1977 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

September 20, 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	0.384	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	41	+2	Tied Louisville 17–17
2	58	0.505	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	1–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Rice 48–3
3	-2	0.524	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Oklahoma State 28–6
4	43	0.663	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kent State 42–0
5	38	0.674	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat New Mexico 49–14
6	17	0.727	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
7	38	0.802	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Michigan State 23–21
8	11	0.954	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Lamar 10–6
9	21	0.982	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Miami (OH) 42–19
10	2	0.998	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Houston 31–14
11	-8	1.043	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Kansas State 18–10
12	2	1.092	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Maryland 24–16
13	29	1.104	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Minnesota 38–7
14	2	1.108	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Duke 21–9
15	37	1.108	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Utah 62–24
16	-1	1.133	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois State 28–7
17	7	1.145	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 20–8
18	13	1.157	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Northern Illinois 14–3
19	-1	1.160	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Iowa State 12–10
20	9	1.168	USC	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon State 17–10
21	4	1.179	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Hawai'i 20–16
22	17	1.183	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Air Force 24–14
23	-15	1.251	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia 68–0
24	-17	1.258	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat UConn 38–7
25	1	1.298	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Toledo 22–9
26	-16	1.379	BYU	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	BYE
27	50	1.383	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Virginia Military Institute 27–14
28	-17	1.386	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	Tied Cincinnati 17–17
29	26	1.432	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Northwestern 35–3
30	32	1.529	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat CAL State Fullerton 50–31
31	2	1.541	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Virginia Tech 27–6
32	29	1.567	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Columbia 21–7
33	20	1.572	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Alabama A&M 23–10
34	76	1.575	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Arkansas State 30–7
35	-7	1.582	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arizona 21–14
36	29	1.597	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Cornell 17–7
37	32	1.597	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	Beat UTEP 27–17
38	21	1.650	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Princeton 14–11
39	31	1.665	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Brown 10–9
40	55	1.671	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Kentucky 21–6
41	7	1.682	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Washington State 21–23
42	34	1.699	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Wake Forest 3–0
43	-22	1.699	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lafayette 38–12
44	2	1.720	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to West Virginia 16–24
45	-28	1.729	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Morgan State 35–19
46	47	1.729	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Alabama 31–24
47	16	1.778	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Sacramento State 56–0
48	23	1.809	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat SMU 24–13
49	29	1.820	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat App State 14–7
50	-1	1.829	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Penn State 14–31
51	23	1.868	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Bowling Green 16–6
52	29	1.995	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Notre Dame 20–13
53	19	2.012	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	3–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Arkansas Pine Bluff 12–9
54	31	2.095	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	BYE
55	34	2.155	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–0–1	0.750	41	0	BYE
56	26	2.270	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Syracuse 38–0
57	75	2.289	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	+1	Beat Auburn 24–13
58	-54	2.317	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Iowa 10–12
59	66	2.342	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Utah State 31–26
60	26	2.410	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	2–1	0.667	46	+2	Beat Wichita State 24–12
61	-56	2.440	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Nebraska 24–31
62	22	2.455	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Ohio 44–7
63	-22	2.518	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Ole Miss 13–20
64	30	2.543	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat San José State 24–3
65	-52	2.555	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Army 14–27
66	-34	2.556	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Louisiana 6–10
67	-40	2.579	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Arkansas 6–28
68	-34	2.601	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to USC 10–17
69	-32	2.639	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Clemson 6–7
70	45	2.643	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Southern Illinois 14–9
71	-33	2.657	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Vanderbilt 0–3
72	16	2.659	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Tulane 21–17
73	56	2.678	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Prairie View A&M 27–2
74	24	2.679	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Boston College 24–18
75	-69	2.746	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Lost to Colorado 0–42
76	33	2.760	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat LSU 24–21
77	35	2.761	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Miami 10–6
78	56	2.762	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	46	0	Beat Western Carolina 20–0
79	11	2.779	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Georgia 7–6
80	-24	2.822	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Yale 9–10
81	-31	2.836	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Baylor 6–21
82	-42	2.840	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Ohio State 7–38
83	39	2.863	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Missouri 11–7
84	-62	2.878	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Purdue 7–44
85	-41	2.885	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Texas Tech 14–49
86	-20	2.888	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Dartmouth 11–14
87	-14	3.003	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Michigan 9–21
88	-34	3.118	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	0–1–1	0.250	111	0	Lost to California 14–24
89	-31	3.118	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–17
90	26	3.129	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Boise State 42–7
91	17	3.151	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 7–14
92	-35	3.249	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Harvard 7–21
93	21	3.304	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat Idaho 31–21
94	-74	3.368	SMU	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to North Texas 13–24
95	16	3.381	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Long Beach State 31–50
96	-61	3.415	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Memphis 26–31
97	-6	3.418	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to South Carolina 19–42
98	-19	3.420	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Richmond 31–0
99	-2	3.442	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	0	Beat William & Mary 28–6
100	37	3.448	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Western Michigan 17–10
101	-21	3.469	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–1	0.500	56	0	Lost to Florida 3–48
102	-66	3.479	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Southern Miss 13–24
103	-35	3.479	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Texas A&M 6–27
104	-95	3.519	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Villanova 16–38
105	21	3.562	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Florida State 10–18
106	-23	3.607	UCLA	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Kansas 17–7
107	-56	3.666	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Northwestern State 7–30
108	11	3.710	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Arizona State 3–35
109	-7	3.714	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat TCU 29–24
110	-43	4.038	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–1	0.000	112	0	Lost to Oklahoma 24–62
111	-24	4.063	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 6–16
112	11	4.082	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	0	Beat Bucknell 36–14
113	-12	4.096	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat East Tennessee State 42–12
114	7	4.134	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–2	0.333	104	0	Beat Alabama State 15–7
115	18	4.215	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Lost to Indiana State 9–14
116	20	4.224	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	-2	Beat Drake 42–0
117	25	4.228	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–1	0.500	56	+1	Beat Ball State 38–16
118	-1	4.350	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–1	0.500	56	-1	Beat Morehead State 38–26
119	-1	4.441	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Beat UL Monroe 37–35
120	15	4.564	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–3	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 3–14
121	9	4.773	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	-1	Lost to Central Michigan 7–28
122	-30	4.811	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Colorado State 16–20
123	-27	4.827	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 6–10
124	-24	4.893	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to San Diego State 14–21
125	-12	4.942	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Illinois 7–11
126	15	4.942	UTEP	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Wyoming 17–27
127	-21	4.992	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to UCLA 7–17
128	-23	5.066	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–2	0.333	104	-2	Lost to New Mexico State 12–24
129	2	5.419	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Tennessee 18–24
130	-3	5.468	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to East Carolina 9–22
131	-3	5.591	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	104	-2	Lost to Pittsburgh 6–28
132	7	5.616	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Texas 0–68
133	-9	5.699	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to North Carolina 0–31
134	6	6.438	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Stanford 17–21
135	3	6.438	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Mcneese State 8–20
136	-72	6.504	LSU	SEC	0–1	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Indiana 21–24
137	-38	6.685	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Texas Arlington 10–17
138	-18	6.882	TCU	IND SWC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Oregon 24–29
139	-35	6.899	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to NC State 0–38
140	-37	6.948	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Washington 3–24
141	-66	7.129	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–2	0.000	112	-2	Lost to Temple 0–42
142	-35	8.247	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	-3	Lost to Tulsa 35–37
143	2	9.907	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–2	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Jackson State 2–27
144	-1	10.625	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	112	-1	Lost to Citadel 0–20
145	-1	12.767	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	112	0	Lost to Rhode Island 0–14