1977 Week 7 College Football Team Rankings

October 11, 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	0.663	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–0	1.000	1	+14	Beat Oklahoma State 29–13
2	1	0.888	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Michigan State 24–14
3	5	0.995	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	Beat Oklahoma 13–6
4	17	1.112	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–1	0.800	16	+11	Beat Mississippi State 23–7
5	-1	1.176	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	4–1	0.800	16	+9	Beat Purdue 46–0
6	0	1.271	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–0	1.000	1	+7	BYE
7	6	1.285	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+9	Beat Utah State 16–7
8	10	1.290	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Grambling State 26–8
9	23	1.414	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	4–1	0.800	16	+9	Beat USC 21–20
10	6	1.451	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat UTEP 40–31
11	1	1.496	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	2–0–2	0.750	35	+2	Tied Louisiana 21–21
12	8	1.502	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	11	+10	Beat Southern Illinois 33–0
13	4	1.502	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	5–0	1.000	1	+6	Beat Holy Cross 31–14
14	5	1.557	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–0	1.000	1	+3	BYE
15	-4	1.571	USC	PAC	4–1	0.800	16	+6	Lost to Alabama 20–21
16	-7	1.572	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Lost to Texas 6–13
17	20	1.578	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Beat Kansas State 26–9
18	17	1.615	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Beat Cincinnati 14–0
19	10	1.621	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–1	0.833	11	+7	Beat Auburn 17–15
20	-5	1.630	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	45	+6	Tied Florida 17–17
21	1	1.650	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–0	1.000	1	+4	Beat Illinois 26–0
22	16	1.663	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–0	1.000	1	+3	Beat Yale 3–0
23	-21	1.688	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	45	+6	Lost to Florida State 0–14
24	-1	1.731	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–1	0.800	16	+7	Beat Western Michigan 20–16
25	2	1.733	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	35	+6	BYE
26	-16	1.804	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	49	+9	Lost to Duke 21–25
27	9	1.820	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	16	+6	Beat Arizona 32–26
28	2	1.823	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	11	+6	Beat Southern Miss 27–14
29	-5	1.844	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–1	0.833	11	+7	Beat Northern Illinois 25–21
30	3	1.847	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–1	0.833	11	+5	Beat Ohio 31–14
31	16	1.908	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	16	+4	Beat Temple 38–16
32	8	1.932	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–1	0.800	16	+5	Beat UCLA 32–28
33	-26	1.945	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	4–1	0.800	16	+4	Lost to Washington State 10–17
34	0	1.946	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	4–1	0.800	16	+5	BYE
35	14	1.954	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	4–1	0.800	16	+4	Beat Virginia 31–0
36	3	1.990	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	4–1–1	0.750	35	+5	Tied Louisiana Tech 21–21
37	11	2.018	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	4–1	0.800	16	+4	Beat Missouri 7–0
38	5	2.046	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	4–1	0.800	16	+4	Beat Marshall 29–19
39	16	2.055	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–2	0.600	54	+6	Beat South Carolina 25–21
40	5	2.066	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–1	0.750	35	+4	BYE
41	-16	2.185	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	35	+3	BYE
42	9	2.186	LSU	SEC	3–1	0.750	35	+1	Beat Vanderbilt 28–15
43	15	2.222	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–2	0.600	54	+5	Beat California 17–10
44	-2	2.267	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1–1	0.625	53	+3	Tied Pittsburgh 17–17
45	18	2.290	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+4	Beat Kansas 14–7
46	-15	2.301	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–2	0.600	54	+6	Lost to Kentucky 7–23
47	3	2.420	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	3–2	0.600	54	+5	Beat Ole Miss 14–13
48	-20	2.431	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	3–1	0.750	35	+2	Lost to Tennessee State 8–26
49	-35	2.457	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	3–1	0.750	35	+2	Lost to Fresno State 14–34
50	28	2.475	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	2–3	0.400	85	+3	Beat Syracuse 24–10
51	5	2.479	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+3	Beat Tennessee 24–8
52	-47	2.507	BYU	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	35	0	Lost to Oregon State 19–24
53	0	2.571	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–1	0.800	16	+1	Beat Lamar 10–6
54	7	2.574	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–1–1	0.700	45	+1	Beat Tulsa 33–0
55	5	2.599	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	4–1	0.800	16	0	Beat Western Carolina 21–10
56	8	2.709	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	+2	Beat Air Force 10–7
57	25	2.718	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	85	+3	Beat SMU 9–6
58	18	2.720	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	3–2	0.600	54	+2	Beat Illinois State 27–16
59	13	2.759	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–2	0.600	54	0	Beat Wake Forest 24–3
60	-19	2.803	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	3–2	0.600	54	+2	Lost to Iowa 6–18
61	14	2.843	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–2	0.600	54	+1	Beat Mcneese State 24–7
62	8	2.908	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–1–1	0.700	45	-1	Beat Bishop 28–3
63	23	2.932	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	3–1	0.750	35	-1	Beat New Mexico 45–24
64	-20	2.947	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–2	0.600	54	+1	Lost to NC State 15–17
65	16	2.947	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Beat Northwestern 28–3
66	-40	2.983	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	49	+6	Lost to Nicholls State 6–10
67	-13	2.993	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	72	+1	Lost to Dartmouth 0–3
68	16	3.013	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	49	0	Beat UConn 42–18
69	23	3.046	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	2–2	0.500	72	+1	Beat Richmond 25–0
70	13	3.118	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	3–2	0.600	54	-1	Beat Toledo 21–13
71	-19	3.138	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	72	+2	Lost to North Texas 14–27
72	25	3.179	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	0	Beat Villanova 34–32
73	23	3.183	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–2	0.600	54	0	Beat Minnesota 18–6
74	-17	3.245	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Lost to Michigan 14–24
75	-10	3.264	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	2–3	0.400	85	+1	Lost to Colorado 13–29
76	-30	3.338	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	4–2	0.667	49	+2	Lost to Langston 8–34
77	-11	3.341	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Texas Arlington 7–24
78	31	3.411	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	3–2	0.600	54	+2	Beat San Diego State 34–14
79	-17	3.445	UCLA	PAC	2–3	0.400	85	0	Lost to Stanford 28–32
80	22	3.461	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–3	0.400	85	0	Beat BYU 24–19
81	7	3.476	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	54	-2	BYE
82	-23	3.586	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–3	0.400	85	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 8–24
83	17	3.860	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	0	Beat Tulane 30–28
84	-7	3.959	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	72	-2	Lost to Virginia Tech 8–17
85	-12	3.986	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	2–4	0.333	107	-2	Lost to Georgia 13–14
86	-6	4.023	SMU	IND SWC	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Baylor 6–9
87	31	4.056	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	1–3	0.250	110	0	Beat Wyoming 23–13
88	22	4.146	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	72	+2	Beat Cornell 17–7
89	17	4.164	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Beat Oregon 54–0
90	-16	4.188	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	72	-4	Lost to West Texas A&M 14–17
91	-12	4.235	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Ohio State 0–46
92	-21	4.241	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Lost to Pacific 7–37
93	-2	4.255	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3–1	0.417	84	-4	Lost to Ball State 16–27
94	31	4.288	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–3	0.250	110	-2	Beat Columbia 28–7
95	-27	4.321	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	54	-1	Lost to Delaware 7–23
96	34	4.370	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–3	0.250	110	-1	Beat William & Mary 17–8
97	-12	4.392	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	72	-3	Lost to Pennsylvania 7–14
98	-5	4.405	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	114	-4	Lost to Iowa State 0–7
99	24	4.432	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	85	-3	Beat Hawai'i 37–7
100	15	4.478	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Beat UL Monroe 31–10
101	-7	4.521	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-4	Lost to Maryland 10–24
102	-12	4.537	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	72	-3	Lost to Princeton 7–28
103	-16	4.595	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Lost to Texas Tech 26–32
104	-15	4.611	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	114	-1	Lost to Arizona State 24–45
105	-38	4.637	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	2–2–1	0.500	72	0	Lost to Wofford 7–13
106	-11	4.658	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Lost to Nebraska 9–26
107	20	4.687	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	2–2–1	0.500	72	+1	Beat Alcorn State 37–14
108	-5	4.718	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–4	0.200	114	-4	Lost to Eastern Michigan 14–31
109	-40	4.734	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–2–1	0.500	72	-4	Lost to Utah 13–23
110	-9	4.763	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	109	-3	Lost to Navy 7–10
111	-6	4.774	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Lost to Wisconsin 0–26
112	19	4.786	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–2	0.500	72	0	Beat Brown 14–7
113	-9	4.793	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	107	-5	Lost to East Carolina 0–33
114	-15	4.979	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Lost to Penn State 7–16
115	-17	4.991	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–4	0.200	114	-4	Lost to Miami 7–14
116	5	5.012	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–3	0.400	85	-6	BYE
117	9	5.056	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	2–3	0.400	85	-6	Beat Santa Clara 44–22
118	-11	5.065	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-6	Lost to West Virginia 16–38
119	-7	5.113	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Lost to Arkansas State 6–10
120	-7	5.231	UTEP	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Lost to Colorado State 31–40
121	-10	5.387	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–4	0.200	114	-5	Lost to Washington 0–54
122	0	5.519	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	1–4	0.200	114	-7	Lost to Kent State 16–20
123	-3	5.529	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–3	0.400	85	-9	Lost to Miami (OH) 19–29
124	17	5.529	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Beat New Mexico State 17–14
125	-11	5.530	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Lost to LSU 15–28
126	-7	5.564	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-5	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 0–25
127	1	5.704	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–5	0.000	138	-5	Lost to Clemson 0–31
128	-11	5.845	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-8	Lost to Boston College 28–30
129	-13	5.954	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–4	0.200	114	-8	Lost to North Carolina 3–24
130	4	6.097	TCU	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	114	-7	Beat Rice 35–15
131	4	6.161	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	85	-5	Beat Drake 23–20
132	-3	6.515	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	136	-8	Lost to Louisville 0–33
133	-25	6.682	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	1–4	0.200	114	-5	Lost to East Tennessee State 20–38
134	-10	6.697	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	114	-6	Lost to TCU 15–35
135	3	6.847	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–6	0.000	138	-10	Lost to Central Michigan 21–25
136	-3	6.854	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–5	0.000	138	-9	Lost to Bowling Green 13–21
137	7	6.906	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	1–4	0.200	114	-3	Beat Texas State 19–7
138	-2	6.923	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–4	0.000	138	-6	Lost to Harvard 7–17
139	1	7.164	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	1–4–1	0.250	110	-1	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 10–21
140	-3	7.210	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	1–4	0.200	114	-2	Lost to Army 32–34
141	-2	7.249	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–5	0.000	138	-8	Lost to Indiana 3–28
142	-10	7.374	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–5	0.000	138	-10	Lost to Indiana State 20–23
143	-1	8.307	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–5	0.167	136	-4	Lost to Texas Southern 14–37
144	1	8.608	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–4	0.000	138	0	Lost to Colgate 14–31
145	-2	9.642	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	138	-15	Lost to CAL State Fullerton 10–31