1977

1978 Rankings
​Final

1979

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(11-1-0)		1.0034	Southeastern
2	Southern California	(12-1-0)		0.9928	Pac 10
3	Oklahoma	(11-1-0)		0.8768	Big Eight
4	Penn State	(11-1-0)		0.7963	Independent
5	Notre Dame	(9-3-0)		0.7885	Independent
6	Arkansas	(9-2-1)		0.7292	Southwest
7	Clemson	(11-1-0)		0.7239	Atlantic Coast
8	Houston	(9-3-0)		0.7217	Southwest
9	Texas	(9-3-0)		0.7107	Southwest
10	Georgia	(9-2-1)		0.6712	Southeastern
11	Nebraska	(9-3-0)		0.6617	Big Eight
12	Michigan	(10-2-0)		0.6438	Big Ten
13	Florida State	(8-3-0)		0.6220	Independent
14	UCLA	(8-3-1)		0.6120	Pac 10
15	Stanford	(8-4-0)		0.6039	Pac 10
16	Missouri	(8-4-0)		0.5975	Big Eight
17	North Texas	(9-2-0)		0.5928	Independent
18	Maryland	(9-3-0)		0.5723	Atlantic Coast
19	North Carolina State	(9-3-0)		0.5580	Atlantic Coast
20	Tulsa	(9-2-0)		0.5290	Missouri Valley
21	Texas Tech	(7-4-0)		0.5248	Southwest
22	Louisiana State	(8-4-0)		0.5158	Southeastern
23	Washington	(7-4-0)		0.5144	Pac 10
24	Ball State	(10-1-0)		0.4974	Mid-American
25	Purdue	(9-2-1)		0.4925	Big Ten
26	Arizona State	(9-3-0)		0.4923	Pac 10
27	Michigan State	(8-3-0)		0.4880	Big Ten
28	Pittsburgh	(8-4-0)		0.4813	Independent
29	Mississippi State	(6-5-0)		0.4797	Southeastern
30	Southern Mississippi	(7-4-0)		0.4710	Independent
31	Texas A&M	(8-4-0)		0.4469	Southwest
32	Navy	(9-3-0)		0.4465	Independent
33	East Carolina	(9-3-0)		0.4389	Independent
34	Brigham Young	(9-4-0)		0.4388	Western Athletic
35	Auburn	(6-4-1)		0.4313	Southeastern
36	Iowa State	(8-4-0)		0.4129	Big Eight
37	Miami (Florida)	(6-5-0)		0.4032	Independent
38	Georgia Tech	(7-5-0)		0.3977	Independent
39	Ohio State	(7-4-1)		0.3863	Big Ten
40	Utah	(8-3-0)		0.3755	Western Athletic
41	Central Michigan	(9-2-0)		0.3691	Mid-American
42	South Carolina	(5-5-1)		0.3649	Independent
43	California	(6-5-0)		0.3580	Pac 10
44	Southern Methodist	(4-6-1)		0.3526	Southwest
45	Colorado	(6-5-0)		0.3440	Big Eight
46	Rutgers	(9-3-0)		0.3382	Independent
47	Temple	(7-3-1)		0.3326	Independent
48	Florida	(4-7-0)		0.3294	Southeastern
49	New Mexico	(7-5-0)		0.3241	Western Athletic
50	Mississippi	(5-6-0)		0.3237	Southeastern
51	Arkansas State	(7-4-0)		0.3099	Southland
52	Miami (Ohio)	(8-2-1)		0.3084	Mid-American
53	North Carolina	(5-6-0)		0.3045	Atlantic Coast
54	Tennessee	(5-5-1)		0.2884	Southeastern
55	Arizona	(5-6-0)		0.2800	Pac 10
56	Louisville	(7-4-0)		0.2749	Independent
57	Kentucky	(4-6-1)		0.2614	Southeastern
58	Furman	(8-3-0)		0.2531	Southern
59	Baylor	(3-8-0)		0.2391	Southwest
60	Hawaii	(6-5-0)		0.2373	Independent
61	McNeese State	(7-4-0)		0.2351	Southland
62	New Mexico State	(6-5-0)		0.2181	Missouri Valley
63	Cincinnati	(5-6-0)		0.2148	Independent
64	Louisiana Tech	(6-5-0)		0.2141	Southland
65	Western Michigan	(7-4-0)		0.2089	Mid-American
66	Wyoming	(5-7-0)		0.2049	Western Athletic
67	Tennessee-Chattanooga	(7-3-1)		0.2014	Southern
68	Utah State	(7-4-0)		0.1914	Independent
69	Duke	(4-7-0)		0.1895	Atlantic Coast
70	Oklahoma State	(3-8-0)		0.1796	Big Eight
71	Dartmouth	(6-3-0)		0.1702	Ivy
72	Nevada-Las Vegas	(7-4-0)		0.1595	Independent
73	Tulane	(4-7-0)		0.1592	Independent
74	Kansas State	(4-7-0)		0.1542	Big Eight
75	Texas-Arlington	(5-6-0)		0.1437	Southland
76	Yale	(5-2-2)		0.1378	Ivy
77	Memphis	(4-7-0)		0.1376	Independent
78	William & Mary	(5-5-1)		0.1359	Independent
79	Wisconsin	(5-4-2)		0.1254	Big Ten
80	San Diego State	(4-7-0)		0.1241	Western Athletic
81	Indiana	(4-7-0)		0.1223	Big Ten
82	Louisiana-Monroe	(6-4-1)		0.1215	Independent
83	Appalachian State	(7-4-0)		0.1187	Southern
84	Virginia Tech	(4-7-0)		0.1053	Independent
85	Southern Illinois	(7-4-0)		0.1032	Missouri Valley
86	San Jose State	(7-5-0)		0.1009	PCAA
87	Oregon State	(3-7-1)		0.0990	Pac 10
88	Brown	(6-3-0)		0.0875	Ivy
89	Colorado State	(5-6-0)		0.0874	Western Athletic
90	Minnesota	(5-6-0)		0.0873	Big Ten
91	Holy Cross	(7-4-0)		0.0646	Independent
92	Syracuse	(3-8-0)		0.0622	Independent
93	Washington State	(3-7-1)		0.0612	Pac 10
94	Western Carolina	(6-5-0)		0.0576	Southern
95	Villanova	(5-6-0)		0.0512	Independent
96	Rice	(2-9-0)		0.0510	Southwest
97	Cornell	(5-3-1)		0.0427	Ivy
98	Texas Christian	(2-9-0)		0.0410	Southwest
99	Oregon	(2-9-0)		0.0360	Pac 10
100	Citadel	(5-6-0)		0.0249	Southern
101	Drake	(4-7-0)		0.0010	Missouri Valley
102	Harvard	(4-4-1)		-0.0066	Ivy
103	Bowling Green State	(4-7-0)		-0.0109	Mid-American
103=	Richmond	(3-8-0)		-0.0109	Independent
105	Kansas	(1-10-0)		-0.0385	Big Eight
106	Northern Illinois	(5-6-0)		-0.0415	Mid-American
107	West Texas A&M	(3-8-0)		-0.0617	Missouri Valley
108	Long Beach State	(5-6-0)		-0.0835	PCAA
109	Wichita State	(4-7-0)		-0.0864	Missouri Valley
110	Wake Forest	(1-10-0)		-0.0873	Atlantic Coast
111	Army	(4-6-1)		-0.0897	Independent
112	Pacific	(4-8-0)		-0.0947	PCAA
113	Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.0999	Atlantic Coast
114	West Virginia	(2-9-0)		-0.1033	Independent
115	Iowa	(2-9-0)		-0.1087	Big Ten
116	Kent State	(4-7-0)		-0.1092	Mid-American
117	Louisiana-Lafayette	(3-8-0)		-0.1253	Southland
118	Ohio	(3-8-0)		-0.1527	Mid-American
119	Vanderbilt	(2-9-0)		-0.1579	Southeastern
120	Illinois	(1-8-2)		-0.1933	Big Ten
121	Columbia	(3-5-1)		-0.2051	Ivy
122	Virginia Military Institute	(3-8-0)		-0.2225	Southern
123	Lamar	(2-8-1)		-0.2244	Southland
124	Princeton	(2-5-2)		-0.2321	Ivy
125	Air Force	(3-8-0)		-0.2465	Independent
126	Pennsylvania	(2-6-1)		-0.2634	Ivy
127	Fullerton State	(5-7-0)		-0.2672	PCAA
128	Texas-El Paso	(1-11-0)		-0.2754	Western Athletic
129	Colgate	(3-8-0)		-0.2760	Independent
130	Indiana State	(3-8-0)		-0.2955	Missouri Valley
131	Eastern Michigan	(3-7-0)		-0.2985	Mid-American
132	Toledo	(2-9-0)		-0.3518	Mid-American
133	Marshall	(1-10-0)		-0.3668	Southern
134	Boston College	(0-11-0)		-0.4065	Independent
135	Northwestern	(0-10-1)		-0.4483	Big Ten
136	Fresno State	(3-8-0)		-0.4566	PCAA
137	Illinois State	(2-9-0)		-0.5014	Independent

Rk	Conference	Rating
1	Southwest	0.4241
2	Southeastern	0.4146
3	Pac 10	0.4050
4	Big Eight	0.3985
5	Atlantic Coast	0.3087
6	Independent	0.2047
7	Western Athletic	0.1828
8	Big Ten	0.1595
9	Southland	0.0922
10	Missouri Valley	0.0582
11	Mid-American	0.0419
12	Southern	0.0095
13	Ivy	-0.0336
14	PCAA	-0.1602