1978 Season

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

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.

entries per pageSearch:

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

1978 Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

September 5, 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	Game Status
1	0	-0.230	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat UTEP 49–0
2	-1	-0.063	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat West Texas A&M 28–0
3	-2	0.024	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Nebraska 20–3
4	-3	0.095	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Western Carolina 14–6
5	-4	0.135	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Temple 10–7
6	-5	0.135	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Richmond 10–7
7	-6	0.142	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Texas Arlington 25–23
8	-7	0.150	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Arkansas State 21–20
9	-8	0.259	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
10	-9	0.259	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
11	-10	0.259	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
12	-11	0.259	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
13	-12	0.259	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
14	-13	0.259	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
15	-14	0.259	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
16	-15	0.259	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
17	-16	0.259	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
18	-17	0.259	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
19	-18	0.259	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
20	-19	0.259	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
21	-20	0.259	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
22	-21	0.259	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
23	-22	0.259	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
24	-23	0.259	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
25	-24	0.259	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
26	-25	0.259	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
27	-26	0.259	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
28	-27	0.259	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
29	-28	0.259	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
30	-29	0.259	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
31	-30	0.259	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
32	-31	0.259	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
33	-32	0.259	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
34	-33	0.259	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
35	-34	0.259	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
36	-35	0.259	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
37	-36	0.259	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
38	-37	0.259	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
39	-38	0.259	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
40	-39	0.259	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
41	-40	0.259	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
42	-41	0.259	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
43	-42	0.259	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
44	-43	0.259	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
45	-44	0.259	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
46	-45	0.259	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
47	-46	0.259	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
48	-47	0.259	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
49	-48	0.259	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
50	-49	0.259	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
51	-50	0.259	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
52	-51	0.259	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
53	-52	0.259	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
54	-53	0.259	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
55	-54	0.259	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
56	-55	0.259	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
57	-56	0.259	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
58	-57	0.259	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
59	-58	0.259	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
60	-59	0.259	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
61	-60	0.259	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
62	-61	0.259	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
63	-62	0.259	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
64	-63	0.259	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
65	-64	0.259	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
66	-65	0.259	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
67	-66	0.259	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
68	-67	0.259	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
69	-68	0.259	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
70	-69	0.259	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
71	-70	0.259	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
72	-71	0.259	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
73	-72	0.259	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
74	-73	0.259	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
75	-74	0.259	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
76	-75	0.259	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
77	-76	0.259	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
78	-77	0.259	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
79	-78	0.259	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
80	-79	0.259	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
81	-80	0.259	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
82	-81	0.259	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
83	-82	0.259	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
84	-83	0.259	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
85	-84	0.259	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
86	-85	0.259	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
87	-86	0.259	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
88	-87	0.259	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
89	-88	0.259	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
90	-89	0.259	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
91	-90	0.259	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
92	-91	0.259	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
93	-92	0.259	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
94	-93	0.259	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
95	-94	0.259	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
96	-95	0.259	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
97	-96	0.259	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
98	-97	0.259	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
99	-98	0.259	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
100	-99	0.259	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
101	-100	0.259	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
102	-101	0.259	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
103	-102	0.259	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
104	-103	0.259	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
105	-104	0.259	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
106	-105	0.259	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
107	-106	0.259	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
108	-107	0.259	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
109	-108	0.259	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
110	-109	0.259	UCLA	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
111	-110	0.259	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
112	-111	0.259	USC	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
113	-112	0.259	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
114	-113	0.259	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
115	-114	0.259	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
116	-115	0.259	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
117	-116	0.259	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
118	-117	0.259	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
119	-118	0.259	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
120	-119	0.259	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
121	-120	0.259	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
122	-121	0.259	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
123	-122	0.259	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
124	-123	0.259	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
125	-124	0.259	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
126	-125	0.259	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
127	-126	0.259	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
128	-127	0.259	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	19	BYE
129	-128	0.348	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Tulsa 20–21
130	-129	0.383	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Drake 23–25
131	-130	0.417	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Southern Miss 7–10
132	-131	0.417	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Penn State 7–10
133	-132	0.590	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to East Carolina 6–14
134	-133	0.901	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Alabama 3–20
135	-134	1.281	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Mississippi State 0–28
136	-135	2.006	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to North Texas 0–49
137	-136	2.121	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	Beat Idaho State 10–0
138	-137	10.777	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	10	Lost to Northern Michigan 3–30

1978 Pre-Season College Football Team Rankings

August 29, 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	Team	Conf	Record	Place	Game Status
1	121	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	4	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	135	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	84	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	33	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	5	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	58	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	47	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	69	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	24	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	67	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	77	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	86	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	39	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	20	BYU	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	120	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	46	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	14	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	64	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	94	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	25	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	31	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	21	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	22	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	122	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	129	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	53	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	137	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	68	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	36	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	42	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	51	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	12	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	34	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	108	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	78	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	72	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	88	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	95	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	143	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	50	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	111	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	114	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	63	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	118	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	93	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	41	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	110	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	131	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	61	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	6	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	132	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	96	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	48	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	138	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	8	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	52	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	38	LSU	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	141	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	37	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	79	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	57	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	105	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	16	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	9	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	32	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	49	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	75	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	56	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	89	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	71	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	15	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	92	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	112	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	30	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	27	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	13	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	119	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	134	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	81	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	1	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	142	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	17	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	7	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	100	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–0	1	Preseason
1	124	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	117	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	73	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	0	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	80	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	3	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	97	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason
1	83	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	140	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	113	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	45	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	11	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	99	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	91	SMU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	82	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	125	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	60	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	26	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	54	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	130	TCU	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	70	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	90	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	29	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	2	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	35	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	44	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	74	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	126	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	109	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	116	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	40	UCLA	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	—	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	19	USC	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	115	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	106	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	1	Preseason
1	139	UTEP	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	128	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	107	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	133	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	66	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	104	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	144	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	28	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	55	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	65	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	76	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	85	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–0	1	Preseason
1	103	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	101	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	59	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	0–0	1	Preseason
1	87	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	0–0	1	Preseason
1	98	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0	1	Preseason
1	23	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	1	Preseason