NCAA football standings at the end of November 26, 1980
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| #13 North Carolina | 10 | 1 | 0 | 281 | 123 | Won 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 173 | 104 | Dick Crum | 
| Maryland | 8 | 3 | 0 | 191 | 130 | Won 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 48 | Jerry Claiborne | 
| North Carolina State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 222 | 212 | Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 133 | Monte Kiffin | 
| Clemson | 6 | 5 | 0 | 217 | 222 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 125 | 173 | Danny Ford | 
| Wake Forest | 5 | 6 | 0 | 251 | 213 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 128 | John Mackovic | 
| Virginia | 4 | 7 | 0 | 144 | 259 | Lost 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 149 | Dick Bestwick | 
| Duke | 2 | 9 | 0 | 214 | 296 | Lost 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 163 | Red Wilson | 
| Big Ten Conference | 
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| #7 Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 299 | 123 | Won 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 64 | Bo Schembechler | 
| #11 Ohio State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 368 | 150 | Lost 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 91 | Earle Bruce | 
| Purdue | 8 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 208 | Won 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 151 | Jim Young | 
| Iowa | 4 | 7 | 0 | 154 | 238 | Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 166 | Hayden Fry | 
| Minnesota | 5 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 250 | Lost 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 212 | Joe Salem | 
| Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0 | 255 | 235 | Lost 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 177 | Lee Corso | 
| Wisconsin | 4 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 211 | Won 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 136 | Dave McClain | 
| Illinois | 3 | 7 | 1 | 241 | 326 | Lost 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 193 | 226 | Mike White | 
| Michigan State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 221 | 279 | Lost 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 160 | 211 | Frank Waters | 
| Northwestern | 0 | 11 | 0 | 151 | 444 | Lost 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 123 | 357 | Rick Venturi | 
| Big Eight Conference | 
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| #6 Oklahoma | 8 | 2 | 0 | 315 | 178 | Won 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 120 | Barry Switzer | 
| #10 Nebraska | 9 | 2 | 0 | 439 | 93 | Lost 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 292 | 59 | Tom Osborne | 
| Missouri | 8 | 3 | 0 | 307 | 147 | Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 88 | Warren Powers | 
| Kansas | 4 | 5 | 2 | 171 | 208 | Lost 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 129 | 158 | Don Fambrough | 
| Oklahoma State | 3 | 6 | 1 | 173 | 205 | Lost 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 122 | Jimmy Johnson | 
| Iowa State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 245 | 184 | Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 164 | Donnie Duncan | 
| Kansas State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 129 | 212 | Won 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 178 | Jim Dickey | 
| Colorado | 1 | 10 | 0 | 160 | 451 | Lost 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 282 | Chuck Fairbanks | 
| Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. | 
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| San Jose State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 294 | 259 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Elway | 
| Utah State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 290 | 255 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Snyder | 
| Fresno State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 245 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Sweeney | 
| Ivy League | 
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| Yale | 8 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 124 | Won 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 71 | Carmen Cozza | 
| Cornell | 5 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 192 | Won 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 77 | Bob Blackman | 
| Harvard | 7 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 138 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 102 | Joseph Restic | 
| Princeton | 6 | 4 | 0 | 175 | 198 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 137 | Frank Navarro | 
| Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 231 | 192 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 161 | John Anderson | 
| Dartmouth | 4 | 6 | 0 | 207 | 170 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 112 | Joe Yukica | 
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 9 | 0 | 109 | 262 | Lost 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 190 | Harry Gamble | 
| Columbia | 1 | 9 | 0 | 89 | 275 | Lost 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 214 | Robert Naso | 
| Missouri Valley Conference | 
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| Tulsa | 8 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 196 | Won 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 81 | John Cooper | 
| Wichita State | 5 | 5 | 1 | 183 | 245 | Lost 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 114 | Willie Jeffries | 
| Indiana State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 211 | Lost 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 138 | Dennis Raetz | 
| Drake | 8 | 3 | 0 | 306 | 175 | Lost 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 105 | Chuck Shelton | 
| West Texas A&M | 5 | 6 | 0 | 232 | 284 | Won 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 163 | Bill Yung | 
| New Mexico State | 3 | 7 | 1 | 212 | 247 | Lost 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 117 | 130 | Gil Krueger | 
| Southern Illinois | 3 | 8 | 0 | 211 | 267 | Lost 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 160 | Rey Dempsey | 
| Mid-America Conference | 
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| Central Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 127 | Won 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 127 | Herb Deromedi | 
| Western Michigan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 233 | 179 | Lost 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 129 | Elliot Uzelac | 
| Northern Illinois | 7 | 4 | 0 | 216 | 175 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 107 | Bill Mallory | 
| Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 6 | 0 | 241 | 189 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 99 | Tom Reed | 
| Ball State | 6 | 5 | 0 | 239 | 198 | Won 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 153 | Dwight Wallace | 
| Ohio University | 6 | 5 | 0 | 222 | 196 | Won 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 138 | Brian Burke | 
| Bowling Green State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 189 | 186 | Lost 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 122 | Denny Stolz | 
| Toledo | 4 | 7 | 0 | 187 | 190 | Lost 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 160 | Chuck Stobart | 
| Kent State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 159 | 279 | Won 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 231 | Ron Blackledge | 
| Eastern Michigan | 1 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 322 | Lost 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 286 | Mike Stock | 
| Pac Ten Conference | 
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| #15 Washington | 9 | 2 | 0 | 327 | 175 | Won 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 119 | Don James | 
| #14 UCLA | 8 | 2 | 0 | 272 | 132 | Won 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 104 | Terry Donahue | 
| #17 Southern California | 7 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 131 | Lost 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 94 | John Robinson | 
| Oregon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 263 | 193 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 189 | 170 | Rich Brooks | 
| Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 0 | 267 | 209 | Won 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 180 | 149 | Darryl Rogers | 
| Arizona | 5 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 231 | Won 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 158 | Larry Smith | 
| Stanford | 6 | 5 | 0 | 312 | 275 | Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 214 | 196 | Paul Wiggin | 
| Washington State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 287 | 271 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 185 | 163 | Jim Walden | 
| California | 3 | 8 | 0 | 194 | 328 | Won 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 149 | 223 | Roger Theder | 
| Oregon State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 352 | Lost 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 256 | Joe Avezzano | 
| Southeastern Conference | 
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| #1 Georgia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 107 | Won 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 78 | Vince Dooley | 
| #16 Mississippi State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 284 | 216 | Won 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 104 | Emory Bellard | 
| #9 Alabama | 8 | 2 | 0 | 288 | 78 | Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 48 | Paul "Bear" Bryant | 
| #18 Florida | 7 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 118 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 93 | Charley Pell | 
| Louisiana State | 7 | 4 | 0 | 213 | 193 | Won 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 133 | Jerry Stovall | 
| Tennessee | 4 | 6 | 0 | 205 | 176 | Won 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 77 | Johnny Majors | 
| Mississippi | 3 | 8 | 0 | 263 | 266 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 136 | 182 | Steve Sloan | 
| Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 0 | 167 | 280 | Lost 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 161 | Fran Curci | 
| Auburn | 5 | 5 | 0 | 217 | 204 | Lost 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 139 | Doug Barfield | 
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 8 | 0 | 127 | 301 | Won 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 164 | George MacIntyre | 
| Southern Conference | 
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| Furman | 9 | 1 | 1 | 284 | 177 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Sheridan | 
| Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 195 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill "Brother" Oliver | 
| Citadel | 7 | 4 | 0 | 268 | 178 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Baker | 
| Appalachian State | 6 | 4 | 1 | 273 | 186 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Working | 
| Western Carolina | 3 | 7 | 1 | 180 | 243 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Waters | 
| Virginia Military | 3 | 7 | 1 | 142 | 242 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Thalman | 
| Marshall | 2 | 8 | 1 | 134 | 245 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sonny Randle | 
| Southwestern Conference | 
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| #8 Baylor | 10 | 1 | 0 | 315 | 129 | Won 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 77 | Grant Teaff | 
| Houston | 6 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 146 | Won 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 86 | Bill Yeoman | 
| #20 Southern Methodist | 8 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 146 | Won 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 100 | Ron Meyer | 
| Texas | 7 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 174 | Lost 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 144 | Fred Akers | 
| Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 0 | 162 | 166 | Lost 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 133 | Rex Dockery | 
| Rice | 4 | 6 | 0 | 140 | 208 | Lost 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 106 | 147 | Ray Alborn | 
| Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 216 | 205 | Lost 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 168 | Lou Holtz | 
| Texas A&M | 3 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 238 | Won 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 151 | Tom Wilson | 
| Texas Christian | 1 | 10 | 0 | 143 | 295 | Lost 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 116 | 228 | F.A. Dry | 
| Western Athletic Conference | 
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| #12 Brigham Young | 10 | 1 | 0 | 506 | 184 | Won 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 326 | 87 | Lavell Edwards | 
| Colorado State | 6 | 4 | 1 | 232 | 330 | Lost 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 140 | Sark Arslanian | 
| Wyoming | 6 | 5 | 0 | 316 | 243 | Won 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 186 | Pat Dye | 
| Utah | 5 | 4 | 1 | 239 | 272 | Lost 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 129 | Wayne Howard | 
| New Mexico | 4 | 7 | 0 | 246 | 364 | Lost 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 154 | 198 | Joe Morrison | 
| San Diego State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 140 | 274 | Won 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 165 | Claude Gilbert | 
| Hawaii | 7 | 3 | 0 | 240 | 200 | Won 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 133 | Dick Tomey | 
| Air Force | 2 | 8 | 1 | 149 | 270 | Lost 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 41 | Ken Hatfield | 
| Texas-El Paso | 1 | 11 | 0 | 143 | 424 | Lost 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 90 | 267 | Bill Michael | 
| Southland Conference | 
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| McNeese State | 10 | 1 | 0 | 304 | 138 | Won 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Duplechin | 
| Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 144 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Robertson | 
| Louisiana-Monroe | 7 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 267 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John David Crow | 
| Louisiana Tech | 5 | 6 | 0 | 193 | 220 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Brewer | 
| Arkansas State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 129 | 269 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Lacewell | 
| Major Independents | 
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| #2 Notre Dame | 9 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 91 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Devine | 
| #4 Pittsburgh | 10 | 1 | 0 | 343 | 121 | Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Sherrill | 
| #3 Florida State | 9 | 1 | 0 | 335 | 72 | Won 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bowden | 
| #5 Penn State | 9 | 2 | 0 | 290 | 139 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Paterno | 
| #19 South Carolina | 8 | 3 | 0 | 339 | 163 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Carlen | 
| Virginia Tech | 8 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 109 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Dooley | 
| Southern Mississippi | 8 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 169 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Collins | 
| UNLV | 7 | 3 | 0 | 370 | 203 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Knap | 
| Navy | 7 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 105 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Welsh | 
| Miami (Florida) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 154 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Schnellenberger | 
| Rutgers | 7 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 156 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Burns | 
| Tulane | 7 | 4 | 0 | 264 | 209 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Gibson | 
| Boston College | 6 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 160 | Won 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Chlebek | 
| Colgate | 5 | 4 | 1 | 243 | 207 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frederick Dunlap | 
| Villanova | 6 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 137 | Won 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Bedsem | 
| North Texas | 6 | 5 | 0 | 265 | 252 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Moore | 
| West Virginia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 305 | 289 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Nehlen | 
| Syracuse | 5 | 6 | 0 | 207 | 222 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Maloney | 
| Richmond | 5 | 6 | 0 | 218 | 255 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dal Shealy | 
| Louisville | 5 | 6 | 0 | 162 | 203 | Won 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Weber | 
| Illinois State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 150 | 237 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Cowdrey | 
| Temple | 4 | 7 | 0 | 170 | 262 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hardin | 
| East Carolina | 4 | 7 | 0 | 192 | 312 | Lost 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Emory | 
| Army | 3 | 6 | 1 | 198 | 262 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Cavanaugh | 
| Holy Cross | 3 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 201 | Lost 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Wheelwright | 
| William & Mary | 2 | 9 | 0 | 117 | 254 | Lost 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmye Laycock | 
| Memphis | 2 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 255 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Williamson | 
| Cincinnati | 2 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 271 | Won 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Staub | 
| Georgia Tech | 1 | 8 | 1 | 93 | 222 | Lost 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Curry |