1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Season	1980
Bowl season	1980–81 bowl games
Preseason #1	Ohio State
End of season champions	Georgia
Conference with most teams in final AP poll	Big Ten, Pac-10, SEC (3)

Two human polls comprised the 1980 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		National champion
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

	Preseason Aug 29^[1]	Week 1 Sep 6^[2]	Week 2 Sep 13^[2]	Week 3 Sep 20^[2]	Week 4 Sep 27^[2]	Week 5 Oct 4^[2]	Week 6 Oct 11^[2]	Week 7 Oct 18^[2]	Week 8 Oct 25^[2]	Week 9 Nov 1^[2]	Week 10 Nov 8^[2]	Week 11 Nov 15^[2]	Week 12 Nov 22^[2]	Week 13 Nov 29^[2]	Week 14 Dec 6^[2]	Week 15 (Final) Jan 3^[3]
1.	Ohio State (36)	Ohio State (0-0)	Alabama (1-0)	Alabama (2-0)	Alabama (3-0)	Alabama (4-0)	Alabama (5-0)	Alabama (6-0)	Alabama (7-0)	Notre Dame (7-0)	Georgia (9-0)	Georgia (10-0)	Georgia (10-0)	Georgia (11-0)	Georgia (11-0)	Georgia (12) (58 ½)	1.
2.	Alabama (24)	Alabama (1-0)	Ohio State (1-0)	Ohio State (2-0)	Ohio State (3-0)	USC (4-0)	USC (5-0)	Texas (5-0)	UCLA (6-0)	Georgia (8-0)	USC (7-0-1)	Notre Dame (8-0-1)	Notre Dame (9-0-1)	Notre Dame (9-0-1)	Florida State (10-1)	Pittsburgh (11-1) (3 ½)	2.
3.	Pittsburgh (3)	Pittsburgh (0-0)	Oklahoma (1-0)	Nebraska (2-0)	Nebraska (3-0)	Texas (4-0)	Texas (5-0)	UCLA (5-0)	Notre Dame (6-0)	Florida State (8-1)	Florida State (9-1)	Florida State (9-1)	Florida State (9-1)	Florida State (9-1)	Pittsburgh (10-1)	Oklahoma (10-2)	3.
4.	USC (1)	Oklahoma (0-0)	USC (1-0)	Oklahoma (1-0)	USC (3-0)	Pittsburgh (4-0)	UCLA (5-0)	Notre Dame (5-0)	Georgia (7-0)	USC (6-0-1)	Nebraska (8-1)	Nebraska (9-1)	Pittsburgh (10-1)	Pittsburgh (10-1)	Oklahoma (9-2)	Michigan (10-2)	4.
5.	Oklahoma (1)	USC (0-0)	Pittsburgh (1-0)	USC (2-0)	Texas (3-0)	UCLA (4-0)	Notre Dame (4-0)	Georgia (6-0)	Florida State (7-1)	Nebraska (7-1)	Alabama (8-1)	Ohio State (9-1)	Penn State (9-2)	Oklahoma (9-2)	Michigan (9-2)	Florida State (10-2) (1)	5.
6.	Arkansas	Texas (1-0)	Nebraska (1-0)	Pittsburgh (2-0)	Pittsburgh (3-0)	Georgia (4-0)	Georgia (5-0)	Florida State (6-1)	North Carolina (7-0)	Alabama (7-1)	Notre Dame (7-0-1)	Pittsburgh (9-1)	Oklahoma (8-2)	Michigan (9-2)	Baylor (10-1)	Alabama (10-2)	6.
7.	Nebraska	Notre Dame (1-0)	Texas (1-0)	Texas (2-0)	Notre Dame (2-0)	Notre Dame (3-0)	Florida State (5-1)	North Carolina (6-0)	USC (5-0-1)	Ohio State (7-1)	Ohio State (8-1)	Penn State (9-1)	Michigan (9-2)	Baylor (10-1)	Notre Dame (9-1-1)	Nebraska (10-2)	7.
8.	Houston	Nebraska (0-0)	Notre Dame (1-0)	Notre Dame (2-0)	Georgia (4-0)	North Carolina (4-0)	North Carolina (5-0)	USC (5-0-1)	Nebraska (6-1)	UCLA (6-1)	Pittsburgh (8-1)	Alabama (8-2)	Baylor (10-1)	Alabama (9-2)	Nebraska (9-2)	Penn State (10-2)	8.
9.	Purdue	Houston (0-0)	Florida State (2-0)	Florida State (3-0)	Missouri (3-0)	Ohio State (3-1)	Ohio State (4-1)	Nebraska (5-1)	Ohio State (6-1)	Pittsburgh (7-1)	Penn State (8-1)	Oklahoma (7-2)	Alabama (8-2)	Nebraska (9-2)	Alabama (9-2)	Notre Dame (9-2-1)	9.
10.	Texas	Florida State (1-0)	Georgia (2-0)	Georgia (3-0)	North Carolina (3-0)	Nebraska (3-1)	Nebraska (4-1)	Ohio State (5-1)	Baylor (7-0)	Penn State (7-1)	Oklahoma (6-2)	Michigan (8-2)	Nebraska (9-2)	Penn State (9-2)	Penn State (9-2)	North Carolina (11-1)	10.
11.	Notre Dame	Michigan (0-0)	Stanford (2-0)	Penn State (2-0)	UCLA (3-0)	Florida State (4-1)	Pittsburgh (4-1)	Baylor (6-0)	Pittsburgh (6-1)	Oklahoma (5-2)	Michigan (7-2)	Baylor (9-1)	Ohio State (9-2)	Ohio State (9-2)	Ohio State (9-2)	USC (8-2-1)	11.
12.	Michigan	Georgia (1-0)	Penn State (1-0)	Missouri (2-0)	Oklahoma (1-1)	Oklahoma (2-1)	Penn State (4-1)	Pittsburgh (5-1)	Texas (5-1)	Michigan (6-2)	Baylor (8-1)	USC (7-1-1)	BYU (10-1)	North Carolina (10-1)	USC (8-2-1)	BYU (12-1)	12.
13.	Florida State	Stanford (1-0)	North Carolina (2-0)	Washington (2-0)	Miami (FL) (4-0)	Miami (FL) (4-0)	Baylor (5-0)	Penn State (5-1)	Penn State (6-1)	BYU (7-1)	BYU (8-1)	BYU (9-1)	North Carolina (10-1)	BYU (11-1)	North Carolina (10-1)	UCLA (9-2)	13.
14.	North Carolina	Penn State (1-0)	Michigan (1-0)	North Carolina (2-0)	Arkansas (2-1)	Penn State (3-1)	Arkansas (4-1)	South Carolina (6-1)	South Carolina (6-1)	North Carolina (7-1)	South Carolina (7-2)	South Carolina (8-2)	UCLA (8-2)	UCLA (9-2)	BYU (11-1)	Baylor (10-2)	14.
15.	Stanford	North Carolina (1-0)	Missouri (1-0)	Arkansas (1-1)	Stanford (3-1)	Arkansas (3-1)	South Carolina (5-1)	Arkansas (4-1)	Missouri (6-1)	South Carolina (6-2)	North Carolina (8-1)	North Carolina (9-1)	Washington (9-2)	Washington (9-2)	UCLA (9-2)	Ohio State (9-3)	15.
16.	Georgia	Arkansas (0-1)	Washington (1-0)	UCLA (2-0)	Florida State (3-1)	Stanford (4-1)	Missouri (4-1)	Missouri (5-1)	Oklahoma (4-2)	Baylor (7-1)	Purdue (7-2)	Washington (8-2)	Mississippi State (9-2)	Mississippi State (9-2)	Washington (9-2)	Washington (9-3)	16.
17.	Missouri	Missouri (0-0)	Arkansas (0-1)	Michigan (1-1)	Penn State (2-1)	South Carolina (4-1)	Oklahoma (2-2)	Oklahoma (3-2)	BYU (6-1)	Purdue (6-2)	UCLA (6-2)	Mississippi State (8-2)	USC (7-2-1)	USC (7-2-1)	Mississippi State (9-2)	Purdue (9-3)	17.
18.	Penn State	Auburn (0-0)	Houston (0-1)	Auburn (2-0)	South Carolina (3-1)	Baylor (4-0)	Miami (FL) (4-1)	Washington (5-1)	Michigan (5-2)	SMU (6-2)	SMU (7-2)	UCLA (7-2)	Florida (7-2)	South Carolina (8-3)	South Carolina (8-3)	Miami (FL) (9-3)	18.
19.	Auburn	Washington (0-0)	Auburn (1-0)	Maryland (3-0)	Florida (3-0)	Missouri (3-1)	Iowa State (5-0)	BYU (5-1)	SMU (5-2)	Mississippi State (7-2)	Mississippi State (7-2)	Florida (7-2)	South Carolina (8-3)	SMU (8-3)	SMU (8-3)	Mississippi State (9-3)	19.
20.	Washington	Purdue (0-1)	South Carolina (2-0)	Arizona State (2-0)	Baylor (3-0)	SMU (4-0)	Stanford (4-2)	Southern Mississippi (6-0)	Purdue (5-2)	Florida (6-1)	Florida (6-2)	Texas (7-2)	SMU (8-3)	Miami (FL) (8-3)	Miami (FL) (8-3)	SMU (8-4)	20.
	Preseason Aug 29^[4]	Week 1 Sep 6^[2]	Week 2 Sep 13^[2]	Week 3 Sep 20^[2]	Week 4 Sep 27^[2]	Week 5 Oct 4^[2]	Week 6 Oct 11^[2]	Week 7 Oct 18^[2]	Week 8 Oct 25^[2]	Week 9 Nov 1^[2]	Week 10 Nov 8^[2]	Week 11 Nov 15^[2]	Week 12 Nov 22^[2]	Week 13 Nov 29^[2]	Week 14 Dec 6^[2]	Week 15 (Final) Jan 3^[5]
		None	Dropped: Purdue	Dropped: Stanford Houston South Carolina	Dropped: Washington Michigan Auburn Maryland Arizona State	Dropped: Florida	Dropped: SMU	Dropped: Miami Iowa State Stanford	Dropped: Arkansas Washington Southern Mississippi	Dropped: Texas Missouri	None	Dropped: Purdue SMU	Dropped: Texas	Dropped: Florida	None	Dropped: South Carolina

Coaches' Poll

	Preseason Preseason^[6]	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 4^[7]
1.	Ohio State (21)															Georgia (12-0) (36)	1.
2.	Alabama (10)															Pittsburgh (11-1) (3)	2.
3.	Oklahoma (1)															Oklahoma (10-2)	3.
4.	Pittsburgh (4)															Michigan (10-2) (1)	4.
5.	USC															Florida State (10-2)	5.
6.	Houston															Alabama (10-2)	6.
7.	Nebraska (1)															Nebraska (10-2)	7.
8.	Arkansas															Penn State (10-2)	8.
9.	Texas															North Carolina (11-1)	9.
10.	Purdue															Notre Dame (9-2-1)	10.
11.	Michigan															BYU (12-1)	11.
12.	Notre Dame															USC (8-2-1)	12.
13.	Penn State															Baylor (10-2)	13.
14.	Stanford															UCLA (9-2)	14.
15.	Washington															Ohio State (9-3)	15.
16.	Florida State															Purdue (9-3)	16.
17.	North Carolina															Washington (9-3)	17.
18.	Missouri															Miami (FL) (9-3)	18.
19.	BYU															Florida (9-3)	19.
20.	Georgia															SMU (8-4)	20.
	Preseason Preseason^[8]	Week 1 Sep 6	Week 2 Sep 13	Week 3 Sep 20	Week 4 Sep 27	Week 5 Oct 4	Week 6 Oct 11	Week 7 Oct 18	Week 8 Oct 25	Week 9 Nov 1	Week 10 Nov 8	Week 11 Nov 15	Week 12 Nov 22	Week 13 Nov 29	Week 14 Dec 6	Week 15 (Final) Jan 4^[9]
		None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Mississippi State South Carolina Maryland

References

↑ "1980 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. August 29, 1982. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "1980 Polls". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
↑ "1980 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "1980 Preseason AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. August 29, 1982. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "1980 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "UPI Preseason Poll". Arizona Republic. August 31, 1980. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 final college football ratings". The Tennessean. January 4, 1981. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "UPI Preseason Poll". Arizona Republic. August 31, 1980. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
↑ "The United Press International Board of Coaches Top 20 final college football ratings". The Tennessean. January 4, 1981. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

NCAA college football rankings
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