1978 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 12, 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	23	0.530	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 41–0
2	10	0.578	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 42–7
3	95	0.578	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 45–10
4	7	0.609	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 31–0
5	92	0.609	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 45–14
6	30	0.633	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 28–0
7	-5	0.633	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat North Texas 17–5
8	98	0.641	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 37–10
9	112	0.641	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UNLV 34–7
10	-7	0.657	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
11	5	0.665	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 38–14
12	51	0.665	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 31–7
13	64	0.665	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 29–13
14	20	0.712	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 28–10
15	14	0.720	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 24–7
16	46	0.720	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 17–0
17	102	0.744	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 14–0
18	-11	0.752	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Southern Illinois 38–14
19	37	0.776	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana 10–0
20	103	0.776	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois State 27–17
21	103	0.776	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 20–10
22	-17	0.779	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 26–10
23	-14	0.783	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UTEP 34–25
24	-18	0.783	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 21–6
25	87	0.791	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Texas Tech 17–9
26	45	0.799	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Memphis 14–7
27	88	0.799	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Bowling Green 35–28
28	97	0.799	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 10–3
29	13	0.807	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat New Mexico 22–16
30	54	0.807	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 35–29
31	33	0.815	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 21–16
32	43	0.815	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana State 14–9
33	-12	0.823	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 10–6
34	16	0.823	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 23–19
35	45	0.823	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lamar 21–17
36	36	0.831	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Notre Dame 3–0
37	73	0.831	UCLA	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Washington 10–7
38	84	0.839	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 14–12
39	-31	0.843	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 35–33
40	42	0.847	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 23–22
41	-40	1.352	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to Mississippi State 5–17
42	-29	1.367	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
43	-29	1.367	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
44	-29	1.367	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
45	-28	1.367	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
46	-28	1.367	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
47	-27	1.367	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
48	-23	1.367	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
49	-22	1.367	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
50	-22	1.367	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
51	-21	1.367	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
52	-21	1.367	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
53	-21	1.367	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
54	-21	1.367	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
55	-20	1.367	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
56	-17	1.367	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
57	-16	1.367	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
58	-14	1.367	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
59	-14	1.367	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	50	0	Tied Northwestern 0–0
60	-13	1.367	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
61	-12	1.367	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
62	-8	1.367	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
63	-4	1.367	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
64	-3	1.367	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
65	1	1.367	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
66	2	1.367	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
67	2	1.367	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
68	2	1.367	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
69	4	1.367	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
70	6	1.367	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
71	7	1.367	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
72	7	1.367	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0–1	0.500	50	0	Tied Illinois 0–0
73	10	1.367	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
74	15	1.367	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
75	15	1.367	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
76	15	1.367	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
77	15	1.367	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
78	17	1.367	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
79	24	1.367	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
80	25	1.367	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
81	33	1.367	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
82	44	1.367	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
83	44	1.367	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
84	44	1.367	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	98	0	BYE
85	33	1.522	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Tulsa 33–35
86	45	1.540	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to West Virginia 12–14
87	-6	1.557	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Missouri 0–3
88	44	1.557	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	BYE
89	31	1.557	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to UCLA 7–10
90	-35	1.591	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Northwestern State 17–21
91	-4	1.591	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to BYU 6–10
92	1	1.591	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Iowa State 19–23
93	-56	1.626	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Mcneese State 16–21
94	-46	1.626	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to New Mexico State 9–14
95	-21	1.660	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Hawai'i 16–22
96	4	1.660	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Oklahoma 29–35
97	-78	1.695	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Villanova 28–35
98	-33	1.695	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Ole Miss 7–14
99	18	1.695	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to William & Mary 3–10
100	29	1.730	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to Southern Miss 6–21
101	6	1.730	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to USC 9–17
102	32	1.748	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	50	0	Beat California 36–26
103	-99	1.756	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	50	0	Lost to NC State 13–29
104	9	1.757	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho State 56–0
105	-59	1.799	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Western Michigan 17–27
106	-49	1.799	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Long Beach State 0–10
107	-22	1.799	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Wichita State 10–20
108	-48	1.828	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota State 54–7
109	26	1.872	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	50	0	Beat Texas Arlington 18–10
110	6	1.937	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Wake Forest 0–14
111	-7	1.986	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 42–15
112	-18	2.006	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Penn State 10–26
113	-103	2.034	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Wofford 35–14
114	-28	2.040	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Colorado 7–24
115	-7	2.040	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Marshall 0–17
116	-20	2.065	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 31–14
117	-77	2.075	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Duke 10–28
118	-92	2.113	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Presbyterian 28–17
119	18	2.121	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
120	-77	2.160	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat NEW Hampshire 19–14
121	-63	2.176	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nicholls State 3–0
122	-55	2.282	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Ball State 14–38
123	-24	2.282	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Drake 14–38
124	-15	2.282	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Maryland 7–31
125	-74	2.386	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Texas A&M 10–37
126	-15	2.386	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Washington State 7–34
127	-26	2.420	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Florida State 0–28
128	-76	2.524	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Arizona 0–31
129	-27	2.524	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to SMU 14–45
130	-92	2.662	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to South Carolina 10–45
131	-43	2.662	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Arizona State 7–42
132	-79	2.869	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Central Michigan 0–41
133	-3	3.318	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to West Texas A&M 10–18
134	2	4.147	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Air Force 25–34
135	-112	5.183	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–1	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Nebraska 26–36
136	2	6.702	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	56	0	Lost to Ohio 22–23
137	-4	8.083	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	56	-1	Lost to Tennessee Tech 20–22
138	-116	12.020	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	56	0	Lost to Boise State 12–42