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September 10, 1979 AP Football Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	<	1	USC (45)	Pac-10	1-0	1222	W 21-7 A Texas Tech
2	<	2	Alabama (14)	SEC	1-0	1172
3	<	3	Oklahoma (2)	Big 8	0-0	1068	DNP
4	<	4	Texas (1)	Southwest	0-0	962	DNP
5	<	6	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	931
6	<	7	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	898
7	<	5	Penn State	Ind	0-0	823	DNP
8	<	8	Nebraska	Big 8	0-0	742	DNP
9	<	9	Notre Dame	Ind	0-0	644	DNP
10	<	10	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	594
11	<	12	Missouri	Big 8	1-0	575
12	<	11	Georgia	SEC	0-0	521	DNP
13	<	16	Houston	Southwest	1-0	477
14	<	15	Washington	Pac-10	1-0	444
15	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	342
16	<	17	Pittsburgh	Ind	0-0	278	DNP
17	<	20	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0	241	DNP
18	<	19	Florida State	Ind	1-0	170
19	<	NR	NC State	ACC	1-0	163
20	<	NR	SMU	Southwest	1-0	118
NR	<	13	Stanford	Pac-10		0
NR	<	14	Texas A&M	Southwest		0
NR	<	18	Arizona State	Pac-10		0

Conference	Teams	Avg Rank	Total Points
Big Ten	4	9.0	2765
Ind	4	12.5	1915
Southwest	4	13.5	1798
Big 8	3	7.3	2385
SEC	2	7.0	1693
Pac-10	2	7.5	1666
ACC	1	19.0	163

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