1978 team profile

Team Ledger

Penn State

FBS · FBS Independents
#4
11–1Record
304.75Overall rating
375.20Raw points
148.41Opponent strength

Rating history

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Conference rankings

FBS Independents · 33 teams
RankTeamRating
1Penn State304.75
2Notre Dame266.73
3Florida State203.69
4North Texas188.08
5Pittsburgh170.85
6East Carolina168.99
7Tennessee State165.52
8Navy164.00
9Rutgers153.35
10Southern Miss151.88
11Georgia Tech148.51
12South Carolina135.41
13Miami135.34
14Cincinnati131.41
15Temple127.07
16UL Monroe124.47
17UNLV118.00
18Hawai'i106.63
19Syracuse102.97
20Louisville91.59
21Richmond89.77
22Virginia Tech88.88
23Holy Cross88.16
24Memphis78.13
25William & Mary71.13
26Army69.54
27Tulane67.98
28West Virginia57.09
29Colgate56.45
30Villanova41.53
31Illinois State41.05
32Air Force26.79
33Boston College8.61

Season schedule

12 games
  • W1at Temple
    Final    10–7
  • W2vs Rutgers
    Final    26–10
  • W3at Ohio State
    Final    19–0
  • W4vs SMU
    Final    26–21
  • W5vs TCU
    Final    58–0
  • W6at Kentucky
    Final    30–0
  • W8vs Syracuse
    Final    45–15
  • W9at West Virginia
    Final    49–21
  • W10vs Maryland
    Final    27–3
  • W11vs NC State
    Final    19–10
  • W13vs Pittsburgh
    Final    17–10
  • W18at Alabama
    Final    7–14