1978 Week 12 College Football Team Rankings

November 14, 1978By PowerUpRankings.com • Posted in 1978 Season Tags: • No Comments

1978 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	0.779	Penn State (PENN STATE)	IND FBSI	10–0	1.000	1	+48	Beat NC State 19–10
2	2	0.936	Nebraska (NEBRASKA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	2	+43	Beat Oklahoma 17–14
3	2	1.002	USC	PAC	8–1	0.889	7	+39	Beat Washington 28–10
4	6	1.082	Houston (HOUSTON)	IND SWC	8–1	0.889	7	+32	Beat Texas 10–7
5	-2	1.104	Alabama (ALABAMA)	SEC	9–1	0.900	2	+40	Beat LSU 31–10
6	-4	1.124	Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)	IND B8	9–1	0.900	2	+37	Lost to Nebraska 14–17
7	-1	1.268	Texas (TEXAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+26	Lost to Houston 7–10
8	-1	1.284	Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+30	Beat Tennessee 31–14
9	-1	1.340	Maryland (MARYLAND)	ACC	9–1	0.900	2	+33	Beat Virginia 17–7
10	3	1.340	Ball State (BALL STATE)	MAC	9–1	0.900	2	+34	Beat Western Michigan 20–14
11	-2	1.368	Clemson (CLEMSON)	ACC	8–1	0.889	7	+28	Beat North Carolina 13–9
12	-1	1.404	Michigan (MICHIGAN)	B10	8–1	0.889	7	+22	Beat Northwestern 59–14
13	-1	1.457	Georgia (GEORGIA)	SEC	8–1	0.889	7	+27	Beat Florida 24–22
14	2	1.551	Rutgers (RUTGERS)	IND FBSI	8–1	0.889	7	+19	Beat Temple 13–10
15	3	1.727	North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)	IND FBSI	8–2	0.800	15	+27	Beat UL Monroe 28–6
16	9	1.746	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)	B10	6–3	0.667	36	+19	Beat Minnesota 33–9
17	0	1.755	Purdue (PURDUE)	B10	7–1–1	0.833	13	+15	Tied Wisconsin 24–24
18	4	1.759	Tulsa (TULSA)	IND MVC	9–2	0.818	14	+30	Beat Wichita State 27–13
19	2	1.856	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+18	Beat West Virginia 52–7
20	10	1.942	Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+19	Beat Air Force 42–21
21	15	1.955	Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	36	+20	Beat Arkansas State 24–10
22	4	1.956	Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))	MAC	7–2–1	0.750	23	+19	Beat Kent State 38–13
23	-4	1.968	LSU	SEC	6–2	0.750	23	+15	Lost to Alabama 10–31
24	8	1.968	Tennessee Chattanooga (TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA)	IND SOCON	7–2–1	0.750	23	+15	Beat Richmond 30–3
25	6	1.997	Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)	MAC	8–2	0.800	15	+25	Beat Eastern Michigan 41–9
26	3	2.018	BYU	IND WAC	7–2	0.778	18	+15	Beat San Diego State 21–3
27	0	2.050	Arkansas (ARKANSAS)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+15	Beat Baylor 27–14
28	-14	2.075	UCLA	PAC	8–2	0.800	15	+18	Lost to Oregon State 13–15
29	-1	2.090	Ohio State (OHIO STATE)	B10	6–2–1	0.722	29	+11	Beat Illinois 45–7
30	11	2.121	Yale (YALE)	IND IVY	4–2–2	0.625	43	+7	Beat Princeton 23–7
31	-16	2.123	Navy (NAVY)	IND FBSI	7–2	0.778	18	+12	Lost to Syracuse 17–20
32	-8	2.146	NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)	ACC	6–3	0.667	36	+17	Lost to Penn State 10–19
33	6	2.295	Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)	IND SWC	6–2	0.750	23	+7	BYE
34	-14	2.314	Louisville (LOUISVILLE)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+11	Lost to Memphis 22–29
35	10	2.324	East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	7–3	0.700	30	+16	Beat William & Mary 20–3
36	-13	2.330	Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)	PAC	6–3	0.667	36	+13	Lost to Stanford 14–21
37	9	2.348	Stanford (STANFORD)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Beat Arizona State 21–14
38	6	2.356	Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)	IND FBSI	6–3	0.667	36	+14	Beat Virginia Tech 24–14
39	-4	2.474	Washington (WASHINGTON)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+12	Lost to USC 10–28
40	11	2.513	Missouri (MISSOURI)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Beat Kansas 48–0
41	12	2.523	Iowa State (IOWA STATE)	IND B8	7–3	0.700	30	+10	Beat Oklahoma State 28–15
42	6	2.549	California (CALIFORNIA)	PAC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Beat Washington State 22–14
43	4	2.552	Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)	IND SWC	5–3	0.625	43	+10	Beat TCU 27–17
44	-7	2.585	Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)	IND SLC	6–4	0.600	52	+14	Lost to Louisiana Tech 10–24
45	11	2.603	Hawai'i (HAWAII)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+11	Beat New Mexico State 35–20
46	-8	2.614	Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	7–3	0.700	30	+8	Lost to Ball State 14–20
47	-4	2.619	Temple (TEMPLE)	IND FBSI	5–3–1	0.611	51	+7	Lost to Rutgers 10–13
48	-14	2.676	New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)	IND WAC	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Lost to Colorado State 15–26
49	0	2.695	Mcneese State (MCNEESE STATE)	IND SLC	6–3	0.667	36	+5	Beat Lamar 24–23
50	7	2.697	Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)	IND FBSI	6–4	0.600	52	+13	Beat Bowling Green 38–21
51	10	2.770	Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	43	+12	Beat Brown 31–21
52	-19	2.771	Utah State (UTAH STATE)	IND PCAA	7–3	0.700	30	+16	Lost to Weber State 25–44
53	-13	2.801	Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)	SEC	5–4	0.556	65	+10	Lost to Auburn 0–6
54	-12	2.830	Brown (BROWN)	IND IVY	5–3	0.625	43	+12	Lost to Dartmouth 21–31
55	11	2.899	Furman (FURMAN)	IND SOCON	7–3	0.700	30	-1	Beat Western Carolina 24–7
56	6	2.995	Kentucky (KENTUCKY)	SEC	4–4–1	0.500	69	+6	Beat Vanderbilt 53–2
57	1	3.000	South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	69	+5	BYE
58	-4	3.049	Florida (FLORIDA)	SEC	3–5	0.375	98	+5	Lost to Georgia 22–24
59	8	3.050	Auburn (AUBURN)	SEC	6–3	0.667	36	+3	Beat Mississippi State 6–0
60	4	3.123	SMU	IND SWC	4–4–1	0.500	69	+3	Beat Rice 58–0
61	-11	3.240	Colorado (COLORADO)	IND B8	6–4	0.600	52	0	Lost to Kansas State 10–20
62	13	3.256	Cornell (CORNELL)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	63	+1	Beat Columbia 35–14
63	5	3.275	Utah (UTAH)	IND WAC	5–3	0.625	43	-5	Beat UTEP 38–0
64	-9	3.468	William & Mary (WILLIAM & MARY)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	67	-2	Lost to East Carolina 3–20
65	-13	3.489	Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+11	Lost to Massachusetts 8–33
66	3	3.500	Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)	B10	4–3–2	0.556	65	+1	Tied Purdue 24–24
67	16	3.520	UNLV	IND FBSI	5–3	0.625	43	+3	Beat Wyoming 12–10
68	14	3.543	App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	52	+3	Beat Virginia Military Institute 31–10
69	-6	3.557	New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)	IND MVC	5–5	0.500	69	+1	Lost to Hawai'i 20–35
70	1	3.557	Duke (DUKE)	ACC	4–5	0.444	78	+4	Beat Wake Forest 3–0
71	-6	3.568	Western Carolina (WESTERN CAROLINA)	IND SOCON	6–4	0.600	52	+10	Lost to Furman 7–24
72	-13	3.598	Wyoming (WYOMING)	IND WAC	4–5	0.444	78	-3	Lost to UNLV 10–12
73	-13	3.637	UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)	IND FBSI	5–4–1	0.550	67	+6	Lost to North Texas 6–28
74	3	3.638	Harvard (HARVARD)	IND IVY	4–3–1	0.563	63	-1	Beat Pennsylvania 17–13
75	6	3.648	Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-3	Beat Ohio 35–0
76	2	3.773	Southern Illinois (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)	IND MVC	6–4	0.600	52	-8	Beat Marshall 15–14
77	19	3.803	Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)	SEC	4–5	0.444	78	0	Beat Tulane 13–3
78	19	3.824	Memphis (MEMPHIS)	IND FBSI	4–5	0.444	78	-1	Beat Louisville 29–22
79	9	3.852	Arizona (ARIZONA)	PAC	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Beat Oregon 24–3
80	-7	3.852	Miami (MIAMI)	IND FBSI	3–5	0.375	98	-3	BYE
81	24	4.006	Oregon State (OREGON STATE)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	96	-1	Beat UCLA 15–13
82	-2	4.041	North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)	ACC	3–6	0.333	102	-5	Lost to Clemson 9–13
83	-4	4.065	Minnesota (MINNESOTA)	B10	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Lost to Michigan State 9–33
84	-14	4.094	Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)	MAC	4–6	0.400	88	-9	Lost to Southern Miss 21–38
85	6	4.117	Indiana (INDIANA)	B10	4–5	0.444	78	-6	Beat Iowa 34–14
86	-10	4.133	Tennessee (TENNESSEE)	SEC	2–5–1	0.313	106	-4	Lost to Notre Dame 14–31
87	2	4.138	Citadel (CITADEL)	IND SOCON	5–5	0.500	69	-11	Beat Wofford 35–17
88	11	4.274	Drake (DRAKE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	88	-8	Beat West Texas A&M 24–21
89	11	4.312	San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)	IND PCAA	5–5	0.500	69	-4	Beat Pacific 33–31
90	4	4.346	Texas Arlington (TEXAS-ARLINGTON)	IND SLC	4–6	0.400	88	-12	BYE
91	-6	4.451	Tulane (TULANE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	88	-13	Lost to Ole Miss 3–13
92	1	4.470	Long Beach State (LONG BEACH STATE)	IND PCAA	4–4	0.500	69	-3	BYE
93	-21	4.489	Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)	MAC	4–5	0.444	78	-11	Lost to Toledo 16–35
94	-20	4.532	Villanova (VILLANOVA)	IND FBSI	5–5	0.500	69	-7	Lost to Delaware 22–23
95	-3	4.550	Wichita State (WICHITA STATE)	IND MVC	4–6	0.400	88	-13	Lost to Tulsa 13–27
96	13	4.575	Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	108	-7	Beat Colorado 20–10
97	1	4.600	Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)	IND B8	3–7	0.300	108	-11	Lost to Iowa State 15–28
98	3	4.629	Baylor (BAYLOR)	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	115	-9	Lost to Arkansas 14–27
99	-9	4.653	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)	PAC	3–5–1	0.389	96	-13	Lost to California 14–22
100	-14	4.658	Pacific (PACIFIC)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	88	-5	Lost to San José State 31–33
101	-17	4.727	Columbia (COLUMBIA)	IND IVY	3–4–1	0.438	87	-6	Lost to Cornell 14–35
102	17	4.913	Syracuse (SYRACUSE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-10	Beat Navy 20–17
103	9	4.928	Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)	IND SLC	3–6	0.333	102	-13	Beat Northwestern State 19–17
104	11	4.948	Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)	IND WAC	3–6	0.333	102	-11	Beat New Mexico 26–15
105	-3	4.978	Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-13	Lost to Florida State 14–24
106	-19	5.006	Princeton (PRINCETON)	IND IVY	2–4–2	0.375	98	-6	Lost to Yale 7–23
107	0	5.028	Army (ARMY)	IND FBSI	4–4–1	0.500	69	-15	Beat Boston College 29–26
108	-5	5.089	San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)	IND WAC	3–5	0.375	98	-14	Lost to BYU 3–21
109	-14	5.103	Northwestern State (NORTHWESTERN STATE)	IND FBSI	4–6	0.400	88	-19	Lost to Louisiana 17–19
110	-6	5.385	West Texas A&M (WEST TEXAS A&M)	IND MVC	3–7	0.300	108	-20	Lost to Drake 21–24
111	-5	5.550	Kent State (KENT STATE)	MAC	3–7	0.300	108	-22	Lost to Miami (OH) 13–38
112	2	5.733	Air Force (AIR FORCE)	IND FBSI	3–7	0.300	108	-22	Lost to Georgia Tech 21–42
113	-3	5.912	Virginia Military Institute (VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE)	IND SOCON	3–7	0.300	108	-17	Lost to App State 10–31
114	-6	5.914	Ohio (OHIO)	MAC	2–7	0.222	115	-19	Lost to Cincinnati 0–35
115	-2	5.986	Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)	MAC	3–6	0.333	102	-15	Lost to Central Michigan 9–41
116	14	6.084	CAL State Fullerton (CAL STATE FULLERTON)	IND PCAA	4–6	0.400	88	-8	Beat Northridge State 31–20
117	-6	6.113	Rice (RICE)	IND SWC	1–8	0.111	128	-17	Lost to SMU 0–58
118	2	6.210	West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	121	-23	Lost to Pittsburgh 7–52
119	7	6.285	Virginia (VIRGINIA)	ACC	2–7	0.222	115	-26	Lost to Maryland 7–17
120	-4	6.327	Kansas (KANSAS)	IND B8	1–9	0.100	131	-23	Lost to Missouri 0–48
121	2	6.333	Richmond (RICHMOND)	IND FBSI	2–8	0.200	121	-29	Lost to Tennessee Chattanooga 3–30
122	6	6.345	Illinois (ILLINOIS)	B10	1–7–2	0.200	121	-18	Lost to Ohio State 7–45
123	10	6.346	Toledo (TOLEDO)	MAC	2–8	0.200	121	-28	Beat Northern Illinois 35–16
124	0	6.453	TCU	IND SWC	2–7	0.222	115	-20	Lost to Texas Tech 17–27
125	-8	6.515	Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)	IND IVY	2–5–1	0.313	106	-10	Lost to Harvard 13–17
126	-1	6.534	Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)	SEC	1–8	0.111	128	-20	Lost to Kentucky 2–53
127	-9	6.561	Oregon (OREGON)	PAC	1–9	0.100	131	-29	Lost to Arizona 3–24
128	-7	6.639	Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)	ACC	1–9	0.100	131	-27	Lost to Duke 0–3
129	-2	6.671	Iowa (IOWA)	B10	1–8	0.111	128	-25	Lost to Indiana 14–34
130	1	6.777	Marshall (MARSHALL)	IND SOCON	1–9	0.100	131	-32	Lost to Southern Illinois 14–15
131	-9	7.030	Indiana State (INDIANA STATE)	IND MVC	2–8	0.200	121	-35	Lost to Illinois State 14–27
132	2	7.248	UTEP	IND WAC	1–9	0.100	131	-32	Lost to Utah 0–38
133	-4	7.400	Colgate (COLGATE)	IND FBSI	2–7	0.222	115	-12	Lost to Bucknell 0–7
134	-2	7.631	Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)	IND PCAA	2–8	0.200	121	-24	Lost to Montana State 14–35
135	0	7.880	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)	IND FBSI	0–7	0.000	138	-28	Lost to Army 26–29
136	0	8.026	Lamar (LAMAR)	IND SLC	1–7–1	0.167	127	-35	Lost to Mcneese State 23–24
137	0	8.365	Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)	B10	0–9–1	0.050	137	-32	Lost to Michigan 14–59
138	0	8.652	Illinois State (ILLINOIS STATE)	IND FBSI	1–9	0.100	131	-20	Beat Indiana State 27–14