College Football 1978
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1978/9/1 and 1979/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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

College Football 1978
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 1978/9/1 and 1979/1/1
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)