1977 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

October 18, 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	0.737	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–0	1.000	1	+19	Beat Wisconsin 56–0
2	-1	0.775	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–0–1	0.917	4	+16	Tied Kansas 17–17
3	0	0.844	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	5–0	1.000	1	+13	Beat Arkansas 13–9
4	1	1.033	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	5–1	0.833	9	+14	Beat Iowa 27–6
5	6	1.105	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	3–0–2	0.800	25	+7	Beat Arkansas State 20–7
6	-2	1.118	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	5–1	0.833	9	+15	Beat LSU 33–13
7	0	1.290	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	9	+13	Beat Syracuse 31–24
8	12	1.378	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	4–1–1	0.750	36	+10	Beat Navy 34–17
9	0	1.393	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	5–1	0.833	9	+13	Beat Tennessee 24–10
10	3	1.458	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	6–0	1.000	1	+9	Beat Princeton 31–13
11	5	1.596	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	9	+10	Beat Missouri 21–17
12	-6	1.627	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	25	+8	Lost to Texas 9–13
13	22	1.629	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	5–1	0.833	9	+9	Beat Duke 17–11
14	14	1.674	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	5	+11	Beat Texas Arlington 15–6
15	-3	1.678	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	5	+11	Beat Richmond 35–14
16	11	1.697	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	9	+9	Beat Rice 42–7
17	8	1.701	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	4–1	0.800	25	+9	Beat Baylor 38–31
18	-3	1.732	USC	PAC	5–1	0.833	9	+7	Beat Oregon 33–15
19	15	1.741	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	5–1	0.833	9	+7	Beat Southern 38–0
20	10	1.756	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–1	0.833	9	+7	BYE
21	-3	1.762	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	25	+9	BYE
22	15	1.793	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–1	0.833	9	+8	Beat Nebraska 24–21
23	18	1.822	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	25	+7	Beat Army 24–0
24	-16	1.843	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	5	+12	Lost to Florida A&M 28–31
25	27	1.867	BYU	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	25	+5	Beat Colorado State 63–17
26	3	1.878	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–1	0.857	5	+7	Beat Akron 17–14
27	6	1.928	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–1	0.833	9	+6	Beat Oregon State 41–17
28	8	1.953	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	5–1–1	0.786	35	+7	Beat Southern Illinois 24–0
29	-19	1.986	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	9	+6	Lost to BYU 17–63
30	18	2.040	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	4–1	0.800	25	+5	Beat Mississippi Valley State 42–21
31	-10	2.071	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–1	0.833	9	+5	Lost to Michigan 0–56
32	6	2.080	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	5–1	0.833	9	+5	Beat Ohio 28–24
33	-16	2.162	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	4–2	0.667	41	+6	Lost to Iowa State 21–24
34	21	2.175	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	5–1	0.833	9	+4	Beat Illinois State 31–28
35	24	2.216	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat NC State 27–14
36	-17	2.228	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–2	0.714	38	+6	Lost to North Carolina 14–27
37	-13	2.260	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	4–2	0.667	41	+7	Lost to Bowling Green 10–14
38	13	2.283	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat Auburn 38–21
39	10	2.310	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	4–1	0.800	25	+3	Beat UTEP 49–7
40	7	2.313	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–2	0.667	41	+7	Beat Vanderbilt 24–13
41	4	2.351	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–2	0.600	55	+4	BYE
42	-16	2.376	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	68	+8	Lost to Ole Miss 10–17
43	27	2.380	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–2	0.667	41	+4	Beat Kent State 14–10
44	-22	2.395	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	4–1	0.800	25	+2	Lost to Harvard 25–31
45	-13	2.532	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Lost to Washington 21–45
46	14	2.547	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–2	0.667	41	+4	Beat Northwestern 13–7
47	-8	2.554	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–3	0.500	71	+5	Lost to Clemson 11–17
48	19	2.559	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	55	+3	Beat Columbia 42–20
49	-18	2.594	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+2	Lost to Boston College 24–28
50	-27	2.598	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	63	+4	Lost to Tulane 13–16
51	18	2.598	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–2	0.600	55	+3	Beat Citadel 19–3
52	-8	2.606	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	2–1–1	0.625	54	+2	BYE
53	10	2.654	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	4–1	0.800	25	0	Beat Air Force 37–14
54	4	2.656	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	4–2	0.667	41	+2	Beat Northern Illinois 31–6
55	-9	2.682	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–3	0.500	71	+6	Lost to Memphis 13–21
56	-16	2.723	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–2	0.600	55	+3	Lost to SMU 23–37
57	-15	2.744	LSU	SEC	3–2	0.600	55	0	Lost to Kentucky 13–33
58	-8	2.752	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	3–3	0.500	71	+3	Beat Wake Forest 35–7
59	2	2.771	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–3	0.500	71	+3	Lost to North Texas 6–15
60	-46	2.830	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–1	0.750	36	0	Lost to San José State 16–33
61	7	2.856	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	38	0	Beat Lehigh 20–0
62	16	2.866	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	4–2	0.667	41	+5	Beat Pacific 24–10
63	18	2.919	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–2	0.667	41	+1	Beat Mississippi State 21–13
64	2	2.920	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	38	+6	Beat Lamar 43–0
65	-12	3.004	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–2	0.667	41	+1	Lost to Louisiana Tech 7–20
66	5	3.054	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	68	+4	Beat Hawai'i 28–26
67	-24	3.073	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–3	0.500	71	+3	Lost to UCLA 16–27
68	15	3.096	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	+4	Beat West Virginia 28–24
69	19	3.122	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	55	+6	Beat Dartmouth 31–25
70	16	3.186	SMU	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	71	0	Beat Houston 37–23
71	14	3.202	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	3–4	0.429	91	+3	Beat South Carolina 17–10
72	7	3.215	UCLA	PAC	3–3	0.500	71	+1	Beat Washington State 27–16
73	4	3.230	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	3–3	0.500	71	0	Beat UL Monroe 29–7
74	-17	3.279	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	100	+2	Lost to Texas A&M 31–38
75	0	3.301	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–3	0.500	71	+1	Beat Kansas State 21–14
76	13	3.326	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	3–3	0.500	71	-1	Beat Stanford 45–21
77	-4	3.357	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–3	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Ohio State 6–27
78	-6	3.362	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Notre Dame 0–24
79	-23	3.408	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	0	Lost to Pittsburgh 17–34
80	-15	3.426	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	92	-1	Tied Michigan State 13–13
81	-7	3.525	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	2–3–1	0.417	92	0	Tied Indiana 13–13
82	-20	3.579	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–2–1	0.583	63	-3	Lost to Jackson State 0–38
83	-19	3.623	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–3	0.500	71	-1	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–38
84	13	3.636	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	55	-3	Beat Cornell 21–3
85	-31	3.669	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–2–1	0.583	63	+2	Lost to Dayton 10–14
86	19	3.760	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	3–2–1	0.583	63	+2	Beat Marshall 42–24
87	-7	3.764	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–4	0.333	100	-1	Lost to California 17–41
88	-1	3.813	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–3	0.400	94	-1	Beat Utah State 20–0
89	-13	3.818	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	4–3	0.571	68	+1	Lost to Grambling State 21–42
90	-8	3.819	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–4	0.333	100	-2	Lost to Alabama 10–24
91	-7	3.851	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	-1	BYE
92	12	3.897	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	100	+1	Beat Wichita State 22–17
93	24	3.901	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–3	0.500	71	-4	Beat Long Beach State 33–16
94	13	3.933	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–2–1	0.583	63	0	Beat Bishop 44–0
95	17	4.096	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–2	0.600	55	0	Beat Lafayette 42–7
96	2	4.111	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	124	-4	Lost to Oklahoma 17–21
97	-1	4.146	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–3–1	0.300	117	-1	Tied Virginia 14–14
98	-5	4.436	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–4–1	0.357	98	-6	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 28–31
99	-9	4.446	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	3–3	0.500	71	-6	BYE
100	-6	4.534	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	1–4	0.200	121	-3	Lost to Colgate 13–31
101	10	4.549	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	2–4	0.333	100	-4	Beat Purdue 29–22
102	26	4.557	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-6	Beat Cincinnati 16–13
103	-2	4.663	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-5	Lost to Penn State 24–31
104	5	4.782	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–2–1	0.500	71	-4	BYE
105	-13	4.834	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-7	Lost to Southern Miss 26–28
106	-3	4.867	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	1–4	0.200	121	-4	BYE
107	-12	4.882	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	71	-3	Lost to Virginia Military Institute 3–19
108	16	4.958	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	100	-8	Beat Drake 31–7
109	6	4.965	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–4–1	0.250	119	-4	Tied Colorado 17–17
110	12	4.991	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	2–4	0.333	100	-9	Beat Toledo 28–7
111	-9	5.014	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–3	0.400	94	-5	Lost to Yale 20–42
112	-13	5.085	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	100	-7	Lost to Fresno State 10–24
113	-22	5.149	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	2–4	0.333	100	-7	Lost to Illinois 22–29
114	-4	5.170	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	119	-5	Lost to Arizona State 14–37
115	-7	5.192	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–5	0.167	124	-7	Lost to Miami (OH) 24–28
116	-3	5.236	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–5	0.286	118	-7	Lost to Louisiana 0–24
117	9	5.334	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	124	-6	Lost to East Carolina 14–35
118	-4	5.375	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	124	-5	Lost to Utah 0–20
119	-1	5.388	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	94	-8	BYE
120	0	5.463	UTEP	IND WAC	1–5	0.167	124	-5	Lost to San Diego State 7–49
121	0	5.556	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–5	0.167	124	-8	Lost to USC 15–33
122	-6	5.594	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	2–4	0.333	100	-10	Lost to New Mexico 17–22
123	-23	5.779	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	2–4	0.333	100	-5	Lost to Northern Arizona 9–24
124	1	5.809	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–5	0.167	124	-9	Lost to Georgia 13–24
125	-19	5.817	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–5	0.167	124	-8	Lost to Oklahoma State 14–21
126	-3	5.865	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	100	-12	Lost to Furman 24–42
127	6	6.061	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–4	0.333	100	-7	Beat Lenoir Rhyne 35–21
128	3	6.124	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	2–3	0.400	94	-5	BYE
129	-10	6.157	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–5	0.167	124	-11	Lost to Northwestern State 0–43
130	10	6.186	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–4	0.333	100	-2	Beat Delaware 33–16
131	8	6.191	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	2–4–1	0.357	98	-2	Beat East Tennessee State 35–0
132	6	6.466	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–5	0.000	139	-8	Lost to Brown 3–21
133	-6	6.493	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	0–5–1	0.083	138	-8	Tied Virginia Tech 14–14
134	-4	6.502	TCU	IND SWC	1–4	0.200	121	-9	BYE
135	-3	6.622	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–5	0.167	124	-11	BYE
136	-7	6.745	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–5	0.167	124	-13	Lost to Maryland 7–35
137	-3	6.798	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–5	0.167	124	-8	Lost to Texas Tech 7–42
138	-3	7.024	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	0–7	0.000	139	-15	Lost to Ball State 6–31
139	2	7.208	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–6	0.000	139	-12	Lost to Minnesota 7–13
140	-4	7.247	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	0–6	0.000	139	-14	Lost to Western Michigan 7–28
141	2	7.760	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	1–5	0.167	124	-4	BYE
142	-5	7.955	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	1–5	0.167	124	-4	Lost to Texas Lutheran 14–19
143	-1	8.737	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–6	0.000	139	-16	Lost to West Texas A&M 7–31
144	1	9.718	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	139	-21	Lost to Mcneese State 7–29
145	-1	9.833	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–5	0.000	139	-1	Lost to Boston University 13–14