1977 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

September 13, 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	15	0.610	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat New Mexico State 53–10
2	26	0.625	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northwestern State 41–0
3	36	0.716	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Southern Miss 35–6
4	49	0.738	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Wichita State 35–9
5	8	0.776	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Ole Miss 34–13
6	50	0.791	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Illinois State 33–14
7	66	0.791	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Citadel 21–2
8	94	0.814	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Boston College 44–0
9	11	0.844	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Toledo 43–3
10	15	0.851	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas State 39–0
11	51	0.859	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northern Illinois 38–0
12	-11	0.859	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
13	102	0.859	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat William & Mary 23–13
14	106	0.874	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Richmond 36–0
15	-13	0.904	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Eastern Michigan 9–3
16	53	0.934	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Illinois 37–9
17	27	0.957	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Alcorn State 42–17
18	34	0.964	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 24–0
19	-16	0.964	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Fresno State 34–13
20	75	0.964	SMU	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat TCU 45–21
21	9	0.972	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Rutgers 23–0
22	57	0.979	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Marshall 49–27
23	-12	0.998	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Washington 27–18
24	42	1.010	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana State 25–7
25	7	1.017	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pacific 20–3
26	-19	1.017	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Duke 17–16
27	55	1.017	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tulsa 34–17
28	65	1.017	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 34–17
29	79	1.017	USC	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Missouri 27–10
30	-24	1.025	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Georgia Tech 17–0
31	91	1.025	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Indiana 30–14
32	26	1.040	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UL Monroe 21–7
33	70	1.040	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Kansas 28–14
34	50	1.055	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Syracuse 24–12
35	75	1.055	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat San José State 22–10
36	-17	1.062	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 21–10
37	5	1.062	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Oregon 27–16
38	79	1.062	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Furman 24–13
39	-12	1.070	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Tennessee 27–17
40	31	1.070	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Michigan 10–0
41	37	1.070	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Pittsburgh 19–9
42	38	1.070	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Miami 10–0
43	61	1.070	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Baylor 17–7
44	31	1.077	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Hawai'i 35–26
45	74	1.077	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Nebraska 19–10
46	19	1.092	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Clemson 21–14
47	-16	1.100	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Stanford 27–21
48	22	1.108	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Purdue 19–14
49	-1	1.115	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat UCLA 17–13
50	7	1.123	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat North Carolina 10–7
51	-34	1.130	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Drake 31–29
52	29	1.130	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Vanderbilt 25–23
53	83	1.428	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Jackson State 17–7
54	-42	1.753	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–0–1	0.500	62	0	Tied Wyoming 0–0
55	-40	1.753	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
56	-32	1.753	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
57	-24	1.753	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
58	-24	1.753	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
59	-24	1.753	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
60	-22	1.753	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
61	-16	1.753	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
62	-3	1.753	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
63	-2	1.753	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
64	-1	1.753	LSU	SEC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
65	21	1.753	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
66	23	1.753	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
67	42	1.753	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
68	48	1.753	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
69	54	1.753	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	0–0–1	0.500	62	0	Tied Air Force 0–0
70	54	1.753	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	0–0	0.000	131	0	BYE
71	54	1.880	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat UTEP 41–10
72	67	1.929	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Lincoln 55–0
73	-36	1.959	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to East Carolina 16–17
74	-70	1.985	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Central Michigan 3–9
75	-39	1.992	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Arkansas State 29–31
76	36	1.992	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma 23–25
77	-59	2.019	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Massachusetts 34–10
78	23	2.019	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Western Kentucky 27–3
79	-3	2.025	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Kentucky 7–10
80	11	2.042	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Idaho 31–10
81	-73	2.048	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	1–1	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Alabama 13–34
82	47	2.052	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Beat Virginia 14–0
83	24	2.058	UCLA	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Houston 13–17
84	6	2.090	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan State 14–19
85	55	2.095	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	60	0	Tied Southern 14–14
86	-81	2.098	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	+1	Lost to Arkansas 10–53
87	-64	2.117	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Grand Valley State 17–6
88	8	2.123	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado 21–27
89	55	2.155	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	60	0	Tied Texas Southern 14–14
90	-61	2.156	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Maryland 14–21
91	-23	2.177	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Dayton 26–23
92	-46	2.222	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to New Mexico 26–35
93	-19	2.222	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Washington State 10–19
94	24	2.222	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Mississippi State 18–27
95	-74	2.255	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas Tech 7–17
96	-29	2.255	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio State 0–10
97	-10	2.255	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Notre Dame 9–19
98	2	2.255	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to California 17–27
99	22	2.255	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Minnesota 0–10
100	-86	2.288	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Auburn 10–21
101	-60	2.288	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Wake Forest 13–24
102	-19	2.288	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Georgia 16–27
103	-9	2.321	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Utah State 10–22
104	-7	2.321	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oregon State 12–24
105	-95	2.331	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Iowa State 9–35
106	-52	2.386	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas A&M 14–28
107	-47	2.386	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Lamar 7–21
108	22	2.419	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	BYE
109	-59	2.452	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Wisconsin 14–30
110	-101	2.470	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Cincinnati 0–41
111	-85	2.485	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to San Diego State 17–34
112	-69	2.485	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to South Carolina 0–17
113	-41	2.485	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to USC 10–27
114	-29	2.485	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colorado State 3–20
115	-64	2.518	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Mcneese State 7–25
116	-76	2.616	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Louisiana 13–34
117	-53	2.649	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ohio 27–49
118	15	2.649	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Oklahoma State 17–34
119	-42	2.715	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Iowa 0–24
120	-22	2.715	TCU	IND SWC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to SMU 21–45
121	13	2.830	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Grambling State 17–42
122	-73	2.847	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Michigan 9–37
123	12	2.929	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Colgate 0–23
124	-32	3.110	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to West Virginia 0–36
125	1	3.137	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	-1	Beat Tulane 27–9
126	-71	3.208	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to BYU 0–39
127	-22	3.241	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Ball State 3–43
128	13	3.285	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 13–23
129	13	3.311	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Tennessee State 7–17
130	8	3.317	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Kent State 14–33
131	-109	3.373	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas 0–44
132	5	3.385	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Florida State 6–35
133	-2	3.422	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–1	0.500	62	-1	Beat Temple 24–20
134	9	3.428	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	62	0	Lost to Navy 2–21
135	-3	4.934	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–2	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Louisville 0–38
136	-37	6.068	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Southern Illinois 20–24
137	-10	6.068	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
138	-10	6.068	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	BYE
139	-25	6.397	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to NC State 0–14
140	-34	6.529	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to Memphis 9–27
141	-30	6.956	UTEP	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	78	-1	Lost to North Texas 10–41
142	-29	11.559	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Youngstown State 10–13
143	2	11.871	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	78	0	Lost to Tennessee Tech 21–41
144	-97	11.888	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to NEW Hampshire 14–27
145	-57	12.381	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–1	0.000	78	0	Lost to Texas A&M Commerce 10–38