1977 College Football School Ratings

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.

145 Schools

145 Schools Table
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
1	Notre Dame	Ind	1	11	1	0	13.78	12.39	26.18	49.36	-2.37
2	Alabama	SEC	2	11	1	0	13.25	11.23	24.48	45.69	-1.11
3	Texas	SWC	4	11	1	0	10.88	12.42	23.30	46.28	-0.72
4	Arkansas	SWC	3	11	1	0	6.77	15.71	22.48	38.50	-4.09
5	Pitt	Ind	8	9	2	1	8.84	13.47	22.30	47.00	-2.65
6	Penn State	Ind	5	11	1	0	14.65	7.46	22.11	45.50	2.95
7	Oklahoma	Big 8	7	10	2	0	15.85	4.90	20.75	47.31	5.59
8	Ohio State	Big Ten	11	9	3	0	7.53	12.41	19.94	40.36	-0.93
9	Kentucky	SEC	6	10	1	0	6.40	13.43	19.83	36.01	-2.42
10	Michigan	Big Ten	9	10	2	0	6.76	12.89	19.65	40.98	-0.96
11	Nebraska	Big 8	12	9	3	0	10.33	7.43	17.75	40.52	3.91
12	Washington	Pac-8	10	8	4	0	10.09	6.96	17.05	40.83	3.49
13	USC	Pac-8	13	8	4	0	8.51	8.45	16.95	41.51	2.27
14	Florida State	Ind	14	10	2	0	9.03	7.20	16.23	37.54	4.32
15	North Carolina	ACC	17	8	3	1	3.61	11.73	15.34	32.66	-0.82
16	Clemson	ACC	19	8	3	1	5.16	9.01	14.16	33.17	2.00
17	BYU	WAC	20	9	2	0	8.86	4.65	13.51	44.94	8.02
18	Texas A&M	SWC		8	4	0	13.50	-0.34	13.16	40.56	12.51
19	Michigan State	Big Ten		7	3	1	6.71	6.34	13.04	35.18	4.73
20	UCLA	Pac-8		7	4	0	8.02	4.80	12.81	36.04	5.72
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
21	Arizona State	WAC	18	9	3	0	8.23	4.54	12.78	40.32	7.53
22	North Carolina State	ACC		8	4	0	5.88	6.78	12.65	34.68	4.50
23	Colorado	Big 8		7	3	1	3.79	8.64	12.43	34.90	4.43
24	San Diego State	Ind	16	10	1	0	6.89	4.24	11.13	35.74	7.92
25	LSU	SEC		8	4	0	7.19	3.88	11.07	42.46	7.95
26	California	Pac-8		7	4	0	7.43	3.61	11.04	38.38	7.33
27	Maryland	ACC		8	4	0	4.44	6.38	10.82	32.89	5.46
28	North Texas	Ind		9	2	0	7.21	3.12	10.33	35.58	9.15
29	Stanford	Pac-8	15	9	3	0	7.44	2.60	10.04	34.36	9.98
30	Houston	SWC		6	5	0	6.90	2.92	9.82	35.08	9.46
31	Texas Tech	SWC		7	5	0	4.29	5.25	9.53	33.54	7.62
32	Missouri	Big 8		4	7	0	2.03	6.98	9.02	30.43	2.27
33	Georgia Tech	Ind		6	5	0	4.61	4.27	8.88	33.21	9.26
34	Iowa State	Big 8		8	4	0	2.14	6.57	8.71	30.78	4.23
35	Washington State	Pac-8		6	5	0	6.31	2.41	8.71	35.23	8.77
36	Syracuse	Ind		6	5	0	4.71	3.88	8.60	32.11	8.13
37	Ole Miss	SEC		5	6	0	3.32	5.17	8.50	32.64	4.31
38	Duke	ACC		5	6	0	7.28	0.90	8.18	34.58	9.70
39	Florida	SEC		6	4	1	6.13	1.93	8.06	34.78	8.98
40	Baylor	SWC		5	6	0	3.22	4.65	7.87	31.33	6.55
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
41	Minnesota	Big Ten		7	5	0	-0.69	8.33	7.64	26.57	3.71
42	Mississippi State	SEC		5	6	0	3.63	3.95	7.57	31.54	6.38
43	Fresno State	PCAA		9	2	0	5.24	1.50	6.73	35.86	10.30
44	Grambling State	SWAC		10	1	0	9.20	-2.47	6.73	46.41	13.29
45	Colorado State	WAC		9	2	1	2.41	4.27	6.68	30.49	9.50
46	Navy	Ind		5	6	0	4.83	1.70	6.52	33.19	8.86
47	Tennessee	SEC		4	7	0	3.37	3.12	6.49	33.89	7.88
48	Auburn	SEC		5	6	0	4.05	1.90	5.95	32.45	9.41
49	Memphis	Ind		6	5	0	3.33	2.23	5.56	31.09	8.10
50	Georgia	SEC		5	6	0	-0.60	5.47	4.86	26.62	6.13
51	Indiana	Big Ten		5	5	1	3.71	1.12	4.83	30.41	10.07
52	Purdue	Big Ten		5	6	0	2.80	1.89	4.69	31.58	11.73
53	South Carolina	Ind		5	7	0	0.88	3.68	4.56	28.98	7.56
54	East Carolina	Ind		8	3	0	3.55	0.87	4.42	31.38	11.02
55	West Virginia	Ind		5	6	0	5.10	-1.06	4.04	33.77	13.14
56	Army	Ind		7	4	0	5.79	-1.83	3.95	35.54	13.19
57	Iowa	Big Ten		4	7	0	1.74	1.89	3.63	29.12	10.05
58	Tennessee State	Ind		8	1	1	-1.50	5.08	3.58	28.44	4.75
59	SMU	SWC		4	7	0	4.80	-1.28	3.52	31.30	15.03
60	Boston College	Ind		6	5	0	3.87	-0.64	3.23	31.48	14.09
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
61	Louisiana Tech	Southland		9	1	2	0.62	2.55	3.17	30.24	10.42
62	Miami (FL)	Ind		3	8	0	-3.24	6.35	3.11	24.60	7.15
63	Ball State	MAC		9	2	0	4.58	-1.69	2.90	36.47	14.31
64	Rutgers	Ind		8	3	0	0.77	2.04	2.81	31.29	10.80
65	Arizona	WAC		5	7	0	1.45	1.05	2.50	28.62	10.14
66	Miami (OH)	MAC		10	1	0	1.43	1.03	2.46	27.15	11.47
67	Oklahoma State	Big 8		4	7	0	2.65	-0.21	2.44	32.48	12.61
68	Colgate	Ind		10	1	0	9.57	-7.45	2.13	37.25	18.93
69	Yale	Ivy		7	2	0	0.68	1.43	2.11	29.92	10.15
70	Wisconsin	Big Ten		5	6	0	-4.99	6.49	1.49	22.28	9.18
71	Kansas	Big 8		3	7	1	-2.42	3.61	1.20	25.27	10.81
72	Central Michigan	MAC		10	1	0	0.10	1.02	1.12	30.05	11.89
73	Cincinnati	Ind		5	4	2	-5.48	6.41	0.93	26.75	5.18
74	William & Mary	Ind		6	5	0	0.88	-0.59	0.29	28.05	11.07
75	Pacific	PCAA		6	5	0	-3.39	3.63	0.24	26.54	7.96
76	Southern Mississippi	Ind		6	6	0	0.09	0.13	0.22	28.01	12.30
77	Virginia Tech	Ind		3	7	1	-1.48	1.66	0.18	26.59	9.92
78	Virginia Military Institute	Southern		7	4	0	-1.01	0.72	-0.28	25.82	10.84
79	Oregon State	Pac-8		2	9	0	0.01	-0.69	-0.68	28.07	11.52
80	Louisville	Ind		7	4	1	-3.83	2.93	-0.89	27.85	10.99
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
81	Hawaii	Ind		5	6	0	1.83	-2.83	-1.00	29.31	15.11
82	Tulane	Ind		3	8	0	0.54	-1.63	-1.10	28.15	14.25
83	New Mexico	WAC		5	7	0	3.12	-4.30	-1.17	29.12	16.79
84	Jackson State	SWAC		8	3	0	-5.46	4.15	-1.31	24.40	6.34
85	Temple	Ind		5	5	1	-0.18	-1.22	-1.40	29.08	16.55
86	Louisiana	Southland		6	4	2	-2.03	0.47	-1.55	24.39	11.72
87	Brown	Ivy		7	2	0	-3.18	1.54	-1.64	24.60	9.46
88	Wyoming	WAC		4	6	1	-3.01	1.18	-1.83	22.43	14.14
89	Chattanooga	Southern		9	1	1	-1.16	-0.72	-1.88	25.81	12.99
90	San Jose State	PCAA		4	7	0	1.32	-3.58	-2.26	29.36	16.71
91	Kansas State	Big 8		1	10	0	-3.36	0.66	-2.70	25.00	11.85
92	Utah State	Ind		4	7	0	-3.71	0.63	-3.08	22.86	13.41
93	Illinois	Big Ten		3	8	0	-1.08	-2.06	-3.13	26.36	15.65
94	Vanderbilt	SEC		2	9	0	-1.82	-1.65	-3.47	26.28	12.73
95	West Texas State	MVC		6	4	1	-1.25	-2.40	-3.65	26.15	15.14
96	Long Beach State	PCAA		4	6	0	1.48	-6.20	-4.72	28.23	16.83
97	Villanova	Ind		4	7	0	-0.68	-4.22	-4.89	26.22	14.55
98	Eastern Michigan	MAC		8	3	0	-1.96	-3.22	-5.18	23.58	15.57
99	Dartmouth	Ivy		6	3	0	-6.98	1.74	-5.24	21.00	9.06
100	Oregon	Pac-8		2	9	0	-1.29	-4.13	-5.42	26.49	21.02
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
101	Texas-Arlington	Southland		5	6	0	-4.99	-0.73	-5.72	22.61	13.02
102	Texas Southern	SWAC		6	4	1	-2.39	-3.58	-5.98	30.65	14.09
103	Western Michigan	MAC		4	7	0	-0.89	-5.12	-6.01	26.11	17.06
104	Utah	WAC		3	8	0	0.91	-7.01	-6.10	27.64	22.64
105	Kent State	MAC		6	5	0	-4.30	-1.93	-6.22	22.13	16.92
106	Air Force	Ind		2	8	1	-5.81	-0.43	-6.24	21.90	14.14
107	Wichita State	MVC		5	6	0	-0.35	-5.96	-6.31	27.77	19.43
108	Texas Christian	SWC		2	9	0	1.42	-8.37	-6.94	27.77	26.21
109	Princeton	Ivy		3	6	0	-7.77	0.81	-6.96	21.98	10.92
110	Virginia	ACC		1	9	1	-9.65	2.31	-7.33	18.56	13.88
111	Northwestern	Big Ten		1	10	0	-4.38	-2.99	-7.38	23.45	19.00
112	Bowling Green	MAC		5	7	0	0.43	-7.83	-7.40	27.51	20.14
113	Pennsylvania	Ivy		5	4	0	-5.08	-2.65	-7.73	23.78	14.20
114	Western Carolina	Southern		6	4	1	-1.87	-6.13	-8.01	26.67	18.41
115	Northwestern State	Ind		6	5	0	-5.92	-2.48	-8.40	22.17	16.12
116	Rice	SWC		1	10	0	-3.08	-5.57	-8.64	24.25	27.59
117	Furman	Southern		4	5	2	-4.54	-4.30	-8.84	22.78	16.16
118	Harvard	Ivy		4	5	0	-5.11	-4.02	-9.13	23.15	15.48
119	The Citadel	Southern		5	6	0	-10.85	1.71	-9.14	16.68	10.14
120	New Mexico State	MVC		4	7	0	-1.22	-7.95	-9.18	24.32	21.19
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
121	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA		4	7	0	-0.30	-9.05	-9.36	29.49	22.12
122	Wake Forest	ACC		1	10	0	-5.85	-3.79	-9.64	22.39	15.90
123	McNeese State	Southland		5	5	1	-9.47	-0.35	-9.82	17.17	13.43
124	Richmond	Ind		3	8	0	-6.31	-3.69	-10.00	21.63	18.42
125	Arkansas State	Southland		7	4	0	-4.27	-6.71	-10.98	20.32	19.74
126	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC		5	5	0	-5.00	-6.39	-11.39	24.68	15.90
127	Illinois State	Ind		3	7	1	-5.28	-7.23	-12.51	21.54	19.14
128	UTEP	WAC		1	10	0	-5.11	-7.98	-13.08	21.59	30.55
129	Columbia	Ivy		2	7	0	-5.08	-9.25	-14.33	23.31	20.94
130	Southern	SWAC		3	7	1	-10.25	-5.14	-15.39	19.24	17.59
131	Cornell	Ivy		1	8	0	-11.81	-3.85	-15.66	16.93	16.47
132	Tulsa	MVC		3	8	0	-2.07	-13.80	-15.87	24.27	29.86
133	Northern Illinois	MAC		3	8	0	-10.19	-5.83	-16.02	16.40	19.71
134	Ohio	MAC		1	10	0	-0.88	-16.07	-16.95	25.91	29.20
135	Alcorn State	SWAC		3	8	0	-8.89	-8.21	-17.10	18.63	18.23
136	Appalachian State	Southern		2	9	0	-5.44	-11.68	-17.12	21.76	25.54
137	Lamar	Southland		2	9	0	-12.65	-4.47	-17.12	14.76	18.72
138	Holy Cross	Ind		2	9	0	-11.43	-6.56	-17.99	15.90	19.78
139	Indiana State	Ind		3	7	0	-8.53	-9.59	-18.12	17.76	21.29
140	Toledo	MAC		2	9	0	-14.06	-4.26	-18.31	12.62	20.39
				Overall			SRS			Scoring		Passing		Rushing		Total
Rk	School	Conf	AP Rank	W	L	T	OSRS	DSRS	SRS	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def	Off	Def
141	Prairie View A&M	SWAC		3	8	0	-10.05	-9.30	-19.35	18.10	24.22
142	Drake	MVC		2	9	0	-8.13	-12.23	-20.36	18.29	26.63
143	Marshall	Southern		2	9	0	-3.43	-17.15	-20.57	23.42	32.55
144	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind		2	9	0	-11.61	-9.03	-20.63	14.92	24.65
145	Southern Illinois	MVC		3	8	0	-15.36	-5.31	-20.68	11.07	19.56

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