1977 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

143 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	★	11–1	337.55	416.12	165.28	▲ 4
2	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	312.54	367.39	171.52	—
3	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	11–1	311.39	385.43	149.34	▲ 3
4	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	11–1	305.71	369.76	157.34	▼ 3
5	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2–1	305.66	379.34	163.36	▼ 1
6	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	11–1	293.79	371.63	131.32	▲ 4
7	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	10–2	284.15	335.70	160.59	▼ 4
8	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	10–1	268.95	318.91	148.09	—
9	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	9–3	256.62	316.90	142.69	▼ 2
10	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	249.60	300.81	134.24	▼ 1
11	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	241.28	275.12	159.68	—
12	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–2	233.64	282.85	124.54	—
13	North Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	224.13	275.39	111.40	—
14	Washington FBS · Pac-8	—	8–4	222.86	269.42	140.31	▲ 4
15	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	215.48	252.83	137.83	▼ 1
16	USC FBS · Pac-8	—	8–4	212.16	232.62	160.46	—
17	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–2	209.08	271.45	87.69	▼ 2
18	San Diego State FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	208.86	249.48	97.15	▼ 1
19	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	8–3–1	201.09	211.69	155.36	▲ 1
20	Grambling FBS · SWAC	—	10–1	200.46	256.86	76.06	▼ 1
21	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	10–1	198.16	242.88	81.15	—
22	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	10–1	190.55	238.04	68.13	—
23	NC State FBS · ACC	—	8–4	190.40	205.37	148.65	—
24	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	8–4	185.03	206.23	138.72	—
25	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	9–1–2	182.13	225.82	79.79	—
26	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	181.02	183.82	157.76	—
27	Tennessee State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–1–1	180.31	217.22	102.34	▲ 1
28	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	7–3–1	180.16	196.63	140.37	▼ 1
29	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–4	179.97	197.43	137.16	—
30	Arizona State FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–3	177.12	200.81	111.96	—
31	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–3–1	175.66	196.71	131.85	—
32	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	9–2	173.65	212.85	90.26	—
33	Stanford FBS · Pac-8	—	9–3	170.66	181.38	127.09	—
34	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	6–5	167.12	173.45	161.25	—
35	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	165.41	175.62	154.91	▲ 1
36	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	164.92	202.95	69.24	▼ 1
37	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–2–1	163.21	177.06	103.28	—
38	UCLA FBS · Pac-8	—	7–4	162.87	177.94	133.60	▲ 1
39	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	161.43	171.30	132.12	▼ 1
40	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	159.08	178.97	109.60	—
41	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	157.48	188.87	84.90	—
42	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	152.06	171.76	75.03	—
43	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	5–6	147.61	137.43	171.65	—
44	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–6	144.78	148.60	154.24	▲ 1
45	Florida FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	144.13	136.12	152.72	▼ 1
46	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–5–1	138.71	140.75	143.88	—
47	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	138.63	149.15	132.08	▲ 1
48	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	137.40	133.69	139.72	▼ 1
49	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	7–5	135.26	112.00	159.85	—
50	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	5–6	135.23	123.36	166.74	—
51	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	133.00	138.15	125.77	—
52	Chattanooga FBS · Southern	—	9–1–1	131.54	149.30	65.71	—
53	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	6–5	129.94	151.33	97.38	▲ 1
54	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	5–6	129.91	121.02	156.32	▲ 1
55	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	128.76	110.86	145.41	▼ 2
56	Duke FBS · ACC	—	5–6	124.66	119.64	144.32	—
57	California FBS · Pac-8	—	7–4	124.43	116.37	125.99	▲ 1
58	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	124.02	137.50	80.10	▼ 1
59	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	122.48	104.07	132.25	▲ 3
60	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	121.89	121.95	152.27	▼ 1
61	Texas Southern FBS · SWAC	—	6–4–1	121.64	145.97	81.42	▼ 1
62	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	4–7	121.02	123.08	147.47	▲ 1
63	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	120.07	106.48	137.65	▼ 2
64	Washington State FBS · Pac-8	—	6–5	120.06	101.35	144.59	—
65	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	119.08	99.92	156.25	—
66	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	117.25	128.39	74.91	—
67	William & Mary FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	116.70	120.68	113.95	—
68	Western Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–4–1	114.00	151.16	59.11	—
69	TTexas-Arlington FBS · Southland	—	5–6	113.31	139.86	89.11	—
70	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	110.10	79.81	162.94	—
71	Arizona FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	108.53	112.77	122.30	▲ 1
72	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	108.03	96.61	135.30	▼ 1
73	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–4–1	106.99	121.42	74.29	—
74	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	105.62	104.87	99.98	—
75	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	7–2	104.87	99.80	78.91	—
76	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	103.60	110.26	130.52	—
77	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	3–7–1	101.76	93.22	154.24	—
78	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4–1	101.62	88.55	99.60	▲ 2
79	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	100.45	83.84	148.86	▼ 1
80	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–7	99.59	67.70	169.27	▼ 1
81	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	5–6	99.11	73.19	148.59	▲ 1
82	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	3–6	99.07	115.58	99.05	▼ 1
83	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	97.86	53.57	190.14	▲ 2
84	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	97.11	69.69	158.47	▼ 1
85	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–7	96.67	84.88	130.34	▼ 1
86	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	94.09	90.85	128.46	—
87	Hawai'i FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	93.20	110.35	87.86	—
88	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–2	91.50	92.98	93.22	—
89	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	4–5	89.72	96.09	91.95	—
90	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	88.83	88.32	110.17	—
91	Jackson State FBS · SWAC	—	8–3	88.15	74.73	77.37	—
92	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	87.55	128.64	92.83	—
93	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	86.15	76.48	82.15	—
94	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	84.41	72.91	125.97	—
95	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	5–4	82.69	82.26	81.45	—
96	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	6–4–2	82.44	68.35	91.20	—
97	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	80.92	66.28	124.43	▲ 2
98	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–6	80.26	42.93	132.51	—
99	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	1–10	78.90	75.00	151.39	▼ 2
100	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	4–6	75.63	62.00	103.29	—
101	Oregon FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	74.54	76.71	132.61	▲ 1
102	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	7–4	74.36	65.00	68.37	▼ 1
103	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	73.81	56.70	141.47	—
104	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–6–1	73.44	52.83	121.53	—
105	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	68.32	35.71	128.17	—
106	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	64.24	55.10	115.97	—
107	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	5–6	61.83	54.96	81.19	—
108	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	60.14	32.82	149.94	—
109	VMI FBS · Southern	—	7–4	59.48	39.52	77.13	▲ 1
110	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	59.40	46.03	97.57	▲ 1
111	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–6	58.92	56.77	78.73	▲ 1
112	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	58.43	27.13	139.95	▼ 3
113	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	58.34	62.76	97.59	—
114	Idaho FBS · Big Sky	—	1–4	57.52	64.00	83.16	—
115	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	2–9	56.11	77.18	74.14	—
116	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–8–1	52.18	26.49	139.83	▲ 2
117	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	52.11	56.70	83.83	▼ 1
118	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	51.52	17.92	158.18	▼ 1
119	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	48.80	8.97	167.00	—
120	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–9	48.53	74.95	66.05	▲ 1
121	Oregon State FBS · Pac-8	—	2–9	46.76	1.00	160.02	▲ 2
122	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	3–8	46.53	1.00	151.14	▼ 2
123	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	46.49	28.96	105.73	▲ 1
124	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	1–9–1	45.03	11.60	153.04	▼ 2
125	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	38.39	48.40	72.57	—
126	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–10	37.74	1.00	159.17	—
127	McNeese FBS · Southland	—	5–5–1	37.45	7.27	80.12	—
128	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	5–7	37.03	1.00	100.25	—
129	Alcorn State FBS · SWAC	—	3–8	36.76	22.40	86.35	—
130	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	1–8	36.24	21.88	106.03	—
131	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	34.88	1.00	98.41	—
132	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	4–7	29.81	9.53	82.80	—
133	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	29.77	3.56	131.24	—
134	Illinois State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–7–1	28.38	1.00	89.03	—
135	Furman FBS · Southern	—	4–5–2	25.84	17.00	51.20	—
136	Southern FBS · SWAC	—	3–7–1	24.93	1.00	81.69	—
137	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	2–7	23.19	1.00	92.34	—
138	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	1–10	22.48	1.00	123.27	—
139	Indiana State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–7	19.86	1.00	75.12	—
140	Southern Illinois FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	14.24	2.28	69.55	—
141	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	13.44	1.00	93.55	—
142	App State FBS · Southern	—	2–9	12.11	1.00	74.24	—
143	Marshall FBS · Southern	—	2–9	11.02	1.00	71.73	—