1977

1978 Rankings
​Final

1979

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Southern California	(12-1-0)		0.9359	Pac 10
2	Alabama	(11-1-0)		0.9352	Southeastern
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8175	Big Eight
4	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7569	Independent
5	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.7529	Independent
6	Clemson	(11-1-0)		0.6856	Atlantic Coast
7	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.6642	Southwest
8	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.6561	Southwest
9	Arkansas	(9-2-1)		0.6491	Southwest
10	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6356	Big Ten
11	Georgia	(9-2-1)		0.6175	Southeastern
12	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6136	Big Eight
13	Florida State	(8-3-0)		0.5737	Independent
14	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.5643	Pac 10
15	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.5633	Pac 10
16	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.5490	Big Eight
17	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5372	Independent
18	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5356	Atlantic Coast
19	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.5282	Atlantic Coast
20	Purdue	(9-2-1)		0.5063	Big Ten
21	Washington	(7-4-0)		0.4857	Pac 10
22	Michigan State	(8-3-0)		0.4849	Big Ten
23	Texas Tech	(7-4-0)		0.4829	Southwest
24	Ball State	(10-1-0)		0.4809	Mid-American
25	Tulsa	(9-2-0)		0.4781	Missouri Valley
26	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.4706	Southeastern
27	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.4675	Pac 10
28	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.4535	Independent
29	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.4323	Southeastern
30	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4301	Independent
31	Navy	(9-3-0)		0.4184	Independent
32	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4061	Southwest
33	East Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4032	Independent
34	Ohio State	(7-4-1)		0.3894	Big Ten
35	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.3835	Western Athletic
36	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.3811	Southeastern
37	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.3776	Big Eight
38	Georgia Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3684	Independent
39	Miami (Florida)	(6-5-0)		0.3634	Independent
40	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3615	Mid-American
41	Rutgers	(9-3-0)		0.3520	Independent
42	South Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.3468	Independent
43	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3462	Mid-American
44	Utah	(8-3-0)		0.3338	Western Athletic
45	California	(6-5-0)		0.3326	Pac 10
46	Temple	(7-3-1)		0.3313	Independent
47	Southern Methodist	(4-6-1)		0.3275	Southwest
48	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.3141	Big Eight
49	Yale	(5-2-2)		0.3097	Ivy
50	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.2981	Southeastern
51	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.2918	Atlantic Coast
52	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.2847	Southeastern
53	Tennessee	(5-5-1)		0.2794	Southeastern
54	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.2785	Southland
55	New Mexico	(7-5-0)		0.2705	Western Athletic
56	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.2590	Pac 10
57	Louisville	(7-4-0)		0.2441	Independent
58	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.2417	Ivy
59	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.2369	Southern
59=	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.2369	Southern
61	Kentucky	(4-6-1)		0.2353	Southeastern
62	Baylor	(3-8-0)		0.2190	Southwest
63	McNeese State	(7-4-0)		0.2160	Southland
64	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2044	Mid-American
65	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2011	Southland
66	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.1979	Independent
67	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.1964	Independent
68	Wisconsin	(5-4-2)		0.1853	Big Ten
69	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.1813	Atlantic Coast
70	New Mexico State	(6-5-0)		0.1801	Missouri Valley
71	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.1764	Ivy
72	Cornell	(5-3-1)		0.1762	Ivy
73	Wyoming	(5-7-0)		0.1690	Western Athletic
74	Oklahoma State	(3-8-0)		0.1560	Big Eight
75	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.1539	Independent
76	Louisiana-Monroe	(6-4-1)		0.1516	Independent
77	Indiana	(4-7-0)		0.1430	Big Ten
78	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.1358	Independent
79	William & Mary	(5-5-1)		0.1342	Independent
80	Kansas State	(4-7-0)		0.1339	Big Eight
81	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.1319	Independent
82	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.1223	Southland
83	Harvard	(4-4-1)		0.1221	Ivy
84	Appalachian State	(7-4-0)		0.1147	Southern
85	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		0.1093	Big Ten
86	Memphis	(4-7-0)		0.1078	Independent
87	Oregon State	(3-7-1)		0.1034	Pac 10
88	San Diego State	(4-7-0)		0.0939	Western Athletic
89	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.0887	Independent
90	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.0865	Pac 10
91	Holy Cross	(7-4-0)		0.0811	Independent
92	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.0791	Missouri Valley
93	San Jose State	(7-5-0)		0.0786	PCAA
94	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		0.0693	Independent
95	Villanova	(5-6-0)		0.0565	Independent
96	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.0561	Southern
97	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		0.0478	Western Athletic
98	Rice	(2-9-0)		0.0364	Southwest
99	Oregon	(2-9-0)		0.0322	Pac 10
100	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		0.0281	Southwest
101	Citadel	(5-6-0)		0.0210	Southern
102	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.0000	Mid-American
103	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.0074	Independent
104	Drake	(4-7-0)		-0.0206	Missouri Valley
105	Northern Illinois	(5-6-0)		-0.0391	Mid-American
106	Princeton	(2-5-2)		-0.0475	Ivy
107	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.0512	Big Eight
108	Army	(4-6-1)		-0.0595	Independent
109	Columbia	(3-5-1)		-0.0612	Ivy
110	Iowa	(2-9-0)		-0.0773	Big Ten
111	Illinois	(1-8-2)		-0.0821	Big Ten
112	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.0833	Missouri Valley
113	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.0856	Atlantic Coast
114	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.0917	Mid-American
115	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.0950	Atlantic Coast
116	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		-0.1039	PCAA
117	West Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.1082	Independent
118	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.1083	Missouri Valley
119	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.1201	PCAA
120	Pennsylvania	(2-6-1)		-0.1279	Ivy
121	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.1297	Mid-American
122	Louisiana-Lafayette	(3-8-0)		-0.1391	Southland
123	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.1771	Southeastern
124	Lamar	(2-8-1)		-0.2130	Southland
125	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.2179	Southern
126	Colgate	(3-8-0)		-0.2211	Independent
127	Air Force	(3-8-0)		-0.2461	Independent
128	Eastern Michigan	(3-7-0)		-0.2736	Mid-American
129	Fullerton State	(5-7-0)		-0.2737	PCAA
130	Indiana State	(3-8-0)		-0.2944	Missouri Valley
131	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.2985	Western Athletic
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.3128	Mid-American
133	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.3359	Southern
134	Northwestern	(0-10-1)		-0.3420	Big Ten
135	Boston College	(0-11-0)		-0.3843	Independent
136	Fresno State	(3-8-0)		-0.4600	PCAA
137	Illinois State	(2-9-0)		-0.4739	Independent

Average Ratings by Conference (1978)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southwest		0.3855
2	Pac 10		0.3830
3	Southeastern		0.3757
4	Big Eight		0.3638
5	Atlantic Coast		0.2917
6	Big Ten		0.1952
7	Independent		0.1920
8	Western Athletic		0.1429
9	Ivy		0.0987
10	Southland		0.0776
11	Mid-American		0.0546
12	Missouri Valley		0.0329
13	Southern		0.0160
14	PCAA		-0.1758