College Football 1977
Ranking of University Division 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 University Division teams based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		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	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	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	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	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	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	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SWAC
2	33.58	2	35.25	25	42.67	Texas	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	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	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	12	8-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	ACC
7	28.34	7	27.22	35	46.42	Oklahoma	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	11	6-4-1	30	11	6-4-1	SEC
9	27.48	9	24.91	38	47.00	Michigan	12	10-2-0	35	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
4	31.53	6	27.73	39	47.33	Alabama	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	12	9-3-0	40	12	9-3-0	BIG 10
21	17.33	18	18.23	44	48.71	Stanford	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	12	8-3-1	55	12	8-3-1	ACC
20	17.65	22	16.65	55	52.04	Maryland	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	Louisiana State	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	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	11	7-4-0	62	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
15	22.29	12	21.46	66	57.38	Florida State	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	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	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 University Division 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 University Division Teams

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