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1977 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

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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.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.633Colorado (COLORADO)IND B84–01.0001+9Beat Army 31–0
220.781Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND FBSI3–0–10.87517+7Beat Southern Miss 17–6
340.831Michigan (MICHIGAN)B104–01.0001+8Beat Texas A&M 41–3
4101.037Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B103–10.75029+7Beat SMU 35–7
511.173BYUIND WAC3–01.0001+3Beat New Mexico 54–19
6-41.219Arkansas (ARKANSAS)IND SWC4–01.0001+6Beat TCU 42–6
781.221California (CALIFORNIA)PAC4–01.0001+5Beat San José State 52–3
831.243Texas (TEXAS)IND SWC3–01.0001+2Beat Rice 72–15
911.254Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)IND B84–01.0001+5Beat Kansas 24–9
10231.292South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)IND FBSI4–10.80019+8Beat East Carolina 19–16
11121.298USCPAC4–01.0001+4Beat Washington State 41–7
12201.367Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND SLC2–0–10.83318+2Beat Mcneese State 14–7
13-81.379Penn State (PENN STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+6Lost to Kentucky 20–24
1481.399San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)IND FBSI3–01.0001+3Beat Utah State 19–0
15131.437Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND FBSI3–10.75029+5Beat Boston College 45–7
1631.488Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)IND WAC4–01.0001+3Beat Utah 44–3
1771.503Colgate (COLGATE)IND FBSI4–01.0001+4Beat Harvard 38–21
18-21.538Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)IND FBSI5–01.0001+5Beat Central State 17–0
1921.542Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)IND PCAA3–01.0001+2Beat Drake 27–10
20-81.575East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND FBSI4–10.80019+6Lost to South Carolina 16–19
21171.632Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC3–10.75029+5Beat Penn State 24–20
22-41.652Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B104–01.0001+2Beat Northwestern 19–7
23201.669Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC3–10.75029+5Beat Ohio 44–23
24-161.729Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC4–10.80019+6Lost to Ball State 12–28
25241.764Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–10.75029+4Beat Michigan State 16–6
2691.771Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)IND FBSI4–10.80019+5Beat UL Monroe 13–0
27-181.785Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)IND SWC3–10.75029+4Lost to Michigan 3–41
2891.788Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)IND SWAC3–01.0001+1Beat Prairie View A&M 70–7
2921.816NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC4–10.80019+3Beat Maryland 24–20
30171.850North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND FBSI4–10.80019+3Beat Richmond 47–14
31-141.859Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–10.75029+5Beat Kansas State 24–21
32121.883Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–10.75029+4Beat Georgia 18–10
33-71.897Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–10.80019+3Beat Toledo 17–7
3471.916Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)IND SWAC4–10.80019+4Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 31–0
35111.936Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)IND FBSI3–10.75029+4Beat Oklahoma State 25–17
36-71.939Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)IND SWC3–10.75029+3Beat North Carolina 10–7
37-71.942Nebraska (NEBRASKA)IND B83–10.75029+3Beat Indiana 31–13
3821.949Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)IND IVY3–01.00010Beat Boston University 38–0
39-261.958Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND SLC4–10.80019+4Lost to Hawai'i 6–20
40121.983Stanford (STANFORD)PAC3–10.75029+3Beat Oregon 20–10
41142.052Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B103–10.75029+3Beat Washington 19–17
42-392.106Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–10.66752+3Lost to LSU 14–36
43252.168Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC3–10.75029+2Beat Yale 28–14
4462.173Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–10.75029+3Beat Ole Miss 21–15
4592.195Houston (HOUSTON)IND SWC3–10.75029+2Beat Baylor 28–24
46242.226Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)IND SWAC4–10.80019+1Beat Southern 35–13
4712.292West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND FBSI3–10.75029+1Beat Virginia 13–0
48132.373Iowa State (IOWA STATE)IND B83–10.75029+2Beat Dayton 17–13
4942.395Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC3–10.75029+1Beat Virginia Tech 31–13
50-232.416Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–20.50067+3Lost to Alabama 10–18
51322.454LSUSEC2–10.667520Beat Florida 36–14
52-102.493Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)IND FBSI3–20.60062+4Lost to Cincinnati 6–17
53182.591Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND SLC3–10.75029+1Beat Texas A&M Commerce 18–17
54-292.615Yale (YALE)IND IVY2–10.66752+1Lost to Miami (OH) 14–28
55202.664Duke (DUKE)ACC2–20.50067+1Beat Navy 28–16
56402.727Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1Beat Air Force 30–3
57-122.739Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–20.50067+1Lost to Notre Dame 6–16
58-242.752Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC2–20.50067+2Lost to USC 7–41
59192.756Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–20.50067+1Beat Oregon State 41–10
60162.762Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)IND SOCON3–10.750290Beat Middle Tennessee 38–7
61432.781Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND FBSI2–1–10.62558+1Beat Memphis 14–13
62332.801UCLAPAC2–20.50067+1Beat Iowa 34–16
63342.816Miami (MIAMI)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1Beat Pacific 24–3
64-282.873Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1Lost to Duke 16–28
65-62.949Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)IND B82–20.50067+1Lost to Florida State 17–25
66-62.950Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)IND SLC2–20.500670Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–14
67-12.962Furman (FURMAN)IND SOCON2–1–10.625580Tied Western Carolina 24–24
6892.972Citadel (CITADEL)IND SOCON3–10.75029-1Beat Presbyterian 13–7
69303.027Wyoming (WYOMING)IND WAC2–1–10.625580Beat Arizona 13–12
70-313.119Southern (SOUTHERN)IND SWAC2–1–10.62558-1Lost to Mississippi Valley State 13–35
71393.137Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND FBSI2–20.50067+1Beat Louisiana 20–6
72-163.140North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–20.50067-1Lost to Texas Tech 7–10
73-223.201Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC2–30.40092+2Lost to Auburn 15–21
74-163.203New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND MVC3–20.60062+1Lost to UTEP 21–23
75-23.221Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)IND SLC2–20.50067-1Beat West Texas A&M 17–13
76383.226Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC2–20.500670Beat Central Michigan 28–12
77233.239William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)IND FBSI3–20.600620Beat Villanova 28–8
78-143.268Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–30.2501010Lost to NC State 20–24
79123.328Purdue (PURDUE)B102–20.50067-1Beat Wake Forest 26–17
80-113.352SMUIND SWC2–20.50067-1Lost to Ohio State 7–35
81-73.361Indiana (INDIANA)B101–30.2501010Lost to Nebraska 13–31
82-33.379Baylor (BAYLOR)IND SWC1–30.2501010Lost to Houston 24–28
83243.393Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC2–20.50067-1Beat Western Michigan 34–14
8453.406Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND FBSI3–20.60062-1Beat Cornell 30–14
85-13.450Brown (BROWN)IND IVY2–10.66752-1Beat Princeton 10–7
86-663.517Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)IND WAC2–10.66752-2Lost to Missouri 0–15
87-303.544Arizona (ARIZONA)IND WAC1–30.2501010Lost to Wyoming 12–13
88-233.552Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND FBSI3–20.60062-2Lost to Louisville 13–14
8933.588New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)IND WAC1–30.250101+1Lost to BYU 19–54
90233.593Columbia (COLUMBIA)IND IVY2–10.66752-1Beat Pennsylvania 30–18
91123.747Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)IND FBSI2–2–10.50067-2Beat Northern Illinois 16–7
92-203.766Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)IND SOCON1–20.333970BYE
93253.789Missouri (MISSOURI)IND B81–30.250101-1Beat Arizona State 15–0
94153.860Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND FBSI2–20.50067-2Beat Illinois 30–20
9563.894Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)IND B81–30.2501010Lost to Mississippi State 21–24
96-293.924Iowa (IOWA)B102–20.50067-2Lost to UCLA 16–34
97-173.945Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–20.50067-2Lost to Colorado 0–31
98-134.044Kansas (KANSAS)IND B81–30.250101-1Lost to Oklahoma 9–24
99-134.228Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI1–30.250101-1Lost to San Diego State 0–19
100-134.242Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND FBSI1–30.250101-1Lost to Pittsburgh 7–45
101-394.253Air Force (AIR FORCE)IND FBSI1–2–10.37595-1Lost to Georgia Tech 3–30
102-394.282Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–30.250101-1Lost to Tennessee 10–41
103-154.381Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–30.250101-2Lost to Kent State 23–44
104154.426Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)IND MVC2–30.40092-3Beat Lamar 9–5
105-34.488Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–30.250101-2Lost to Syracuse 20–30
106-14.503Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–30.250101-3Lost to Minnesota 17–19
107244.539Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI2–20.50067-4Beat Delaware 6–3
108274.594App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)IND SOCON1–30.250101-3Beat Marshall 28–20
109154.673Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND PCAA2–20.50067-1Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 52–3
11054.679Harvard (HARVARD)IND IVY1–20.33397+2Lost to Colgate 21–38
111-134.738Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–30.250101-3Lost to Stanford 10–20
112-304.806Lamar (LAMAR)IND SLC1–30.250101-4Lost to Southern Illinois 5–9
113274.854UTEPIND WAC1–30.250101-1Beat New Mexico State 23–21
114-334.859Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC1–30.250101-3Lost to Tulane 7–36
11564.901CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)IND PCAA1–30.250101-3Beat Northridge State 45–14
116-224.939Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC1–30.250101-4Lost to Purdue 17–26
11784.961Tulane (TULANE)IND FBSI1–30.250101-4Beat Vanderbilt 36–7
11824.984Utah (UTAH)IND WAC0–30.000132-1Lost to Colorado State 3–44
119-75.000Richmond (RICHMOND)IND FBSI1–30.250101-3Lost to North Texas 14–47
120-275.076Marshall (MARSHALL)IND SOCON2–20.50067-6Lost to App State 20–28
12185.141Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)IND MVC2–30.40092-5Beat Tulsa 38–26
122-65.462Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–30.250101-5Lost to Bowling Green 14–34
123-155.746Pacific (PACIFIC)IND PCAA1–30.250101-4Lost to Miami 3–24
124-75.827Rice (RICE)IND SWC1–30.250101-2Lost to Texas 15–72
125-35.871Princeton (PRINCETON)IND IVY0–30.000132-3Lost to Brown 7–10
12645.952San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND PCAA1–30.250101-5Lost to California 3–52
127-375.968Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)IND SWAC1–2–10.375950Lost to Texas A&M Kingsville 13–28
12886.126Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–40.000132-4Lost to West Virginia 0–13
129-186.179Tulsa (TULSA)IND MVC1–40.200130-6Lost to Wichita State 26–38
130-246.310Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND FBSI0–30.000132-4Lost to Clemson 13–31
131-36.523Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)IND IVY1–20.33397-1Lost to Columbia 18–30
13276.570Drake (DRAKE)IND MVC0–40.000132-5Lost to Long Beach State 10–27
13306.784Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–40.000132-6Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–17
13406.973TCUIND SWC0–40.000132-5Lost to Arkansas 6–42
135-127.014Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)IND FBSI1–30.250101-3Lost to Akron 3–20
136-107.055Cornell (CORNELL)IND IVY0–30.000132-4Lost to Rutgers 14–30
13707.087Villanova (VILLANOVA)IND FBSI1–30.2501010Lost to William & Mary 8–28
13807.101Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–50.000132-7Lost to Illinois State 7–16
139-127.153Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–40.000132-5Lost to Wisconsin 7–19
14027.287Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)IND SOCON1–3–10.3001000Tied Furman 24–24
14107.523West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)IND MVC0–40.000132-8Lost to Texas Arlington 13–17
142-107.756Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)IND SWAC1–40.200130-1Lost to South Carolina State 7–31
14318.107UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI0–40.000132-8Lost to Northwestern State 0–13
144-18.107Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)IND SWAC0–40.000132-2Lost to Grambling State 7–70
14509.992Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)IND FBSI0–30.0001320BYE

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