1977

1978 Rankings
​Final

1979

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.9895	Southeastern
2	Southern California	(12-1-0)		0.9818	Pac 10
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8683	Big Eight
4	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.8067	Independent
5	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.7810	Independent
6	Clemson	(11-1-0)		0.7304	Atlantic Coast
7	Arkansas	(9-2-1)		0.7199	Southwest
8	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.6829	Southwest
9	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.6653	Southwest
10	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6573	Big Ten
11	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6532	Big Eight
12	Georgia	(9-2-1)		0.6485	Southeastern
13	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.6029	Pac 10
14	Florida State	(8-3-0)		0.5999	Independent
15	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.5848	Pac 10
16	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5702	Independent
17	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5615	Atlantic Coast
18	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.5535	Big Eight
19	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.5524	Atlantic Coast
20	Tulsa	(9-2-0)		0.5154	Missouri Valley
21	Purdue	(9-2-1)		0.5051	Big Ten
22	Michigan State	(8-3-0)		0.4985	Big Ten
23	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4970	Southeastern
24	Washington	(7-4-0)		0.4942	Pac 10
25	Ball State	(10-1-0)		0.4900	Mid-American
26	Texas Tech	(7-4-0)		0.4830	Southwest
27	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.4706	Independent
28	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4237	Independent
29	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.4202	Pac 10
30	East Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4195	Independent
31	Navy	(9-3-0)		0.4166	Independent
32	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.4041	Southeastern
33	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.3953	Southwest
34	Ohio State	(7-4-1)		0.3926	Big Ten
35	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.3806	Southeastern
36	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.3731	Big Eight
37	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3668	Western Athletic
38	Miami (Florida)	(6-5-0)		0.3608	Independent
39	Georgia Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3443	Independent
40	South Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.3346	Independent
41	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3332	Mid-American
42	Southern Methodist	(4-6-1)		0.3276	Southwest
43	Temple	(7-3-1)		0.3271	Independent
44	California	(6-5-0)		0.3159	Pac 10
45	Utah	(8-3-0)		0.3149	Western Athletic
46	Rutgers	(9-3-0)		0.3032	Independent
47	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.2930	Big Eight
48	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.2857	Southeastern
49	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.2831	Mid-American
50	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.2649	Atlantic Coast
51	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.2557	Southland
52	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.2428	Pac 10
53	Tennessee	(5-5-1)		0.2421	Southeastern
54	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.2393	Southeastern
55	New Mexico	(7-5-0)		0.2357	Western Athletic
56	Louisville	(7-4-0)		0.2261	Independent
57	Kentucky	(4-6-1)		0.2053	Southeastern
58	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.1947	Southern
59	McNeese State	(7-4-0)		0.1708	Southland
60	Baylor	(3-8-0)		0.1650	Southwest
61	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.1605	Mid-American
62	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.1407	Southern
63	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.1351	Independent
64	Yale	(5-2-2)		0.1341	Ivy
65	New Mexico State	(6-5-0)		0.1309	Missouri Valley
66	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1306	Independent
67	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.1135	Atlantic Coast
68	Wyoming	(5-7-0)		0.1100	Western Athletic
69	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.1047	Southland
70	Oklahoma State	(3-8-0)		0.0951	Big Eight
71	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.0764	Independent
72	William & Mary	(5-5-1)		0.0700	Independent
73	Wisconsin	(5-4-2)		0.0653	Big Ten
74	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.0640	Ivy
75	Kansas State	(4-7-0)		0.0582	Big Eight
76	Indiana	(4-7-0)		0.0523	Big Ten
77	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.0516	Southland
78	Louisiana-Monroe	(6-4-1)		0.0374	Independent
79	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.0364	Independent
80	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0231	Independent
81	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.0207	Independent
82	San Diego State	(4-7-0)		0.0180	Western Athletic
83	Appalachian State	(7-4-0)		0.0179	Southern
84	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		0.0098	Big Ten
85	Memphis	(4-7-0)		0.0036	Independent
86	San Jose State	(7-5-0)		-0.0146	PCAA
87	Cornell	(5-3-1)		-0.0178	Ivy
88	Oregon State	(3-7-1)		-0.0196	Pac 10
89	Brown	(6-3-0)		-0.0199	Ivy
90	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		-0.0307	Independent
91	Villanova	(5-6-0)		-0.0336	Independent
92	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		-0.0384	Missouri Valley
93	Washington State	(3-7-1)		-0.0491	Pac 10
94	Rice	(2-9-0)		-0.0609	Southwest
95	Oregon	(2-9-0)		-0.0615	Pac 10
96	Harvard	(4-4-1)		-0.0648	Ivy
97	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		-0.0655	Southern
98	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		-0.0676	Southwest
99	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		-0.0742	Western Athletic
100	Holy Cross	(7-4-0)		-0.0751	Independent
101	Citadel	(5-6-0)		-0.0948	Southern
102	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.1146	Mid-American
103	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.1520	Independent
104	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.1598	Missouri Valley
105	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.1905	Big Eight
106	Northern Illinois	(5-6-0)		-0.2004	Mid-American
107	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.2087	Atlantic Coast
108	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.2291	Missouri Valley
109	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.2375	Atlantic Coast
110	Iowa	(2-9-0)		-0.2427	Big Ten
111	Army	(4-6-1)		-0.2533	Independent
112	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.2693	Mid-American
113	West Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.2707	Independent
114	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.2959	Missouri Valley
115	Illinois	(1-8-2)		-0.3087	Big Ten
116	Louisiana-Lafayette	(3-8-0)		-0.3169	Southland
117	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		-0.3177	PCAA
118	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.3206	PCAA
119	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.3335	Mid-American
120	Princeton	(2-5-2)		-0.3615	Ivy
121	Columbia	(3-5-1)		-0.3847	Ivy
122	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.3909	Southeastern
123	Pennsylvania	(2-6-1)		-0.4371	Ivy
124	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.4492	Southern
125	Lamar	(2-8-1)		-0.4519	Southland
126	Air Force	(3-8-0)		-0.4988	Independent
127	Colgate	(3-8-0)		-0.5485	Independent
128	Fullerton State	(5-7-0)		-0.5671	PCAA
129	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.5714	Western Athletic
130	Eastern Michigan	(3-7-0)		-0.5720	Mid-American
131	Indiana State	(3-8-0)		-0.5818	Missouri Valley
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.6025	Mid-American
133	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.6296	Southern
134	Boston College	(0-11-0)		-0.6693	Independent
135	Northwestern	(0-10-1)		-0.6985	Big Ten
136	Fresno State	(3-8-0)		-0.8405	PCAA
137	Illinois State	(2-9-0)		-0.9027	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.3678
2	Pac 10	0.3513
3	Southeastern	0.3501
4	Big Eight	0.3380
5	Atlantic Coast	0.2538
6	Independent	0.1055
7	Big Ten	0.0931
8	Western Athletic	0.0571
9	Southland	-0.0310
10	Mid-American	-0.0826
11	Missouri Valley	-0.0941
12	Southern	-0.1265
13	Ivy	-0.1360
14	PCAA	-0.4121