NCAA football standings at the end of November 14, 1980
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| #15 North Carolina | 8 | 1 | 0 | 211 | 99 | Won 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 80 | Dick Crum | 
| Maryland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 123 | Won 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 41 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| Virginia | 4 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 202 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 92 | Dick Bestwick | 
| Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 182 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 139 | Danny Ford | 
| North Carolina State | 4 | 5 | 0 | 148 | 177 | Lost 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 112 | Monte Kiffin | 
| Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 158 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 128 | John Mackovic | 
| Duke | 2 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 214 | Lost 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 81 | Red Wilson | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #7 Ohio State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 134 | Won 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 75 | Earle Bruce | 
| #11 Michigan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 264 | 120 | Won 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 61 | Bo Schembechler | 
| #16 Purdue | 7 | 2 | 0 | 276 | 159 | Won 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 102 | Jim Young | 
| Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 0 | 191 | 195 | Won 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 146 | 157 | Joe Salem | 
| Iowa | 3 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 197 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 125 | Hayden Fry | 
| Illinois | 3 | 6 | 1 | 217 | 300 | Lost 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 200 | Mike White | 
| Indiana | 5 | 4 | 0 | 206 | 187 | Lost 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 129 | Lee Corso | 
| Michigan State | 2 | 7 | 0 | 191 | 226 | Won 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 158 | Frank Waters | 
| Wisconsin | 2 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 185 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 110 | Dave McClain | 
| Northwestern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 132 | 405 | Lost 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 104 | 318 | Rick Venturi | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #4 Nebraska | 8 | 1 | 0 | 387 | 72 | Won 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 38 | Tom Osborne | 
| #10 Oklahoma | 6 | 2 | 0 | 277 | 154 | Won 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 96 | Barry Switzer | 
| Missouri | 7 | 2 | 0 | 269 | 124 | Won 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 65 | Warren Powers | 
| Kansas | 3 | 4 | 2 | 123 | 174 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 124 | Don Fambrough | 
| Oklahoma State | 2 | 5 | 1 | 142 | 182 | Won 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 99 | Jimmy Johnson | 
| Iowa State | 5 | 4 | 0 | 222 | 128 | Lost 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 108 | Donnie Duncan | 
| Colorado | 1 | 8 | 0 | 143 | 392 | Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 223 | Chuck Fairbanks | 
| Kansas State | 2 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 188 | Lost 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 154 | Jim Dickey | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Jose State | 6 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 194 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway | 
| Utah State | 5 | 4 | 0 | 219 | 189 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder | 
| Fresno State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 171 | 231 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Ivy League | 
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| Yale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 111 | Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 58 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Harvard | 6 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 107 | Won 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 71 | Joseph Restic | 
| Princeton | 5 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 149 | Won 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 88 | Frank Navarro | 
| Brown | 4 | 3 | 0 | 176 | 151 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 120 | John Anderson | 
| Dartmouth | 3 | 5 | 0 | 155 | 119 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 61 | Joe Yukica | 
| Cornell | 3 | 5 | 0 | 124 | 183 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 68 | Bob Blackman | 
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 7 | 0 | 83 | 203 | Lost 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 131 | Harry Gamble | 
| Columbia | 1 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 220 | Lost 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 159 | Robert Naso | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Wichita State | 4 | 4 | 1 | 163 | 221 | Tied 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 96 | Willie Jeffries | 
| Tulsa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 181 | 169 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 54 | John Cooper | 
| Drake | 8 | 2 | 0 | 299 | 154 | Won 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 105 | Chuck Shelton | 
| Indiana State | 5 | 4 | 0 | 154 | 155 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 110 | Dennis Raetz | 
| New Mexico State | 3 | 5 | 1 | 164 | 193 | Tied 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 76 | Gil Krueger | 
| West Texas A&M | 4 | 5 | 0 | 191 | 244 | Lost 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 123 | Bill Yung | 
| Southern Illinois | 3 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 203 | Lost 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 96 | Rey Dempsey | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| Western Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 157 | Lost 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 107 | Elliot Uzelac | 
| Central Michigan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 107 | Won 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 107 | Herb Deromedi | 
| Bowling Green State | 4 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 133 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 69 | Denny Stolz | 
| Ohio University | 5 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 139 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 81 | Brian Burke | 
| Ball State | 4 | 5 | 0 | 174 | 159 | Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 135 | Dwight Wallace | 
| Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 169 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 101 | Bill Mallory | 
| Miami (Ohio) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 152 | Won 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 85 | Tom Reed | 
| Toledo | 3 | 6 | 0 | 135 | 146 | Won 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 126 | Chuck Stobart | 
| Kent State | 2 | 7 | 0 | 111 | 216 | Lost 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 168 | Ron Blackledge | 
| Eastern Michigan | 1 | 8 | 0 | 75 | 284 | Lost 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 248 | Mike Stock | 
| Pac Ten Conference | 
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| #2 Southern California | 7 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 91 | Won 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 54 | John Robinson | 
| Washington | 7 | 2 | 0 | 277 | 142 | Won 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 148 | 86 | Don James | 
| Oregon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 186 | 130 | Won 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 112 | 107 | Rich Brooks | 
| Arizona State | 5 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 149 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 89 | Darryl Rogers | 
| Stanford | 6 | 4 | 0 | 289 | 247 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 168 | Paul Wiggin | 
| #17 UCLA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 101 | Lost 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 73 | Terry Donahue | 
| Arizona | 3 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 189 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 151 | Larry Smith | 
| Washington State | 3 | 6 | 0 | 233 | 224 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 116 | Jim Walden | 
| California | 2 | 7 | 0 | 149 | 274 | Lost 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 169 | Roger Theder | 
| Oregon State | 0 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 288 | Lost 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 192 | Joe Avezzano | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #1 Georgia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 86 | Won 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 57 | Vince Dooley | 
| #5 Alabama | 8 | 1 | 0 | 288 | 71 | Won 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 48 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| Louisiana State | 6 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 131 | Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 78 | Jerry Stovall | 
| #19 Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 171 | Won 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 59 | Emory Bellard | 
| #20 Florida | 6 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 103 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 78 | Charley Pell | 
| Tennessee | 3 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 142 | Lost 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 43 | Johnny Majors | 
| Kentucky | 3 | 6 | 0 | 138 | 218 | Won 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 99 | Fran Curci | 
| Mississippi | 2 | 7 | 0 | 229 | 238 | Lost 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 102 | 154 | Steve Sloan | 
| Auburn | 5 | 4 | 0 | 196 | 173 | Won 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 108 | Doug Barfield | 
| Vanderbilt | 1 | 7 | 0 | 79 | 248 | Lost 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 164 | George MacIntyre | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| Furman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 242 | 148 | Won 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Sheridan | 
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7 | 2 | 0 | 244 | 146 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill "Brother" Oliver | 
| Appalachian State | 6 | 3 | 1 | 257 | 158 | Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Working | 
| Citadel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 222 | 137 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Baker | 
| Virginia Military | 3 | 6 | 1 | 136 | 221 | Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Thalman | 
| Marshall | 2 | 6 | 1 | 108 | 186 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Randle | 
| Western Carolina | 2 | 7 | 1 | 160 | 226 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Waters | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #12 Baylor | 8 | 1 | 0 | 283 | 123 | Won 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 71 | Grant Teaff | 
| #18 Southern Methodist | 7 | 2 | 0 | 241 | 125 | Won 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 79 | Ron Meyer | 
| Houston | 5 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 139 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 79 | Bill Yeoman | 
| Texas | 6 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 132 | Won 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 105 | 102 | Fred Akers | 
| Rice | 4 | 5 | 0 | 134 | 192 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 131 | Ray Alborn | 
| Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 132 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 99 | Rex Dockery | 
| Arkansas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 182 | 150 | Lost 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 113 | Lou Holtz | 
| Texas A&M | 2 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 201 | Lost 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 114 | Tom Wilson | 
| Texas Christian | 1 | 8 | 0 | 107 | 231 | Won 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 164 | F.A. Dry | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| Colorado State | 6 | 3 | 1 | 218 | 285 | Won 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 95 | Sark Arslanian | 
| #13 Brigham Young | 8 | 1 | 0 | 405 | 164 | Won 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 67 | Lavell Edwards | 
| Utah | 5 | 3 | 1 | 233 | 216 | Won 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 73 | Wayne Howard | 
| Wyoming | 5 | 4 | 0 | 257 | 211 | Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 166 | 154 | Pat Dye | 
| New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 0 | 224 | 340 | Lost 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 174 | Joe Morrison | 
| Hawaii | 6 | 3 | 0 | 216 | 181 | Won 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 133 | Dick Tomey | 
| San Diego State | 1 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 245 | Lost 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 136 | Claude Gilbert | 
| Texas-El Paso | 1 | 9 | 0 | 129 | 344 | Lost 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 187 | Bill Michael | 
| Air Force | 1 | 7 | 1 | 114 | 239 | Lost 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 34 | Ken Hatfield | 
| Southland Conference | 
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| McNeese State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 135 | Won 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Duplechin | 
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 6 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 121 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson | 
| Louisiana-Monroe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 227 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John David Crow | 
| Louisiana Tech | 5 | 4 | 0 | 170 | 174 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Brewer | 
| Arkansas State | 1 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 224 | Lost 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Lacewell | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #6 Notre Dame | 7 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 81 | Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine | 
| #3 Florida State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 335 | 72 | Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| #8 Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 | 0 | 284 | 105 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | 
| #9 Penn State | 8 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 118 | Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| #14 South Carolina | 7 | 2 | 0 | 294 | 98 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen | 
| UNLV | 7 | 2 | 0 | 351 | 179 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Knap | 
| Southern Mississippi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 238 | 151 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins | 
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 103 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| Rutgers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 119 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| Navy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 97 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh | 
| Tulane | 6 | 3 | 0 | 236 | 169 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| Miami (Florida) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 177 | 129 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger | 
| Colgate | 4 | 3 | 1 | 213 | 158 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frederick Dunlap | 
| North Texas | 5 | 4 | 0 | 231 | 208 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Moore | 
| West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 274 | 254 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| Boston College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 132 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Chlebek | 
| Villanova | 4 | 5 | 0 | 138 | 117 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bedsem | 
| Syracuse | 4 | 5 | 0 | 171 | 188 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney | 
| Richmond | 4 | 5 | 0 | 180 | 208 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy | 
| Temple | 4 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 189 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| East Carolina | 4 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 248 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory | 
| Illinois State | 4 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 210 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Cowdrey | 
| Army | 3 | 5 | 1 | 191 | 217 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh | 
| Holy Cross | 3 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 156 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| Louisville | 3 | 6 | 0 | 136 | 200 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| William & Mary | 2 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 228 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock | 
| Georgia Tech | 1 | 7 | 1 | 85 | 203 | Tied 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry | 
| Cincinnati | 1 | 8 | 0 | 99 | 238 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Staub | 
| Memphis | 1 | 8 | 0 | 93 | 234 | Lost 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Williamson |