College Football 1978
Ranking of Division I-A 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 Division I-A teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings		Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	39.35	1	43.87	2	23.35	Southern California	2	1	13	12-1-0	1	13	12-1-0	PAC-10
2	36.64	3	34.71	27	39.83	Oklahoma	3	3	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
3	35.28	2	36.85	11	33.29	Alabama	1	2	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	SEC
4	31.24	4	30.04	31	44.04	Michigan	5	5	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
5	30.07	7	28.77	13	33.79	Houston	10	11	12	9-3-0	5	12	9-3-0	SWAC
6	29.16	9	28.12	9	31.29	Texas	9	9	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	SWAC
7	28.74	8	28.54	35	45.83	Penn State	4	4	12	11-1-0	7	12	11-1-0	EIC
8	27.68	11	25.68	16	36.58	Nebraska	8	8	12	9-3-0	8	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
9	27.32	6	29.26	8	29.46	Notre Dame	7	6	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	EIC
10	26.21	13	24.13	19	37.33	Arkansas	11	10	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	12		11	8-3-0	12	11	8-3-0	BIG 10
13	25.50	5	29.70	21	38.50	UCLA	14	12	12	8-3-1	13	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
14	24.53	14	24.02	18	36.75	Stanford	17	17	12	8-4-0	14	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
15	23.37	15	23.88	56	56.21	Purdue	13	13	12	9-2-1	15	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
16	23.04	10	26.13	20	38.08	Missouri	15	15	12	8-4-0	16	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
17	20.91	16	22.26	67	66.42	Clemson	6	7	12	11-1-0	17	12	11-1-0	ACC
18	18.94	20	20.27	36	46.08	Texas A&M	19	19	12	8-4-0	18	12	8-4-0	SWAC
19	18.86	17	21.57	42	48.92	Georgia	16	16	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	20		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	LSU			12	8-4-0	25	12	8-4-0	SEC
26	16.58	25	14.94	33	44.88	Ohio State		14	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	18	20	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		18	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 Division I-A 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 Division I-A Teams

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