1980 Polls

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National Champion: Georgia (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: George Rogers (South Carolina)
FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Vince Dooley (Georgia)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State ▪ AP Final #1: Georgia

AP Polls

Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Ohio State	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	2	Alabama	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	3	Pittsburgh	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	4	Southern California	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	5	Oklahoma	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	6	Arkansas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	7	Nebraska	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	8	Houston	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	9	Purdue	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	10	Texas	NA	—	SWC
1	Preseason	11	Notre Dame	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	12	Michigan	NA	—	Big Ten
1	Preseason	13	Florida State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	14	North Carolina	NA	—	ACC
1	Preseason	15	Stanford	NA	—	Pac-10
1	Preseason	16	Georgia	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	17	Missouri	NA	—	Big 8
1	Preseason	18	Penn State	NA	—	Ind
1	Preseason	19	Auburn	NA	—	SEC
1	Preseason	20	Washington	NA	—	Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
2	1980-09-08	1	Ohio State	1	NC	Big Ten
2	1980-09-08	2	Alabama	2	NC	SEC
2	1980-09-08	3	Pittsburgh	3	NC	Ind
2	1980-09-08	4	Oklahoma	5	1	Big 8
2	1980-09-08	5	Southern California	4	1	Pac-10
2	1980-09-08	6	Texas	10	4	SWC
2	1980-09-08	7	Notre Dame	11	4	Ind
2	1980-09-08	8	Nebraska	7	1	Big 8
2	1980-09-08	9	Houston	8	1	SWC
2	1980-09-08	10	Florida State	13	3	Ind
2	1980-09-08	11	Michigan	12	1	Big Ten
2	1980-09-08	12	Georgia	16	4	SEC
2	1980-09-08	13	Stanford	15	2	Pac-10
2	1980-09-08	14	Penn State	18	4	Ind
2	1980-09-08	15	North Carolina	14	1	ACC
2	1980-09-08	16	Arkansas	6	10	SWC
2	1980-09-08	17	Missouri	17	NC	Big 8
2	1980-09-08	18	Auburn	19	1	SEC
2	1980-09-08	19	Washington	20	1	Pac-10
2	1980-09-08	20	Purdue	9	11	Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
3	1980-09-15	1	Alabama	2	1	SEC
3	1980-09-15	2	Ohio State	1	1	Big Ten
3	1980-09-15	3	Oklahoma	4	1	Big 8
3	1980-09-15	4	Southern California	5	1	Pac-10
3	1980-09-15	5	Pittsburgh	3	2	Ind
3	1980-09-15	6	Nebraska	8	2	Big 8
3	1980-09-15	7	Texas	6	1	SWC
3	1980-09-15	8	Notre Dame	7	1	Ind
3	1980-09-15	9	Florida State	10	1	Ind
3	1980-09-15	10	Georgia	12	2	SEC
3	1980-09-15	11	Stanford	13	2	Pac-10
3	1980-09-15	12	Penn State	14	2	Ind
3	1980-09-15	13	North Carolina	15	2	ACC
3	1980-09-15	14	Michigan	11	3	Big Ten
3	1980-09-15	15	Missouri	17	2	Big 8
3	1980-09-15	16	Washington	19	3	Pac-10
3	1980-09-15	17	Arkansas	16	1	SWC
3	1980-09-15	18	Houston	9	9	SWC
3	1980-09-15	19	Auburn	18	1	SEC
3	1980-09-15	20	South Carolina			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
4	1980-09-22	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
4	1980-09-22	2	Ohio State	2	NC	Big Ten
4	1980-09-22	3	Nebraska	6	3	Big 8
4	1980-09-22	4	Oklahoma	3	1	Big 8
4	1980-09-22	5	Southern California	4	1	Pac-10
4	1980-09-22	6	Pittsburgh	5	1	Ind
4	1980-09-22	7	Texas	7	NC	SWC
4	1980-09-22	8	Notre Dame	8	NC	Ind
4	1980-09-22	9	Florida State	9	NC	Ind
4	1980-09-22	10	Georgia	10	NC	SEC
4	1980-09-22	11	Penn State	12	1	Ind
4	1980-09-22	12	Missouri	15	3	Big 8
4	1980-09-22	13	Washington	16	3	Pac-10
4	1980-09-22	14	North Carolina	13	1	ACC
4	1980-09-22	15	Arkansas	17	2	SWC
4	1980-09-22	16	UCLA			Pac-10
4	1980-09-22	17	Michigan	14	3	Big Ten
4	1980-09-22	18	Auburn	19	1	SEC
4	1980-09-22	19	Maryland			ACC
4	1980-09-22	20	Arizona State			Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
5	1980-09-29	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
5	1980-09-29	2	Ohio State	2	NC	Big Ten
5	1980-09-29	3	Nebraska	3	NC	Big 8
5	1980-09-29	4	Southern California	5	1	Pac-10
5	1980-09-29	5	Texas	7	2	SWC
5	1980-09-29	6	Pittsburgh	6	NC	Ind
5	1980-09-29	7	Notre Dame	8	1	Ind
5	1980-09-29	8	Georgia	10	2	SEC
5	1980-09-29	9	Missouri	12	3	Big 8
5	1980-09-29	10	North Carolina	14	4	ACC
5	1980-09-29	11	UCLA	16	5	Pac-10
5	1980-09-29	12	Oklahoma	4	8	Big 8
5	1980-09-29	13	Miami (FL)			Ind
5	1980-09-29	14	Arkansas	15	1	SWC
5	1980-09-29	15	Stanford			Pac-10
5	1980-09-29	16	Florida State	9	7	Ind
5	1980-09-29	17	Penn State	11	6	Ind
5	1980-09-29	18	South Carolina			Ind
5	1980-09-29	19	Florida			SEC
5	1980-09-29	20	Baylor			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
6	1980-10-06	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
6	1980-10-06	2	Southern California	4	2	Pac-10
6	1980-10-06	3	Texas	5	2	SWC
6	1980-10-06	4	Pittsburgh	6	2	Ind
6	1980-10-06	5	UCLA	11	6	Pac-10
6	1980-10-06	6	Georgia	8	2	SEC
6	1980-10-06	7	Notre Dame	7	NC	Ind
6	1980-10-06	8	North Carolina	10	2	ACC
6	1980-10-06	9	Ohio State	2	7	Big Ten
6	1980-10-06	10	Nebraska	3	7	Big 8
6	1980-10-06	11	Florida State	16	5	Ind
6	1980-10-06	12	Oklahoma	12	NC	Big 8
6	1980-10-06	13	Miami (FL)	13	NC	Ind
6	1980-10-06	14	Penn State	17	3	Ind
6	1980-10-06	15	Arkansas	14	1	SWC
6	1980-10-06	16	Stanford	15	1	Pac-10
6	1980-10-06	17	South Carolina	18	1	Ind
6	1980-10-06	18	Baylor	20	2	SWC
6	1980-10-06	19	Missouri	9	10	Big 8
6	1980-10-06	20	Southern Methodist			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
7	1980-10-13	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
7	1980-10-13	2	Southern California	2	NC	Pac-10
7	1980-10-13	3	Texas	3	NC	SWC
7	1980-10-13	4	UCLA	5	1	Pac-10
7	1980-10-13	5	Notre Dame	7	2	Ind
7	1980-10-13	6	Georgia	6	NC	SEC
7	1980-10-13	7	Florida State	11	4	Ind
7	1980-10-13	8	North Carolina	8	NC	ACC
7	1980-10-13	9	Ohio State	9	NC	Big Ten
7	1980-10-13	10	Nebraska	10	NC	Big 8
7	1980-10-13	11	Pittsburgh	4	7	Ind
7	1980-10-13	12	Penn State	14	2	Ind
7	1980-10-13	13	Baylor	18	5	SWC
7	1980-10-13	14	Arkansas	15	1	SWC
7	1980-10-13	15	South Carolina	17	2	Ind
7	1980-10-13	16	Missouri	19	3	Big 8
7	1980-10-13	17	Oklahoma	12	5	Big 8
7	1980-10-13	18	Miami (FL)	13	5	Ind
7	1980-10-13	19	Iowa State			Big 8
7	1980-10-13	20	Stanford	16	4	Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
8	1980-10-20	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
8	1980-10-20	2	Texas	3	1	SWC
8	1980-10-20	3	UCLA	4	1	Pac-10
8	1980-10-20	4	Notre Dame	5	1	Ind
8	1980-10-20	5	Georgia	6	1	SEC
8	1980-10-20	6	Florida State	7	1	Ind
8	1980-10-20	7	North Carolina	8	1	ACC
8	1980-10-20	8	Southern California	2	6	Pac-10
8	1980-10-20	9	Nebraska	10	1	Big 8
8	1980-10-20	10	Ohio State	9	1	Big Ten
8	1980-10-20	11	Baylor	13	2	SWC
8	1980-10-20	12	Pittsburgh	11	1	Ind
8	1980-10-20	13	Penn State	12	1	Ind
8	1980-10-20	14	South Carolina	15	1	Ind
8	1980-10-20	15	Arkansas	14	1	SWC
8	1980-10-20	16	Missouri	16	NC	Big 8
8	1980-10-20	17	Oklahoma	17	NC	Big 8
8	1980-10-20	18	Washington			Pac-10
8	1980-10-20	19	Brigham Young			WAC
8	1980-10-20	20	Southern Mississippi			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
9	1980-10-27	1	Alabama	1	NC	SEC
9	1980-10-27	2	UCLA	3	1	Pac-10
9	1980-10-27	3	Notre Dame	4	1	Ind
9	1980-10-27	4	Georgia	5	1	SEC
9	1980-10-27	5	Florida State	6	1	Ind
9	1980-10-27	6	North Carolina	7	1	ACC
9	1980-10-27	7	Southern California	8	1	Pac-10
9	1980-10-27	8	Nebraska	9	1	Big 8
9	1980-10-27	9	Ohio State	10	1	Big Ten
9	1980-10-27	10	Baylor	11	1	SWC
9	1980-10-27	11	Pittsburgh	12	1	Ind
9	1980-10-27	12	Texas	2	10	SWC
9	1980-10-27	13	Penn State	13	NC	Ind
9	1980-10-27	14	South Carolina	14	NC	Ind
9	1980-10-27	15	Missouri	16	1	Big 8
9	1980-10-27	16	Oklahoma	17	1	Big 8
9	1980-10-27	17	Brigham Young	19	2	WAC
9	1980-10-27	18	Michigan			Big Ten
9	1980-10-27	19	Southern Methodist			SWC
9	1980-10-27	20	Purdue			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
10	1980-11-03	1	Notre Dame	3	2	Ind
10	1980-11-03	2	Georgia	4	2	SEC
10	1980-11-03	3	Florida State	5	2	Ind
10	1980-11-03	4	Southern California	7	3	Pac-10
10	1980-11-03	5	Nebraska	8	3	Big 8
10	1980-11-03	6	Alabama	1	5	SEC
10	1980-11-03	7	Ohio State	9	2	Big Ten
10	1980-11-03	8	UCLA	2	6	Pac-10
10	1980-11-03	9	Pittsburgh	11	2	Ind
10	1980-11-03	10	Penn State	13	3	Ind
10	1980-11-03	11	Oklahoma	16	5	Big 8
10	1980-11-03	12	Michigan	18	6	Big Ten
10	1980-11-03	13	Brigham Young	17	4	WAC
10	1980-11-03	14	North Carolina	6	8	ACC
10	1980-11-03	15	South Carolina	14	1	Ind
10	1980-11-03	16	Baylor	10	6	SWC
10	1980-11-03	17	Purdue	20	3	Big Ten
10	1980-11-03	18	Southern Methodist	19	1	SWC
10	1980-11-03	19	Mississippi State			SEC
10	1980-11-03	20	Florida			SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
11	1980-11-10	1	Georgia	2	1	SEC
11	1980-11-10	2	Southern California	4	2	Pac-10
11	1980-11-10	3	Florida State	3	NC	Ind
11	1980-11-10	4	Nebraska	5	1	Big 8
11	1980-11-10	5	Alabama	6	1	SEC
11	1980-11-10	6	Notre Dame	1	5	Ind
11	1980-11-10	7	Ohio State	7	NC	Big Ten
11	1980-11-10	8	Pittsburgh	9	1	Ind
11	1980-11-10	9	Penn State	10	1	Ind
11	1980-11-10	10	Oklahoma	11	1	Big 8
11	1980-11-10	11	Michigan	12	1	Big Ten
11	1980-11-10	12	Baylor	16	4	SWC
11	1980-11-10	13	Brigham Young	13	NC	WAC
11	1980-11-10	14	South Carolina	15	1	Ind
11	1980-11-10	15	North Carolina	14	1	ACC
11	1980-11-10	16	Purdue	17	1	Big Ten
11	1980-11-10	17	UCLA	8	9	Pac-10
11	1980-11-10	18	Southern Methodist	18	NC	SWC
11	1980-11-10	19	Mississippi State	19	NC	SEC
11	1980-11-10	20	Florida	20	NC	SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
12	1980-11-17	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
12	1980-11-17	2	Notre Dame	6	4	Ind
12	1980-11-17	3	Florida State	3	NC	Ind
12	1980-11-17	4	Nebraska	4	NC	Big 8
12	1980-11-17	5	Ohio State	7	2	Big Ten
12	1980-11-17	6	Pittsburgh	8	2	Ind
12	1980-11-17	7	Penn State	9	2	Ind
12	1980-11-17	8	Alabama	5	3	SEC
12	1980-11-17	9	Oklahoma	10	1	Big 8
12	1980-11-17	10	Michigan	11	1	Big Ten
12	1980-11-17	11	Baylor	12	1	SWC
12	1980-11-17	12	Southern California	2	10	Pac-10
12	1980-11-17	13	Brigham Young	13	NC	WAC
12	1980-11-17	14	South Carolina	14	NC	Ind
12	1980-11-17	15	North Carolina	15	NC	ACC
12	1980-11-17	16	Washington			Pac-10
12	1980-11-17	17	Mississippi State	19	2	SEC
12	1980-11-17	18	UCLA	17	1	Pac-10
12	1980-11-17	19	Florida	20	1	SEC
12	1980-11-17	20	Texas			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
13	1980-11-24	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
13	1980-11-24	2	Notre Dame	2	NC	Ind
13	1980-11-24	3	Florida State	3	NC	Ind
13	1980-11-24	4	Pittsburgh	6	2	Ind
13	1980-11-24	5	Penn State	7	2	Ind
13	1980-11-24	6	Oklahoma	9	3	Big 8
13	1980-11-24	7	Michigan	10	3	Big Ten
13	1980-11-24	8	Baylor	11	3	SWC
13	1980-11-24	9	Alabama	8	1	SEC
13	1980-11-24	10	Nebraska	4	6	Big 8
13	1980-11-24	11	Ohio State	5	6	Big Ten
13	1980-11-24	12	Brigham Young	13	1	WAC
13	1980-11-24	13	North Carolina	15	2	ACC
13	1980-11-24	14	UCLA	18	4	Pac-10
13	1980-11-24	15	Washington	16	1	Pac-10
13	1980-11-24	16	Mississippi State	17	1	SEC
13	1980-11-24	17	Southern California	12	5	Pac-10
13	1980-11-24	18	Florida	19	1	SEC
13	1980-11-24	19	South Carolina	14	5	Ind
13	1980-11-24	20	Southern Methodist			SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
14	1980-12-01	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
14	1980-12-01	2	Notre Dame	2	NC	Ind
14	1980-12-01	3	Florida State	3	NC	Ind
14	1980-12-01	4	Pittsburgh	4	NC	Ind
14	1980-12-01	5	Oklahoma	6	1	Big 8
14	1980-12-01	6	Michigan	7	1	Big Ten
14	1980-12-01	7	Baylor	8	1	SWC
14	1980-12-01	8	Alabama	9	1	SEC
14	1980-12-01	9	Nebraska	10	1	Big 8
14	1980-12-01	10	Penn State	5	5	Ind
14	1980-12-01	11	Ohio State	11	NC	Big Ten
14	1980-12-01	12	North Carolina	13	1	ACC
14	1980-12-01	13	Brigham Young	12	1	WAC
14	1980-12-01	14	UCLA	14	NC	Pac-10
14	1980-12-01	15	Washington	15	NC	Pac-10
14	1980-12-01	16	Mississippi State	16	NC	SEC
14	1980-12-01	17	Southern California	17	NC	Pac-10
14	1980-12-01	18	South Carolina	19	1	Ind
14	1980-12-01	19	Southern Methodist	20	1	SWC
14	1980-12-01	20	Miami (FL)			Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
15	1980-12-08	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
15	1980-12-08	2	Florida State	3	1	Ind
15	1980-12-08	3	Pittsburgh	4	1	Ind
15	1980-12-08	4	Oklahoma	5	1	Big 8
15	1980-12-08	5	Michigan	6	1	Big Ten
15	1980-12-08	6	Baylor	7	1	SWC
15	1980-12-08	7	Notre Dame	2	5	Ind
15	1980-12-08	8	Nebraska	9	1	Big 8
15	1980-12-08	9	Alabama	8	1	SEC
15	1980-12-08	10	Penn State	10	NC	Ind
15	1980-12-08	11	Ohio State	11	NC	Big Ten
15	1980-12-08	12	Southern California	17	5	Pac-10
15	1980-12-08	13	North Carolina	12	1	ACC
15	1980-12-08	14	Brigham Young	13	1	WAC
15	1980-12-08	15	UCLA	14	1	Pac-10
15	1980-12-08	16	Washington	15	1	Pac-10
15	1980-12-08	17	Mississippi State	16	1	SEC
15	1980-12-08	18	South Carolina	18	NC	Ind
15	1980-12-08	19	Southern Methodist	19	NC	SWC
15	1980-12-08	20	Miami (FL)	20	NC	Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	Conf
16	Final	1	Georgia	1	NC	SEC
16	Final	2	Pittsburgh	3	1	Ind
16	Final	3	Oklahoma	4	1	Big 8
16	Final	4	Michigan	5	1	Big Ten
16	Final	5	Florida State	2	3	Ind
16	Final	6	Alabama	9	3	SEC
16	Final	7	Nebraska	8	1	Big 8
16	Final	8	Penn State	10	2	Ind
16	Final	9	Notre Dame	7	2	Ind
16	Final	10	North Carolina	13	3	ACC
16	Final	11	Southern California	12	1	Pac-10
16	Final	12	Brigham Young	14	2	WAC
16	Final	13	UCLA	15	2	Pac-10
16	Final	14	Baylor	6	8	SWC
16	Final	15	Ohio State	11	4	Big Ten
16	Final	16	Washington	16	NC	Pac-10
16	Final	17	Purdue			Big Ten
16	Final	18	Miami (FL)	20	2	Ind
16	Final	19	Mississippi State	17	2	SEC
16	Final	20	Southern Methodist	19	1	SWC

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