1977 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 15, 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	1	0.826	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	11	+43	Beat Clemson 21–17
2	-1	0.864	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	9–0	1.000	1	+41	Beat TCU 44–14
3	0	0.956	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	3	+43	Beat Temple 44–7
4	0	0.965	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	18	+37	Beat Army 52–26
5	1	1.097	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	7–0–2	0.889	11	+29	Beat Southern Miss 28–10
6	1	1.155	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–1	0.900	3	+35	Beat Purdue 40–7
7	-2	1.168	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+37	Beat Miami 36–0
8	1	1.195	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	9–1	0.900	3	+37	Beat Florida 14–7
9	1	1.254	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	3	+37	Beat Colorado 52–14
10	-2	1.270	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–1	0.900	3	+33	Beat Indiana 35–7
11	1	1.391	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	11	+28	Beat Texas A&M 26–20
12	2	1.463	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	11	+29	Beat Memphis 30–9
13	0	1.569	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	8–1	0.889	11	+22	Beat Norfolk State 48–12
14	2	1.594	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–1	0.900	3	+27	Beat Toledo 44–0
15	4	1.657	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	9–1	0.900	3	+25	Beat Kent State 25–0
16	2	1.661	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–2	0.800	21	+27	Beat Kansas 52–7
17	-2	1.691	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Northeastern 48–39
18	6	1.762	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	11	+20	Beat Long Beach State 33–22
19	-8	1.809	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–3–1	0.650	45	+24	Lost to Oklahoma 14–52
20	7	1.832	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	26	+23	Beat SMU 45–7
21	11	1.835	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	8–1	0.889	11	+16	Beat BYU 24–13
22	-2	1.842	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	21	+24	BYE
23	3	1.871	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	30	+20	Beat Virginia 35–14
24	-7	1.899	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–2–1	0.750	30	+20	Lost to Notre Dame 17–21
25	-2	1.906	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	18	+23	Tied Tennessee Chattanooga 14–14
26	3	1.931	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	26	+18	Beat Harvard 24–7
27	1	1.994	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–1–1	0.850	18	+15	Tied Tennessee State 14–14
28	-7	2.029	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	26	+15	Lost to Arizona State 13–24
29	-7	2.054	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	30	+17	Lost to Arkansas 20–26
30	1	2.124	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–3–1	0.650	45	+16	Beat Northwestern 44–3
31	10	2.164	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–4	0.636	48	+20	Beat Duke 37–32
32	1	2.169	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–2	0.800	21	+14	Beat Western Michigan 29–25
33	1	2.198	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	8–2	0.800	21	+20	Beat CAL State Fullerton 44–19
34	-9	2.223	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	34	+18	Lost to William & Mary 17–21
35	5	2.236	UCLA	PAC	7–3	0.700	35	+17	Beat Oregon State 48–18
36	1	2.277	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	21	+12	Beat Illinois State 41–28
37	2	2.292	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	35	+15	Beat Kansas State 22–15
38	0	2.323	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	26	+10	Beat Columbia 21–14
39	-4	2.342	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	41	+10	BYE
40	-10	2.372	USC	PAC	6–4	0.600	49	+13	Lost to Washington 10–28
41	-5	2.374	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	7–2–1	0.750	30	+12	Tied West Texas A&M 21–21
42	2	2.434	LSU	SEC	6–3	0.667	41	+9	Beat Mississippi State 27–24
43	0	2.437	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–3	0.700	35	+11	Beat Oregon 48–16
44	4	2.441	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–4	0.600	49	+13	Beat Richmond 27–24
45	0	2.491	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–3	0.700	35	+15	Beat San José State 31–26
46	13	2.560	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	49	+9	Beat USC 28–10
47	6	2.595	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	6–4	0.600	49	+14	Beat Illinois 21–0
48	9	2.674	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	35	+7	Beat Tulane 47–8
49	1	2.688	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	7–3	0.700	35	+14	Beat Morgan State 31–14
50	8	2.789	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–4	0.600	49	+7	Beat Idaho 45–17
51	-9	2.791	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–4–1	0.591	57	+11	Lost to Northwestern State 13–20
52	3	2.876	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	63	+11	Lost to Louisiana Tech 10–28
53	11	2.888	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	45	+12	Beat Drake 18–13
54	7	2.895	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	64	+8	BYE
55	13	2.902	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	41	+10	Beat Furman 31–28
56	-9	2.942	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–3–1	0.563	58	+4	Lost to Kentucky 7–14
57	-11	2.954	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	41	+2	Lost to Pennsylvania 3–7
58	-6	2.962	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	49	+3	Lost to Pittsburgh 26–52
59	-8	2.981	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Lost to NC State 32–37
60	15	2.989	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Beat Tennessee 43–14
61	6	3.017	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+4	Beat Wake Forest 24–14
62	-13	3.043	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	59	+8	Lost to Syracuse 3–20
63	2	3.050	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–5	0.500	64	+4	Beat Ohio 39–27
64	13	3.054	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	49	+13	Beat Louisiana 20–13
65	17	3.078	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Beat Georgia Tech 20–16
66	-6	3.143	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–5	0.500	64	+6	Lost to Miami (OH) 0–25
67	5	3.163	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+2	Beat Virginia Tech 20–14
68	-14	3.220	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Lost to Auburn 14–33
69	16	3.227	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+2	Beat Boston College 20–3
70	11	3.249	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–5	0.500	64	-1	Beat Georgia 33–14
71	22	3.303	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	+3	Beat East Carolina 21–17
72	-16	3.323	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	49	-1	Lost to Texas Arlington 14–44
73	5	3.391	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	88	+5	Beat Rice 24–14
74	-5	3.442	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	0	Lost to Florida State 9–30
75	-4	3.458	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	64	+1	Lost to Penn State 7–44
76	-10	3.459	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	64	-2	Lost to Navy 16–20
77	-4	3.469	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–5	0.500	64	-2	Lost to Michigan 7–40
78	-15	3.477	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–6	0.400	90	+2	Lost to LSU 24–27
79	8	3.498	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	5–4–1	0.550	61	+3	Beat Langston 85–13
80	4	3.516	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	90	-1	Beat Oklahoma State 41–14
81	8	3.554	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–6	0.400	90	-2	Beat Arkansas State 44–14
82	-8	3.556	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–5–1	0.450	87	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–35
83	-21	3.627	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–5	0.500	64	+5	Lost to Lamar 7–35
84	14	3.738	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	59	+3	Beat Dartmouth 7–3
85	-15	3.792	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–5	0.500	64	-6	Lost to Iowa 8–24
86	5	3.798	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	64	-6	Beat UL Monroe 31–0
87	1	3.852	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–4–1	0.500	64	-8	Tied Colorado State 21–21
88	12	3.870	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–6	0.400	90	-3	Beat Wisconsin 24–8
89	-10	3.893	SMU	IND SWC	4–6	0.400	90	-2	Lost to Texas Tech 7–45
90	-14	4.043	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	90	-3	Lost to Arizona 13–15
91	-8	4.084	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	88	+4	Lost to Yale 7–24
92	10	4.093	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	64	-13	Beat Indiana State 41–14
93	-13	4.147	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–6	0.400	90	-7	Lost to Missouri 14–41
94	9	4.328	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	107	-7	Beat Cornell 34–0
95	15	4.389	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	107	-6	Beat New Mexico 15–13
96	5	4.413	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	5–5	0.500	64	-9	BYE
97	-3	4.417	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	107	-7	Lost to Alabama 0–36
98	-12	4.455	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–6	0.333	107	-10	Lost to Ole Miss 14–43
99	9	4.485	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–4–1	0.550	61	-2	Beat Marshall 41–26
100	-3	4.519	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	90	-13	Lost to Stanford 26–31
101	-2	4.528	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	90	-16	Lost to Ball State 25–29
102	-10	4.541	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–4–2	0.500	64	-7	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 28–31
103	-8	4.594	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–7	0.300	116	-9	Lost to Minnesota 0–21
104	-14	4.650	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–5–1	0.389	103	-7	Lost to Utah State 31–32
105	0	4.778	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	104	-12	Lost to San Diego State 22–33
106	11	4.800	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–6	0.400	90	-10	Beat App State 28–20
107	-11	4.819	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	90	-15	Lost to Tulsa 24–27
108	6	4.906	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	107	-9	Beat UTEP 29–17
109	10	4.938	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	90	-4	Beat Holy Cross 24–0
110	-6	5.134	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	116	-18	Lost to Rutgers 8–47
111	-4	5.149	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	104	-18	BYE
112	-6	5.152	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	116	-17	Lost to Maryland 24–27
113	-4	5.180	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–8	0.200	126	-16	Lost to UCLA 18–48
114	10	5.357	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	116	-15	Beat New Mexico State 27–24
115	7	5.380	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	107	-8	Beat Wyoming 32–31
116	-5	5.484	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	115	-21	Lost to Eastern Michigan 28–41
117	-5	5.573	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–7–1	0.250	122	-16	Lost to Nebraska 7–52
118	-3	5.654	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	90	-12	Lost to Fresno State 19–44
119	-3	5.734	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	107	-13	Lost to Wichita State 14–41
120	-2	5.748	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	107	-22	BYE
121	-8	5.807	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	133	-18	Lost to West Virginia 14–20
122	7	5.870	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–7–1	0.250	122	-21	Beat Vanderbilt 34–28
123	0	6.032	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	124	-21	Lost to Brown 14–21
124	2	6.105	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–8	0.200	126	-25	Lost to Central Michigan 0–44
125	0	6.178	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–8	0.200	126	-26	BYE
126	2	6.311	TCU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	124	-22	Lost to Texas 14–44
127	-7	6.387	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–6–1	0.350	106	-13	Lost to Florida A&M 6–19
128	-7	6.481	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	135	-23	Lost to Princeton 0–34
129	12	6.504	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	3–7	0.300	116	-5	Beat Prairie View A&M 31–12
130	5	6.532	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–8–1	0.150	134	-25	Lost to North Carolina 14–35
131	12	6.574	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8	0.200	126	-29	Beat Mcneese State 35–7
132	1	6.667	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	138	-29	Lost to Iowa State 15–22
133	-6	6.780	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–8	0.111	135	-29	Lost to Air Force 28–34
134	-3	6.818	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–9	0.100	138	-33	Lost to Bowling Green 27–39
135	1	6.866	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–9	0.100	138	-32	Lost to California 16–48
136	-4	6.954	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	126	-26	Lost to Citadel 20–28
137	-7	7.187	UTEP	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	135	-25	Lost to Utah 17–29
138	-4	7.230	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	3–7	0.300	116	-12	Lost to Alcorn State 12–31
139	0	7.262	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10	0.000	144	-33	Lost to Michigan State 3–44
140	-2	7.389	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–9	0.100	138	-39	Lost to South Carolina 14–24
141	-4	7.428	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–9	0.100	138	-29	Lost to Baylor 14–24
142	-2	7.432	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	126	-41	Lost to Pacific 0–31
143	-1	7.702	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–8	0.200	126	-33	Lost to Western Carolina 26–41
144	0	8.245	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–9	0.100	138	-42	Lost to Louisville 13–18
145	0	9.930	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	144	-15	Lost to Villanova 0–24