Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1979 college football season:

Rank

Team Name

Rating

Record

AP

UPI

Bowl Game Results

1

ALABAMA

116.4805

12-0

1

1

Beat Arkansas 24-9

2

USC

99.2575

11-0-1

2

2

Beat Ohio State 17-16

3

OHIO STATE

98.6820

11-1

4

4

Lost to USC

4

ARKANSAS

94.6041

10-2

8

9

Lost to Alabama

5

HOUSTON

88.8778

11-1

5

5

Beat Nebraska 17-14

6

OKLAHOMA

87.8806

11-1

3

3

Beat Florida State 24-7

7

FLORIDA STATE

86.6324

11-1

6

8

Lost to Oklahoma

8

BAYLOR

85.9223

8-4

14

15

Beat Clemson 24-18

9

NEBRASKA

84.7080

10-2

9

7

Lost to Houston

10

TEXAS A+M

81.1942

6-5

NR

NR

No Bowl Game

11

PITTSBURGH

79.4517

11-1

7

6

Beat Arizona 16-10

12

WASHINGTON

76.7939

10-2

11

11

Beat Texas 14-7

13

TEXAS

76.2184

9-3

12

13

Lost to Washington

14

TEMPLE

73.7855

10-2

17

17

Beat California 28-17

15

INDIANA

73.4086

8-4

19

16

Beat BYU 38-7

16

PENN STATE

72.9229

8-4

20

18

Beat Tulane 9-6

17

BYU

72.8330

11-1

13

12

Lost to Indiana

18

PURDUE

68.9266

10-2

10

10

Beat Tennessee 27-22

19

CLEMSON

65.7353

8-4

NR

NR

Lost to Baylor

20

NORTH CAROLINA

64.2132

 

 

 

 

21

OREGON

63.8642

 

 

 

 

22

SYRACUSE

63.8528

 

 

 

 

23

AUBURN

63.7719

 

 

 

 

24

MICHIGAN

63.6920

 

 

 

 

25

LSU

63.6684

 

 

 

 

26

CALIFORNIA

63.6487

 

 

 

 

27

SOUTH CAROLINA

63.5764

 

 

 

 

28

UCLA

63.4380

 

 

 

 

29

STANFORD

63.2686

 

 

 

 

30

NORTH CAROLINA STATE

63.1582

 

 

 

 

31

WAKE FOREST

63.0005

 

 

 

 

32

TULANE

62.9554

 

 

 

 

33

MIAMI (F)

62.7829

 

 

 

 

34

NOTRE DAME

62.5096

 

 

 

 

35

OKLAHOMA STATE

62.4297

 

 

 

 

36

ARIZONA

61.9492

 

 

 

 

37

MISSOURI

61.6989

 

 

 

 

38

SMU

61.3692

 

 

 

 

39

MARYLAND

61.1168

 

 

 

 

40

TEXAS TECH

60.5998

 

 

 

 

41

WEST VIRGINIA

58.8607

 

 

 

 

42

IOWA

58.5522

 

 

 

 

43

SAN DIEGO STATE

58.5137

 

 

 

 

44

ARIZONA STATE

57.2915

 

 

 

 

45

GEORGIA

57.2070

 

 

 

 

46

MICHIGAN STATE

57.1236

 

 

 

 

47

WISCONSIN

57.0183

 

 

 

 

48

WASHINGTON STATE

56.4287

 

 

 

 

49

BOSTON COLLEGE

56.2920

 

 

 

 

50

EAST CAROLINA

55.3186

 

 

 

 

51

TCU

54.7101

 

 

 

 

52

MCNEESE STATE

54.5039

 

 

 

 

53

VIRGINIA

54.4168

 

 

 

 

54

MINNESOTA

54.1050

 

 

 

 

55

TENNESSEE

52.9789

 

 

 

 

56

ILLINOIS

51.9799

 

 

 

 

57

UT ARLINGTON

51.9588

 

 

 

 

58

RICE

50.8378

 

 

 

 

59

UTAH STATE

50.7341

 

 

 

 

60

HAWAII

50.3461

 

 

 

 

61

NAVY

50.2631

 

 

 

 

62

RUTGERS

50.0858

 

 

 

 

63

MISSISSIPPI

50.0261

 

 

 

 

64

GEORGIA TECH

49.9395

 

 

 

 

65

KENTUCKY

49.8068

 

 

 

 

66

OREGON STATE

49.0997

 

 

 

 

67

COLORADO

47.6658

 

 

 

 

68

UTAH

47.6549

 

 

 

 

69

NEW MEXICO

47.2594

 

 

 

 

70

UNLV

46.5422

 

 

 

 

71

MISSISSIPPI STATE

46.3706

 

 

 

 

72

VIRGINIA TECH

46.1202

 

 

 

 

73

DUKE

46.0231

 

 

 

 

74

KANSAS

45.9271

 

 

 

 

75

KANSAS STATE

45.8331

 

 

 

 

76

COLORADO STATE

45.6738

 

 

 

 

77

LAMAR

45.6462

 

 

 

 

78

SAN JOSE STATE

45.5543

 

 

 

 

79

IOWA STATE

44.9746

 

 

 

 

80

TULSA

44.7463

 

 

 

 

81

CENTRAL MICHIGAN

44.3088

 

 

 

 

82

MEMPHIS STATE

42.8879

 

 

 

 

83

VILLANOVA

42.7319

 

 

 

 

84

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

42.3969

 

 

 

 

85

ARMY

42.3632

 

 

 

 

86

WYOMING

42.2712

 

 

 

 

87

LOUISVILLE

42.2366

 

 

 

 

88

NORTH TEXAS STATE

41.6552

 

 

 

 

89

WEST TEXAS STATE

41.4797

 

 

 

 

90

AIR FORCE

40.7660

 

 

 

 

91

TENNESSEE STATE

40.6581

 

 

 

 

92

INDIANA STATE

40.2097

 

 

 

 

93

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

40.1893

 

 

 

 

94

FLORIDA

40.1669

 

 

 

 

95

NORTHWESTERN

39.7551

 

 

 

 

96

LONG BEACH

39.2667

 

 

 

 

97

LOUISIANA TECH

38.3199

 

 

 

 

98

NELOUISIANA

37.7444

 

 

 

 

99

UT CHATTANOOGA

37.3645

 

 

 

 

100

ARKANSAS STATE

37.0641

 

 

 

 

101

VANDERBILT

36.8198

 

 

 

 

102

SWLOUISIANA

36.4817

 

 

 

 

103

FRESNO STATE

36.3209

 

 

 

 

104

YALE

36.0095

 

 

 

 

105

PACIFIC

35.5002

 

 

 

 

106

COLGATE

35.3322

 

 

 

 

107

HOLY CROSS

34.9554

 

 

 

 

108

FURMAN

34.1940

 

 

 

 

109

WILLIAM&MARY

34.0691

 

 

 

 

110

HARVARD

34.0128

 

 

 

 

111

DARTMOUTH

33.8864

 

 

 

 

112

CITADEL

33.6185

 

 

 

 

113

BROWN

33.3104

 

 

 

 

114

VMI

32.8913

 

 

 

 

115

PRINCETON

32.5945

 

 

 

 

116

CORNELL

32.0190

 

 

 

 

117

WEST CAROLINA

31.2327

 

 

 

 

118

APPALACHIAN STATE

30.9045

 

 

 

 

119

FULLERTON

30.8364

 

 

 

 

120

EAST TENNESSEE STATE

30.6571

 

 

 

 

121

UTEP

28.4419

 

 

 

 

122

DRAKE

26.3263

 

 

 

 

123

TOLEDO

25.7997

 

 

 

 

124

WESTERN MICHIGAN

25.1957

 

 

 

 

125

MIAMI (O)

24.6288

 

 

 

 

126

WICHITA STATE

24.3079

 

 

 

 

127

NEW MEXICO STATE

23.4909

 

 

 

 

128

NORTHERN ILLINOIS

23.3388

 

 

 

 

129

OHIOU

22.7632

 

 

 

 

130

CINCINNATI

22.0423

 

 

 

 

131

BGU

21.6261

 

 

 

 

132

BALL STATE

21.2359

 

 

 

 

133

EASTERN MICHIGAN

13.5137

 

 

 

 

134

ILLINOIS STATE

7.0477

 

 

 

 

135

KENT STATE

3.8283

 

 

 

 

136

RICHMOND

3.1453

 

 

 

 

137

MARSHALL

-4.0015

 

 

 

 

138

PENNSYLVANIA

-11.6387

 

 

 

 

139

COLUMBIA

-13.3492

 

 

 

 

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