1979 Final AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)		Conf		WLT		PTS		CP		Last Week
1	<  2		Alabama (46)		SEC		12-0		1317				W 24-9 vs #6 Arkansas (Sugar)
2	<  3		USC (21)		Pac-10		11-0-1		1289
3	<  5		Oklahoma		Big 8		11-1		1163				W 24-7 vs #4 Florida State (Orange)
4	<  1		Ohio State		Big Ten		11-1		1160				L 17-16 vs #3 USC (Rose)
5	<  8		Houston		SWC		11-1		1084
6	<  4		Florida State		Ind		11-1		893
7	<  10		Pittsburgh		Ind		11-1		872
8	<  6		Arkansas		SWC		10-2		857
9	<  7		Nebraska		Big 8		10-2		852
10	<  12		Purdue		Big Ten		10-2		739
11	<  13		Washington		Pac-10		9-3		690
12	<  11		Texas		SWC		9-3		484
13	<  9		BYU		WAC		11-1		474
14	<  19		Baylor		SWC		8-4		358
15	<  NR		North Carolina		ACC		8-3-1		311
16	<  17		Auburn		SEC		8-3		263
17	<  20		Temple (PA)		Ind		10-2		213				W 28-17 vs California (Garden State)
18	<  14		Michigan		Big Ten		8-4		207
19	<  NR		Indiana		Big Ten		8-4		206				W 38-37 vs BYU (Holiday)
20	<  NR		Penn State		Ind		8-4		168
NR	<  18		Clemson		ACC
NR	<  16		South Carolina		Ind
NR	<  15		Tulane (LA)		Ind

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NOTES
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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