1979 saw Alabama finish atop the RPR following an undefeated season for legendary coach Bear Bryant’s final national championship. The Crimson Tide was one of 3 unbeatens and the only one with a perfect record. In addition to the best Win %, they would also have the best Score Ratio, which helped offset their SOS. BYU, Pittsburgh, and USC finished within the CCT cutoff, but they didn’t warrant serious consideration when comparing their bodies of work to Alabama’s.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0326; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6836

Rank	FBS Teams	Rating
1	Alabama (AP/C)	0.7162
2	Pittsburgh	0.6940
3	Southern California	0.6911
4	Brigham Young	0.6873
5	Oklahoma	0.6821
6	Ohio State	0.6808
7	Houston	0.6753
8	Arkansas	0.6686
9	Nebraska	0.6683
10	Temple	0.6620
11	Central Michigan	0.6566
12	Florida State	0.6550
13	McNeese State	0.6507
14	Texas	0.6488
15	Washington	0.6315
16	Penn State	0.6304
17	North Carolina	0.6261
18	Clemson	0.6195
19	Yale	0.6093
20	Texas-Arlington	0.6085
21	Purdue	0.6041
22	Baylor	0.6035
23	Michigan	0.6030
24	South Carolina	0.6029
25	NC State	0.6002
26	Chattanooga	0.5957
27	Notre Dame	0.5920
28	Rutgers	0.5859
29	Utah State	0.5825
30	Tulane	0.5821
31	Texas A&M	0.5820
32	Auburn	0.5802
33	Maryland	0.5800
34	LSU	0.5781
35	UNLV	0.5778
36	East Carolina	0.5772
37	East Tennessee St	0.5717
38	Wake Forest	0.5702
39	Syracuse	0.5700
40	Missouri	0.5664
41	Lamar	0.5654
42	Tennessee	0.5610
43	San Diego State	0.5603
44	Indiana	0.5593
45	Hawaii	0.5584
46	Virginia	0.5546
47	California	0.5480
48	UCLA	0.5464
49	Arizona State	0.5450
50	Southern Miss	0.5445
51	Oklahoma State	0.5410
52	Western Michigan	0.5389
53	Toledo	0.5372
54	Brown	0.5365
55	Navy	0.5332
56	West Texas A&M	0.5314
57	Southern Illinois	0.5311
58	Arizona	0.5300
59	Utah	0.5279
60	Ball State	0.5276
61	San Jose State	0.5255
62	Western Carolina	0.5227
63	Indiana State	0.5202
64	Miami, OH	0.5189
65	Georgia	0.5182
66	Iowa	0.5177
67	Stanford	0.5153
68	Long Beach State	0.5150
69	Cornell	0.5123
70	Miami, FL	0.5103
71	Princeton	0.5079
72	Colgate	0.5057
73	Virginia Tech	0.5047
74	Boston College	0.5043
75	SMU	0.5041
76	Ohio	0.5025
77	Minnesota	0.5011
78	Northern Illinois	0.4985
79	Michigan State	0.4964
80	West Virginia	0.4956
81	Oregon	0.4949
82	The Citadel	0.4935
83	Texas Tech	0.4916
84	Kentucky	0.4866
85	Furman	0.4862
86	Dartmouth	0.4839
87	Holy Cross	0.4837
88	Fresno State	0.4788
89	Tulsa	0.4782
90	New Mexico	0.4773
91	Louisville	0.4768
92	Colorado State	0.4715
93	Georgia Tech	0.4686
94	VMI	0.4646
95	Villanova	0.4644
96	Northwestern State	0.4609
97	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.4581
98	Mississippi	0.4564
99	Wisconsin	0.4543
100	North Texas	0.4526
101	Mississippi State	0.4498
102	Washington State	0.4484
103	Appalachian State	0.4448
104	Arkansas State	0.4423
105	Illinois State	0.4419
106	TCU	0.4383
107	Bowling Green	0.4362
108	Kansas	0.4318
109	Memphis	0.4301
110	Harvard	0.4265
111	Wyoming	0.4250
112	Colorado	0.4232
113	Cal State – Fullerton	0.4211
114	Drake	0.4205
115	Iowa State	0.4197
116	William & Mary	0.4183
117	Duke	0.4101
118	Kansas State	0.4100
119	Lousiana-Monroe	0.4089
120	Illinois	0.4073
121	Cincinnati	0.4043
122	Pacific	0.4026
123	Louisiana Tech	0.3843
124	Army	0.3812
125	Rice	0.3785
126	Eastern Michigan	0.3748
127	New Mexico State	0.3659
128	Florida	0.3653
129	UTEP	0.3631
130	Vanderbilt	0.3560
131	Oregon State	0.3461
132	Kent State	0.3448
133	Wichita State	0.3393
134	Northwestern	0.3377
135	Air Force	0.3313
136	Columbia	0.3235
137	Marshall	0.3194
138	Pennsylvania	0.2961
139	Richmond	0.2602

Best Win Percentage: Alabama
Best SOS: Penn State
Best Score Ratio: Alabama