1977 Week 11 College Football Team Rankings

November 8, 1977By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1977 Season Tags: • No Comments

1977 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.

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Rank	Change	Rating	Team	Conf	Record	Win %	Place	NOW	Game Status
1	0	0.752	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	8–0	1.000	1	+36	Beat Houston 35–21
2	2	0.916	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	13	+33	Beat Georgia Tech 69–14
3	3	1.104	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	3	+33	Beat NC State 21–17
4	4	1.113	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–1–1	0.833	22	+27	Beat West Virginia 44–3
5	4	1.135	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	3	+31	Beat LSU 24–3
6	-4	1.189	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–0–2	0.875	13	+20	Beat Lamar 23–6
7	-4	1.239	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	3	+27	Beat Northwestern 63–20
8	-1	1.253	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	8–1	0.889	3	+27	Beat Illinois 35–0
9	-4	1.278	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	8–1	0.889	3	+29	Beat Vanderbilt 28–6
10	1	1.385	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	8–1	0.889	3	+27	Beat Oklahoma State 61–28
11	6	1.528	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–2–1	0.722	35	+23	Beat Iowa State 12–7
12	0	1.532	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	7–1	0.875	13	+20	Beat Baylor 35–9
13	0	1.533	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	7–1	0.875	13	+19	Beat Langston 65–0
14	-4	1.538	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	13	+24	Beat Virginia Tech 23–21
15	0	1.622	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	9–0	1.000	1	+15	Beat Bucknell 49–17
16	2	1.632	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–1	0.889	3	+22	Beat Kent State 49–10
17	-3	1.640	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	7–1–1	0.833	22	+20	Tied North Carolina 13–13
18	-2	1.690	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	7–2	0.778	26	+22	Beat Missouri 21–10
19	3	1.775	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	8–1	0.889	3	+18	Beat Western Michigan 14–8
20	4	1.789	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	24	+24	Beat New Mexico State 45–17
21	-1	1.794	BYU	IND WAC	7–1	0.875	13	+14	Beat Utah 38–8
22	-3	1.797	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–1	0.857	21	+16	BYE
23	-2	1.861	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	3	+20	Beat Tennessee Martin 55–7
24	5	1.889	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	13	+13	Beat Pacific 29–7
25	2	1.924	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	24	+21	Beat App State 45–14
26	-3	1.926	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	6–2–1	0.722	35	+16	Tied Clemson 13–13
27	-1	1.958	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	31	+17	Beat TCU 49–17
28	-3	1.972	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	8–1	0.889	3	+13	Beat Bowling Green 37–33
29	1	2.078	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	31	+12	Beat Princeton 44–8
30	12	2.092	USC	PAC	6–3	0.667	37	+14	Beat Stanford 49–0
31	6	2.094	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	5–3–1	0.611	52	+15	Beat Minnesota 29–10
32	1	2.106	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	7–1	0.875	13	+7	Beat Wyoming 45–0
33	6	2.281	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	7–2	0.778	26	+10	Beat Indiana State 42–18
34	10	2.334	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	7–2	0.778	26	+15	Beat Long Beach State 23–14
35	11	2.345	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–2–2	0.667	37	+9	Beat Ohio 38–26
36	4	2.370	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	26	+11	Beat Arizona 35–14
37	1	2.384	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–2	0.778	26	+9	Beat North Carolina A&T 21–20
38	17	2.399	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	31	+7	Beat Dartmouth 13–10
39	-11	2.400	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	6–3	0.667	37	+11	Lost to Colorado 7–12
40	1	2.402	UCLA	PAC	6–3	0.667	37	+11	Beat Oregon 21–3
41	-7	2.436	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–4	0.600	54	+13	Lost to Penn State 17–21
42	-11	2.480	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–3–1	0.650	47	+13	Lost to Arkansas State 15–17
43	-11	2.506	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–3	0.667	37	+8	Lost to Washington 31–50
44	-1	2.521	LSU	SEC	5–3	0.625	49	+5	Lost to Alabama 3–24
45	-10	2.548	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–3	0.667	37	+11	Lost to USC 0–49
46	-10	2.563	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–2	0.750	31	+5	Lost to Brown 10–13
47	22	2.640	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	4–2–1	0.643	48	+5	Beat Georgia 22–17
48	4	2.671	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	5–4	0.556	57	+8	Beat Villanova 19–13
49	1	2.678	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	49	+11	BYE
50	10	2.696	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	6–3	0.667	37	+13	Beat Texas Southern 10–0
51	0	2.744	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–4	0.556	57	+7	Beat Wake Forest 38–14
52	6	2.767	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	37	+3	Beat Air Force 31–6
53	-8	2.769	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–4	0.556	57	+9	Lost to Michigan State 10–29
54	-7	2.816	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–4	0.556	57	+8	Lost to Florida 17–22
55	7	2.816	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	54	+9	Beat Texas Arlington 20–3
56	14	2.833	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	37	+5	Beat Louisiana 17–15
57	-9	2.860	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	37	+3	Lost to Temple 14–24
58	3	2.865	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	5–4	0.556	57	+6	Beat Oregon State 24–10
59	22	2.949	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	5–4	0.556	57	+2	Beat California 50–31
60	-11	3.005	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–4	0.556	57	+6	Lost to Central Michigan 10–49
61	-5	3.023	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	4–4	0.500	71	+6	Lost to Texas 21–35
62	15	3.103	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–4	0.556	57	+12	Beat Northwestern State 14–7
63	22	3.110	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	4–5	0.444	79	+6	Beat Auburn 27–13
64	19	3.113	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	52	+9	Beat Wichita State 51–21
65	-12	3.137	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	79	+3	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 33–37
66	-12	3.153	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	57	+3	Lost to Notre Dame 14–69
67	-3	3.164	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	+4	BYE
68	16	3.250	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	5–3	0.625	49	+6	Beat Virginia 30–6
69	-10	3.293	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	57	+1	Lost to Tennessee 14–27
70	-13	3.298	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–4	0.556	57	+1	Lost to Purdue 0–22
71	20	3.307	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	4–3–1	0.563	56	+1	Beat Rutgers 24–14
72	-9	3.352	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	+1	Lost to Pittsburgh 3–44
73	16	3.358	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–4	0.556	57	-1	Beat Wisconsin 22–0
74	4	3.361	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–4–1	0.500	71	0	Beat Iowa 24–21
75	-4	3.381	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5	0.444	79	0	BYE
76	4	3.395	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	79	+4	Beat UTEP 33–17
77	-12	3.523	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–4	0.556	57	+6	Lost to Mcneese State 7–14
78	-11	3.566	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–5	0.375	100	+3	Lost to Arkansas 9–35
79	7	3.572	SMU	IND SWC	4–5	0.444	79	+1	Beat Rice 41–24
80	-5	3.585	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–5	0.444	79	-1	Lost to Oklahoma 28–61
81	-15	3.687	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	4–5	0.444	79	-5	Lost to Mississippi State 13–27
82	-14	3.759	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	-4	Lost to Syracuse 34–45
83	19	3.797	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–4	0.500	71	+5	Beat Pennsylvania 34–15
84	-8	3.864	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	3–6	0.333	106	-4	Lost to Nebraska 10–21
85	15	3.875	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	-4	Beat Navy 45–34
86	13	3.877	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	3–5	0.375	100	-3	Beat Memphis 27–14
87	-5	3.883	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	4–4–1	0.500	71	+2	Lost to Jackson State 0–10
88	0	4.036	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	4–4	0.500	71	-8	BYE
89	-16	4.071	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	106	-5	Lost to Southern Miss 3–20
90	-11	4.133	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	3–4–1	0.438	97	-1	Lost to Arizona State 0–45
91	-4	4.162	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	79	-7	Lost to San Diego State 7–29
92	-20	4.182	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–3–2	0.556	57	-2	Lost to Richmond 13–19
93	12	4.186	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	79	-7	Beat Citadel 14–13
94	-20	4.222	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	100	-5	Lost to Tulane 10–13
95	2	4.285	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–6	0.333	106	-5	Lost to Ohio State 0–35
96	-2	4.355	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	79	-8	Lost to North Texas 17–45
97	13	4.372	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	79	-10	Beat Hawai'i 24–14
98	-8	4.402	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	4–4	0.500	71	-3	Lost to Harvard 15–34
99	-4	4.488	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–5	0.444	79	-13	Lost to Miami (OH) 8–14
100	-8	4.493	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–6	0.333	106	-8	Lost to Indiana 21–24
101	8	4.532	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	5–5	0.500	71	-9	Beat Alcorn State 12–10
102	-9	4.600	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–5	0.444	79	-14	Lost to Louisville 21–51
103	-7	4.602	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–6	0.250	117	-7	Lost to Yale 8–44
104	8	4.643	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	106	-11	Beat Miami 13–10
105	-7	4.836	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	98	-11	Lost to Fresno State 14–23
106	14	4.878	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	106	-11	Beat Furman 19–13
107	-6	4.945	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	100	-15	Lost to San José State 14–24
108	-2	5.002	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	4–4–1	0.500	71	-4	BYE
109	-2	5.044	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–7	0.222	123	-12	Lost to Washington State 10–24
110	-6	5.054	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	117	-10	Lost to Colorado State 14–35
111	-8	5.271	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–6–1	0.350	105	-17	Lost to Southern Illinois 17–23
112	7	5.303	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	2–6–1	0.278	116	-12	Beat Kansas State 29–21
113	4	5.345	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–6–1	0.188	131	-10	Lost to Florida State 21–23
114	-1	5.368	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–6	0.250	117	-10	Lost to BYU 8–38
115	11	5.411	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–5	0.444	79	-8	Beat CAL Poly Pomona 48–0
116	-1	5.431	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	100	-7	Lost to Ball State 18–42
117	-6	5.460	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–6	0.333	106	-12	Lost to William & Mary 13–14
118	6	5.465	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–6	0.333	106	-18	Beat Illinois State 23–17
119	-3	5.535	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	3–6	0.333	106	-4	Lost to Maryland 13–19
120	-12	5.683	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–5–1	0.389	99	-13	Lost to Howard 16–26
121	9	5.832	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–7	0.125	134	-15	Beat Columbia 20–7
122	11	5.935	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	2–6	0.250	117	-9	Beat Weber State 23–14
123	-9	5.978	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–6	0.250	117	-17	Lost to Cornell 7–20
124	7	5.981	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	2–7	0.222	123	-17	Beat Drake 33–23
125	-7	6.152	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	2–8	0.200	130	-22	Lost to Toledo 9–27
126	9	6.162	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	123	-21	Beat Northern Illinois 27–9
127	1	6.246	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–7	0.125	134	-20	Lost to Kentucky 6–28
128	-1	6.283	TCU	IND SWC	2–6	0.250	117	-19	Lost to Texas Tech 17–49
129	-7	6.530	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–7–1	0.167	132	-20	Lost to Army 6–31
130	-9	6.530	UTEP	IND WAC	1–7	0.125	134	-16	Lost to New Mexico 17–33
131	-2	6.532	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–8	0.111	137	-24	Lost to Cincinnati 26–38
132	2	6.560	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	123	-17	Lost to East Carolina 14–45
133	-10	6.679	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–8	0.111	137	-23	Lost to Kansas 21–29
134	-9	6.729	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	3–6	0.333	106	-4	Lost to Arkansas Pine Bluff 20–33
135	-3	6.748	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–7–1	0.167	132	-21	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 6–30
136	0	6.847	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–8	0.111	137	-26	Lost to UCLA 3–21
137	0	6.985	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	137	-20	Lost to SMU 24–41
138	1	7.207	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–8	0.111	137	-29	Lost to Duke 14–38
139	2	7.241	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–9	0.000	144	-27	Lost to Michigan 20–63
140	4	7.282	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	123	-33	Beat Nicholls State 19–2
141	-1	7.356	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	2–7	0.222	123	-8	Lost to Mississippi Valley State 10–12
142	-4	7.530	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–7	0.222	123	-25	Lost to Akron 7–28
143	0	7.605	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–8	0.111	137	-30	Lost to Louisiana Tech 6–23
144	-2	8.388	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	1–8	0.111	137	-35	Lost to Tulsa 23–33
145	0	9.751	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–8	0.000	144	-7	Lost to Massachusetts 6–28