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1978 NCAA football ratings

Champions: Southern California and Alabama
Rank Team Record against NCAA opponents BRR
1. Southern California 12-1 2.06
2. Alabama 11-1 1.93
3. Penn State 11-1 1.77
4. Oklahoma 11-1 1.73
5. Clemson 11-1 1.55
6. Michigan 10-2 1.37
7. Notre Dame 9-3 1.36
8. Ball State 10-1 1.30
9. Central Michigan 9-1 1.23
10. Nebraska 9-3 1.22
11. Arkansas 9-2-1 1.16
12. Texas 9-3 1.14
13. Georgia 9-2-1 1.09
14. Houston 9-3 1.08
15. North Texas 9-2 1.06
16. North Carolina State 9-3 1.02
17. Maryland 9-3 1.02
18. Purdue 9-2-1 1.02
19. Tulsa 9-2 0.96
20. Arizona State 9-3 0.94
21. Miami (OH) 8-2 0.92
22. Michigan State 8-3 0.90
23. Stanford 8-4 0.89
24. Florida State 8-3 0.87
25. Missouri 8-4 0.86
26. UCLA 8-3-1 0.78
27. Brown 6-2 0.74
28. Dartmouth 6-2 0.73
29. East Carolina 9-3 0.72
30. Texas Tech 7-4 0.71
31. Pittsburgh 8-4 0.70
32. Navy 8-3 0.65
33. Washington 7-4 0.65
34. Brigham Young 9-4 0.63
35. Louisiana State 8-4 0.62
36. Rutgers 6-3 0.62
37. Iowa State 8-4 0.58
38. Texas A&M 8-4 0.56
39. Southern Mississippi 7-4 0.54
40. Ohio State 7-4-1 0.51
41. Holy Cross 5-2 0.49
42. Chattanooga 5-2 0.47
43. Utah 6-3 0.43
44. Utah State 6-3 0.40
45. Mississippi State 6-5 0.40
46. Yale 4-2-2 0.39
47. Georgia Tech 7-5 0.38
48. Auburn 6-4-1 0.36
49. Arkansas State 7-4 0.35
50. California 6-5 0.34
51. Temple 5-3-1 0.26
52. Western Michigan 7-4 0.23
53. Louisiana Tech 6-5 0.22
54. Hawaii 6-5 0.21
55. Louisiana-Monroe 5-3-1 0.19
56. Miami (FL) 6-5 0.18
57. Nevada-Las Vegas 5-3 0.18
58. Appalachian State 5-3 0.17
59. Colorado 6-5 0.17
60. New Mexico 7-5 0.17
61. Cornell 4-3-1 0.13
62. Tennessee 5-5-1 0.12
63. South Carolina 5-5-1 0.10
64. Louisville 5-4 0.08
65. Western Carolina 4-3 0.05
66. McNeese State 6-4 0.05
67. Wisconsin 5-4-2 0.00
68. North Carolina 5-6 0.00
69. New Mexico State 6-5 -0.01
70. Furman 4-3 -0.02
71. Mississippi 5-6 -0.03
72. Southern Methodist 4-6-1 -0.04
73. Southern Illinois 7-4 -0.05
74. Arizona 5-6 -0.07
75. San Jose State 4-4 -0.08
76. Cincinnati 5-6 -0.09
77. Florida 4-7 -0.16
78. Kentucky 4-6-1 -0.16
79. Harvard 3-4-1 -0.21
80. Duke 4-7 -0.24
81. Kansas State 4-7 -0.28
82. Texas-Arlington 5-6 -0.28
83. Minnesota 5-6 -0.29
84. Colorado State 5-6 -0.34
85. Memphis 4-7 -0.35
86. Wyoming 4-7 -0.36
87. Long Beach State 5-5 -0.38
88. Oregon State 3-7-1 -0.38
89. Indiana 4-7 -0.39
90. Northern Illinois 4-6 -0.43
91. Oklahoma State 3-8 -0.45
92. Columbia 2-5-1 -0.47
93. Baylor 3-8 -0.47
94. Tulane 4-7 -0.48
95. Princeton 2-5-2 -0.49
96. Virginia Tech 4-7 -0.50
97. William & Mary 3-5-1 -0.50
98. Pacific 4-7 -0.52
99. Drake 4-7 -0.55
100. Villanova 3-5 -0.56
101. Cal State Fullerton 2-4 -0.59
102. San Diego State 4-7 -0.59
103. Syracuse 3-8 -0.61
104. Colgate 2-5 -0.64
105. Washington State 2-7-1 -0.68
106. Kent State 4-7 -0.68
107. Bowling Green State 3-7 -0.71
108. Army 3-6-1 -0.74
109. Pennsylvania 1-5-1 -0.74
110. Rice 2-9 -0.78
111. Wichita State 3-7 -0.79
112. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-8 -0.80
113. Richmond 3-8 -0.83
114. Ohio 3-8 -0.83
115. Illinois State 2-6 -0.84
116. Northwestern State 2-6 -0.85
117. Citadel 2-6 -0.86
118. West Texas A&M 3-8 -0.89
119. Texas Christian 2-9 -0.95
120. Eastern Michigan 2-6 -0.96
121. Iowa 2-9 -0.98
122. Illinois 1-8-2 -0.98
123. Oregon 2-9 -0.99
124. Vanderbilt 2-9 -0.99
125. Air Force 3-8 -1.02
126. Virginia Military Institute 2-7 -1.03
127. West Virginia 2-9 -1.04
128. Kansas 1-10 -1.08
129. Fresno State 1-6 -1.15
130. Indiana State 2-8 -1.16
131. Virginia 2-9 -1.19
132. Toledo 2-9 -1.25
133. Lamar 1-8-1 -1.29
134. Wake Forest 1-10 -1.30
135. Texas-El Paso 1-11 -1.47
136. Marshall 1-10 -1.50
137. Northwestern 0-10-1 -1.58
138. Boston College 0-10 -1.85