1977 Independent Coaches

Record: 212-180-9, .540 W-L% (2nd of 15) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 1.81 (7th of 15), SOS: 0.24 (8th of 15)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pitt and San Diego State)

36 Coaches

36 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
1	Dan Devine	Notre Dame	11	1	0	.917
2	Joe Paterno	Penn State	11	1	0	.917
3	Frederick Dunlap	Colgate	10	1	0	.909
4	Claude Gilbert	San Diego State	10	1	0	.909
5	Bobby Bowden	Florida State	10	2	0	.833
6	Hayden Fry	North Texas	9	2	0	.818	record adjusted to 10-1-0 by NCAA
7	Jackie Sherrill	Pitt	9	2	1	.792
8	John Merritt	Tennessee State	8	1	1	.850
9	Frank Burns	Rutgers	8	3	0	.727
10	Pat Dye	East Carolina	8	3	0	.727
11	Homer Smith	Army	7	4	0	.636
12	Vince Gibson	Louisville	7	4	1	.625
13	Frank Maloney	Syracuse	6	5	0	.545
14	Pepper Rodgers	Georgia Tech	6	5	0	.545
15	James Root	William & Mary	6	5	0	.545
16	A.L. Williams	Northwestern State	6	5	0	.545
17	Richard Williamson	Memphis	6	5	0	.545
18	Joseph Yukica	Boston College	6	5	0	.545
19	Bobby Collins	Southern Mississippi	6	6	0	.500
20	Ralph Staub	Cincinnati	5	4	2	.545
Rk	Coach	School	W	L	T	Pct	Notes
21	Wayne Hardin	Temple	5	5	1	.500
22	Frank Cignetti	West Virginia	5	6	0	.455
23	Dick Tomey	Hawaii	5	6	0	.455
24	George Welsh	Navy	5	6	0	.455
25	Jim Carlen	South Carolina	5	7	0	.417
26	Dick Bedesem Sr.	Villanova	4	7	0	.364
27	Bruce Snyder	Utah State	4	7	0	.364
28	Charlie Cowdrey	Illinois State	3	7	1	.318
29	Jimmy Sharpe	Virginia Tech	3	7	1	.318
30	Tom Harp	Indiana State	3	7	0	.300
31	Lou Saban	Miami (FL)	3	8	0	.273
32	Larry Smith	Tulane	3	8	0	.273
33	Jim Tait	Richmond	3	8	0	.273
34	Ben Martin	Air Force	2	8	1	.227
35	John David Crow	Louisiana-Monroe	2	9	0	.182
36	Neil Wheelwright	Holy Cross	2	9	0	.182

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