1979 College Football School Ratings

The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

140 Schools

140 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	USC	Pac-10	2	11	0	1	13.78	10.17	23.95	44.50	0.67
2	Alabama	SEC	1	12	0	0	7.03	15.68	22.70	42.18	-4.83
3	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	11	1	0	13.18	9.37	22.54	44.78	1.60
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	4	11	1	0	8.07	13.64	21.71	41.17	-2.94
5	Arkansas	SWC	8	10	2	0	9.71	10.79	20.50	37.39	-0.41
6	Texas	SWC	12	9	3	0	5.26	14.60	19.86	32.97	-4.73
7	Nebraska	Big 8	9	10	2	0	9.03	10.63	19.67	41.87	-0.24
8	Houston	SWC	5	11	1	0	7.55	11.61	19.16	37.98	-1.10
9	Pitt	Ind	7	11	1	0	5.52	12.75	18.27	34.00	-1.55
10	BYU	WAC	13	11	1	0	12.86	5.27	18.13	47.14	5.69
11	North Carolina	ACC	15	8	3	1	8.46	7.99	16.45	37.10	1.93
12	Florida State	Ind	6	11	1	0	9.01	7.06	16.08	39.30	3.32
13	Washington	Pac-10	11	9	3	0	6.35	9.55	15.90	37.44	1.36
14	Texas A&M	SWC		6	5	0	8.04	7.61	15.65	36.23	1.46
15	Penn State	Ind	20	8	4	0	5.74	9.84	15.58	33.94	1.27
16	Michigan	Big Ten	18	8	4	0	5.92	9.44	15.36	36.00	0.28
17	Temple	Ind	17	10	2	0	11.99	2.80	14.79	41.34	7.62
18	LSU	SEC		7	5	0	4.71	9.68	14.38	35.15	-0.22
19	Clemson	ACC		8	4	0	0.39	13.89	14.28	29.01	-3.47
20	Baylor	SWC	14	8	4	0	5.85	8.21	14.06	35.82	3.79
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	North Carolina State	ACC		7	4	0	9.77	4.12	13.89	36.85	5.41
22	Auburn	SEC	16	8	3	0	14.15	-0.88	13.26	41.95	11.27
23	Tulane	Ind		9	3	0	7.31	5.92	13.23	35.49	4.59
24	Notre Dame	Ind		7	4	0	8.48	4.49	12.97	35.40	6.77
25	Maryland	ACC		7	4	0	3.66	8.89	12.55	31.79	2.04
26	Purdue	Big Ten	10	10	2	0	7.76	4.62	12.38	33.53	6.80
27	South Carolina	Ind		8	4	0	5.38	6.21	11.59	33.84	4.79
28	UCLA	Pac-10		5	6	0	9.48	1.65	11.13	37.31	8.36
29	Indiana	Big Ten	19	8	4	0	8.75	2.07	10.83	35.88	9.26
30	Tennessee	SEC		7	5	0	8.10	2.53	10.62	36.49	8.01
31	Missouri	Big 8		7	5	0	2.79	7.59	10.38	32.31	2.09
32	California	Pac-10		6	6	0	2.31	7.97	10.27	31.77	1.50
33	Virginia	ACC		6	5	0	2.81	6.30	9.10	34.62	4.87
34	East Carolina	Ind		7	3	1	8.71	0.28	8.99	41.66	11.17
35	Central Michigan	MAC		10	0	1	4.41	4.29	8.70	30.55	7.58
36	Arizona State	Pac-10		6	6	0	2.20	6.37	8.57	34.45	4.07
37	Syracuse	Ind		7	5	0	9.47	-1.47	8.00	37.32	13.76
38	Georgia	SEC		6	5	0	2.94	4.71	7.65	30.32	5.76
39	Texas Tech	SWC		3	6	2	0.34	7.25	7.59	27.06	3.33
40	Iowa	Big Ten		5	6	0	3.63	3.64	7.26	32.56	6.45
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Wake Forest	ACC		8	4	0	6.21	0.92	7.13	33.08	9.86
42	Minnesota	Big Ten		4	6	1	7.94	-0.82	7.12	35.13	11.97
43	Stanford	Pac-10		5	5	1	6.76	0.10	6.86	33.36	9.98
44	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	4	1	0.68	6.10	6.78	29.00	3.91
45	Arizona	Pac-10		6	5	1	3.41	3.19	6.60	30.33	8.39
46	SMU	SWC		5	6	0	5.63	0.91	6.55	33.79	10.98
47	Michigan State	Big Ten		5	6	0	5.41	1.01	6.42	32.87	11.80
48	Oklahoma State	Big 8		7	4	0	2.70	3.35	6.06	28.56	9.12
49	Utah State	PCAA		7	3	1	11.00	-5.53	5.47	38.61	15.70
50	Kentucky	SEC		5	6	0	-2.54	7.70	5.16	25.30	2.03
51	Texas-Arlington	Southland		9	2	0	5.58	-1.00	4.58	35.82	12.07
52	Oregon	Pac-10		6	5	0	-0.22	4.22	3.99	26.80	8.22
53	San Diego State	WAC		8	3	0	6.55	-2.56	3.99	34.14	17.57
54	Rutgers	Ind		8	3	0	1.75	2.03	3.78	28.49	10.57
55	McNeese State	Southland		11	1	0	-2.71	5.87	3.16	23.74	5.50
56	Navy	Ind		7	4	0	-1.41	4.45	3.04	24.44	7.36
57	Hawaii	WAC		6	5	0	3.86	-1.27	2.59	36.73	11.27
58	Ole Miss	SEC		4	7	0	7.19	-4.90	2.29	35.86	16.66
59	Mississippi State	SEC		3	8	0	-3.13	5.28	2.15	26.73	4.10
60	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	7	0	0.72	1.26	1.99	28.78	15.63
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Miami (OH)	MAC		6	5	0	-0.22	2.20	1.98	26.74	7.62
62	Georgia Tech	Ind		4	6	1	-3.10	4.77	1.67	24.79	6.79
63	Chattanooga	Southern		9	2	0	5.68	-4.06	1.62	34.95	16.63
64	Virginia Tech	Ind		5	6	0	3.37	-2.11	1.26	31.37	11.79
65	Texas Christian	SWC		2	8	1	-2.32	3.49	1.16	25.14	7.10
66	West Virginia	Ind		5	6	0	2.68	-1.57	1.11	29.60	13.38
67	Boston College	Ind		5	6	0	-0.83	1.60	0.77	27.48	10.44
68	Miami (FL)	Ind		5	6	0	0.92	-0.33	0.60	27.67	11.03
69	Utah	WAC		6	6	0	1.85	-1.67	0.18	29.73	13.91
70	Lamar	Southland		6	3	2	2.81	-3.36	-0.55	30.32	14.86
71	San Jose State	PCAA		6	4	1	8.78	-9.51	-0.73	35.55	20.47
72	Western Michigan	MAC		6	5	0	-5.74	4.90	-0.84	22.72	6.60
73	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind		9	1	2	10.01	-10.93	-0.93	35.03	21.47
74	Toledo	MAC		7	3	1	-1.53	0.54	-0.99	25.73	13.05
75	East Tennessee State	Southern		7	4	0	-2.03	0.97	-1.06	27.16	9.73
76	Colorado	Big 8		3	8	0	0.27	-1.50	-1.22	27.27	13.59
77	Washington State	Pac-10		3	8	0	7.31	-8.68	-1.38	33.78	20.00
78	Ohio	MAC		6	5	0	-1.11	-0.35	-1.45	26.98	11.97
79	Iowa State	Big 8		3	8	0	-3.87	2.26	-1.62	23.91	9.28
80	Tulsa	MVC		6	5	0	0.39	-2.17	-1.79	26.45	14.85
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Kansas State	Big 8		3	8	0	-3.86	1.92	-1.94	22.69	9.55
82	Illinois	Big Ten		2	8	1	-1.64	-0.43	-2.08	25.55	12.88
83	Louisville	Ind		4	6	1	-3.84	1.54	-2.30	23.63	9.87
84	New Mexico	WAC		6	6	0	-4.87	2.45	-2.41	22.40	11.49
85	Kansas	Big 8		3	8	0	1.15	-3.76	-2.62	28.91	19.46
86	West Texas State	MVC		5	5	1	-3.77	1.06	-2.71	27.11	12.22
87	Ball State	MAC		6	5	0	0.07	-2.81	-2.74	29.08	14.27
88	Western Carolina	Southern		6	5	0	-0.73	-2.43	-3.16	27.35	12.58
89	Duke	ACC		2	8	1	-1.40	-1.89	-3.29	26.32	13.32
90	Colorado State	WAC		4	7	1	-5.89	2.43	-3.46	21.82	9.45
91	Memphis	Ind		5	6	0	-3.57	-0.30	-3.87	22.74	12.97
92	Florida	SEC		0	10	1	-3.86	-0.05	-3.91	24.60	11.51
93	Rice	SWC		1	10	0	0.17	-4.75	-4.58	28.38	23.25
94	Southern Illinois	MVC		8	3	0	-1.83	-3.68	-5.51	22.81	15.53
95	Yale	Ivy		8	1	0	-4.59	-1.15	-5.74	22.37	13.54
96	North Texas	Ind		5	6	0	-4.05	-2.23	-6.27	22.67	14.03
97	Northern Illinois	MAC		5	5	1	-5.24	-1.11	-6.34	21.88	15.11
98	Appalachian State	Southern		3	8	0	0.16	-6.59	-6.43	28.75	16.65
99	Wyoming	WAC		4	8	0	-3.89	-2.64	-6.53	21.81	14.99
100	The Citadel	Southern		6	5	0	0.32	-6.95	-6.63	25.70	18.96
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Indiana State	MVC		8	3	0	2.53	-9.22	-6.70	27.21	20.60
102	Cincinnati	Ind		2	9	0	-2.01	-4.87	-6.88	25.60	16.40
103	Villanova	Ind		5	6	0	-1.19	-5.90	-7.09	25.31	17.00
104	Long Beach State	PCAA		7	4	0	-3.06	-4.27	-7.33	22.04	15.34
105	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		6	4	1	-7.26	-0.67	-7.94	19.09	13.25
106	Bowling Green	MAC		4	7	0	-0.78	-7.18	-7.96	26.83	19.28
107	Arkansas State	Southland		4	7	0	-5.66	-2.50	-8.16	21.57	14.24
108	Louisiana	Southland		4	7	0	-7.64	-0.54	-8.18	18.96	11.39
109	Army	Ind		2	8	1	-6.78	-1.78	-8.56	20.48	19.15
110	Fresno State	PCAA		4	7	0	-0.79	-7.92	-8.71	25.45	20.00
111	Furman	Southern		5	6	0	4.40	-13.40	-9.01	30.42	24.17
112	Brown	Ivy		6	3	0	-4.16	-5.50	-9.66	22.65	16.67
113	Oregon State	Pac-10		1	10	0	-2.89	-6.87	-9.76	24.45	23.85
114	Northwestern	Big Ten		1	10	0	-5.84	-4.22	-10.05	21.06	22.27
115	Drake	MVC		3	8	0	-3.31	-6.81	-10.12	23.01	17.52
116	Air Force	Ind		2	9	0	-6.29	-3.98	-10.27	18.90	17.14
117	Vanderbilt	SEC		1	10	0	-0.99	-9.83	-10.82	26.81	26.05
118	Holy Cross	Ind		5	6	0	-6.73	-4.30	-11.03	19.73	15.53
119	Connecticut	Ind		3	6	2	-8.23	-3.13	-11.35	16.69	14.36
120	Cornell	Ivy		5	4	0	-4.08	-8.18	-12.25	24.89	19.92
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	William & Mary	Ind		4	7	0	-9.10	-3.52	-12.62	18.68	16.13
122	Pacific	PCAA		3	7	0	-7.05	-5.74	-12.78	19.64	15.44
123	Louisiana Tech	Southland		2	9	0	-10.86	-1.97	-12.84	16.15	14.86
124	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		3	8	0	-7.36	-6.52	-13.88	18.33	17.23
125	Princeton	Ivy		5	4	0	-7.16	-6.86	-14.03	20.40	19.25
126	Dartmouth	Ivy		4	4	1	-15.51	0.65	-14.86	10.97	10.60
127	UTEP	WAC		2	9	0	-11.82	-3.05	-14.87	14.62	15.67
128	Colgate	Ind		5	4	1	-9.75	-5.23	-14.98	15.67	16.64
129	Wichita State	MVC		1	10	0	-11.33	-4.02	-15.34	15.52	20.60
130	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		3	8	0	-11.27	-4.63	-15.90	18.76	16.51
131	Illinois State	Ind		3	8	0	-7.22	-8.80	-16.03	19.39	20.17
132	Northwestern State	Ind		3	6	0	-4.92	-11.78	-16.70	21.10	24.18
133	New Mexico State	MVC		2	9	0	-4.41	-12.63	-17.04	21.70	27.88
134	Eastern Michigan	MAC		2	8	1	-11.68	-5.50	-17.18	14.60	17.69
135	Harvard	Ivy		3	6	0	-9.51	-8.60	-18.11	16.98	19.15
136	Marshall	Southern		1	10	0	-13.53	-4.74	-18.27	14.30	20.93
137	Richmond	Ind		0	11	0	-13.78	-4.50	-18.28	13.68	17.69
138	Kent State	MAC		1	10	0	-8.96	-11.39	-20.34	17.48	22.93
139	Columbia	Ivy		1	8	0	-16.97	-12.19	-29.15	9.93	25.26
140	Pennsylvania	Ivy		0	9	0	-13.99	-16.32	-30.31	12.76	29.12

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