1979 NFL ranking

1980                                                                                                                                                                                               1978
                                                     
Champion:  Pittsburgh Steelers

		rating	sche	W	L	T	PF	PA			Off	Def	t/o's	Special	pen
1	Pittsburgh Steelers	0.8982	0.55	15	4	0	26.7	16.2	10.5		389	266	-0.9	27	-11
2	San Diego Chargers	0.8214	0.52	12	5	0	25.0	15.5	9.5		351	277	0.7	6	-5
3	Houston Oilers	0.7358	0.59	13	6	0	21.3	19.9	1.4		294	313	1.2	-26	1
4	Dallas Cowboys	0.6644	0.51	11	6	0	22.9	19.6	3.3		368	291	-0.5	17	-9
5	Philadelphia Eagles	0.6626	0.48	12	6	0	21.3	17.9	3.3		310	295	0.3	38	2
6	Washington Redskins	0.6286	0.47	10	6	0	21.8	18.4	3.3		307	322	1.4	21	-8
7	Denver Broncos	0.6247	0.56	10	7	0	17.4	16.2	1.2		315	302	-0.1	-5	0
8	Miami Dolphins	0.6220	0.49	10	7	0	20.9	17.1	3.8		306	283	0.0	23	11
9	Oakland Raiders	0.6175	0.55	9	7	0	22.8	21.1	1.8		323	343	0.3	28	0
10	New England Patriots	0.6151	0.48	9	7	0	25.7	20.4	5.3		342	270	0.3	-13	2
11	Cleveland Browns	0.6077	0.57	9	7	0	22.4	22.0	0.4		361	353	-0.6	6	19
12	Seattle Seahawks	0.5972	0.55	9	7	0	23.6	23.3	0.4		347	365	0.0	21	9
13	Los Angeles Rams	0.5761	0.50	11	8	0	19.6	18.9	0.7		325	285	-0.4	-6	17
14	Chicago Bears	0.5473	0.43	10	7	0	19.0	16.2	2.8		287	284	0.8	4	3
15	Kansas City Chiefs	0.5054	0.57	7	9	0	14.9	16.4	-1.5		249	311	0.2	53	3
16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0.4903	0.37	11	7	0	16.5	14.6	1.9		308	253	0.0	-4	-6
17	New Orleans Saints	0.4757	0.45	8	8	0	23.1	22.5	0.6		352	346	0.5	5	4
18	Buffalo Bills	0.4536	0.50	7	9	0	16.8	17.4	-0.7		302	313	0.5	-1	-6
19	New York Jets	0.4496	0.49	8	8	0	21.1	23.9	-2.9		340	364	0.1	16	1
20	Cincinnati Bengals	0.3740	0.62	4	12	0	21.1	26.3	-5.3		290	369	0.8	6	8
21	St. Louis Cardinals	0.3665	0.54	5	11	0	19.2	22.4	-3.2		324	317	-0.4	1	-13
22	Minnesota Vikings	0.3342	0.43	7	9	0	16.2	21.1	-4.9		306	326	-0.5	44	0
23	Baltimore Colts	0.3334	0.54	5	11	0	16.9	21.9	-5.0		303	317	-0.1	0	-14
24	New York Giants	0.3109	0.50	6	10	0	14.8	20.2	-5.4		236	336	-0.4	29	-15
25	Atlanta Falcons	0.2828	0.47	6	10	0	18.8	24.3	-5.5		308	360	-0.5	-5	-13
26	Green Bay Packers	0.2582	0.47	5	11	0	15.4	19.8	-4.4		284	352	-0.7	6	14
27	San Francisco 49ers	0.1696	0.51	2	14	0	19.3	26.0	-6.8		348	337	-0.5	-7	0
28	Detroit Lions	0.0834	0.49	2	14	0	13.7	22.8	-9.1		251	310	-1.4	12	5