1977 Week 9 College Football Team Rankings

October 25, 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	2	0.811	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–0	1.000	1	+20	Beat SMU 30–14
2	-1	0.920	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	6–1	0.857	5	+21	Lost to Minnesota 0–16
3	3	0.988	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	6–1	0.857	5	+22	Beat Georgia 33–0
4	1	0.995	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	4–0–2	0.833	17	+13	Beat Northwestern State 30–8
5	-3	1.055	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	5–1–1	0.786	28	+18	Lost to Nebraska 15–33
6	17	1.179	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+16	Beat USC 49–19
7	0	1.186	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	5	+18	Beat West Virginia 49–28
8	-4	1.237	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–1	0.857	5	+16	Beat Northwestern 35–15
9	-1	1.258	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	5–1–1	0.786	28	+15	Beat Syracuse 28–21
10	2	1.305	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	17	+14	Beat Houston 34–0
11	-2	1.325	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	6–1	0.857	5	+17	Beat Louisville 55–6
12	-1	1.376	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	6–1	0.857	5	+17	Beat Iowa State 35–16
13	0	1.458	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	6–1	0.857	5	+16	Beat NC State 7–3
14	-4	1.469	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	7–0	1.000	1	+12	Beat Columbia 48–36
15	15	1.550	Grambling State (GRAMBLING STATE)	IND SWAC	5–1	0.833	17	+12	Beat Jackson State 34–7
16	-2	1.553	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	3	+17	Beat Memphis 20–19
17	4	1.554	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+14	Beat Auburn 24–3
18	-2	1.668	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	17	+12	BYE
19	-4	1.670	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–1	0.875	3	+15	Beat Citadel 34–16
20	-3	1.768	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	5–1	0.833	17	+10	Beat Rice 28–14
21	12	1.850	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	30	+11	Beat Colorado 33–15
22	2	1.854	Tennessee State (TENNESSEE STATE)	IND FBSI	6–1	0.857	5	+14	BYE
23	6	1.863	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	6–1	0.857	5	+10	Beat New Mexico 14–9
24	22	1.883	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	5–2	0.714	30	+12	Beat Michigan 16–0
25	0	1.890	BYU	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	17	+7	Beat Wyoming 10–7
26	6	1.898	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	6–1	0.857	5	+9	Beat Bowling Green 33–13
27	-1	1.932	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	6–1	0.857	5	+9	BYE
28	9	1.953	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	5–2	0.714	30	+12	Beat Eastern Michigan 29–13
29	6	2.007	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	5–2	0.714	30	+10	Beat South Carolina 17–0
30	-8	2.125	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	5–2	0.714	30	+9	Lost to Oklahoma 16–35
31	8	2.134	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND FBSI	5–1	0.833	17	+5	Beat UNLV 31–7
32	-14	2.157	USC	PAC	5–2	0.714	30	+8	Lost to Notre Dame 19–49
33	-14	2.179	Jackson State (JACKSON STATE)	IND SWAC	5–2	0.714	30	+7	Lost to Grambling State 7–34
34	0	2.181	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	6–1	0.857	5	+5	Beat Jacksonville State 18–14
35	13	2.213	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	47	+7	Beat Pennsylvania 27–21
36	-16	2.213	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	5–2	0.714	30	+8	Lost to Kent State 13–29
37	8	2.253	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	5–2	0.714	30	+9	Beat Washington State 31–29
38	0	2.303	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	30	+6	Beat Tulane 38–14
39	5	2.325	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–1	0.833	17	+3	Beat Cornell 17–13
40	12	2.398	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–1–1	0.700	45	+4	Beat Tennessee 27–17
41	-5	2.452	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	5–3	0.625	53	+7	Lost to Clemson 3–7
42	11	2.467	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	IND WAC	5–1	0.833	17	+1	Beat UTEP 66–3
43	7	2.481	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–2–1	0.643	50	+6	Beat Tulsa 28–0
44	18	2.505	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	5–2	0.714	30	+9	Beat San José State 45–24
45	9	2.537	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	5–2	0.714	30	+3	Beat CAL Poly Pomona 66–10
46	3	2.541	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	+5	Lost to Penn State 28–49
47	19	2.543	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	53	+9	Beat Mississippi State 14–7
48	-20	2.569	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	5–2–1	0.688	46	+5	Lost to Temple 20–27
49	-9	2.583	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	4–3	0.571	57	+7	Lost to Kentucky 0–33
50	8	2.619	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	4–3	0.571	57	+5	Beat Duke 31–13
51	-24	2.623	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	5–2	0.714	30	+3	Lost to UCLA 19–21
52	5	2.631	LSU	SEC	4–2	0.667	47	+1	Beat Oregon 56–17
53	-11	2.652	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4	0.500	71	+7	Lost to North Carolina 0–17
54	19	2.684	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	57	+5	Beat Arkansas State 17–14
55	17	2.712	UCLA	PAC	4–3	0.571	57	+5	Beat California 21–19
56	-25	2.721	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	5–2	0.714	30	+3	Lost to Michigan State 7–9
57	4	2.734	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	5–2	0.714	30	+1	BYE
58	-15	2.739	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–3	0.571	57	+4	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–33
59	22	2.838	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	3–3–1	0.500	71	+4	Beat Wisconsin 9–7
60	8	2.898	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	+6	Beat Villanova 17–0
61	-14	2.993	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	3–4	0.429	85	+3	Lost to Maryland 13–31
62	17	3.050	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	+1	Beat William & Mary 42–17
63	8	3.052	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–4	0.500	71	+3	Beat Vanderbilt 26–14
64	-23	3.061	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	+2	Lost to TCU 17–21
65	10	3.103	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	4–3	0.571	57	+1	Beat Kansas 21–0
66	-10	3.121	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	3–3	0.500	71	+3	Lost to Arkansas 0–34
67	9	3.128	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	4–3	0.571	57	0	Beat Oregon State 14–6
68	-13	3.139	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	3–4	0.429	85	+4	Lost to Southern Miss 7–14
69	5	3.158	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	85	+3	Beat Air Force 38–7
70	8	3.230	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	0	Beat Lafayette 42–6
71	23	3.243	Texas Southern (TEXAS SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	4–2–1	0.643	50	+5	Beat Mississippi Valley State 35–33
72	-13	3.250	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	3–4	0.429	85	+1	Lost to New Mexico State 6–7
73	-9	3.252	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	53	+7	Lost to Louisiana Tech 8–30
74	-11	3.288	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–3	0.571	57	-1	Lost to North Texas 19–20
75	9	3.323	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	4–2	0.667	47	-3	Beat Holy Cross 44–13
76	-6	3.348	SMU	IND SWC	3–4	0.429	85	+1	Lost to Texas 14–30
77	9	3.405	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	4–2–1	0.643	50	+4	Beat App State 28–20
78	-11	3.440	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–4	0.429	85	+1	Lost to Stanford 29–31
79	-14	3.643	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	4–3	0.571	57	-3	Lost to Mcneese State 14–17
80	20	3.674	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–4	0.333	106	0	Beat Harvard 20–7
81	18	3.684	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	4–3	0.571	57	-3	Beat Texas Arlington 7–6
82	-31	3.720	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–3	0.500	71	+4	Lost to Lehigh 20–30
83	0	3.740	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	3–4	0.429	85	-1	Lost to Florida State 3–24
84	-24	3.789	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	3–2	0.600	56	-4	Lost to Pacific 7–22
85	-8	3.912	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	3–4	0.429	85	-2	Lost to Purdue 21–34
86	6	3.939	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	2–5	0.286	112	+1	Lost to Colorado State 9–14
87	14	4.008	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	3–4	0.429	85	-3	Beat Indiana 21–7
88	-19	4.049	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	3–3	0.500	71	+3	Lost to Princeton 7–20
89	23	4.106	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	85	-5	Beat Long Beach State 22–7
90	23	4.116	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	3–4	0.429	85	-4	Beat Iowa 34–21
91	28	4.135	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	-5	Beat Louisiana 27–20
92	4	4.169	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	2–5	0.286	112	-5	Beat Kansas State 28–13
93	-4	4.177	Mississippi Valley State (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE)	IND SWAC	4–4	0.500	71	-2	Lost to Texas Southern 33–35
94	-9	4.249	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	3–3–1	0.500	71	+1	Lost to Alabama 6–55
95	13	4.265	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	85	-7	Beat Lamar 27–9
96	-16	4.284	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	2–4–1	0.357	105	-5	Lost to Illinois 7–21
97	-7	4.311	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–5	0.286	112	-4	Lost to Florida 17–27
98	-5	4.325	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	85	-6	Lost to Fresno State 24–45
99	11	4.351	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–4	0.429	85	-7	Beat Marshall 53–29
100	5	4.427	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	85	-8	Beat Portland State 21–12
101	-19	4.583	Southern (SOUTHERN)	IND SWAC	3–3–1	0.500	71	-9	Lost to Alcorn State 0–23
102	-11	4.597	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	3–4	0.429	85	-6	Lost to Navy 17–42
103	-8	4.614	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	3–3	0.500	71	-2	Lost to Yale 21–27
104	2	4.622	Arizona (ARIZONA)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	106	-4	Beat Utah 45–17
105	-18	4.652	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	2–5	0.286	112	-6	Lost to Washington 6–14
106	-3	4.744	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	112	-6	Lost to Pittsburgh 21–28
107	-9	4.875	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	2–5–1	0.313	111	-8	Lost to Indiana State 10–20
108	20	4.898	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND FBSI	3–3	0.500	71	-3	Beat Illinois State 20–10
109	-7	4.926	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	112	-9	Lost to Georgia Tech 14–38
110	-3	4.941	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	3–4	0.429	85	-4	Lost to East Carolina 16–34
111	11	5.041	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	3–4	0.429	85	-12	Beat Drake 47–17
112	5	5.044	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	112	-7	Beat Virginia Tech 17–14
113	-9	5.100	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	2–3–1	0.417	104	-5	Lost to BYU 7–10
114	-3	5.121	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	2–4	0.333	106	-6	Lost to Colgate 36–48
115	-27	5.126	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	2–4	0.333	106	-6	Lost to Arizona 17–45
116	7	5.194	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	3–4	0.429	85	-6	Beat CAL Poly SAN Luis Obispo 45–18
117	14	5.374	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	3–4–1	0.438	84	-2	Beat Maine 41–20
118	-21	5.467	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	1–4–1	0.250	124	-7	Lost to Richmond 14–17
119	-10	5.470	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–5–1	0.214	126	-8	Lost to Oklahoma State 0–21
120	14	5.481	TCU	IND SWC	2–4	0.333	106	-9	Beat Miami 21–17
121	-3	5.589	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND FBSI	1–5	0.167	129	-7	BYE
122	-2	5.633	UTEP	IND WAC	1–6	0.143	130	-6	Lost to Arizona State 3–66
123	-9	5.705	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	1–5–1	0.214	126	-9	Lost to Baylor 7–38
124	-8	6.062	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	2–6	0.250	124	-15	Lost to Northern Illinois 0–28
125	-4	6.095	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–6	0.143	130	-12	Lost to LSU 17–56
126	15	6.134	Alcorn State (ALCORN STATE)	IND SWAC	2–5	0.286	112	-1	Beat Southern 23–0
127	-12	6.166	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	1–6	0.143	130	-14	Lost to Toledo 29–31
128	5	6.167	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	1–5–1	0.214	126	-10	Beat Wake Forest 12–10
129	-4	6.236	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	1–6	0.143	130	-13	Lost to Missouri 13–28
130	-3	6.309	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	112	-10	Lost to Furman 20–28
131	-7	6.381	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–6	0.143	130	-15	Lost to Ole Miss 14–26
132	-6	6.454	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	2–5	0.286	112	-17	Lost to Western Michigan 29–53
133	-1	6.458	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	0–6	0.000	142	-11	Lost to Dartmouth 13–17
134	-4	6.467	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	2–5	0.286	112	-5	Lost to Boston College 0–17
135	2	6.478	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–6	0.143	130	-9	Lost to Texas A&M 14–28
136	4	6.697	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	1–6	0.143	130	-16	Beat Ohio 31–29
137	-2	6.758	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	1–6	0.143	130	-14	Lost to Cincinnati 0–28
138	0	6.850	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	1–7	0.125	141	-17	Beat Southern Illinois 28–0
139	3	7.037	Prairie View A&M (PRAIRIE VIEW A&M)	IND SWAC	2–5	0.286	112	-6	Beat Bishop 39–7
140	-1	7.081	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–7	0.000	142	-16	Lost to Ohio State 15–35
141	-12	7.240	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–6	0.143	130	-19	Lost to West Texas A&M 9–27
142	-6	7.262	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–6	0.143	130	-19	Lost to Virginia 10–12
143	1	8.364	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	1–6	0.143	130	-24	Beat Southeastern Louisiana 24–19
144	-1	8.673	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	0–7	0.000	142	-22	Lost to Wichita State 17–47
145	0	9.444	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	0–6	0.000	142	-3	Lost to Brown 13–44