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1978

1977

1978 Rankings
​Final

1979
Rk Team W L T Rating
1 Southern California 12 1 0 0.9196
2 Alabama 11 1 0 0.9106
3 Oklahoma 11 1 0 0.8633
4 Penn State 11 1 0 0.8427
5 Notre Dame 9 3 0 0.8039
6 Texas 9 3 0 0.7970
7 Clemson 11 1 0 0.7943
8 Arkansas 9 2 1 0.7757
9 Houston 9 3 0 0.7683
10 Nebraska 9 3 0 0.7550
11 Georgia 9 2 1 0.7350
12 Michigan 10 2 0 0.7297
13 Florida State 8 3 0 0.7217
14 Maryland 9 3 0 0.7006
15 North Texas 9 2 0 0.6999
16 North Carolina State 9 3 0 0.6970
17 Missouri 8 4 0 0.6851
18 UCLA 8 3 1 0.6804
19 Stanford 8 4 0 0.6748
20 Tulsa 9 2 0 0.6634
21 Texas Tech 7 4 0 0.6616
22 Louisiana State 8 4 0 0.6520
23 Purdue 9 2 1 0.6514
24 Ball State 10 1 0 0.6383
25 Washington 7 4 0 0.6351
26 Arizona State 9 3 0 0.6320
27 Michigan State 8 3 0 0.6294
28 Texas A&M 8 4 0 0.6240
29 Southern Mississippi 7 4 0 0.6183
30 Pittsburgh 8 4 0 0.6106
31 East Carolina 9 3 0 0.6006
32 Mississippi State 6 5 0 0.5983
33 Iowa State 8 4 0 0.5945
34 Navy 9 3 0 0.5883
35 Brigham Young 9 4 0 0.5877
36 Georgia Tech 7 5 0 0.5775
37 Auburn 6 4 1 0.5710
38 Ohio State 7 4 1 0.5542
39 Miami (Florida) 6 5 0 0.5524
40 Central Michigan 9 2 0 0.5462
41 South Carolina 6 5 1 0.5456
42 California 6 5 0 0.5388
43 Utah 8 3 0 0.5380
44 Miami (Ohio) 8 2 1 0.5334
45 Southern Methodist 4 6 1 0.5293
46 Arkansas State 7 4 0 0.5194
47 Colorado 6 5 0 0.5186
48 Florida 4 7 0 0.5126
49 Tennessee 5 5 1 0.5067
50 Rutgers 9 3 0 0.5027
51 New Mexico 7 5 0 0.5015
52 North Carolina 5 6 0 0.4978
53 Mississippi 5 6 0 0.4935
54 Temple 7 3 1 0.4902
55 Arizona 5 6 0 0.4891
56 Louisville 7 4 0 0.4808
57 Louisiana Tech 6 5 0 0.4781
58 Kentucky 4 6 1 0.4694
59 Hawaii 6 5 0 0.4661
60 McNeese State 7 4 0 0.4533
61 Baylor 3 8 0 0.4530
62 Cincinnati 5 6 0 0.4491
63 New Mexico State 6 5 0 0.4400
64 Utah State 7 4 0 0.4348
65 Duke 4 7 0 0.4329
66 Furman 8 3 0 0.4311
67 Western Michigan 7 4 0 0.4269
68 Tennessee-Chattanooga 7 3 1 0.4219
69 Oklahoma State 3 8 0 0.4179
70 Wyoming 5 7 0 0.4088
71 Kansas State 4 7 0 0.4073
72 Texas-Arlington 5 6 0 0.4051
73 Louisiana-Monroe 6 4 1 0.4036
74 Tulane 4 7 0 0.3991
75 Nevada-Las Vegas 7 4 0 0.3976
76 Memphis 4 7 0 0.3930
77 Dartmouth 6 3 0 0.3842
78 Yale 5 2 2 0.3809
79 Brown 6 3 0 0.3692
80 Wisconsin 5 4 2 0.3638
81 Southern Illinois 7 4 0 0.3635
82 Indiana 4 7 0 0.3634
83 Virginia Tech 4 7 0 0.3606
84 Appalachian State 7 5 0 0.3572
85 Oregon State 3 7 1 0.3546
86 Rice 2 9 0 0.3500
87 Syracuse 3 8 0 0.3484
88 Minnesota 5 6 0 0.3454
89 San Diego State 4 7 0 0.3427
90 Colorado State 5 6 0 0.3420
91 William & Mary 5 5 1 0.3399
92 San Jose State 7 5 0 0.3376
93 Holy Cross 7 4 0 0.3258
94 Texas Christian 2 9 0 0.3209
95 Western Carolina 6 5 0 0.3154
96 Oregon 2 9 0 0.3136
97 Washington State 3 7 1 0.3103
98 Drake 4 7 0 0.3042
99 Villanova 5 6 0 0.3013
100 Cornell 5 3 1 0.2947
101 Richmond 3 8 0 0.2797
102 Bowling Green State 4 7 0 0.2764
103 Northern Illinois 5 6 0 0.2757
104 Citadel 5 6 0 0.2742
105 Kansas 1 10 0 0.2682
106 Harvard 4 4 1 0.2627
107 Wichita State 4 7 0 0.2601
108 West Texas A&M 3 8 0 0.2555
109 Northwestern State 5 6 0 0.2515
110 Wake Forest 1 10 0 0.2464
111 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 8 0 0.2441
112 Long Beach State 5 6 0 0.2368
113 Iowa 2 9 0 0.2315
114 Virginia 2 9 0 0.2266
115 West Virginia 2 9 0 0.2258
116 Pacific 4 8 0 0.2213
117 Kent 4 7 0 0.2149
118 Ohio 3 8 0 0.2110
119 Army 4 6 1 0.2070
120 Vanderbilt 2 9 0 0.2005
121 Air Force 3 8 0 0.1620
122 Virginia Military Institute 3 8 0 0.1484
123 Illinois 1 8 2 0.1328
124 Indiana State 3 8 0 0.1291
125 Columbia 3 5 1 0.1219
126 Fullerton State 5 7 0 0.1055
127 Texas-El Paso 1 11 0 0.1043
128 Toledo 2 9 0 0.1009
129 Lamar 2 8 1 0.0995
130 Eastern Michigan 3 7 0 0.0933
131 Colgate 3 8 0 0.0708
132 Princeton 2 5 2 0.0672
133 Pennsylvania 2 6 1 0.0629
134 Marshall 1 10 0 0.0499
135 Boston College 0 11 0 0.0260
136 Fresno State 3 8 0 0.0251
137 Northwestern 0 10 1 -0.0089
138 Illinois State 2 9 0 -0.0396
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