1979 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 9, 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	0	0.548	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Cincinnati 35–14
2	0	0.789	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Louisville 27–0
3	9	0.827	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat New Mexico State 57–0
4	7	0.981	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Ohio 26–0
5	5	0.997	USC	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Washington State 50–21
6	0	1.070	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Northwestern 16–7
7	6	1.117	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Oregon State 41–0
8	8	1.153	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–1	0.750	28	+8	Beat NC State 44–31
9	-5	1.155	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Rice 26–9
10	4	1.217	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Colorado 49–24
11	-8	1.221	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Wichita State 38–0
12	-7	1.239	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	19	+10	Lost to Auburn 31–44
13	-5	1.285	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat TCU 16–13
14	3	1.324	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Colgate 27–0
15	7	1.330	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Baylor 13–10
16	10	1.432	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Texas Arlington 14–13
17	-8	1.436	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	28	+6	Beat Georgia Tech 21–13
18	-3	1.449	BYU	IND WAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Hawai'i 38–15
19	6	1.499	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Beat Michigan State 21–7
20	0	1.541	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	28	+6	Beat Boston College 28–7
21	-3	1.562	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Air Force 13–9
22	15	1.587	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–1–1	0.700	37	+6	Beat Long Beach State 51–28
23	25	1.598	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Beat Rutgers 41–20
24	4	1.620	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	6–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Ball State 18–13
25	-2	1.645	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	28	+5	BYE
26	-7	1.711	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	44	+6	Lost to Houston 10–13
27	5	1.714	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–2	0.600	44	+7	Beat Purdue 31–14
28	-21	1.743	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	28	+5	Lost to Mississippi State 9–28
29	9	1.766	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	4–1	0.800	19	+6	Beat Virginia Tech 19–14
30	-1	1.771	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	5–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat App State 24–21
31	5	1.775	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Beat Oklahoma State 23–16
32	1	1.879	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Beat Kansas 45–27
33	14	1.989	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	28	+5	Beat New Mexico 35–7
34	1	2.067	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+2	Beat Vanderbilt 42–14
35	11	2.143	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	42	+3	Tied Duke 17–17
36	-2	2.156	LSU	SEC	3–1	0.750	28	+2	Beat Florida 20–3
37	26	2.205	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–1	0.750	28	+2	Beat Virginia 17–7
38	-8	2.279	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	44	+4	Lost to Wake Forest 14–19
39	1	2.286	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–2	0.600	44	+4	Lost to Michigan 7–21
40	-13	2.316	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	3–2	0.600	44	+2	Lost to Clemson 7–17
41	0	2.331	SMU	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	28	+2	BYE
42	18	2.349	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	63	+3	Beat Maryland 27–7
43	-19	2.359	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	44	+2	Lost to Oregon 14–19
44	14	2.429	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	44	+3	Beat North Texas 30–10
45	-1	2.435	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–1–1	0.700	37	+1	BYE
46	23	2.442	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Beat Princeton 31–12
47	-2	2.493	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–2	0.600	44	+2	Beat Marshall 28–0
48	13	2.500	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	+5	Beat Kansas State 9–6
49	8	2.545	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–1	0.800	19	0	Beat Wisconsin 3–0
50	1	2.578	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–2	0.500	63	+1	BYE
51	8	2.613	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–2–1	0.500	63	+3	Beat Texas A&M 21–20
52	20	2.635	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2	0.600	44	+2	Beat UCLA 27–24
53	-14	2.699	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–2	0.600	44	+1	Lost to Minnesota 14–31
54	1	2.722	UNLV	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	-2	Beat Northern Colorado 35–31
55	-3	2.806	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	44	-1	Lost to Mcneese State 13–14
56	-2	2.812	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–2	0.600	44	+1	Lost to Central Michigan 0–26
57	-26	2.834	UCLA	PAC	2–3	0.400	80	+2	Lost to Stanford 24–27
58	-16	2.842	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–2	0.600	44	+1	Lost to Penn State 7–27
59	-6	2.916	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	44	0	Lost to Temple 20–41
60	27	3.012	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	44	0	Beat East Tennessee State 24–14
61	-11	3.024	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	63	+1	Lost to South Carolina 16–23
62	4	3.063	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	63	+2	Beat Colorado State 21–16
63	1	3.093	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–1–1	0.625	42	-1	Tied West Texas A&M 12–12
64	3	3.146	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	+2	BYE
65	-16	3.153	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	80	0	Lost to Texas Tech 20–21
66	7	3.170	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–3	0.400	80	+1	Beat Illinois 13–7
67	43	3.232	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–2	0.500	63	-1	Beat Tennessee 28–9
68	-12	3.270	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	94	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 13–21
69	-4	3.287	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	39	-1	BYE
70	15	3.355	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	80	0	Beat California 19–14
71	30	3.391	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	44	+4	Beat Western Carolina 21–19
72	22	3.440	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	3–2	0.600	44	-1	Beat Bowling Green 23–17
73	5	3.548	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Beat Truman State 41–6
74	-12	3.635	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	0	Lost to Florida State 0–27
75	27	3.646	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	44	-4	Beat Richmond 24–3
76	4	3.760	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	116	+2	Lost to Texas 9–26
77	-56	3.802	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	39	+1	Lost to Bucknell 0–10
78	26	3.823	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-2	Beat Kentucky 10–6
79	-9	3.894	East Tennessee State (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	44	-4	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 14–24
80	-37	3.940	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	63	+3	Lost to Florida A&M 13–16
81	7	3.957	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	104	-1	Lost to BYU 15–38
82	-11	3.983	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	63	-4	Lost to Tulsa 6–9
83	-8	3.984	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	63	-3	Lost to Utah State 28–51
84	-7	4.046	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–3	0.500	63	-5	Lost to Louisiana Tech 0–17
85	-3	4.056	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	63	-3	Lost to San Diego State 7–35
86	-7	4.058	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2–1	0.375	94	-1	Tied Army 17–17
87	29	4.094	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–3	0.250	104	-2	Beat Ole Miss 24–21
88	15	4.118	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–3	0.400	80	-3	Lost to Indiana State 13–18
89	2	4.179	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	116	-2	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 21–24
90	-4	4.217	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	104	-1	Lost to Syracuse 27–45
91	5	4.343	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	63	-4	BYE
92	-24	4.369	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–3	0.250	104	-3	Lost to West Virginia 6–10
93	14	4.452	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–4–1	0.250	104	-2	Tied Lamar 12–12
94	-13	4.457	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–3	0.400	80	-3	Lost to Toledo 17–23
95	25	4.471	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Beat Illinois State 7–0
96	3	4.531	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	97	-4	Lost to Nebraska 0–57
97	-23	4.589	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	97	-3	Lost to Southern Miss 10–30
98	17	4.609	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–4	0.200	116	-2	Lost to Ohio State 7–16
99	10	4.621	UConn (CONNECTICUT)	IND FBSI	0–3–1	0.125	131	-1	Tied NEW Hampshire 3–3
100	6	4.626	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–4	0.200	116	-2	Lost to USC 21–50
101	-17	4.649	UTEP	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	97	-5	Lost to Wyoming 3–23
102	-2	4.651	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	-8	Lost to Citadel 19–21
103	-13	4.780	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	104	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–28
104	19	4.796	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–3–1	0.300	103	-4	Beat CAL State Fullerton 23–0
105	8	4.819	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-5	Beat James Madison 33–0
106	2	4.823	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	116	-3	Lost to Utah 16–21
107	11	4.845	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	116	-3	Lost to Oklahoma 24–49
108	-11	4.945	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	116	-4	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–28
109	-33	5.003	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	97	-3	Lost to Brown 12–31
110	14	5.034	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	63	-2	Beat Dartmouth 13–7
111	14	5.043	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–4	0.200	116	-3	Beat Louisiana 17–0
112	-23	5.091	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	104	-4	Lost to Pacific 7–24
113	-2	5.118	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	104	-4	Lost to North Carolina 14–35
114	14	5.138	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	80	-6	Beat UTEP 23–3
115	-32	5.197	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	80	-1	Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 0–26
116	-11	5.236	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–2–1	0.375	94	-3	Tied Eastern Michigan 0–0
117	-5	5.245	TCU	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	133	-4	Lost to Arkansas 13–16
118	-25	5.331	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–3	0.250	104	-4	Lost to Georgia 21–24
119	-24	5.419	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–4	0.200	116	-6	Lost to Iowa 7–13
120	-3	5.502	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	104	-4	Lost to Yale 0–27
121	-29	5.517	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	116	-1	Lost to Nicholls State 16–23
122	-8	5.598	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–4	0.200	116	-7	Lost to Indiana 0–3
123	-25	5.693	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–4	0.200	116	-7	Lost to Kent State 13–18
124	6	5.790	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–3–1	0.125	131	-3	Lost to LSU 3–20
125	1	5.867	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–4	0.000	133	-4	Lost to Tulane 14–42
126	9	6.182	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	80	-6	Beat Iowa State 24–7
127	-6	6.285	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	80	-2	Lost to Southern Illinois 0–7
128	-6	6.671	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	104	-2	Lost to San José State 0–23
129	0	6.801	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–4–1	0.250	104	-10	Tied Northern Illinois 0–0
130	1	6.893	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–5	0.000	133	-8	Lost to Alabama 0–38
131	1	6.913	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–5	0.000	133	-7	Lost to Washington 0–41
132	8	7.344	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	97	-2	Beat Pennsylvania 12–7
133	-14	7.392	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	97	+1	Lost to Boston University 10–14
134	2	7.731	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	133	-12	Lost to Arkansas State 3–24
135	-8	8.153	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	116	-8	Lost to Youngstown State 22–27
136	3	8.217	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–4	0.200	116	-4	Beat Western Michigan 18–13
137	-4	8.636	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–5	0.000	133	-3	Lost to Wofford 17–27
138	0	8.684	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	133	-13	Lost to Navy 9–13
139	-5	9.024	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–2–1	0.167	130	-4	Lost to Holy Cross 7–13
140	-3	10.295	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–3	0.000	133	-3	Lost to Columbia 7–12