1979 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 25, 1979By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1979 Season Tags: • No Comments

1979 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	2	0.593	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Pittsburgh 17–7
2	34	0.745	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Utah 51–18
3	55	0.858	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 17–9
4	23	0.895	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ole Miss 33–7
5	19	0.901	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Baylor 45–0
6	15	0.963	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 27–7
7	5	0.967	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Miami (OH) 24–21
8	-4	0.970	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Washington State 45–29
9	-1	1.009	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Oregon 21–17
10	28	1.014	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Southern Miss 31–9
11	3	1.077	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Miami 40–23
12	-7	1.113	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mississippi State 35–14
13	6	1.123	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	BYE
14	-4	1.126	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Minnesota 48–14
15	16	1.151	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Tulsa 49–13
16	0	1.191	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat San José State 13–10
17	20	1.209	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Bowling Green 24–0
18	2	1.217	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 47–3
19	-6	1.220	SMU	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Texas 20–9
20	-5	1.248	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat West Virginia 38–14
21	5	1.256	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 24–21
22	17	1.261	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat William & Mary 35–14
23	18	1.365	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat New Mexico State 40–23
24	21	1.408	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	36	+3	Beat Wisconsin 37–12
25	3	1.443	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 21–10
26	27	1.474	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania 52–13
27	-5	1.474	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Delaware 31–14
28	2	1.482	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Stanford 17–13
29	3	1.484	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat UL Monroe 12–10
30	34	1.578	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	36	+2	Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–0
31	9	1.589	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat East Carolina 23–20
32	12	1.591	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
33	22	1.631	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 26–7
34	42	1.643	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	+2	Beat Duke 35–0
35	-18	1.650	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	36	+3	Lost to Alabama 0–45
36	21	1.654	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dartmouth 16–0
37	71	1.665	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	59	+2	Beat Fresno State 32–23
38	-9	1.667	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kentucky 18–10
39	-32	1.670	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Missouri 7–33
40	6	1.761	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 45–14
41	18	1.771	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 13–12
42	0	1.906	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1–1	0.500	59	+2	Tied Arizona 14–14
43	4	1.957	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	+3	Lost to SMU 9–20
44	-33	1.973	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	36	+2	Lost to Arkansas 7–27
45	37	2.021	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–1	0.667	36	+1	Beat Notre Dame 28–22
46	14	2.058	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Tennessee 18–51
47	2	2.123	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–1–1	0.625	58	+1	Tied Texas Tech 14–14
48	-15	2.150	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–1	0.667	36	+1	Lost to Michigan State 21–24
49	-47	2.165	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Texas 9–17
50	-41	2.166	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Purdue 22–28
51	26	2.168	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	+1	Beat Northwestern 54–21
52	-9	2.206	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Lost to USC 14–48
53	35	2.212	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Beat Villanova 34–7
54	-19	2.391	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Florida State 23–40
55	30	2.409	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Beat Western Carolina 35–27
56	5	2.420	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 13–49
57	44	2.459	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Northwestern State 37–14
58	12	2.460	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Beat Colorado 13–9
59	-9	2.468	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Lost to LSU 3–47
60	9	2.485	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Georgia 12–7
61	-27	2.555	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Kansas 28–7
62	-44	2.635	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	36	0	Lost to Virginia 0–19
63	31	2.660	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Beat Toledo 49–0
64	-39	2.711	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to North Carolina 7–17
65	35	2.816	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Colorado State 24–0
66	20	2.849	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Oregon State 22–16
67	63	2.860	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat New Mexico 20–3
68	13	2.885	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat Penn State 27–14
69	-68	2.901	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Texas A&M 14–27
70	49	2.903	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat Northern Illinois 45–17
71	34	2.929	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Marshall 35–0
72	19	2.936	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to Indiana State 23–40
73	5	2.957	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	-1	Beat TCU 33–19
74	32	2.962	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Mcneese State 10–12
75	20	2.979	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	36	-1	Beat Louisiana Tech 19–7
76	-9	2.995	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Virginia Tech 14–35
77	-26	2.999	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	117	0	Lost to Yale 12–13
78	39	3.030	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Southern Illinois 24–16
79	34	3.064	UTEP	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat UNLV 17–15
80	-9	3.083	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	-1	Beat Wichita State 16–10
81	-2	3.101	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	111	0	Tied Georgia Tech 7–7
82	-8	3.123	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	0	Beat Bucknell 16–14
83	-17	3.202	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Auburn 9–31
84	3	3.214	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–3	0.000	117	0	Lost to Nebraska 21–24
85	-37	3.234	UNLV	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	-2	Lost to UTEP 15–17
86	-11	3.255	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Washington 17–21
87	2	3.274	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat Air Force 27–19
88	-82	3.291	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Western Michigan 17–45
89	1	3.424	UConn (CONNECTICUT)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	117	0	Lost to Navy 10–21
90	3	3.454	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	36	-1	Beat Eastern Kentucky 27–20
91	-37	3.509	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	117	0	Lost to Princeton 0–16
92	-30	3.538	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–1	0.667	36	-1	Lost to San Diego State 23–32
93	-41	3.611	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	117	0	Lost to Harvard 7–26
94	-29	3.641	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	111	+1	Lost to Wake Forest 20–23
95	-72	3.655	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–35
96	18	3.693	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Beat West Texas A&M 19–10
97	5	3.782	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	111	0	Tied Florida 7–7
98	11	3.784	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Army 13–17
99	-19	3.833	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Lost to Hawai'i 3–20
100	31	4.003	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	36	+1	Beat Eastern Michigan 24–15
101	10	4.021	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Lost to Arkansas State 16–24
102	-18	4.130	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Cincinnati 22–19
103	-40	4.137	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Texas Arlington 14–37
104	12	4.177	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Ohio State 29–45
105	-9	4.182	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	111	-1	Lost to Louisiana 10–19
106	-38	4.228	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Central Michigan 0–24
107	-35	4.258	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–2	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Clemson 7–12
108	-52	4.292	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	117	0	Lost to Cornell 13–52
109	-36	4.309	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–2	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Indiana 10–18
110	-6	4.326	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Lost to UCLA 12–37
111	1	4.389	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Syracuse 21–54
112	8	4.394	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	117	-1	Lost to NC State 14–38
113	-21	4.481	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Boston College 7–34
114	18	4.530	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–2	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Maryland 14–35
115	-32	4.538	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Lost to Ohio 0–35
116	2	4.622	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	59	-2	BYE
117	-19	4.662	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	-4	Lost to App State 27–35
118	-21	4.735	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Tulane 19–33
119	7	4.783	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Beat Richmond 9–7
120	13	4.990	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	59	-2	Beat Lehigh 10–3
121	3	5.169	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	-3	Beat Kent State 35–10
122	15	5.460	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat Vanderbilt 27–14
123	-8	5.526	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–4	0.000	117	-4	Lost to Memphis 10–16
124	-2	5.790	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	117	-3	Lost to Lamar 7–19
125	-18	5.807	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	-3	Lost to Arizona State 0–49
126	-5	5.904	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	117	-2	Lost to Utah State 0–24
127	2	6.061	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–3	0.250	111	-4	Lost to Illinois State 15–24
128	6	6.182	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2–1	0.167	116	-2	Lost to California 10–13
129	-6	6.301	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–3	0.000	117	-3	Lost to Kansas State 16–22
130	9	6.365	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Rhode Island 35–6
131	-21	6.607	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–2	0.000	117	-2	Lost to Citadel 14–27
132	-5	6.765	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Lost to Idaho 13–17
133	-30	6.896	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	117	-2	Lost to Michigan 7–28
134	-6	6.913	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	117	-4	Lost to Drake 9–13
135	-10	6.970	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	117	-4	Lost to Wyoming 7–9
136	2	7.606	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–45
137	-1	8.854	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	117	-6	Lost to Illinois 19–27
138	-3	9.109	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	117	-4	Lost to Louisville 19–22
139	-40	9.603	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	117	-1	Lost to Boise State 3–22
140	0	11.589	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–3	0.000	117	-2	Lost to Ball State 10–35