1977 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

November 1, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.751	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–0	1.000	1	+28	Beat Texas Tech 26–0
2	2	1.031	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–0–2	0.857	14	+17	Beat Texas Arlington 34–12
3	-1	1.035	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	3	+26	Beat Iowa 23–6
4	2	1.081	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+23	Beat Navy 43–10
5	-2	1.097	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	7–1	0.875	3	+27	Beat Virginia Tech 32–0
6	1	1.135	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	3	+24	Beat Miami 49–7
7	1	1.198	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–1	0.875	3	+22	Beat Wisconsin 42–0
8	1	1.270	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–1–1	0.813	24	+19	Beat Tulane 48–0
9	2	1.314	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1	0.875	3	+22	Beat Mississippi State 37–7
10	7	1.388	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+21	Beat North Texas 35–14
11	1	1.395	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–1	0.875	3	+21	Beat Kansas State 42–7
12	-2	1.465	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	14	+16	Beat Rice 30–7
13	2	1.481	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	6–1	0.857	14	+17	Beat Texas Southern 28–14
14	-1	1.487	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–1	0.875	3	+19	Beat Wake Forest 26–0
15	-1	1.599	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Boston University 43–22
16	5	1.670	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	27	+17	Beat Oklahoma State 31–14
17	-12	1.686	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–2–1	0.688	42	+16	Lost to Missouri 14–24
18	9	1.711	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–1	0.875	3	+16	Beat Bowling Green 35–28
19	1	1.781	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	14	+13	Beat SMU 38–21
20	5	1.786	BYU	IND WAC	6–1	0.857	14	+10	Beat Arizona 34–14
21	1	1.826	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	3	+18	Beat Southern 15–7
22	4	1.919	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–1	0.875	3	+11	Beat Toledo 27–3
23	6	1.951	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–2	0.750	27	+14	Beat Maryland 16–7
24	-8	1.970	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	25	+17	Lost to Florida State 14–35
25	9	1.994	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–1	0.875	3	+10	Beat Citadel 21–14
26	-8	1.994	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	38	+14	Lost to Texas 0–26
27	-8	2.017	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	25	+15	Lost to Louisiana 7–9
28	2	2.037	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	27	+12	Beat Kansas 41–3
29	2	2.116	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	14	+6	Beat Tulsa 41–7
30	5	2.136	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2	0.714	38	+9	Beat Cornell 28–0
31	17	2.228	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–2–1	0.722	37	+13	Beat East Carolina 9–7
32	19	2.234	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–2	0.750	27	+9	Beat USC 17–14
33	9	2.236	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	6–1	0.857	14	+4	Beat Utah 47–19
34	7	2.259	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–3	0.667	43	+12	Beat South Carolina 7–3
35	2	2.264	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–2	0.750	27	+11	Beat Oregon State 26–7
36	3	2.272	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–1	0.857	14	+5	Beat Columbia 14–7
37	22	2.284	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–3–1	0.563	63	+9	Beat Illinois 49–20
38	-2	2.310	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	27	+8	Beat Akron 42–28
39	6	2.318	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–2	0.750	27	+7	Beat App State 38–7
40	-17	2.327	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	27	+9	Lost to Wyoming 13–29
41	14	2.356	UCLA	PAC	5–3	0.625	44	+10	Beat Washington 20–12
42	-10	2.408	USC	PAC	5–3	0.625	44	+8	Lost to California 14–17
43	9	2.421	LSU	SEC	5–2	0.714	38	+5	Beat Ole Miss 28–21
44	0	2.437	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	6–2	0.750	27	+11	Beat Idaho State 28–7
45	-21	2.441	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–3	0.625	44	+10	Lost to Indiana 22–34
46	-3	2.511	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–2–2	0.625	44	+5	Tied Temple 17–17
47	2	2.534	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–3	0.625	44	+9	Beat Richmond 23–7
48	9	2.562	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	27	+4	Beat William & Mary 22–21
49	-21	2.643	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–3	0.625	44	+7	Lost to Northern Illinois 18–21
50	10	2.684	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+9	Beat Air Force 36–14
51	10	2.731	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–4	0.500	67	+6	Beat Georgia Tech 25–24
52	-2	2.760	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–4	0.500	67	+5	Lost to North Carolina 7–16
53	5	2.859	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	67	+4	Lost to Central Michigan 28–35
54	-16	2.869	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+2	Lost to Duke 24–25
55	20	2.894	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–2	0.714	38	0	Beat Harvard 20–15
56	10	2.896	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	60	+5	Beat TCU 42–14
57	-1	2.928	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–3	0.625	44	+4	Lost to Ohio State 0–42
58	12	2.947	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+1	Beat Holy Cross 48–7
59	15	2.988	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+2	Beat Southern Miss 42–14
60	-27	3.026	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	5–3	0.625	44	+8	Lost to Bethune Cookman 3–10
61	17	3.068	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	4–4	0.500	67	+3	Beat Oregon 56–20
62	-15	3.069	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	66	+6	Lost to Memphis 14–42
63	-17	3.126	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	67	0	Lost to Villanova 36–41
64	-11	3.170	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	87	+4	Lost to NC State 3–7
65	8	3.185	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+8	BYE
66	17	3.284	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–4	0.500	67	0	Beat Florida 29–14
67	2	3.321	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	92	+3	BYE
68	-6	3.325	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	67	0	Lost to Notre Dame 10–43
69	-29	3.330	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–2–1	0.583	59	0	Lost to Auburn 14–29
70	9	3.334	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	44	-2	Beat UL Monroe 31–20
71	-8	3.362	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5	0.444	87	+2	Lost to LSU 21–28
72	5	3.430	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–2–2	0.625	44	+4	Tied Presbyterian 13–13
73	-1	3.463	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–5	0.375	98	+1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 12–34
74	-10	3.463	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	92	+1	Lost to Penn State 7–49
75	-10	3.463	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–4	0.500	67	-2	Lost to Nebraska 14–31
76	16	3.529	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–5	0.375	98	-1	Beat Colorado 24–14
77	-23	3.544	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	4–4	0.500	67	+6	Lost to Nicholls State 7–24
78	18	3.557	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–4–1	0.438	90	-1	Beat Minnesota 34–22
79	34	3.560	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–3–1	0.500	67	0	Beat Colorado State 29–13
80	6	3.609	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–5	0.375	98	+3	Beat New Mexico State 35–13
81	-14	3.618	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–4	0.500	67	-4	Lost to UCLA 12–20
82	-11	3.621	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	4–3–1	0.563	63	+4	Lost to Grambling State 14–28
83	11	3.638	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	63	+4	Beat Marshall 56–0
84	-2	3.672	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	60	+3	Beat Davidson 21–0
85	-17	3.734	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	98	+1	Lost to Alabama 7–37
86	-10	3.779	SMU	IND SWC	3–5	0.375	98	0	Lost to Texas A&M 21–38
87	2	3.805	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	67	-5	Beat San José State 24–7
88	7	3.814	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	67	-6	Beat Indiana State 31–20
89	1	3.843	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–4	0.500	67	-5	Beat Northwestern 28–16
90	13	4.002	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	4–3	0.571	60	0	Beat Princeton 21–10
91	0	4.014	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	67	-4	Tied Cincinnati 17–17
92	-7	4.031	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–5	0.375	98	-3	Lost to Michigan 6–23
93	18	4.066	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	67	-9	Beat Long Beach State 35–21
94	-13	4.091	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	67	-6	Lost to New Mexico 13–35
95	4	4.153	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	67	-9	Beat Ohio 28–22
96	-16	4.225	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5	0.286	112	-3	Lost to Pennsylvania 10–21
97	-10	4.266	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–5	0.375	98	-4	Lost to Michigan State 20–49
98	-14	4.360	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	67	-8	Lost to Wichita State 21–35
99	-2	4.448	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–5	0.286	112	-5	BYE
100	6	4.469	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	98	-7	Beat Virginia 6–3
101	-1	4.511	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	92	-9	BYE
102	-14	4.534	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–4	0.429	92	+1	Lost to Brown 15–20
103	4	4.586	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–5–1	0.389	97	-9	Beat Western Illinois 17–7
104	0	4.623	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–5	0.286	112	-6	Lost to BYU 14–34
105	-3	4.677	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	98	-8	Lost to Rutgers 21–22
106	11	4.874	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	67	-3	Beat Wofford 41–6
107	-2	4.878	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–6	0.250	118	-8	Lost to Stanford 7–26
108	-7	4.928	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–4–1	0.438	90	-12	Lost to Tennessee State 7–15
109	-16	4.956	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	4–5	0.444	87	-9	Lost to Prairie View A&M 0–3
110	-12	4.959	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	98	-12	Lost to Pacific 7–24
111	-1	5.055	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	98	-6	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–21
112	-3	5.094	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	118	-12	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–48
113	2	5.112	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–5	0.286	112	-8	Lost to Arizona State 19–47
114	0	5.207	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–5	0.286	112	-8	Lost to Dartmouth 7–14
115	-7	5.256	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	92	-6	Lost to West Texas A&M 20–31
116	18	5.326	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	98	-1	Beat West Virginia 41–36
117	1	5.385	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–5–1	0.214	126	-9	Lost to Kentucky 0–32
118	20	5.429	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–7	0.222	125	-13	Beat Kent State 21–18
119	0	5.563	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–6–1	0.188	127	-11	Lost to Iowa State 3–41
120	-8	5.604	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	118	-13	Lost to Georgia 7–23
121	1	5.717	UTEP	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	130	-9	BYE
122	1	5.948	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	127	-13	Lost to Boston College 14–36
123	6	6.011	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	133	-15	Lost to Oklahoma 7–42
124	0	6.066	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	118	-18	BYE
125	14	6.116	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	3–5	0.375	98	-4	Beat Mississippi Valley State 3–0
126	-10	6.156	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	98	-8	Lost to UNLV 21–24
127	-7	6.201	TCU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	112	-15	Lost to Houston 14–42
128	3	6.333	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	130	-17	BYE
129	-2	6.414	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–7	0.125	133	-20	Lost to Western Michigan 22–28
130	3	6.471	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–7	0.000	143	-14	Lost to Yale 0–28
131	6	6.482	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–7	0.125	133	-16	Lost to San Diego State 7–41
132	-4	6.491	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–6–1	0.188	127	-16	Lost to Syracuse 3–6
133	-12	6.526	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	130	-8	Lost to Boise State 16–23
134	-4	6.553	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	118	-14	Lost to Ball State 7–38
135	1	6.616	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–7	0.125	133	-20	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–27
136	-11	6.626	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–7	0.125	133	-19	Lost to Washington State 20–56
137	-2	6.700	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7	0.125	133	-13	Lost to Arkansas 7–30
138	-6	6.759	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–6	0.250	118	-22	Lost to Louisville 0–56
139	3	6.821	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–7	0.125	133	-22	Lost to Clemson 0–26
140	-14	7.073	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	2–6	0.250	118	-2	Lost to Bishop 16–21
141	-1	7.412	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8	0.000	143	-23	Lost to Purdue 16–28
142	2	7.547	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–7	0.125	133	-24	Beat Lamar 43–21
143	-2	7.685	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–7	0.125	133	-27	Lost to Drake 21–43
144	-1	8.375	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	133	-31	Lost to Arkansas State 20–31
145	0	9.130	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	143	-6	Lost to Army 7–48