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