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