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1979 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	2	USC (47)	Pac-10	0-0	1242	DNP
2	<	1	Alabama (11)	SEC	0-0	1141	DNP
3	<	3	Oklahoma (4)	Big 8	0-0	1058	DNP
4	<	9	Texas (1)	Southwest	0-0	1008	DNP
5	<	4	Penn State	Ind	0-0	858	DNP
6	<	13	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	856	DNP
7	<	5	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0	749	DNP
8	<	8	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0	701	DNP
9	<	7	Notre Dame	Ind	0-0	633	DNP
10	<	12	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	496	DNP
11	<	16	Georgia	SEC	0-0	471	DNP
12	<	15	Missouri	Big 8	0-0	426	DNP
13	<	17	Stanford	Pac-10	0-0	331	DNP
14	<	19	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0	326	DNP
15	<	NR	Washington	Pac-10	0-0	299	DNP
16	<	10	Houston	Southwest	0-0	292	DNP
17	<	NR	Pittsburgh	Ind	0-0	283	DNP
18	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0	266	DNP
19	<	NR	Florida State	Ind	0-0	250	DNP
20	<	11	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0	231	DNP
NR	<	6	Clemson	ACC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	14	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	18	NC State	ACC	0-0	0	DNP
NR	<	20	Maryland	ACC	0-0	0	DNP

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Pac-10	4	11.8	2138
Ind	4	12.5	2024
Southwest	4	13.5	1857
Big Ten	3	7.7	2101
Big 8	3	7.7	2185
SEC	2	6.5	1612

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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.