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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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1978 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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
3	35.28	2	36.85	11	33.29	Alabama	12	11-1-0	2	12	11-1-0	SEC
2	36.64	3	34.71	27	39.83	Oklahoma	12	11-1-0	3	12	11-1-0	BIG 8
4	31.24	4	30.04	31	44.04	Michigan	12	10-2-0	4	12	10-2-0	BIG 10
13	25.50	5	29.70	21	38.50	UCLA	12	8-3-1	5	12	8-3-1	PAC-10
9	27.32	6	29.26	8	29.46	Notre Dame	12	9-3-0	6	12	9-3-0	EIC
5	30.07	7	28.77	13	33.79	Houston	12	9-3-0	7	12	9-3-0	SWAC
7	28.74	8	28.54	35	45.83	Penn State	12	11-1-0	8	12	11-1-0	EIC
6	29.16	9	28.12	9	31.29	Texas	12	9-3-0	9	12	9-3-0	SWAC
16	23.04	10	26.13	20	38.08	Missouri	12	8-4-0	10	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
8	27.68	11	25.68	16	36.58	Nebraska	12	9-3-0	11	12	9-3-0	BIG 8
11	26.12	12	25.43	17	36.68	Washington	11	7-4-0	12	11	7-4-0	PAC-10
10	26.21	13	24.13	19	37.33	Arkansas	12	9-2-1	13	12	9-2-1	SWAC
14	24.53	14	24.02	18	36.75	Stanford	12	8-4-0	15	12	8-4-0	PAC-10
15	23.37	15	23.88	56	56.21	Purdue	12	9-2-1	14	12	9-2-1	BIG 10
17	20.91	16	22.26	67	66.42	Clemson	12	11-1-0	16	12	11-1-0	ACC
19	18.86	17	21.57	42	48.92	Georgia	12	9-2-1	17	12	9-2-1	SEC
20	18.16	18	21.15	6	28.32	Texas Tech	11	7-4-0	18	11	7-4-0	SWAC
12	25.57	19	20.81	41	48.36	Michigan State	11	8-3-0	20	11	8-3-0	BIG 10
18	18.94	20	20.27	36	46.08	Texas A&M	12	8-4-0	19	12	8-4-0	SWAC
22	17.46	21	19.86	46	50.25	Arizona State	12	9-3-0	21	12	9-3-0	PAC-10
21	17.66	22	17.29	57	57.62	Maryland	12	9-3-0	22	12	9-3-0	ACC
27	14.42	23	16.60	26	39.82	California	11	6-5-0	23	11	6-5-0	PAC-10
31	12.50	24	15.04	49	51.04	Iowa State	12	8-4-0	26	12	8-4-0	BIG 8
26	16.58	25	14.94	33	44.88	Ohio State	12	7-4-1	25	12	7-4-1	BIG 10
24	17.08	26	13.97	3	25.86	Southern Methodist	11	4-6-1	29	11	4-6-1	SWAC
49	5.61	27	13.60	73	72.61	Rutgers	9	6-3-0	46	12	9-3-0	EIC
25	17.06	28	13.52	38	47.08	Louisiana State	12	8-4-0	30	12	8-4-0	SEC
23	17.08	29	13.50	52	52.05	Florida State	11	8-3-0	27	11	8-3-0	SWIC
35	10.91	30	13.48	47	50.33	Georgia Tech	12	7-5-0	31	12	7-5-0	SWIC
33	11.73	31	13.11	76	74.23	Navy	11	8-3-0	32	12	9-3-0	EIC
30	12.83	32	13.02	62	61.00	North Carolina State	12	9-3-0	28	12	9-3-0	ACC
29	13.31	33	12.52	15	36.09	Arizona	11	5-6-0	33	11	5-6-0	PAC-10
75	-1.72	34	11.73	95	86.25	Dartmouth	8	6-2-0	70	9	6-3-0	Ivy
36	10.75	35	11.47	43	49.32	Auburn	11	6-4-1	34	11	6-4-1	SEC
42	7.64	36	10.92	60	60.21	Pittsburgh	12	8-4-0	35	12	8-4-0	EIC
34	10.98	37	10.00	44	49.68	Colorado	11	6-5-0	38	11	6-5-0	BIG 8
61	1.62	38	9.63	69	66.94	Utah	9	6-3-0	41	11	8-3-0	WAC
37	9.89	39	9.58	55	55.27	Wisconsin	11	5-4-2	40	11	5-4-2	BIG 10
38	9.28	40	9.20	45	50.09	Mississippi State	11	6-5-0	36	11	6-5-0	SEC
40	8.10	41	8.80	37	46.91	Tennessee	11	5-5-1	42	11	5-5-1	SEC
45	6.40	42	8.61	48	50.45	Miami FL	11	6-5-0	43	11	6-5-0	SWIC
50	5.34	43	8.18	1	22.64	Rice	11	2-9-0	44	11	2-9-0	SWAC
55	3.79	44	8.00	106	93.32	Tulsa	11	9-2-0	37	11	9-2-0	MVC
47	6.24	45	7.79	90	83.59	North Texas	11	9-2-0	39	11	9-2-0	SWIC
39	8.39	46	7.61	64	63.50	Brigham Young	13	9-4-0	45	13	9-4-0	WAC
28	14.11	47	7.33	14	35.77	Florida	11	4-7-0	47	11	4-7-0	SEC
46	6.38	48	6.43	137	112.77	Ball State	11	10-1-0	48	11	10-1-0	MAC
63	0.95	49	6.41	89	83.12	Yale	8	4-2-2	78	9	5-2-2	Ivy
90	-7.00	50	6.07	91	84.31	Brown	8	6-2-0	84	9	6-3-0	Ivy
60	1.88	51	5.88	10	32.14	Oregon State	11	3-7-1	50	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
57	2.89	52	5.42	30	42.68	Kansas State	11	4-7-0	49	11	4-7-0	BIG 8
48	6.03	53	5.14	83	78.22	Utah State	9	6-3-0	60	11	7-4-0	BWC
43	7.60	54	5.12	32	44.14	Kentucky	11	4-6-1	51	11	4-6-1	SEC
70	0.37	55	5.03	54	55.18	Minnesota	11	5-6-0	53	11	5-6-0	BIG 10
67	0.66	56	4.13	98	87.43	Holy Cross	7	5-2-0	93	11	7-4-0	EIC
66	0.67	57	3.45	63	62.68	North Carolina	11	5-6-0	54	11	5-6-0	ACC
59	2.26	58	2.79	7	28.86	Texas Christian	11	2-9-0	61	11	2-9-0	SWAC
54	3.89	59	2.73	50	51.18	Mississippi	11	5-6-0	55	11	5-6-0	SEC
32	11.85	60	2.60	4	25.91	Baylor	11	3-8-0	59	11	3-8-0	SWAC
64	0.93	61	2.54	71	69.45	Hawaii	11	6-5-0	58	11	6-5-0	SWIC
65	0.69	62	2.28	78	75.23	Southern Mississippi	11	7-4-0	52	11	7-4-0	SWIC
44	7.34	63	2.23	58	58.45	South Carolina	11	5-5-1	57	11	5-5-1	SWIC
72	-0.09	64	2.16	34	45.64	Duke	11	4-7-0	63	11	4-7-0	ACC
68	0.56	65	2.01	136	112.55	Central Michigan	10	9-1-0	62	11	9-2-0	MAC
53	4.00	66	1.94	29	42.59	Indiana	11	4-7-0	66	11	4-7-0	BIG 10
62	1.41	67	1.63	28	39.95	Oklahoma State	11	3-8-0	64	11	3-8-0	BIG 8
51	5.28	68	1.57	84	78.38	New Mexico	12	7-5-0	65	12	7-5-0	WAC
74	-0.75	69	0.26	80	76.31	Nevada Las Vegas	8	5-3-0	69	11	7-4-0	SWIC
83	-4.18	70	0.07	120	101.10	Miami OH	10	8-2-0	67	11	8-2-1	MAC
41	7.86	71	0.05	12	33.77	Oregon	11	2-9-0	71	11	2-9-0	PAC-10
76	-2.42	72	-0.04	88	82.00	Temple	9	5-3-1	68	11	7-3-1	EIC
100	-10.34	73	-0.32	100	88.94	Cornell	8	4-3-1	97	9	5-3-1	Ivy
73	-0.44	74	-1.09	53	55.05	Tulane	11	4-7-0	74	11	4-7-0	SWIC
86	-5.42	75	-2.01	23	39.45	Illinois	11	1-8-2	76	11	1-8-2	BIG 10
52	4.25	76	-2.46	22	39.15	Washington State	10	2-7-1	83	11	3-7-1	PAC-10
77	-2.93	77	-2.76	25	39.55	Iowa	11	2-9-0	80	11	2-9-0	BIG 10
80	-3.56	78	-3.03	77	74.31	San Jose State	8	4-4-0	77	12	7-5-0	BWC
69	0.43	79	-3.42	61	60.27	Wyoming	11	4-7-0	82	12	5-7-0	WAC
58	2.78	80	-3.67	110	96.08	East Carolina	12	9-3-0	73	12	9-3-0	SWIC
79	-3.53	81	-4.01	40	48.14	Syracuse	11	3-8-0	85	11	3-8-0	EIC
127	-22.86	82	-4.08	82	77.06	Columbia	8	2-5-1	111	9	3-5-1	Ivy
78	-3.41	83	-4.74	66	65.73	Virginia Tech	11	4-7-0	81	11	4-7-0	SWIC
56	3.56	84	-4.86	122	102.14	Tennessee Chattanooga	7	5-2-0	72	11	7-3-1	SoCon
94	-8.05	85	-5.24	5	26.36	Kansas	11	1-10-0	88	11	1-10-0	BIG 8
85	-4.66	86	-6.10	85	78.73	Colorado State	11	5-6-0	91	11	5-6-0	WAC
92	-7.88	87	-6.78	65	63.68	Memphis	11	4-7-0	89	11	4-7-0	SWIC
89	-6.81	88	-7.29	104	90.22	Louisville	9	5-4-0	75	11	7-4-0	SWIC
112	-15.40	89	-7.48	87	81.72	Princeton	9	2-5-2	122	9	2-5-2	Ivy
84	-4.62	90	-7.69	79	75.68	San Diego State	11	4-7-0	92	11	4-7-0	WAC
107	-13.21	91	-7.72	97	87.38	Harvard	8	3-4-1	117	9	4-4-1	Ivy
103	-11.56	92	-8.02	51	51.86	Vanderbilt	11	2-9-0	98	11	2-9-0	SEC
81	-3.81	93	-8.06	92	84.45	Cincinnati	11	5-6-0	87	11	5-6-0	EIC
99	-9.78	94	-8.47	75	74.00	Army	10	3-6-1	113	11	4-6-1	EIC
71	0.27	95	-8.80	109	95.79	Furman	7	4-3-0	86	11	8-3-0	SoCon
82	-4.01	96	-9.56	108	94.64	Louisiana Tech	11	6-5-0	90	11	6-5-0	SLC
96	-8.95	97	-10.65	126	105.78	Louisiana Monroe	9	5-3-1	95	11	6-4-1	SWIC
95	-8.13	98	-10.69	39	47.45	Wake Forest	11	1-10-0	102	11	1-10-0	ACC
87	-5.59	99	-10.83	74	73.59	Pacific	11	4-7-0	99	12	4-8-0	BWC
114	-16.07	100	-11.09	24	39.50	Northwestern	11	0-10-1	107	11	0-10-1	BIG 10
102	-10.95	101	-11.62	133	111.23	Western Michigan	11	7-4-0	104	11	7-4-0	MAC
97	-9.07	102	-11.78	124	104.50	Arkansas State	11	7-4-0	96	11	7-4-0	SLC
101	-10.60	103	-11.87	105	90.50	Cal State Fullerton	6	2-4-0	100	12	5-7-0	BWC
120	-20.84	104	-11.99	86	81.57	Pennsylvania	7	1-5-1	130	9	2-6-1	Ivy
88	-5.67	105	-12.28	118	100.38	Appalachian State	8	5-3-0	94	11	7-4-0	SoCon
111	-14.87	106	-12.66	123	103.90	Cal State Long Beach	10	5-5-0	106	11	5-6-0	BWC
106	-13.15	107	-12.94	59	58.45	West Virginia	11	2-9-0	108	11	2-9-0	EIC
115	-16.51	108	-13.02	112	97.77	New Mexico State	11	6-5-0	105	11	6-5-0	MVC
104	-11.88	109	-13.90	101	88.94	William & Mary	9	3-5-1	101	11	5-5-1	SWIC
113	-15.82	110	-14.90	81	76.50	Air Force	11	3-8-0	123	11	3-8-0	SWIC
98	-9.26	111	-14.98	113	98.50	Western Carolina	7	4-3-0	103	11	6-5-0	SoCon
116	-16.53	112	-15.73	115	99.45	Drake	11	4-7-0	112	11	4-7-0	MVC
117	-17.79	113	-15.92	94	85.00	Colgate	7	2-5-0	140	11	3-8-0	EIC
93	-7.92	114	-16.01	134	112.00	McNeese State	10	6-4-0	110	11	7-4-0	SLC
124	-22.26	115	-17.18	130	107.10	Northern Illinois	10	4-6-0	120	11	5-6-0	MAC
109	-13.60	116	-17.27	68	66.64	Virginia	11	2-9-0	121	11	2-9-0	ACC
105	-13.10	117	-18.59	125	105.27	Texas Arlington	11	5-6-0	118	11	5-6-0	SLC
108	-13.42	118	-18.72	99	87.88	Villanova	8	3-5-0	119	11	5-6-0	EIC
122	-21.93	119	-20.11	70	68.54	Texas El Paso	12	1-11-0	129	12	1-11-0	WAC
91	-7.84	120	-20.12	93	84.91	Richmond	11	3-8-0	128	11	3-8-0	SWIC
110	-14.16	121	-20.16	96	86.88	Citadel	8	2-6-0	114	11	5-6-0	SoCon
126	-22.48	122	-20.22	138	124.09	Southern Illinois	11	7-4-0	127	11	7-4-0	MVC
125	-22.37	123	-20.61	111	96.55	Wichita State	10	3-7-0	126	11	4-7-0	MVC
118	-18.20	124	-22.05	114	99.45	Bowling Green	10	3-7-0	133	11	4-7-0	MAC
129	-23.35	125	-22.05	128	106.95	Kent State	11	4-7-0	134	11	4-7-0	MAC
119	-19.28	126	-22.10	103	89.83	Virginia Military	9	2-7-0	125	11	3-8-0	SoCon
130	-23.38	127	-23.59	102	89.07	Fresno State	7	1-6-0	124	11	3-8-0	BWC
134	-27.65	128	-23.59	107	94.18	Ohio University	11	3-8-0	136	11	3-8-0	MAC
128	-23.29	129	-25.05	119	101.00	Louisiana Lafayette	11	3-8-0	135	11	3-8-0	SLC
137	-32.58	130	-25.05	129	107.00	Illinois State	8	2-6-0	141	11	2-9-0	EIC
123	-22.11	131	-26.69	116	99.73	West Texas A&M	11	3-8-0	137	11	3-8-0	MVC
121	-21.21	132	-26.93	72	70.00	Boston College	10	0-10-0	147	11	0-11-0	EIC
133	-26.46	133	-28.41	131	109.19	Eastern Michigan	8	2-6-0	144	10	3-7-0	MAC
132	-26.35	134	-29.26	127	106.69	Northwestern State (LA)	8	2-6-0	139	11	5-6-0	SWIC
131	-24.34	135	-30.35	117	100.27	Marshall	11	1-10-0	143	11	1-10-0	SoCon
135	-27.93	136	-32.85	121	101.68	Toledo	11	2-9-0	149	11	2-9-0	MAC
138	-33.75	137	-34.38	132	109.90	Indiana State	10	2-8-0	145	11	3-8-0	MVC
136	-29.10	138	-36.54	135	112.05	Lamar	10	1-8-1	151	11	2-8-1	SLC

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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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)