College Football 1978
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1978/9/1 and 1979/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

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1978 - 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
50	5.34	43	8.18	1	22.64	Rice	11	2-9-0	1	11	2-9-0	SWAC
1	39.35	1	43.87	2	23.35	Southern California	13	12-1-0	2	13	12-1-0	PAC-10
24	17.08	26	13.97	3	25.86	Southern Methodist	11	4-6-1	3	11	4-6-1	SWAC
32	11.85	60	2.60	4	25.91	Baylor	11	3-8-0	4	11	3-8-0	SWAC
94	-8.05	85	-5.24	5	26.36	Kansas	11	1-10-0	5	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
20	18.16	18	21.15	6	28.32	Texas Tech	11	7-4-0	6	11	7-4-0	SWAC
59	2.26	58	2.79	7	28.86	Texas Christian	11	2-9-0	7	11	2-9-0	SWAC
9	27.32	6	29.26	8	29.46	Notre Dame	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	EIC
6	29.16	9	28.12	9	31.29	Texas	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	SWAC
60	1.88	51	5.88	10	32.14	Oregon State	11	3-7-1	10	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
3	35.28	2	36.85	11	33.29	Alabama	12	11-1-0	11	12	11-1-0	SEC
41	7.86	71	0.05	12	33.77	Oregon	11	2-9-0	13	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
5	30.07	7	28.77	13	33.79	Houston	12	9-3-0	12	12	9-3-0	SWAC
28	14.11	47	7.33	14	35.77	Florida	11	4-7-0	17	11	4-7-0	SEC
29	13.31	33	12.52	15	36.09	Arizona	11	5-6-0	15	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
8	27.68	11	25.68	16	36.58	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	14	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
11	26.12	12	25.43	17	36.68	Washington	11	7-4-0	19	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
14	24.53	14	24.02	18	36.75	Stanford	12	8-4-0	16	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
10	26.21	13	24.13	19	37.33	Arkansas	12	9-2-1	18	12	9-2-1	SWAC
16	23.04	10	26.13	20	38.08	Missouri	12	8-4-0	20	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
13	25.50	5	29.70	21	38.50	UCLA	12	8-3-1	21	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
52	4.25	76	-2.46	22	39.15	Washington State	10	2-7-1	47	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
86	-5.42	75	-2.01	23	39.45	Illinois	11	1-8-2	24	11	1-8-2	BIG 10
114	-16.07	100	-11.09	24	39.50	Northwestern	11	0-10-1	22	11	0-10-1	BIG 10
77	-2.93	77	-2.76	25	39.55	Iowa	11	2-9-0	26	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
27	14.42	23	16.60	26	39.82	California	11	6-5-0	27	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
2	36.64	3	34.71	27	39.83	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	25	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
62	1.41	67	1.63	28	39.95	Oklahoma State	11	3-8-0	23	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
53	4.00	66	1.94	29	42.59	Indiana	11	4-7-0	29	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
57	2.89	52	5.42	30	42.68	Kansas State	11	4-7-0	28	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
4	31.24	4	30.04	31	44.04	Michigan	12	10-2-0	31	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
43	7.60	54	5.12	32	44.14	Kentucky	11	4-6-1	30	11	4-6-1	SEC
26	16.58	25	14.94	33	44.88	Ohio State	12	7-4-1	32	12	7-4-1	BIG 10
72	-0.09	64	2.16	34	45.64	Duke	11	4-7-0	33	11	4-7-0	ACC
7	28.74	8	28.54	35	45.83	Penn State	12	11-1-0	36	12	11-1-0	EIC
18	18.94	20	20.27	36	46.08	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	37	12	8-4-0	SWAC
40	8.10	41	8.80	37	46.91	Tennessee	11	5-5-1	38	11	5-5-1	SEC
25	17.06	28	13.52	38	47.08	Louisiana State	12	8-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	SEC
95	-8.13	98	-10.69	39	47.45	Wake Forest	11	1-10-0	34	11	1-10-0	ACC
79	-3.53	81	-4.01	40	48.14	Syracuse	11	3-8-0	42	11	3-8-0	EIC
12	25.57	19	20.81	41	48.36	Michigan State	11	8-3-0	41	11	8-3-0	BIG 10
19	18.86	17	21.57	42	48.92	Georgia	12	9-2-1	39	12	9-2-1	SEC
36	10.75	35	11.47	43	49.32	Auburn	11	6-4-1	43	11	6-4-1	SEC
34	10.98	37	10.00	44	49.68	Colorado	11	6-5-0	46	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
38	9.28	40	9.20	45	50.09	Mississippi State	11	6-5-0	40	11	6-5-0	SEC
22	17.46	21	19.86	46	50.25	Arizona State	12	9-3-0	52	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
35	10.91	30	13.48	47	50.33	Georgia Tech	12	7-5-0	44	12	7-5-0	SWIC
45	6.40	42	8.61	48	50.45	Miami FL	11	6-5-0	51	11	6-5-0	SWIC
31	12.50	24	15.04	49	51.04	Iowa State	12	8-4-0	49	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
54	3.89	59	2.73	50	51.18	Mississippi	11	5-6-0	45	11	5-6-0	SEC
103	-11.56	92	-8.02	51	51.86	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	50	11	2-9-0	SEC
23	17.08	29	13.50	52	52.05	Florida State	11	8-3-0	48	11	8-3-0	SWIC
73	-0.44	74	-1.09	53	55.05	Tulane	11	4-7-0	56	11	4-7-0	SWIC
70	0.37	55	5.03	54	55.18	Minnesota	11	5-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
37	9.89	39	9.58	55	55.27	Wisconsin	11	5-4-2	53	11	5-4-2	BIG 10
15	23.37	15	23.88	56	56.21	Purdue	12	9-2-1	58	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
21	17.66	22	17.29	57	57.62	Maryland	12	9-3-0	54	12	9-3-0	ACC
44	7.34	63	2.23	58	58.45	South Carolina	11	5-5-1	57	11	5-5-1	SWIC
106	-13.15	107	-12.94	59	58.45	West Virginia	11	2-9-0	59	11	2-9-0	EIC
42	7.64	36	10.92	60	60.21	Pittsburgh	12	8-4-0	64	12	8-4-0	EIC
69	0.43	79	-3.42	61	60.27	Wyoming	11	4-7-0	63	12	5-7-0	WAC
30	12.83	32	13.02	62	61.00	North Carolina State	12	9-3-0	61	12	9-3-0	ACC
66	0.67	57	3.45	63	62.68	North Carolina	11	5-6-0	62	11	5-6-0	ACC
39	8.39	46	7.61	64	63.50	Brigham Young	13	9-4-0	67	13	9-4-0	WAC
92	-7.88	87	-6.78	65	63.68	Memphis	11	4-7-0	60	11	4-7-0	SWIC
78	-3.41	83	-4.74	66	65.73	Virginia Tech	11	4-7-0	65	11	4-7-0	SWIC
17	20.91	16	22.26	67	66.42	Clemson	12	11-1-0	66	12	11-1-0	ACC
109	-13.60	116	-17.27	68	66.64	Virginia	11	2-9-0	68	11	2-9-0	ACC
61	1.62	38	9.63	69	66.94	Utah	9	6-3-0	74	11	8-3-0	WAC
122	-21.93	119	-20.11	70	68.54	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	70	12	1-11-0	WAC
64	0.93	61	2.54	71	69.45	Hawaii	11	6-5-0	69	11	6-5-0	SWIC
121	-21.21	132	-26.93	72	70.00	Boston College	10	0-10-0	78	11	0-11-0	EIC
49	5.61	27	13.60	73	72.61	Rutgers	9	6-3-0	103	12	9-3-0	EIC
87	-5.59	99	-10.83	74	73.59	Pacific	11	4-7-0	73	12	4-8-0	BWC
99	-9.78	94	-8.47	75	74.00	Army	10	3-6-1	93	11	4-6-1	EIC
33	11.73	31	13.11	76	74.23	Navy	11	8-3-0	85	12	9-3-0	EIC
80	-3.56	78	-3.03	77	74.31	San Jose State	8	4-4-0	76	12	7-5-0	BWC
65	0.69	62	2.28	78	75.23	Southern Mississippi	11	7-4-0	72	11	7-4-0	SWIC
84	-4.62	90	-7.69	79	75.68	San Diego State	11	4-7-0	75	11	4-7-0	WAC
74	-0.75	69	0.26	80	76.31	Nevada Las Vegas	8	5-3-0	89	11	7-4-0	SWIC
113	-15.82	110	-14.90	81	76.50	Air Force	11	3-8-0	87	11	3-8-0	SWIC
127	-22.86	82	-4.08	82	77.06	Columbia	8	2-5-1	120	9	3-5-1	Ivy
48	6.03	53	5.14	83	78.22	Utah State	9	6-3-0	86	11	7-4-0	BWC
51	5.28	68	1.57	84	78.38	New Mexico	12	7-5-0	79	12	7-5-0	WAC
85	-4.66	86	-6.10	85	78.73	Colorado State	11	5-6-0	82	11	5-6-0	WAC
120	-20.84	104	-11.99	86	81.57	Pennsylvania	7	1-5-1	132	9	2-6-1	Ivy
112	-15.40	89	-7.48	87	81.72	Princeton	9	2-5-2	118	9	2-5-2	Ivy
76	-2.42	72	-0.04	88	82.00	Temple	9	5-3-1	92	11	7-3-1	EIC
63	0.95	49	6.41	89	83.12	Yale	8	4-2-2	129	9	5-2-2	Ivy
47	6.24	45	7.79	90	83.59	North Texas	11	9-2-0	84	11	9-2-0	SWIC
90	-7.00	50	6.07	91	84.31	Brown	8	6-2-0	128	9	6-3-0	Ivy
81	-3.81	93	-8.06	92	84.45	Cincinnati	11	5-6-0	83	11	5-6-0	EIC
91	-7.84	120	-20.12	93	84.91	Richmond	11	3-8-0	81	11	3-8-0	SWIC
117	-17.79	113	-15.92	94	85.00	Colgate	7	2-5-0	138	11	3-8-0	EIC
75	-1.72	34	11.73	95	86.25	Dartmouth	8	6-2-0	122	9	6-3-0	Ivy
110	-14.16	121	-20.16	96	86.88	Citadel	8	2-6-0	99	11	5-6-0	SoCon
107	-13.21	91	-7.72	97	87.38	Harvard	8	3-4-1	133	9	4-4-1	Ivy
67	0.66	56	4.13	98	87.43	Holy Cross	7	5-2-0	130	11	7-4-0	EIC
108	-13.42	118	-18.72	99	87.88	Villanova	8	3-5-0	109	11	5-6-0	EIC
100	-10.34	73	-0.32	100	88.94	Cornell	8	4-3-1	140	9	5-3-1	Ivy
104	-11.88	109	-13.90	101	88.94	William & Mary	9	3-5-1	94	11	5-5-1	SWIC
130	-23.38	127	-23.59	102	89.07	Fresno State	7	1-6-0	115	11	3-8-0	BWC
119	-19.28	126	-22.10	103	89.83	Virginia Military	9	2-7-0	101	11	3-8-0	SoCon
89	-6.81	88	-7.29	104	90.22	Louisville	9	5-4-0	91	11	7-4-0	SWIC
101	-10.60	103	-11.87	105	90.50	Cal State Fullerton	6	2-4-0	80	12	5-7-0	BWC
55	3.79	44	8.00	106	93.32	Tulsa	11	9-2-0	95	11	9-2-0	MVC
134	-27.65	128	-23.59	107	94.18	Ohio University	11	3-8-0	104	11	3-8-0	MAC
82	-4.01	96	-9.56	108	94.64	Louisiana Tech	11	6-5-0	98	11	6-5-0	SLC
71	0.27	95	-8.80	109	95.79	Furman	7	4-3-0	105	11	8-3-0	SoCon
58	2.78	80	-3.67	110	96.08	East Carolina	12	9-3-0	100	12	9-3-0	SWIC
125	-22.37	123	-20.61	111	96.55	Wichita State	10	3-7-0	116	11	4-7-0	MVC
115	-16.51	108	-13.02	112	97.77	New Mexico State	11	6-5-0	110	11	6-5-0	MVC
98	-9.26	111	-14.98	113	98.50	Western Carolina	7	4-3-0	106	11	6-5-0	SoCon
118	-18.20	124	-22.05	114	99.45	Bowling Green	10	3-7-0	119	11	4-7-0	MAC
116	-16.53	112	-15.73	115	99.45	Drake	11	4-7-0	113	11	4-7-0	MVC
123	-22.11	131	-26.69	116	99.73	West Texas A&M	11	3-8-0	114	11	3-8-0	MVC
131	-24.34	135	-30.35	117	100.27	Marshall	11	1-10-0	108	11	1-10-0	SoCon
88	-5.67	105	-12.28	118	100.38	Appalachian State	8	5-3-0	117	11	7-4-0	SoCon
128	-23.29	129	-25.05	119	101.00	Louisiana Lafayette	11	3-8-0	112	11	3-8-0	SLC
83	-4.18	70	0.07	120	101.10	Miami OH	10	8-2-0	125	11	8-2-1	MAC
135	-27.93	136	-32.85	121	101.68	Toledo	11	2-9-0	127	11	2-9-0	MAC
56	3.56	84	-4.86	122	102.14	Tennessee Chattanooga	7	5-2-0	111	11	7-3-1	SoCon
111	-14.87	106	-12.66	123	103.90	Cal State Long Beach	10	5-5-0	107	11	5-6-0	BWC
97	-9.07	102	-11.78	124	104.50	Arkansas State	11	7-4-0	123	11	7-4-0	SLC
105	-13.10	117	-18.59	125	105.27	Texas Arlington	11	5-6-0	126	11	5-6-0	SLC
96	-8.95	97	-10.65	126	105.78	Louisiana Monroe	9	5-3-1	135	11	6-4-1	SWIC
132	-26.35	134	-29.26	127	106.69	Northwestern State (LA)	8	2-6-0	134	11	5-6-0	SWIC
129	-23.35	125	-22.05	128	106.95	Kent State	11	4-7-0	139	11	4-7-0	MAC
137	-32.58	130	-25.05	129	107.00	Illinois State	8	2-6-0	144	11	2-9-0	EIC
124	-22.26	115	-17.18	130	107.10	Northern Illinois	10	4-6-0	141	11	5-6-0	MAC
133	-26.46	133	-28.41	131	109.19	Eastern Michigan	8	2-6-0	145	10	3-7-0	MAC
138	-33.75	137	-34.38	132	109.90	Indiana State	10	2-8-0	142	11	3-8-0	MVC
102	-10.95	101	-11.62	133	111.23	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	146	11	7-4-0	MAC
93	-7.92	114	-16.01	134	112.00	McNeese State	10	6-4-0	143	11	7-4-0	SLC
136	-29.10	138	-36.54	135	112.05	Lamar	10	1-8-1	137	11	2-8-1	SLC
68	0.56	65	2.01	136	112.55	Central Michigan	10	9-1-0	148	11	9-2-0	MAC
46	6.38	48	6.43	137	112.77	Ball State	11	10-1-0	147	11	10-1-0	MAC
126	-22.48	122	-20.22	138	124.09	Southern Illinois	11	7-4-0	150	11	7-4-0	MVC

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College Football 1978Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1978/9/1 and 1979/1/1Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)

College Football 1978
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1978/9/1 and 1979/1/1
Ratings based on Strength of Schedule (Average Rank of Opponents) (Schedule)