College Football 1977
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1977/9/2 and 1978/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

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1977 - Ranking of Division I teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
ScoreDif		Win_Loss		Schedule		Team	Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	39.71	1	38.85	5	38.04	Notre Dame	12	11-1-0	1	12	11-1-0	Eastern Indep
2	33.58	2	35.25	25	42.67	Texas	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	Southwest AC
8	27.66	3	33.51	32	45.09	Kentucky	11	10-1-0	3	11	10-1-0	SEC
3	33.57	4	32.36	61	55.88	Arkansas	12	11-1-0	4	12	11-1-0	Southwest AC
5	30.39	5	30.95	7	38.67	Penn State	12	11-1-0	5	12	11-1-0	Eastern Indep
4	31.53	6	27.73	39	47.33	Alabama	12	11-1-0	6	12	11-1-0	SEC
7	28.34	7	27.22	35	46.42	Oklahoma	12	10-2-0	7	12	10-2-0	Big 8
6	29.28	8	24.96	22	42.42	Pittsburgh	12	9-2-1	9	12	9-2-1	Eastern Indep
9	27.48	9	24.91	38	47.00	Michigan	12	10-2-0	10	12	10-2-0	Big 10
12	23.26	10	23.19	13	40.17	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	Big 8
11	24.38	11	21.97	3	37.62	Southern California	12	8-4-0	12	12	8-4-0	PAC 8
15	22.29	12	21.46	66	57.38	Florida State	12	10-2-0	13	12	10-2-0	Southwest Indep
17	19.96	13	19.96	24	42.58	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	Southwest AC
16	20.00	14	19.91	30	44.79	Clemson	12	8-3-1	16	12	8-3-1	ACC
24	15.21	15	19.79	18	41.73	Houston	11	6-5-0	14	11	6-5-0	Southwest AC
14	22.83	16	19.75	54	51.54	North Carolina	12	8-3-1	17	12	8-3-1	ACC
10	26.29	17	19.32	27	42.92	Washington	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	PAC 8
21	17.33	18	18.23	44	48.71	Stanford	12	9-3-0	21	12	9-3-0	PAC 8
13	23.14	19	18.16	43	48.71	Ohio State	12	9-3-0	19	12	9-3-0	Big 10
18	18.81	20	17.89	34	45.96	North Carolina State	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	ACC
23	16.15	21	17.66	58	54.32	Colorado	11	7-3-1	22	11	7-3-1	Big 8
20	17.65	22	16.65	55	52.04	Maryland	12	8-4-0	24	12	8-4-0	ACC
35	12.74	23	16.55	23	42.50	Texas Tech	12	7-5-0	23	12	7-5-0	Southwest AC
30	13.64	24	16.29	114	103.83	Colgate	6	6-0-0	59	11	10-1-0	Eastern Indep
27	14.67	25	16.15	59	54.46	Louisiana State	12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	SEC
22	16.75	26	15.84	52	51.09	Michigan State	11	7-3-1	26	11	7-3-1	Big 10
63	4.31	27	15.61	112	103.50	Tennessee State	5	4-0-1	28	10	8-1-1	Southwest Indep
19	18.27	28	15.47	28	43.50	UCLA	11	7-4-0	27	11	7-4-0	PAC 8
36	12.72	29	14.27	26	42.91	Syracuse	11	6-5-0	29	11	6-5-0	Eastern Indep
32	13.46	30	13.18	94	87.95	San Diego State	10	9-1-0	30	11	10-1-0	Southwest Indep
26	14.75	31	13.16	80	68.25	Arizona State	12	9-3-0	31	12	9-3-0	Western AC
43	9.95	32	13.09	37	46.77	Florida	11	6-4-1	32	11	6-4-1	SEC
29	13.70	33	12.88	6	38.30	Washington State	10	5-5-0	34	11	6-5-0	PAC 8
37	12.59	34	12.07	84	78.68	North Texas	11	9-2-0	39	11	9-2-0	Southwest Indep
25	14.80	35	12.02	86	80.23	Brigham Young	11	9-2-0	35	11	9-2-0	Western AC
66	3.75	36	11.63	115	104.25	Miami OH	10	9-1-0	33	11	10-1-0	Mid-American
38	12.40	37	11.62	51	50.77	Georgia Tech	11	6-5-0	40	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
42	10.18	38	11.28	8	38.73	Baylor	11	5-6-0	38	11	5-6-0	Southwest AC
28	13.95	39	10.99	101	94.25	Fresno State	6	5-1-0	36	11	9-2-0	Big West
46	8.31	40	10.89	42	48.58	Minnesota	12	7-5-0	42	12	7-5-0	Big 10
40	10.63	41	10.62	14	41.14	Mississippi State	11	5-6-0	43	11	5-6-0	SEC
45	8.69	42	10.29	85	79.09	Colorado State	11	8-2-1	44	12	9-2-1	Western AC
48	8.02	43	10.10	64	56.45	Boston College	10	5-5-0	37	11	6-5-0	Eastern Indep
49	7.92	44	10.06	40	47.91	Indiana	11	5-5-1	45	11	5-5-1	Big 10
60	5.20	45	10.02	60	54.50	Army	9	5-4-0	47	11	7-4-0	Eastern Indep
31	13.61	46	9.91	65	57.27	Iowa State	11	7-4-0	41	12	8-4-0	Big 8
33	13.38	47	9.67	47	50.18	California	11	7-4-0	46	11	7-4-0	PAC 8
81	-1.94	48	9.09	124	109.00	Grambling	8	7-1-0	48	11	10-1-0	Southwest AC
39	10.92	49	8.76	33	45.68	Duke	11	5-6-0	50	11	5-6-0	ACC
44	9.70	50	8.74	20	42.14	Auburn	11	5-6-0	49	11	5-6-0	SEC
56	5.83	51	7.39	11	39.86	Southern Methodist	11	4-7-0	51	11	4-7-0	Southwest AC
53	6.90	52	6.75	31	45.05	Navy	10	4-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
67	3.45	53	6.64	79	67.79	Rutgers	7	4-3-0	57	11	8-3-0	Eastern Indep
58	5.32	54	6.49	46	50.00	Georgia	11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	SEC
47	8.09	55	6.43	45	49.14	West Virginia	11	5-6-0	52	11	5-6-0	Eastern Indep
52	6.99	56	6.15	70	59.27	Purdue	11	5-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	Big 10
62	4.37	57	5.16	117	106.86	Louisiana Tech	11	8-1-2	61	12	9-1-2	Southland
54	6.72	58	4.59	36	46.59	Tennessee	11	4-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	SEC
71	1.30	59	4.45	102	96.31	Yale	8	6-2-0	79	9	7-2-0	Ivy League
61	4.41	60	3.49	29	44.23	Iowa	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	Big 10
34	12.87	61	3.20	21	42.18	Missouri	11	4-7-0	62	11	4-7-0	Big 8
41	10.30	62	3.09	41	48.27	Mississippi	11	5-6-0	66	11	5-6-0	SEC
50	7.56	63	3.08	73	64.23	Memphis	11	6-5-0	65	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
64	4.16	64	3.07	98	91.18	East Carolina	11	8-3-0	75	11	8-3-0	Southwest Indep
57	5.36	65	2.98	49	50.59	Oklahoma State	11	4-7-0	64	11	4-7-0	Big 8
68	3.22	66	2.96	68	58.68	Wisconsin	11	5-6-0	67	11	5-6-0	Big 10
86	-3.23	67	2.68	16	41.55	Illinois	11	3-8-0	68	11	3-8-0	Big 10
69	2.97	68	2.55	83	73.25	Temple	10	4-5-1	58	11	5-5-1	Eastern Indep
65	3.84	69	2.18	71	60.71	Arizona	12	5-7-0	70	12	5-7-0	Western AC
59	5.31	70	2.05	10	39.86	Miami FL	11	3-8-0	69	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
80	-1.63	71	1.95	72	61.23	Wyoming	11	4-6-1	71	11	4-6-1	Western AC
51	7.51	72	1.33	67	58.42	South Carolina	12	5-7-0	78	12	5-7-0	Southwest Indep
75	0.35	73	1.16	4	37.77	Kansas	11	3-7-1	72	11	3-7-1	Big 8
70	1.33	74	0.76	82	71.50	William & Mary	10	5-5-0	83	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
77	-0.31	75	0.65	48	50.55	Tulane	11	3-8-0	76	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
87	-3.53	76	0.62	19	41.95	Oregon	11	2-9-0	74	11	2-9-0	PAC 8
93	-5.62	77	0.51	50	50.77	Air Force	11	2-8-1	80	11	2-8-1	Southwest Indep
72	0.62	78	0.29	93	86.69	Virginia Military	8	5-3-0	90	11	7-4-0	Southern C
82	-2.05	79	-0.02	110	102.62	Brown	8	6-2-0	94	9	7-2-0	Ivy League
55	6.10	80	-0.44	62	56.18	Virginia Tech	11	3-7-1	85	11	3-7-1	Southwest Indep
79	-1.35	81	-0.99	77	65.68	Southern Mississippi	11	5-6-0	87	12	6-6-0	Southwest Indep
96	-6.36	82	-1.03	9	39.32	Texas Christian	11	2-9-0	82	11	2-9-0	Southwest AC
88	-3.76	83	-1.43	57	53.86	Utah	11	3-8-0	84	11	3-8-0	Western AC
115	-13.32	84	-1.45	127	109.79	Jackson State	7	5-2-0	77	11	8-3-0	Southwest AC
73	0.60	85	-1.97	81	68.88	New Mexico	12	5-7-0	88	12	5-7-0	Western AC
94	-5.91	86	-2.30	96	90.19	Harvard	8	4-4-0	115	9	4-5-0	Ivy League
84	-3.13	87	-2.43	76	65.38	Villanova	8	3-5-0	86	11	4-7-0	Eastern Indep
99	-7.08	88	-2.82	106	98.71	Pennsylvania	7	4-3-0	109	9	5-4-0	Ivy League
85	-3.15	89	-3.05	56	53.19	Utah State	8	2-6-0	91	11	4-7-0	Southwest Indep
104	-9.00	90	-3.54	141	117.88	Tennessee Chattanooga	8	6-1-1	95	11	9-1-1	Southern C
83	-2.27	91	-3.83	103	96.36	Louisville	11	7-3-1	101	12	7-4-1	Southwest Indep
78	-1.20	92	-4.15	2	33.36	Oregon State	11	2-9-0	93	11	2-9-0	PAC 8
76	0.33	93	-4.53	97	90.41	Cincinnati	11	5-4-2	98	11	5-4-2	Eastern Indep
74	0.42	94	-5.01	91	85.25	Pacific	10	5-5-0	92	11	6-5-0	Big West
97	-6.68	95	-5.76	15	41.27	Virginia	11	1-9-1	102	11	1-9-1	ACC
100	-7.32	96	-6.12	12	40.00	Northwestern	11	1-10-0	100	11	1-10-0	Big 10
102	-8.48	97	-6.43	108	100.25	Dartmouth	8	5-3-0	108	9	6-3-0	Ivy League
98	-6.89	98	-6.51	145	126.15	Central Michigan	10	9-1-0	97	11	10-1-0	Mid-American
90	-4.28	99	-7.32	17	41.55	Kansas State	11	1-10-0	103	11	1-10-0	Big 8
103	-8.57	100	-7.37	53	51.32	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	106	11	2-9-0	SEC
112	-11.15	101	-7.74	75	65.18	Richmond	11	3-8-0	110	11	3-8-0	Southwest Indep
89	-4.22	102	-7.74	143	121.90	Ball State	10	8-2-0	107	11	9-2-0	Mid-American
105	-9.26	103	-8.10	125	109.38	Northwestern State LA	8	5-3-0	113	11	6-5-0	Southwest Indep
101	-7.86	104	-8.98	92	85.44	Princeton	9	3-6-0	120	9	3-6-0	Ivy League
92	-5.31	105	-9.28	78	66.05	San Jose State	10	3-7-0	105	11	4-7-0	Big West
120	-15.82	106	-9.31	1	31.50	Rice	10	0-10-0	104	11	1-10-0	Southwest AC
95	-6.20	107	-9.49	105	98.62	Louisiana Lafayette	12	6-4-2	114	12	6-4-2	Southland
129	-22.71	108	-9.85	118	107.07	Texas Southern	7	3-3-1	96	11	6-4-1	Southwest AC
111	-10.79	109	-10.77	100	93.25	Citadel	8	3-5-0	117	11	5-6-0	Southern C
107	-9.69	110	-11.42	109	101.23	Texas Arlington	11	5-6-0	119	11	5-6-0	Southland
91	-4.91	111	-11.56	87	81.78	Hawaii	9	3-6-0	112	11	5-6-0	Southwest Indep
114	-13.20	112	-11.92	121	107.86	Kent State	11	6-5-0	116	11	6-5-0	Mid-American
113	-12.94	113	-12.31	134	114.30	McNeese State	10	5-4-1	122	11	5-5-1	Southland
122	-16.81	114	-12.58	69	59.18	Texas El Paso	11	1-10-0	118	11	1-10-0	Western AC
119	-15.06	115	-13.17	74	65.08	Holy Cross	6	1-5-0	142	11	2-9-0	Eastern Indep
108	-10.10	116	-13.51	107	99.50	Wichita State	11	5-6-0	123	11	5-6-0	MVC
116	-14.11	117	-13.92	142	121.72	Eastern Michigan	9	6-3-0	125	11	8-3-0	Mid-American
106	-9.66	118	-14.51	63	56.32	Wake Forest	11	1-10-0	128	11	1-10-0	ACC
110	-10.72	119	-16.20	104	97.20	New Mexico State	10	4-6-0	139	11	4-7-0	MVC
109	-10.20	120	-16.35	123	108.91	West Texas A&M	11	6-4-1	131	11	6-4-1	MVC
117	-14.28	121	-16.43	99	91.55	Cal State Long Beach	10	4-6-0	127	10	4-6-0	Big West
136	-27.85	122	-16.52	138	115.67	Mississippi Valley	6	2-4-0	126	10	5-5-0	Southwest AC
126	-18.84	123	-16.63	129	112.40	Arkansas State	10	6-4-0	130	11	7-4-0	Southland
123	-17.74	124	-17.17	88	83.11	Cornell	9	1-8-0	140	9	1-8-0	Ivy League
118	-14.48	125	-18.78	113	103.77	Bowling Green	11	4-7-0	132	12	5-7-0	Mid-American
125	-18.73	126	-19.27	144	123.42	Western Carolina	6	3-2-1	133	11	6-4-1	Southern C
127	-21.98	127	-19.64	95	89.73	Tulsa	11	3-8-0	136	11	3-8-0	MVC
138	-29.59	128	-20.79	130	112.57	Alcorn State	7	2-5-0	134	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
121	-16.01	129	-21.94	131	113.00	Furman	8	3-4-1	145	11	4-5-2	Southern C
131	-23.04	130	-23.21	140	117.72	Indiana State	9	3-6-0	146	10	3-7-0	Eastern Indep
124	-18.08	131	-23.39	122	108.18	Western Michigan	11	4-7-0	143	11	4-7-0	Mid-American
128	-22.04	132	-24.16	90	85.19	Columbia	8	1-7-0	147	9	2-7-0	Ivy League
143	-36.26	133	-25.80	116	104.29	Southern University	7	1-5-1	138	11	3-7-1	Southwest AC
130	-22.73	134	-26.39	89	85.08	Cal State Fullerton	6	1-5-0	144	11	4-7-0	Big West
132	-26.42	135	-28.14	139	116.14	Drake	11	2-9-0	150	11	2-9-0	MVC
145	-42.93	136	-28.17	132	113.75	Prairie View	6	1-5-0	148	11	3-8-0	Southwest AC
133	-27.68	137	-29.44	111	103.11	Appalachian State	9	1-8-0	158	11	2-9-0	Southern C
139	-30.29	138	-30.51	128	109.82	Toledo	11	2-9-0	151	11	2-9-0	Mid-American
134	-27.74	139	-31.14	136	114.82	Northern Illinois	11	3-8-0	154	11	3-8-0	Mid-American
141	-31.43	140	-31.80	137	115.00	Southern Illinois	11	3-8-0	155	11	3-8-0	MVC
135	-27.83	141	-32.75	126	109.67	Illinois State	9	1-7-1	156	11	3-7-1	Eastern Indep
137	-28.90	142	-35.81	135	114.77	Lamar	11	2-9-0	157	11	2-9-0	Southland
140	-30.80	143	-36.32	120	107.64	Ohio University	11	1-10-0	161	11	1-10-0	Mid-American
142	-33.78	144	-39.73	133	114.22	Marshall	9	1-8-0	162	11	2-9-0	Southern C
144	-36.85	145	-41.44	119	107.56	Louisiana Monroe	9	0-9-0	160	11	2-9-0	Southwest Indep

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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 Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)

College Football 1977
Ranking of Division I Teams

Based on games played between 1977/9/2 and 1978/1/2
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss (Win_Loss)