1979 Preseason AP Football Poll

Rank

Team (FPV)

Conf

WLT

PTS

CP

Last Week

1

<  2

USC (47)

Pac-10

12-1

1242

DNP

2

<  1

Alabama (11)

SEC

11-1

1141

DNP

3

<  3

Oklahoma (4)

Big 8

11-1

1058

DNP

4

<  9

Texas (1)

SWC

9-3

1008

DNP

5

<  4

Penn State

Ind

11-1

858

DNP

6

<  13

Purdue

Big Ten

9-2-1

856

DNP

7

<  5

Michigan

Big Ten

10-2

749

DNP

8

<  8

Nebraska

Big 8

9-3

701

DNP

9

<  7

Notre Dame

Ind

9-3

633

DNP

10

<  12

Michigan State

Big Ten

8-3

496

DNP

11

<  16

Georgia

SEC

9-2-1

471

DNP

12

<  15

Missouri

Big 8

8-4

426

DNP

13

<  17

Stanford

Pac-10

8-4

331

DNP

14

<  19

Texas A&M

SWC

8-4

326

DNP

15

<  NR

Washington

Pac-10

7-4

299

DNP

16

<  10

Houston

SWC

9-3

292

DNP

17

<  NR

Pittsburgh

Ind

8-4

283

DNP

18

<  NR

Arizona State

Pac-10

9-3

266

DNP

19

<  NR

Florida State

Ind

8-3

250

DNP

20

<  11

Arkansas

SWC

9-2-1

231

DNP

NR

<  6

Clemson

ACC

11-1

DNP

NR

<  20

Maryland

ACC

9-3

DNP

NR

<  18

NC State

ACC

9-3

DNP

NR

<  14

UCLA

Pac-10

8-3-1

DNP

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NOTES
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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