Template:1979 North Central Conference football standings

1979 North Central Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 North Dakota $^	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 South Dakota State * ^	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
North Dakota State	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha	3	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
South Dakota *	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Augustana (SD)	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Morningside	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
Northern Colorado †	0	–	0	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant * – South Dakota State won two head-to-head games over South Dakota, which counted as one game for each team in the conference standings. † – Northern Colorado was ineligible for the conference title. Rankings from AP Poll