1979 Big Eight Conference Year Summary

Record: 47-44-0, .516 W-L% (6th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 6.41 (5th of 14), SOS: 5.76 (6th of 14)

Conference Champion: Oklahoma

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Nebraska and Oklahoma)

1979 Big Eight Conference Menu

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall				Conference				Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Oklahoma	11	1	0	.917	7	0	0	1.000	33.8	12.1	22.54	5.46	3	3	3
Nebraska	10	2	0	.833	6	1	0	.857	31.7	10.9	19.67	5.17	8	2	9
Oklahoma State	7	4	0	.636	5	2	0	.714	17.4	19.3	6.06	5.06
Missouri	7	5	0	.583	3	4	0	.429	21.7	13.8	10.38	6.38	12	5
Colorado	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	15.3	24.9	-1.22	6.50
Iowa State	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	12.5	20.1	-1.62	5.38
Kansas	3	8	0	.273	2	5	0	.286	15.6	31.5	-2.62	8.11
Kansas State	3	8	0	.273	1	6	0	.143	14.0	20.5	-1.94	4.06

3 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1980-01-01	Cotton Bowl	Houston (8)	17	Nebraska (7)	14	Dallas, TX
1980-01-01	Orange Bowl	Oklahoma (5)	24	Florida State (4)	7	Miami, FL
1979-12-29	Hall of Fame Classic	Missouri	24	South Carolina (16)	14	Birmingham, AL