1980 in the RPR turned out one of the weirdest results that I’ve come up with so far in the rating process. Florida State, despite having 2 losses and falling in the Orange Bowl, would finish atop the ratings. The Seminoles had the nation’s best SOS, along with top 6 finishes in both Win % and Score Ratio. Also aiding the Seminoles’ cases were head-to-head wins over the other 2 teams that finished in the CCT cutoff: Gator Bowl champs Pittsburgh and Sun Bowl champs Nebraska. Taking those things into consideration, I felt that there wasn’t enough to warrant serious consideration for co-champion status. Consensus poll champion Georgia, despite being the only undefeated team and a top 10 finish in Score Ratio, fell well below the CCT cutoff due to having a SOS that was 85th in the RPR formula.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0299; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6946

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Florida State	0.7246
2	Pittsburgh	0.7149
3	Nebraska	0.6994
4	Penn State	0.6919
5	Alabama	0.6818
6	Brigham Young	0.6769
7	North Carolina	0.6768
8	Georgia (AP/C)	0.6759
9	Notre Dame	0.6622
10	Southern California	0.6588
11	Oklahoma	0.6569
12	Miami, FL	0.6550
13	Michigan	0.6527
14	Baylor	0.6452
15	UCLA	0.6405
16	Furman	0.6259
17	McNeese State	0.6200
18	Ohio State	0.6188
19	South Carolina	0.6156
20	Mississippi State	0.6033
21	Southern Mississippi	0.6021
22	Florida	0.5981
23	Southern Methodist	0.5961
24	Maryland	0.5954
25	Missouri	0.5946
26	Central Michigan	0.5944
27	Purdue	0.5923
28	Yale	0.5913
29	Washington	0.5909
30	The Citadel	0.5812
31	Long Beach State	0.5766
32	Virginia Tech	0.5753
33	Arizona State	0.5735
34	Boston College	0.5724
35	Houston	0.5687
36	Oregon	0.5647
37	UNLV	0.5644
38	Navy	0.5599
39	Rutgers	0.5589
40	Texas	0.5587
41	Louisiana State	0.5575
42	Drake	0.5565
43	Chattanooga	0.5544
44	San Jose State	0.5543
45	Hawaii	0.5540
46	Tulsa	0.5539
47	Stanford	0.5522
48	Iowa State	0.5446
49	Clemson	0.5438
50	Lousiana-Monroe	0.5436
51	Arkansas	0.5429
52	Northern Illinois	0.5381
53	Utah State	0.5380
54	North Carolina State	0.5374
55	West Virginia	0.5359
56	Appalachian State	0.5333
57	Colgate	0.5292
58	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.5289
59	North Texas	0.5278
60	Western Michigan	0.5271
61	Ball State	0.5233
62	Tennessee	0.5218
63	Wake Forest	0.5213
64	Harvard	0.5186
65	Syracuse	0.5157
66	Villanova	0.5155
67	Louisville	0.5104
68	Auburn	0.5102
69	Utah	0.5093
70	Wyoming	0.5084
71	Tulane	0.5078
72	Princeton	0.5076
73	Brown	0.5071
74	Kansas	0.5046
75	Indiana State	0.5001
76	Rice	0.4966
77	Ohio	0.4958
78	Colorado State	0.4946
79	Texas Tech	0.4941
80	Cornell	0.4902
81	Indiana	0.4882
82	Miami, OH	0.4874
83	West Texas A&M	0.4837
84	Arizona	0.4828
85	Louisiana Tech	0.4813
86	Minnesota	0.4809
87	Fresno State	0.4730
88	Wichita State	0.4728
89	Mississippi	0.4709
90	Texas A&M	0.4698
91	Cal St-Fullerton	0.4681
92	Temple	0.4677
93	East Carolina	0.4629
94	Richmond	0.4584
95	Wisconsin	0.4575
96	Virginia	0.4559
97	Washington State	0.4542
98	Toledo	0.4542
99	Dartmouth	0.4508
100	Bowling Green	0.4503
101	Army	0.4463
102	New Mexico	0.4462
103	Kentucky	0.4462
104	Oklahoma State	0.4451
105	Michigan State	0.4406
106	Illinois	0.4380
107	Illinois State	0.4354
108	Iowa	0.4327
109	California	0.4296
110	Pacific	0.4288
111	Lamar	0.4274
112	Southern Illinois	0.4258
113	Western Carolina	0.4256
114	New Mexico State	0.4225
115	Kansas State	0.4203
116	Texas-Arlington	0.4177
117	VMI	0.4172
118	San Diego State	0.4171
119	Air Force	0.4125
120	Duke	0.4065
121	Holy Cross	0.3999
122	Vanderbilt	0.3960
123	Georgia Tech	0.3937
124	Kent State	0.3921
125	Texas Christian	0.3878
126	East Tennessee State	0.3865
127	William & Mary	0.3719
128	Colorado	0.3672
129	Marshall	0.3665
130	Cincinnati	0.3618
131	Arkansas State	0.3510
132	Memphis	0.3432
133	Pennsylvania	0.3307
134	Texas-El Paso	0.3291
135	Oregon State	0.3188
136	Northwestern	0.3133
137	Columbia	0.3097
138	Eastern Michigan	0.3055

Best Win Percentage: Georgia
Best SOS: Florida State
Best Score Ratio: Nebraska