Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 1978 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP UPI Bowl Game Results
1 OKLAHOMA 113.7351 11-1 3 3 Beat Nebraska 31-24
2 ALABAMA 106.9220 11-1 1 2 Beat Penn State 14-7
3 PENN STATE 106.3465 11-1 4 4 Lost to Alabama
4 MICHIGAN STATE 102.2336 8-3 12 Probation No Bowl Game
5 USC 98.2898 12-1 2 1 Beat Michigan 17-10
6 MICHIGAN 97.7143 10-2 5 5 Lost to USC
7 MISSOURI 93.8840 8-4 14 15 Beat LSU 20-15
8 NEBRASKA 93.1961 9-3 8 8 Lost to Oklahoma
9 NOTRE DAME 90.8841 9-3 7 7 Beat Houston 35-34
10 PURDUE 82.4831 9-2-1 12 14 Beat Georgia Tech 41-21
11 HOUSTON 81.4393 9-3 10 11 Lost to Notre Dame
12 TEXAS 81.1041 9-3 9 9 Beat Maryland 42-0
13 ARKANSAS 80.7943 9-2-1 11 10 Tied UCLA 10-10
14 TEXAS TECH 80.1182 7-4 NR NR No Bowl Game
15 WASHINGTON 77.8649 7-4 NR NR No Bowl Game
16 UCLA 77.2480 8-3-1 13 13 Tied Arkansas 10-10
17 STANFORD 76.7374 8-4 15 16 Beat Georgia 25-22
18 CLEMSON 76.5034 11-1 6 6 Beat Ohio State 17-15
19 ARIZONA STATE 76.3627 9-3 NR 19 Beat Rutgers 34-18
20 OHIO STATE 75.9278 7-5-1 NR NR Lost to Clemson
21 TEXAS A+M 72.5048 8-4 18 19 Beat Iowa State 28-12
22 SMU 72.1014        
23 MARYLAND 72.0752        
24 IOWA STATE 71.9293        
25 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 71.3281        
26 OKLAHOMA STATE 68.0054        
27 WISCONSIN 66.8363        
28 BAYLOR 66.3352        
29 COLORADO 64.8083        
30 ARIZONA 63.1451        
31 MINNESOTA 62.6608        
32 CALIFORNIA 62.6254        
33 LSU 62.2486        
34 INDIANA 62.0828        
35 GEORGIA 61.5634        
36 KANSAS STATE 61.3523        
37 AUBURN 60.6240        
38 FLORIDA STATE 59.4871        
39 RICE 59.1962        
40 NORTH TEXAS STATE 58.0207        
41 GEORGIA TECH 56.9668        
42 MISSISSIPPI 56.2633        
43 MISSISSIPPI STATE 56.0776        
44 OREGON STATE 55.3375        
45 MIAMI (F) 55.1411        
46 TENNESSEE 55.0840        
47 FLORIDA 54.5655        
48 PITTSBURGH 54.5401        
49 KENTUCKY 54.0198        
50 IOWA 53.9428        
51 KANSAS 53.5101        
52 ILLINOIS 53.3613        
53 TULANE 52.2833        
54 NAVY 51.1043        
55 SYRACUSE 50.5516        
56 OREGON 50.1165        
57 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 48.9964        
58 TCU 48.9533        
59 SOUTH CAROLINA 48.7629        
60 NORTHWESTERN 46.4514        
61 NORTH CAROLINA 44.7927        
62 WASHINGTON STATE 44.5883        
63 DUKE 44.2172        
64 MEMPHIS STATE 44.1502        
65 EAST CAROLINA 44.1012        
66 TULSA 43.0397        
67 UTAH 42.7664        
68 LOUISVILLE 42.2723        
69 BYU 42.2159        
70 MIAMI (O) 41.5278        
71 TENNESSEE STATE 41.4967        
72 CINCINNATI 41.1602        
73 DARTMOUTH 39.2455        
74 HOLY CROSS 38.9400        
75 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 38.6745        
76 BROWN 38.5826        
77 TEMPLE 38.2559        
78 UTAHSTATE 37.8609        
79 RUTGERS 36.7688        
80 BALLSTATE 36.3071        
81 FURMAN 35.3413        
82 YALE 35.2582        
83 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 35.0684        
84 ARMY 34.3616        
85 COLGATE 34.2790        
86 UNLV 34.1553        
87 HARVARD 33.8073        
88 RICHMOND 33.3691        
89 UT CHATTANOOGA 33.0481        
90 PRINCETON 32.7088        
91 CORNELL 32.5587        
92 WILLIAM&MARY 32.3695        
93 VILLANOVA 32.1164        
94 VANDERBILT 31.6487        
95 WYOMING 31.2578        
96 VIRGINIA TECH 31.1267        
97 APPALACHIAN STATE 29.8513        
98 NEW MEXICO 29.4075        
99 SAN JOSE STATE 29.3934        
100 WEST CAROLINA 29.2757        
101 HAWAII 29.0035        
102 PENNSYLVANIA 28.8421        
103 COLORADO STATE 28.7971        
104 VIRGINIA 28.6547        
105 WEST VIRGINIA 28.1451        
106 COLUMBIA 28.1225        
107 WAKE FOREST 27.0274        
108 SAN DIEGO STATE 26.4765        
109 ARKANSAS STATE 26.0786        
110 VMI 24.1335        
111 NELOUISIANA 23.9246        
112 MCNEESE STATE 23.4200        
113 LOUISIANA TECH 23.3490        
114 UTARLINGTON 23.2185        
115 PACIFIC 22.1180        
116 NEW MEXICO STATE 21.7897        
117 CITADEL 20.2746        
118 FULLERTON 16.7592        
119 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 15.5086        
120 WEST TEXAS STATE 14.6209        
121 LAMAR 14.0463        
122 DRAKE 13.1814        
123 SWLOUISIANA 12.5110        
124 FRESNO STATE 12.3540        
125 LONG BEACH 11.9118        
126 BOSTON COLLEGE 10.7359        
127 WICHITA STATE 10.4962        
128 AIR FORCE 9.6315        
129 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5.3653        
130 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 5.3379        
131 INDIANA STATE 4.7940        
132 BGU 4.5627        
133 KENT STATE 4.2235        
134 OHIOU 3.8674        
135 TOLEDO 3.6480        
136 UTEP 2.1271        
137 ILLINOIS STATE 0.2303        
138 EASTERN MICHIGAN -0.3453        
139 MARSHALL -8.4598        

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