1977 Week 14 College Football Team Rankings

November 29, 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	1	0.843	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	2	+58	Beat Pittsburgh 15–13
2	-1	0.858	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	11–0	1.000	1	+59	Beat Texas A&M 57–28
3	0	0.979	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	11	+49	BYE
4	3	1.114	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	10–1	0.909	2	+50	BYE
5	1	1.120	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	10–1	0.909	2	+48	Beat Auburn 48–21
6	-1	1.126	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	10–1	0.909	2	+47	BYE
7	1	1.151	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	10–1	0.909	2	+49	Beat Nebraska 38–7
8	-4	1.176	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	8–2–1	0.773	27	+41	Lost to Penn State 13–15
9	0	1.248	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	10–1	0.909	2	+43	Beat Texas Tech 17–14
10	3	1.501	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	9–2	0.818	16	+35	BYE
11	-1	1.505	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	8–1–2	0.818	16	+31	Beat UL Monroe 20–0
12	-1	1.550	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	9–1	0.900	11	+32	BYE
13	-1	1.560	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	9–1	0.900	11	+27	BYE
14	0	1.601	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	10–1	0.909	2	+33	BYE
15	0	1.624	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	9–2	0.818	16	+35	BYE
16	1	1.654	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	10–1	0.909	2	+30	Beat Cincinnati 12–7
17	1	1.779	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	23	+31	BYE
18	-2	1.809	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	30	+30	Lost to Oklahoma 7–38
19	1	1.845	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–2–1	0.773	27	+28	BYE
20	-1	1.870	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	8–2–1	0.773	27	+25	BYE
21	2	1.892	BYU	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	16	+24	Beat UTEP 68–19
22	0	1.900	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	7–3–1	0.682	39	+28	BYE
23	5	1.908	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	9–2–1	0.792	24	+29	Beat Utah State 13–10
24	-3	1.915	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	8–1–1	0.850	15	+26	BYE
25	-1	1.937	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	9–2	0.818	16	+23	BYE
26	0	1.984	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	25	+18	BYE
27	4	1.997	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	9–2	0.818	16	+22	Beat Arizona 23–7
28	-3	2.040	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	9–1–1	0.864	14	+18	BYE
29	10	2.056	LSU	SEC	8–3	0.727	30	+21	Beat Wyoming 66–7
30	-1	2.097	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	10–1	0.909	2	+20	BYE
31	-1	2.119	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	7–3–1	0.682	39	+22	BYE
32	-5	2.145	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	7–3	0.700	38	+23	Lost to Texas 28–57
33	10	2.178	USC	PAC	7–4	0.636	44	+21	Beat UCLA 29–27
34	-2	2.191	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	9–2	0.818	16	+23	BYE
35	3	2.231	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	8–3	0.727	30	+23	BYE
36	-3	2.232	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	7–4	0.636	44	+22	BYE
37	3	2.287	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	7–4	0.636	44	+17	BYE
38	-2	2.287	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	30	+18	BYE
39	-2	2.291	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	8–3	0.727	30	+19	BYE
40	-6	2.334	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	7–4	0.636	44	+21	Lost to Arkansas 14–17
41	0	2.340	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	7–2	0.778	25	+12	BYE
42	-7	2.435	UCLA	PAC	7–4	0.636	44	+16	Lost to USC 27–29
43	-1	2.443	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	7–4	0.636	44	+20	BYE
44	0	2.487	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	7–4	0.636	44	+15	BYE
45	1	2.533	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	6–4	0.600	55	+16	Beat Rice 51–21
46	-1	2.549	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–3	0.727	30	+11	BYE
47	0	2.570	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–3	0.727	30	+7	BYE
48	2	2.576	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	6–3–1	0.650	43	+11	Beat Miami 31–14
49	-1	2.590	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	8–3	0.727	30	+18	BYE
50	1	2.699	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	7–4	0.636	44	+9	BYE
51	-2	2.714	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–3–1	0.682	39	+18	BYE
52	0	2.751	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	6–4–2	0.583	59	+12	BYE
53	1	2.765	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	7–4	0.636	44	+9	Beat Navy 17–14
54	1	2.959	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	6–3	0.667	42	+4	BYE
55	6	3.059	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–6	0.455	77	+8	BYE
56	0	3.075	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+7	BYE
57	1	3.098	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	6–5	0.545	62	+4	BYE
58	1	3.122	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	7–4	0.636	44	+4	BYE
59	7	3.137	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+6	BYE
60	0	3.154	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+5	BYE
61	1	3.161	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	6–5	0.545	62	+7	BYE
62	2	3.188	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–6	0.500	72	+7	BYE
63	4	3.216	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	5–5–1	0.500	72	+5	BYE
64	4	3.280	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	61	+3	BYE
65	-12	3.298	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	7–4	0.636	44	+5	Lost to Virginia Tech 7–27
66	9	3.299	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	5–6	0.455	77	+4	Beat TCU 48–9
67	2	3.336	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	6–4–1	0.591	56	+6	BYE
68	2	3.343	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	5–6	0.455	77	+2	BYE
69	-4	3.350	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	5–4–2	0.545	62	-2	Lost to Miami (OH) 7–12
70	9	3.355	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	6–4–1	0.591	56	-2	Beat Southern Illinois 28–9
71	3	3.417	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	6–5	0.545	62	-1	BYE
72	9	3.431	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	0	Beat Georgia 16–7
73	-10	3.436	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	77	0	Lost to Army 14–17
74	-2	3.446	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	5–6	0.455	77	0	Lost to Alabama 21–48
75	2	3.523	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	5–6	0.455	77	-1	BYE
76	0	3.542	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	5–6	0.455	77	-2	BYE
77	1	3.562	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	5–6	0.455	77	-2	BYE
78	-21	3.587	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	-2	Lost to Holy Cross 20–35
79	-8	3.659	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	5–6	0.455	77	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 7–16
80	3	3.791	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	5–5–1	0.500	72	+5	BYE
81	1	3.812	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	5–4	0.556	60	+3	BYE
82	2	3.834	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–5	0.545	62	+12	BYE
83	-10	3.839	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–7	0.417	92	-4	Lost to Hawai'i 7–24
84	17	3.973	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	72	-10	Beat South Carolina 24–7
85	0	3.982	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	5–6	0.455	77	-8	BYE
86	-6	4.037	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	5–7	0.417	92	-7	Lost to Long Beach State 28–29
87	2	4.064	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–6	0.455	77	-9	BYE
88	4	4.105	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	98	-9	BYE
89	-2	4.117	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4–1	0.591	56	0	BYE
90	-2	4.130	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	4–7	0.364	98	-7	BYE
91	0	4.132	SMU	IND SWC	4–7	0.364	98	-6	BYE
92	12	4.181	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	4–7	0.364	98	-10	Beat Vanderbilt 42–7
93	5	4.182	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	5–7	0.417	92	-8	Beat Utah 41–24
94	-1	4.195	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–5	0.444	91	+3	BYE
95	-1	4.308	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–6	0.455	77	-7	BYE
96	-6	4.309	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	4–7	0.364	98	-10	Lost to Arizona State 7–23
97	-11	4.329	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–6–1	0.409	95	-6	Lost to LSU 7–66
98	8	4.368	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	96	-9	Beat Bowling Green 29–28
99	-4	4.378	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–7	0.364	98	-12	BYE
100	0	4.396	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	5–6	0.455	77	-17	BYE
101	-2	4.408	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	96	-12	BYE
102	-6	4.424	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	3–6	0.333	109	-8	BYE
103	-6	4.499	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	5–5	0.500	72	-10	BYE
104	-1	4.571	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–7	0.364	98	-18	BYE
105	11	4.684	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	110	-13	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–7
106	-4	4.691	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	114	-12	Lost to Florida 14–31
107	-2	4.954	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	98	-11	Lost to Colorado State 10–13
108	2	5.181	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	4–7	0.364	98	-6	BYE
109	-1	5.192	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	3–7–1	0.318	110	-17	BYE
110	-1	5.196	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–5–2	0.455	77	-15	BYE
111	1	5.233	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–8	0.273	116	-20	BYE
112	-1	5.299	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	116	-23	BYE
113	-6	5.307	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	3–8	0.273	116	-19	Lost to New Mexico 24–41
114	0	5.370	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–7	0.364	98	-17	BYE
115	-2	5.426	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7–1	0.318	110	-24	BYE
116	-1	5.432	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	3–8	0.273	116	-23	BYE
117	0	5.716	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	116	-22	BYE
118	2	5.722	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–9	0.182	127	-27	BYE
119	-1	5.821	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	114	-16	BYE
120	-1	5.834	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	3–8	0.273	116	-28	BYE
121	0	5.941	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–7	0.364	98	-18	BYE
122	1	5.959	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	2–8–1	0.227	125	-25	BYE
123	1	6.181	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–7	0.222	126	-22	BYE
124	-2	6.369	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	2–9	0.182	127	-35	Lost to Tennessee 7–42
125	3	6.383	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–9	0.182	127	-34	BYE
126	-1	6.401	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	3–8	0.273	116	-36	Lost to West Texas A&M 9–28
127	-1	6.401	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–7–1	0.318	110	-15	BYE
128	2	6.428	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	2–9	0.182	127	-35	BYE
129	0	6.484	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	3–8	0.273	116	-8	BYE
130	1	6.625	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	1–8	0.111	139	-24	BYE
131	-4	6.666	TCU	IND SWC	2–9	0.182	127	-34	Lost to Baylor 9–48
132	1	6.751	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–10	0.091	140	-36	BYE
133	-1	6.822	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–9–1	0.136	138	-32	BYE
134	1	6.841	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	2–9	0.182	127	-40	BYE
135	-1	6.849	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	1–10	0.091	140	-35	BYE
136	0	7.214	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	127	-34	BYE
137	0	7.263	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	3–8	0.273	116	-18	BYE
138	1	7.368	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	2–9	0.182	127	-44	BYE
139	-1	7.458	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–10	0.091	140	-40	Lost to Houston 21–51
140	1	7.520	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	127	-48	Lost to Louisiana Tech 0–20
141	-1	7.546	UTEP	IND WAC	1–10	0.091	140	-40	Lost to BYU 19–68
142	1	7.629	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–9	0.182	127	-38	BYE
143	-1	7.687	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–10	0.091	140	-49	BYE
144	1	7.750	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	2–9	0.182	127	-11	Beat Boston College 35–20
145	-1	8.096	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–10	0.091	140	-52	BYE