1976

1977 Rankings
​Final

1978

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(11-1-0)		0.8673	Independent
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8309	Southeastern
3	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.8103	Independent
4	Kentucky	(10-1-0)		0.7652	Southeastern
5	Texas	(11-1-0)		0.7460	Southwest
6	Arkansas	(11-1-0)		0.7238	Southwest
7	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.6690	Big Eight
8	Pittsburgh	(9-2-1)		0.6581	Independent
9	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6467	Big Eight
10	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.6415	Independent
11	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6252	Big Ten
12	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.6198	Pac 10
13	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5769	Pac 10
14	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5678	Independent
15	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.5632	Pac 10
16	North Carolina State	(8-4-0)		0.5524	Atlantic Coast
17	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.5520	Atlantic Coast
18	Clemson	(8-3-1)		0.5450	Atlantic Coast
19	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5134	Big Ten
20	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.5071	Pac 10
21	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1-0)		0.4995	Mid-American
22	Colorado	(7-3-1)		0.4888	Big Eight
23	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.4758	Independent
24	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4684	Atlantic Coast
25	Michigan State	(7-3-1)		0.4583	Big Ten
26	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4510	Southwest
27	Brigham Young	(9-2-0)		0.4504	Western Athletic
28	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4474	Southeastern
29	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4418	Big Eight
30	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.4358	Pac 10
31	California	(7-4-0)		0.4354	Pac 10
32	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.4341	Southeastern
33	Central Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.4305	Mid-American
34	Louisiana Tech	(9-1-2)		0.4246	Southland
35	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.4220	Independent
36	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4009	Southeastern
37	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.3987	Western Athletic
38	Grambling State	(10-1-0)		0.3971	SWAC
39	Tennessee State	(8-1-1)		0.3884	Independent
40	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.3828	Big Ten
41	Colorado State	(9-2-1)		0.3816	Western Athletic
42	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3739	Southwest
43	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3724	Southeastern
44	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3712	Ivy
45	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3590	Independent
46	Ball State	(9-2-0)		0.3440	Mid-American
47	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.3380	Ivy
48	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-1-1)		0.3368	Southern
49	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.3258	Independent
50	Houston	(6-5-0)		0.3190	Southwest
51	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.3168	Independent
52	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.3165	Atlantic Coast
53	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.3107	Southeastern
54	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.3019	PCAA
55	Colgate	(10-1-0)		0.3000	Independent
56	Missouri	(4-7-0)		0.2902	Big Eight
57	Southern Mississippi	(6-6-0)		0.2870	Independent
58	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2803	Southwest
59	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.2765	Independent
60	Indiana	(5-5-1)		0.2701	Big Ten
61	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2647	Ivy
62	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-4-2)		0.2607	Southland
63	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.2580	Southeastern
64	South Carolina	(5-7-0)		0.2563	Independent
65	Army	(7-4-0)		0.2508	Independent
66	Eastern Michigan	(8-3-0)		0.2408	Mid-American
67	Navy	(5-6-0)		0.2392	Independent
68	Cincinnati	(5-4-2)		0.2389	Independent
69	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.2358	Independent
70	Louisville	(7-4-1)		0.2300	Independent
71	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.2288	Independent
72	Jackson State	(8-3-0)		0.2024	SWAC
73	Kent State	(6-5-0)		0.1969	Mid-American
74	Boston College	(6-5-0)		0.1910	Independent
75	Temple	(5-5-1)		0.1896	Independent
76	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.1832	Missouri Valley
77	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.1830	Big Ten
78	Tennessee	(4-7-0)		0.1817	Southeastern
79	Virginia Military Institute	(7-4-0)		0.1766	Southern
80	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.1667	Independent
81	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.1661	Southwest
82	Kansas	(3-7-1)		0.1657	Big Eight
83	Arizona	(5-7-0)		0.1588	Western Athletic
84	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.1572	Big Eight
85	Iowa	(4-7-0)		0.1474	Big Ten
86	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.1404	Southland
87	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.1401	Southland
88	Wyoming	(4-6-1)		0.1364	Western Athletic
89	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.1287	Big Ten
90	Virginia Tech	(3-7-1)		0.1268	Independent
91	New Mexico	(5-7-0)		0.1263	Western Athletic
92	Pacific	(6-5-0)		0.1097	PCAA
93	Bowling Green State	(5-7-0)		0.0923	Mid-American
94	Hawaii	(5-6-0)		0.0839	Independent
95	Pennsylvania	(5-4-0)		0.0755	Ivy
96	Tulane	(3-8-0)		0.0661	Independent
97	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		0.0583	Pac 10
98	Northwestern State	(6-5-0)		0.0566	Independent
99	Western Michigan	(4-7-0)		0.0473	Mid-American
100	Texas Southern	(6-4-1)		0.0425	SWAC
101	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		0.0362	PCAA
102	Wichita State	(5-6-0)		0.0297	Missouri Valley
103	Utah State	(4-7-0)		0.0235	Independent
104	Illinois	(3-8-0)		0.0183	Big Ten
105	Furman	(4-5-2)		0.0130	Southern
106	Princeton	(3-6-0)		0.0009	Ivy
107	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.0074	Southern
108	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.0148	Big Eight
109	McNeese State	(5-5-1)		-0.0189	Southland
110	Villanova	(4-7-0)		-0.0204	Independent
111	New Mexico State	(4-7-0)		-0.0243	Missouri Valley
112	Western Carolina	(6-4-1)		-0.0264	Southern
113	Long Beach State	(4-6-0)		-0.0279	PCAA
114	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0290	Pac 10
115	Illinois State	(3-7-1)		-0.0316	Independent
116	Harvard	(4-5-0)		-0.0402	Ivy
117	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.0429	Independent
118	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.0564	Western Athletic
119	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.0568	Southeastern
120	Mississippi Valley State	(5-5-0)		-0.0851	SWAC
121	Air Force	(2-8-1)		-0.0885	Independent
122	Virginia	(1-9-1)		-0.0988	Atlantic Coast
123	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		-0.1247	Southwest
124	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.1724	Big Ten
125	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.1731	Atlantic Coast
126	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.1804	Missouri Valley
127	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2137	Mid-American
128	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.2151	PCAA
129	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.2307	Southwest
130	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.2338	Ivy
131	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.2456	Missouri Valley
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.2547	Mid-American
133	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.2554	Missouri Valley
134	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.2715	Western Athletic
135	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.2721	Ivy
136	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.2882	Southland
137	Appalachian State	(2-9-0)		-0.2916	Southern
138	Southern	(3-7-1)		-0.2968	SWAC
139	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.3147	Mid-American
140	Alcorn State	(3-8-0)		-0.3168	SWAC
141	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.3769	Missouri Valley
142	Holy Cross	(2-9-0)		-0.4034	Independent
143	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.4380	Independent
144	Prairie View A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.4502	SWAC
145	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.4578	Southern

Average Ratings by Conference (1977)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Pac 10		0.3959
2	Southeastern		0.3944
3	Big Eight		0.3556
4	Atlantic Coast		0.3089
5	Southwest		0.3005
6	Big Ten		0.2555
7	Independent		0.2359
8	Western Athletic		0.1655
9	Southland		0.1098
10	Mid-American		0.1068
11	Ivy		0.0630
12	PCAA		0.0409
13	Southern		-0.0367
14	SWAC		-0.0724
15	Missouri Valley		-0.1242