1980 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.

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138 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	Nebraska	Big 8	7	10	2	0	11.96	13.79	25.74	51.79	-3.18
2	Pitt	Ind	2	11	1	0	12.46	12.00	24.46	44.57	-1.02
3	Alabama	SEC	6	10	2	0	9.13	14.68	23.80	41.38	-3.38
4	Florida State	Ind	5	10	2	0	9.71	14.07	23.78	44.46	-4.03
5	Oklahoma	Big 8	3	10	2	0	14.87	6.33	21.20	46.35	3.87
6	USC	Pac-10	11	8	2	1	6.93	12.89	19.82	36.79	-2.07
7	Michigan	Big Ten	4	10	2	0	7.83	11.96	19.79	35.85	-1.01
8	Penn State	Ind	8	10	2	0	8.82	10.96	19.78	39.95	-0.95
9	Georgia	SEC	1	12	0	0	8.47	11.01	19.48	38.77	0.28
10	North Carolina	ACC	10	11	1	0	5.89	12.80	18.69	35.05	0.44
11	UCLA	Pac-10	13	9	2	0	7.03	11.48	18.52	36.74	0.14
12	BYU	WAC	12	12	1	0	16.93	1.53	18.46	51.18	12.03
13	Notre Dame	Ind	9	9	2	1	5.35	12.94	18.29	33.48	-1.04
14	Ohio State	Big Ten	15	9	3	0	9.15	7.59	16.74	42.82	4.71
15	Baylor	SWC	14	10	2	0	6.42	9.74	16.16	36.41	3.34
16	Missouri	Big 8		8	4	0	7.22	8.54	15.76	37.57	2.41
17	SMU	SWC	20	8	4	0	8.36	6.78	15.14	36.53	4.45
18	Miami (FL)	Ind	18	9	3	0	6.19	8.07	14.27	35.42	3.26
19	Florida	SEC		8	4	0	5.87	7.85	13.72	34.54	3.13
20	Oregon	Pac-10		6	3	2	6.53	6.52	13.05	33.94	4.61
				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	Arizona State	Pac-10		7	4	0	9.83	3.14	12.97	39.14	8.13
22	Mississippi State	SEC	19	9	3	0	10.33	2.59	12.92	36.99	8.47
23	Purdue	Big Ten	17	9	3	0	10.03	2.61	12.64	37.83	9.98
24	South Carolina	Ind		8	4	0	6.54	5.96	12.49	40.55	6.01
25	Washington	Pac-10	16	9	3	0	6.33	6.10	12.43	36.77	6.29
26	Maryland	ACC		8	4	0	1.33	10.57	11.90	29.29	1.63
27	Houston	SWC		7	5	0	2.79	8.49	11.28	31.89	3.87
28	Texas	SWC		7	5	0	6.07	4.99	11.06	33.90	6.83
29	LSU	SEC		7	4	0	4.06	6.72	10.78	31.23	4.65
30	Tennessee	SEC		5	6	0	4.31	5.86	10.16	35.96	4.14
31	Southern Mississippi	Ind		9	3	0	2.96	6.90	9.86	31.33	6.82
32	Stanford	Pac-10		6	5	0	10.41	-0.84	9.57	39.55	12.43
33	Iowa State	Big 8		6	5	0	0.63	8.01	8.64	31.42	5.05
34	Arkansas	SWC		7	5	0	6.50	1.97	8.47	33.73	10.44
35	Kansas	Big 8		4	5	2	0.30	7.84	8.14	28.91	4.91
36	Auburn	SEC		5	6	0	4.46	3.05	7.50	34.16	9.64
37	Tulane	Ind		7	5	0	6.12	0.76	6.88	32.45	11.19
38	Clemson	ACC		6	5	0	5.15	1.42	6.57	32.38	9.76
39	Virginia Tech	Ind		8	4	0	-1.42	7.90	6.48	27.70	3.97
40	Navy	Ind		8	4	0	-1.14	7.38	6.23	27.54	6.32
				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		5	6	0	6.29	-0.40	5.89	34.10	10.18
42	Rice	SWC		5	6	0	1.30	4.22	5.53	28.43	8.43
43	Rutgers	Ind		7	4	0	2.15	3.20	5.36	30.78	9.03
44	Syracuse	Ind		5	6	0	2.12	3.21	5.33	29.45	8.72
45	Texas Tech	SWC		5	6	0	-0.30	5.39	5.08	26.15	7.33
46	Boston College	Ind		7	4	0	0.91	3.89	4.80	27.22	8.78
47	North Carolina State	ACC		6	5	0	1.73	3.01	4.74	30.88	8.82
48	Ole Miss	SEC		3	8	0	6.55	-1.85	4.70	37.05	12.58
49	West Virginia	Ind		6	6	0	8.77	-4.12	4.65	36.05	15.82
50	Tulsa	MVC		8	3	0	1.75	2.60	4.36	28.12	12.21
51	Indiana	Big Ten		6	5	0	3.08	1.15	4.24	30.26	11.60
52	Texas A&M	SWC		4	7	0	0.46	3.71	4.17	27.96	10.60
53	Nevada-Las Vegas	Ind		7	4	0	5.68	-1.68	4.00	38.28	16.71
54	Washington State	Pac-10		4	7	0	5.98	-2.34	3.64	33.26	13.75
55	Minnesota	Big Ten		5	6	0	1.80	1.78	3.58	28.60	12.62
56	McNeese State	Southland		10	2	0	1.08	2.33	3.41	28.28	10.37
57	Louisville	Ind		5	6	0	-0.76	3.66	2.90	26.18	9.80
58	North Texas	Ind		6	5	0	4.62	-2.58	2.05	30.40	14.93
59	Wyoming	WAC		6	5	0	4.35	-2.36	1.99	30.72	15.68
60	Furman	Southern		9	1	1	3.02	-1.15	1.87	30.09	13.42
				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	Michigan State	Big Ten		3	8	0	2.91	-1.15	1.76	30.54	15.35
62	Iowa	Big Ten		4	7	0	-5.29	6.74	1.45	23.01	9.42
63	Oklahoma State	Big 8		3	7	1	-0.36	1.72	1.36	28.19	12.06
64	Wisconsin	Big Ten		4	7	0	-4.49	5.69	1.20	22.11	7.07
65	San Jose State	PCAA		7	4	0	5.66	-4.49	1.17	32.32	16.44
66	Arizona	Pac-10		5	6	0	3.38	-2.25	1.13	29.60	15.09
67	Illinois	Big Ten		3	7	1	5.04	-4.44	0.60	31.52	18.46
68	Kentucky	SEC		3	8	0	-0.14	0.73	0.59	27.83	12.72
69	Drake	MVC		8	3	0	-0.07	0.33	0.27	27.18	13.01
70	The Citadel	Southern		7	4	0	-0.36	0.52	0.15	28.82	10.85
71	California	Pac-10		3	8	0	1.40	-1.52	-0.12	29.33	17.09
72	Hawaii	WAC		8	3	0	-1.36	1.17	-0.19	25.36	11.99
73	Utah	WAC		5	5	1	1.89	-2.14	-0.24	27.35	17.18
74	Appalachian State	Southern		6	4	1	1.24	-1.75	-0.52	29.26	13.31
75	Kansas State	Big 8		3	8	0	-4.50	3.81	-0.69	22.06	8.15
76	Long Beach State	PCAA		8	3	0	0.72	-1.43	-0.72	25.93	14.36
77	Utah State	PCAA		6	5	0	2.94	-4.03	-1.09	30.63	15.95
78	Virginia	ACC		4	7	0	-1.34	-0.19	-1.53	25.74	12.31
79	Colorado State	WAC		6	4	1	-0.26	-1.45	-1.71	25.01	20.76
80	Georgia Tech	Ind		1	9	1	-3.04	1.03	-2.01	25.10	11.34
				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	Duke	ACC		2	9	0	2.93	-5.43	-2.50	30.63	16.17
82	Chattanooga	Southern		8	3	0	1.66	-4.21	-2.55	30.04	16.61
83	Texas Christian	SWC		1	10	0	-1.09	-1.71	-2.80	26.44	15.07
84	Villanova	Ind		6	5	0	-4.41	1.41	-3.00	23.30	11.17
85	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		7	4	0	5.41	-8.60	-3.19	30.64	22.23
86	Central Michigan	MAC		9	2	0	-5.21	1.56	-3.65	20.85	12.11
87	Louisiana	Southland		7	4	0	-7.34	3.67	-3.67	18.41	9.48
88	Wichita State	MVC		5	5	1	-4.53	-0.07	-4.60	21.68	17.60
89	Richmond	Ind		5	6	0	-0.31	-4.57	-4.88	26.40	17.92
90	East Carolina	Ind		4	7	0	0.28	-5.25	-4.97	27.43	20.73
91	Miami (OH)	MAC		5	6	0	-2.60	-2.62	-5.22	26.30	15.43
92	Yale	Ivy		8	2	0	-4.87	-0.39	-5.26	21.21	14.37
93	New Mexico	WAC		4	7	0	2.46	-7.89	-5.42	27.76	24.88
94	Army	Ind		3	7	1	0.50	-5.94	-5.45	27.60	20.18
95	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	9	0	-1.92	-3.74	-5.66	25.70	19.59
96	Ball State	MAC		6	5	0	-1.72	-3.97	-5.69	24.59	17.57
97	Indiana State	MVC		6	5	0	-3.54	-2.85	-6.39	21.71	16.75
98	Northern Illinois	MAC		7	4	0	-4.40	-2.15	-6.55	20.68	16.08
99	Western Michigan	MAC		7	4	0	-4.24	-2.41	-6.64	23.05	16.13
100	West Texas State	MVC		5	6	0	1.10	-7.94	-6.84	25.69	20.67
				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	Temple	Ind		4	7	0	-5.14	-1.85	-6.99	23.97	16.22
102	Air Force	WAC		2	9	1	-4.60	-2.41	-7.01	21.51	16.67
103	Colorado	Big 8		1	10	0	1.17	-8.35	-7.19	29.34	27.83
104	Colgate	Ind		5	4	1	-1.41	-6.06	-7.47	26.89	19.78
105	Ohio	MAC		6	5	0	-3.34	-5.27	-8.61	22.56	17.77
106	San Diego State	WAC		4	8	0	-5.54	-3.14	-8.68	18.51	15.86
107	New Mexico State	MVC		3	7	1	-3.43	-5.33	-8.76	20.94	18.77
108	Louisiana Tech	Southland		5	6	0	-6.81	-2.07	-8.87	20.58	16.18
109	Fresno State	PCAA		5	6	0	-5.67	-3.58	-9.25	20.23	17.11
110	Memphis	Ind		2	9	0	-9.00	-0.39	-9.39	18.15	15.25
111	Pacific	PCAA		4	8	0	-3.98	-5.71	-9.69	22.46	19.98
112	Bowling Green	MAC		4	7	0	-5.85	-4.22	-10.07	19.66	15.17
113	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		4	7	0	-1.85	-8.81	-10.66	23.74	21.09
114	Texas-Arlington	Southland		3	8	0	0.92	-12.54	-11.62	27.16	27.40
115	Brown	Ivy		6	4	0	-1.93	-9.75	-11.69	23.67	22.89
116	Harvard	Ivy		7	3	0	-9.47	-2.26	-11.72	15.15	15.96
117	Western Carolina	Southern		3	7	1	-5.97	-5.88	-11.85	20.20	18.14
118	Cornell	Ivy		5	5	0	-7.36	-4.80	-12.16	18.45	19.99
119	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		3	7	1	-8.24	-3.94	-12.18	18.54	18.13
120	Cincinnati	Ind		2	9	0	-8.06	-4.15	-12.21	18.29	17.84
				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	Toledo	MAC		4	7	0	-8.43	-3.79	-12.21	19.52	16.97
122	William & Mary	Ind		2	9	0	-8.96	-3.74	-12.71	17.34	18.30
123	Southern Illinois	MVC		3	8	0	-4.05	-9.03	-13.09	23.03	23.06
124	Oregon State	Pac-10		0	11	0	-7.95	-5.19	-13.14	19.90	22.18
125	Northwestern	Big Ten		0	11	0	-2.24	-11.05	-13.30	24.81	29.29
126	Princeton	Ivy		6	4	0	-6.90	-6.45	-13.35	18.11	20.56
127	Lamar	Southland		3	8	0	-4.71	-9.42	-14.13	21.87	25.24
128	Dartmouth	Ivy		4	6	0	-8.51	-6.85	-15.35	20.35	20.38
129	UTEP	WAC		1	11	0	-9.82	-6.53	-16.34	16.07	27.27
130	Illinois State	Ind		4	7	0	-10.68	-6.45	-17.13	14.69	21.28
131	East Tennessee State	Southern		2	9	0	-9.20	-8.22	-17.41	16.94	20.09
132	Holy Cross	Ind		3	8	0	-9.88	-7.60	-17.48	16.32	19.93
133	Marshall	Southern		2	8	1	-12.23	-5.38	-17.61	15.24	19.95
134	Kent State	MAC		3	8	0	-7.78	-9.87	-17.64	18.07	25.00
135	Arkansas State	Southland		2	9	0	-10.19	-7.82	-18.00	15.70	21.44
136	Pennsylvania	Ivy		1	9	0	-13.96	-12.50	-26.46	11.93	27.72
137	Eastern Michigan	MAC		1	9	0	-15.27	-12.79	-28.06	10.76	32.38
138	Columbia	Ivy		1	9	0	-16.88	-12.45	-29.33	9.26	28.81

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