1979 season · week 5
Polls
AP Top 25
20 ranked
- Big Ten4
- Big 83
- SEC3
- Other10
- 1–USCPac-10—
- 2–AlabamaSEC—
- 3–OklahomaBig 8—
- 4–TexasSouthwest—
- 5▲1NebraskaBig 8—
- 6▲2HoustonSouthwest—
- 7▲2WashingtonPac-10—
- 8▲6Ohio StateBig Ten—
- 9▲3Florida StateFBS Independents—
- 10▲5Notre DameFBS Independents—
- 11–MichiganBig Ten—
- 12▼2PurdueBig Ten—
- 13–ArkansasSouthwest—
- 14▲2NC StateACC—
- 15▼10MissouriBig 8—
- 16▼9Michigan StateBig Ten—
- 17▲3LSUSEC—
- 18NewNorth CarolinaACC—
- 19NewTennesseeSEC—
- 20NewBYUWestern Athletic—