1976

1977 Rankings
​Final

1978

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Notre Dame	(11-1-0)		0.9104	Independent
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.8874	Southeastern
3	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.8533	Independent
4	Kentucky	(10-1-0)		0.8112	Southeastern
5	Texas	(11-1-0)		0.7741	Southwest
6	Arkansas	(11-1-0)		0.7545	Southwest
7	Oklahoma	(10-2-0)		0.7012	Big Eight
8	Pittsburgh	(9-2-1)		0.6957	Independent
9	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6741	Big Eight
10	Florida State	(10-2-0)		0.6518	Independent
11	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6452	Big Ten
12	Washington	(8-4-0)		0.6414	Pac 10
13	Southern California	(8-4-0)		0.5961	Pac 10
14	North Carolina	(8-3-1)		0.5881	Atlantic Coast
15	Stanford	(9-3-0)		0.5875	Pac 10
16	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5830	Independent
17	Clemson	(8-3-1)		0.5778	Atlantic Coast
18	North Carolina State	(8-4-0)		0.5764	Atlantic Coast
19	Ohio State	(9-3-0)		0.5280	Big Ten
20	UCLA	(7-4-0)		0.5245	Pac 10
21	Miami (Ohio)	(10-1-0)		0.5049	Mid-American
22	San Diego State	(10-1-0)		0.4806	Independent
23	Maryland	(8-4-0)		0.4771	Atlantic Coast
24	Colorado	(7-3-1)		0.4769	Big Eight
25	Michigan State	(7-3-1)		0.4626	Big Ten
26	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4602	Southeastern
27	California	(7-4-0)		0.4534	Pac 10
28	Brigham Young	(9-2-0)		0.4519	Western Athletic
29	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4487	Big Eight
30	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4474	Southwest
31	Central Michigan	(10-1-0)		0.4392	Mid-American
32	Washington State	(6-5-0)		0.4363	Pac 10
33	Mississippi State	(5-6-0)		0.4311	Southeastern
34	East Carolina	(8-3-0)		0.4196	Independent
35	Florida	(6-4-1)		0.4072	Southeastern
36	Grambling State	(10-1-0)		0.4034	SWAC
37	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.3863	Western Athletic
38	Yale	(7-2-0)		0.3824	Ivy
39	Tennessee State	(8-1-1)		0.3800	Independent
40	Louisiana Tech	(9-1-2)		0.3750	Southland
41	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3634	Southeastern
42	Brown	(7-2-0)		0.3411	Ivy
43	Minnesota	(7-5-0)		0.3403	Big Ten
44	Texas Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3383	Southwest
45	Syracuse	(6-5-0)		0.3366	Independent
46	Colorado State	(9-2-1)		0.3323	Western Athletic
47	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(9-1-1)		0.3200	Southern
48	Duke	(5-6-0)		0.3146	Atlantic Coast
49	Memphis	(6-5-0)		0.3095	Independent
50	Ball State	(9-2-0)		0.3087	Mid-American
51	Georgia Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2977	Independent
52	Auburn	(5-6-0)		0.2801	Southeastern
53	Houston	(6-5-0)		0.2766	Southwest
54	Colgate	(10-1-0)		0.2667	Independent
55	Missouri	(4-7-0)		0.2645	Big Eight
56	Baylor	(5-6-0)		0.2505	Southwest
57	Rutgers	(8-3-0)		0.2493	Independent
58	Fresno State	(9-2-0)		0.2463	PCAA
59	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2420	Ivy
60	Georgia	(5-6-0)		0.2358	Southeastern
61	Southern Mississippi	(6-6-0)		0.2208	Independent
62	South Carolina	(5-7-0)		0.2201	Independent
63	Navy	(5-6-0)		0.2131	Independent
64	Army	(7-4-0)		0.2063	Independent
65	Indiana	(5-5-1)		0.2055	Big Ten
66	Eastern Michigan	(8-3-0)		0.1942	Mid-American
67	West Virginia	(5-6-0)		0.1844	Independent
68	Cincinnati	(5-4-2)		0.1798	Independent
69	Louisville	(7-4-1)		0.1676	Independent
70	William & Mary	(6-5-0)		0.1656	Independent
71	Louisiana-Lafayette	(6-4-2)		0.1596	Southland
72	Jackson State	(8-3-0)		0.1563	SWAC
73	Tennessee	(4-7-0)		0.1385	Southeastern
74	Purdue	(5-6-0)		0.1247	Big Ten
75	Kent State	(6-5-0)		0.1181	Mid-American
76	West Texas A&M	(6-4-1)		0.1169	Missouri Valley
77	Boston College	(6-5-0)		0.1153	Independent
78	Temple	(5-5-1)		0.1089	Independent
79	Oklahoma State	(4-7-0)		0.1069	Big Eight
80	Virginia Military Institute	(7-4-0)		0.0976	Southern
81	Miami (Florida)	(3-8-0)		0.0971	Independent
82	Southern Methodist	(4-7-0)		0.0914	Southwest
83	Kansas	(3-7-1)		0.0904	Big Eight
84	Arizona	(5-7-0)		0.0861	Western Athletic
85	New Mexico	(5-7-0)		0.0393	Western Athletic
86	Iowa	(4-7-0)		0.0376	Big Ten
87	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.0322	Southland
88	Virginia Tech	(3-7-1)		0.0285	Independent
89	Wisconsin	(5-6-0)		0.0284	Big Ten
90	Pacific	(6-5-0)		0.0131	PCAA
91	Wyoming	(4-6-1)		0.0079	Western Athletic
92	Bowling Green State	(5-7-0)		0.0062	Mid-American
93	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.0015	Southland
94	Hawaii	(5-6-0)		-0.0353	Independent
95	Tulane	(3-8-0)		-0.0396	Independent
96	Western Michigan	(4-7-0)		-0.0436	Mid-American
97	Oregon State	(2-9-0)		-0.0454	Pac 10
98	Pennsylvania	(5-4-0)		-0.0583	Ivy
99	San Jose State	(4-7-0)		-0.0735	PCAA
100	Wichita State	(5-6-0)		-0.0963	Missouri Valley
101	Texas Southern	(6-4-1)		-0.1044	SWAC
102	Princeton	(3-6-0)		-0.1056	Ivy
103	Utah State	(4-7-0)		-0.1096	Independent
104	Kansas State	(1-10-0)		-0.1164	Big Eight
105	Northwestern State	(6-5-0)		-0.1172	Independent
106	Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.1401	Big Ten
107	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.1411	Pac 10
108	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.1453	Southern
109	New Mexico State	(4-7-0)		-0.1632	Missouri Valley
110	Long Beach State	(4-6-0)		-0.1717	PCAA
111	Illinois State	(3-7-1)		-0.1764	Independent
112	Villanova	(4-7-0)		-0.1781	Independent
113	Furman	(4-5-2)		-0.1911	Southern
114	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.1997	Independent
115	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.2003	Southeastern
116	Harvard	(4-5-0)		-0.2036	Ivy
117	Western Carolina	(6-4-1)		-0.2151	Southern
118	Utah	(3-8-0)		-0.2433	Western Athletic
119	McNeese State	(5-5-1)		-0.2452	Southland
120	Virginia	(1-9-1)		-0.2621	Atlantic Coast
121	Mississippi Valley State	(5-5-0)		-0.2688	SWAC
122	Air Force	(2-8-1)		-0.2801	Independent
123	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		-0.3327	Southwest
124	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.3429	Atlantic Coast
125	Northwestern	(1-10-0)		-0.3803	Big Ten
126	Tulsa	(3-8-0)		-0.4341	Missouri Valley
127	Columbia	(2-7-0)		-0.4494	Ivy
128	Fullerton State	(4-7-0)		-0.4596	PCAA
129	Rice	(1-10-0)		-0.4711	Southwest
130	Northern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.4820	Mid-American
131	Cornell	(1-8-0)		-0.5068	Ivy
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.5174	Mid-American
133	Indiana State	(3-7-0)		-0.5425	Missouri Valley
134	Southern Illinois	(3-8-0)		-0.5453	Missouri Valley
135	Texas-El Paso	(1-10-0)		-0.5469	Western Athletic
136	Ohio	(1-10-0)		-0.5792	Mid-American
137	Appalachian State	(2-9-0)		-0.5796	Southern
138	Lamar	(2-9-0)		-0.5935	Southland
139	Alcorn State	(3-8-0)		-0.6202	SWAC
140	Southern	(3-7-1)		-0.6222	SWAC
141	Drake	(2-9-0)		-0.7145	Missouri Valley
142	Holy Cross	(2-9-0)		-0.7544	Independent
143	Louisiana-Monroe	(2-9-0)		-0.8331	Independent
144	Marshall	(2-9-0)		-0.8566	Southern
145	Prairie View A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.8611	SWAC

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Pac 10	0.3816
2	Southeastern	0.3815
3	Big Eight	0.3308
4	Atlantic Coast	0.2756
5	Southwest	0.2366
6	Big Ten	0.1852
7	Independent	0.1605
8	Western Athletic	0.0642
9	Mid-American	-0.0051
10	Ivy	-0.0448
11	Southland	-0.0451
12	PCAA	-0.0891
13	Southern	-0.2243
14	SWAC	-0.2739
15	Missouri Valley	-0.3398