College Football 1977
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1977/9/2 and 1978/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1977 - Ranking of Division I teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
120	-15.82	106	-9.31	1	31.50	Rice			10	0-10-0	12	11	1-10-0	SWAC
78	-1.20	92	-4.15	2	33.36	Oregon State			11	2-9-0	1	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
11	24.38	11	21.97	3	37.62	Southern California	13	11	12	8-4-0	3	12	8-4-0	PAC-8
75	0.35	73	1.16	4	37.77	Kansas			11	3-7-1	2	11	3-7-1	BIG 8
1	39.71	1	38.85	5	38.04	Notre Dame	1	1	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	EIC
29	13.70	33	12.88	6	38.30	Washington State			10	5-5-0	33	11	6-5-0	PAC-8
5	30.39	5	30.95	7	38.67	Penn State	5	4	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	EIC
42	10.18	38	11.28	8	38.73	Baylor			11	5-6-0	7	11	5-6-0	SWAC
96	-6.36	82	-1.03	9	39.32	Texas Christian			11	2-9-0	6	11	2-9-0	SWAC
59	5.31	70	2.05	10	39.86	Miami (FL)			11	3-8-0	9	11	3-8-0	SWIC
56	5.83	51	7.39	11	39.86	Southern Methodist			11	4-7-0	8	11	4-7-0	SWAC
100	-7.32	96	-6.12	12	40.00	Northwestern			11	1-10-0	10	11	1-10-0	BIG 10
12	23.26	10	23.19	13	40.17	Nebraska	12	16	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
40	10.63	41	10.62	14	41.14	Mississippi State			11	5-6-0	22	11	5-6-0	SEC
97	-6.68	95	-5.76	15	41.27	Virginia			11	1-9-1	25	11	1-9-1	ACC
86	-3.23	67	2.68	16	41.55	Illinois			11	3-8-0	16	11	3-8-0	BIG 10
90	-4.28	99	-7.32	17	41.55	Kansas State			11	1-10-0	15	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
24	15.21	15	19.79	18	41.73	Houston			11	6-5-0	13	11	6-5-0	SWAC
87	-3.53	76	0.62	19	41.95	Oregon			11	2-9-0	21	11	2-9-0	PAC-8
44	9.70	50	8.74	20	42.14	Auburn			11	5-6-0	23	11	5-6-0	SEC
34	12.87	61	3.20	21	42.18	Missouri			11	4-7-0	18	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
6	29.28	8	24.96	22	42.42	Pittsburgh	8	18	12	9-2-1	14	12	9-2-1	EIC
35	12.74	23	16.55	23	42.50	Texas Tech			12	7-5-0	20	12	7-5-0	SWAC
17	19.96	13	19.96	24	42.58	Texas A&M		12	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SWAC
2	33.58	2	35.25	25	42.67	Texas	4	5	12	11-1-0	17	12	11-1-0	SWAC
36	12.72	29	14.27	26	42.91	Syracuse			11	6-5-0	26	11	6-5-0	EIC
10	26.29	17	19.32	27	42.92	Washington	10		12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	PAC-8
19	18.27	28	15.47	28	43.50	UCLA			11	7-4-0	27	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
61	4.41	60	3.49	29	44.23	Iowa			11	4-7-0	28	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
16	20.00	14	19.91	30	44.79	Clemson			12	8-3-1	32	12	8-3-1	ACC
53	6.90	52	6.75	31	45.05	Navy			10	4-6-0	59	11	5-6-0	EIC
8	27.66	3	33.51	32	45.09	Kentucky	6	8	11	10-1-0	29	11	10-1-0	SEC
39	10.92	49	8.76	33	45.68	Duke			11	5-6-0	39	11	5-6-0	ACC
18	18.81	20	17.89	34	45.96	North Carolina State	19	15	12	8-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	ACC
7	28.34	7	27.22	35	46.42	Oklahoma	7	6	12	10-2-0	34	12	10-2-0	BIG 8
54	6.72	58	4.59	36	46.59	Tennessee			11	4-7-0	31	11	4-7-0	SEC
43	9.95	32	13.09	37	46.77	Florida		17	11	6-4-1	30	11	6-4-1	SEC
9	27.48	9	24.91	38	47.00	Michigan	9	7	12	10-2-0	35	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
4	31.53	6	27.73	39	47.33	Alabama	2	2	12	11-1-0	36	12	11-1-0	SEC
49	7.92	44	10.06	40	47.91	Indiana			11	5-5-1	38	11	5-5-1	BIG 10
41	10.30	62	3.09	41	48.27	Mississippi			11	5-6-0	41	11	5-6-0	SEC
46	8.31	40	10.89	42	48.58	Minnesota			12	7-5-0	44	12	7-5-0	BIG 10
13	23.14	19	18.16	43	48.71	Ohio State	11	10	12	9-3-0	40	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
21	17.33	18	18.23	44	48.71	Stanford	15		12	9-3-0	43	12	9-3-0	PAC-8
47	8.09	55	6.43	45	49.14	West Virginia			11	5-6-0	42	11	5-6-0	EIC
58	5.32	54	6.49	46	50.00	Georgia			11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SEC
33	13.38	47	9.67	47	50.18	California			11	7-4-0	47	11	7-4-0	PAC-8
77	-0.31	75	0.65	48	50.55	Tulane			11	3-8-0	46	11	3-8-0	SWIC
57	5.36	65	2.98	49	50.59	Oklahoma State			11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
93	-5.62	77	0.51	50	50.77	Air Force			11	2-8-1	45	11	2-8-1	SWIC
38	12.40	37	11.62	51	50.77	Georgia Tech			11	6-5-0	48	11	6-5-0	SWIC
22	16.75	26	15.84	52	51.09	Michigan State			11	7-3-1	50	11	7-3-1	BIG 10
103	-8.57	100	-7.37	53	51.32	Vanderbilt			11	2-9-0	52	11	2-9-0	SEC
14	22.83	16	19.75	54	51.54	North Carolina	17		12	8-3-1	55	12	8-3-1	ACC
20	17.65	22	16.65	55	52.04	Maryland		14	12	8-4-0	53	12	8-4-0	ACC
85	-3.15	89	-3.05	56	53.19	Utah State			8	2-6-0	54	11	4-7-0	SWIC
88	-3.76	83	-1.43	57	53.86	Utah			11	3-8-0	56	11	3-8-0	WAC
23	16.15	21	17.66	58	54.32	Colorado			11	7-3-1	58	11	7-3-1	BIG 8
27	14.67	25	16.15	59	54.46	LSU			12	8-4-0	57	12	8-4-0	SEC
60	5.20	45	10.02	60	54.50	Army			9	5-4-0	78	11	7-4-0	EIC
3	33.57	4	32.36	61	55.88	Arkansas	3	3	12	11-1-0	60	12	11-1-0	SWAC
55	6.10	80	-0.44	62	56.18	Virginia Tech			11	3-7-1	64	11	3-7-1	SWIC
106	-9.66	118	-14.51	63	56.32	Wake Forest			11	1-10-0	63	11	1-10-0	ACC
48	8.02	43	10.10	64	56.45	Boston College			10	5-5-0	67	11	6-5-0	EIC
31	13.61	46	9.91	65	57.27	Iowa State	20	19	11	7-4-0	62	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
15	22.29	12	21.46	66	57.38	Florida State	14	9	12	10-2-0	61	12	10-2-0	SWIC
51	7.51	72	1.33	67	58.42	South Carolina			12	5-7-0	68	12	5-7-0	SWIC
68	3.22	66	2.96	68	58.68	Wisconsin			11	5-6-0	65	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
122	-16.81	114	-12.58	69	59.18	Texas El Paso			11	1-10-0	66	11	1-10-0	WAC
52	6.99	56	6.15	70	59.27	Purdue			11	5-6-0	69	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
65	3.84	69	2.18	71	60.71	Arizona			12	5-7-0	70	12	5-7-0	WAC
80	-1.63	71	1.95	72	61.23	Wyoming			11	4-6-1	71	11	4-6-1	WAC
50	7.56	63	3.08	73	64.23	Memphis			11	6-5-0	73	11	6-5-0	SWIC
119	-15.06	115	-13.17	74	65.08	Holy Cross			6	1-5-0	102	11	2-9-0	EIC
112	-11.15	101	-7.74	75	65.18	Richmond			11	3-8-0	79	11	3-8-0	SWIC
84	-3.13	87	-2.43	76	65.38	Villanova			8	3-5-0	76	11	4-7-0	EIC
79	-1.35	81	-0.99	77	65.68	Southern Mississippi			11	5-6-0	75	12	6-6-0	SWIC
92	-5.31	105	-9.28	78	66.05	San Jose State			10	3-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	BWC
67	3.45	53	6.64	79	67.79	Rutgers			7	4-3-0	95	11	8-3-0	EIC
26	14.75	31	13.16	80	68.25	Arizona State	18	13	12	9-3-0	77	12	9-3-0	WAC
73	0.60	85	-1.97	81	68.88	New Mexico			12	5-7-0	80	12	5-7-0	WAC
70	1.33	74	0.76	82	71.50	William & Mary			10	5-5-0	81	11	6-5-0	SWIC
69	2.97	68	2.55	83	73.25	Temple			10	4-5-1	82	11	5-5-1	EIC
37	12.59	34	12.07	84	78.68	North Texas			11	9-2-0	86	11	9-2-0	SWIC
45	8.69	42	10.29	85	79.09	Colorado State			11	8-2-1	84	12	9-2-1	WAC
25	14.80	35	12.02	86	80.23	Brigham Young			11	9-2-0	85	11	9-2-0	WAC
91	-4.91	111	-11.56	87	81.78	Hawaii			9	3-6-0	91	11	5-6-0	SWIC
123	-17.74	124	-17.17	88	83.11	Cornell			9	1-8-0	107	9	1-8-0	Ivy
130	-22.73	134	-26.39	89	85.08	Cal State Fullerton			6	1-5-0	88	11	4-7-0	BWC
128	-22.04	132	-24.16	90	85.19	Columbia			8	1-7-0	124	9	2-7-0	Ivy
74	0.42	94	-5.01	91	85.25	Pacific			10	5-5-0	94	11	6-5-0	BWC
101	-7.86	104	-8.98	92	85.44	Princeton			9	3-6-0	110	9	3-6-0	Ivy
72	0.62	78	0.29	93	86.69	Virginia Military			8	5-3-0	97	11	7-4-0	SoCon
32	13.46	30	13.18	94	87.95	San Diego State	16	20	10	9-1-0	92	11	10-1-0	SWIC
127	-21.98	127	-19.64	95	89.73	Tulsa			11	3-8-0	100	11	3-8-0	MVC
94	-5.91	86	-2.30	96	90.19	Harvard			8	4-4-0	119	9	4-5-0	Ivy
76	0.33	93	-4.53	97	90.41	Cincinnati			11	5-4-2	99	11	5-4-2	EIC
64	4.16	64	3.07	98	91.18	East Carolina			11	8-3-0	105	11	8-3-0	SWIC
117	-14.28	121	-16.43	99	91.55	Cal State Long Beach			10	4-6-0	101	10	4-6-0	BWC
111	-10.79	109	-10.77	100	93.25	Citadel			8	3-5-0	109	11	5-6-0	SoCon
28	13.95	39	10.99	101	94.25	Fresno State			6	5-1-0	104	11	9-2-0	BWC
71	1.30	59	4.45	102	96.31	Yale			8	6-2-0	133	9	7-2-0	Ivy
83	-2.27	91	-3.83	103	96.36	Louisville			11	7-3-1	106	12	7-4-1	SWIC
110	-10.72	119	-16.20	104	97.20	New Mexico State			10	4-6-0	114	11	4-7-0	MVC
95	-6.20	107	-9.49	105	98.62	Louisiana Lafayette			12	6-4-2	108	12	6-4-2	SLC
99	-7.08	88	-2.82	106	98.71	Pennsylvania			7	4-3-0	135	9	5-4-0	Ivy
108	-10.10	116	-13.51	107	99.50	Wichita State			11	5-6-0	113	11	5-6-0	MVC
102	-8.48	97	-6.43	108	100.25	Dartmouth			8	5-3-0	140	9	6-3-0	Ivy
107	-9.69	110	-11.42	109	101.23	Texas Arlington			11	5-6-0	117	11	5-6-0	SLC
82	-2.05	79	-0.02	110	102.62	Brown			8	6-2-0	143	9	7-2-0	Ivy
133	-27.68	137	-29.44	111	103.11	Appalachian State			9	1-8-0	127	11	2-9-0	SoCon
63	4.31	27	15.61	112	103.50	Tennessee State			5	4-0-1	96	10	8-1-1	SWIC
118	-14.48	125	-18.78	113	103.77	Bowling Green			11	4-7-0	116	12	5-7-0	MAC
30	13.64	24	16.29	114	103.83	Colgate			6	6-0-0	145	11	10-1-0	EIC
66	3.75	36	11.63	115	104.25	Miami (OH)			10	9-1-0	118	11	10-1-0	MAC
143	-36.26	133	-25.80	116	104.29	Southern University			7	1-5-1	112	11	3-7-1	SWAC
62	4.37	57	5.16	117	106.86	Louisiana Tech			11	8-1-2	128	12	9-1-2	SLC
129	-22.71	108	-9.85	118	107.07	Texas Southern			7	3-3-1	137	11	6-4-1	SWAC
144	-36.85	145	-41.44	119	107.56	Louisiana Monroe			9	0-9-0	120	11	2-9-0	SWIC
140	-30.80	143	-36.32	120	107.64	Ohio University			11	1-10-0	126	11	1-10-0	MAC
114	-13.20	112	-11.92	121	107.86	Kent State			11	6-5-0	129	11	6-5-0	MAC
124	-18.08	131	-23.39	122	108.18	Western Michigan			11	4-7-0	130	11	4-7-0	MAC
109	-10.20	120	-16.35	123	108.91	West Texas A&M			11	6-4-1	134	11	6-4-1	MVC
81	-1.94	48	9.09	124	109.00	Grambling			8	7-1-0	125	11	10-1-0	SWAC
105	-9.26	103	-8.10	125	109.38	Northwestern State (LA)			8	5-3-0	123	11	6-5-0	SWIC
135	-27.83	141	-32.75	126	109.67	Illinois State			9	1-7-1	131	11	3-7-1	EIC
115	-13.32	84	-1.45	127	109.79	Jackson State			7	5-2-0	138	11	8-3-0	SWAC
139	-30.29	138	-30.51	128	109.82	Toledo			11	2-9-0	132	11	2-9-0	MAC
126	-18.84	123	-16.63	129	112.40	Arkansas State			10	6-4-0	139	11	7-4-0	SLC
138	-29.59	128	-20.79	130	112.57	Alcorn State			7	2-5-0	121	11	3-8-0	SWAC
121	-16.01	129	-21.94	131	113.00	Furman			8	3-4-1	151	11	4-5-2	SoCon
145	-42.93	136	-28.17	132	113.75	Prairie View			6	1-5-0	148	11	3-8-0	SWAC
142	-33.78	144	-39.73	133	114.22	Marshall			9	1-8-0	147	11	2-9-0	SoCon
113	-12.94	113	-12.31	134	114.30	McNeese State			10	5-4-1	136	11	5-5-1	SLC
137	-28.90	142	-35.81	135	114.77	Lamar			11	2-9-0	142	11	2-9-0	SLC
134	-27.74	139	-31.14	136	114.82	Northern Illinois			11	3-8-0	141	11	3-8-0	MAC
141	-31.43	140	-31.80	137	115.00	Southern Illinois			11	3-8-0	146	11	3-8-0	MVC
136	-27.85	122	-16.52	138	115.67	Mississippi Valley			6	2-4-0	149	10	5-5-0	SWAC
132	-26.42	135	-28.14	139	116.14	Drake			11	2-9-0	144	11	2-9-0	MVC
131	-23.04	130	-23.21	140	117.72	Indiana State			9	3-6-0	150	10	3-7-0	EIC
104	-9.00	90	-3.54	141	117.88	Tennessee Chattanooga			8	6-1-1	153	11	9-1-1	SoCon
116	-14.11	117	-13.92	142	121.72	Eastern Michigan			9	6-3-0	157	11	8-3-0	MAC
89	-4.22	102	-7.74	143	121.90	Ball State			10	8-2-0	158	11	9-2-0	MAC
125	-18.73	126	-19.27	144	123.42	Western Carolina			6	3-2-1	160	11	6-4-1	SoCon
98	-6.89	98	-6.51	145	126.15	Central Michigan			10	9-1-0	159	11	10-1-0	MAC

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College Football 1977Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1977/9/2 and 1978/1/2Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1977
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1977/9/2 and 1978/1/2
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)