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$ – Conference champion; Florida was assessed a postseason ban following an NCAA investigation, and the SEC subsequently vacated any championship. The Sugar Bowl automatic bid for the conference champion was awarded to LSU.
The 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season saw a university from the state of Georgia take its first national title since 1942. Nine days following the bowl games to close the 1979 season , tragedy struck when new LSU coach Bo Rein died when the plane he was flying in crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia .
Two human polls comprised the 1980 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings.Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.
1980 All-SEC football team; 1980 Auburn Tigers football team; F. ... Template:1980 Southeastern Conference football standings This page was last ...
* – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
The 1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.It was the Crimson Tide's 86th overall and 47th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1980 season. Legend. Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked ...