1978 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 19, 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	48	0.483	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 58–3
2	1	0.641	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	53	+1	Tied Kentucky 14–14
3	27	0.728	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat West Virginia 52–10
4	6	0.748	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Missouri 38–20
5	43	0.760	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Southern Miss 26–14
6	20	0.863	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
7	0	0.926	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
8	-6	0.965	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat BYU 24–17
9	22	0.969	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat West Texas A&M 45–13
10	2	1.009	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisville 24–17
11	26	1.068	UCLA	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Tennessee 13–0
12	68	1.076	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rice 34–0
13	56	1.092	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 32–0
14	28	1.100	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 48–17
15	51	1.100	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 31–0
16	16	1.100	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UTEP 35–32
17	5	1.103	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ohio State 19–0
18	-17	1.108	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami (OH) 37–18
19	-11	1.132	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
20	48	1.140	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 38–12
21	-10	1.155	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kent State 27–3
22	-16	1.163	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oklahoma State 38–20
23	-19	1.167	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon State 21–7
24	15	1.177	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Louisiana 10–3
25	-20	1.183	SMU	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Florida 35–25
26	-12	1.203	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
27	48	1.203	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulane 24–6
28	-3	1.207	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 37–10
29	32	1.211	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 20–3
30	-17	1.235	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Syracuse 27–19
31	-16	1.238	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 17–7
32	12	1.242	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 45–32
33	-13	1.250	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 44–30
34	-11	1.266	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 18–7
35	35	1.282	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat East Carolina 14–10
36	28	1.290	LSU	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 24–17
37	40	1.290	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Michigan State 21–14
38	-4	1.326	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San Diego State 14–13
39	17	1.329	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 16–14
40	0	1.337	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
41	41	1.337	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 7–6
42	71	1.393	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Marshall 28–7
43	-15	1.436	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 27–3
44	-17	1.515	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Massachusetts 25–21
45	57	1.523	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	54	+2	Beat Hawai'i 56–10
46	-37	1.555	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 28–0
47	64	1.646	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Louisiana Tech 12–7
48	48	1.655	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat San José State 38–9
49	36	1.679	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	+1	Beat Wake Forest 28–6
50	70	1.701	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colgate 27–14
51	70	1.729	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas State 21–13
52	-17	1.729	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stephen F. Austin 21–14
53	66	1.729	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Colorado State 21–20
54	34	1.751	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	+2	Beat Drake 36–29
55	49	1.757	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
56	-9	1.856	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
57	-5	1.856	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
58	-5	1.856	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
59	-5	1.856	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
60	-3	1.856	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
61	1	1.856	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0–1	0.500	58	0	Tied South Carolina 14–14
62	12	1.856	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
63	13	1.856	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
64	20	1.856	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
65	-24	2.013	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	0	Beat Texas Arlington 28–23
66	17	2.050	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat South Dakota 30–11
67	30	2.074	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Eastern Michigan 43–6
68	21	2.107	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Kansas 31–2
69	-26	2.121	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lafayette 24–14
70	-46	2.182	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	54	0	Lost to Cincinnati 14–26
71	27	2.279	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Houston 17–3
72	-21	2.291	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Utah State 20–21
73	5	2.291	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Iowa State 13–14
74	-29	2.325	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Georgia 14–16
75	-42	2.368	BYU	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Arizona State 17–24
76	-60	2.388	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to App State 7–28
77	-14	2.429	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–12
78	-60	2.449	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	54	0	Lost to Temple 29–36
79	-43	2.484	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Alabama 20–38
80	-20	2.498	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to LSU 17–24
81	-14	2.498	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Purdue 14–21
82	19	2.532	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	88	0	BYE
83	-28	2.601	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to SMU 25–35
84	-19	2.601	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Colorado 7–17
85	-39	2.636	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Air Force 7–18
86	-36	2.705	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Holy Cross 14–27
87	-8	2.705	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to UCLA 0–13
88	-50	2.726	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Oklahoma 10–52
89	-18	2.740	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Western Michigan 30–44
90	13	2.804	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to North Carolina 10–14
91	21	2.809	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	0	BYE
92	-20	2.843	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	86	0	Lost to Iowa 3–20
93	34	2.878	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to NC State 19–27
94	-21	2.912	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Penn State 0–19
95	-3	2.912	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Texas 0–34
96	12	2.947	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Maryland 17–24
97	-4	2.981	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Weber State 55–14
98	26	2.981	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–24
99	23	2.999	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Central Michigan 18–37
100	-5	3.003	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Wichita State 16–14
101	27	3.016	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Auburn 32–45
102	12	3.016	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to USC 10–37
103	6	3.124	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Mcneese State 13–45
104	-10	3.248	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Western Illinois 31–20
105	-6	3.267	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Bucknell 25–14
106	-77	3.278	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Nebraska 10–56
107	-48	3.327	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1–1	0.250	86	0	Lost to Michigan 0–31
108	21	3.327	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	88	0	BYE
109	-28	3.327	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	88	0	Lost to Arkansas 17–48
110	25	3.356	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Beat Georgia Tech 34–22
111	-90	3.373	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Lost to New Mexico 14–16
112	20	3.378	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Ball State 3–27
113	17	3.486	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Carson Newman 31–14
114	-97	3.532	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 6–28
115	8	3.581	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Beat Lamar 22–20
116	2	3.734	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Clemson 3–58
117	-17	3.753	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	88	-1	Lost to UL Monroe 13–21
118	16	4.178	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	88	-1	Lost to New Mexico State 32–35
119	-29	4.328	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Southern Illinois 20–22
120	-14	4.518	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Tulsa 3–10
121	-5	4.535	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	58	-1	Lost to Stanford 9–38
122	-31	4.535	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Arizona 7–21
123	-16	4.708	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Florida State 20–38
124	-7	4.742	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to California 22–34
125	-39	4.858	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	88	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 6–7
126	-11	4.967	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Minnesota 12–38
127	-108	4.986	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	58	0	Lost to Boise State 13–19
128	-18	5.019	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Navy 0–32
129	-4	5.191	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Washington 2–31
130	8	6.136	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	58	0	Beat Santa Clara 35–20
131	-44	6.296	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	88	-1	BYE
132	-74	6.676	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Memphis 3–17
133	0	6.757	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	88	-4	Lost to North Texas 23–28
134	2	7.494	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–3	0.000	88	-1	Lost to Bowling Green 6–43
135	-30	7.574	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Western Kentucky 6–28
136	-10	7.643	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to Nevada 14–23
137	-6	7.919	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	88	0	Lost to California Davis 14–31
138	-1	10.694	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	88	-2	Lost to East Tennessee State 14–21