Sports headlines for Friday February 9, 1979:
- Simpson's Salary ($733,358) Is Tops In NFL
- Referees Criticized
- Allen In Middle Of Giant Feud
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Associated Press Final Poll for 1978: 1 Alabama (38) 11-1 1317 2 Southern California (19) 12-1 1285 3 Oklahoma (11) 11-1 1251 4 Penn State 11-1 1168 5 Michigan 10-2 989 6 Clemson 11-1 950 7 Notre Dame 9-3 914 8 Nebraska 9-3 885 9 Texas 9-3 706 10 Houston 9-3 698 11 Arkansas 9-2-1 689 12 Michigan State 8-3 525 13 Purdue 9-2-1 493 14 UCLA 8-3-1 487 15 Missouri 8-4 434 16 Georgia 9-2-1 312 17 Stanford 8-4 306 18 North Carolina State 9-3 214 19 Texas A&M 8-4 128 20 Maryland 9-3 112 |
Associated Press Preseason Poll for 1979: 1 Southern California (47) 0-0 1242 2 Alabama (11) 0-0 1141 3 Oklahoma (4) 0-0 1058 4 Texas (1) 0-0 1000 5 Penn State 0-0 858 6 Purdue 0-0 856 7 Michigan 0-0 749 8 Nebraska 0-0 701 9 Notre Dame 0-0 633 10 Michigan State 0-0 496 11 Georgia 0-0 471 12 Missouri 0-0 426 13 Stanford 0-0 331 14 Texas A&M 0-0 326 15 Washington 0-0 299 16 Houston 0-0 292 17 Pittsburgh 0-0 283 18 Arizona State 0-0 266 19 Florida State 0-0 250 20 Arkansas 0-0 231 |