Football

Home Last Poll Teams

December 8, 1980 AP Football Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conf Rec Pts Last Week
1 < 1 Georgia (60) SEC 11-0 1274 DNP
2 < 3 Florida State (4) Ind 10-1 1208  
3 < 4 Pittsburgh Ind 10-1 1127  
4 < 5 Oklahoma Big 8 9-2 1027 DNP
5 < 6 Michigan Big Ten 9-2 947  
6 < 7 Baylor Southwest 10-1 914  
7 < 2 Notre Dame Ind 9-1-1 860  
8 < 9 Nebraska Big 8 9-2 801  
9 < 8 Alabama SEC 9-2 800 DNP
10 < 10 Penn State Ind 9-2 644  
11 < 11 Ohio State Big Ten 9-2 578  
12 < 17 USC Pac-10 8-2-1 563  
13 < 12 North Carolina ACC 10-1 495  
14 < 13 BYU WAC 11-1 470  
15 < 14 UCLA Pac-10 9-2 464  
16 < 15 Washington Pac-10 9-2 439  
17 < 16 Mississippi State SEC 9-2 343  
18 < 18 South Carolina Ind 8-3 177 DNP
19 < 19 SMU Southwest 8-3 123  
20 < 20 Miami (FL) Ind 8-3 67  

Conference Breakdown

Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Ind 6 10.0 4083
SEC 3 9.0 2417
Pac-10 3 14.3 1466
Big 8 2 6.0 1828
Big Ten 2 8.0 1525
Southwest 2 12.5 1037
ACC 1 13.0 495
WAC 1 14.0 470

Notes

  • * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings); Hold the mouse cursor over these rankings to see the first place votes (where available) in a tooltip (for browsers that support tooltips)
  • Clicking on the team name will display the week-by-week ranking for that team.
  • Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.