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 Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Penn State, Pitt and Temple)

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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.

33 Schools

33 Schools Table
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Pitt	7	11	1	0	5.52	12.75	18.27	34.00	-1.55
2	Florida State	6	11	1	0	9.01	7.06	16.08	39.30	3.32
3	Penn State	20	8	4	0	5.74	9.84	15.58	33.94	1.27
4	Temple	17	10	2	0	11.99	2.80	14.79	41.34	7.62
5	Tulane		9	3	0	7.31	5.92	13.23	35.49	4.59
6	Notre Dame		7	4	0	8.48	4.49	12.97	35.40	6.77
7	South Carolina		8	4	0	5.38	6.21	11.59	33.84	4.79
8	East Carolina		7	3	1	8.71	0.28	8.99	41.66	11.17
9	Syracuse		7	5	0	9.47	-1.47	8.00	37.32	13.76
10	Southern Mississippi		6	4	1	0.68	6.10	6.78	29.00	3.91
11	Rutgers		8	3	0	1.75	2.03	3.78	28.49	10.57
12	Navy		7	4	0	-1.41	4.45	3.04	24.44	7.36
13	Georgia Tech		4	6	1	-3.10	4.77	1.67	24.79	6.79
14	Virginia Tech		5	6	0	3.37	-2.11	1.26	31.37	11.79
15	West Virginia		5	6	0	2.68	-1.57	1.11	29.60	13.38
16	Boston College		5	6	0	-0.83	1.60	0.77	27.48	10.44
17	Miami (FL)		5	6	0	0.92	-0.33	0.60	27.67	11.03
18	Nevada-Las Vegas		9	1	2	10.01	-10.93	-0.93	35.03	21.47
19	Louisville		4	6	1	-3.84	1.54	-2.30	23.63	9.87
20	Memphis		5	6	0	-3.57	-0.30	-3.87	22.74	12.97
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	North Texas		5	6	0	-4.05	-2.23	-6.27	22.67	14.03
22	Cincinnati		2	9	0	-2.01	-4.87	-6.88	25.60	16.40
23	Villanova		5	6	0	-1.19	-5.90	-7.09	25.31	17.00
24	Army		2	8	1	-6.78	-1.78	-8.56	20.48	19.15
25	Air Force		2	9	0	-6.29	-3.98	-10.27	18.90	17.14
26	Holy Cross		5	6	0	-6.73	-4.30	-11.03	19.73	15.53
27	Connecticut		3	6	2	-8.23	-3.13	-11.35	16.69	14.36
28	William & Mary		4	7	0	-9.10	-3.52	-12.62	18.68	16.13
29	Louisiana-Monroe		3	8	0	-7.36	-6.52	-13.88	18.33	17.23
30	Colgate		5	4	1	-9.75	-5.23	-14.98	15.67	16.64
31	Illinois State		3	8	0	-7.22	-8.80	-16.03	19.39	20.17
32	Northwestern State		3	6	0	-4.92	-11.78	-16.70	21.10	24.18
33	Richmond		0	11	0	-13.78	-4.50	-18.28	13.68	17.69

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