1979 season · week 2
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten4
- FBS Independents4
- Southwest4
- Other8
- 1–USCPac-10—
- 2–AlabamaSEC—
- 3–OklahomaBig 8—
- 4–TexasSouthwest—
- 5▲1PurdueBig Ten—
- 6▲1MichiganBig Ten—
- 7▼2Penn StateFBS Independents—
- 8–NebraskaBig 8—
- 9–Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 10–Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 11▲1MissouriBig 8—
- 12▼1GeorgiaSEC—
- 13▲3HoustonSouthwest—
- 14▲1WashingtonPac-10—
- 15NewOhio StateBig Ten—
- 16▲1PittsburghFBS Independents—
- 17▲3ArkansasSouthwest—
- 18▲1Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 19NewNC StateACC—
- 20NewSMUSouthwest—