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1978 Post-Season Week 2 College Football Team Rankings

December 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	0	0.755	USC	PAC	11–1	0.917	2	+69	BYE
2	0	0.802	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+63	BYE
3	0	0.915	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	3	+57	BYE
4	0	1.072	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+47	BYE
5	0	1.098	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	3	+46	BYE
6	0	1.135	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	3	+42	BYE
7	0	1.138	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+47	BYE
8	0	1.215	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	9	+43	BYE
9	0	1.329	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	10–1	0.909	3	+42	BYE
10	0	1.334	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+40	BYE
11	0	1.368	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+41	BYE
12	0	1.490	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
13	0	1.503	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
14	0	1.613	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	22	+34	BYE
15	0	1.622	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+33	BYE
16	0	1.632	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
17	2	1.732	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
18	-1	1.738	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+30	BYE
19	-1	1.748	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–3	0.727	22	+24	BYE
20	2	1.780	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	16	+28	BYE
21	-1	1.819	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+27	BYE
22	1	1.825	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	18	+30	BYE
23	5	1.833	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	9–3	0.750	18	+33	Beat Rutgers 34–18
24	0	1.865	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	16	+22	BYE
25	2	1.908	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	18	+26	Beat Louisiana Tech 35–13
26	-1	1.920	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–3	0.727	22	+28	BYE
27	-1	1.972	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	37	+11	BYE
28	-7	1.988	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–3	0.750	18	+18	Lost to Arizona State 18–34
29	0	2.055	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+24	BYE
30	0	2.099	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	22	+22	BYE
31	0	2.109	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	40	+21	BYE
32	0	2.121	LSU	SEC	8–3	0.727	22	+22	BYE
33	0	2.164	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+23	BYE
34	1	2.212	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–3–1	0.682	34	+17	BYE
35	-1	2.230	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	22	+19	BYE
36	1	2.258	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+18	BYE
37	-1	2.263	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	22	+14	BYE
38	1	2.280	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+22	BYE
39	-1	2.297	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	22	+12	BYE
40	0	2.404	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+18	BYE
41	2	2.441	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+17	BYE
42	0	2.468	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	34	+10	BYE
43	-2	2.587	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–5	0.545	61	+16	Lost to East Carolina 13–35
44	0	2.614	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
45	0	2.628	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+18	BYE
46	1	2.632	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+15	BYE
47	-1	2.645	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–3–1	0.682	34	+16	BYE
48	0	2.650	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	61	+15	BYE
49	0	2.673	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	22	+2	BYE
50	0	2.752	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
51	0	2.759	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
52	0	2.834	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+19	BYE
53	0	2.891	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+3	BYE
54	0	2.894	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	59	+10	BYE
55	0	2.928	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	61	+13	BYE
56	0	2.941	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–5	0.545	61	+10	BYE
57	0	3.005	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	+5	BYE
58	0	3.033	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	56	+4	BYE
59	0	3.061	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	57	+14	BYE
60	0	3.069	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	57	+5	BYE
61	0	3.089	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+9	BYE
62	1	3.198	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	61	+3	BYE
63	-1	3.209	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	70	+3	BYE
64	0	3.247	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
65	1	3.251	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	61	+2	BYE
66	-1	3.267	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	+1	BYE
67	0	3.306	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	+2	BYE
68	0	3.325	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	61	+2	BYE
69	1	3.367	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	40	-4	BYE
70	-1	3.396	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+10	BYE
71	1	3.605	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4–2	0.545	61	-2	BYE
72	-1	3.605	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	BYE
73	0	3.648	SMU	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
74	0	3.649	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–7	0.364	92	-3	BYE
75	0	3.681	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	BYE
76	0	3.733	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-1	BYE
77	0	3.807	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	86	-9	BYE
78	0	3.810	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–5	0.583	59	-1	BYE
79	0	3.834	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	70	-2	BYE
80	1	3.884	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	61	+6	BYE
81	-1	3.904	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
82	0	3.961	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	-12	BYE
83	0	4.061	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	74	-11	BYE
84	1	4.070	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–6	0.455	74	-10	BYE
85	-1	4.083	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	92	-6	BYE
86	0	4.223	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
87	0	4.318	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	92	-9	BYE
88	1	4.332	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
89	-1	4.335	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–7	0.364	92	-13	BYE
90	0	4.340	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-18	BYE
91	0	4.396	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
92	0	4.478	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	110	-13	BYE
93	0	4.512	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-18	BYE
94	0	4.574	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-19	BYE
95	0	4.624	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-15	BYE
96	1	4.657	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	92	-19	BYE
97	-1	4.680	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-13	BYE
98	0	4.720	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-14	BYE
99	1	4.739	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	110	-16	BYE
100	-1	4.747	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-22	BYE
101	1	4.838	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	74	-13	BYE
102	-1	4.848	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-17	BYE
103	0	5.025	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	91	-12	BYE
104	0	5.041	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-22	BYE
105	0	5.102	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	110	-22	BYE
106	0	5.109	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-25	BYE
107	1	5.176	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-22	BYE
108	-1	5.190	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	88	-25	BYE
109	0	5.301	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	104	-11	BYE
110	1	5.350	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	104	-16	BYE
111	-1	5.353	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
112	0	5.389	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
113	0	5.556	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	110	-25	BYE
114	0	5.630	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
115	0	5.800	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
116	0	5.845	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–7	0.417	86	-14	BYE
117	0	6.071	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–9	0.182	123	-34	BYE
118	0	6.128	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-34	BYE
119	0	6.207	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-37	BYE
120	0	6.242	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
121	0	6.348	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-31	BYE
122	0	6.398	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
123	0	6.447	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-26	BYE
124	0	6.510	TCU	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
125	0	6.570	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	133	-35	BYE
126	0	6.609	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8–2	0.182	123	-27	BYE
127	0	6.648	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
128	0	6.710	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-41	BYE
129	0	6.754	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–10	0.091	133	-39	BYE
130	1	6.830	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	133	-38	BYE
131	1	6.836	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	109	-15	BYE
132	-2	6.847	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-8	BYE
133	0	6.933	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8–1	0.227	122	-40	BYE
134	0	7.010	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	110	-30	BYE
135	0	7.303	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-47	BYE
136	0	7.567	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-18	BYE
137	0	8.230	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10–1	0.045	137	-43	BYE
138	0	8.811	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–11	0.000	138	-52	BYE

1978 Post-Season Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

December 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	0	0.752	USC	PAC	11–1	0.917	2	+69	BYE
2	0	0.783	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+63	BYE
3	0	0.913	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	3	+57	BYE
4	0	1.042	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+47	BYE
5	0	1.093	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	3	+46	BYE
6	0	1.132	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	3	+42	BYE
7	0	1.134	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+47	BYE
8	0	1.217	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	9	+43	BYE
9	0	1.322	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	10–1	0.909	3	+43	BYE
10	0	1.322	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+40	BYE
11	0	1.365	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+41	BYE
12	0	1.485	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
13	0	1.499	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
14	0	1.592	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	20	+34	BYE
15	0	1.612	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+33	BYE
16	0	1.634	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
17	0	1.712	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+30	BYE
18	0	1.727	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–3	0.727	20	+24	BYE
19	0	1.734	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
20	0	1.783	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+27	BYE
21	1	1.788	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+21	BYE
22	-1	1.790	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+28	BYE
23	0	1.839	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	19	+30	BYE
24	0	1.865	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	17	+22	BYE
25	0	1.904	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–3	0.727	20	+27	BYE
26	0	1.935	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	37	+12	BYE
27	0	2.040	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+20	BYE
28	0	2.058	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+24	BYE
29	0	2.059	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+23	BYE
30	0	2.080	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	BYE
31	0	2.101	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	40	+21	BYE
32	0	2.103	LSU	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	BYE
33	0	2.166	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+22	BYE
34	0	2.211	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	20	+19	BYE
35	0	2.218	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–3–1	0.682	34	+17	BYE
36	0	2.247	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	20	+14	BYE
37	0	2.257	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+17	BYE
38	0	2.261	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+12	BYE
39	0	2.277	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+22	BYE
40	0	2.390	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+19	BYE
41	1	2.405	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	57	+19	BYE
42	-1	2.436	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	34	+11	Beat Boston College 28–24
43	0	2.441	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+17	BYE
44	1	2.614	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
45	-1	2.628	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+18	BYE
46	1	2.629	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–3–1	0.682	34	+16	BYE
47	-1	2.632	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	37	+15	BYE
48	0	2.651	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	62	+15	BYE
49	0	2.654	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	20	+2	BYE
50	0	2.746	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+5	BYE
51	0	2.762	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
52	0	2.837	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+19	BYE
53	0	2.876	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+4	BYE
54	0	2.909	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	60	+10	BYE
55	0	2.954	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+13	BYE
56	0	2.954	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–5	0.545	62	+10	BYE
57	0	2.990	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	+5	BYE
58	0	3.033	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	56	+4	BYE
59	0	3.046	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	58	+14	BYE
60	0	3.076	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	58	+5	BYE
61	0	3.092	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+9	BYE
62	0	3.198	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	70	+3	BYE
63	0	3.201	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+3	BYE
64	0	3.256	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
65	1	3.263	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	+1	BYE
66	-1	3.264	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	62	+2	BYE
67	0	3.302	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	+1	BYE
68	0	3.345	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	62	+2	BYE
69	0	3.369	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+11	BYE
70	0	3.370	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	40	-4	BYE
71	0	3.609	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	BYE
72	0	3.610	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4–2	0.545	62	-2	BYE
73	0	3.639	SMU	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
74	0	3.640	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–7	0.364	92	-3	BYE
75	0	3.673	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	BYE
76	0	3.729	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-1	BYE
77	0	3.797	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	86	-9	BYE
78	1	3.829	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–5	0.583	60	-1	BYE
79	-1	3.834	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	70	-2	BYE
80	0	3.895	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
81	0	3.897	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	62	+6	BYE
82	0	3.961	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	-12	BYE
83	0	4.060	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	74	-11	BYE
84	0	4.067	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	92	-6	BYE
85	0	4.070	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–6	0.455	74	-10	BYE
86	0	4.212	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
87	0	4.314	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	92	-9	BYE
88	0	4.327	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–7	0.364	92	-13	BYE
89	0	4.328	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
90	0	4.337	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-18	BYE
91	0	4.401	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
92	0	4.463	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	110	-13	BYE
93	0	4.516	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-18	BYE
94	0	4.561	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-19	BYE
95	0	4.615	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-15	BYE
96	1	4.647	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
97	-1	4.652	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	92	-19	BYE
98	0	4.726	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-14	BYE
99	0	4.729	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-21	BYE
100	0	4.731	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	110	-16	BYE
101	0	4.807	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-17	BYE
102	0	4.842	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	74	-13	BYE
103	0	4.973	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	91	-11	BYE
104	0	5.045	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-22	BYE
105	0	5.090	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	110	-22	BYE
106	0	5.118	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-25	BYE
107	0	5.172	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	88	-25	BYE
108	0	5.180	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-23	BYE
109	0	5.236	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	104	-10	BYE
110	0	5.367	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
111	0	5.374	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	104	-16	BYE
112	0	5.398	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
113	0	5.566	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	110	-25	BYE
114	0	5.599	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-23	BYE
115	0	5.779	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
116	0	5.852	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–7	0.417	86	-14	BYE
117	0	6.081	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–9	0.182	123	-34	BYE
118	0	6.132	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-34	BYE
119	0	6.189	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-37	BYE
120	0	6.256	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
121	0	6.333	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-31	BYE
122	0	6.388	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	BYE
123	0	6.447	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-26	BYE
124	0	6.499	TCU	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
125	0	6.559	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	133	-35	BYE
126	0	6.602	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8–2	0.182	123	-27	BYE
127	0	6.653	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
128	0	6.689	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-41	BYE
129	0	6.765	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–10	0.091	133	-39	BYE
130	0	6.808	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-8	BYE
131	0	6.813	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	133	-38	BYE
132	0	6.836	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	109	-15	BYE
133	0	6.905	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8–1	0.227	122	-39	BYE
134	0	7.015	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	110	-30	BYE
135	0	7.324	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-47	BYE
136	0	7.567	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-18	BYE
137	0	8.251	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10–1	0.045	137	-43	BYE
138	0	8.786	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–11	0.000	138	-52	Lost to Temple 24–28

1978 Regular Season Final College Football Team Rankings

December 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	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.752	USC	PAC	11–1	0.917	2	+69	Beat Hawai'i 21–5
2	0	0.786	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+62	BYE
3	0	0.913	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	3	+57	Beat Auburn 34–16
4	0	1.042	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+47	BYE
5	1	1.093	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	3	+46	BYE
6	-1	1.132	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	3	+42	BYE
7	0	1.134	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	10–1	0.909	3	+47	BYE
8	0	1.217	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	9	+43	BYE
9	1	1.322	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	10–1	0.909	3	+43	BYE
10	-1	1.322	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+40	Beat Rice 49–25
11	0	1.365	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	9–1–1	0.864	8	+41	Beat Georgia Tech 29–28
12	3	1.485	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	Beat Texas Tech 49–7
13	-1	1.499	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
14	7	1.592	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–3	0.727	20	+34	Beat Texas A&M 22–7
15	-2	1.612	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+33	BYE
16	-2	1.634	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
17	1	1.712	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+30	BYE
18	-2	1.727	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–3	0.727	20	+24	BYE
19	-2	1.734	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
20	0	1.788	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+26	BYE
21	-2	1.790	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+28	BYE
22	0	1.792	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+20	BYE
23	3	1.839	BYU	IND WAC	9–3	0.750	19	+30	Beat UNLV 28–24
24	-1	1.865	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	17	+22	BYE
25	-1	1.904	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–3	0.727	20	+27	BYE
26	-1	1.927	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	36	+12	BYE
27	0	2.040	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+20	BYE
28	0	2.058	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+24	BYE
29	2	2.059	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+23	BYE
30	0	2.080	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	BYE
31	1	2.101	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	40	+21	BYE
32	5	2.103	LSU	SEC	8–3	0.727	20	+22	Beat Wyoming 24–17
33	3	2.166	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+22	BYE
34	0	2.211	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	20	+19	BYE
35	-2	2.218	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–3–1	0.682	34	+17	BYE
36	4	2.247	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	20	+14	Beat San Diego State 20–18
37	1	2.257	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	40	+17	BYE
38	4	2.261	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	20	+12	Beat Army 28–0
39	-10	2.277	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+22	Lost to Arkansas 7–49
40	3	2.390	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+19	BYE
41	0	2.403	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	39	+11	BYE
42	-3	2.405	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	57	+19	BYE
43	-8	2.441	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+17	Lost to Georgia 28–29
44	5	2.613	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+18	BYE
45	2	2.614	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	BYE
46	4	2.618	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+15	BYE
47	-2	2.629	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–3–1	0.682	34	+16	BYE
48	0	2.651	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	62	+15	BYE
49	-3	2.654	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	20	+2	BYE
50	-6	2.746	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	40	+5	Lost to Texas 7–22
51	1	2.762	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	40	+8	BYE
52	3	2.837	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	40	+19	BYE
53	4	2.876	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	40	+4	BYE
54	-1	2.909	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	60	+10	BYE
55	-4	2.954	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+13	Lost to USC 5–21
56	2	2.954	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–5	0.545	62	+10	BYE
57	-1	2.990	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	+5	BYE
58	2	3.025	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	56	+4	BYE
59	2	3.046	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	58	+14	BYE
60	-6	3.076	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–4–1	0.591	58	+5	Lost to Alabama 16–34
61	1	3.092	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	40	+9	BYE
62	7	3.198	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	5–5–1	0.500	70	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 41–15
63	4	3.201	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+3	Beat Florida 22–21
64	-5	3.256	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+7	Lost to BYU 24–28
65	0	3.264	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	62	+2	BYE
66	0	3.271	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	+1	BYE
67	-4	3.302	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	+1	BYE
68	0	3.345	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	62	+2	BYE
69	5	3.364	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	40	+11	Beat Boston College 30–29
70	0	3.370	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	40	-4	BYE
71	1	3.609	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	-6	BYE
72	1	3.610	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4–2	0.545	62	-2	BYE
73	2	3.639	SMU	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
74	-10	3.640	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–7	0.364	92	-3	Lost to Miami 21–22
75	1	3.673	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	BYE
76	2	3.729	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-1	BYE
77	-6	3.797	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	86	-9	Lost to LSU 17–24
78	-1	3.825	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	70	-2	BYE
79	6	3.829	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	7–5	0.583	60	-1	Beat Long Beach State 24–6
80	1	3.895	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	88	-4	BYE
81	-2	3.897	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	62	+6	BYE
82	-2	3.961	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	70	-12	BYE
83	-1	4.060	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	74	-11	BYE
84	0	4.067	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	92	-6	BYE
85	-2	4.070	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–6	0.455	74	-10	BYE
86	0	4.212	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
87	0	4.314	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	92	-9	BYE
88	1	4.327	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–7	0.364	92	-13	BYE
89	1	4.337	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
90	-2	4.337	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-18	BYE
91	0	4.401	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-12	BYE
92	0	4.463	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	110	-13	BYE
93	1	4.516	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-18	BYE
94	3	4.561	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-19	BYE
95	1	4.615	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	92	-15	BYE
96	-3	4.652	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	92	-19	Lost to Utah 18–20
97	1	4.654	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
98	2	4.726	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-14	BYE
99	2	4.729	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-21	BYE
100	-1	4.731	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	110	-16	BYE
101	1	4.807	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-17	BYE
102	-7	4.842	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	74	-13	Lost to San José State 6–24
103	0	4.962	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	91	-11	BYE
104	0	5.045	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	92	-22	BYE
105	0	5.090	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	110	-22	BYE
106	1	5.118	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	92	-25	BYE
107	1	5.172	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–6–1	0.409	88	-25	Lost to Navy 0–28
108	-2	5.180	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-23	BYE
109	0	5.221	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	104	-10	BYE
110	1	5.367	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
111	-1	5.374	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	104	-16	BYE
112	0	5.398	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
113	0	5.566	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	110	-25	BYE
114	0	5.599	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-23	Lost to Houston 25–49
115	1	5.779	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–9	0.182	123	-29	BYE
116	-1	5.852	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–7	0.417	86	-14	BYE
117	1	6.081	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–9	0.182	123	-34	BYE
118	1	6.132	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-34	BYE
119	1	6.189	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-37	BYE
120	1	6.256	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
121	1	6.343	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-31	BYE
122	-5	6.388	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	123	-28	Lost to Tennessee 15–41
123	0	6.447	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-26	BYE
124	0	6.499	TCU	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	123	-32	BYE
125	0	6.559	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	133	-35	BYE
126	0	6.602	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8–2	0.182	123	-27	BYE
127	0	6.653	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	123	-38	BYE
128	1	6.689	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	123	-41	BYE
129	1	6.765	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–10	0.091	133	-39	BYE
130	1	6.808	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-8	BYE
131	-3	6.813	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	133	-38	BYE
132	0	6.823	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	109	-15	BYE
133	0	6.905	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8–1	0.227	122	-39	BYE
134	0	7.015	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	110	-30	BYE
135	0	7.324	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-47	BYE
136	0	7.567	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	123	-18	BYE
137	0	8.251	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10–1	0.045	137	-43	BYE
138	0	9.056	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–10	0.000	138	-49	Lost to Holy Cross 29–30

1978 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 28, 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	1	0.742	USC	PAC	10–1	0.909	2	+62	Beat Notre Dame 27–25
2	-1	0.792	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	11–0	1.000	1	+62	Beat Pittsburgh 17–10
3	0	1.028	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	7	+49	BYE
4	0	1.088	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	19	+44	Lost to USC 25–27
5	3	1.117	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	2	+42	Beat Ohio State 14–3
6	0	1.124	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	2	+45	BYE
7	0	1.133	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	10–1	0.909	2	+47	Beat South Carolina 41–23
8	1	1.228	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	9	+43	BYE
9	-4	1.325	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	15	+36	Lost to Texas Tech 21–22
10	1	1.332	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	10–1	0.909	2	+43	BYE
11	2	1.467	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	8	+33	BYE
12	2	1.519	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
13	2	1.650	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+33	BYE
14	5	1.683	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	9	+34	BYE
15	3	1.714	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	8–2	0.800	15	+27	Beat SMU 27–14
16	1	1.716	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	8–3	0.727	19	+24	Beat Iowa 42–7
17	3	1.753	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	9	+37	BYE
18	6	1.763	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	19	+28	Beat Florida 38–21
19	3	1.794	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	17	+28	BYE
20	-4	1.814	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	19	+26	Lost to Penn State 10–17
21	-11	1.817	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	30	+26	Lost to Baylor 14–38
22	-10	1.830	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	9	+19	Lost to Colgate 9–14
23	0	1.839	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	8–2–1	0.773	17	+22	Beat Indiana 20–7
24	1	1.900	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	8–3	0.727	19	+27	Beat Virginia 24–21
25	-4	1.912	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	40	+12	BYE
26	6	1.969	BYU	IND WAC	8–3	0.727	19	+23	Beat Hawai'i 31–13
27	1	2.049	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	19	+20	BYE
28	5	2.073	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	8–3	0.727	19	+22	Beat Arizona 18–17
29	7	2.084	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	30	+24	Beat Houston 22–21
30	0	2.135	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	19	+21	BYE
31	-2	2.138	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–4	0.636	45	+22	BYE
32	-1	2.169	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	45	+21	BYE
33	-7	2.177	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–3–1	0.682	38	+17	Lost to Michigan 3–14
34	0	2.216	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	19	+19	BYE
35	-8	2.252	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+17	BYE
36	2	2.256	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	45	+22	BYE
37	0	2.304	LSU	SEC	7–3	0.700	30	+17	Beat Tulane 40–21
38	6	2.347	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	45	+17	Beat Washington State 38–8
39	4	2.420	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	57	+19	BYE
40	12	2.436	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat Utah State 23–20
41	-1	2.457	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	43	+11	BYE
42	-1	2.493	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+8	BYE
43	2	2.495	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	45	+19	BYE
44	2	2.552	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	30	+8	Beat TCU 15–7
45	2	2.611	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–3–1	0.682	38	+16	BYE
46	2	2.640	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	19	+3	BYE
47	6	2.696	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	45	+7	BYE
48	-13	2.703	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–5	0.545	62	+15	Lost to Ole Miss 7–27
49	0	2.714	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	40	+17	BYE
50	1	2.724	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	40	+15	BYE
51	-12	2.781	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	57	+14	Lost to BYU 13–31
52	4	2.833	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	45	+8	BYE
53	-11	2.849	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–5	0.583	61	+12	Lost to San Diego State 24–27
54	0	2.853	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	43	+7	BYE
55	-5	2.907	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–4	0.636	45	+18	Lost to Utah 20–23
56	-1	2.938	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	69	+5	Lost to Clemson 23–41
57	5	2.939	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	45	+4	Beat Louisiana 44–18
58	0	2.949	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–5	0.545	62	+10	BYE
59	4	3.019	UNLV	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat CAL State Fullerton 24–7
60	-1	3.045	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	56	+4	BYE
61	0	3.078	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	60	+14	BYE
62	-2	3.133	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	45	+9	BYE
63	6	3.290	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–6	0.455	74	+1	Beat Duke 16–15
64	-7	3.310	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–6	0.400	91	+3	Lost to Florida State 21–38
65	0	3.312	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	62	0	BYE
66	7	3.317	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	+1	Beat Memphis 34–14
67	0	3.328	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	69	0	Beat Syracuse 21–9
68	-2	3.357	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	6–5	0.545	62	+3	Beat West Texas A&M 33–31
69	3	3.416	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	86	+2	Beat Kentucky 29–14
70	-2	3.460	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	45	-4	BYE
71	3	3.600	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	Beat UTEP 51–21
72	-2	3.604	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	Lost to Arizona State 17–18
73	12	3.609	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4–2	0.545	62	-2	Beat Minnesota 48–10
74	1	3.655	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	57	+11	Beat UConn 20–16
75	-11	3.669	SMU	IND SWC	4–6–1	0.409	89	-2	Lost to Arkansas 14–27
76	3	3.713	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	74	-5	BYE
77	1	3.838	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	69	-2	BYE
78	10	3.876	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	74	-1	Beat Mississippi State 27–7
79	1	3.895	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	62	+6	BYE
80	4	4.013	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	69	-12	BYE
81	-10	4.021	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–6–1	0.409	89	-3	Lost to Tennessee 14–29
82	11	4.041	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–6	0.455	74	-8	Beat Pacific 20–13
83	9	4.105	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	5–6	0.455	74	-9	Beat Ohio 23–14
84	-8	4.170	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–7	0.364	94	-6	Lost to North Carolina 15–16
85	-2	4.190	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	62	-5	BYE
86	-9	4.206	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–6	0.455	74	-12	Lost to Wisconsin 10–48
87	3	4.292	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	94	-8	BYE
88	1	4.310	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	74	-17	BYE
89	-3	4.404	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–7	0.364	94	-13	Lost to Purdue 7–20
90	4	4.409	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-11	BYE
91	-9	4.472	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-12	Lost to Cincinnati 14–34
92	7	4.518	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	110	-13	BYE
93	19	4.556	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	91	-14	Beat New Mexico 27–24
94	3	4.594	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	94	-18	BYE
95	-14	4.600	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	69	-8	Lost to Lamar 31–36
96	-1	4.606	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-14	BYE
97	-6	4.655	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	94	-19	Lost to LSU 21–40
98	0	4.669	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-12	BYE
99	12	4.748	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–8	0.273	110	-15	Beat Texas 38–14
100	-13	4.776	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-14	Lost to Oregon 3–24
101	-1	4.783	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	74	-21	BYE
102	-6	4.872	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-18	Lost to Miami 9–21
103	-1	5.035	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	93	-11	BYE
104	3	5.111	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	94	-22	BYE
105	-2	5.132	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–8	0.273	110	-21	Lost to Mcneese State 18–44
106	-2	5.189	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–7–1	0.318	106	-23	Lost to Washington 8–38
107	-1	5.212	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	94	-25	BYE
108	-3	5.241	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	86	-21	BYE
109	-1	5.265	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	104	-10	BYE
110	-9	5.361	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–8	0.333	104	-15	Lost to Colorado State 13–20
111	3	5.396	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
112	-3	5.463	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-26	Lost to New Mexico State 31–33
113	-3	5.591	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–8	0.273	110	-25	Lost to Northern Illinois 14–23
114	2	5.704	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	123	-19	BYE
115	-2	5.824	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–7	0.417	88	-12	Lost to UNLV 7–24
116	-1	5.842	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–9	0.182	125	-29	Lost to Michigan State 7–42
117	0	6.137	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–8	0.200	123	-22	BYE
118	12	6.154	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–9	0.182	125	-34	Beat Oregon State 24–3
119	-1	6.201	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	110	-34	BYE
120	-1	6.277	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-34	BYE
121	-1	6.288	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	110	-26	BYE
122	1	6.410	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	125	-31	BYE
123	1	6.496	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-26	BYE
124	-3	6.586	TCU	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	125	-29	Lost to Texas A&M 7–15
125	3	6.594	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	133	-34	BYE
126	-4	6.630	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8–2	0.182	125	-27	BYE
127	-1	6.726	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	125	-38	BYE
128	-1	6.789	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	133	-37	BYE
129	0	6.798	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–9	0.182	125	-41	Lost to NC State 21–24
130	1	6.827	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–10	0.091	133	-39	BYE
131	5	6.874	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	110	-7	Beat Rutgers 14–9
132	-7	6.881	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	109	-15	BYE
133	2	6.963	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–8–1	0.227	122	-39	Beat Long Beach State 36–31
134	-2	7.049	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	110	-29	BYE
135	-2	7.225	UTEP	IND WAC	1–11	0.083	136	-44	Lost to Wyoming 21–51
136	-2	7.666	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	125	-18	BYE
137	0	8.216	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10–1	0.045	137	-43	BYE
138	0	9.366	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	138	-43	Lost to Massachusetts 0–27

1978 Week 13 College Football Team Rankings

November 21, 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	0	0.795	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+53	BYE
2	1	0.903	USC	PAC	9–1	0.900	4	+50	Beat UCLA 17–10
3	2	1.040	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	4	+46	BYE
4	4	1.088	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+41	Beat Georgia Tech 38–21
5	-1	1.129	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	9	+35	BYE
6	0	1.136	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	2	+45	Beat Oklahoma State 62–7
7	4	1.195	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	9–1	0.900	4	+40	Beat Maryland 28–24
8	4	1.200	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	9–1	0.900	4	+33	Beat Purdue 24–6
9	-7	1.217	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–2	0.818	11	+43	Lost to Missouri 31–35
10	-3	1.296	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	18	+32	Beat TCU 41–0
11	-1	1.387	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	10–1	0.909	2	+42	Beat Northern Illinois 31–13
12	2	1.475	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	4	+26	Beat Holy Cross 31–21
13	0	1.489	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1–1	0.850	10	+30	Tied Auburn 22–22
14	-5	1.517	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–2	0.818	11	+35	Lost to Clemson 24–28
15	0	1.627	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	11	+34	Beat Memphis 41–24
16	3	1.708	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	16	+25	Beat Army 35–17
17	-1	1.743	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	7–3	0.700	27	+21	Beat Northwestern 52–3
18	9	1.767	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–2	0.778	18	+23	Beat Texas A&M 26–7
19	-1	1.770	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	11	+33	BYE
20	5	1.820	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	9–2	0.818	11	+36	Beat Western Michigan 35–14
21	9	1.844	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	5–2–2	0.667	36	+13	Beat Harvard 35–28
22	0	1.876	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–2–1	0.773	20	+26	Beat Cincinnati 28–24
23	-6	1.878	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–2–1	0.750	21	+18	Lost to Michigan 6–24
24	14	1.911	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	27	+25	Beat Navy 38–6
25	7	1.936	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–3	0.700	27	+24	Beat Duke 24–10
26	3	1.976	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	7–2–1	0.750	21	+16	Beat Indiana 21–18
27	-7	2.156	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	27	+18	Lost to Notre Dame 21–38
28	7	2.172	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	23	+20	Beat Marshall 45–0
29	8	2.214	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	7–4	0.636	47	+21	Beat California 30–10
30	-2	2.228	UCLA	PAC	8–3	0.727	23	+19	Lost to USC 10–17
31	9	2.241	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	7–4	0.636	47	+20	Beat Nebraska 35–31
32	-6	2.272	BYU	IND WAC	7–3	0.700	27	+14	Lost to Utah 22–23
33	3	2.302	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	7–3	0.700	27	+16	Beat Oregon State 44–22
34	7	2.314	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	23	+18	Beat Colorado 20–16
35	18	2.324	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	6–4	0.600	57	+19	Beat LSU 16–14
36	7	2.329	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	36	+16	Beat SMU 19–16
37	-14	2.373	LSU	SEC	6–3	0.667	36	+13	Lost to Mississippi State 14–16
38	12	2.376	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	47	+22	Beat Louisville 37–3
39	6	2.386	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+16	Beat Wyoming 27–22
40	7	2.438	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	6–3–1	0.650	45	+12	Beat Villanova 27–17
41	-10	2.438	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	27	+10	Lost to Florida State 6–38
42	6	2.468	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	7–4	0.636	47	+15	Beat Pacific 44–6
43	-22	2.484	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	57	+18	Lost to UL Monroe 0–18
44	-5	2.549	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	57	+13	BYE
45	-1	2.597	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	47	+17	Beat Lamar 6–3
46	-13	2.619	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–3	0.667	36	+6	Lost to Arkansas 7–26
47	-23	2.646	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–3–1	0.682	35	+16	Lost to Tennessee State 23–27
48	7	2.663	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	8–3	0.727	23	+4	Beat Citadel 17–13
49	5	2.673	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+16	Beat Columbia 24–12
50	2	2.677	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–3	0.700	27	+19	BYE
51	0	2.686	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	36	+15	Beat Princeton 28–21
52	11	2.746	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	36	+3	Beat BYU 23–22
53	-19	2.762	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	47	+7	Lost to Southern Miss 3–37
54	5	2.826	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	45	+7	Tied Georgia 22–22
55	2	2.879	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	64	+6	Beat Wake Forest 37–14
56	-10	2.921	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–4	0.636	47	+8	Lost to Central Michigan 14–35
57	1	2.922	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–5	0.444	83	+7	Beat Kentucky 18–16
58	-16	3.017	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–5	0.545	65	+9	Lost to Stanford 10–30
59	3	3.041	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	5–3–1	0.611	56	+3	Beat Pennsylvania 35–17
60	8	3.201	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	47	+9	Beat Western Carolina 39–13
61	12	3.219	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	6–4–1	0.591	61	+13	Beat Louisiana Tech 18–0
62	-13	3.235	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	57	0	Lost to Texas Arlington 17–20
63	4	3.254	UNLV	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+5	Beat UTEP 27–0
64	-4	3.421	SMU	IND SWC	4–5–1	0.450	80	+1	Lost to Texas Tech 16–19
65	-4	3.449	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–5	0.545	65	-2	Lost to Iowa State 16–20
66	3	3.456	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	69	+2	BYE
67	13	3.544	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	83	-2	Beat San Diego State 16–14
68	8	3.582	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	7–4	0.636	47	-6	Beat Louisiana 10–9
69	13	3.593	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–6	0.400	85	-2	Beat Virginia 38–20
70	9	3.599	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	5–5	0.500	69	-3	Beat Washington State 31–24
71	-15	3.603	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–5–1	0.450	80	+1	Lost to Florida 16–18
72	14	3.652	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–5–1	0.389	95	-1	Beat Ole Miss 41–17
73	2	3.683	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Miami (OH) 24–28
74	-2	3.730	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	85	-5	Lost to Hawai'i 22–27
75	-10	3.783	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	62	+11	Lost to Rutgers 21–31
76	-6	3.795	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–6	0.400	85	0	Lost to NC State 10–24
77	6	3.830	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–5	0.500	69	-6	Beat Illinois 24–6
78	-4	3.836	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4–1	0.500	69	-3	Lost to Yale 28–35
79	11	3.847	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	75	-7	Beat Mcneese State 20–17
80	-9	3.961	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–5	0.545	65	+6	Lost to App State 13–39
81	11	4.027	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–4	0.556	62	0	Beat Drake 25–0
82	-4	4.052	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	85	-4	Lost to North Texas 24–41
83	6	4.058	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	65	-3	Beat Montana 35–7
84	-20	4.073	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–5–1	0.500	69	-12	Lost to Richmond 3–17
85	-19	4.100	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–4–2	0.500	69	-6	Lost to Iowa 24–38
86	-1	4.294	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–6	0.400	85	-10	Lost to Ohio State 18–21
87	-6	4.301	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	104	-4	Lost to Arizona State 22–44
88	-11	4.350	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–6	0.400	85	-5	Lost to Tennessee 17–41
89	-2	4.365	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	75	-17	Lost to Furman 13–17
90	6	4.385	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	97	-7	Beat Kansas 36–20
91	0	4.441	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	85	-15	BYE
92	1	4.498	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	4–6	0.400	85	-11	Lost to Ball State 13–31
93	11	4.504	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	4–6	0.400	85	-11	Beat West Virginia 50–14
94	-6	4.504	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	97	-10	Lost to Long Beach State 0–25
95	10	4.646	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	97	-12	Beat Virginia Military Institute 28–2
96	6	4.696	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-12	Beat Boston College 37–23
97	-13	4.697	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	97	-17	Lost to Ohio 15–19
98	-4	4.723	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-11	Lost to Temple 17–27
99	-2	4.736	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–8	0.273	114	-13	Lost to Oklahoma 7–62
100	9	4.878	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	75	-22	Beat Southeastern Louisiana 13–12
101	-1	4.885	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	97	-7	Lost to New Mexico 6–44
102	-1	5.004	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–5–1	0.389	95	-10	Lost to Brown 12–24
103	0	5.059	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–7	0.300	108	-17	Lost to Southern Illinois 9–10
104	-5	5.122	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–6–1	0.350	104	-19	Lost to Arizona 24–31
105	2	5.201	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–5–1	0.450	80	-19	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–35
106	-11	5.252	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	97	-23	Lost to Indiana State 18–42
107	4	5.265	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–7	0.364	97	-22	Beat Toledo 17–13
108	-2	5.297	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–5–2	0.333	106	-10	Lost to Dartmouth 21–28
109	1	5.416	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	108	-21	BYE
110	4	5.442	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-18	Beat Bowling Green 19–15
111	-13	5.448	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	120	-19	Lost to Rice 10–24
112	-4	5.468	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	106	-20	Lost to Miami 14–16
113	3	5.490	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	5–6	0.455	75	-7	Beat CAL Poly Pomona 30–22
114	7	5.654	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	114	-28	Beat William & Mary 17–3
115	14	5.684	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–8	0.200	120	-23	Beat Wisconsin 38–24
116	1	5.722	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	120	-18	Beat Baylor 24–10
117	9	6.036	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–8	0.200	120	-19	Beat Air Force 41–27
118	13	6.358	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	114	-33	Beat Wichita State 42–18
119	-7	6.361	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	114	-33	Lost to Vanderbilt 27–41
120	-7	6.420	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–8	0.273	114	-26	Lost to Virginia Tech 2–28
121	3	6.488	TCU	IND SWC	2–8	0.200	120	-24	Lost to Texas 0–41
122	0	6.524	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–8–2	0.182	127	-24	Lost to Minnesota 6–24
123	-5	6.530	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	127	-29	Lost to Colorado State 14–50
124	-9	6.594	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-25	Lost to Illinois State 13–14
125	0	6.828	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–6–1	0.278	113	-15	Lost to Cornell 17–35
126	-3	6.852	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	127	-38	Lost to Kent State 13–17
127	1	6.860	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	133	-35	Lost to South Carolina 14–37
128	-8	6.878	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	133	-34	Lost to Kansas State 20–36
129	-10	6.888	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–8	0.200	120	-37	Lost to North Carolina 20–38
130	-3	6.929	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–9	0.100	132	-35	BYE
131	-1	6.940	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–10	0.091	133	-39	Lost to East Carolina 0–45
132	2	7.056	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–8	0.273	114	-26	Beat Idaho 41–28
133	-1	7.138	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	133	-37	Lost to UNLV 0–27
134	4	7.840	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	127	-18	Beat Eastern Michigan 14–13
135	1	8.107	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–8–1	0.150	131	-42	Lost to Arkansas State 3–6
136	-3	8.220	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	120	-16	Lost to Delaware 29–38
137	0	8.230	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–10–1	0.045	137	-39	Lost to Michigan State 3–52
138	-3	8.675	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	138	-40	Lost to Syracuse 23–37

1978 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 14, 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	0.779	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+48	Beat NC State 19–10
2	2	0.936	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	2	+43	Beat Oklahoma 17–14
3	2	1.002	USC	PAC	8–1	0.889	7	+39	Beat Washington 28–10
4	6	1.082	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	7	+32	Beat Texas 10–7
5	-2	1.104	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	2	+40	Beat LSU 31–10
6	-4	1.124	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	2	+37	Lost to Nebraska 14–17
7	-1	1.268	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+26	Lost to Houston 7–10
8	-1	1.284	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+30	Beat Tennessee 31–14
9	-1	1.340	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–1	0.900	2	+33	Beat Virginia 17–7
10	3	1.340	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	9–1	0.900	2	+34	Beat Western Michigan 20–14
11	-2	1.368	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–1	0.889	7	+28	Beat North Carolina 13–9
12	-1	1.404	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	7	+22	Beat Northwestern 59–14
13	-1	1.457	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	7	+27	Beat Florida 24–22
14	2	1.551	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	7	+19	Beat Temple 13–10
15	3	1.727	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+27	Beat UL Monroe 28–6
16	9	1.746	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	36	+19	Beat Minnesota 33–9
17	0	1.755	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	13	+15	Tied Wisconsin 24–24
18	4	1.759	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	14	+30	Beat Wichita State 27–13
19	2	1.856	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+18	Beat West Virginia 52–7
20	10	1.942	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+19	Beat Air Force 42–21
21	15	1.955	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	36	+20	Beat Arkansas State 24–10
22	4	1.956	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–2–1	0.750	23	+19	Beat Kent State 38–13
23	-4	1.968	LSU	SEC	6–2	0.750	23	+15	Lost to Alabama 10–31
24	8	1.968	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	23	+15	Beat Richmond 30–3
25	6	1.997	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	15	+25	Beat Eastern Michigan 41–9
26	3	2.018	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	18	+15	Beat San Diego State 21–3
27	0	2.050	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+15	Beat Baylor 27–14
28	-14	2.075	UCLA	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+18	Lost to Oregon State 13–15
29	-1	2.090	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	29	+11	Beat Illinois 45–7
30	11	2.121	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–2–2	0.625	43	+7	Beat Princeton 23–7
31	-16	2.123	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+12	Lost to Syracuse 17–20
32	-8	2.146	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–3	0.667	36	+17	Lost to Penn State 10–19
33	6	2.295	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+7	BYE
34	-14	2.314	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+11	Lost to Memphis 22–29
35	10	2.324	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+16	Beat William & Mary 20–3
36	-13	2.330	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+13	Lost to Stanford 14–21
37	9	2.348	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Beat Arizona State 21–14
38	6	2.356	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+14	Beat Virginia Tech 24–14
39	-4	2.474	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+12	Lost to USC 10–28
40	11	2.513	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Beat Kansas 48–0
41	12	2.523	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat Oklahoma State 28–15
42	6	2.549	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Beat Washington State 22–14
43	4	2.552	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	43	+10	Beat TCU 27–17
44	-7	2.585	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Lost to Louisiana Tech 10–24
45	11	2.603	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+11	Beat New Mexico State 35–20
46	-8	2.614	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	30	+8	Lost to Ball State 14–20
47	-4	2.619	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	51	+7	Lost to Rutgers 10–13
48	-14	2.676	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Lost to Colorado State 15–26
49	0	2.695	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	36	+5	Beat Lamar 24–23
50	7	2.697	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	52	+13	Beat Bowling Green 38–21
51	10	2.770	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	43	+12	Beat Brown 31–21
52	-19	2.771	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–3	0.700	30	+16	Lost to Weber State 25–44
53	-13	2.801	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	65	+10	Lost to Auburn 0–6
54	-12	2.830	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	43	+12	Lost to Dartmouth 21–31
55	11	2.899	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	30	-1	Beat Western Carolina 24–7
56	6	2.995	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–4–1	0.500	69	+6	Beat Vanderbilt 53–2
57	1	3.000	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	69	+5	BYE
58	-4	3.049	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–5	0.375	98	+5	Lost to Georgia 22–24
59	8	3.050	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3	0.667	36	+3	Beat Mississippi State 6–0
60	4	3.123	SMU	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	69	+3	Beat Rice 58–0
61	-11	3.240	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	52	0	Lost to Kansas State 10–20
62	13	3.256	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	63	+1	Beat Columbia 35–14
63	5	3.275	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	43	-5	Beat UTEP 38–0
64	-9	3.468	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	67	-2	Lost to East Carolina 3–20
65	-13	3.489	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+11	Lost to Massachusetts 8–33
66	3	3.500	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–3–2	0.556	65	+1	Tied Purdue 24–24
67	16	3.520	UNLV	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+3	Beat Wyoming 12–10
68	14	3.543	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	52	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 31–10
69	-6	3.557	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	69	+1	Lost to Hawai'i 20–35
70	1	3.557	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–5	0.444	78	+4	Beat Wake Forest 3–0
71	-6	3.568	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Lost to Furman 7–24
72	-13	3.598	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	78	-3	Lost to UNLV 10–12
73	-13	3.637	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	67	+6	Lost to North Texas 6–28
74	3	3.638	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	63	-1	Beat Pennsylvania 17–13
75	6	3.648	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-3	Beat Ohio 35–0
76	2	3.773	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	52	-8	Beat Marshall 15–14
77	19	3.803	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5	0.444	78	0	Beat Tulane 13–3
78	19	3.824	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-1	Beat Louisville 29–22
79	9	3.852	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Beat Oregon 24–3
80	-7	3.852	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	98	-3	BYE
81	24	4.006	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	96	-1	Beat UCLA 15–13
82	-2	4.041	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	102	-5	Lost to Clemson 9–13
83	-4	4.065	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Lost to Michigan State 9–33
84	-14	4.094	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	88	-9	Lost to Southern Miss 21–38
85	6	4.117	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Beat Iowa 34–14
86	-10	4.133	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–5–1	0.313	106	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 14–31
87	2	4.138	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	69	-11	Beat Wofford 35–17
88	11	4.274	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	88	-8	Beat West Texas A&M 24–21
89	11	4.312	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	69	-4	Beat Pacific 33–31
90	4	4.346	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–6	0.400	88	-12	BYE
91	-6	4.451	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	88	-13	Lost to Ole Miss 3–13
92	1	4.470	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	69	-3	BYE
93	-21	4.489	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	4–5	0.444	78	-11	Lost to Toledo 16–35
94	-20	4.532	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	69	-7	Lost to Delaware 22–23
95	-3	4.550	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	88	-13	Lost to Tulsa 13–27
96	13	4.575	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	108	-7	Beat Colorado 20–10
97	1	4.600	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	108	-11	Lost to Iowa State 15–28
98	3	4.629	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	115	-9	Lost to Arkansas 14–27
99	-9	4.653	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	96	-13	Lost to California 14–22
100	-14	4.658	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	88	-5	Lost to San José State 31–33
101	-17	4.727	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–4–1	0.438	87	-6	Lost to Cornell 14–35
102	17	4.913	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-10	Beat Navy 20–17
103	9	4.928	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	102	-13	Beat Northwestern State 19–17
104	11	4.948	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	102	-11	Beat New Mexico 26–15
105	-3	4.978	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-13	Lost to Florida State 14–24
106	-19	5.006	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–4–2	0.375	98	-6	Lost to Yale 7–23
107	0	5.028	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	69	-15	Beat Boston College 29–26
108	-5	5.089	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–5	0.375	98	-14	Lost to BYU 3–21
109	-14	5.103	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	88	-19	Lost to Louisiana 17–19
110	-6	5.385	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	108	-20	Lost to Drake 21–24
111	-5	5.550	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-22	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–38
112	2	5.733	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-22	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–42
113	-3	5.912	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	108	-17	Lost to App State 10–31
114	-6	5.914	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	115	-19	Lost to Cincinnati 0–35
115	-2	5.986	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–6	0.333	102	-15	Lost to Central Michigan 9–41
116	14	6.084	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	88	-8	Beat Northridge State 31–20
117	-6	6.113	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	128	-17	Lost to SMU 0–58
118	2	6.210	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	121	-23	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–52
119	7	6.285	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–7	0.222	115	-26	Lost to Maryland 7–17
120	-4	6.327	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	131	-23	Lost to Missouri 0–48
121	2	6.333	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	121	-29	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 3–30
122	6	6.345	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–7–2	0.200	121	-18	Lost to Ohio State 7–45
123	10	6.346	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–8	0.200	121	-28	Beat Northern Illinois 35–16
124	0	6.453	TCU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	115	-20	Lost to Texas Tech 17–27
125	-8	6.515	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–5–1	0.313	106	-10	Lost to Harvard 13–17
126	-1	6.534	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–8	0.111	128	-20	Lost to Kentucky 2–53
127	-9	6.561	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–9	0.100	131	-29	Lost to Arizona 3–24
128	-7	6.639	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–9	0.100	131	-27	Lost to Duke 0–3
129	-2	6.671	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–8	0.111	128	-25	Lost to Indiana 14–34
130	1	6.777	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	131	-32	Lost to Southern Illinois 14–15
131	-9	7.030	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	121	-35	Lost to Illinois State 14–27
132	2	7.248	UTEP	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	131	-32	Lost to Utah 0–38
133	-4	7.400	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-12	Lost to Bucknell 0–7
134	-2	7.631	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–8	0.200	121	-24	Lost to Montana State 14–35
135	0	7.880	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	138	-28	Lost to Army 26–29
136	0	8.026	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–7–1	0.167	127	-35	Lost to Mcneese State 23–24
137	0	8.365	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–9–1	0.050	137	-32	Lost to Michigan 14–59
138	0	8.652	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	131	-20	Beat Indiana State 27–14

1978 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 7, 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	0	0.871	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+36	Beat Maryland 27–3
2	1	1.037	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–0	1.000	1	+34	Beat Colorado 28–7
3	4	1.111	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	3	+32	Beat Mississippi State 35–14
4	-2	1.146	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	3	+29	Beat Kansas 63–21
5	3	1.153	USC	PAC	7–1	0.875	8	+28	Beat Stanford 13–7
6	-2	1.160	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	16	+24	BYE
7	5	1.234	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+26	Beat Navy 27–7
8	-3	1.279	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	8–1	0.889	3	+28	Lost to Penn State 3–27
9	-3	1.317	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–1	0.875	8	+23	Beat Wake Forest 51–6
10	-1	1.322	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	8	+22	Beat TCU 63–6
11	0	1.394	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	7–1	0.875	8	+19	Beat Iowa 34–0
12	1	1.471	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	7–1	0.875	8	+21	Beat Virginia Military Institute 41–3
13	2	1.485	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	8–1	0.889	3	+23	Beat Bowling Green 39–14
14	0	1.600	UCLA	PAC	8–1	0.889	3	+21	Beat Oregon 23–21
15	-5	1.600	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	8	+17	Lost to Notre Dame 7–27
16	0	1.636	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	8	+13	Beat Massachusetts 21–11
17	1	1.751	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–1	0.875	8	+13	Beat Northwestern 31–0
18	6	1.791	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+22	Beat Southern Miss 25–12
19	7	1.824	LSU	SEC	6–1	0.857	16	+13	Beat Ole Miss 30–8
20	7	1.842	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	19	+15	Beat Wichita State 38–20
21	-2	1.870	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+15	Beat Syracuse 18–17
22	0	1.871	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	8–2	0.800	18	+23	Beat West Texas A&M 44–23
23	6	1.879	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–2	0.750	24	+16	Beat California 35–21
24	8	1.973	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–2	0.750	24	+15	Beat South Carolina 22–13
25	0	1.974	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–3	0.625	46	+12	Beat Illinois 59–19
26	-3	1.986	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	6–2–1	0.722	31	+15	Beat Ohio 31–16
27	3	2.056	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–2	0.714	33	+13	Beat Rice 37–7
28	15	2.066	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–2–1	0.688	36	+10	Beat Wisconsin 49–14
29	8	2.068	BYU	IND WAC	6–2	0.750	24	+12	Beat Wyoming 48–14
30	-9	2.077	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–2	0.750	24	+14	BYE
31	0	2.084	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	19	+19	Beat Toledo 27–3
32	-15	2.088	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–2–1	0.722	31	+11	Lost to Western Carolina 21–31
33	3	2.160	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–2	0.778	19	+13	Beat Pacific 40–14
34	12	2.192	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	6–3	0.667	38	+14	Beat Utah 24–12
35	4	2.308	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–3	0.667	38	+11	Beat Arizona 31–21
36	4	2.320	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	46	+12	Beat Lamar 40–3
37	-2	2.325	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	38	+14	Beat Louisiana 16–6
38	0	2.373	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	19	+8	Beat Marshall 24–6
39	10	2.389	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	24	+5	Beat SMU 20–17
40	-7	2.401	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–3	0.625	46	+11	Lost to Alabama 14–35
41	23	2.409	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	3–2–2	0.571	54	+4	Beat Cornell 42–14
42	11	2.446	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–2	0.714	33	+13	Beat Harvard 31–30
43	2	2.527	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–2–1	0.688	36	+6	BYE
44	0	2.545	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	46	+9	BYE
45	11	2.550	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	38	+11	Beat App State 33–8
46	-5	2.587	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–4	0.556	61	+9	Lost to USC 7–13
47	7	2.631	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–3	0.571	54	+8	Beat Baylor 27–9
48	-14	2.651	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–4	0.556	61	+11	Lost to Arizona State 21–35
49	-2	2.679	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–3	0.625	46	+5	BYE
50	-8	2.684	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	38	+7	Lost to Oklahoma 7–28
51	-31	2.687	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–4	0.556	61	+8	Lost to Oklahoma State 20–35
52	-24	2.717	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	33	+10	Lost to Boston University 7–15
53	4	2.748	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	38	+6	Beat Kansas State 24–0
54	19	2.922	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–4	0.429	88	+5	Beat Auburn 31–7
55	10	2.924	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	52	+3	Beat Citadel 12–8
56	10	3.018	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	+5	Beat UTEP 35–13
57	-2	3.055	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	61	+7	Lost to North Texas 12–25
58	-8	3.085	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	69	+4	Lost to NC State 13–22
59	-1	3.194	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–4	0.500	69	+1	Lost to BYU 14–48
60	-12	3.236	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	52	+8	Lost to Cincinnati 7–20
61	16	3.242	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–3	0.571	54	+6	Beat Columbia 37–7
62	14	3.254	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	3–4–1	0.438	84	+5	Beat Virginia Tech 28–0
63	12	3.273	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	61	+3	Beat Drake 21–20
64	-5	3.288	SMU	IND SWC	3–4–1	0.438	84	+3	Lost to Texas A&M 17–20
65	14	3.301	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	38	+11	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 31–21
66	3	3.343	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	6–3	0.667	38	-7	Beat Davidson 56–14
67	-16	3.410	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–3	0.625	46	-2	Lost to Florida 7–31
68	-7	3.512	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	54	-5	Lost to New Mexico 12–24
69	-7	3.540	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–3–1	0.563	60	0	Lost to Ohio State 14–49
70	0	3.648	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	77	-4	Lost to Ball State 14–39
71	-19	3.670	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–5	0.375	92	+4	Lost to Tennessee 0–34
72	13	3.712	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	4–4	0.500	69	-3	Beat Kent State 27–21
73	-13	3.759	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-2	Lost to Tulane 16–20
74	13	3.776	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	61	-5	Beat Boston College 28–16
75	-8	3.802	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–3–1	0.500	69	-2	Lost to Yale 14–42
76	17	3.852	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–4–1	0.357	101	-2	Beat Duke 34–0
77	-5	3.853	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–3–1	0.500	69	-2	Lost to Brown 30–31
78	10	3.895	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	5–4	0.556	61	-7	Beat Indiana State 28–7
79	16	3.907	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–4	0.500	69	-4	Beat Indiana 32–31
80	-17	3.944	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–5	0.375	92	-3	Lost to Richmond 18–27
81	17	3.985	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-4	Beat UL Monroe 20–7
82	-8	3.987	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–4	0.556	61	-1	Lost to East Carolina 8–33
83	3	4.016	UNLV	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	54	-1	BYE
84	-13	4.067	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–3–1	0.500	69	-3	Lost to Dartmouth 7–37
85	11	4.096	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	-8	Beat Miami 20–16
86	-2	4.228	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	77	+1	Lost to Utah State 14–40
87	22	4.279	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–3–2	0.429	88	-2	Beat Pennsylvania 21–0
88	-5	4.279	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–5	0.375	92	-7	Lost to Washington 21–31
89	-9	4.287	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	4–5	0.444	77	-9	Lost to William & Mary 8–12
90	-22	4.299	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–4–1	0.438	84	-8	Lost to Oregon State 31–32
91	-10	4.336	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	3–5	0.375	92	-5	Lost to Minnesota 31–32
92	0	4.337	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	77	-9	Lost to Louisville 20–38
93	-15	4.377	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	69	-2	Lost to Fresno State 41–42
94	7	4.408	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–6	0.400	91	-11	Beat Northwestern State 30–7
95	-13	4.454	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	77	-11	Lost to Texas Arlington 7–30
96	-7	4.508	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–5	0.375	92	-5	Lost to LSU 8–30
97	2	4.515	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	92	-7	Beat Vanderbilt 35–14
98	7	4.529	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	103	-8	Beat Missouri 35–20
99	-8	4.581	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	103	-8	Lost to New Mexico State 20–21
100	8	4.811	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	77	-7	Beat CAL State Fullerton 30–21
101	-7	4.813	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	112	-7	Lost to Texas Tech 9–27
102	-12	4.841	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	103	-9	Lost to Kentucky 0–28
103	7	4.857	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–4	0.429	88	-11	Beat Colorado State 34–31
104	-7	4.950	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	103	-12	Lost to Tulsa 23–44
105	11	5.013	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–5–1	0.313	111	-8	Beat Washington State 32–31
106	-6	5.311	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–6	0.333	103	-17	Lost to Northern Illinois 21–27
107	20	5.353	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–4–1	0.438	84	-11	Beat Air Force 28–14
108	-2	5.416	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–6	0.250	112	-13	Lost to Miami (OH) 16–31
109	-6	5.556	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–7	0.222	119	-12	Lost to Iowa State 0–24
110	1	5.572	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	103	-11	Lost to Georgia 3–41
111	1	5.658	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–7	0.125	126	-10	Lost to Arkansas 7–37
112	5	5.709	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–6	0.250	112	-17	Lost to Arkansas State 6–16
113	0	5.767	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–5	0.375	92	-11	BYE
114	-12	5.771	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	103	-18	Lost to Army 14–28
115	-11	5.776	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	112	-14	Lost to San Diego State 31–34
116	3	5.790	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	130	-15	Lost to Nebraska 21–63
117	-10	5.906	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–4–1	0.357	101	-5	Lost to Princeton 0–21
118	-4	5.927	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–8	0.111	130	-20	Lost to UCLA 21–23
119	4	6.078	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–7	0.125	126	-15	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–18
120	6	6.092	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	119	-17	Beat Virginia 20–17
121	0	6.179	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–8	0.111	130	-18	Lost to Clemson 6–51
122	-4	6.286	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–7	0.222	119	-22	Lost to Southern Illinois 7–28
123	8	6.407	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	119	-25	Beat North Carolina 27–18
124	0	6.425	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	112	-15	Lost to Houston 6–63
125	-5	6.456	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	126	-16	Lost to Memphis 14–35
126	-11	6.508	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–6	0.250	112	-22	Lost to West Virginia 17–20
127	1	6.526	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–7	0.125	126	-19	Lost to Michigan 0–34
128	-6	6.706	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–6–2	0.222	119	-17	Lost to Michigan State 19–59
129	5	6.771	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	112	-10	Beat Lafayette 17–7
130	-5	6.777	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–6	0.333	103	-7	Lost to San José State 21–30
131	-2	6.830	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–8	0.111	130	-26	Lost to Western Michigan 6–24
132	4	7.034	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–7	0.222	119	-21	Beat Long Beach State 42–41
133	-1	7.045	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–8	0.111	130	-27	Lost to Central Michigan 3–27
134	-4	7.048	UTEP	IND WAC	1–8	0.111	130	-25	Lost to Hawai'i 13–35
135	-2	7.433	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	137	-20	Lost to Villanova 16–28
136	-1	8.381	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–6–1	0.188	125	-30	Lost to Louisiana Tech 3–40
137	0	8.446	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–8–1	0.056	136	-27	Lost to Purdue 0–31
138	0	9.574	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–9	0.000	137	-19	Lost to Eastern Illinois 7–42

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.

entries per pageSearch:

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

1978 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 24, 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	0.878	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat Syracuse 45–15
2	0	0.896	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	7	+20	Beat Colorado 52–14
3	1	0.985	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	7–0	1.000	1	+21	Beat Iowa State 34–6
4	10	1.115	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	12	+16	Beat Arkansas 28–21
5	-2	1.186	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–0	1.000	1	+18	Beat Wake Forest 39–0
6	-1	1.208	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	7	+18	Beat Tennessee 30–17
7	1	1.260	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–0–1	0.929	6	+14	Beat Furman 13–9
8	11	1.281	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–1	0.833	12	+12	Beat Wisconsin 42–0
9	0	1.390	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–1	0.833	12	+13	Beat Duke 28–8
10	3	1.395	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat William & Mary 9–0
11	4	1.424	USC	PAC	5–1	0.833	12	+12	Beat Oregon State 38–7
12	0	1.430	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	12	+12	Beat Vanderbilt 31–10
13	8	1.446	UCLA	PAC	6–1	0.857	7	+14	Beat California 45–0
14	-4	1.481	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	12	+12	Beat SMU 42–28
15	-8	1.498	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–1	0.833	12	+12	BYE
16	8	1.540	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+12	Beat Air Force 38–15
17	1	1.561	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	6–1	0.857	7	+13	Beat Illinois State 14–7
18	-7	1.641	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	BYE
19	-13	1.677	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	24	+10	Lost to Texas 21–28
20	2	1.723	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	27	+12	Beat Kansas State 56–14
21	10	1.748	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+10	Beat Florida State 7–3
22	6	1.765	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–1	0.857	7	+11	Beat Eastern Michigan 32–0
23	9	1.877	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–1	0.833	12	+7	Beat Illinois 13–0
24	6	1.905	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–1	0.833	12	+9	Beat North Carolina 34–7
25	10	1.907	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+11	Beat Auburn 24–10
26	8	1.911	LSU	SEC	5–1	0.833	12	+7	Beat Kentucky 21–0
27	12	1.963	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	12	+6	Beat Villanova 24–9
28	17	1.982	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–2–1	0.643	46	+10	Beat Bowling Green 18–7
29	11	2.002	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	4–2	0.667	40	+12	Beat Northwestern State 45–20
30	-14	2.013	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–2	0.714	27	+10	Lost to UCLA 0–45
31	-2	2.073	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	6–2	0.750	25	+12	Beat Cincinnati 27–26
32	4	2.139	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	46	+7	Beat Ole Miss 18–17
33	9	2.239	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	40	+9	BYE
34	14	2.262	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+9	BYE
35	-15	2.276	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–2–1	0.583	54	+4	Lost to Stanford 27–43
36	8	2.349	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+4	Beat Boston University 35–7
37	6	2.352	BYU	IND WAC	5–2	0.714	27	+5	Beat UTEP 44–0
38	3	2.393	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–3	0.500	70	+9	Lost to Clemson 8–28
39	-22	2.412	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–1–1	0.700	38	+2	Lost to Brown 13–21
40	17	2.466	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–2	0.714	27	+9	Beat Northern Illinois 34–7
41	10	2.467	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	57	+8	Beat Mcneese State 6–3
42	-19	2.516	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–1–1	0.750	25	+2	Lost to Michigan 0–42
43	-17	2.522	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–2	0.714	27	+5	Lost to Miami 16–17
44	2	2.527	SMU	IND SWC	3–2–1	0.583	54	+4	Lost to Houston 28–42
45	17	2.527	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–3	0.571	57	+5	Beat Washington State 43–27
46	17	2.561	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	3–2–1	0.583	54	+4	Beat Iowa 31–7
47	9	2.572	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	27	+6	Beat Memphis 13–10
48	6	2.610	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	46	+4	Beat West Virginia 28–27
49	21	2.676	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–3	0.500	70	+4	Beat Indiana 49–14
50	5	2.698	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–1–1	0.700	38	+1	Tied Yale 3–3
51	-4	2.699	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	27	+1	Lost to Nebraska 14–52
52	22	2.706	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–3	0.571	57	+6	Beat New Mexico State 35–20
53	-20	2.746	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–2	0.667	40	+2	Lost to Georgia Tech 10–24
54	12	2.747	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	51	+5	BYE
55	12	2.790	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	5–2	0.714	27	+2	Beat Citadel 42–14
56	-7	2.797	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	57	+4	Lost to Oklahoma 6–34
57	-20	2.801	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	46	+2	Lost to Navy 0–9
58	11	2.850	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	70	+3	Beat Utah State 17–16
59	0	2.870	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	+5	BYE
60	0	2.890	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	70	+4	Beat Rice 42–28
61	-34	2.900	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–2	0.667	40	0	Lost to Baylor 6–24
62	-9	2.934	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	+3	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–7
63	-25	3.004	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	40	-1	Lost to Wyoming 21–34
64	-39	3.089	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	46	+6	Lost to Southeastern Louisiana 21–25
65	12	3.098	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	51	+1	Beat Dartmouth 24–19
66	-16	3.123	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–3	0.571	57	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–18
67	-2	3.147	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	57	0	Beat Oregon 20–14
68	24	3.168	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	70	0	Beat Utah 34–21
69	4	3.228	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–3	0.400	92	+1	Beat Army 31–7
70	-18	3.319	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	57	-1	Lost to Arkansas State 3–6
71	25	3.424	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	51	+4	Beat Cornell 21–13
72	0	3.509	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	57	-2	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 9–13
73	-2	3.546	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–2–1	0.500	70	-1	Tied Columbia 3–3
74	-13	3.568	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–3–1	0.417	91	+2	Lost to LSU 0–21
75	0	3.613	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	70	-2	BYE
76	3	3.657	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–4	0.333	98	+1	Lost to NC State 7–34
77	-13	3.700	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	57	-3	Lost to Wichita State 7–33
78	20	3.706	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	57	-2	Beat Southern Illinois 33–7
79	11	4.006	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	80	-2	BYE
80	-22	4.027	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	80	-4	Lost to Virginia 7–17
81	13	4.096	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–4	0.429	80	-5	Beat Marshall 20–17
82	2	4.123	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	80	-4	Lost to App State 14–42
83	-2	4.138	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	98	-1	Lost to Southern Miss 10–13
84	-4	4.178	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	80	-4	Lost to New Mexico 20–35
85	21	4.249	UNLV	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	70	0	Beat Colorado State 33–6
86	1	4.256	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	80	-4	Lost to Rutgers 9–24
87	-1	4.266	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–4	0.333	98	-1	Lost to South Carolina 17–18
88	15	4.297	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–3	0.500	70	-5	Beat Northwestern 38–14
89	-6	4.321	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	80	-4	Lost to Louisiana Tech 20–45
90	-14	4.351	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4	0.333	98	-2	Lost to Michigan State 14–49
91	-2	4.453	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–3–1	0.300	106	-3	Lost to Alabama 17–30
92	-24	4.465	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	70	0	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 9–34
93	-15	4.553	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–3	0.400	92	+2	Lost to Harvard 19–24
94	8	4.575	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–3	0.571	57	+1	Beat Wofford 26–11
95	-10	4.632	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	80	0	Lost to San Diego State 28–31
96	13	4.721	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–5	0.375	96	-7	Beat Indiana State 36–7
97	14	4.778	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–5	0.375	96	-10	Beat Lamar 37–17
98	-10	4.937	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	98	-6	Lost to UNLV 6–33
99	25	4.970	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	119	-5	Beat Texas A&M 24–6
100	-3	4.982	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	108	-6	Lost to Missouri 14–56
101	-8	4.995	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–4	0.333	98	-8	Lost to Central Michigan 7–34
102	5	5.010	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–4	0.333	98	-8	BYE
103	5	5.087	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	108	-8	Beat Kansas 21–7
104	24	5.127	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–3–1	0.300	106	-3	Beat Colgate 13–12
105	-10	5.129	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	108	-9	Lost to TCU 7–13
106	-15	5.220	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	80	-6	Lost to Lehigh 10–14
107	12	5.274	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	80	-6	Beat Fresno State 26–16
108	-26	5.289	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–3	0.400	92	-2	Lost to Lafayette 19–20
109	20	5.338	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	92	-8	Beat Pacific 31–28
110	3	5.381	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–4–1	0.250	116	-6	Lost to USC 7–38
111	4	5.406	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–4–2	0.286	108	-6	Lost to Purdue 0–13
112	-7	5.442	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	80	-6	Lost to Western Michigan 0–32
113	-9	5.484	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	119	-6	Lost to Texas Tech 28–42
114	6	5.505	TCU	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	98	-6	Beat Tulane 13–7
115	-16	5.532	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5	0.167	119	-6	Lost to Georgia 10–31
116	9	5.558	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–5	0.286	108	-10	Beat Virginia Tech 17–7
117	0	5.610	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	119	-10	Lost to Tulsa 26–27
118	-17	5.714	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–5	0.286	108	-13	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–36
119	-9	5.749	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	108	-10	Lost to Notre Dame 15–38
120	-4	5.764	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–6	0.143	126	-9	Lost to Maryland 0–39
121	-21	5.839	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	126	-9	Lost to Oklahoma State 7–21
122	-8	6.338	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–5	0.167	119	-12	Lost to Toledo 14–28
123	3	6.363	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	126	-10	Lost to Penn State 15–45
124	-6	6.526	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–7	0.000	136	-15	Lost to Washington 14–20
125	-2	6.534	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–6	0.143	126	-14	Lost to Kent State 17–20
126	-4	6.562	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	126	-14	Lost to Temple 27–28
127	-15	6.644	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	119	-3	Lost to Princeton 12–13
128	-7	6.793	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–5	0.167	119	-13	Lost to Ohio State 7–31
129	-2	6.835	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	126	-18	BYE
130	6	6.968	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–6	0.143	126	-17	Beat Ohio 28–14
131	-1	7.040	UTEP	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	126	-16	Lost to BYU 0–44
132	6	7.504	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–5	0.286	108	-3	Beat Long Beach State 34–9
133	-2	7.619	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	116	-11	Lost to Florida 7–31
134	-2	7.695	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	136	-13	BYE
135	-1	8.086	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–6	0.143	126	-16	Lost to San José State 16–26
136	-3	8.196	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–5–1	0.214	118	-21	Lost to Texas Arlington 17–37
137	0	8.395	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	136	-15	Lost to Ball State 7–14
138	-3	8.558	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–6–1	0.071	135	-16	Lost to Minnesota 14–38

1978 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 17, 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	1	0.743	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+15	BYE
2	1	0.892	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	10	+15	Beat Kansas State 48–14
3	2	1.010	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	6–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Syracuse 24–9
4	0	1.059	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Kansas 17–16
5	3	1.246	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	10	+13	Beat Florida 23–12
6	1	1.345	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+8	BYE
7	15	1.392	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	5–1	0.833	10	+11	Beat USC 20–7
8	3	1.401	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	5–0–1	0.917	7	+8	Beat Jacksonville State 28–21
9	4	1.405	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–1	0.800	19	+9	Beat Virginia 30–14
10	21	1.459	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	19	+9	Beat Texas A&M 33–0
11	8	1.489	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Army 31–0
12	21	1.512	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	19	+8	Beat LSU 24–17
13	8	1.524	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Duke 31–8
14	25	1.530	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	19	+10	Beat North Texas 26–16
15	-5	1.534	USC	PAC	4–1	0.800	19	+8	Lost to Arizona State 7–20
16	10	1.550	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–1	0.833	10	+10	Beat Arizona 33–20
17	11	1.562	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	3–0–1	0.875	9	+3	Beat Harvard 25–20
18	-9	1.645	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–1	0.833	10	+9	Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–17
19	-18	1.663	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–1	0.800	19	+7	Lost to Michigan State 15–24
20	-14	1.665	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–1–1	0.700	38	+6	Lost to UCLA 31–45
21	15	1.722	UCLA	PAC	5–1	0.833	10	+7	Beat Washington State 45–31
22	13	1.743	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	40	+9	Beat Iowa State 26–13
23	0	1.800	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–0–1	0.900	8	+3	Tied Illinois 20–20
24	29	1.829	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+7	Beat Pittsburgh 26–17
25	-13	1.854	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	33	+6	Lost to Mcneese State 10–31
26	-9	1.915	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–1	0.833	10	+7	Lost to Long Beach State 17–33
27	-12	1.945	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Lost to Houston 0–33
28	2	1.960	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–1	0.833	10	+6	Beat Toledo 17–7
29	-15	1.961	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–2	0.714	36	+11	Lost to New Mexico State 20–23
30	-5	2.032	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	19	+7	BYE
31	-13	2.041	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+5	Lost to Notre Dame 17–26
32	18	2.084	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Beat Ohio State 27–16
33	4	2.106	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Beat Vanderbilt 49–7
34	-14	2.115	LSU	SEC	4–1	0.800	19	+4	Lost to Georgia 17–24
35	9	2.150	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+7	Beat Miami 24–19
36	5	2.169	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	59	+5	Beat Ohio 24–7
37	8	2.197	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	33	+3	Beat James Madison 32–7
38	5	2.238	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	19	+2	Beat Weber State 30–7
39	-1	2.260	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	19	+2	Beat UConn 10–0
40	32	2.275	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	54	+7	Beat Ball State 17–7
41	-17	2.289	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–2	0.600	54	+7	Lost to Navy 8–31
42	22	2.336	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–2	0.667	40	+8	Beat Florida State 55–27
43	-3	2.348	BYU	IND WAC	4–2	0.667	40	+4	Beat Oregon 17–16
44	13	2.349	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+4	Beat Northwestern State 51–7
45	9	2.380	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	3–2–1	0.583	59	+5	Beat Marshall 29–3
46	-14	2.403	SMU	IND SWC	3–1–1	0.700	38	+2	Beat Baylor 28–21
47	-31	2.427	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	10	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 20–24
48	-6	2.434	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	36	+6	Lost to Texas 16–26
49	-22	2.605	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	40	+3	Lost to Missouri 13–26
50	11	2.614	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	40	+1	Beat Kent State 28–20
51	9	2.632	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	3–3	0.500	63	+5	Beat Southern Illinois 26–24
52	26	2.695	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	4–2	0.667	40	+2	Beat UL Monroe 31–10
53	-19	2.756	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+2	Lost to Mississippi State 27–55
54	2	2.792	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	59	+3	Beat Cincinnati 16–13
55	-6	2.792	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–1	0.750	33	0	Beat Princeton 14–10
56	15	2.831	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	40	+5	Beat East Carolina 17–16
57	6	2.893	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	40	+5	Beat Illinois State 45–7
58	12	2.944	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	+2	Beat West Virginia 16–3
59	-4	2.959	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	62	+4	Lost to Southern Miss 16–17
60	8	3.009	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	86	+3	Beat New Mexico 36–23
61	20	3.013	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–2–1	0.500	63	+2	Beat Ole Miss 24–17
62	-16	3.020	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–3	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Washington 31–34
63	-12	3.051	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–2–1	0.500	63	+1	Lost to Purdue 16–27
64	-16	3.100	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	4–2	0.667	40	-1	Lost to Arkansas State 24–26
65	22	3.139	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–3	0.500	63	0	Beat Stanford 34–31
66	-37	3.155	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+2	Lost to UNLV 20–30
67	10	3.172	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	40	0	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 49–28
68	27	3.198	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–2	0.600	54	+6	Beat Utah State 33–17
69	-22	3.261	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	0	Lost to Georgia Tech 19–24
70	24	3.298	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Beat Michigan 24–15
71	-13	3.351	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Dartmouth 3–10
72	8	3.360	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–2	0.667	40	-2	Beat East Tennessee State 35–14
73	-11	3.410	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–3	0.250	111	+1	Lost to Alabama 12–23
74	-22	3.419	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–3	0.500	63	0	Lost to Texas Tech 23–36
75	-16	3.422	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Lost to California 20–33
76	3	3.442	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Beat Northwestern 38–10
77	-1	3.442	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	63	0	Lost to Cornell 20–25
78	18	3.463	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	63	+4	Beat Yale 10–3
79	-5	3.499	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–3	0.400	86	+2	Beat Wake Forest 34–29
80	19	3.609	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Beat Tulsa 23–20
81	8	3.615	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Beat Wichita State 26–13
82	-16	3.673	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Brown 0–14
83	-18	3.675	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Louisville 7–51
84	-11	3.707	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	-2	Lost to Western Carolina 24–38
85	7	3.732	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	63	+3	Beat Fresno State 27–7
86	-11	3.758	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–3	0.400	86	+1	Lost to Kentucky 17–24
87	-20	3.782	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	63	-1	Lost to Colgate 14–20
88	12	3.855	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	86	-1	Beat Air Force 31–13
89	-5	3.856	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	98	-1	BYE
90	-21	4.046	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	85	-2	Lost to Indiana State 0–13
91	0	4.120	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	-5	Beat Richmond 23–6
92	5	4.170	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	86	-4	Beat San Diego State 31–22
93	5	4.318	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–3	0.400	86	-4	Beat Western Illinois 24–20
94	-9	4.492	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–4	0.333	99	-5	Lost to Bowling Green 20–28
95	-2	4.533	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	99	-5	Beat Boston College 9–3
96	30	4.554	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	63	0	Beat Pennsylvania 14–0
97	-11	4.593	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–4	0.333	99	-4	Lost to Nebraska 14–48
98	-15	4.595	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	63	-7	Lost to Memphis 13–26
99	3	4.833	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–4	0.200	114	-2	Lost to Auburn 7–49
100	1	4.839	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	121	-3	Lost to Oklahoma 16–17
101	23	4.845	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	99	-6	Beat Drake 13–0
102	21	4.955	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	63	+1	Beat Citadel 38–24
103	12	4.981	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–3	0.400	86	-5	Beat Iowa 22–20
104	8	5.011	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Beat TCU 21–14
105	2	5.060	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	63	-4	BYE
106	19	5.084	UNLV	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	86	-1	Beat Hawai'i 30–20
107	-25	5.164	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–4	0.333	99	-8	Lost to Texas Arlington 3–24
108	12	5.221	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	121	-6	Beat Colorado 24–20
109	12	5.235	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–5	0.286	109	-8	Beat Lamar 55–16
110	-22	5.260	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	99	-6	Lost to Colorado State 13–31
111	18	5.501	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	2–5	0.286	109	-11	Beat Louisiana 24–3
112	21	5.504	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	+1	Beat Villanova 20–14
113	3	5.623	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3–1	0.300	107	-6	BYE
114	-9	5.636	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Lost to South Carolina 7–24
115	-9	5.703	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3–2	0.333	99	-5	Tied Wisconsin 20–20
116	-8	5.851	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–5	0.167	121	-8	Lost to North Carolina 29–34
117	-8	5.859	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-8	Lost to Temple 13–16
118	-7	5.942	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–6	0.000	134	-9	Lost to BYU 16–17
119	-29	6.042	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	99	-6	Lost to Boise State 15–30
120	-17	6.060	TCU	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	114	-5	Lost to Rice 14–21
121	-17	6.206	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–4	0.200	114	-9	Lost to Minnesota 20–22
122	-5	6.225	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	121	-9	Lost to Virginia Tech 3–16
123	-5	6.269	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–5	0.167	121	-10	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–29
124	7	6.298	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–5	0.000	134	-7	Lost to SMU 21–28
125	-3	6.366	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–5	0.167	121	-10	Lost to Clemson 14–30
126	2	6.466	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	121	-8	Lost to Maryland 9–24
127	-8	6.565	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	131	-14	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–23
128	8	6.742	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–3–1	0.125	132	-4	Lost to Columbia 10–14
129	-16	6.802	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	111	-9	Lost to Wyoming 22–31
130	0	6.812	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	121	-12	BYE
131	1	6.943	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	107	-7	Lost to Holy Cross 0–31
132	-22	7.203	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	134	-10	Lost to Tulane 3–9
133	-19	7.434	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–4–1	0.250	111	-14	Lost to West Texas A&M 16–55
134	0	7.463	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	121	-9	Lost to Pacific 7–27
135	-8	7.521	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–5–1	0.083	133	-9	Lost to Indiana 10–38
136	1	7.755	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–6	0.000	134	-15	Lost to Western Michigan 7–17
137	1	9.050	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	134	-12	Lost to Central Michigan 7–45
138	-3	9.344	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–5	0.167	121	-5	Lost to Nevada 14–37

1978 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 10, 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	1	0.778	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Arizona 21–17
2	-1	0.811	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+11	Beat Kentucky 30–0
3	5	0.841	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	22	+11	Beat Iowa State 23–0
4	-1	0.953	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat Texas 31–10
5	-1	1.068	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–0	1.000	1	+10	Beat NC State 31–7
6	5	1.150	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	18	+5	BYE
7	-2	1.179	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat TCU 42–3
8	1	1.216	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	22	+10	Beat Washington 20–17
9	-3	1.231	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–0	1.000	1	+8	Beat Indiana State 7–0
10	-3	1.235	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	BYE
11	8	1.286	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	4–0–1	0.900	16	+6	Beat App State 72–14
12	-2	1.294	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–0–1	0.900	16	+6	Tied Lamar 17–17
13	16	1.310	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	3–1	0.750	32	+7	Beat Virginia Tech 38–7
14	19	1.425	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	5–1	0.833	19	+11	Beat Louisville 24–7
15	3	1.438	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Texas Tech 38–9
16	-3	1.485	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Kansas 17–7
17	8	1.485	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat BYU 24–7
18	-6	1.525	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Boston College 32–15
19	-5	1.587	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
20	2	1.603	LSU	SEC	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Florida 34–21
21	7	1.622	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Air Force 37–8
22	2	1.755	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+6	Beat Northwestern 56–14
23	8	1.796	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Indiana 34–7
24	-1	1.848	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–1	0.750	32	+6	Beat Virginia 20–13
25	-8	1.891	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–1	0.800	22	+7	Lost to Maryland 7–31
26	11	1.938	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+5	Beat Oregon 21–18
27	-6	1.971	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	22	+4	Lost to Nebraska 0–23
28	4	1.990	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	2–0–1	0.833	19	0	Beat Bucknell 24–0
29	24	2.031	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	32	+5	Beat San José State 25–11
30	20	2.066	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–1	0.800	22	+4	Beat Kent State 14–0
31	14	2.070	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	32	+4	Beat Baylor 20–18
32	-6	2.074	SMU	IND SWC	2–1–1	0.625	48	+2	Tied Ohio State 35–35
33	22	2.083	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	32	+3	Beat Ole Miss 42–3
34	18	2.099	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Cincinnati 26–21
35	13	2.107	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Beat Illinois 45–3
36	18	2.147	UCLA	PAC	4–1	0.800	22	+3	Beat Stanford 27–26
37	-21	2.168	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–1	0.750	32	+3	Lost to Miami 15–17
38	24	2.178	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	32	+2	Beat Yale 28–27
39	-24	2.188	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	32	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 10–31
40	6	2.252	BYU	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Lost to Utah State 7–24
41	-14	2.272	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Lost to Georgia Tech 3–6
42	1	2.311	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	19	+3	Beat West Texas A&M 35–0
43	23	2.387	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	32	+1	Beat Iowa 13–9
44	21	2.392	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+4	Beat South Carolina 6–3
45	-3	2.393	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	42	+2	Tied Temple 22–22
46	-16	2.408	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–2	0.600	50	+3	Lost to UCLA 26–27
47	30	2.421	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	68	+3	Beat Auburn 17–15
48	8	2.448	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	22	+1	Beat Illinois State 26–0
49	-29	2.577	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	+1	Lost to Pennsylvania 19–31
50	13	2.580	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–1	0.750	32	+1	Beat Wake Forest 14–7
51	0	2.595	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1–1	0.625	48	+1	Tied SMU 35–35
52	8	2.616	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	3–2	0.600	50	+2	Beat Wyoming 19–15
53	18	2.634	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	68	+2	Beat Michigan State 29–25
54	15	2.671	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Beat North Carolina 7–3
55	13	2.688	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	43	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 19–6
56	2	2.690	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2–1	0.500	68	+3	Tied William & Mary 22–22
57	-19	2.759	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Tulsa 7–24
58	-24	2.792	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	0	Lost to Rutgers 27–28
59	-2	2.820	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Michigan 17–21
60	37	2.844	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–3	0.400	78	+3	Beat Northwestern State 23–14
61	14	2.902	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	50	0	Beat Toledo 45–27
62	-27	2.918	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–2	0.333	93	+2	Lost to LSU 21–34
63	13	2.950	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	50	+5	Beat Ohio 17–3
64	-25	2.970	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	50	+3	Lost to Southern Miss 17–22
65	-18	3.058	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Lost to Arkansas State 14–23
66	35	3.061	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	0	Beat Columbia 31–19
67	13	3.063	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+2	Beat Richmond 17–14
68	-32	3.171	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	100	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 9–38
69	25	3.192	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	68	+2	Beat Wichita State 48–22
70	-26	3.258	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	78	+1	Lost to Clemson 7–38
71	22	3.272	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	50	+1	Beat Mississippi State 22–17
72	-32	3.287	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	68	+1	Lost to Louisiana 6–24
73	15	3.307	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	0	Beat Marshall 41–0
74	-25	3.331	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–3	0.250	100	+2	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–7
75	-16	3.344	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–2	0.500	68	+1	Lost to Georgia 3–42
76	-3	3.379	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–1	0.667	43	-1	Beat Colgate 24–21
77	-16	3.414	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 14–72
78	1	3.622	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	50	-2	Beat Nicholls State 35–10
79	-7	3.638	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	+1	Lost to Wisconsin 7–34
80	2	3.717	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	50	-2	Beat Wofford 36–12
81	-14	3.816	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	90	0	Lost to Penn State 0–30
82	35	3.828	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Beat Louisiana Tech 24–6
83	-19	3.836	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–2	0.600	50	-4	Lost to Drake 22–48
84	19	3.853	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2–1	0.375	90	-1	Beat Army 31–13
85	-7	3.907	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Lost to Western Michigan 0–14
86	-1	3.952	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Beat Oklahoma State 18–7
87	-3	3.998	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	78	-3	Lost to Alabama 17–20
88	3	4.176	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	78	-2	Lost to Navy 8–37
89	3	4.354	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-1	BYE
90	-7	4.365	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	78	-3	Lost to Hawai'i 11–25
91	-4	4.454	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	78	-4	Lost to East Carolina 6–19
92	28	4.512	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	78	+1	Beat CAL State Fullerton 35–17
93	17	4.598	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-3	Beat Vanderbilt 38–3
94	-4	4.620	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Lost to Notre Dame 25–29
95	33	4.639	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	68	0	Beat Northern Illinois 24–19
96	-55	4.646	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	93	+2	Lost to Boston University 17–20
97	-16	4.681	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to New Mexico 15–19
98	-12	4.684	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to Long Beach State 19–24
99	-25	4.691	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	78	-5	Lost to Texas Arlington 17–28
100	15	4.738	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Beat UTEP 39–29
101	4	4.743	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	115	-1	Lost to Colorado 7–17
102	-32	4.826	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Lost to Tulane 3–38
103	1	4.830	TCU	IND SWC	1–3	0.250	100	-1	Lost to Arkansas 3–42
104	-15	5.048	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-4	Lost to Utah 9–13
105	-3	5.074	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–3	0.250	100	-3	Lost to Central Michigan 3–17
106	-11	5.141	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–3–1	0.300	97	-3	Lost to Missouri 3–45
107	11	5.175	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–3	0.500	68	-4	Beat Akron 25–14
108	-10	5.237	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to Purdue 7–14
109	-3	5.265	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-5	Lost to Florida State 21–26
110	1	5.364	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	131	-3	Lost to Pittsburgh 15–32
111	-2	5.385	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–5	0.000	131	-4	Lost to California 18–21
112	-13	5.390	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	131	-2	BYE
113	19	5.522	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	93	-5	Beat Fresno State 31–14
114	5	5.591	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–3–1	0.300	97	-6	Tied UL Monroe 17–17
115	-15	5.622	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–3	0.250	100	-5	Lost to Oregon State 14–17
116	10	5.704	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–3–1	0.300	97	-6	Beat Minnesota 17–14
117	-21	5.838	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-5	Lost to Syracuse 15–31
118	-10	5.981	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Lost to Citadel 0–41
119	-5	6.042	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	125	-9	Lost to Villanova 14–17
120	-13	6.075	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–5	0.000	131	-7	Lost to Kansas State 7–18
121	-5	6.105	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	125	-7	Lost to North Texas 0–35
122	-10	6.106	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Lost to Duke 13–20
123	1	6.133	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	78	-1	BYE
124	-1	6.187	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	115	-8	Lost to Ball State 0–7
125	10	6.206	UNLV	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	100	-2	Beat Idaho 53–14
126	11	6.422	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–2	0.333	93	-1	Beat Princeton 44–16
127	-5	6.521	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–4–1	0.100	130	-4	Lost to Arizona State 14–56
128	3	6.531	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	115	-7	Beat West Virginia 31–15
129	4	6.555	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–5	0.167	125	-11	Beat New Mexico State 28–17
130	-9	6.737	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	125	-10	Lost to Colorado State 29–39
131	-4	6.849	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	131	-5	Lost to Houston 18–20
132	-19	6.964	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	90	-6	Lost to Tennessee 13–31
133	-4	6.987	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	131	-1	Lost to Harvard 21–24
134	-9	7.001	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to San Diego State 14–31
135	-1	8.421	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–4	0.200	115	-4	Lost to Pacific 17–35
136	-6	8.437	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–2–1	0.167	125	-3	Lost to Brown 16–44
137	-1	8.493	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–5	0.000	131	-12	Lost to Bowling Green 27–45
138	0	9.080	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	131	-8	Lost to Southern Illinois 0–26

1978 Week 6 College Football Team Rankings

October 3, 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	1	0.726	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat TCU 58–0
2	27	0.889	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Duke 52–0
3	0	0.971	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Missouri 45–23
4	2	1.062	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Kentucky 20–3
5	7	1.089	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Tulsa 21–13
6	10	1.094	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Central Michigan 27–0
7	-3	1.136	USC	PAC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Michigan State 30–9
8	20	1.170	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	3–1	0.750	27	+5	Beat Indiana 69–17
9	-2	1.205	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	3–1	0.750	27	+6	Beat Vanderbilt 51–28
10	31	1.262	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Northwestern State 46–0
11	7	1.303	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0–1	0.875	23	+3	Tied Army 21–21
12	11	1.319	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 20–16
13	13	1.345	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Northwestern 55–7
14	8	1.353	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Dartmouth 35–0
15	-4	1.369	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Texas Tech 24–7
16	8	1.374	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Tennessee 29–10
17	-4	1.397	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Wake Forest 34–10
18	-3	1.403	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Memphis 58–0
19	2	1.419	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	3–0–1	0.875	23	+3	Tied Middle Tennessee 14–14
20	18	1.476	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lafayette 21–0
21	-1	1.492	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Drake 35–7
22	-13	1.527	LSU	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Rice 37–7
23	-15	1.647	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	45	+4	Lost to Michigan 0–52
24	15	1.685	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	3–1	0.750	27	+5	Beat UTEP 27–0
25	11	1.692	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wyoming 20–13
26	16	1.702	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	45	+2	BYE
27	24	1.711	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–1–1	0.625	57	+3	Beat Georgia 27–10
28	-1	1.717	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston College 19–8
29	-19	1.724	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	45	+3	Beat Villanova 31–0
30	17	1.763	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Tulane 17–14
31	3	1.818	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon 22–19
32	13	1.828	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–0–1	0.750	27	0	Beat Colgate 21–12
33	-2	1.894	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–1	0.800	25	+5	Lost to Arkansas 13–21
34	-4	1.911	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UConn 21–7
35	90	1.984	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	59	+2	Beat Mississippi State 34–0
36	-11	2.010	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	88	+3	Lost to Texas 7–24
37	21	2.021	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat West Virginia 28–21
38	11	2.085	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Beat Indiana State 31–12
39	-34	2.091	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–1	0.750	27	+5	Lost to Florida 0–34
40	26	2.115	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	45	+2	Beat Mcneese State 34–20
41	-6	2.138	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	59	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 0–35
42	-25	2.163	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Lost to Virginia Tech 19–22
43	-3	2.166	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	25	+2	Beat Oklahoma State 12–7
44	19	2.197	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	+3	Beat William & Mary 22–19
45	45	2.201	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	45	+2	Beat Florida State 27–21
46	19	2.230	BYU	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat New Mexico 27–23
47	-28	2.254	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Lost to UL Monroe 0–46
48	6	2.308	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Lost to Oklahoma 23–45
49	-6	2.370	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	88	+3	Lost to Pittsburgh 16–20
50	31	2.420	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat Bowling Green 24–20
51	-7	2.430	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	45	+1	Beat Baylor 34–28
52	-20	2.440	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	0	Lost to Houston 21–27
53	9	2.470	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	45	+2	Beat CAL State Fullerton 42–33
54	22	2.528	UCLA	PAC	3–1	0.750	27	0	Beat Minnesota 17–3
55	-41	2.528	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	45	+1	Lost to South Carolina 10–27
56	11	2.578	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat New Mexico State 43–39
57	13	2.614	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	3–1	0.750	27	0	Beat Iowa 23–3
58	-2	2.697	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	+2	Beat Delaware 38–7
59	24	2.734	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	45	+1	Beat Southern Miss 16–13
60	-7	2.776	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–2	0.500	59	+1	Lost to BYU 23–27
61	-28	2.807	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–1	0.750	27	0	Lost to Furman 34–52
62	25	2.842	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	45	0	Beat Princeton 24–0
63	-62	2.867	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–1	0.667	45	0	Lost to Notre Dame 6–10
64	10	2.902	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	27	-1	Beat West Texas A&M 38–37
65	29	3.096	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	0	Beat Citadel 28–0
66	38	3.100	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	45	-1	Beat Colorado State 30–6
67	-30	3.103	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1–1	0.500	59	0	Lost to Maryland 3–20
68	14	3.127	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	58	+1	Beat Texas Arlington 23–17
69	-1	3.161	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–2–1	0.375	86	+1	Tied Dayton 10–10
70	-10	3.186	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–2	0.333	88	+1	Lost to Alabama 28–51
71	38	3.203	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	88	0	Beat Purdue 10–6
72	-17	3.226	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	88	+1	Lost to Nebraska 17–69
73	-2	3.242	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	59	0	Beat Massachusetts 10–0
74	-15	3.289	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to Southern Illinois 39–43
75	-11	3.322	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Western Michigan 20–24
76	2	3.370	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–2	0.500	59	+3	Lost to Ball State 0–27
77	2	3.376	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	88	0	Beat Kansas 38–6
78	19	3.385	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat Ohio 20–14
79	-31	3.402	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to Louisiana Tech 20–34
80	-30	3.410	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	0	Lost to Clemson 0–31
81	4	3.575	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	88	0	Lost to Utah State 13–20
82	41	3.624	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	0	Beat App State 52–34
83	25	3.667	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Beat Santa Clara 17–7
84	17	3.678	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Beat Oregon State 34–0
85	22	3.685	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	103	0	Beat Air Force 34–21
86	25	3.742	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–2	0.333	88	-1	Beat Illinois State 49–21
87	19	3.819	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Beat Virginia 17–9
88	-4	3.895	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 0–28
89	-17	3.983	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–2	0.333	88	-1	Lost to Arizona 3–23
90	-29	3.990	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–2	0.333	88	-1	Lost to USC 9–30
91	-34	3.994	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	-2	Lost to Kansas State 21–34
92	-4	4.032	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	103	0	Lost to Texas A&M 0–58
93	-18	4.041	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	59	-1	Lost to Ole Miss 13–16
94	2	4.045	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	83	-2	Lost to Iowa State 7–35
95	23	4.045	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2–1	0.375	86	-1	Beat Syracuse 28–14
96	-7	4.184	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	103	0	Lost to California 21–28
97	-11	4.206	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–3	0.250	103	-1	BYE
98	5	4.252	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–3	0.250	103	-1	Lost to NC State 10–34
99	-1	4.259	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–4	0.000	124	0	Lost to LSU 7–37
100	-5	4.460	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–2	0.333	88	-2	Lost to UCLA 3–17
101	-21	4.464	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	59	-1	Beat Lehigh 21–13
102	-33	4.589	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	88	-1	Lost to Kent State 14–20
103	23	4.647	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–2–1	0.167	121	-1	Lost to Auburn 10–29
104	-12	4.654	TCU	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	88	-1	Lost to Penn State 0–58
105	-12	4.792	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–3	0.250	103	-1	Lost to Miami 6–38
106	-54	4.868	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	88	-3	Lost to Richmond 28–51
107	-2	4.915	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–4	0.000	124	-3	Lost to North Texas 7–12
108	-31	5.008	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	103	-4	Lost to Western Carolina 14–21
109	4	5.071	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–4	0.000	124	-2	Lost to Wisconsin 19–22
110	10	5.105	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	124	-3	Lost to Stanford 14–17
111	4	5.154	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	124	-2	Lost to Navy 8–19
112	-12	5.167	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–3	0.250	103	-4	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 9–17
113	1	5.242	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	59	-3	Tied Washington State 21–21
114	3	5.337	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	118	-5	Beat Cincinnati 51–28
115	-5	5.384	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	124	-2	Lost to Utah 6–30
116	-4	5.584	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	118	-5	Lost to Wichita State 37–38
117	11	5.722	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	1–3	0.250	103	-4	Beat Lamar 23–16
118	11	5.819	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–3	0.400	83	-3	Beat Toledo 17–12
119	-17	5.825	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–3	0.250	103	-5	Lost to Louisiana 16–23
120	17	5.963	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	103	-1	Beat Long Beach State 14–0
121	-2	5.986	UTEP	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	118	-6	Lost to Arizona State 0–27
122	0	6.109	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3–1	0.125	122	-2	Lost to Colorado 7–55
123	4	6.114	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	103	-6	Lost to Louisville 12–31
124	11	6.248	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	83	-1	Beat Marshall 21–14
125	-26	6.296	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	103	-2	Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 12–24
126	-2	6.340	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–3–1	0.125	122	-4	Lost to Washington 0–34
127	-54	6.662	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	124	-3	Lost to Ohio State 28–34
128	-7	6.942	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	88	-2	Lost to Pacific 0–14
129	7	6.950	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	124	0	Lost to Cornell 12–21
130	-84	7.030	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1–1	0.250	103	-1	Lost to Rutgers 0–24
131	-15	7.237	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	124	-5	Lost to Illinois 14–28
132	-2	7.306	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	124	-4	BYE
133	-1	7.831	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–5	0.000	124	-11	Lost to East Carolina 17–23
134	0	8.179	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–3	0.250	103	-1	Lost to Hawai'i 33–42
135	-2	8.365	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	124	-2	BYE
136	-5	8.394	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–4	0.000	124	-8	Lost to Eastern Michigan 12–17
137	-46	8.532	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	124	0	Lost to Rhode Island 3–17
138	0	9.266	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	124	-5	Lost to Northern Illinois 21–49

1978 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 26, 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	36	0.827	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Ohio 24–0
2	15	0.869	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat SMU 26–21
3	0	0.926	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Rice 66–7
4	24	0.963	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Alabama 24–14
5	2	0.992	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Memphis 44–14
6	4	0.997	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat North Carolina 21–20
7	-3	1.000	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	37	+4	Lost to USC 14–24
8	18	1.053	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat South Carolina 16–12
9	27	1.104	LSU	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Wake Forest 13–11
10	-9	1.136	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	60	+2	Lost to Georgia 0–12
11	1	1.140	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wyoming 17–3
12	2	1.159	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oklahoma State 19–7
13	17	1.229	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat West Virginia 29–15
14	25	1.274	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Clemson 12–0
15	4	1.274	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Boston College 37–2
16	5	1.277	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Toledo 20–0
17	26	1.279	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Villanova 21–17
18	28	1.287	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Arizona State 51–26
19	33	1.335	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mcneese State 10–7
20	18	1.361	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa 31–0
21	26	1.398	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Marshall 27–23
22	28	1.406	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Air Force 35–18
23	4	1.417	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Temple 20–12
24	8	1.424	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Tech 18–7
25	57	1.453	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	+2	Beat Arizona 41–26
26	5	1.472	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat San José State 22–7
27	-14	1.519	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 30–0
28	17	1.521	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	+2	BYE
29	-14	1.531	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Notre Dame 28–14
30	34	1.543	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 21–0
31	-7	1.555	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	4–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas State 24–14
32	-10	1.562	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 31–21
33	9	1.622	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Richmond 24–19
34	7	1.622	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 28–7
35	24	1.630	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pennsylvania 31–21
36	17	1.657	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Fresno State 45–22
37	24	1.678	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0–1	0.750	35	0	Beat Baylor 25–21
38	19	1.694	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Harvard 21–19
39	-31	1.710	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to Washington State 26–51
40	25	1.766	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	35	+3	Beat New Mexico State 22–21
41	10	1.773	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 27–10
42	-17	1.828	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Penn State 21–26
43	-8	1.893	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	60	+2	Lost to Maryland 20–21
44	50	1.952	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Beat Minnesota 27–10
45	13	1.957	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Princeton 14–14
46	17	1.957	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0–1	0.500	60	0	Tied Cornell 14–14
47	1	1.997	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Illinois 35–10
48	-39	2.014	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to Northwestern State 7–10
49	47	2.035	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat Cincinnati 28–14
50	-6	2.038	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to William & Mary 17–21
51	-49	2.073	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Duke 12–16
52	-47	2.238	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Louisville 14–28
53	47	2.291	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Beat UNLV 24–0
54	25	2.295	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Ole Miss 45–14
55	25	2.352	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Beat Washington 14–7
56	-2	2.391	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	+2	Lost to Pittsburgh 12–20
57	-23	2.391	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to Holy Cross 18–35
58	52	2.498	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Pacific 24–6
59	-43	2.498	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	+1	Lost to North Texas 21–22
60	49	2.585	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Beat Furman 17–10
61	20	2.592	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Syracuse 49–21
62	44	2.602	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	+1	BYE
63	-14	2.649	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Lost to Auburn 7–18
64	3	2.703	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Grand Valley State 49–3
65	10	2.708	BYU	IND WAC	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Beat Colorado State 32–6
66	11	2.760	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Texas Arlington 28–21
67	48	2.824	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat West Texas A&M 17–3
68	31	2.907	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	+1	Beat Western Michigan 7–3
69	-29	2.909	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	60	+1	Lost to Purdue 0–24
70	-47	2.914	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Lost to Texas Tech 26–41
71	-11	2.921	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	114	0	Lost to Columbia 19–21
72	-43	2.923	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Iowa State 0–31
73	1	2.955	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	114	0	Lost to Kentucky 21–25
74	37	2.964	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Beat Idaho 28–6
75	-5	2.978	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	37	0	BYE
76	-65	3.014	UCLA	PAC	2–1	0.667	37	-1	Lost to Kansas 24–28
77	-1	3.133	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 23–27
78	-60	3.166	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	37	+2	Lost to Alcorn State 16–24
79	5	3.197	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	114	0	Lost to Florida State 21–31
80	-18	3.197	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	114	0	Lost to Dartmouth 21–31
81	-48	3.202	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	37	-2	Lost to Miami (OH) 3–7
82	8	3.234	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	60	0	Beat Louisiana 38–9
83	-77	3.284	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Missouri 14–45
84	32	3.292	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	37	0	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–3
85	-19	3.292	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	60	0	Lost to Texas 3–17
86	31	3.306	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–3	0.250	105	+1	Beat Drake 10–0
87	4	3.356	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	0	Beat Bucknell 27–13
88	-17	3.491	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to Mississippi State 14–44
89	-1	3.491	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to NC State 15–29
90	42	3.516	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Utah 42–25
91	-35	3.577	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	114	0	Lost to Yale 0–21
92	16	3.738	TCU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Beat Oregon 14–10
93	36	3.762	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	86	0	Beat UCLA 28–24
94	30	3.800	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Tulane 27–17
95	-75	3.853	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Lost to Ohio State 10–27
96	-18	3.905	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–2	0.500	60	-3	Lost to Arkansas State 0–10
97	15	3.926	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Illinois State 34–3
98	-3	3.968	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	114	0	Lost to Oklahoma 7–66
99	-2	4.011	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Utah State 22–45
100	28	4.019	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Army 21–17
101	-33	4.092	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Indiana 7–14
102	17	4.121	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Beat Stephen F. Austin 20–18
103	11	4.122	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to LSU 11–13
104	-49	4.138	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	60	-1	Lost to Houston 25–42
105	18	4.141	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	114	-1	Lost to Arkansas 7–19
106	-1	4.151	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Citadel 3–14
107	-6	4.302	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	114	-1	Lost to Tulsa 14–24
108	13	4.315	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	86	-1	Lost to Colorado 7–22
109	22	4.388	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	114	-1	Lost to Michigan 14–28
110	-38	4.561	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	114	-1	Lost to BYU 6–32
111	-22	4.630	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	114	-1	Lost to UL Monroe 10–27
112	-9	4.706	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	105	-2	Lost to Southern Illinois 3–17
113	-11	4.763	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–3	0.000	114	-1	Lost to TCU 10–14
114	-45	4.887	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	60	-2	Lost to Virginia 17–21
115	-30	4.889	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	114	-1	Lost to Texas A&M 2–37
116	-23	4.947	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	114	-1	Lost to Michigan State 21–49
117	8	5.001	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	114	-3	Lost to App State 19–24
118	-11	5.062	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–2–1	0.167	111	-1	Lost to Stanford 10–35
119	-1	5.089	UTEP	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	105	-3	Beat San Diego State 31–24
120	-22	5.361	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	114	-2	Lost to Georgia Tech 17–27
121	6	5.423	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	60	0	BYE
122	-30	5.545	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2–1	0.167	111	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 7–28
123	-10	5.610	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	86	-2	Lost to Vanderbilt 10–17
124	-2	5.649	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	0–2–1	0.167	111	-2	Tied Tennessee 13–13
125	-42	5.683	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–1	0.000	114	-1	BYE
126	-39	5.787	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1–1	0.250	105	-1	Tied Oregon State 13–13
127	-23	5.829	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	86	-4	Lost to Eastern Michigan 8–27
128	-8	6.098	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	0–3	0.000	114	-3	Lost to East Carolina 9–38
129	5	6.417	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–3	0.250	105	-1	Beat Indiana State 27–8
130	-57	6.512	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	114	-3	Lost to UTEP 24–31
131	-5	6.846	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–3	0.000	114	-3	Lost to Ball State 0–20
132	1	7.445	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–4	0.000	114	-7	Lost to Louisiana Tech 21–28
133	3	7.548	UNLV	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	114	-1	Lost to New Mexico 0–24
134	-4	8.166	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	86	0	Lost to CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 27–41
135	3	8.169	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	105	-2	Beat Elon 17–7
136	-50	8.377	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	114	0	Lost to Lehigh 7–38
137	0	8.492	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–3	0.000	114	-2	Lost to California 6–24
138	-3	9.494	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	114	-3	Lost to Kent State 3–34

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.

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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