Southern_Illinois (8-3)  ** - Non division 1A team
1979/09/01  West Texas AM              14 - Southern Illinois           0 
1979/09/08  Southern Illinois          17 - Louisiana Lafayette         7 
1979/09/15  Southern Illinois          18 - **Tennessee St             16 
1979/09/22  Arkansas St                24 - Southern Illinois          16 
1979/09/29  **Eastern Illinois         22 - Southern Illinois          14 
1979/10/06  Southern Illinois           7 - Illinois St                 0 
1979/10/13  Southern Illinois          31 - Wichita St                  7 
1979/10/27  Southern Illinois          21 - Northern Illinois          11 
1979/11/03  Southern Illinois          41 - Indiana St                 38 
1979/11/10  Southern Illinois          22 - Drake                      21 
1979/11/17  Southern Illinois          45 - New Mexico St              28 

This team's and opponent's rankings:
    TEAM                      SCORE   W  L  T     GWF      BLF    OW%   OOW%
 37 West Texas AM             0.587   6  4  1   0.411   -0.506   53.1   47.1
 54 Northern Illinois         0.236   5  5  1   0.254   -0.607   51.5   46.6
 67 Indiana St                0.047   8  3  0   0.167   -0.828   36.8   49.7
 77 Southern Illinois        -0.188   8  3  0   0.269   -0.857   34.1   50.1
106 Louisiana Lafayette      -1.143   4  7  0   0.188   -1.704   52.5   45.5
110 Arkansas St              -1.219   4  7  0   0.146   -1.732   46.6   46.3
113 New Mexico St            -1.468   2  9  0   0.013   -1.750   50.4   45.6
115 Wichita St               -1.576   1 10  0   0.016   -1.775   56.1   45.2
121 Drake                    -2.081   3  8  0   0.042   -1.980   47.3   49.1
140 Illinois St             -19.113   3  8  0   0.008   -1.371   56.1   43.7