Standings
| Overall | Conference | Points Per Game | SRS | Polls | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Off | Def | SRS | SOS | AP Pre | AP High | AP Rank | Notes |
| Florida State | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 27.2 | 13.3 | 16.08 | 4.24 | 19 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Pitt | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 24.3 | 9.7 | 18.27 | 5.35 | 17 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Nevada-Las Vegas | 9 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 30.8 | 25.0 | -0.93 | -7.76 | ||||||||
| Temple | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 33.3 | 16.5 | 14.79 | 0.54 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Tulane | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 26.5 | 14.9 | 13.23 | 3.48 | 15 | |||||||
| Rutgers | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 22.1 | 15.8 | 3.78 | -3.68 | ||||||||
| East Carolina | 7 | 3 | 1 | .682 | 34.5 | 17.5 | 8.99 | -2.47 | ||||||||
| Penn State | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 21.4 | 14.8 | 15.58 | 9.41 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |||||
| South Carolina | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 11.59 | 8.59 | 16 | |||||||
| Navy | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 16.4 | 14.0 | 3.04 | -0.14 | 17 | |||||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 22.1 | 17.9 | 12.97 | 8.15 | 9 | 5 | ||||||
| Southern Mississippi | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | 20.7 | 13.3 | 6.78 | 1.05 | ||||||||
| Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 27.0 | 24.4 | 8.00 | 5.42 | ||||||||
| Colgate | 5 | 4 | 1 | .550 | 14.7 | 16.3 | -14.98 | -14.28 | ||||||||
| Boston College | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.77 | 1.59 | ||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 15.8 | 16.3 | -11.03 | -10.12 | ||||||||
| Memphis | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 15.1 | 20.3 | -3.87 | -1.14 | ||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 0.60 | 4.23 | ||||||||
| North Texas | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 16.5 | 21.4 | -6.27 | -1.91 | ||||||||
| Villanova | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 20.1 | 20.9 | -7.09 | -6.00 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 1.26 | 2.08 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 16.8 | 25.4 | 1.11 | 7.39 | ||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | 6 | 1 | .409 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 1.67 | 4.85 | ||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | 6 | 1 | .409 | 15.2 | 18.4 | -2.30 | 1.06 | ||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | 6 | 2 | .364 | 13.1 | 15.7 | -11.35 | -8.99 | ||||||||
| William & Mary | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | 12.6 | 20.5 | -12.62 | -5.26 | ||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | 15.9 | 28.1 | -16.70 | -6.03 | ||||||||
| Illinois State | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 17.6 | 23.0 | -16.03 | -9.94 | ||||||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 14.4 | 19.2 | -13.88 | -8.97 | ||||||||
| Army | 2 | 8 | 1 | .227 | 8.7 | 28.0 | -8.56 | 4.90 | ||||||||
| Air Force | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 11.5 | 23.0 | -10.27 | -0.45 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 14.2 | 25.5 | -6.88 | 3.76 | ||||||||
| Richmond | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 7.2 | 24.6 | -18.28 | -2.91 | ||||||||
6 Bowl Games
- Number in parentheses indicates AP rank at time of bowl game
| Date | Bowl | Pts | Pts | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-01-01 | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma (5) | 24 | Florida State (4) | 7 | Miami, FL |
| 1979-12-29 | Hall of Fame Classic | Missouri | 24 | South Carolina (16) | 14 | Birmingham, AL |
| 1979-12-25 | Fiesta Bowl | Pittsburgh (10) | 16 | Arizona | 10 | Tempe, AZ |
| 1979-12-22 | Liberty Bowl | Penn State | 9 | Tulane (15) | 6 | Memphis, TN |
| 1979-12-15 | Garden State Bowl | Temple (20) | 28 | California | 17 | East Rutherford, NJ |
| 1979-12-15 | Independence Bowl | Syracuse | 31 | McNeese State | 7 | Shreveport, LA |
1979 Conference Leaders