1979 Independent School Ratings
Record: 183-175-10, .511 W-L% (7th of 14) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -0.68 (8th of 14) ▪ SOS: -0.42 (7th of 14)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pittsburgh)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Temple)
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.
33 Schools
| SRS | Scoring | Passing | Rushing | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | OSRS | DSRS | SRS | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 5.52 | 12.75 | 18.27 | 26.67 | 5.80 | ||||||
| 2 | Florida State | 9.01 | 7.06 | 16.08 | 32.09 | 10.55 | ||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 5.74 | 9.84 | 15.58 | 26.60 | 8.62 | ||||||
| 4 | Temple | 11.99 | 2.80 | 14.79 | 33.47 | 15.61 | ||||||
| 5 | Tulane | 7.31 | 5.92 | 13.23 | 28.37 | 11.73 | ||||||
| 6 | Notre Dame | 8.48 | 4.49 | 12.97 | 28.34 | 13.85 | ||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 5.38 | 6.21 | 11.59 | 26.67 | 11.98 | ||||||
| 8 | East Carolina | 8.71 | 0.28 | 8.99 | 33.90 | 18.92 | ||||||
| 9 | Syracuse | 9.47 | -1.47 | 8.00 | 29.97 | 21.10 | ||||||
| 10 | Southern Mississippi | 0.68 | 6.10 | 6.78 | 21.68 | 11.25 | ||||||
| 11 | Rutgers | 1.75 | 2.03 | 3.78 | 20.30 | 18.76 | ||||||
| 12 | Navy | -1.41 | 4.45 | 3.04 | 16.90 | 14.86 | ||||||
| 13 | Georgia Tech | -3.10 | 4.77 | 1.67 | 17.60 | 13.99 | ||||||
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 3.37 | -2.11 | 1.26 | 23.85 | 19.34 | ||||||
| 15 | West Virginia | 2.68 | -1.57 | 1.11 | 22.24 | 20.75 | ||||||
| 16 | Boston College | -0.83 | 1.60 | 0.77 | 19.80 | 18.17 | ||||||
| 17 | Miami (FL) | 0.92 | -0.33 | 0.60 | 20.21 | 18.60 | ||||||
| 18 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 10.01 | -10.93 | -0.93 | 26.85 | 29.82 | ||||||
| 19 | Louisville | -3.84 | 1.54 | -2.30 | 16.08 | 17.42 | ||||||
| 20 | Memphis | -3.57 | -0.30 | -3.87 | 15.41 | 20.32 | ||||||
| SRS | Scoring | Passing | Rushing | Total | ||||||||
| Rk | School | OSRS | DSRS | SRS | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def | Off | Def |
| 21 | North Texas | -4.05 | -2.23 | -6.27 | 15.24 | 21.50 | ||||||
| 22 | Cincinnati | -2.01 | -4.87 | -6.88 | 18.06 | 23.94 | ||||||
| 23 | Villanova | -1.19 | -5.90 | -7.09 | 17.10 | 25.42 | ||||||
| 24 | Army | -6.78 | -1.78 | -8.56 | 13.00 | 26.63 | ||||||
| 25 | Air Force | -6.29 | -3.98 | -10.27 | 11.81 | 24.26 | ||||||
| 26 | Holy Cross | -6.73 | -4.30 | -11.03 | 10.87 | 24.59 | ||||||
| 27 | Connecticut | -8.23 | -3.13 | -11.35 | 8.11 | 23.32 | ||||||
| 28 | William & Mary | -9.10 | -3.52 | -12.62 | 10.60 | 24.37 | ||||||
| 29 | Louisiana-Monroe | -7.36 | -6.52 | -13.88 | 10.01 | 25.64 | ||||||
| 30 | Colgate | -9.75 | -5.23 | -14.98 | 6.64 | 25.96 | ||||||
| 31 | Illinois State | -7.22 | -8.80 | -16.03 | 10.72 | 29.18 | ||||||
| 32 | Northwestern State | -4.92 | -11.78 | -16.70 | 12.70 | 32.85 | ||||||
| 33 | Richmond | -13.78 | -4.50 | -18.28 | 5.97 | 25.39 | ||||||
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