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September 24, 1979 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

USC (51)

 

Pac-10

 

3-0

 

1286

 

 

W 48-14 vs Minnesota

2

  <  2

 

Alabama (13)

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

1235

 

 

 

3

  <  3

 

Oklahoma

 

Big 8

 

2-0

 

1122

 

 

W 49-13 vs Tulsa

4

  <  4

 

Texas (1)

 

SWC

 

1-0

 

1040

 

 

 

5

  <  9

 

Missouri

 

Big 8

 

3-0

 

898

 

 

 

6

  <  7

 

Nebraska

 

Big 8

 

2-0

 

862

 

 

 

7

  <  8

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

3-0

 

816

 

 

 

8

  <  10

 

Houston

 

SWC

 

2-0

 

755

 

 

 

9

  <  12

 

Washington

 

Pac-10

 

3-0

 

635

 

 

 

10

  <  17

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

2-1

 

599

 

 

 

11

  <  11

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

2-1

 

564

 

 

 

12

  <  14

 

Florida State

 

Ind

 

3-0

 

556

 

 

 

13

  <  15

 

Arkansas

 

SWC

 

2-0

 

519

 

 

 

14

  <  16

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

3-0

 

458

 

 

 

15

  <  5

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

1-1

 

436

 

 

 

16

  <  19

 

NC State

 

ACC

 

3-0

 

293

 

 

 

17

  <  20

 

UCLA

 

Pac-10

 

2-1

 

280

 

 

 

18

  <  6

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

1-1

 

261

 

 

 

19

  <  18

 

SMU

 

SWC

 

3-0

 

246

 

 

 

20

  <  NR

 

LSU

 

SEC

 

2-0

 

184

 

 

 

NR

  <  13

 

Pittsburgh

 

Ind

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
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- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
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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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