+4	BYE
46	1	2.674	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
47	-1	2.690	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	58	+14	BYE
48	0	2.697	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	38	+9	BYE
49	0	2.725	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	33	+9	BYE
50	0	2.767	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+8	BYE
51	2	2.858	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
52	-1	2.868	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	58	+8	BYE
53	-1	2.885	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	58	+7	BYE
54	1	2.891	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	58	+8	BYE
55	1	2.903	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	38	0	BYE
56	-2	2.910	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+9	BYE
57	2	2.929	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	58	+6	BYE
58	0	2.947	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	58	+6	BYE
59	-2	2.948	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+2	BYE
60	0	3.089	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+3	BYE
61	0	3.114	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	54	-1	BYE
62	0	3.197	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+6	BYE
63	1	3.235	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+5	BYE
64	1	3.257	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+4	BYE
65	-2	3.264	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
66	0	3.312	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	58	-1	BYE
67	0	3.330	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	58	-2	BYE
68	1	3.371	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	58	-2	BYE
69	-1	3.415	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
70	0	3.416	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
71	0	3.485	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+5	BYE
72	0	3.531	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	0	BYE
73	0	3.562	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	58	-7	BYE
74	1	3.598	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	+1	BYE
75	-1	3.600	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
76	0	3.630	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	58	-7	BYE
77	1	3.698	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	BYE
78	1	3.702	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
79	1	3.709	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+7	BYE
80	-3	3.715	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-4	BYE
81	0	3.731	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
82	0	3.769	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
83	0	3.806	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	57	-1	BYE
84	1	3.869	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-7	BYE
85	-1	3.877	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	58	+6	BYE
86	0	3.894	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	0	4.112	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-7	BYE
88	0	4.131	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-8	BYE
89	0	4.170	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-10	BYE
90	0	4.193	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
91	0	4.205	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-16	BYE
92	0	4.240	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.513	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
94	0	4.543	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-11	BYE
95	1	4.604	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-17	BYE
96	-1	4.606	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	BYE
97	0	4.638	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	BYE
98	0	4.684	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
99	0	4.696	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
100	0	4.722	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
101	0	4.739	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-15	BYE
102	0	4.906	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-17	BYE
103	0	4.922	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
104	0	5.026	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-20	BYE
105	0	5.034	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
106	0	5.108	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-25	BYE
107	0	5.152	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-22	BYE
108	0	5.165	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
109	0	5.203	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	0	5.300	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
111	0	5.374	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-21	BYE
112	0	5.444	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
113	1	5.558	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
114	-1	5.558	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
115	0	5.624	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
116	1	5.631	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
117	-1	5.632	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
118	0	5.734	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
119	0	5.759	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	0	5.865	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-21	BYE
121	0	5.922	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-27	BYE
122	0	6.280	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-37	BYE
123	0	6.537	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-36	BYE
124	1	6.586	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-34	BYE
125	-1	6.588	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
126	0	6.675	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
127	0	6.787	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-30	BYE
128	0	6.977	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
129	0	7.031	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
130	0	7.296	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-46	BYE
131	0	7.539	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-52	BYE
132	0	7.689	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
133	0	7.847	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-49	BYE
134	0	8.039	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	1	8.194	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
136	-1	8.215	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
137	0	8.278	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
138	0	8.591	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-55	BYE

1980 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 16, 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	0.620	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+64	BYE
2	1	0.950	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+55	BYE
3	-1	0.958	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	7	+53	BYE
4	0	0.983	BYU	IND WAC	11–1	0.917	2	+54	BYE
5	0	0.991	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	10	+51	BYE
6	0	1.135	USC	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	21	+44	BYE
7	0	1.153	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+48	BYE
8	0	1.156	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+40	BYE
9	0	1.189	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	3	+47	BYE
10	0	1.257	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+45	BYE
11	0	1.346	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	BYE
12	0	1.404	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
13	0	1.406	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
14	0	1.422	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
15	0	1.480	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+33	BYE
16	0	1.519	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
17	0	1.547	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+36	BYE
18	0	1.572	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	7	+30	BYE
19	1	1.626	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+33	BYE
20	1	1.666	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+28	BYE
21	1	1.733	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–3	0.727	23	+33	BYE
22	-3	1.782	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–2	0.833	9	+39	Lost to Southern Miss 14–16
23	4	1.793	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	22	+34	Beat Mcneese State 16–14
24	-1	1.824	SMU	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	23	+27	BYE
25	-1	1.862	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+25	BYE
26	-1	1.930	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–3	0.727	23	+25	BYE
27	-1	1.980	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+22	BYE
28	0	2.068	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	20	+18	BYE
29	1	2.092	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	37	+21	BYE
30	-1	2.092	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+33	BYE
31	1	2.226	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	37	+21	BYE
32	1	2.241	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	37	+15	BYE
33	1	2.284	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+18	BYE
34	1	2.322	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+18	BYE
35	1	2.332	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	37	+17	BYE
36	1	2.358	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	37	+18	BYE
37	9	2.399	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–5	0.583	56	+20	Beat Navy 35–0
38	1	2.403	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	58	+15	BYE
39	-1	2.406	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+16	BYE
40	0	2.443	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+10	BYE
41	0	2.447	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	23	+14	BYE
42	-11	2.539	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–4	0.667	36	+14	Lost to Houston 0–35
43	-1	2.574	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	37	+12	BYE
44	-1	2.576	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	23	+6	BYE
45	-1	2.631	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+4	BYE
46	-1	2.653	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	58	+15	BYE
47	0	2.663	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+6	BYE
48	0	2.685	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	37	+9	BYE
49	1	2.747	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	35	+9	BYE
50	-1	2.752	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	37	+8	BYE
51	0	2.831	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	58	+9	BYE
52	0	2.842	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	58	+8	BYE
53	0	2.843	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	37	+6	BYE
54	0	2.872	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+10	BYE
55	0	2.885	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	58	+8	BYE
56	1	2.891	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	37	0	BYE
57	2	2.901	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+3	BYE
58	0	2.907	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	58	+7	BYE
59	-3	2.923	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	58	+6	BYE
60	0	3.091	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+3	BYE
61	0	3.111	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	54	-1	BYE
62	0	3.194	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+6	BYE
63	1	3.220	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
64	-1	3.221	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+5	BYE
65	0	3.257	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+4	BYE
66	0	3.306	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	58	-1	BYE
67	0	3.327	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	58	-2	BYE
68	1	3.363	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	+2	BYE
69	-1	3.364	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	58	-2	BYE
70	0	3.427	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
71	0	3.492	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+5	BYE
72	0	3.527	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	0	BYE
73	0	3.562	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	58	-7	BYE
74	1	3.596	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
75	-1	3.598	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	+1	BYE
76	0	3.630	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	58	-7	BYE
77	0	3.674	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-4	BYE
78	0	3.695	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	BYE
79	0	3.702	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
80	0	3.724	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+7	BYE
81	0	3.731	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
82	0	3.773	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
83	1	3.802	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	57	-1	BYE
84	-1	3.844	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	58	+7	BYE
85	0	3.869	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-7	BYE
86	0	3.890	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	1	4.062	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-6	BYE
88	-1	4.088	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-7	BYE
89	0	4.170	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-10	BYE
90	1	4.193	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
91	-1	4.197	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-16	BYE
92	0	4.229	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.505	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
94	0	4.539	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-12	BYE
95	0	4.601	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	BYE
96	0	4.613	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-17	BYE
97	0	4.638	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	BYE
98	0	4.680	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
99	0	4.696	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
100	0	4.722	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
101	0	4.749	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-15	BYE
102	1	4.906	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-17	BYE
103	-1	4.932	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
104	0	5.031	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-20	BYE
105	0	5.042	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
106	0	5.100	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-25	BYE
107	0	5.148	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-22	BYE
108	0	5.188	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
109	0	5.199	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	0	5.292	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
111	0	5.373	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-21	BYE
112	0	5.439	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
113	0	5.549	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
114	0	5.553	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
115	0	5.615	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
116	1	5.624	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
117	-1	5.627	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
118	0	5.734	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-29	BYE
119	0	5.754	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	0	5.809	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-20	BYE
121	0	5.859	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-26	BYE
122	0	6.223	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-36	BYE
123	0	6.468	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
124	1	6.583	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
125	-1	6.617	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-34	BYE
126	0	6.679	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
127	0	6.803	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-30	BYE
128	0	6.972	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
129	0	7.031	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
130	0	7.291	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-46	BYE
131	0	7.529	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-52	BYE
132	0	7.689	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
133	0	7.847	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-49	BYE
134	0	8.034	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	0	8.202	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
136	0	8.206	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
137	0	8.290	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
138	0	8.591	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-55	BYE

1980 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.615	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+64	Beat Florida 17–13
2	0	0.935	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1–1	0.864	8	+53	Lost to USC 3–20
3	0	0.948	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	3	+55	BYE
4	1	0.975	BYU	IND WAC	11–1	0.917	2	+54	BYE
5	-1	0.981	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	10	+51	BYE
6	4	1.133	USC	PAC	8–2–1	0.773	21	+44	Beat Notre Dame 20–3
7	-1	1.149	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+48	BYE
8	-1	1.152	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+40	BYE
9	-1	1.188	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	3	+46	BYE
10	-1	1.254	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+45	BYE
11	0	1.348	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
12	0	1.398	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
13	1	1.405	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
14	-1	1.418	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
15	0	1.478	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+33	BYE
16	0	1.517	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+37	BYE
17	0	1.539	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+35	BYE
18	0	1.578	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	8	+30	BYE
19	0	1.602	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–1	0.909	3	+42	BYE
20	0	1.611	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
21	0	1.635	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+29	BYE
22	0	1.716	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
23	0	1.811	SMU	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	22	+27	BYE
24	0	1.858	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+25	BYE
25	0	1.920	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–3	0.727	22	+25	BYE
26	0	1.967	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	22	+22	BYE
27	0	1.987	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+24	BYE
28	0	2.070	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	20	+18	BYE
29	0	2.077	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
30	0	2.097	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	37	+20	BYE
31	0	2.162	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+19	BYE
32	0	2.223	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–4	0.636	37	+21	Lost to Florida State 13–17
33	0	2.248	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	37	+15	BYE
34	0	2.281	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+18	BYE
35	0	2.304	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	22	+18	BYE
36	0	2.327	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	37	+16	BYE
37	0	2.358	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	37	+18	BYE
38	0	2.360	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+17	BYE
39	0	2.392	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	57	+15	BYE
40	1	2.430	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+10	BYE
41	-1	2.434	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	22	+14	BYE
42	1	2.566	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	37	+12	BYE
43	-1	2.568	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	22	+6	BYE
44	0	2.616	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	22	+4	BYE
45	0	2.627	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	57	+15	BYE
46	0	2.634	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	57	+12	BYE
47	0	2.660	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+6	BYE
48	0	2.674	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	37	+9	BYE
49	1	2.747	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	37	+8	BYE
50	-1	2.757	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	36	+9	BYE
51	0	2.808	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	57	+9	BYE
52	0	2.822	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
53	0	2.823	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	37	+7	BYE
54	0	2.862	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+10	BYE
55	0	2.868	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
56	0	2.884	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	57	+7	BYE
57	1	2.888	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	37	0	BYE
58	-1	2.890	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	57	+7	BYE
59	0	2.895	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+3	BYE
60	0	3.091	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+3	BYE
61	0	3.107	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	54	-1	BYE
62	0	3.187	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+6	BYE
63	1	3.197	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	37	+6	BYE
64	-1	3.201	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
65	0	3.205	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+5	BYE
66	0	3.289	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	57	-1	BYE
67	0	3.311	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	57	-2	BYE
68	0	3.347	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	57	-2	BYE
69	0	3.355	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
70	0	3.427	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-1	BYE
71	0	3.495	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+5	BYE
72	0	3.508	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	0	BYE
73	0	3.546	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	57	-7	BYE
74	1	3.589	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	+1	BYE
75	-1	3.600	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	0	BYE
76	0	3.607	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	57	-7	BYE
77	0	3.670	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-4	BYE
78	0	3.687	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	BYE
79	0	3.702	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
80	1	3.717	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+6	BYE
81	-1	3.720	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
82	0	3.773	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
83	0	3.781	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
84	0	3.789	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	56	-1	BYE
85	0	3.835	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-6	BYE
86	0	3.879	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	0	4.017	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-7	BYE
88	0	4.058	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-6	BYE
89	0	4.162	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-10	BYE
90	1	4.175	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-15	BYE
91	-1	4.183	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
92	0	4.222	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.471	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
94	0	4.527	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-12	BYE
95	1	4.593	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	BYE
96	-1	4.613	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-17	BYE
97	0	4.638	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	BYE
98	0	4.668	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
99	0	4.681	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
100	0	4.710	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
101	0	4.740	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-15	BYE
102	0	4.872	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-15	BYE
103	0	4.891	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-17	BYE
104	0	5.035	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-20	BYE
105	0	5.046	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
106	0	5.084	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-25	BYE
107	0	5.136	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-22	BYE
108	0	5.188	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
109	0	5.194	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	1	5.279	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
111	-1	5.302	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-21	BYE
112	0	5.419	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
113	0	5.535	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
114	0	5.543	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
115	0	5.582	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
116	0	5.612	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
117	0	5.616	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
118	0	5.660	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
119	0	5.749	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	0	5.767	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-19	BYE
121	0	5.844	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-26	BYE
122	0	6.197	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-36	BYE
123	0	6.457	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
124	0	6.530	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-33	BYE
125	0	6.568	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
126	0	6.675	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	BYE
127	0	6.725	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
128	0	6.949	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
129	0	7.025	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
130	0	7.286	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-46	BYE
131	0	7.497	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-51	BYE
132	0	7.684	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
133	0	7.835	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-49	BYE
134	0	8.019	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	0	8.190	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
136	0	8.206	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
137	0	8.290	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
138	0	8.579	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-55	BYE

1980 Week 15 College Football Team Rankings

December 2, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.664	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	8	+57	BYE
2	0	0.751	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+55	BYE
3	2	0.967	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	4	+55	Beat Penn State 14–9
4	-1	0.983	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	10	+51	Lost to Pittsburgh 9–14
5	-1	0.985	BYU	IND WAC	11–1	0.917	3	+54	Beat UNLV 54–14
6	1	1.157	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	4	+48	BYE
7	-1	1.163	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+40	BYE
8	1	1.199	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	4	+46	BYE
9	-1	1.251	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	11–0	1.000	1	+45	Beat Georgia Tech 38–20
10	0	1.298	USC	PAC	7–2–1	0.750	21	+35	BYE
11	3	1.337	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+39	Beat Auburn 34–18
12	1	1.402	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	10	+38	Beat Oklahoma State 63–14
13	-1	1.403	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
14	-3	1.411	UCLA	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+36	Beat Oregon State 34–3
15	1	1.480	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	10	+33	BYE
16	-1	1.514	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	10	+38	BYE
17	5	1.528	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+35	Beat Florida 31–7
18	-1	1.582	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	9	+30	BYE
19	-1	1.613	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–1	0.909	4	+42	BYE
20	-1	1.616	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
21	-1	1.642	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	10	+28	BYE
22	-1	1.721	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
23	1	1.819	SMU	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	22	+27	BYE
24	1	1.862	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	10	+25	BYE
25	1	1.902	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–3	0.727	22	+26	BYE
26	1	1.967	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	22	+22	BYE
27	2	1.990	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+24	BYE
28	2	2.073	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	20	+18	BYE
29	2	2.084	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	22	+33	BYE
30	5	2.114	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–4	0.636	38	+20	Beat Arizona 44–7
31	3	2.147	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+20	Beat Army 33–6
32	-9	2.154	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–3	0.700	36	+22	Lost to Miami 7–31
33	0	2.266	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	38	+15	BYE
34	-2	2.299	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+18	Lost to BYU 14–54
35	1	2.317	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	22	+18	BYE
36	-8	2.342	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	38	+16	Lost to Texas A&M 14–24
37	1	2.382	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	38	+18	BYE
38	3	2.389	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+17	Beat Holy Cross 27–26
39	1	2.408	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	57	+15	BYE
40	3	2.439	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	22	+14	Beat Air Force 20–12
41	-2	2.442	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+10	BYE
42	0	2.570	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	22	+6	BYE
43	1	2.581	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+12	BYE
44	1	2.616	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	22	+4	BYE
45	3	2.631	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	57	+15	BYE
46	-9	2.644	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	57	+12	Lost to Rice 7–35
47	0	2.672	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
48	1	2.688	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	38	+9	BYE
49	-3	2.757	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	36	+9	BYE
50	0	2.761	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	38	+8	BYE
51	0	2.812	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	57	+9	BYE
52	1	2.832	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
53	-1	2.840	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	38	+7	BYE
54	2	2.868	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+10	BYE
55	-1	2.874	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
56	1	2.893	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	57	+7	BYE
57	9	2.897	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–5	0.545	57	+7	Beat Texas Tech 22–16
58	-3	2.900	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	38	0	BYE
59	-1	2.910	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+3	BYE
60	-1	3.095	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+3	BYE
61	0	3.110	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	54	-1	BYE
62	0	3.194	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+6	BYE
63	2	3.208	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	BYE
64	-1	3.215	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	38	+6	BYE
65	5	3.216	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+5	BYE
66	-2	3.299	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	57	-1	BYE
67	0	3.317	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	57	-2	BYE
68	3	3.354	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	57	-2	BYE
69	16	3.370	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	Beat Houston 35–7
70	-2	3.423	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	0	Lost to Alabama 18–34
71	2	3.495	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	52	+5	Beat Rhode Island 9–3
72	3	3.512	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	0	BYE
73	1	3.546	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	57	-7	BYE
74	-5	3.581	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	75	+1	Lost to Arizona State 7–44
75	1	3.594	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	75	+1	BYE
76	1	3.607	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	57	-7	BYE
77	-5	3.681	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	75	-4	Lost to Arkansas 16–22
78	-18	3.695	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–5–1	0.500	71	+7	Lost to San Diego State 20–21
79	7	3.710	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	75	-5	Beat Vanderbilt 51–13
80	1	3.724	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	75	-5	BYE
81	-1	3.732	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	+7	BYE
82	-3	3.777	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	BYE
83	0	3.784	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	57	+8	BYE
84	-6	3.793	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	56	-1	BYE
85	-3	3.843	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	75	-6	BYE
86	-2	3.883	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	75	-10	BYE
87	0	4.025	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-7	BYE
88	14	4.066	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	91	-6	Beat Texas 24–14
89	1	4.166	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-10	BYE
90	-1	4.183	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-12	BYE
91	0	4.186	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-15	BYE
92	-4	4.233	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-14	BYE
93	0	4.483	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
94	-2	4.535	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-12	BYE
95	0	4.613	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-16	BYE
96	-2	4.622	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	BYE
97	2	4.651	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	BYE
98	-1	4.672	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	BYE
99	-3	4.681	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
100	-2	4.710	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-18	BYE
101	0	4.740	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-14	BYE
102	-2	4.852	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	Lost to Navy 6–33
103	0	4.891	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	105	-17	Lost to Oklahoma 14–63
104	1	5.011	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-19	BYE
105	-1	5.046	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	90	-13	BYE
106	0	5.092	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	103	-25	BYE
107	11	5.144	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–8	0.333	103	-22	Beat Utah 21–20
108	-1	5.192	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-21	BYE
109	-1	5.203	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-17	BYE
110	0	5.276	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–9–1	0.208	122	-20	Lost to Hawai'i 12–20
111	-2	5.287	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-22	BYE
112	-1	5.424	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	BYE
113	0	5.545	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
114	-2	5.548	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
115	-1	5.601	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
116	1	5.617	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
117	-1	5.624	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
118	2	5.669	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	BYE
119	0	5.754	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	1	5.776	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-19	BYE
121	-6	5.849	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-26	Lost to Tennessee 13–51
122	0	6.203	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-36	BYE
123	0	6.468	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
124	3	6.530	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–9–1	0.136	130	-32	Lost to Georgia 20–38
125	0	6.573	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
126	-2	6.679	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	111	-22	Lost to Boston College 26–27
127	-1	6.730	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
128	1	6.955	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-35	BYE
129	-1	7.025	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	BYE
130	0	7.317	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-46	BYE
131	0	7.513	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	123	-51	BYE
132	0	7.684	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	123	-22	BYE
133	2	7.854	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–11	0.000	137	-49	Lost to UCLA 3–34
134	-1	8.029	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-52	BYE
135	1	8.202	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	BYE
136	-2	8.206	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-45	BYE
137	0	8.290	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	BYE
138	0	8.579	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-55	BYE

1980 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 25, 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	1	0.727	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	7	+55	BYE
2	-1	0.795	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–0–1	0.950	2	+52	Beat Air Force 24–10
3	1	0.959	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	7	+50	BYE
4	3	1.072	BYU	IND WAC	10–1	0.909	3	+45	Beat Utah 56–6
5	0	1.137	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	7	+44	BYE
6	-3	1.145	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	11	+40	Lost to Oklahoma 17–21
7	-1	1.171	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+48	Beat Duke 44–21
8	0	1.200	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	10–0	1.000	1	+42	BYE
9	1	1.245	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	3	+43	Beat Texas 16–0
10	-1	1.389	USC	PAC	7–2–1	0.750	22	+33	Lost to UCLA 17–20
11	7	1.409	UCLA	PAC	8–2	0.800	17	+36	Beat USC 20–17
12	3	1.428	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–2	0.818	11	+38	Beat Ohio State 9–3
13	3	1.458	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	17	+36	Beat Nebraska 21–17
14	-1	1.462	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–2	0.800	17	+33	BYE
15	-1	1.535	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	9–2	0.818	11	+37	Beat Ole Miss 19–14
16	-4	1.545	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	11	+32	Lost to Michigan 3–9
17	3	1.578	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	10	+30	Beat Citadel 28–15
18	3	1.629	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	10–1	0.909	3	+42	Beat Louisiana 14–0
19	-8	1.657	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+33	Lost to Clemson 6–27
20	-1	1.692	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	9–2	0.818	11	+27	Beat Washington State 30–23
21	3	1.752	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–3	0.727	23	+34	Beat Virginia 31–0
22	7	1.778	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	34	+29	Beat North Texas 26–8
23	0	1.847	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	7–2	0.778	21	+25	BYE
24	4	1.892	SMU	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	23	+26	Beat Arkansas 31–7
25	1	1.896	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	11	+25	BYE
26	6	1.951	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–3	0.727	23	+26	Beat Indiana 24–23
27	6	2.002	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+22	Beat Kansas 31–6
28	-6	2.036	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	34	+21	Lost to Baylor 0–16
29	-12	2.041	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+25	Lost to Louisville 3–6
30	6	2.069	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	8–2	0.800	17	+17	Beat Harvard 14–0
31	9	2.116	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	8–3	0.727	23	+33	Beat Drake 21–7
32	-2	2.167	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	34	+19	BYE
33	-6	2.343	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	6–3–2	0.636	40	+14	Lost to Arizona State 37–42
34	1	2.373	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	34	+17	BYE
35	17	2.374	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	50	+15	Beat Oregon 42–37
36	1	2.381	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+18	Beat New Mexico State 21–20
37	9	2.383	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	50	+17	Beat Texas Tech 34–7
38	10	2.418	LSU	SEC	7–4	0.636	40	+18	Beat Tulane 24–7
39	3	2.479	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+10	BYE
40	-15	2.537	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–5	0.545	59	+14	Lost to California 23–28
41	0	2.561	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	50	+14	Beat Massachusetts 13–12
42	-11	2.581	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	23	+7	Lost to Vanderbilt 29–31
43	0	2.600	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	34	+11	BYE
44	9	2.629	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+12	Beat Eastern Michigan 38–6
45	-11	2.641	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–3	0.727	23	+4	Lost to Long Beach State 7–21
46	-7	2.713	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	7–3	0.700	34	+8	Lost to Yale 0–14
47	14	2.722	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+6	Beat Colgate 35–13
48	15	2.725	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+14	Beat South Carolina 27–6
49	-11	2.735	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+9	Lost to Utah State 38–44
50	5	2.815	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
51	7	2.854	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–5	0.545	59	+10	Beat East Carolina 36–14
52	-5	2.895	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+7	Lost to Mcneese State 0–14
53	-2	2.899	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+9	Lost to Miami 8–26
54	6	2.921	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	59	+8	Beat Oklahoma State 23–21
55	-6	2.929	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	0	Lost to Furman 15–28
56	-12	2.938	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	71	+11	Lost to Syracuse 7–20
57	8	2.958	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	+7	Beat Indiana State 28–21
58	-13	2.986	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+2	Lost to LSU 7–24
59	11	3.074	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	6–4	0.600	50	+3	Beat Dartmouth 27–24
60	-6	3.110	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–4–1	0.550	57	+15	Lost to BYU 6–56
61	-11	3.115	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	54	-1	Lost to Wake Forest 16–28
62	0	3.174	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–4–1	0.591	54	+6	BYE
63	12	3.266	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+6	Beat Louisiana Tech 19–14
64	14	3.274	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	59	+1	Beat San José State 44–38
65	12	3.289	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	5–6	0.455	78	+1	Beat App State 28–16
66	-9	3.295	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	71	+3	Lost to SMU 7–31
67	5	3.342	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	Beat UTEP 52–7
68	-1	3.344	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5	0.500	71	+3	BYE
69	7	3.347	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	71	+4	Beat Oregon State 24–7
70	4	3.360	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	78	+6	Beat West Virginia 20–7
71	8	3.426	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	6–5	0.545	59	-2	Beat Bowling Green 21–20
72	-13	3.474	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–5	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Houston 7–34
73	7	3.560	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	56	+5	Beat Columbia 31–13
74	-5	3.598	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	6–5	0.545	59	-7	Lost to Purdue 23–24
75	-19	3.618	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5–1	0.500	71	0	Lost to Memphis 0–6
76	-10	3.655	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	4–5–2	0.455	78	+1	Lost to Missouri 6–31
77	-9	3.666	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	59	-7	Lost to Ball State 21–28
78	-5	3.762	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	57	0	Lost to Rutgers 13–35
79	7	3.775	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–5	0.500	71	+5	Beat Pennsylvania 31–9
80	10	3.790	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	78	+8	Beat Southern Miss 6–3
81	-17	3.793	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	78	-5	Lost to Wisconsin 7–25
82	3	3.884	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	78	-6	Beat Southern Illinois 23–20
83	10	3.888	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	59	+7	Beat Temple 23–7
84	-13	3.975	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–6	0.455	78	-10	Lost to Cincinnati 13–23
85	-4	3.987	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	88	-5	BYE
86	3	4.073	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	88	-7	Beat Kentucky 45–14
87	0	4.170	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–7	0.364	91	-9	Lost to Maryland 0–31
88	0	4.225	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	78	-12	BYE
89	5	4.248	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	78	-11	Beat William & Mary 26–14
90	13	4.259	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-11	Beat Minnesota 25–7
91	-8	4.263	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	78	-15	Lost to UL Monroe 14–19
92	-10	4.521	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	91	-10	Lost to San Diego State 22–24
93	-9	4.532	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-17	Lost to Kent State 14–34
94	-2	4.712	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-5	Lost to NC State 14–36
95	5	4.729	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-16	Lost to Mississippi State 14–19
96	1	4.731	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7–1	0.318	105	-16	BYE
97	-1	4.733	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	91	-19	Lost to Ohio 20–21
98	12	4.735	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	91	-17	Beat Michigan State 41–0
99	3	4.750	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–7	0.364	91	-21	Lost to Washington 23–30
100	-1	4.776	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	102	-11	BYE
101	-10	4.828	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–8	0.273	111	-13	Lost to Tennessee 14–45
102	4	4.833	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–7	0.300	109	-11	Beat TCU 13–10
103	-5	4.939	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–6–1	0.350	102	-16	Lost to Iowa State 21–23
104	-3	4.990	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–6	0.400	88	-13	Lost to Princeton 24–27
105	-10	5.056	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–8	0.273	111	-19	Lost to Iowa 0–41
106	9	5.187	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	104	-24	Beat CAL State Fullerton 32–26
107	9	5.195	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–8	0.273	111	-18	Beat Stanford 28–23
108	-1	5.252	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-16	Lost to Villanova 7–23
109	-5	5.345	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	91	-21	Lost to Pacific 26–32
110	2	5.419	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	2–8–1	0.227	121	-17	Lost to Notre Dame 10–24
111	-2	5.479	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–7–1	0.318	105	-26	Lost to Tulsa 20–21
112	-1	5.596	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-14	BYE
113	-5	5.610	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	Lost to West Texas A&M 20–23
114	-9	5.642	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	Lost to Texas Arlington 27–44
115	12	5.651	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–8	0.200	123	-20	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–29
116	-2	5.660	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	91	-3	BYE
117	1	5.668	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	111	-27	Beat Colorado 17–14
118	3	5.727	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	111	-25	Beat New Mexico 24–22
119	-6	5.773	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–7–1	0.318	105	-19	BYE
120	3	5.785	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–8	0.273	111	-28	Beat Toledo 34–14
121	-1	5.835	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	111	-19	Beat Lamar 44–27
122	-3	6.275	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–9	0.182	124	-35	Lost to North Carolina 21–44
123	-6	6.596	TCU	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	134	-32	Lost to Texas A&M 10–13
124	1	6.609	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	109	-17	BYE
125	4	6.701	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	124	-38	Beat Miami (OH) 23–13
126	0	6.870	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	124	-29	Lost to Richmond 14–26
127	1	6.893	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–8–1	0.150	130	-30	BYE
128	-6	7.053	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8–1	0.227	121	-39	Lost to East Tennessee State 16–21
129	-5	7.057	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	134	-34	Lost to Kansas State 14–17
130	5	7.409	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	124	-44	Beat Wichita State 6–0
131	3	7.601	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	124	-51	Beat Austin Peay 14–9
132	5	7.736	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	124	-22	Beat Marshall 21–16
133	-3	8.008	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-50	Lost to Wyoming 7–52
134	-3	8.167	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-44	Lost to Brown 13–31
135	-3	8.178	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–10	0.000	137	-45	Lost to Arizona 7–24
136	0	8.281	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–9	0.100	131	-38	Lost to Northern Illinois 6–38
137	-4	8.300	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–9	0.100	131	-28	Lost to Cornell 9–31
138	0	8.654	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–11	0.000	137	-55	BYE

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

1980 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 11, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	1	0.808	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–0–1	0.938	2	+33	Tied Georgia Tech 3–3
2	-1	0.810	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+44	Beat Virginia Tech 31–7
3	1	0.937	USC	PAC	7–0–1	0.938	2	+31	Beat Stanford 34–9
4	1	0.988	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+36	Beat NC State 21–13
5	-2	1.024	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	5	+30	Beat Kansas State 55–8
6	1	1.100	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–1	0.889	5	+34	Beat Clemson 24–19
7	-1	1.166	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	5	+31	Beat Louisville 41–23
8	1	1.207	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–0	1.000	1	+30	Beat Florida 26–21
9	1	1.224	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	5	+27	Beat LSU 28–7
10	2	1.308	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	5	+27	Beat Arkansas 42–15
11	2	1.334	BYU	IND WAC	8–1	0.889	5	+25	Beat North Texas 41–23
12	3	1.344	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	17	+27	Beat Citadel 45–24
13	-2	1.420	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	5	+24	Beat Illinois 49–42
14	2	1.599	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–2	0.778	17	+24	BYE
15	-7	1.610	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	17	+23	Lost to Auburn 0–31
16	1	1.642	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	5	+20	Beat Davidson 21–7
17	2	1.650	SMU	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	17	+20	Beat Rice 34–14
18	6	1.776	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	17	+20	Beat Wyoming 33–26
19	4	1.776	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	27	+18	Beat Houston 15–13
20	-6	1.819	UCLA	PAC	6–2	0.750	27	+19	Lost to Oregon 14–20
21	8	1.831	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	8–1	0.889	5	+24	Beat Louisiana Tech 45–8
22	-1	1.835	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–2	0.778	17	+17	Beat Wisconsin 24–0
23	-3	1.865	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	27	+16	Beat Kansas 21–19
24	-6	1.880	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–2	0.750	27	+17	Lost to Georgia 21–26
25	0	1.898	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	17	+16	Beat Iowa State 14–10
26	0	1.910	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–2	0.778	17	+17	Beat Iowa 58–13
27	10	1.943	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	5–2–2	0.667	35	+14	Beat UCLA 20–14
28	-1	2.000	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	50	+18	Beat East Carolina 23–10
29	3	2.029	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–2	0.778	17	+12	Beat Arizona 45–22
30	0	2.109	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–3	0.667	35	+17	BYE
31	-9	2.130	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–4	0.600	54	+18	Lost to USC 9–34
32	1	2.158	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–2	0.778	17	+10	Beat Western Carolina 39–14
33	7	2.162	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	15	+14	Beat Bowling Green 32–10
34	-6	2.327	LSU	SEC	6–3	0.667	35	+12	Lost to Alabama 7–28
35	-1	2.340	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	8–2	0.800	15	+6	Beat Nebraska Omaha 17–0
36	12	2.430	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	+11	Beat Syracuse 6–3
37	10	2.502	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–3	0.625	50	+10	Beat California 34–6
38	15	2.517	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	+6	Beat Virginia 19–17
39	10	2.518	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	27	+8	Beat William & Mary 24–13
40	19	2.586	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	58	+11	Beat Indiana 31–7
41	-2	2.604	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	33	+6	Lost to Florida State 7–31
42	15	2.622	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–3	0.667	35	+9	Beat Indiana State 30–7
43	1	2.637	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	+4	BYE
44	-6	2.648	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–4	0.556	58	+10	Lost to Texas 13–15
45	1	2.654	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–3–1	0.650	48	+3	Tied Virginia Military Institute 16–16
46	5	2.675	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–3	0.667	35	+7	Beat Pacific 28–23
47	-5	2.725	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	35	+2	Lost to South Carolina 24–45
48	-12	2.728	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	33	+7	Lost to Miami (OH) 24–34
49	9	2.729	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–3	0.667	35	+16	Beat CAL State Fullerton 20–10
50	-19	2.749	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	27	+1	Lost to Cornell 6–24
51	15	2.778	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	70	+8	Beat Temple 41–28
52	-11	2.795	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	58	+7	Lost to Missouri 10–14
53	-8	2.819	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–4	0.556	58	+4	Lost to UNLV 26–33
54	14	2.846	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–3–1	0.611	53	+16	Beat New Mexico 49–21
55	-20	2.866	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	6–4	0.600	54	+8	Lost to Toledo 6–13
56	-2	2.887	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	70	+6	BYE
57	3	2.892	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	35	+2	Beat Texas Arlington 30–13
58	-15	2.892	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–4	0.556	58	+8	Lost to North Carolina 19–24
59	2	2.935	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	35	+3	Beat San Diego State 31–6
60	2	2.970	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–3–1	0.650	48	+4	Beat UTEP 37–7
61	-5	3.072	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–5	0.444	75	+5	Lost to Penn State 13–21
62	20	3.073	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–4	0.556	58	+3	Beat Southern Miss 31–0
63	-11	3.081	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	58	+2	Lost to BYU 23–41
64	10	3.121	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	50	+1	Beat Maine 24–7
65	6	3.170	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	35	+5	Beat Mississippi College 40–22
66	-11	3.190	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	+4	Lost to Navy 3–6
67	-3	3.236	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	70	+1	Lost to Baylor 15–42
68	11	3.275	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	5–4	0.556	58	0	Beat Marshall 28–20
69	-2	3.306	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	70	+3	Tied New Mexico State 14–14
70	3	3.307	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–3	0.571	56	+8	BYE
71	13	3.447	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–4	0.556	58	-1	Beat Weber State 50–13
72	3	3.461	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	95	+2	BYE
73	3	3.501	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–5	0.444	75	-2	Beat Duke 27–24
74	-9	3.603	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–4	0.556	58	-5	Lost to Minnesota 7–31
75	17	3.618	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–5	0.444	75	-2	Beat Western Michigan 34–24
76	-26	3.619	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	70	-1	Lost to TCU 17–24
77	-8	3.642	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	0	Lost to Miami 10–23
78	-8	3.651	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	58	-4	Lost to Tulsa 7–30
79	4	3.657	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	57	+3	BYE
80	-8	3.686	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	75	-2	Lost to SMU 14–34
81	-18	3.705	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–4–2	0.444	75	+1	Lost to Oklahoma 19–21
82	-5	3.748	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–4	0.556	58	-8	Lost to Mcneese State 8–45
83	3	3.782	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–5	0.444	75	-5	Beat Kent State 34–7
84	1	3.794	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	75	-5	BYE
85	-4	3.841	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–5	0.375	95	0	Lost to Washington 22–45
86	-8	3.852	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	89	0	Lost to Utah 21–49
87	-7	3.878	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–5	0.444	75	-5	Lost to Rutgers 17–19
88	-1	4.105	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–6	0.333	101	-3	Beat Vanderbilt 31–10
89	-1	4.246	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-8	BYE
90	9	4.302	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	89	-8	Beat Southern Illinois 31–14
91	-2	4.335	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–6–1	0.350	99	-8	Lost to Ohio State 42–49
92	25	4.371	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	95	+3	Beat Yale 24–6
93	14	4.465	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–6	0.333	101	-10	Beat Northern Illinois 13–6
94	1	4.593	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	89	-13	Lost to Central Michigan 10–32
95	10	4.676	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	93	-9	Beat Air Force 47–24
96	-2	4.678	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	112	-7	BYE
97	-1	4.686	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	75	-8	Lost to Long Beach State 10–20
98	-7	4.815	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	101	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 23–41
99	4	4.832	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	101	-14	Beat Arkansas State 23–22
100	12	4.835	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-2	Beat Pennsylvania 34–3
101	-8	4.863	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	75	-10	Lost to West Virginia 28–41
102	7	5.031	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–7	0.222	114	-13	Beat Northwestern 42–10
103	-5	5.053	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–5–1	0.389	93	-15	Tied Wichita State 14–14
104	-4	5.073	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–7	0.222	114	-15	BYE
105	-15	5.083	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	101	-14	Lost to Fresno State 14–31
106	13	5.189	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–5–1	0.313	109	-12	Beat Colorado 42–7
107	-10	5.217	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–6	0.333	101	-15	Lost to Purdue 13–58
108	7	5.268	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6	0.333	101	-18	Beat Oregon State 28–7
109	-7	5.293	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–7	0.222	114	-15	Lost to Michigan 0–24
110	-9	5.435	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–7	0.222	114	-14	Lost to Arizona State 6–34
111	-1	5.485	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–6–1	0.350	99	-10	Tied App State 16–16
112	1	5.521	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–7	0.300	110	-20	Lost to San José State 23–28
113	-5	5.571	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	114	-18	Lost to Nebraska 8–55
114	9	5.584	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	3–5	0.375	95	-13	Beat Columbia 48–0
115	5	5.622	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	89	+1	Beat Eastern Michigan 15–7
116	-10	5.754	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–7	0.222	114	-22	Lost to Wake Forest 24–27
117	-3	5.820	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	111	-19	Lost to Ohio 20–28
118	9	5.927	TCU	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	127	-19	Beat Texas Tech 24–17
119	-1	5.978	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–7–1	0.250	112	-15	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–39
120	-9	6.095	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–7	0.222	114	-23	Lost to Ball State 7–34
121	-17	6.109	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	127	-16	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–42
122	-6	6.245	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	101	-9	Lost to Massachusetts 13–17
123	-2	6.518	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–7–1	0.167	122	-21	Lost to Army 24–47
124	-2	6.567	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	124	-21	Lost to Kentucky 10–31
125	1	6.602	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	121	-20	Lost to Harvard 13–24
126	-1	6.603	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	122	-22	Tied Notre Dame 3–3
127	-3	6.685	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–8	0.111	127	-17	Lost to Louisiana 13–30
128	0	6.858	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	127	-26	Lost to Hawai'i 6–31
129	8	7.253	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	127	-31	Beat Memphis 14–10
130	0	7.283	UTEP	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	136	-29	Lost to Colorado State 7–37
131	-2	7.531	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–8	0.111	127	-34	Lost to Lamar 22–23
132	-1	7.824	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	124	-28	Lost to Dartmouth 0–48
133	5	7.996	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	127	-13	Beat James Madison 28–23
134	-2	8.330	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10	0.000	137	-39	Lost to Michigan State 10–42
135	-2	8.364	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–8	0.000	137	-31	Lost to Washington State 7–28
136	-1	8.403	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–8	0.111	127	-29	Lost to Illinois State 7–15
137	-1	8.413	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	124	-17	Lost to Villanova 3–34
138	-4	8.688	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–8	0.111	127	-41	Lost to Cincinnati 10–14

1980 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 4, 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.

entries per pageSearch:

Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	0.833	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	4	+34	Beat Tulsa 45–2
2	3	0.915	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+27	Beat Navy 33–0
3	10	0.937	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1	0.875	5	+24	Beat Missouri 38–16
4	-2	1.010	USC	PAC	6–0–1	0.929	3	+22	Beat California 60–7
5	1	1.015	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	5	+29	Beat Miami 27–12
6	4	1.045	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	5	+27	Beat Syracuse 43–6
7	-6	1.127	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–1	0.875	5	+27	Lost to Oklahoma 7–41
8	3	1.199	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	5	+26	Beat Lamar 36–10
9	6	1.314	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–0	1.000	1	+21	Beat South Carolina 13–10
10	-1	1.361	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1	0.875	5	+19	Lost to Mississippi State 3–6
11	-3	1.366	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1	0.875	5	+19	Beat Michigan State 48–16
12	-5	1.381	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	5	+20	Lost to San José State 22–30
13	1	1.387	BYU	IND WAC	7–1	0.875	5	+18	Beat UTEP 83–7
14	-10	1.411	UCLA	PAC	6–1	0.857	16	+20	Lost to Arizona 17–23
15	-3	1.518	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+19	Lost to Georgia 10–13
16	2	1.529	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	7–2	0.778	19	+23	Beat Alabama 6–3
17	0	1.561	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	5	+18	Beat Marshall 35–0
18	1	1.635	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	16	+17	Beat Auburn 21–10
19	3	1.721	SMU	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	24	+15	Beat Texas A&M 27–0
20	17	1.865	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	34	+12	Beat North Carolina 41–7
21	5	1.880	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–2	0.750	24	+13	Beat Indiana 35–0
22	3	1.902	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3	0.667	37	+15	Beat Oregon State 54–13
23	-7	1.944	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	34	+12	Lost to Texas Tech 20–24
24	8	2.012	UNLV	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+13	Beat New Mexico 72–7
25	-5	2.054	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	24	+10	Lost to Nebraska 16–38
26	-3	2.070	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–2	0.750	24	+12	Beat Northwestern 52–31
27	-6	2.074	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	60	+13	Lost to Penn State 12–27
28	1	2.078	LSU	SEC	6–2	0.750	24	+12	Beat Ole Miss 38–16
29	-2	2.086	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–1	0.875	5	+16	Beat Texas Arlington 31–17
30	13	2.195	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–3	0.667	37	+14	Beat NC State 24–0
31	4	2.204	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–1	0.857	16	+5	Beat Dartmouth 35–7
32	13	2.209	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–2	0.750	24	+7	Beat Arizona State 25–0
33	0	2.237	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	24	+8	BYE
34	10	2.313	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	19	+7	Beat Wichita State 38–15
35	1	2.320	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	6–3	0.667	37	+12	Beat Kent State 35–14
36	11	2.331	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	19	+9	Beat Ohio 13–7
37	12	2.348	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	4–2–2	0.625	42	+6	Beat Washington State 20–10
38	-10	2.353	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	42	+10	Beat TCU 37–5
39	9	2.371	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+5	Beat West Virginia 34–11
40	-1	2.385	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	19	+7	Beat Eastern Michigan 51–15
41	-17	2.467	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	42	+8	Lost to Colorado 9–17
42	-2	2.493	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	24	+3	BYE
43	10	2.524	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–3	0.625	42	+10	Beat Wake Forest 35–33
44	11	2.595	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	37	+5	Beat Kentucky 24–22
45	-14	2.602	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	42	+5	Lost to Colorado State 25–28
46	4	2.606	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	37	+3	Beat Western Carolina 27–24
47	-17	2.607	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–3	0.571	60	+7	Lost to Washington 0–25
48	-10	2.661	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	+7	Lost to Notre Dame 0–33
49	17	2.771	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	5–2	0.714	34	+4	Beat Brown 17–16
50	18	2.779	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	60	+6	Beat Texas 24–20
51	25	2.796	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	5–3	0.625	42	+3	Beat Baylor 30–22
52	10	2.803	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	+3	Beat New Mexico State 38–28
53	6	2.834	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	0	Beat Army 37–21
54	2	2.871	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	+5	Beat Air Force 23–0
55	-4	2.876	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	+6	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–43
56	-15	2.939	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–4	0.500	68	+6	Lost to Maryland 0–24
57	-15	2.943	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	42	+3	Lost to Florida State 2–45
58	13	2.950	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–3	0.625	42	+11	Beat Fresno State 34–9
59	10	2.971	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4	0.500	68	+5	Beat Illinois 21–18
60	10	2.989	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	42	+1	Beat Southern Illinois 21–3
61	4	2.993	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	42	+3	Beat CAL State Fullerton 31–21
62	11	3.029	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–3–1	0.611	59	+4	Beat Wyoming 28–25
63	1	3.038	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–3–2	0.500	68	+4	Beat Kansas State 20–18
64	-30	3.038	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	60	+1	Lost to Rice 16–17
65	-11	3.079	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–3	0.625	42	-1	Lost to Michigan 0–35
66	-5	3.118	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	82	+3	Lost to Virginia Tech 11–34
67	-21	3.147	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	68	+3	Lost to Drake 15–38
68	-5	3.234	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–3–1	0.563	66	+10	BYE
69	11	3.249	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	+4	Beat William & Mary 31–23
70	7	3.257	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	5–3	0.625	42	-1	Beat West Texas A&M 37–18
71	3	3.322	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	42	+4	Beat Nicholls State 29–28
72	12	3.331	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	68	+1	Beat Arkansas 17–16
73	-15	3.375	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–3	0.571	60	+7	Lost to Harvard 16–17
74	7	3.428	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	4–3	0.571	60	0	Beat Pennsylvania 28–21
75	-23	3.449	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	89	+1	Lost to Virginia 13–16
76	-16	3.458	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–5	0.375	89	-1	Lost to Clemson 33–35
77	5	3.466	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	42	-7	Beat Arkansas State 28–0
78	-21	3.481	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	82	+3	Lost to UNLV 7–72
79	-12	3.500	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	4–4	0.500	68	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 7–13
80	3	3.570	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	4–4	0.500	68	-1	Beat Tennessee 16–13
81	17	3.570	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	87	+2	Beat UCLA 23–17
82	-7	3.681	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–4	0.500	68	-3	Lost to Florida 10–21
83	8	3.749	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	66	+2	Beat Lafayette 44–0
84	3	3.773	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	68	-2	Beat Pacific 21–7
85	-13	3.894	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	82	-5	Lost to Indiana State 18–37
86	-7	4.100	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–5	0.375	89	-6	Lost to Bowling Green 21–24
87	2	4.238	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–6	0.250	108	-3	Lost to Tulane 22–24
88	7	4.342	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	82	-8	Beat Cincinnati 24–10
89	-4	4.379	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5–1	0.389	88	-8	Lost to Minnesota 18–21
90	-4	4.385	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	89	-8	Lost to Louisiana 3–21
91	-3	4.445	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	89	0	Lost to Temple 12–17
92	-14	4.467	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–5	0.375	89	-9	Lost to Toledo 14–17
93	10	4.471	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	-5	Beat Louisville 17–12
94	0	4.472	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	108	-5	Lost to SMU 0–27
95	16	4.602	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	82	-12	Beat Ball State 24–21
96	-6	4.637	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	68	-6	Lost to Hawai'i 21–31
97	12	4.718	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5	0.375	89	-10	Beat Wisconsin 22–13
98	-5	4.864	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	89	-13	Lost to North Texas 28–38
99	-3	4.918	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–6	0.333	99	-11	Lost to Long Beach State 9–34
100	2	4.925	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–7	0.222	118	-12	Lost to LSU 16–38
101	3	5.044	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–6	0.250	108	-9	Lost to USC 7–60
102	-10	5.049	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–6	0.250	108	-11	Lost to Iowa 13–22
103	7	5.097	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–6	0.250	108	-13	Lost to Southern Miss 10–36
104	15	5.145	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	125	-8	Beat Iowa State 17–9
105	1	5.196	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	103	-10	Lost to Rutgers 21–37
106	9	5.230	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–6	0.250	108	-14	Beat Georgia Tech 17–12
107	13	5.262	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–6	0.250	108	-15	Beat Miami (OH) 17–14
108	-9	5.309	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	108	-14	Lost to Kansas 18–20
109	3	5.344	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–7	0.125	125	-11	Lost to Ohio State 16–48
110	-13	5.477	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	99	-8	Lost to Boston University 22–38
111	-4	5.478	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–6	0.250	108	-15	Lost to Northern Illinois 14–35
112	-12	5.553	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	89	-4	Lost to Delaware 7–17
113	-8	5.601	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–6	0.333	99	-18	Lost to Utah State 7–21
114	0	5.603	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–5–1	0.313	103	-15	Lost to Furman 0–35
115	-2	5.649	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–6	0.250	108	-17	Lost to Oregon 10–20
116	10	5.679	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	89	-10	Beat Columbia 26–0
117	-16	5.682	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–5	0.286	105	-5	Lost to Bucknell 16–33
118	0	5.712	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–6–1	0.278	107	-10	Lost to App State 24–27
119	4	5.897	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–5–1	0.214	120	-12	Beat San Diego State 15–6
120	-12	5.911	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	99	+2	Lost to Western Illinois 0–27
121	-5	6.065	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–6–1	0.188	121	-15	Lost to Boston College 0–23
122	6	6.084	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	122	-15	Beat Memphis 14–10
123	2	6.332	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–5	0.286	105	-12	Lost to Yale 7–35
124	3	6.550	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–7	0.125	125	-13	Lost to Mcneese State 17–31
125	-8	6.573	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	125	-20	Lost to Duke 12–17
126	-2	6.667	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	118	-17	Lost to East Carolina 23–31
127	-5	6.715	TCU	IND SWC	0–8	0.000	134	-20	Lost to Houston 5–37
128	-7	6.900	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–7	0.125	125	-21	Lost to Oklahoma State 6–15
129	1	7.030	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–7	0.125	125	-24	Lost to Louisiana Tech 0–28
130	-1	7.072	UTEP	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	133	-23	Lost to BYU 7–83
131	0	7.351	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–6	0.143	122	-20	Lost to Holy Cross 0–26
132	3	7.696	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–9	0.000	134	-28	Lost to Purdue 31–52
133	-1	7.827	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–7	0.000	134	-22	Lost to Stanford 13–54
134	-1	8.105	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	125	-30	Lost to Vanderbilt 10–14
135	2	8.263	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–7	0.125	125	-21	Lost to Central Michigan 15–51
136	0	8.357	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–6	0.143	122	-11	Lost to Princeton 21–28
137	-3	8.373	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	134	-31	Lost to Richmond 10–24
138	0	8.649	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	0–8	0.000	134	-11	BYE

1980 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 28, 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	1	0.865	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–0	1.000	1	+25	Beat East Carolina 31–3
2	3	0.882	USC	PAC	5–0–1	0.917	7	+18	BYE
3	-2	0.923	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	8	+25	Beat Memphis 24–3
4	-1	0.936	UCLA	PAC	6–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat California 32–9
5	-1	0.987	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Arizona 20–3
6	3	1.014	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+23	Beat West Virginia 20–15
7	-1	1.116	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat TCU 21–6
8	4	1.135	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1	0.857	9	+18	Beat Wisconsin 21–0
9	4	1.157	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Southern Miss 42–7
10	4	1.218	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+19	Beat Tennessee 30–6
11	-4	1.224	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+21	Lost to Alabama 7–42
12	-1	1.227	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+17	BYE
13	-3	1.272	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	9	+13	Beat Colorado 45–7
14	4	1.370	BYU	IND WAC	6–1	0.857	9	+15	Beat Hawai'i 34–7
15	0	1.448	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Kentucky 27–0
16	-8	1.473	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	19	+12	Lost to SMU 6–20
17	6	1.596	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	9	+16	Beat App State 21–20
18	4	1.719	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–2	0.750	22	+14	Beat Auburn 24–21
19	5	1.729	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	19	+12	Beat Louisville 13–0
20	1	1.738	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	9	+9	Beat Kansas State 13–3
21	-1	1.742	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+12	BYE
22	12	1.753	SMU	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	29	+12	Beat Texas 20–6
23	2	1.924	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–2	0.714	29	+12	Beat Michigan State 36–25
24	-8	2.018	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	29	+11	Lost to Oklahoma 7–42
25	8	2.032	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–3	0.625	46	+12	Beat Washington State 48–34
26	9	2.091	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–2	0.714	29	+8	Beat Illinois 45–14
27	1	2.133	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	6–1	0.857	9	+13	Beat Arkansas State 36–28
28	19	2.134	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	51	+11	Beat Arkansas 24–17
29	0	2.141	LSU	SEC	5–2	0.714	29	+8	BYE
30	9	2.151	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–2	0.667	40	+8	Beat Pacific 37–9
31	5	2.208	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	29	+7	Beat San Diego State 34–9
32	-13	2.216	UNLV	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+8	Lost to Oregon 9–32
33	-3	2.217	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	22	+7	Beat East Tennessee State 26–14
34	-17	2.276	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	40	+5	Lost to Houston 17–24
35	10	2.294	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–1	0.833	19	+3	Beat Pennsylvania 8–0
36	19	2.296	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–3	0.625	46	+10	Beat Wichita State 17–14
37	16	2.311	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	40	+5	Beat Iowa State 42–7
38	27	2.404	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	29	+6	Beat Washington 24–10
39	10	2.412	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	22	+6	Beat Northwestern State 17–0
40	-3	2.438	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	6–2	0.750	22	+4	Beat Wofford 35–3
41	11	2.441	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–3	0.571	51	+9	Beat Clemson 24–20
42	4	2.448	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	29	+5	Beat West Texas A&M 44–24
43	0	2.450	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–3	0.625	46	+9	Beat Duke 17–14
44	4	2.478	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	22	+3	Beat New Mexico State 28–22
45	-14	2.550	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–2	0.714	29	+2	Lost to Navy 10–24
46	-20	2.568	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	51	+6	Lost to Northern Illinois 14–17
47	11	2.578	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	22	+4	Beat Ball State 17–15
48	-21	2.628	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	22	0	Lost to Richmond 7–18
49	21	2.637	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	3–2–2	0.571	51	+3	Beat UNLV 32–9
50	-8	2.686	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	46	+2	Lost to Furman 20–21
51	20	2.725	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	+5	Beat Rutgers 17–9
52	-20	2.778	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–4	0.429	78	+6	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–30
53	-13	2.824	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–3	0.571	51	+5	Lost to NC State 20–24
54	0	2.837	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–2	0.714	29	-1	Beat Northwestern 35–20
55	11	2.869	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	46	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 31–14
56	19	2.925	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	+4	Beat Army 30–14
57	3	3.034	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	71	+5	Beat UTEP 22–21
58	22	3.045	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	40	+7	Beat Holy Cross 21–3
59	-8	3.045	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	-1	Lost to Syracuse 9–17
60	-19	3.057	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–4	0.429	78	+3	Lost to Virginia 21–24
61	-2	3.065	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	71	+2	Lost to Penn State 15–20
62	7	3.099	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	0	BYE
63	1	3.109	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–3–1	0.563	69	+9	Tied Colorado State 21–21
64	-3	3.201	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–3–2	0.429	78	+3	Tied Oklahoma State 14–14
65	-9	3.246	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	51	+1	Lost to BYU 7–34
66	-22	3.277	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	40	0	Lost to Princeton 3–7
67	16	3.285	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	4–3	0.571	51	-1	Beat Toledo 24–9
68	0	3.302	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	71	+3	BYE
69	13	3.306	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4	0.429	78	+1	Beat Iowa 24–6
70	3	3.386	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	51	-2	Beat Lamar 38–10
71	8	3.400	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	51	+6	Beat Oregon State 31–21
72	-10	3.452	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	71	-1	Lost to Tulsa 24–44
73	-6	3.456	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–3–1	0.563	69	0	Tied Utah 21–21
74	-36	3.457	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	51	+4	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 30–55
75	-12	3.458	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–3	0.571	51	-3	Lost to Mississippi State 21–24
76	2	3.466	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	51	-3	Beat Idaho 32–10
77	-27	3.520	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	51	-3	Lost to Illinois State 0–9
78	12	3.594	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–4	0.429	78	-2	Beat Bowling Green 7–3
79	-7	3.611	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–4	0.429	78	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 15–17
80	-4	3.641	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	+1	Lost to North Carolina 3–31
81	23	3.716	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–3	0.500	71	-1	Beat Harvard 7–3
82	-25	3.791	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	51	-7	Lost to Texas Arlington 20–21
83	10	3.830	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–4	0.429	78	-3	Beat Wake Forest 24–21
84	4	3.920	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	78	-3	Beat Texas A&M 10–6
85	-11	3.938	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	77	-4	Lost to Michigan 14–45
86	-5	3.942	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	78	-4	BYE
87	9	3.962	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	78	-3	Beat Fresno State 14–0
88	-11	4.047	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	+3	Lost to Florida 0–13
89	-3	4.139	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–5	0.286	106	0	Lost to Georgia 0–27
90	10	4.290	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	51	-3	Beat Nevada 17–16
91	15	4.301	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	71	+1	Beat Columbia 35–22
92	-1	4.376	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–5	0.286	106	-4	Lost to Ohio State 0–21
93	-4	4.383	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	78	-8	Lost to Drake 22–28
94	-10	4.500	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	106	-3	Lost to Rice 6–10
95	15	4.509	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	-6	Beat Virginia Tech 18–7
96	-9	4.672	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	94	-8	Lost to Utah State 0–14
97	-5	4.694	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	94	-7	Lost to Villanova 6–17
98	-4	4.737	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–4	0.333	102	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 3–20
99	-1	4.742	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	106	-8	Lost to Missouri 3–13
100	21	4.744	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	-4	Beat Virginia Military Institute 17–6
101	17	4.840	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–4	0.333	102	-5	Beat Dartmouth 7–3
102	5	4.913	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–6	0.250	116	-9	Beat Vanderbilt 27–14
103	17	5.085	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	78	-7	Beat Cincinnati 23–7
104	-1	5.105	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–5	0.286	106	-8	Lost to UCLA 9–32
105	-8	5.124	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	94	-11	Lost to Arizona State 9–37
106	-21	5.183	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	100	-7	Lost to Boston College 14–30
107	15	5.216	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–5	0.286	106	-10	Beat Eastern Michigan 35–12
108	20	5.231	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	94	+1	Beat Indiana State 9–0
109	-14	5.305	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–5	0.286	106	-10	Lost to Minnesota 6–24
110	-11	5.325	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–5	0.286	106	-11	Lost to Louisiana 10–38
111	-9	5.331	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	94	-14	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–7
112	-1	5.446	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–6	0.143	121	-9	Lost to Purdue 25–36
113	-12	5.504	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–5	0.286	106	-13	Lost to Stanford 34–48
114	-2	5.559	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	100	-12	Tied Western Carolina 13–13
115	-6	5.698	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–6	0.143	121	-13	Lost to Maryland 14–17
116	1	5.716	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND WAC	1–5–1	0.214	118	-10	BYE
117	-9	5.728	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	121	-10	Lost to Tulane 14–31
118	-2	5.775	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–5–1	0.313	105	-7	Tied Marshall 13–13
119	5	5.845	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–7	0.000	132	-10	Lost to Nebraska 7–45
120	-5	6.028	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–6	0.143	121	-16	Lost to Ohio 9–24
121	-2	6.059	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	121	-13	Lost to Wyoming 9–34
122	5	6.126	TCU	IND SWC	0–7	0.000	132	-13	Lost to Baylor 6–21
123	-9	6.141	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–5–1	0.083	131	-10	Tied Kansas 14–14
124	-19	6.217	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	116	-10	Lost to Delaware 3–7
125	-12	6.508	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–4	0.333	102	-10	Lost to Cornell 3–7
126	-3	6.533	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	106	-9	Lost to Brown 3–21
127	9	6.786	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–6	0.143	121	-11	Beat Louisiana Tech 21–20
128	-3	6.924	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–6	0.000	132	-14	Lost to Ole Miss 14–27
129	-3	7.057	UTEP	IND WAC	1–7	0.125	130	-20	Lost to New Mexico 21–22
130	2	7.084	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–6	0.143	121	-19	Lost to Mcneese State 28–36
131	-2	7.153	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–5	0.167	119	-14	Lost to Colgate 22–35
132	-2	7.390	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–6	0.000	132	-15	Lost to Long Beach State 21–31
133	0	7.518	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	121	-21	Lost to Florida State 3–24
134	-3	7.636	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	132	-21	Lost to Temple 7–23
135	0	7.842	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8	0.000	132	-23	Lost to Indiana 20–35
136	1	8.168	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–5	0.167	119	-6	Lost to Yale 0–8
137	-3	8.458	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–6	0.143	121	-17	Lost to Kent State 12–35
138	0	8.770	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	0–8	0.000	132	-11	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–26