1978 Independent School Ratings

Record: 189-176-5, .518 W-L% (5th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.20 (7th of 14), SOS: -0.60 (7th of 14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Notre Dame and Penn State)

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The SRS columns are SRS broken up into offensive and defensive components.
The Scoring columns are points per game adjusted for strength of opposition.
The Passing, Rushing, and Total columns are yards per attempt adjusted for strength of opposition.
AP Rank reflects the current AP poll ranking or the last ranking from the year.

33 Schools

33 Schools Table
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Penn State	4	11	1	0	7.41	14.50	21.91	37.54	-1.78
2	Notre Dame	7	9	3	0	11.34	8.38	19.72	37.56	2.81
3	Florida State		8	3	0	11.34	3.79	15.13	39.53	9.38
4	Pitt		8	4	0	2.81	6.87	9.68	30.64	6.63
5	North Texas		9	2	0	3.57	5.46	9.03	31.77	7.86
6	Navy		9	3	0	-0.54	8.49	7.95	28.29	5.62
7	South Carolina		5	5	1	3.82	3.30	7.11	30.83	8.92
8	Georgia Tech		7	5	0	6.21	0.30	6.51	32.79	12.95
9	Miami (FL)		6	5	0	0.19	5.86	6.04	26.50	7.34
10	East Carolina		9	3	0	0.43	5.46	5.89	29.45	7.99
11	Southern Mississippi		7	4	0	1.27	3.95	5.22	27.35	8.35
12	Louisville		7	4	0	2.99	0.46	3.45	33.67	14.47
13	Temple		7	3	1	3.77	-1.02	2.75	30.86	13.32
14	Cincinnati		5	6	0	4.67	-2.97	1.70	32.55	15.28
15	Rutgers		9	3	0	-1.25	2.62	1.37	27.82	10.73
16	Hawaii		6	5	0	2.73	-2.40	0.33	29.09	17.39
17	Tulane		4	7	0	-2.04	2.13	0.08	24.20	11.06
18	Virginia Tech		4	7	0	-2.32	2.33	0.01	24.13	12.41
19	Nevada-Las Vegas		7	4	0	-2.45	1.75	-0.70	25.10	11.37
20	Syracuse		3	8	0	2.10	-3.53	-1.44	27.94	16.76
			Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Memphis		4	7	0	-0.25	-1.32	-1.56	26.34	17.35
22	William & Mary		5	5	1	-4.36	1.76	-2.60	21.54	10.70
23	Richmond		3	8	0	-5.32	0.71	-4.61	21.06	11.32
24	Louisiana-Monroe		6	4	1	-8.34	3.02	-5.32	19.68	10.52
25	Holy Cross		7	4	0	-2.10	-4.13	-6.22	24.67	17.60
26	West Virginia		2	9	0	-1.26	-6.15	-7.41	25.20	23.48
27	Army		4	6	1	-4.64	-3.65	-8.29	22.04	17.71
28	Villanova		5	6	0	-2.81	-5.94	-8.75	23.24	18.37
29	Northwestern State		5	6	0	-7.08	-6.82	-13.90	18.10	23.52
30	Air Force		3	8	0	-2.93	-11.09	-14.03	22.71	25.08
31	Boston College		0	11	0	-6.78	-7.77	-14.55	20.12	21.09
32	Colgate		3	8	0	-10.83	-5.72	-16.55	15.20	19.23
33	Illinois State		2	9	0	-12.15	-12.35	-24.50	13.30	29.58

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