1976

1977 Rankings
​Final

1978

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(11-1-0)		0.9235	Independent
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.9034	Southeastern
3	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.8591	Independent
4	Kentucky	(10-1-0)		0.8280	Southeastern
5	Texas	(11-1-0)		0.7885	Southwest
6	Arkansas	(11-1-0)		0.7659	Southwest
7	Pittsburgh	(9-2-1)		0.7073	Independent
8	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.7062	Big Eight
9	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6889	Big Eight
10	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.6860	Independent
11	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.6671	Pac 10
12	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6629	Big Ten
13	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.6143	Pac 10
14	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.6067	Pac 10
15	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5987	Independent
16	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.5957	Atlantic Coast
17	North Carolina State	(8-4-0)		0.5926	Atlantic Coast
18	Clemson	(8-3-1)		0.5883	Atlantic Coast
19	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5514	Big Ten
20	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.5486	Pac 10
21	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1-0)		0.5281	Mid-American
22	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.5069	Atlantic Coast
23	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.5054	Independent
24	Colorado	(7-3-1)		0.4990	Big Eight
25	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4876	Southeastern
26	Michigan State	(7-3-1)		0.4837	Big Ten
27	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4775	Southwest
28	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.4718	Southeastern
29	Brigham Young	(9-2-0)		0.4712	Western Athletic
30	California	(7-4-0)		0.4709	Pac 10
31	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4662	Big Eight
32	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.4642	Pac 10
33	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4552	Southeastern
34	Central Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.4520	Mid-American
35	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.4463	Independent
36	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.4166	Western Athletic
37	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.4108	Southeastern
37=	Grambling State	(10-1-0)		0.4108	SWAC
39	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.4087	Big Ten
40	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3987	Ivy
41	Louisiana Tech	(9-1-2)		0.3985	Southland
42	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3942	Southwest
43	Tennessee State	(8-1-1)		0.3931	Independent
44	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3875	Independent
45	Colorado State	(9-2-1)		0.3783	Western Athletic
46	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.3647	Ivy
47	Ball State	(9-2-0)		0.3641	Mid-American
48	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.3561	Independent
49	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.3490	Southeastern
50	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3483	Independent
51	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.3401	Atlantic Coast
52	Houston	(6-5-0)		0.3384	Southwest
53	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-1-1)		0.3383	Southern
54	Colgate	(10-1-0)		0.3208	Independent
55	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.3167	PCAA
56	Southern Mississippi	(6-6-0)		0.3109	Independent
57	Missouri	(4-7-0)		0.3052	Big Eight
58	Indiana	(5-5-1)		0.2968	Big Ten
59	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2965	Southwest
60	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.2924	Independent
61	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.2911	Southeastern
62	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2875	Ivy
63	South Carolina	(5-7-0)		0.2776	Independent
64	Army	(7-4-0)		0.2688	Independent
65	Navy	(5-6-0)		0.2585	Independent
66	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2550	Independent
67	Eastern Michigan	(8-3-0)		0.2502	Mid-American
68	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.2435	Independent
69	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-4-2)		0.2340	Southland
70	Louisville	(7-4-1)		0.2279	Independent
71	Cincinnati	(5-4-2)		0.2205	Independent
72	Boston College	(6-5-0)		0.2121	Independent
73	Tennessee	(4-7-0)		0.2072	Southeastern
74	Jackson State	(8-3-0)		0.2071	SWAC
75	Kent State	(6-5-0)		0.2015	Mid-American
76	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.1956	Big Ten
77	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.1875	Missouri Valley
78	Temple	(5-5-1)		0.1833	Independent
79	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.1820	Independent
80	Virginia Military Institute	(7-4-0)		0.1811	Southern
81	Kansas	(3-7-1)		0.1806	Big Eight
82	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.1736	Southwest
83	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.1661	Big Eight
83=	Arizona	(5-7-0)		0.1661	Western Athletic
85	Iowa	(4-7-0)		0.1558	Big Ten
86	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.1408	Big Ten
87	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.1393	Southland
88	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.1382	Southland
89	New Mexico	(5-7-0)		0.1292	Western Athletic
90	Pacific	(6-5-0)		0.1165	PCAA
91	Wyoming	(4-6-1)		0.0977	Western Athletic
92	Virginia Tech	(3-7-1)		0.0941	Independent
93	Bowling Green State	(5-7-0)		0.0915	Mid-American
94	Hawaii	(5-6-0)		0.0893	Independent
95	Pennsylvania	(5-4-0)		0.0870	Ivy
96	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.0721	Independent
97	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		0.0708	Pac 10
98	Western Michigan	(4-7-0)		0.0470	Mid-American
99	Northwestern State	(6-5-0)		0.0446	Independent
100	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		0.0416	PCAA
101	Wichita State	(5-6-0)		0.0301	Missouri Valley
102	Illinois	(3-8-0)		0.0246	Big Ten
103	Utah State	(4-7-0)		0.0188	Independent
104	Princeton	(3-6-0)		0.0035	Ivy
105	Texas Southern	(6-4-1)		-0.0117	SWAC
106	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.0159	Southern
107	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.0166	Big Eight
108	Villanova	(4-7-0)		-0.0175	Independent
109	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0197	Pac 10
110	New Mexico State	(4-7-0)		-0.0290	Missouri Valley
111	Long Beach State	(4-6-0)		-0.0306	PCAA
112	Harvard	(4-5-0)		-0.0407	Ivy
113	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.0446	Independent
114	McNeese State	(5-5-1)		-0.0455	Southland
114=	Illinois State	(3-7-1)		-0.0455	Independent
116	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0523	Southeastern
117	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.0688	Western Athletic
118	Western Carolina	(6-4-1)		-0.0775	Southern
119	Furman	(4-5-2)		-0.0880	Southern
120	Mississippi Valley State	(5-5-0)		-0.0971	SWAC
121	Air Force	(2-8-1)		-0.1150	Independent
122	Virginia	(1-9-1)		-0.1278	Atlantic Coast
123	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		-0.1312	Southwest
124	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.1781	Big Ten
125	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.1874	Atlantic Coast
126	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.2034	Missouri Valley
127	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.2256	PCAA
128	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2313	Mid-American
129	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.2386	Ivy
130	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.2407	Southwest
131	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2672	Missouri Valley
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.2753	Mid-American
133	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.2795	Missouri Valley
134	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.2844	Ivy
135	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.2989	Western Athletic
136	Appalachian State	(2-9-0)		-0.3193	Southern
137	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.3202	Southland
138	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.3430	Mid-American
139	Alcorn State	(3-8-0)		-0.3450	SWAC
140	Southern	(3-7-1)		-0.3544	SWAC
141	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.4005	Missouri Valley
142	Holy Cross	(2-9-0)		-0.4243	Independent
143	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.4736	Independent
144	Prairie View A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.4835	SWAC
145	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.5065	Southern

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southeastern	0.4352
2	Pac 10	0.4279
3	Big Eight	0.3744
4	Atlantic Coast	0.3298
5	Southwest	0.3181
6	Big Ten	0.2742
7	Independent	0.2475
8	Western Athletic	0.1614
9	Mid-American	0.1085
10	Southland	0.0907
11	Ivy	0.0722
12	PCAA	0.0437
13	Southern	-0.0697
14	SWAC	-0.0962
15	Missouri Valley	-0.1374