1977 Week 5 College Football Team Rankings

September 27, 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	3	0.590	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat New Mexico 42–7
2	1	0.696	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Tulsa 37–3
3	-1	0.735	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Mississippi State 24–22
4	-3	0.776	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	2–0–1	0.833	25	+3	Beat UL Monroe 63–0
5	5	0.781	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Maryland 27–9
6	20	0.882	BYU	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Utah State 65–6
7	7	0.907	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Navy 14–7
8	8	1.051	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	4–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Ohio 31–14
9	22	1.118	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Texas Tech 33–17
10	5	1.143	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	3–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Ohio State 29–28
11	12	1.160	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
12	13	1.172	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+5	Beat Virginia Military Institute 14–13
13	-5	1.281	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Texas Arlington 30–20
14	-1	1.312	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+3	Lost to Oklahoma 28–29
15	7	1.344	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Missouri 28–21
16	17	1.349	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	4–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Texas Southern 23–7
17	-11	1.361	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+4	Lost to Florida 22–24
18	0	1.374	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Oregon 22–10
19	2	1.419	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Northern Colorado 48–10
20	9	1.454	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Oregon State 33–31
21	9	1.458	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat Lamar 21–7
22	13	1.492	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
23	-3	1.504	USC	PAC	3–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat TCU 51–0
24	19	1.590	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	3–0	1.000	1	+2	Beat Cornell 28–22
25	14	1.590	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	+1	Beat UConn 23–12
26	25	1.644	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Mcneese State 9–7
27	42	1.708	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+3	Beat South Carolina 15–13
28	71	1.756	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Temple 76–0
29	-24	1.769	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 17–33
30	16	1.769	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Baylor 31–10
31	25	1.776	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Beat Wake Forest 41–14
32	15	1.778	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	1–0–1	0.750	27	0	Tied Illinois State 21–21
33	-24	1.809	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Lost to Georgia 13–15
34	-27	1.847	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Kansas 12–14
35	-1	1.850	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Stephen F. Austin 20–6
36	-12	1.863	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Michigan 7–14
37	8	1.865	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	2–0	1.000	1	+1	BYE
38	43	1.879	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat West Virginia 28–13
39	16	1.884	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	2–0–1	0.833	25	0	Beat Prairie View A&M 46–6
40	-2	1.891	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	2–0	1.000	1	0	Beat Holy Cross 17–14
41	32	1.895	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Mississippi Valley State 37–13
42	15	1.976	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+3	Beat Ole Miss 27–19
43	32	2.007	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Ball State 13–12
44	17	2.032	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Beat Vanderbilt 24–12
45	-4	2.052	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Wyoming 34–16
46	-35	2.063	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+2	Lost to Miami 17–23
47	1	2.074	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	+1	Beat West Texas A&M 31–20
48	-36	2.129	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Lost to Kentucky 13–28
49	14	2.130	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Purdue 31–24
50	52	2.150	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Tennessee 14–12
51	1	2.195	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–2	0.500	71	+3	Lost to Southern Miss 19–27
52	20	2.238	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Illinois 37–24
53	26	2.242	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Georgia Tech 31–14
54	-4	2.269	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Utah 34–16
55	27	2.296	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat UCLA 27–13
56	42	2.369	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Northwestern 41–7
57	67	2.381	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Beat Iowa 41–7
58	2	2.413	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–1	0.750	27	+2	Beat Drake 35–9
59	8	2.423	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat UTEP 54–0
60	-43	2.423	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Lost to Eastern Michigan 7–9
61	-3	2.431	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	2–1	0.667	38	+1	Beat Bowling Green 35–21
62	26	2.439	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	71	+1	Beat Pacific 15–13
63	5	2.530	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Arizona State 31–33
64	-20	2.630	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Penn State 9–27
65	-6	2.643	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	27	-1	Beat Virginia Tech 21–20
66	47	2.726	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 17–7
67	-48	2.731	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	2–1	0.667	38	0	Lost to Arizona 7–41
68	29	2.811	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Indiana 21–20
69	25	2.865	SMU	IND SWC	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Beat Tulane 28–23
70	-17	2.875	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	3–1	0.750	27	-1	Lost to Jackson State 13–37
71	36	2.932	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	2–1	0.667	38	0	Beat Southern Illinois 21–6
72	-7	2.978	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to East Carolina 13–14
73	27	3.014	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Louisiana 20–30
74	2	3.050	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Miami (OH) 20–21
75	12	3.091	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Virginia 31–7
76	-27	3.118	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Lost to Furman 7–17
77	1	3.135	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	0	BYE
78	-4	3.158	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Auburn 12–14
79	-39	3.175	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Nebraska 10–31
80	-53	3.190	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	2–1	0.667	38	-1	Lost to Boston College 28–49
81	-39	3.194	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Alabama 12–24
82	-16	3.199	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Long Beach State 7–21
83	53	3.255	LSU	SEC	1–1	0.500	71	-1	Beat Rice 77–0
84	-4	3.288	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	0	Beat Rhode Island 28–10
85	42	3.335	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Washington State 14–12
86	10	3.360	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to BYU 6–65
87	42	3.400	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Army 49–28
88	-4	3.423	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Central Michigan 14–31
89	23	3.442	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	71	0	Beat Princeton 10–6
90	-36	3.461	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	1–1–1	0.500	71	0	Lost to Tennessee State 7–23
91	-29	3.505	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Notre Dame 24–31
92	-7	3.579	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Colorado 7–42
93	25	3.592	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–1	0.667	38	-2	Beat Toledo 24–0
94	-23	3.728	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to NC State 14–41
95	11	3.739	UCLA	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Minnesota 13–27
96	-19	3.751	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Clemson 14–31
97	26	3.794	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Beat Florida State 23–17
98	11	3.863	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Wisconsin 10–22
99	-62	3.875	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	1–1–1	0.500	71	-1	Lost to Michigan State 16–34
100	31	3.925	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	2–2	0.500	71	-2	Beat Louisville 21–7
101	4	3.962	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–2	0.333	84	0	Beat Wichita State 21–14
102	-19	4.007	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Stanford 24–37
103	18	4.153	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2–1	0.375	83	-1	Tied Louisiana Tech 21–21
104	-76	4.211	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	1–1–1	0.500	71	-2	Lost to William & Mary 7–21
105	-41	4.294	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Lost to Syracuse 20–22
106	-3	4.433	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Memphis 20–21
107	4	4.505	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Lost to Iowa State 21–35
108	-15	4.565	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to Air Force 13–15
109	30	4.571	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat Washington 22–20
110	12	4.639	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat Idaho 45–26
111	8	4.666	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-1	Lost to Arkansas 3–37
112	21	4.740	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-2	Beat App State 21–13
113	-21	4.762	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	-1	Beat Lafayette 21–10
114	-10	4.867	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Lost to Kent State 12–13
115	-83	4.880	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Massachusetts 0–17
116	21	4.905	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Beat Northern Illinois 49–21
117	-16	5.272	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–2	0.333	84	-1	Lost to LSU 0–77
118	7	5.288	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to California 21–28
119	-4	5.292	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-3	Lost to Arkansas State 6–21
120	-10	5.321	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Houston 16–34
121	-26	5.496	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to San José State 12–23
122	-36	5.600	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	127	-2	Lost to Rutgers 6–10
123	-53	5.604	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-3	Lost to Western Carolina 14–15
124	-34	5.623	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	0	Lost to Montana State 14–24
125	9	5.693	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to SMU 23–28
126	-37	5.748	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–2	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Colgate 22–28
127	-19	5.792	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–3	0.000	127	-2	Lost to North Carolina 7–41
128	-92	5.817	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	1–1	0.500	71	0	Lost to Lehigh 7–19
129	-1	5.819	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	1–3	0.250	122	-4	Lost to Kansas State 14–21
130	10	5.830	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	1–2	0.333	84	-4	Beat CAL State Fullerton 23–12
131	-15	5.880	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	-4	Lost to Pittsburgh 0–76
132	-18	6.197	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–3	0.250	122	0	Lost to Florida A&M 7–28
133	-3	6.636	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Marshall 0–24
134	4	6.668	TCU	IND SWC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to USC 0–51
135	-44	6.712	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	0–3	0.000	127	-4	Lost to Richmond 13–21
136	-4	6.734	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Duke 7–31
137	-20	6.859	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–2	0.333	84	+1	Lost to Dayton 17–21
138	-18	6.948	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–4	0.000	127	-4	Lost to Western Michigan 21–49
139	2	7.151	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	127	-4	Lost to New Mexico State 9–35
140	-14	7.162	UTEP	IND WAC	0–3	0.000	127	-3	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–54
141	-6	7.534	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	0–3	0.000	127	-5	Lost to North Texas 20–31
142	2	7.606	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–3	0.250	122	0	Beat Indiana State 15–14
143	0	7.973	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	0–3	0.000	127	-1	Lost to Southern 6–46
144	-2	8.499	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	-5	Lost to Cincinnati 0–63
145	0	9.868	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–3	0.000	127	0	Lost to Dartmouth 14–17