NCAA football standings at the end of December 15, 1979
Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
North Carolina State
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
258 | 213 |
Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 96 | Bo Rein |
#18 Clemson
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
187 | 92 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 62 | Danny Ford |
Maryland
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
198 | 135 |
Won 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 53 | Jerry Claiborne |
Wake Forest
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
230 | 249 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 98 | John Mackovic |
North Carolina
| 7 |
3 |
1 |
273 | 152 |
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 104 | Dick Crum |
Virginia
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
258 | 134 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 90 | Dick Bestwick |
Duke
| 2 |
8 |
1 |
152 | 264 |
Lost 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 167 | Red Wilson |
Big Ten Conference |
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#1 Ohio State
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
374 | 109 |
Won 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 59 | Earle Bruce |
#12 Purdue
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
260 | 204 |
Won 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 144 | Jim Young |
#14 Michigan
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
297 | 134 |
Lost 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 105 | Bo Schembechler |
Indiana
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
276 | 215 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 198 | 175 | Lee Corso |
Iowa
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
239 | 216 |
Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 157 | Hayden Fry |
Michigan State
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
240 | 253 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 172 | 188 | Darryl Rogers |
Minnesota
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
264 | 271 |
Lost 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 226 | 213 | Joe Salem |
Wisconsin
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
201 | 311 |
Won 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 250 | Dave McClain |
Illinois
| 2 |
8 |
1 |
156 | 266 |
Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 111 | 220 | Gary Moeller |
Northwestern
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
115 | 386 |
Lost 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 310 | Rick Venturi |
Big Eight Conference |
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#5 Oklahoma
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
382 | 138 |
Won 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 82 | Barry Switzer |
#7 Nebraska
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
366 | 114 |
Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 62 | Tom Osborne |
Oklahoma State
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
191 | 212 |
Won 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 149 | Jimmy Johnson |
Missouri
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
236 | 152 |
Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 103 | Warren Powers |
Iowa State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
137 | 221 |
Lost 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 140 | Donnie Duncan |
Colorado
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
168 | 274 |
Won 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 168 | Chuck Fairbanks |
Kansas
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
172 | 346 |
Lost 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 231 | Don Fambrough |
Kansas State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
154 | 225 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 168 | Jim Dickey |
Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. |
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Utah State
| 7 |
3 |
1 |
347 | 270 |
Won 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 128 | Bruce Snyder |
San Jose State
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
327 | 301 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 143 | Jack Elway |
Long Beach State
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
205 | 245 |
Won 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 146 | Dave Currey |
Fresno State
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
245 | 302 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 134 | Bob Padilla |
Cal State Fullerton
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
193 | 237 |
Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 109 | Jim Colletto |
Pacific
| 3 |
7 |
0 |
162 | 193 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 114 | Bob Toledo |
Ivy League |
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| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
Yale
| 8 |
1 |
0 |
193 | 94 |
Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 77 | Carmen Cozza |
Brown
| 6 |
3 |
0 |
197 | 129 |
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 102 | John Anderson |
Princeton
| 5 |
4 |
0 |
166 | 159 |
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 104 | Frank Navarro |
Cornell
| 5 |
4 |
0 |
215 | 152 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 179 | 121 | Bob Blackman |
Dartmouth
| 4 |
4 |
1 |
98 | 86 |
Won 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 63 | Joe Yukica |
Harvard
| 3 |
6 |
0 |
148 | 157 |
Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 123 | Joseph Restic |
Columbia
| 1 |
8 |
0 |
75 | 215 |
Lost 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 177 | William Campbell |
Pennsylvania
| 0 |
9 |
0 |
100 | 251 |
Lost 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 211 | Harry Gamble |
Missouri Valley Conference |
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| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
West Texas A&M
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
243 | 191 |
Won 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 56 | Bill Yung |
Tulsa
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
195 | 221 |
Won 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 42 | John Cooper |
Southern Illinois
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
232 | 188 |
Won 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 108 | Rey Dempsey |
Indiana State
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
276 | 248 |
Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 118 | Dick Jamieson |
Drake
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
218 | 242 |
Lost 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 106 | Chuck Shelton |
New Mexico State
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
175 | 367 |
Lost 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 124 | 204 | Gil Krueger |
Wichita State
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
105 | 305 |
Lost 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 185 | Willie Jeffries |
Mid-America Conference |
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Central Michigan
| 10 |
0 |
1 |
291 | 133 |
Won 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 229 | 101 | Herb Deromedi |
Toledo
| 7 |
3 |
1 |
213 | 190 |
Won 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 199 | 110 | Chuck Stobart |
Western Michigan
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
186 | 127 |
Won 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 103 | Elliot Uzelac |
Ball State
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
272 | 191 |
Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 152 | Dwight Wallace |
Ohio University
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
238 | 174 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 166 | 143 | Brian Burke |
Northern Illinois
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
177 | 206 |
Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 109 | 155 | Rat Culpepper |
Miami (Ohio)
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
223 | 142 |
Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 90 | Tom Reed |
Bowling Green State
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
194 | 265 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 180 | Denny Stolz |
Eastern Michigan
| 2 |
8 |
1 |
113 | 236 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 181 | Mike Stock |
Kent State
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
127 | 298 |
Lost 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 100 | 266 | Ron Blackledge |
Pac Ten Conference |
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#3 Southern California
| 10 |
0 |
1 |
372 | 155 |
Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 244 | 99 | John Robinson |
#13 Washington
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
307 | 147 |
Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 98 | Don James |
Arizona
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
234 | 227 |
Won 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 136 | Tony Mason |
Oregon
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
200 | 212 |
Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 130 | Rich Brooks |
California
| 6 |
6 |
0 |
257 | 194 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 217 | 142 | Roger Theder |
Stanford
| 5 |
5 |
1 |
259 | 239 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 158 | 146 | Rod Dowhower |
Arizona State
| 6 |
6 |
0 |
306 | 208 |
Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 127 | Frank Kush, Bob Owens |
UCLA
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
257 | 256 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 182 | Terry Donahue |
Washington State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
241 | 366 |
Lost 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 255 | Jim Walden |
Oregon State
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
147 | 396 |
Lost 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 315 | Craig Fertig |
Southeastern Conference |
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#2 Alabama
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
359 | 58 |
Won 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 45 | Paul "Bear" Bryant |
Georgia
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
206 | 189 |
Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 94 | Vince Dooley |
#17 Auburn
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
330 | 238 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 124 | Doug Barfield |
Louisiana State
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
241 | 141 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 73 | Charles McClendon |
Tennessee
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
289 | 208 |
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 143 | Johnny Majors |
Kentucky
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
180 | 143 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 79 | Fran Curci |
Mississippi
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
251 | 298 |
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 123 | Steve Sloan |
Mississippi State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
162 | 179 |
Lost 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 92 | Emory Bellard |
Vanderbilt
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
179 | 418 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 272 | George MacIntyre |
Florida
| 0 |
10 |
1 |
106 | 265 |
Lost 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 167 | Charley Pell |
Southern Conference |
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Tennessee-Chattanooga
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
349 | 217 |
Won 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 112 | Joe Morrison |
Virginia Military
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
158 | 210 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 96 | Bob Thalman |
Citadel
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
253 | 277 |
Lost 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 137 | Art Baker |
Furman
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
281 | 313 |
Won 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 193 | Dick Sheridan |
Appalachian State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
263 | 268 |
Won 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 187 | 150 | Jim Brakefield |
East Tennessee State
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
278 | 150 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 85 | Jack Carlisle |
Western Carolina
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
280 | 202 |
Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 130 | Bob Waters |
Marshall
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
95 | 309 |
Lost 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 160 | Sonny Randle |
Southwestern Conference |
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#6 Arkansas
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
275 | 108 |
Won 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 90 | Lou Holtz |
#8 Houston
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
278 | 121 |
Won 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 191 | 85 | Bill Yeoman |
#11 Texas
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
214 | 90 |
Lost 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 74 | Fred Akers |
#19 Baylor
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
234 | 169 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 117 | Grant Teaff |
Texas A&M
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
243 | 159 |
Won 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 120 | Tom Wilson |
Southern Methodist
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
226 | 236 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 155 | 203 | Ron Meyer |
Texas Tech
| 3 |
6 |
2 |
141 | 182 |
Lost 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 140 | Rex Dockery |
Texas Christian
| 2 |
8 |
1 |
127 | 226 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 155 | F.A. Dry |
Rice
| 1 |
10 |
0 |
121 | 418 |
Lost 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 291 | Ray Alborn |
Western Athletic Conference |
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#9 Brigham Young
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
447 | 125 |
Won 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 64 | Lavell Edwards |
Utah
| 6 |
6 |
0 |
267 | 296 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 104 | Wayne Howard |
San Diego State
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
286 | 276 |
Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 161 | Claude Gilbert |
Hawaii
| 6 |
5 |
0 |
330 | 213 |
Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 111 | Dick Tomey |
New Mexico
| 6 |
6 |
0 |
211 | 229 |
Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 152 | Bill Mondt |
Colorado State
| 4 |
7 |
1 |
177 | 241 |
Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 116 | 121 | Sark Arslanian |
Wyoming
| 4 |
8 |
0 |
186 | 276 |
Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 112 | 162 | Bill Lewis |
Texas-El Paso
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
106 | 266 |
Lost 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 195 | Bill Michael |
Southland Conference |
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McNeese State
| 11 |
1 |
0 |
233 | 135 |
Lost 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 58 | Ernie Duplechin |
Texas-Arlington
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
338 | 166 |
Won 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 95 | Harold Elliott |
Lamar
| 6 |
3 |
2 |
272 | 218 |
Tied 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 115 | Bob Frederick |
Arkansas State
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
167 | 188 |
Lost 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 106 | Larry Lacewell |
Louisiana-Lafayette
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
147 | 168 |
Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 81 | Augie Tammariello |
Louisiana Tech
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
112 | 222 |
Won 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 104 | Larry Beightol, Pat Patterson |
Major Independents |
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| W | L | T | PF | PA | STRK | W | L | T | PF | PA | COACH(ES) |
#4 Florida State
| 11 |
0 |
0 |
319 | 136 |
Won 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden |
#10 Pittsburgh
| 10 |
1 |
0 |
275 | 106 |
Won 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill |
UNLV
| 9 |
1 |
2 |
370 | 300 |
Tied 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Knap |
#20 Temple
| 10 |
2 |
0 |
399 | 198 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin |
#15 Tulane
| 9 |
2 |
0 |
314 | 170 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Smith |
Rutgers
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
243 | 174 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns |
#16 South Carolina
| 8 |
3 |
0 |
232 | 181 |
Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen |
East Carolina
| 7 |
3 |
1 |
380 | 193 |
Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Dye |
Penn State
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
248 | 171 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno |
Notre Dame
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
243 | 197 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine |
Navy
| 7 |
4 |
0 |
180 | 154 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh |
Southern Mississippi
| 6 |
4 |
1 |
228 | 146 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins |
Syracuse
| 7 |
5 |
0 |
324 | 293 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney |
Colgate
| 5 |
4 |
1 |
147 | 163 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frederick Dunlap |
Virginia Tech
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
224 | 222 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley |
Boston College
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
215 | 217 |
Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Chlebek |
Holy Cross
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
174 | 179 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright |
Villanova
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
221 | 230 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bedsem |
Miami (Florida)
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
191 | 236 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger |
North Texas
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
182 | 235 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Moore |
Memphis
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
166 | 223 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Williamson |
West Virginia
| 5 |
6 |
0 |
185 | 279 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Cignetti |
Louisville
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
167 | 202 |
Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson |
Georgia Tech
| 4 |
6 |
1 |
152 | 190 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pepper Rodgers |
William & Mary
| 4 |
7 |
0 |
139 | 226 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Root |
Connecticut
| 3 |
6 |
2 |
144 | 173 |
Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Nadzak |
Northwestern Louisiana
| 3 |
6 |
0 |
143 | 253 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A.L. Williams |
Louisiana-Monroe
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
158 | 211 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John David Crow |
Illinois State
| 3 |
8 |
0 |
194 | 253 |
Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Cowdrey |
Army
| 2 |
8 |
1 |
96 | 308 |
Lost 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lou Saban |
Air Force
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
127 | 246 |
Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Hatfield |
Cincinnati
| 2 |
9 |
0 |
156 | 281 |
Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Staub |
Richmond
| 0 |
11 |
0 |
79 | 271 |
Lost 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Tait |