1977 Season

FBS Conference Rankings

Conference standings

16 conferences · six-team sample adjustment

Rank	Conference	Teams	Adjusted rating	Team average	Average raw points	Average strength
1	SEC	10	145.55	160.70	167.40	156.86
2	Southwest	9	141.92	156.33	157.85	162.91
3	Big 8	8	139.89	154.57	159.07	159.18
4	FBS Independents	34	132.76	134.96	142.56	126.63
5	Pac-8	8	132.59	141.79	144.60	143.41
6	ACC	7	131.23	140.60	144.05	147.94
7	Big Ten	10	129.59	135.16	135.82	145.41
8	Western Athletic	8	116.45	113.55	116.74	117.37
9	Big Sky	1	111.34	57.52	64.00	73.01
10	PCAA	5	110.17	97.99	100.40	100.74
11	SWAC	5	108.53	94.39	100.19	80.60
12	Mid-American	10	107.42	99.68	108.46	88.31
13	Southland	6	105.64	90.97	97.25	80.56
14	Ivy	8	100.09	84.93	85.24	91.22
15	Southern	7	87.51	59.40	59.14	64.78
16	Missouri Valley	7	80.91	47.13	40.91	82.14