1978 Week 10 College Football Team Rankings

October 31, 1978By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1978 Season Tags: • No Comments

1978 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	1.000	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat West Virginia 49–21
2	0	1.027	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–1	0.875	5	+25	Beat Oklahoma State 22–14
3	0	1.035	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–0	1.000	1	+26	Beat Kansas State 56–19
4	0	1.078	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	9	+21	Beat SMU 22–3
5	0	1.142	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–0	1.000	1	+24	Beat Duke 27–0
6	3	1.167	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–1	0.857	9	+20	Beat NC State 33–10
7	-1	1.237	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	7–1	0.875	5	+23	Beat Virginia Tech 35–0
8	3	1.254	USC	PAC	6–1	0.857	9	+19	Beat California 42–17
9	5	1.269	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	9	+18	Beat Arkansas 20–9
10	0	1.291	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+17	Beat Pittsburgh 21–11
11	-3	1.299	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–1	0.857	9	+16	Beat Minnesota 42–10
12	4	1.439	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	28	+17	Beat Miami 20–0
13	-1	1.467	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	9	+16	Beat Kentucky 17–16
14	-1	1.469	UCLA	PAC	7–1	0.875	5	+18	Beat Arizona 24–14
15	2	1.575	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	7–1	0.875	5	+17	Beat Eastern Michigan 21–0
16	11	1.634	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	9	+10	Beat Columbia 69–0
17	-10	1.700	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–1–1	0.813	19	+12	Lost to Mcneese State 24–28
18	5	1.731	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	6–1	0.857	9	+11	Beat Iowa 34–7
19	2	1.774	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	28	+14	Lost to Navy 11–21
20	0	1.912	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	44	+13	Lost to Colorado 27–28
21	4	1.912	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	21	+14	Beat Florida 17–13
22	9	1.932	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	7–2	0.778	20	+17	Beat Drake 44–20
23	5	1.947	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–2–1	0.688	36	+12	Beat Toledo 28–7
24	10	1.953	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	21	+14	Beat Louisiana Tech 16–14
25	24	1.957	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	4–3	0.571	61	+10	Beat Wisconsin 55–2
26	0	1.986	LSU	SEC	5–1	0.833	17	+8	BYE
27	9	1.999	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	21	+10	Beat William & Mary 33–21
28	-10	2.008	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+7	Lost to Brown 25–31
29	-14	2.008	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–2	0.714	28	+10	Lost to Washington 7–41
30	-11	2.056	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	39	+10	Lost to Houston 9–20
31	9	2.065	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	21	+16	Beat Bowling Green 38–7
32	-8	2.134	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–2	0.714	28	+10	Lost to Clemson 10–33
33	0	2.171	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–2	0.714	28	+10	Beat Tennessee 34–21
34	-4	2.246	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–3	0.625	44	+12	Lost to USC 17–42
35	6	2.249	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	44	+12	Beat Texas Arlington 27–7
36	7	2.316	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	6–2	0.750	21	+8	Beat San José State 31–21
37	0	2.344	BYU	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	28	+6	BYE
38	-16	2.377	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–2	0.750	21	+7	Lost to Ohio 7–10
39	28	2.383	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–3	0.625	44	+7	Beat Arizona State 41–7
40	-11	2.394	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	61	+11	Lost to North Texas 14–16
41	4	2.395	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–3	0.625	44	+7	Beat Oregon State 24–6
42	9	2.396	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–2	0.750	21	+6	Beat Missouri 28–27
43	3	2.439	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	42	+5	Beat Northwestern 63–20
44	18	2.453	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+8	Beat Southern Miss 38–16
45	3	2.535	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+4	Beat Akron 56–21
46	6	2.548	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	44	+9	Beat UTEP 21–0
47	23	2.573	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	44	+5	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 28–24
48	16	2.591	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+11	Beat Indiana State 14–0
49	12	2.640	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	28	+1	Beat Rice 38–21
50	-18	2.675	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	66	+6	Lost to North Carolina 22–24
51	2	2.693	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–2	0.714	28	+2	Beat Wake Forest 21–7
52	-14	2.711	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–4	0.429	82	+10	Lost to Maryland 0–27
53	18	2.761	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	39	+9	Beat Holy Cross 31–25
54	6	2.763	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	68	+5	BYE
55	-8	2.792	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+6	Lost to Florida State 16–38
56	3	2.823	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	44	+5	Beat Richmond 21–14
57	-1	2.825	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–3	0.625	44	+4	Beat Kansas 13–7
58	10	2.864	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	61	+2	Beat Colorado State 13–3
59	-15	2.905	SMU	IND SWC	3–3–1	0.500	68	+4	Lost to Texas 3–22
60	-2	2.965	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	82	+3	Lost to Notre Dame 0–20
61	2	2.988	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	39	-1	BYE
62	-20	3.124	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–2–1	0.643	42	+1	Lost to Michigan State 2–55
63	13	3.141	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–4	0.429	82	+4	Beat South Carolina 24–22
64	9	3.159	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–2–2	0.500	68	0	Tied Pennsylvania 17–17
65	-8	3.277	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	66	0	Lost to Louisville 21–33
66	-12	3.280	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	68	+3	Lost to Pacific 17–27
67	-28	3.341	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–2–1	0.583	58	-1	Lost to Dartmouth 7–14
68	-33	3.373	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–3–1	0.500	68	-2	Lost to Oregon 7–31
69	3	3.386	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	44	-4	Beat Marshall 42–12
70	-4	3.494	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–4	0.500	68	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 7–38
71	-21	3.495	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–2–1	0.583	58	0	Lost to Rutgers 0–69
72	-7	3.499	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–2–1	0.583	58	0	Tied Princeton 24–24
73	-4	3.517	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–4	0.333	103	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 13–17
74	-19	3.520	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	44	+2	Lost to East Tennessee State 34–35
75	9	3.573	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	68	-1	Beat Wichita State 31–21
76	-2	3.582	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–4–1	0.357	101	+3	Lost to Georgia 16–17
77	16	3.685	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	3–3	0.500	68	+4	Beat Cornell 14–7
78	14	3.738	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–3	0.571	61	+4	Beat San Diego State 27–25
79	15	3.833	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	44	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 41–12
80	2	3.872	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–4	0.500	68	-5	Beat Delaware 21–14
81	9	3.880	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–4	0.429	82	-1	Beat Illinois 31–10
82	7	3.902	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	-4	Beat Nicholls State 28–18
83	-8	3.945	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–4	0.429	82	-4	Lost to UCLA 14–24
84	11	4.042	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	68	+2	Beat Hawai'i 27–17
85	16	4.061	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	3–4	0.429	82	-5	Beat Southern Illinois 14–13
86	-1	4.074	UNLV	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	61	-1	Beat Montana 25–16
87	-1	4.118	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	68	-6	Beat Youngstown State 22–17
88	-11	4.196	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	68	-8	Lost to Northern Illinois 13–14
89	-2	4.217	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–4	0.429	82	-3	Beat Vanderbilt 35–10
90	-10	4.242	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	91	-5	Lost to Alabama 0–35
91	-12	4.245	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	91	-5	Lost to Tulsa 20–44
92	-14	4.270	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	68	-8	Lost to New Mexico State 21–31
93	-2	4.402	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–4–1	0.250	115	-4	Lost to Mississippi State 21–34
94	5	4.457	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	107	-4	Beat TCU 28–21
95	-7	4.502	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–4	0.429	82	-7	Lost to Michigan 10–42
96	9	4.548	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	91	-9	Beat Memphis 41–24
97	-1	4.649	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	91	-9	BYE
98	19	4.715	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	107	-9	Beat Louisiana 38–13
99	-16	4.753	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	107	-6	Lost to Tulane 24–41
100	-19	4.775	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–5	0.375	91	-11	Lost to Air Force 10–26
101	-4	5.045	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	103	-14	Lost to Arkansas State 7–27
102	17	5.046	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	91	-10	Beat Kent State 26–10
103	-3	5.087	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	115	-7	Lost to Oklahoma 19–56
104	-6	5.132	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–5	0.286	107	-8	Lost to Wyoming 3–13
105	-2	5.153	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–6	0.250	115	-11	Lost to Nebraska 14–22
106	16	5.178	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–5	0.286	107	-9	Beat Western Michigan 10–7
107	1	5.223	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–3–1	0.417	90	-2	Tied Yale 17–17
108	-1	5.410	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	91	-9	Lost to Utah State 21–31
109	-5	5.420	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–3–2	0.333	103	-4	Tied Harvard 24–24
110	-1	5.511	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	103	-11	Lost to Long Beach State 25–27
111	-5	5.545	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–5	0.375	91	-10	Lost to Western Carolina 12–41
112	1	5.555	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–6	0.143	122	-8	Lost to Texas A&M 21–38
113	-1	5.646	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	91	-9	Lost to Ball State 0–21
114	10	5.653	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–7	0.125	127	-15	Beat Washington State 31–7
115	1	5.691	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–5	0.286	107	-12	BYE
116	-6	5.720	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–5–1	0.214	120	-10	Lost to Stanford 6–24
117	-15	5.788	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–5	0.286	107	-14	Lost to Cincinnati 13–38
118	0	5.814	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	115	-16	Lost to UL Monroe 0–14
119	2	5.830	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–7	0.125	127	-13	Lost to Iowa State 7–13
120	-5	5.884	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	122	-10	Lost to Ole Miss 10–35
121	-1	5.891	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–7	0.125	127	-13	Lost to Auburn 7–21
122	-11	5.992	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–5–2	0.250	115	-11	Lost to Indiana 10–31
123	0	6.267	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	122	-12	BYE
124	-10	6.301	TCU	IND SWC	2–5	0.286	107	-12	Lost to Baylor 21–28
125	7	6.432	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–5	0.375	91	-2	Beat Fresno State 37–8
126	0	6.549	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	127	-17	Lost to Penn State 21–49
127	6	6.571	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	101	-13	Beat Colgate 28–3
128	0	6.618	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–6	0.143	122	-16	Lost to Purdue 7–34
129	-4	6.638	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–7	0.125	127	-20	Lost to Furman 12–42
130	1	7.049	UTEP	IND WAC	1–7	0.125	127	-21	Lost to New Mexico 0–21
131	-2	7.093	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	127	-25	Lost to East Carolina 14–21
132	-2	7.158	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–7	0.125	127	-23	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–28
133	1	7.362	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	137	-14	BYE
134	-7	7.662	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	122	-8	Lost to Army 3–28
135	1	8.285	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–5–1	0.214	120	-24	BYE
136	-1	8.299	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–7	0.125	127	-23	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 8–37
137	1	8.683	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–7–1	0.063	136	-22	Lost to Ohio State 20–63
138	-1	9.119	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	137	-18	Lost to Western Illinois 20–26