1977 NCAA Football Rankings

  # Team                        W      L     Rating 
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  1 Texas                      11   -  1     2.7224 
  2 Notre Dame                 11   -  1     2.5334 
  3 Penn State                 11   -  1     2.4471 
  4 Arkansas                   11   -  1     2.1486 
  5 Alabama                    11   -  1     2.0874 
  6 Kentucky                   10   -  1     2.0149 
  7 Oklahoma                   10   -  2     1.5764 
  8 Pittsburgh                  9.5 -  2.5   1.4104 
  9 Miami (Ohio)               10   -  1     1.4071 
 10 Tennessee State             4.5 -  0.5   1.3382 

 11 Florida State              10   -  2     1.3087 
 12 Grambling State             7   -  1     1.2459 
 13 San Diego State             9   -  1     1.2192 
 14 North Texas                 9   -  2     1.1903 
 15 Michigan                   10   -  2     1.1826 
 16 Central Michigan           10   -  1     1.0907 
 17 Nebraska                    9   -  3     1.0269 
 18 Colgate                     8   -  1     1.0167 
 19 Louisiana Tech              9   -  2     0.9361 
 20 Ohio State                  9   -  3     0.9225 

 21 Stanford                    9   -  3     0.8991 
 22 Clemson                     8.5 -  3.5   0.8572 
 23 Southern California         8   -  4     0.8570 
 24 North Carolina              8.5 -  3.5   0.8272 
 25 Brigham Young               9   -  2     0.8267 
 26 Texas A&M                   8   -  4     0.8158 
 27 Fresno State                5   -  1     0.8121 
 28 Colorado                    7.5 -  3.5   0.7541 
 29 Washington                  8   -  4     0.7539 
 30 Colorado State              8.5 -  2.5   0.7470 

 31 North Carolina State        8   -  4     0.7415 
 32 Arizona State               9   -  3     0.7090 
 33 Yale                        7   -  2     0.7041 
 34 Ball State                  8   -  2     0.7016 
 35 Maryland                    8   -  4     0.6787 
 36 Michigan State              7.5 -  3.5   0.6779 
 37 Jackson State               5   -  2     0.6620 
 38 Texas Tech                  7   -  5     0.6446 
 39 Iowa State                  8   -  4     0.6344 
 40 Brown                       6   -  2     0.6299 

 41 Louisiana State             8   -  4     0.6280 
 42 UCLA                        7   -  4     0.6280 
 43 Rutgers                     6   -  3     0.6225 
 44 Tennessee-Chattanooga       6.5 -  1.5   0.6134 
 45 East Carolina               8   -  3     0.6063 
 46 Army                        7   -  4     0.5670 
 47 California                  7   -  4     0.5633 
 48 Florida                     6.5 -  4.5   0.5472 
 49 Houston                     6   -  5     0.5427 
 50 Washington State            6   -  5     0.5296 

 51 Eastern Michigan            7   -  3     0.4976 
 52 Dartmouth                   6   -  3     0.4922 
 53 Minnesota                   7   -  5     0.4910 
 54 Syracuse                    6   -  5     0.4890 
 55 Mississippi State           5   -  6     0.4711 
 56 Dayton                      2   -  2     0.4473 
 57 Louisiana-Lafayette         7   -  5     0.4406 
 58 Boston College              6   -  5     0.4397 
 59 Texas Southern              4.5 -  3.5   0.4272 
 60 Northwestern State          5   -  3     0.4232 

 61 Virginia Military Institute 5   -  3     0.4218 
 62 Temple                      5.5 -  5.5   0.4149 
 63 Louisville                  7.5 -  4.5   0.4012 
 64 Georgia Tech                6   -  5     0.4012 
 65 Pennsylvania                5   -  3     0.3991 
 66 Southern Mississippi        5   -  6     0.3982 
 67 Indiana                     5.5 -  5.5   0.3892 
 68 William & Mary              5   -  5     0.3873 
 69 Baylor                      5   -  6     0.3799 
 70 Memphis                     6   -  5     0.3731 

 71 Auburn                      5   -  6     0.3701 
 72 Massachusetts               2   -  2     0.3621 
 73 Arkansas State              6   -  4     0.3617 
 74 West Virginia               5   -  6     0.3577 
 75 Duke                        5   -  6     0.3493 
 76 Mississippi                 5   -  6     0.3491 
 77 Kent                        6   -  5     0.3429 
 78 McNeese State               5.5 -  4.5   0.3416 
 79 Delaware                    2   -  2     0.3370 
 80 Navy                        5   -  6     0.3328 

 81 Cincinnati                  6   -  5     0.3252 
 82 Georgia                     5   -  6     0.3175 
 83 West Texas A&M              6.5 -  4.5   0.3129 
 84 Pacific                     6   -  5     0.3030 
 85 Villanova                   4   -  6     0.3014 
 86 Southern Methodist          4   -  7     0.2966 
 87 Texas-Arlington             5   -  6     0.2909 
 88 Harvard                     4   -  5     0.2849 
 89 Arizona                     5   -  7     0.2818 
 90 Western Carolina            3.5 -  2.5   0.2783 

 91 Missouri                    4   -  7     0.2739 
 92 Akron                       2   -  2     0.2721 
 93 Purdue                      5   -  6     0.2694 
 94 South Carolina              5   -  7     0.2638 
 95 Oklahoma State              4   -  7     0.2609 
 96 Wisconsin                   5   -  6     0.2604 
 97 Wyoming                     4.5 -  6.5   0.2559 
 98 New Mexico                  5   -  7     0.2531 
 99 Iowa                        4   -  7     0.2428 
100 Mississippi Valley State    3   -  4     0.2406 

101 Kansas                      3.5 -  7.5   0.2355 
102 Tennessee                   4   -  7     0.2296 
103 Boston University           1   -  3     0.2236 
104 Miami (Florida)             3   -  8     0.2186 
105 Princeton                   3   -  6     0.2165 
106 Wichita State               5   -  6     0.2053 
107 Utah State                  2   -  6     0.2032 
108 Bowling Green State         4   -  7     0.2029 
109 Southern                    2.5 -  5.5   0.1993 
110 San Jose State              3   -  7     0.1990 

111 Virginia Tech               3.5 -  7.5   0.1939 
112 Hawaii                      4   -  6     0.1910 
113 Tulane                      3   -  8     0.1871 
114 Illinois                    3   -  8     0.1843 
115 Long Beach State            4   -  6     0.1841 
116 Citadel                     3   -  6     0.1831 
117 Utah                        3   -  8     0.1771 
118 Furman                      3.5 -  4.5   0.1732 
119 Richmond                    3   -  8     0.1680 
120 Alcorn State                2   -  6     0.1664 

121 Western Michigan            4   -  7     0.1639 
122 Oregon State                2   -  9     0.1597 
123 Air Force                   2.5 -  8.5   0.1575 
124 Prairie View A&M            2   -  5     0.1525 
125 Holy Cross                  2   -  7     0.1473 
126 New Mexico State            4   -  7     0.1438 
127 Indiana State               3   -  7     0.1390 
128 Oregon                      2   -  9     0.1324 
129 Tulsa                       3   -  8     0.1321 
130 Idaho                       1   -  4     0.1303 

131 Columbia                    2   -  7     0.1274 
132 Bishop                      1   -  4     0.1256 
133 Fullerton State             1   -  5     0.1255 
134 Texas Christian             2   -  9     0.1244 
135 Lafayette                   0   -  4     0.1230 
136 Illinois State              1.5 -  7.5   0.1224 
137 Vanderbilt                  2   -  9     0.1213 
138 Northern Illinois           3   -  8     0.1173 
139 Kansas State                1   - 10     0.1080 
140 Southern Illinois           3   -  8     0.1070 

141 Virginia                    1.5 -  9.5   0.1068 
142 Connecticut                 0   -  4     0.1017 
143 Cornell                     1   -  8     0.1006 
144 Northwestern                1   - 10     0.0928 
145 Rice                        1   - 10     0.0878 
146 Toledo                      2   -  9     0.0869 
147 Texas-El Paso               1   - 10     0.0852 
148 Lamar                       2   -  9     0.0839 
149 Appalachian State           1   -  8     0.0756 
150 Drake                       2   -  9     0.0733 

151 Wake Forest                 1   - 10     0.0671 
152 Ohio                        1   - 10     0.0567 
153 Marshall                    1   -  9     0.0539 
154 Louisiana-Monroe            0   -  9     0.0436 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.3732