October 8, 1979 AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  1

USC (53)

Pac-10

5-0

1285

W 50-21 vs Washington State

2

<  2

Alabama (11)

SEC

4-0

1248

W 38-0 vs Wichita State

3

<  3

Oklahoma

Big 8

4-0

1126

W 49-24 vs Colorado

4

<  4

Texas (1)

SWC

3-0

1101

W 26-9 vs Rice

5

<  5

Nebraska

Big 8

4-0

1059

W 57-0 vs New Mexico State

6

<  7

Washington

Pac-10

5-0

889

W 41-0 vs Oregon State

7

<  6

Houston

SWC

4-0

884

W 13-10 vs Baylor

8

<  8

Ohio State

Big Ten

5-0

781

W 16-7 vs Northwestern

9

<  9

Florida State

Ind

5-0

756

W 27-0 at Louisville

10

<  10

Notre Dame

Ind

3-1

664

W 21-13 vs Georgia Tech

11

<  11

Michigan

Big Ten

4-1

648

W 21-7 at #16 Michigan State

12

<  13

Arkansas

SWC

4-0

629

W 16-13 at TCU

13

<  17

LSU

SEC

3-1

504

W 20-3 vs Florida

14

<  18

North Carolina

ACC

4-0

455

W 35-14 vs Cincinnati

15

<  15

Missouri

Big 8

3-1

414

DNP

16

<  20

BYU

WAC

4-0

323

W 38-15 vs Hawaii

17

<  14

NC State

ACC

4-1

100

L 44-31 at Auburn

18

<  NR

Auburn

SEC

3-1

98

W 44-31 vs #14 NC State

19

<  16

Michigan State

Big Ten

3-2

77

L 21-7 vs #11 Michigan

20

<  12

Purdue

Big Ten

3-2

62

L 31-14 at Minnesota

NR

<  19

Tennessee

SEC

3-1

L 28-9 vs Mississippi State

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NOTES
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