1978 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

138 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Oklahoma FBS · Big 8	—	11–1	333.14	416.51	157.99	—
2	Alabama FBS · SEC	★	11–1	317.43	367.70	181.20	▲ 1
3	USC FBS · Pac-10	★	12–1	307.98	345.03	185.08	▲ 1
4	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	11–1	304.75	375.20	148.93	▼ 2
5	Nebraska FBS · Big 8	—	9–3	279.54	337.63	166.07	—
6	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	266.73	292.76	186.40	▲ 3
7	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	11–1	264.70	335.80	109.48	▼ 1
8	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	258.18	315.06	134.02	▼ 1
9	Houston FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	252.01	295.50	160.48	▼ 1
10	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	9–3	250.58	281.60	171.02	—
11	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	9–2–1	248.01	291.55	150.35	—
12	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	9–2–1	220.62	249.64	138.50	—
13	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	8–3	215.39	255.43	133.99	—
14	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	210.22	232.56	157.87	▲ 5
15	Missouri FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	206.72	218.34	170.62	▼ 1
16	Florida State FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	203.69	226.56	143.48	▼ 1
17	NC State FBS · ACC	—	9–3	200.33	222.45	135.49	▼ 1
18	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	9–2–1	197.20	226.92	117.54	▼ 1
19	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	9–3	194.89	216.71	134.09	▼ 1
20	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	8–3–1	192.16	214.48	139.06	—
21	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	189.56	206.91	153.55	▲ 2
22	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	189.33	215.51	123.00	▼ 1
23	North Texas FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–2	188.08	216.40	109.89	▼ 1
24	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	10–1	181.40	212.32	76.95	—
25	Texas Tech FBS · Southwest	—	7–4	172.33	167.17	168.45	—
26	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	9–2	171.71	205.82	80.69	—
27	LSU FBS · SEC	—	8–4	171.47	189.69	133.02	—
28	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–4	170.85	178.41	138.62	—
29	East Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	168.99	199.89	92.38	—
30	Chattanooga FBS · Southern	—	7–3–1	166.54	199.39	105.94	—
31	Tulsa FBS · Missouri Valley	—	9–2	165.95	190.03	92.62	—
32	Tennessee State FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	165.52	146.33	166.54	—
33	BYU FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–4	164.62	188.67	101.53	—
34	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	164.00	186.40	102.08	—
35	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–4–1	155.34	158.98	135.54	—
36	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	8–2–1	154.66	183.86	82.36	—
37	Furman FBS · Southern	—	8–3	153.89	190.01	85.81	▲ 1
38	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	5–5–1	153.84	173.20	141.14	▲ 1
39	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–3	153.35	159.68	106.13	▼ 2
40	Southern Miss FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	151.88	159.96	124.08	—
41	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	8–4	150.34	150.91	135.87	—
42	Georgia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–5	148.51	160.10	130.69	—
43	Dartmouth FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	145.33	170.85	93.57	—
44	Florida FBS · SEC	—	4–7	145.04	154.07	160.01	—
45	Yale FBS · Ivy	—	5–2–2	142.86	169.77	92.59	—
46	Brown FBS · Ivy	—	6–3	141.42	163.87	96.32	▲ 1
47	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	4–6–1	140.48	127.19	178.84	▼ 1
48	Iowa State FBS · Big 8	—	8–4	139.08	131.27	134.08	—
49	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	135.41	144.06	131.40	—
50	Miami FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	135.34	148.47	123.77	—
51	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	6–4–1	134.98	127.54	140.75	—
52	Cincinnati FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	131.41	151.60	113.54	—
53	Arkansas State FBS · Southland	—	7–4	130.42	144.35	94.06	▲ 1
54	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	5–6	130.41	140.32	134.34	▼ 1
55	McNeese FBS · Southland	—	7–4	129.92	151.33	82.64	—
56	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–3–1	127.07	134.77	96.28	—
57	Utah FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–3	126.65	128.29	94.12	—
58	App State FBS · Southern	—	7–4	125.67	145.16	85.95	—
59	UL Monroe FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–4–1	124.47	137.60	94.33	—
60	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	121.78	120.48	138.73	—
61	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	3–8	120.34	117.61	168.93	—
62	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	6–5	118.03	87.48	157.29	▲ 2
63	UNLV FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	118.00	138.22	76.87	▼ 1
64	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 8	—	3–8	117.88	107.75	170.33	▼ 1
65	California FBS · Pac-10	—	6–5	116.24	87.89	154.00	—
66	TTexas-Arlington FBS · Southland	—	5–6	113.08	133.57	93.85	—
67	Kansas State FBS · Big 8	—	4–7	110.66	102.35	151.75	—
68	Hawai'i FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	106.63	92.93	120.54	—
69	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–4–2	105.04	99.00	113.22	—
70	San José State FBS · PCAA	—	7–5	104.18	123.83	72.84	—
71	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	102.97	91.67	153.88	—
72	Louisiana Tech FBS · Southland	—	6–5	101.60	78.75	122.99	—
73	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	101.12	77.91	185.92	▲ 1
74	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	4–6–1	100.02	69.86	158.12	▼ 1
75	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	7–4	100.02	105.45	73.86	—
76	Colorado State FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–6	99.87	124.85	79.36	—
77	Harvard FBS · Ivy	—	4–4–1	98.93	103.87	92.44	—
78	Cornell FBS · Ivy	—	5–3–1	97.61	93.89	90.34	—
79	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	2–9	93.73	108.25	135.57	—
80	New Mexico FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	92.95	88.77	91.40	—
81	Louisville FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	91.59	74.25	98.93	—
82	Colorado FBS · Big 8	—	6–5	90.95	50.94	144.98	—
83	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	5–6	90.73	63.79	137.73	—
84	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	89.77	108.61	103.38	—
85	Virginia Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	88.88	81.27	127.84	—
86	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	88.16	79.49	82.45	—
87	Wyoming FBS · Western Athletic	—	5–7	84.11	77.00	111.08	—
88	Western Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–5	84.03	81.17	87.99	—
89	New Mexico State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–5	79.44	74.16	83.77	—
90	Utah State FBS · PCAA	—	7–4	78.92	62.95	84.06	—
91	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	78.14	45.47	156.36	▲ 1
92	Memphis FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	78.13	65.60	125.15	▼ 1
93	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	74.22	77.57	77.94	—
94	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	73.65	57.68	148.37	—
95	Princeton FBS · Ivy	—	2–5–2	72.45	68.19	102.15	—
96	Duke FBS · ACC	—	4–7	71.40	29.41	152.24	—
97	William & Mary FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–5–1	71.13	69.92	83.46	—
98	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–6–1	69.54	74.33	82.89	—
99	San Diego State FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	69.22	73.70	87.63	—
100	Southern Illinois FBS · Missouri Valley	—	7–4	69.08	68.34	54.39	—
101	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	68.46	40.49	134.63	—
102	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	2–9	68.30	62.11	131.68	—
103	Tulane FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	67.98	46.25	126.31	▲ 1
104	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	2–9	67.33	29.58	172.88	▼ 1
105	Indiana State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	62.09	85.00	69.04	—
106	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	60.34	65.00	76.86	—
107	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	3–7–1	57.41	32.07	126.38	▲ 1
108	West Virginia FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	57.09	23.89	151.06	▼ 1
109	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	56.45	67.77	77.19	—
110	West Texas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–8	55.28	53.11	93.49	—
111	Lamar FBS · Southland	—	2–8–1	52.82	66.00	79.42	—
112	Kansas FBS · Big 8	—	1–10	52.45	11.10	176.85	—
113	The Citadel FBS · Southern	—	5–6	50.55	28.06	90.46	—
114	Columbia FBS · Ivy	—	3–5–1	45.59	18.79	100.30	—
115	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	41.53	11.41	87.60	—
116	Illinois State FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	41.05	42.99	84.70	—
117	CCal State Fullerton FBS · PCAA	—	5–7	40.46	29.16	69.07	—
118	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	39.30	1.00	110.34	—
119	Pennsylvania FBS · Ivy	—	2–6–1	37.85	18.48	93.10	—
120	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	1–8–2	37.69	2.20	143.72	—
121	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	1–10	36.28	8.06	143.43	—
122	PPacific FBS · PCAA	—	4–8	36.27	21.63	87.30	—
123	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	34.31	14.23	85.43	—
124	LLong Beach State FBS · PCAA	—	5–6	34.01	19.98	63.63	—
125	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–7	33.51	22.45	75.00	—
126	Louisiana FBS · Southland	—	3–8	33.26	5.35	105.56	—
127	Fresno State FBS · PCAA	—	3–8	32.67	30.73	68.06	—
128	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	28.64	1.00	90.61	—
129	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	28.48	1.00	100.52	—
130	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	2–9	27.78	6.56	115.01	—
131	VMI FBS · Southern	—	3–8	27.20	1.00	98.22	—
132	Air Force FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–8	26.79	1.00	100.77	—
133	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	0–10–1	22.09	1.00	129.56	—
134	WWichita State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–7	21.26	1.00	77.50	—
135	Marshall FBS · Southern	—	1–10	19.83	1.00	104.25	—
136	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–11	18.39	1.00	112.14	—
137	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	12.98	1.00	81.62	—
138	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–11	8.61	2.21	100.15	—