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The Top Ranked College Football Programs of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | College |
| 1 | Miami |
| 2 | Penn St. |
| 3 | Notre Dame |
| 4 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Georgia |
| 6 | Clemson |
| 7 | BYU |
| 8 | Nebraska |
| 9 | Michigan |
| 10 | Florida St. |
| 11 | Pitt |
| 12 | Washington |
| 13 | Texas |
| 14 | SMU |
| 15 | Auburn |
| 16 | Florida |
| 17 | Arizona St. |
| 18 | Tennessee |
| 19 | Syracuse |
| 20 | Colorado |
| 21 | UCLA |
| 22 | LSU |
| 23 | West Virginia |
| 24 | Boston College |
| 25 | Alabama |
| 26 | Texas A&M |
| 27 | Ohio St. |
| 28 | USC |
| 29 | Oklahoma St. |
| 30 | Air Force |
| 31 | Michigan St. |
| 32 | Arkansas |
| 33 | North Carolina |
| 34 | Iowa |
| 35 | Illinois |
| 36 | Arizona |
| 37 | South Carolina |
| 38 | Maryland |
| 39 | Baylor |
| 40 | Houston |
| 41 | Washington St. |
| 42 | Purdue |
| 43 | Virginia |
| 44 | Kentucky |
| 45 | Missouri |
| 46 | Mississippi St. |
| 47 | Georgia Tech |
| 48 | Texas Tech |
| 49 | Virginia Tech |
| 50 | Indiana |
| 51 | East Carolina |
| 52 | Stanford |
| 53 | Wyoming |
| 54 | Southern Miss |
| 55 | Oregon |
| 56 | San Jose St. |
| 57 | NC State |
| 58 | Hawaii |
| 59 | Minnesota |
| 60 | Cal |
| 61 | Wisconsin |
| 62 | Army |
| 63 | Georgia Southern |
| 64 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 65 | Furman |
| 66 | Boise St. |
| 67 | Idaho St. |
| 68 | Southern Illinois |
| 69 | Montana St. |
| 70 | UL-Monroe |
| 71 | Rutgers |
| 72 | Temple |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech |
| 74 | Arkansas St. |
| 75 | Delaware |
| 76 | Marshall |
| 77 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 78 | Western Carolina |
| 79 | New Mexico |
| 80 | Nevada |
| 81 | Northern Iowa |
| 82 | Idaho |
| 83 | Middle Tennessee St. |
| 84 | Rhode Island |
| 85 | Tennessee St. |
| 86 | Appalachian St. |
| 87 | Grambling |
| 88 | Montana |
| 89 | South Carolina St. |
| 90 | Lehigh |
| 91 | Iowa St. |
| 92 | Ole Miss |
| 93 | Memphis |
| 94 | UTEP |
| 95 | Eastern Illinois |
| 96 | Jackson St. |
| 97 | Boston U. |
| 98 | North Texas |
| 99 | Kansas |
| 100 | Indiana St. |
| 101 | Colgate |
| 102 | Richmond |
| 103 | Western Kentucky |
| 104 | Youngstown St. |
| 105 | Alcorn St. |
| 106 | Eastern Washington |
| 107 | Holy Cross |
| 108 | Missouri St. |
| 109 | Nicholls St. |
| 110 | Northwestern St. |
| 111 | Weber St. |
| 112 | Fresno St. |
| 113 | Duke |
| 114 | Tulane |
| 115 | Oregon St. |
| 116 | Vanderbilt |
| 117 | TCU |
| 118 | Maine |
| 119 | William & Mary |
| 120 | Akron |
| 121 | Chattanooga |
| 122 | Citadel |
| 123 | James Madison |
| 124 | Mississippi Valley St. |
| 125 | Murray St. |
| 126 | North Carolina A&T |
| 127 | Sam Houston St. |
| 128 | U.Mass |
| 129 | Villanova |
| 130 | Western Illinois |
| 131 | Tulsa |
| 132 | Navy |
| 133 | Wake Forest |
| 134 | San Diego St. |
| 135 | Kansas St. |
| 136 | Northern Illinois |
| 137 | Rice |
| 138 | Central Michigan |
| 139 | Utah |
| 140 | UNLV |
| 141 | Louisville |
| 142 | Cal St.-Fullerton |
| 143 | Toledo |
| 144 | Bowling Green |
| 145 | North Dakota St. |
| 146 | Troy |
| 147 | Texas St. |
| 148 | Mississippi College |
| 149 | Cal Poly |
| 150 | Central St. |
| 151 | Portland St. |
| 152 | North Alabama |
| 153 | UC-Davis |
| 154 | Jacksonville St. |
| 155 | South Dakota |
| 156 | Northern Michigan |
| 157 | Towson |
| 158 | Indiana (PA) |
| 159 | Angelo St. |
| 160 | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 161 | Bloomsburg |
| 162 | Central Florida |
| 163 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 164 | Sacramento St. |
| 165 | Santa Clara |
| 166 | Shippensburg |
| 167 | Pittsburg St. |
| 168 | Virginia Union |
| 169 | Fort Valley St. |
| 170 | Butler |
| 171 | NW Missouri St. |
| 172 | Winston-Salem St. |
| 173 | Ashland |
| 174 | Elizabeth City St. |
| 175 | Hampton |
| 176 | Millersville |
| 177 | Minnesota St.-Mankato |
| 178 | Norfolk St. |
| 179 | North Carolina Central |
| 180 | Northern Colorado |
| 181 | Puget Sound |
| 182 | St. Cloud St. |
| 183 | Tennessee-Martin |
| 184 | Truman St. |
| 185 | Augustana (SD) |
| 186 | West Chester |
| 187 | Alabama A&M |
| 188 | Bowie St. |
| 189 | Edinboro |
| 190 | Grand Valley St. |
| 191 | Carson-Newman |
| 192 | Augustana (IL) |
| 193 | Dayton |
| 194 | Elon |
| 195 | Ithaca |
| 196 | Central Arkansas |
| 197 | Cameron |
| 198 | Hillsdale |
| 199 | Widener |
| 200 | Wagner |
| 201 | West Georgia |
| 202 | Central (IA) |
| 203 | Mesa St. |
| 204 | Union (NY) |
| 205 | Northeastern St. |
| 206 | Salisbury |
| 207 | Adams St. |
| 208 | Emporia St. |
| 209 | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
| 210 | Concordia-Moorhead |
| 211 | Central Washington |
| 212 | Ferrum |
| 213 | Saginaw Valley St. |
| 214 | Minnesota St.-Moorhead |
| 215 | Montclair St. |
| 216 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 217 | St. John's (MN) |
| 218 | Minnesota-Morris |
| 219 | Emory & Henry |
| 220 | Bishop |
| 221 | Gettysburg |
| 222 | Henderson St. |
| 223 | Lawrence |
| 224 | Nebraska-Kearney |
| 225 | St. Lawrence |
| 226 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 227 | Concord |
| 228 | Hofstra |
| 229 | Occidental |
| 230 | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 231 | Mount Union |
| 232 | Salem |
| 233 | Shepherd |
| 234 | West Virginia Tech |
| 235 | Adrian |
| 236 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 237 | Cortland St. |
| 238 | Fairmont St. |
| 239 | Lycoming |
| 240 | NW Oklahoma St. |
| 241 | Washburn |
| 242 | Alfred |
| 243 | Arkansas-Monticello |
| 244 | Bethany (WV) |
| 245 | Colorado St.-Pueblo |
| 246 | Dubuque |
| 247 | East Central |
| 248 | Eastern New Mexico |
| 249 | Fordham |
| 250 | Gardner-Webb |
| 251 | Harding |
| 252 | Mars Hill |
| 253 | Millikin |
| 254 | Moravian |
| 255 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 256 | Plymouth St. |
| 257 | Presbyterian |
| 258 | Randolph-Macon |
| 259 | SE Oklahoma St. |
| 260 | Southern Oregon |
| 261 | Susquehanna |
| 262 | Wartburg |
| 263 | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 264 | Wittenberg |
| 265 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 266 | Simpson |
| 267 | Albion |
| 268 | Allegheny |
| 269 | Buena Vista |
| 270 | Capital |
| 271 | Catawba |
| 272 | Coe |
| 273 | Denison |
| 274 | Dickinson |
| 275 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 276 | Hiram |
| 277 | Hope |
| 278 | John Carroll |
| 279 | Menlo |
| 280 | Northern St. |
| 281 | Rhodes |
| 282 | Rochester |
| 283 | St. Norbert |
| 284 | SW Minnesota St. |
| 285 | Western Connecticut St. |
| 286 | Linfield |
| 287 | Westminster (PA) |
| 288 | Pacific Lutheran |
| 289 | Northwestern (IA) |
| 290 | Austin |
| 291 | William Jewell |
| 292 | Baker |
| 293 | Wilmington |
| 294 | Carroll (MT) |
| 295 | Valley City St. |
| 296 | Evangel |
| 297 | Geneva |
| 298 | Southwestern (KS) |
| 299 | Hanover |
| 300 | Findlay |
| 301 | Oregon Tech |
| 302 | Dickinson St. |
| 303 | St. Ambrose |
| 304 | Tarleton St. |
| 305 | Bethany (KS) |
| 306 | Bluffton |
| 307 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 308 | Anderson (IN) |
| 309 | Benedictine (KS) |
| 310 | Bethel (KS) |
| 311 | Cal Lutheran |
| 312 | Huron |
| 313 | McMurry |
| 314 | Missouri Valley |
| 315 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. |
| 316 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| 317 | Sul Ross St. |
| 318 | Georgetown (KY) |
| 319 | Chadron St. |
| 320 | Cumberland |
| 321 | Dana |
| 322 | Lewis & Clark |
| 323 | Midland |
| 324 | Peru St. |
| 325 | Sioux Falls |
| 326 | St. Francis (IL) |
| 327 | St. Mary of the Plains |
| 328 | Westmar |
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