Can you name the college football teams that were Division I-A independents in 1980?

Team	Other Info
	Joined Big Ten (1993)
	Joined Big East (1991)

	Joined Big East (1991)
	Joined SEC (1992)
	Joined Conference USA (1996)
	Joined Big East (1991)

	Joined Conference USA (1996)

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College Football Independents (1980) Quiz

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Created Dec 30, 2010 in Sports
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	iannono06:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:24 GMT		2 points
	Wow I didn't even guess my own university.

	RonB:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:29 GMT		-2 points
	Did better than I thought I would. Remembered the Irish, the Mountaineers, the Gamecocks, and the Seminoles.

	Saxonthebeach:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 21:37 GMT		3 points
	You should accept "BC" for Boston College and "ECU" for East Carolina.

	TD3000:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 22:09 GMT		14 points
	Still doesn't accept Florida St.

	awix:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 22:30 GMT		4 points
	and by Temple "turned Independent" in 2005, you mean "kicked out of the Big East"

	greg12:	Nov 26th, 2012 at 23:04 GMT		-4 points
	Once I realized it was all the Big East schools and a bunch of CUSA schools it wasn't too bad. Never would have guessed Penn St and FSU though.

	witz1960:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 00:20 GMT		1 point
	how could I forget - reading the "Bottom 10" back then in the LA Times... both William AND Mary had their own lowly position perpetually on that list.

	AmblingPoodle:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 01:06 GMT		2 points
	1980: the perfect year to make this quiz a tricky one

	Tedder67:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 02:58 GMT		3 points
	I tried about 10 different spelling for Florida St and none of the worked.

	csjoholm:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 03:05 GMT		1 point
	According to this list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season), you left out a couple. One of them I actually tried! (NE Louisiana) But most of them I didn't realize had ever been I-A. Colgate???

	munga:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 16:16 GMT		3 points
	Colgate is where Bon Jovi's daughter goes and was arrested for heroin possession. It's a really nice school.

	erak:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 16:38 GMT		1 point
	I'm with greg12. Knowing your Big East past and present was good for 9 answers!

	guide:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 16:44 GMT		1 point
	csjoholm: there are two schools on the Wikipedia list that aren't here, namely Northeast Louisiana and Georgia Tech. However, Georgia Tech joined the ACC that year and Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana Monroe) was I-AA. There were also two schools on our list that weren't on theirs--Indiana State and Tennessee State. The former was in the MVC in 1980 and the latter was independent but I-AA. Both have been removed.

	CountDracura:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 20:39 GMT		0 points
	VA Tech and FSU would be helpful additions seeing as BC accepts.

	Pogues:	Nov 28th, 2012 at 04:19 GMT		1 point
	You'd think the schools being listed alphabetically would make it easier...but nnoooooooooo. I missed some of my favorite schools despite what I thought would be a helpful listing method.

	retsamziuq54:	Dec 1st, 2012 at 22:20 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz. I think Temple rejoined the Big East this year, didn't they?

	serf_in_USA:	Dec 21st, 2012 at 04:06 GMT		1 point
	Pretty awesome quiz. For the life of me, I don't know how I remembered that Louisville used to be an indy NCAAF program.

	David1987:	Dec 28th, 2012 at 07:03 GMT		1 point
	Should accept WVU for West Virginia

	superman7515:	Feb 20th, 2013 at 03:37 GMT		1 point
	Tennessee State was a 1A Independent in 1980, they did not move to 1AA until 1981, the year after this quiz asks about.

	rjm1026:	May 21st, 2013 at 18:32 GMT		1 point
	Georgia Tech should be included on this list. While they had agreed to join the ACC, because of scheduling arrangements they were still considered an Independent in Football (and listed as such by most references). In 1980 they only had 2 ACC schools on their schedule. They were not a full football member of the ACC until the 1983 season.