1979 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Alabama	2	1	46	SEC
15	Final	2	USC	3	1	21	Pac-10
15	Final	3	Oklahoma	5	2		Big 8
15	Final	4	Ohio State	1	3		Big Ten
15	Final	5	Houston	8	3		SWC
15	Final	6	Florida State	4	2		Ind
15	Final	7	Pitt	10	3		Ind
15	Final	8	Arkansas	6	2		SWC
15	Final	9	Nebraska	7	2		Big 8
15	Final	10	Purdue	12	2		Big Ten
15	Final	11	Washington	13	2		Pac-10
15	Final	12	Texas	11	1		SWC
15	Final	13	BYU	9	4		WAC
15	Final	14	Baylor	19	5		SWC
15	Final	15	North Carolina				ACC
15	Final	16	Auburn	17	1		SEC
15	Final	17	Temple	20	3		Ind
15	Final	18	Michigan	14	4		Big Ten
15	Final	19	Indiana				Big Ten
15	Final	20	Penn State				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1979-12-03	1	Ohio State (11-0-0)	3	2	16	Big Ten
14	1979-12-03	2	Alabama (11-0-0)	1	1	29	SEC
14	1979-12-03	3	USC (10-0-1)	2	1	19	Pac-10
14	1979-12-03	4	Florida State (11-0-0)	4			Ind
14	1979-12-03	5	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	5		1	Big 8
14	1979-12-03	6	Arkansas (10-1-0)	8	2		SWC
14	1979-12-03	7	Nebraska (10-1-0)	7			Big 8
14	1979-12-03	8	Houston (10-1-0)	10	2		SWC
14	1979-12-03	9	BYU (11-0-0)	9		1	WAC
14	1979-12-03	10	Pitt (10-1-0)	11	1		Ind
14	1979-12-03	11	Texas (9-2-0)	6	5		SWC
14	1979-12-03	12	Purdue (9-2-0)	12			Big Ten
14	1979-12-03	13	Washington (8-3-0)	13			Pac-10
14	1979-12-03	14	Michigan (8-3-0)	15	1		Big Ten
14	1979-12-03	15	Tulane (9-2-0)	16	1		Ind
14	1979-12-03	16	South Carolina (8-3-0)	17	1		Ind
14	1979-12-03	17	Auburn (8-3-0)	14	3		SEC
14	1979-12-03	18	Clemson (8-3-0)	18			ACC
14	1979-12-03	19	Baylor (7-4-0)	20	1		SWC
14	1979-12-03	20	Temple (9-2-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1979-11-26	1	Alabama (10-0-0)	1		34	SEC
13	1979-11-26	2	USC (10-0-1)	4	2	12	Pac-10
13	1979-11-26	3	Ohio State (11-0-0)	2	1	13	Big Ten
13	1979-11-26	4	Florida State (11-0-0)	5	1		Ind
13	1979-11-26	5	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	8	3	1	Big 8
13	1979-11-26	6	Texas (9-1-0)	6			SWC
13	1979-11-26	7	Nebraska (10-1-0)	3	4		Big 8
13	1979-11-26	8	Arkansas (10-1-0)	7	1		SWC
13	1979-11-26	9	BYU (11-0-0)	10	1	1	WAC
13	1979-11-26	10	Houston (9-1-0)	9	1		SWC
13	1979-11-26	11	Pitt (9-1-0)	11			Ind
13	1979-11-26	12	Purdue (9-2-0)	12			Big Ten
13	1979-11-26	13	Washington (8-3-0)	14	1		Pac-10
13	1979-11-26	14	Auburn (8-2-0)	14			SEC
13	1979-11-26	15	Michigan (8-3-0)	16	1		Big Ten
13	1979-11-26	16	Tulane (9-2-0)	18	2		Ind
13	1979-11-26	17	South Carolina (8-3-0)	19	2		Ind
13	1979-11-26	18	Clemson (8-3-0)	13	5		ACC
13	1979-11-26	19	Penn State (7-3-0)	20	1		Ind
13	1979-11-26	20	Baylor (7-4-0)	17	3		SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1979-11-19	1	Alabama (10-0-0)	1		32	SEC
12	1979-11-19	2	Ohio State (11-0-0)	2		18	Big Ten
12	1979-11-19	3	Nebraska (10-0-0)	3		4	Big 8
12	1979-11-19	4	USC (9-0-1)	4		10	Pac-10
12	1979-11-19	5	Florida State (10-0-0)	5			Ind
12	1979-11-19	6	Texas (8-1-0)	6			SWC
12	1979-11-19	7	Arkansas (9-1-0)	8	1		SWC
12	1979-11-19	8	Oklahoma (9-1-0)	7	1		Big 8
12	1979-11-19	9	Houston (8-1-0)	9			SWC
12	1979-11-19	10	BYU (10-0-0)	10			WAC
12	1979-11-19	11	Pitt (9-1-0)	11			Ind
12	1979-11-19	12	Purdue (9-2-0)	12			Big Ten
12	1979-11-19	13	Clemson (8-2-0)	14	1		ACC
12	1979-11-19	14	Auburn (8-2-0)	15	1		SEC
12	1979-11-19	14	Washington (8-3-0)	16	2		Pac-10
12	1979-11-19	16	Michigan (8-3-0)	13	3		Big Ten
12	1979-11-19	17	Baylor (7-3-0)	20	3		SWC
12	1979-11-19	18	Tulane (8-2-0)	20	2		Ind
12	1979-11-19	19	South Carolina (7-3-0)				Ind
12	1979-11-19	20	Penn State (7-3-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1979-11-12	1	Alabama (9-0-0)	1		34	SEC
11	1979-11-12	2	Ohio State (10-0-0)	3	1	14	Big Ten
11	1979-11-12	3	Nebraska (9-0-0)	2	1	5	Big 8
11	1979-11-12	4	USC (9-0-1)	4		12	Pac-10
11	1979-11-12	5	Florida State (9-0-0)	7	2		Ind
11	1979-11-12	6	Texas (7-1-0)	8	2		SWC
11	1979-11-12	7	Oklahoma (8-1-0)	6	1		Big 8
11	1979-11-12	8	Arkansas (8-1-0)	9	1		SWC
11	1979-11-12	9	Houston (8-1-0)	5	4		SWC
11	1979-11-12	10	BYU (9-0-0)	11	1		WAC
11	1979-11-12	11	Pitt (8-1-0)	12	1		Ind
11	1979-11-12	12	Purdue (8-2-0)	14	2		Big Ten
11	1979-11-12	13	Michigan (8-2-0)	10	3		Big Ten
11	1979-11-12	14	Clemson (7-2-0)	18	4		ACC
11	1979-11-12	15	Auburn (7-2-0)	16	1		SEC
11	1979-11-12	16	Washington (7-3-0)	15	1		Pac-10
11	1979-11-12	17	Wake Forest (8-2-0)	20	3		ACC
11	1979-11-12	18	Temple (8-1-0)				Ind
11	1979-11-12	19	Tennessee (5-3-0)				SEC
11	1979-11-12	20	Baylor (6-3-0)	17	3		SWC
11	1979-11-12	20	Tulane (8-2-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1979-11-05	1	Alabama (8-0-0)	1		46	SEC
10	1979-11-05	2	Nebraska (8-0-0)	2		4	Big 8
10	1979-11-05	3	Ohio State (9-0-0)	5	2	8	Big Ten
10	1979-11-05	4	USC (8-0-1)	3	1	7	Pac-10
10	1979-11-05	5	Houston (8-0-0)	4	1	1	SWC
10	1979-11-05	6	Oklahoma (7-1-0)	7	1		Big 8
10	1979-11-05	7	Florida State (8-0-0)	6	1		Ind
10	1979-11-05	8	Texas (6-1-0)	8			SWC
10	1979-11-05	9	Arkansas (7-1-0)	9			SWC
10	1979-11-05	10	Michigan (8-1-0)	10			Big Ten
10	1979-11-05	11	BYU (8-0-0)	11			WAC
10	1979-11-05	12	Pitt (7-1-0)	12			Ind
10	1979-11-05	13	Notre Dame (6-2-0)	13			Ind
10	1979-11-05	14	Purdue (7-2-0)	15	1		Big Ten
10	1979-11-05	15	Washington (7-2-0)	16	1		Pac-10
10	1979-11-05	16	Auburn (6-2-0)	20	4		SEC
10	1979-11-05	17	Baylor (6-2-0)				SWC
10	1979-11-05	18	Clemson (6-2-0)				ACC
10	1979-11-05	19	South Carolina (6-2-0)				Ind
10	1979-11-05	20	Wake Forest (7-2-0)	14	6		ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1979-10-29	1	Alabama (7-0-0)	1		46	SEC
9	1979-10-29	2	Nebraska (7-0-0)	2		7	Big 8
9	1979-10-29	3	USC (7-0-1)	3		4	Pac-10
9	1979-10-29	4	Houston (7-0-0)	6	2	1	SWC
9	1979-10-29	5	Ohio State (8-0-0)	4	1	5	Big Ten
9	1979-10-29	6	Florida State (7-0-0)	8	2		Ind
9	1979-10-29	7	Oklahoma (6-1-0)	7			Big 8
9	1979-10-29	8	Texas (5-1-0)	9	1		SWC
9	1979-10-29	9	Arkansas (6-1-0)	4	5		SWC
9	1979-10-29	10	Michigan (7-1-0)	10			Big Ten
9	1979-10-29	11	BYU (7-0-0)	11			WAC
9	1979-10-29	12	Pitt (6-1-0)	12			Ind
9	1979-10-29	13	Notre Dame (5-2-0)	14	1		Ind
9	1979-10-29	14	Wake Forest (7-1-0)	18	4		ACC
9	1979-10-29	15	Purdue (6-2-0)	16	1		Big Ten
9	1979-10-29	16	Washington (6-2-0)	20	4		Pac-10
9	1979-10-29	17	Tennessee (4-2-0)	19	2		SEC
9	1979-10-29	18	North Carolina (5-1-1)	15	3		ACC
9	1979-10-29	19	Penn State (5-2-0)				Ind
9	1979-10-29	20	Auburn (5-2-0)	13	7		SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1979-10-22	1	Alabama (6-0-0)	1		52	SEC
8	1979-10-22	2	Nebraska (6-0-0)	3	1	6	Big 8
8	1979-10-22	3	USC (6-0-1)	4	1	9	Pac-10
8	1979-10-22	4	Arkansas (6-0-0)	10	6		SWC
8	1979-10-22	4	Ohio State (7-0-0)	6	2	1	Big Ten
8	1979-10-22	6	Houston (6-0-0)	5	1		SWC
8	1979-10-22	7	Oklahoma (5-1-0)	8	1		Big 8
8	1979-10-22	8	Florida State (6-0-0)	7	1		Ind
8	1979-10-22	9	Texas (4-1-0)	2	7		SWC
8	1979-10-22	10	Michigan (6-1-0)	11	1		Big Ten
8	1979-10-22	11	BYU (6-0-0)	13	2		WAC
8	1979-10-22	12	Pitt (5-1-0)	17	5		Ind
8	1979-10-22	13	Auburn (5-1-0)	14	1		SEC
8	1979-10-22	14	Notre Dame (4-2-0)	9	5		Ind
8	1979-10-22	15	North Carolina (5-1-0)	19	4		ACC
8	1979-10-22	16	Purdue (5-2-0)	16			Big Ten
8	1979-10-22	17	Navy (6-0-0)	20	3		Ind
8	1979-10-22	18	Wake Forest (6-1-0)				ACC
8	1979-10-22	19	Tennessee (4-2-0)	18	1		SEC
8	1979-10-22	20	Washington (5-2-0)	12	8		Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1979-10-15	1	Alabama (5-0-0)	2	1	42	SEC
7	1979-10-15	2	Texas (4-0-0)	4	2	26	SWC
7	1979-10-15	3	Nebraska (5-0-0)	5	2		Big 8
7	1979-10-15	4	USC (5-0-1)	1	3		Pac-10
7	1979-10-15	5	Houston (5-0-0)	7	2		SWC
7	1979-10-15	6	Ohio State (6-0-0)	8	2		Big Ten
7	1979-10-15	7	Florida State (6-0-0)	9	2		Ind
7	1979-10-15	8	Oklahoma (4-1-0)	3	5		Big 8
7	1979-10-15	9	Notre Dame (4-1-0)	10	1		Ind
7	1979-10-15	10	Arkansas (5-0-0)	12	2		SWC
7	1979-10-15	11	Michigan (5-1-0)	11			Big Ten
7	1979-10-15	12	Washington (5-1-0)	6	6		Pac-10
7	1979-10-15	13	BYU (5-0-0)	16	3		WAC
7	1979-10-15	14	Auburn (4-1-0)	18	4		SEC
7	1979-10-15	15	North Carolina State (5-1-0)	17	2		ACC
7	1979-10-15	16	Purdue (4-2-0)	20	4		Big Ten
7	1979-10-15	17	Pitt (4-1-0)				Ind
7	1979-10-15	18	Tennessee (4-1-0)				SEC
7	1979-10-15	19	North Carolina (4-1-0)	14	5		ACC
7	1979-10-15	20	Navy (5-0-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1979-10-08	1	USC (5-0-0)	1		53	Pac-10
6	1979-10-08	2	Alabama (4-0-0)	2		11	SEC
6	1979-10-08	3	Oklahoma (4-0-0)	3			Big 8
6	1979-10-08	4	Texas (3-0-0)	4		1	SWC
6	1979-10-08	5	Nebraska (4-0-0)	5			Big 8
6	1979-10-08	6	Washington (5-0-0)	7	1		Pac-10
6	1979-10-08	7	Houston (4-0-0)	6	1		SWC
6	1979-10-08	8	Ohio State (5-0-0)	8			Big Ten
6	1979-10-08	9	Florida State (5-0-0)	9			Ind
6	1979-10-08	10	Notre Dame (3-1-0)	10			Ind
6	1979-10-08	11	Michigan (4-1-0)	11			Big Ten
6	1979-10-08	12	Arkansas (4-0-0)	13	1		SWC
6	1979-10-08	13	LSU (3-1-0)	17	4		SEC
6	1979-10-08	14	North Carolina (4-0-0)	18	4		ACC
6	1979-10-08	15	Missouri (3-1-0)	15			Big 8
6	1979-10-08	16	BYU (4-0-0)	20	4		WAC
6	1979-10-08	17	North Carolina State (4-1-0)	14	3		ACC
6	1979-10-08	18	Auburn (3-1-0)				SEC
6	1979-10-08	19	Michigan State (3-2-0)	16	3		Big Ten
6	1979-10-08	20	Purdue (3-2-0)	12	8		Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1979-10-01	1	USC (4-0-0)	1		47	Pac-10
5	1979-10-01	2	Alabama (3-0-0)	2		14	SEC
5	1979-10-01	3	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	3			Big 8
5	1979-10-01	4	Texas (2-0-0)	4		1	SWC
5	1979-10-01	5	Nebraska (3-0-0)	6	1		Big 8
5	1979-10-01	6	Houston (3-0-0)	8	2		SWC
5	1979-10-01	7	Washington (4-0-0)	9	2		Pac-10
5	1979-10-01	8	Ohio State (4-0-0)	14	6		Big Ten
5	1979-10-01	9	Florida State (4-0-0)	12	3		Ind
5	1979-10-01	10	Notre Dame (2-1-0)	15	5		Ind
5	1979-10-01	11	Michigan (3-1-0)	11			Big Ten
5	1979-10-01	12	Purdue (3-1-0)	10	2		Big Ten
5	1979-10-01	13	Arkansas (3-0-0)	13			SWC
5	1979-10-01	14	North Carolina State (4-0-0)	16	2		ACC
5	1979-10-01	15	Missouri (3-1-0)	5	10		Big 8
5	1979-10-01	16	Michigan State (3-1-0)	7	9		Big Ten
5	1979-10-01	17	LSU (2-1-0)	20	3		SEC
5	1979-10-01	18	North Carolina (3-0-0)				ACC
5	1979-10-01	19	Tennessee (3-0-0)				SEC
5	1979-10-01	20	BYU (3-0-0)				WAC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1979-09-24	1	USC (3-0-0)	1		51	Pac-10
4	1979-09-24	2	Alabama (2-0-0)	2		13	SEC
4	1979-09-24	3	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	3			Big 8
4	1979-09-24	4	Texas (1-0-0)	4		1	SWC
4	1979-09-24	5	Missouri (3-0-0)	9	4		Big 8
4	1979-09-24	6	Nebraska (2-0-0)	7	1		Big 8
4	1979-09-24	7	Michigan State (3-0-0)	8	1		Big Ten
4	1979-09-24	8	Houston (2-0-0)	10	2		SWC
4	1979-09-24	9	Washington (3-0-0)	12	3		Pac-10
4	1979-09-24	10	Purdue (2-1-0)	17	7		Big Ten
4	1979-09-24	11	Michigan (2-1-0)	11			Big Ten
4	1979-09-24	12	Florida State (3-0-0)	14	2		Ind
4	1979-09-24	13	Arkansas (2-0-0)	15	2		SWC
4	1979-09-24	14	Ohio State (3-0-0)	16	2		Big Ten
4	1979-09-24	15	Notre Dame (1-1-0)	5	10		Ind
4	1979-09-24	16	North Carolina State (3-0-0)	19	3		ACC
4	1979-09-24	17	UCLA (2-1-0)	20	3		Pac-10
4	1979-09-24	18	Penn State (1-1-0)	6	12		Ind
4	1979-09-24	19	SMU (3-0-0)	18	1		SWC
4	1979-09-24	20	LSU (2-0-0)				SEC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1979-09-17	1	USC (2-0-0)	1		49	Pac-10
3	1979-09-17	2	Alabama (1-0-0)	2		12	SEC
3	1979-09-17	3	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	3			Big 8
3	1979-09-17	4	Texas	4		1	SWC
3	1979-09-17	5	Notre Dame (1-0-0)	9	4		Ind
3	1979-09-17	6	Penn State (1-0-0)	7	1		Ind
3	1979-09-17	7	Nebraska (1-0-0)	8	1		Big 8
3	1979-09-17	8	Michigan State (2-0-0)	10	2		Big Ten
3	1979-09-17	9	Missouri (2-0-0)	11	2		Big 8
3	1979-09-17	10	Houston (2-0-0)	13	3		SWC
3	1979-09-17	11	Michigan (1-1-0)	6	5		Big Ten
3	1979-09-17	12	Washington (2-0-0)	14	2		Pac-10
3	1979-09-17	13	Pitt (1-0-0)	16	3		Ind
3	1979-09-17	14	Florida State (2-0-0)	18	4		Ind
3	1979-09-17	15	Arkansas (1-0-0)	17	2		SWC
3	1979-09-17	16	Ohio State (2-0-0)	15	1		Big Ten
3	1979-09-17	17	Purdue (1-1-0)	5	12		Big Ten
3	1979-09-17	18	SMU (2-0-0)	20	2		SWC
3	1979-09-17	19	North Carolina State (2-0-0)	19			ACC
3	1979-09-17	20	UCLA (1-1-0)				Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1979-09-10	1	USC (1-0-0)	1		45	Pac-10
2	1979-09-10	2	Alabama (1-0-0)	2		14	SEC
2	1979-09-10	3	Oklahoma	3		2	Big 8
2	1979-09-10	4	Texas	4		1	SWC
2	1979-09-10	5	Purdue (1-0-0)	6	1		Big Ten
2	1979-09-10	6	Michigan (1-0-0)	7	1		Big Ten
2	1979-09-10	7	Penn State	5	2		Ind
2	1979-09-10	8	Nebraska	8			Big 8
2	1979-09-10	9	Notre Dame	9			Ind
2	1979-09-10	10	Michigan State (1-0-0)	10			Big Ten
2	1979-09-10	11	Missouri (1-0-0)	12	1		Big 8
2	1979-09-10	12	Georgia	11	1		SEC
2	1979-09-10	13	Houston (1-0-0)	16	3		SWC
2	1979-09-10	14	Washington (1-0-0)	15	1		Pac-10
2	1979-09-10	15	Ohio State (1-0-0)				Big Ten
2	1979-09-10	16	Pitt	17	1		Ind
2	1979-09-10	17	Arkansas	20	3		SWC
2	1979-09-10	18	Florida State (1-0-0)	19	1		Ind
2	1979-09-10	19	North Carolina State (1-0-0)				ACC
2	1979-09-10	20	SMU (1-0-0)				SWC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	USC	NA	—	47	Pac-10
1	Preseason	2	Alabama	NA	—	11	SEC
1	Preseason	3	Oklahoma	NA	—	4	Big 8
1	Preseason	4	Texas	NA	—	1	SWC
1	Preseason	5	Penn State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	6	Purdue	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	7	Michigan	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	8	Nebraska	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	9	Notre Dame	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	10	Michigan State	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	11	Georgia	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	12	Missouri	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	13	Stanford	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	14	Texas A&M	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	15	Washington	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	16	Houston	NA	—		SWC
1	Preseason	17	Pitt	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	18	Arizona State	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	19	Florida State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	20	Arkansas	NA	—		SWC

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