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1980 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	4	Ohio State (36)	Big Ten	0-0	1253	DNP
2	<	1	Alabama (24)	SEC	0-0	1217	DNP
3	<	7	Pittsburgh (3)	Ind	0-0	1102	DNP
4	<	2	USC (1)	Pac-10	0-0	1030	DNP
5	<	3	Oklahoma (1)	Big 8	0-0	1009	DNP
6	<	8	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0	850	DNP
7	<	9	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0	812	DNP
8	<	5	Houston	Southwest	0-0	774	DNP
9	<	10	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	654	DNP
10	<	12	Texas	Southwest	0-0	580	DNP
11	<	NR	Notre Dame	Ind	0-0	556	DNP
12	<	18	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	441	DNP
13	<	6	Florida State	Ind	0-0	439	DNP
14	<	15	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	393	DNP
15	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	337	DNP
16	<	NR	Georgia	SEC	0-0	333	DNP
17	<	NR	Missouri	Big 8	0-0	308	DNP
18	<	20	Penn State	Ind	0-0	280	DNP
19	<	16	Auburn	SEC	0-0	261	DNP
20	<	11	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	200	DNP
NR	<	13	BYU	WAC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	14	Baylor	Southwest	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	17	Temple	Ind	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	19	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Ind	4	11.3	2377
Big Ten	3	7.3	2348
Southwest	3	8.0	2204
Big 8	3	9.7	2129
SEC	3	12.3	1811
Pac-10	3	13.0	1567
ACC	1	14.0	393

* = 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)
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Polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, 1961-67 had 10 teams, 1968-88 had 20 teams, and 1989-present had 25 teams.