College Football 1977
Ranking of Teams in each division

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1977 - Ranking of teams in Division I based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents)
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Team	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 Teams in each division

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 Teams in each division

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