Ratings

  College Football

  College Basketball

  NFL Football

Article Archive

1979 NCAA football ratings

Champion: Alabama
Rank Team Record against NCAA opponents BRR
1. Alabama 12-0 1.98
2. Southern California 11-0-1 1.84
3. Houston 11-1 1.75
4. Pittsburgh 11-1 1.70
5. Oklahoma 11-1 1.66
6. Ohio State 11-1 1.61
7. Florida State 11-1 1.56
8. Arkansas 10-2 1.53
9. Brigham Young 10-1 1.42
10. Central Michigan 10-0-1 1.40
11. Nebraska 10-2 1.37
12. McNeese State 10-1 1.34
13. Texas 9-3 1.25
14. Temple 8-2 1.15
15. Purdue 10-2 1.14
16. Penn State 8-4 1.03
17. Washington 9-3 1.02
18. North Carolina 8-3-1 1.00
19. Yale 8-1 0.98
20. Baylor 8-4 0.97
21. South Carolina 8-4 0.92
22. Clemson 8-4 0.88
23. North Carolina State 7-4 0.84
24. Wake Forest 8-4 0.84
25. Auburn 8-3 0.80
26. Notre Dame 7-4 0.78
27. Texas-Arlington 8-2 0.75
28. Michigan 8-4 0.73
29. Tulane 9-3 0.71
30. San Diego State 8-3 0.67
31. Maryland 7-4 0.62
32. Syracuse 7-5 0.60
33. Rutgers 7-3 0.60
34. Indiana 8-4 0.59
35. Oklahoma State 7-4 0.59
36. Texas A&M 6-5 0.57
37. Chattanooga 7-2 0.52
38. Nevada-Las Vegas 6-1-2 0.51
39. Utah State 6-3-1 0.48
40. Louisiana State 7-5 0.47
41. Missouri 7-5 0.44
42. East Carolina 7-3-1 0.42
43. Tennessee 7-5 0.41
44. Southern Illinois 7-2 0.37
45. Navy 7-4 0.32
46. Lamar 5-3-2 0.31
47. Toledo 7-3-1 0.31
48. UCLA 5-6 0.29
49. Miami (FL) 5-5 0.29
50. Arizona 6-5-1 0.28
51. California 6-6 0.23
52. Cornell 5-3 0.22
53. Brown 5-3 0.20
54. Georgia 6-5 0.20
55. Southern Mississippi 6-4-1 0.18
56. Arizona State 6-6 0.16
57. Utah 6-6 0.13
58. West Virginia 5-6 0.13
59. Oregon 6-5 0.10
60. Virginia 5-5 0.10
61. Indiana State 6-3 0.09
62. Princeton 5-4 0.09
63. Stanford 5-5-1 0.08
64. Southern Methodist 5-6 0.08
65. Long Beach State 6-4 0.07
66. San Jose State 5-4-1 0.04
67. Iowa 5-6 0.04
68. West Texas A&M 5-5-1 -0.03
69. Michigan State 5-6 -0.03
70. Texas Tech 3-6-2 -0.04
71. Virginia Tech 5-6 -0.06
72. Minnesota 4-6-1 -0.08
73. Miami (OH) 6-5 -0.08
74. Tulsa 6-5 -0.09
75. Colgate 3-3 -0.09
76. Citadel 5-4 -0.09
77. Western Michigan 5-5 -0.11
78. Hawaii 4-5 -0.11
79. Boston College 4-6 -0.13
80. Virginia Military Institute 6-4-1 -0.13
81. Dartmouth 4-4 -0.14
82. Ohio 6-5 -0.14
83. Northern Illinois 5-5-1 -0.16
84. Villanova 4-4 -0.19
85. Ball State 5-5 -0.19
86. New Mexico 6-6 -0.20
87. Kentucky 5-6 -0.21
88. Furman 4-4 -0.22
89. Georgia Tech 4-6-1 -0.25
90. Louisville 4-6-1 -0.25
91. Holy Cross 3-4 -0.26
92. Harvard 3-4 -0.29
93. North Texas 5-6 -0.29
94. Northwestern State 2-4 -0.29
95. Wisconsin 4-7 -0.29
96. Colorado State 4-7-1 -0.32
97. Mississippi 4-7 -0.38
98. Memphis 5-6 -0.43
99. Kansas 3-8 -0.50
100. Texas Christian 2-8-1 -0.52
101. Bowling Green State 4-7 -0.57
102. East Tennessee State 2-4 -0.59
103. Colorado 3-8 -0.62
104. Mississippi State 3-8 -0.64
105. William & Mary 3-6 -0.66
106. Washington State 2-8 -0.68
107. Iowa State 3-8 -0.69
108. Wyoming 4-8 -0.72
109. Fresno State 2-6 -0.73
110. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-7 -0.73
111. Duke 2-8-1 -0.74
112. Louisiana-Monroe 3-6 -0.75
113. Kansas State 3-8 -0.76
114. Army 2-8-1 -0.80
115. Illinois 2-8-1 -0.81
116. Arkansas State 3-7 -0.81
117. Western Carolina 2-5 -0.82
118. Appalachian State 3-8 -0.90
119. Rice 1-10 -0.91
120. Illinois State 1-5 -0.96
121. Cincinnati 2-9 -0.99
122. Drake 2-7 -1.03
123. Pacific 2-6 -1.05
124. Louisiana Tech 2-9 -1.08
125. Connecticut 0-5-1 -1.09
126. Texas-El Paso 2-9 -1.13
127. Cal State Fullerton 1-6 -1.17
128. Eastern Michigan 1-7-1 -1.20
129. New Mexico State 2-9 -1.22
130. Columbia 1-7 -1.22
131. Oregon State 1-10 -1.29
132. Air Force 2-9 -1.29
133. Kent State 1-8 -1.29
134. Northwestern 1-10 -1.30
135. Vanderbilt 1-10 -1.33
136. Florida 0-10-1 -1.36
137. Wichita State 1-10 -1.46
138. Marshall 1-10 -1.48
139. Pennsylvania 0-7 -1.55
140. Richmond 0-11 -2.03