1978 College Football Polls

AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
15	Final	1	Alabama	2	1	38	SEC
15	Final	2	USC	3	1	19	Pac-10
15	Final	3	Oklahoma	4	1	1	Big 8
15	Final	4	Penn State	1	3		Ind
15	Final	5	Michigan	5			Big Ten
15	Final	6	Clemson	7	1		ACC
15	Final	7	Notre Dame	10	3		Ind
15	Final	8	Nebraska	6	2		Big 8
15	Final	9	Texas	14	5		SWC
15	Final	10	Houston	9	1		SWC
15	Final	11	Arkansas	8	3		SWC
15	Final	12	Michigan State	12			Big Ten
15	Final	13	Purdue	17	4		Big Ten
15	Final	14	UCLA	15	1		Pac-10
15	Final	15	Missouri	18	3		Big 8
15	Final	16	Georgia	11	5		SEC
15	Final	17	Stanford				Pac-10
15	Final	18	North Carolina State				ACC
15	Final	19	Texas A&M				SWC
15	Final	20	Maryland	13	7		ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
14	1978-12-04	1	Penn State (11-0-0)	1		48	Ind
14	1978-12-04	2	Alabama (10-1-0)	2		5	SEC
14	1978-12-04	3	USC (11-1-0)	3		3	Pac-10
14	1978-12-04	4	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	4		3	Big 8
14	1978-12-04	5	Michigan (10-1-0)	5			Big Ten
14	1978-12-04	6	Nebraska (9-2-0)	6			Big 8
14	1978-12-04	7	Clemson (10-1-0)	7			ACC
14	1978-12-04	8	Arkansas (9-2-0)	8			SWC
14	1978-12-04	9	Houston (9-2-0)	9			SWC
14	1978-12-04	10	Notre Dame (8-3-0)	10			Ind
14	1978-12-04	11	Georgia (9-1-1)	11			SEC
14	1978-12-04	12	Michigan State (8-3-0)	12			Big Ten
14	1978-12-04	13	Maryland (9-2-0)	13			ACC
14	1978-12-04	14	Texas (8-3-0)	14			SWC
14	1978-12-04	15	UCLA (8-3-0)	15			Pac-10
14	1978-12-04	16	Pitt (8-3-0)	16			Ind
14	1978-12-04	17	Purdue (8-2-1)	17			Big Ten
14	1978-12-04	18	Missouri (7-4-0)	18			Big 8
14	1978-12-04	19	Iowa State (8-3-0)	19			Big 8
14	1978-12-04	20	Ohio State (7-3-1)	20			Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
13	1978-11-27	1	Penn State (11-0-0)	1		52	Ind
13	1978-11-27	2	Alabama (9-1-0)	2		2	SEC
13	1978-11-27	3	USC (10-1-0)	3		7	Pac-10
13	1978-11-27	4	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	4		3	Big 8
13	1978-11-27	5	Michigan (10-1-0)	6	1		Big Ten
13	1978-11-27	6	Nebraska (9-2-0)	7	1		Big 8
13	1978-11-27	7	Clemson (10-1-0)	10	3		ACC
13	1978-11-27	8	Arkansas (8-2-0)	11	3		SWC
13	1978-11-27	9	Houston (8-2-0)	5	4		SWC
13	1978-11-27	10	Notre Dame (8-3-0)	8	2		Ind
13	1978-11-27	11	Georgia (8-1-1)	12	1		SEC
13	1978-11-27	12	Michigan State (8-3-0)	14	2		Big Ten
13	1978-11-27	13	Maryland (9-2-0)	13			ACC
13	1978-11-27	14	Texas (7-3-0)	9	5		SWC
13	1978-11-27	15	UCLA (8-3-0)	17	2		Pac-10
13	1978-11-27	16	Pitt (8-3-0)	15	1		Ind
13	1978-11-27	17	Purdue (8-2-1)	18	1		Big Ten
13	1978-11-27	18	Missouri (7-4-0)	19	1		Big 8
13	1978-11-27	19	Iowa State (8-3-0)	20	1		Big 8
13	1978-11-27	20	Ohio State (7-3-1)	16	4		Big Ten
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
12	1978-11-20	1	Penn State (10-0-0)	1		59	Ind
12	1978-11-20	2	Alabama (9-1-0)	3	1	3	SEC
12	1978-11-20	3	USC (9-1-0)	5	2	2	Pac-10
12	1978-11-20	4	Oklahoma (10-1-0)	4		2	Big 8
12	1978-11-20	5	Houston (8-1-0)	6	1		SWC
12	1978-11-20	6	Michigan (9-1-0)	7	1		Big Ten
12	1978-11-20	7	Nebraska (9-2-0)	2	5		Big 8
12	1978-11-20	8	Notre Dame (8-2-0)	10	2		Ind
12	1978-11-20	9	Texas (7-2-0)	9			SWC
12	1978-11-20	10	Clemson (9-1-0)	12	2		ACC
12	1978-11-20	11	Arkansas (7-2-0)	13	2		SWC
12	1978-11-20	12	Georgia (8-1-1)	8	4		SEC
12	1978-11-20	13	Maryland (9-2-0)	11	2		ACC
12	1978-11-20	14	Michigan State (7-3-0)	16	2		Big Ten
12	1978-11-20	15	Pitt (8-2-0)	18	3		Ind
12	1978-11-20	16	Ohio State (7-2-1)	19	3		Big Ten
12	1978-11-20	17	UCLA (8-3-0)	14	3		Pac-10
12	1978-11-20	18	Purdue (7-2-1)	15	3		Big Ten
12	1978-11-20	19	Missouri (7-4-0)				Big 8
12	1978-11-20	20	Iowa State (8-3-0)				Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
11	1978-11-13	1	Penn State (10-0-0)	2	1	55	Ind
11	1978-11-13	2	Nebraska (9-1-0)	4	2	6	Big 8
11	1978-11-13	3	Alabama (9-1-0)	3		4	SEC
11	1978-11-13	4	Oklahoma (9-1-0)	1	3		Big 8
11	1978-11-13	5	USC (8-1-0)	5		1	Pac-10
11	1978-11-13	6	Houston (8-1-0)	8	2		SWC
11	1978-11-13	7	Michigan (8-1-0)	7			Big Ten
11	1978-11-13	8	Georgia (8-1-0)	11	3		SEC
11	1978-11-13	9	Texas (6-2-0)	6	3		SWC
11	1978-11-13	10	Notre Dame (7-2-0)	14	4		Ind
11	1978-11-13	11	Maryland (9-1-0)	13	2		ACC
11	1978-11-13	12	Clemson (8-1-0)	15	3		ACC
11	1978-11-13	13	Arkansas (6-2-0)	16	3		SWC
11	1978-11-13	14	UCLA (8-2-0)	9	5		Pac-10
11	1978-11-13	15	Purdue (7-1-1)	12	3		Big Ten
11	1978-11-13	16	Michigan State (6-3-0)	17	1		Big Ten
11	1978-11-13	17	LSU (6-2-0)	10	7		SEC
11	1978-11-13	18	Pitt (7-2-0)	20	2		Ind
11	1978-11-13	19	Ohio State (6-2-1)				Big Ten
11	1978-11-13	20	Georgia Tech (7-2-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
10	1978-11-06	1	Oklahoma (9-0-0)	1		50	Big 8
10	1978-11-06	2	Penn State (9-0-0)	2		13	Ind
10	1978-11-06	3	Alabama (8-1-0)	3			SEC
10	1978-11-06	4	Nebraska (8-1-0)	4			Big 8
10	1978-11-06	5	USC (7-1-0)	6	1		Pac-10
10	1978-11-06	6	Texas (6-1-0)	7	1		SWC
10	1978-11-06	7	Michigan (7-1-0)	8	1		Big Ten
10	1978-11-06	8	Houston (7-1-0)	10	2		SWC
10	1978-11-06	9	UCLA (8-1-0)	9			Pac-10
10	1978-11-06	10	LSU (6-1-0)	12	2		SEC
10	1978-11-06	11	Georgia (7-1-0)	13	2		SEC
10	1978-11-06	12	Purdue (7-1-0)	14	2		Big Ten
10	1978-11-06	13	Maryland (8-1-0)	5	8		ACC
10	1978-11-06	14	Notre Dame (6-2-0)	15	1		Ind
10	1978-11-06	15	Clemson (7-1-0)	16	1		ACC
10	1978-11-06	16	Arkansas (5-2-0)	17	1		SWC
10	1978-11-06	17	Michigan State (5-3-0)	18	1		Big Ten
10	1978-11-06	18	Navy (7-1-0)	11	7		Ind
10	1978-11-06	19	Washington (6-3-0)	20	1		Pac-10
10	1978-11-06	20	Pitt (6-2-0)	19	1		Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
9	1978-10-30	1	Oklahoma (8-0-0)	1		52	Big 8
9	1978-10-30	2	Penn State (8-0-0)	2		10	Ind
9	1978-10-30	3	Alabama (7-1-0)	3			SEC
9	1978-10-30	4	Nebraska (7-1-0)	4			Big 8
9	1978-10-30	5	Maryland (8-0-0)	5			ACC
9	1978-10-30	6	USC (6-1-0)	6			Pac-10
9	1978-10-30	7	Texas (6-1-0)	7			SWC
9	1978-10-30	8	Michigan (6-1-0)	8			Big Ten
9	1978-10-30	9	UCLA (7-1-0)	10	1		Pac-10
9	1978-10-30	10	Houston (6-1-0)	11	1		SWC
9	1978-10-30	11	Navy (7-0-0)	18	7		Ind
9	1978-10-30	12	LSU (5-1-0)	14	2		SEC
9	1978-10-30	13	Georgia (6-1-0)	16	3		SEC
9	1978-10-30	14	Purdue (6-1-0)	17	3		Big Ten
9	1978-10-30	15	Notre Dame (5-2-0)	19	4		Ind
9	1978-10-30	16	Clemson (6-1-0)	20	4		ACC
9	1978-10-30	17	Arkansas (4-2-0)	9	8		SWC
9	1978-10-30	18	Michigan State (4-3-0)				Big Ten
9	1978-10-30	19	Pitt (5-2-0)	15	4		Ind
9	1978-10-30	20	Washington (5-3-0)				Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
8	1978-10-23	1	Oklahoma (7-0-0)	1		54	Big 8
8	1978-10-23	2	Penn State (7-0-0)	2		10	Ind
8	1978-10-23	3	Alabama (6-1-0)	4	1		SEC
8	1978-10-23	4	Nebraska (6-1-0)	5	1		Big 8
8	1978-10-23	5	Maryland (7-0-0)	6	1		ACC
8	1978-10-23	6	USC (5-1-0)	7	1		Pac-10
8	1978-10-23	7	Texas (5-1-0)	8	1		SWC
8	1978-10-23	8	Michigan (5-1-0)	9	1		Big Ten
8	1978-10-23	9	Arkansas (4-1-0)	3	6		SWC
8	1978-10-23	10	UCLA (6-1-0)	10			Pac-10
8	1978-10-23	11	Houston (5-1-0)	11			SWC
8	1978-10-23	12	Arizona State (5-1-0)	14	2		Pac-10
8	1978-10-23	13	Missouri (5-2-0)	13			Big 8
8	1978-10-23	14	LSU (5-1-0)	16	2		SEC
8	1978-10-23	15	Pitt (5-1-0)	15			Ind
8	1978-10-23	16	Georgia (5-1-0)	18	2		SEC
8	1978-10-23	17	Purdue (5-1-0)	19	2		Big Ten
8	1978-10-23	18	Navy (6-0-0)	17	1		Ind
8	1978-10-23	19	Notre Dame (4-2-0)	20	1		Ind
8	1978-10-23	20	Clemson (5-1-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
7	1978-10-16	1	Oklahoma (6-0-0)	1		40	Big 8
7	1978-10-16	2	Penn State (6-0-0)	3	1	11	Ind
7	1978-10-16	3	Arkansas (4-0-0)	3		7	SWC
7	1978-10-16	4	Alabama (5-1-0)	7	3		SEC
7	1978-10-16	5	Nebraska (5-1-0)	8	3		Big 8
7	1978-10-16	6	Maryland (6-0-0)	10	4		ACC
7	1978-10-16	7	USC (4-1-0)	2	5		Pac-10
7	1978-10-16	8	Texas (4-1-0)	12	4		SWC
7	1978-10-16	9	Michigan (4-1-0)	5	4		Big Ten
7	1978-10-16	10	UCLA (5-1-0)	14	4		Pac-10
7	1978-10-16	11	Houston (4-1-0)	17	6		SWC
7	1978-10-16	12	Texas A&M (4-1-0)	6	6		SWC
7	1978-10-16	13	Missouri (4-2-0)	19	6		Big 8
7	1978-10-16	14	Arizona State (5-1-0)				Pac-10
7	1978-10-16	15	Pitt (4-1-0)	9	6		Ind
7	1978-10-16	16	LSU (4-1-0)	11	5		SEC
7	1978-10-16	17	Navy (5-0-0)				Ind
7	1978-10-16	18	Georgia (4-1-0)				SEC
7	1978-10-16	19	Purdue (4-1-0)				Big Ten
7	1978-10-16	20	Notre Dame (3-2-0)				Ind
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
6	1978-10-09	1	Oklahoma (5-0-0)	1		52	Big 8
6	1978-10-09	2	USC (4-0-0)	2		5	Pac-10
6	1978-10-09	3	Arkansas (4-0-0)	4	1	3	SWC
6	1978-10-09	3	Penn State (6-0-0)	5	2	3	Ind
6	1978-10-09	5	Michigan (4-0-0)	3	2		Big Ten
6	1978-10-09	6	Texas A&M (4-0-0)	7	1		SWC
6	1978-10-09	7	Alabama (4-1-0)	8	1		SEC
6	1978-10-09	8	Nebraska (4-1-0)	10	2		Big 8
6	1978-10-09	9	Pitt (4-0-0)	9			Ind
6	1978-10-09	10	Maryland (5-0-0)	12	2		ACC
6	1978-10-09	11	LSU (4-0-0)	11			SEC
6	1978-10-09	12	Texas (3-1-0)	6	6		SWC
6	1978-10-09	13	Colorado (5-0-0)	13			Big 8
6	1978-10-09	14	UCLA (4-1-0)	16	2		Pac-10
6	1978-10-09	15	Florida State (4-1-0)	18	3		Ind
6	1978-10-09	16	Ohio State (2-1-1)	14	2		Big Ten
6	1978-10-09	17	Houston (3-1-0)				SWC
6	1978-10-09	18	Stanford (3-2-0)	17	1		Pac-10
6	1978-10-09	19	Missouri (3-2-0)				Big 8
6	1978-10-09	20	Iowa State (4-1-0)	15	5		Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
5	1978-10-02	1	Oklahoma (4-0-0)	1		38	Big 8
5	1978-10-02	2	USC (4-0-0)	3	1	14	Pac-10
5	1978-10-02	3	Michigan (3-0-0)	4	1	6	Big Ten
5	1978-10-02	4	Arkansas (3-0-0)	2	2	3	SWC
5	1978-10-02	5	Penn State (5-0-0)	5		2	Ind
5	1978-10-02	6	Texas (3-0-0)	6			SWC
5	1978-10-02	7	Texas A&M (3-0-0)	8	1		SWC
5	1978-10-02	8	Alabama (3-1-0)	7	1		SEC
5	1978-10-02	9	Pitt (3-0-0)	9			Ind
5	1978-10-02	10	Nebraska (3-1-0)	12	2		Big 8
5	1978-10-02	11	LSU (3-0-0)	11			SEC
5	1978-10-02	12	Maryland (4-0-0)	15	3		ACC
5	1978-10-02	13	Colorado (4-0-0)	16	3		Big 8
5	1978-10-02	14	Ohio State (2-1-0)	13	1		Big Ten
5	1978-10-02	15	Iowa State (4-0-0)	17	2		Big 8
5	1978-10-02	16	UCLA (3-1-0)	18	2		Pac-10
5	1978-10-02	17	Stanford (3-1-0)	20	3		Pac-10
5	1978-10-02	18	Florida State (3-1-0)	10	8		Ind
5	1978-10-02	19	Auburn (3-0-0)				SEC
5	1978-10-02	20	North Carolina State (4-0-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
4	1978-09-25	1	Oklahoma (3-0-0)	3	2	27	Big 8
4	1978-09-25	2	Arkansas (2-0-0)	2		17	SWC
4	1978-09-25	3	USC (3-0-0)	7	4	14	Pac-10
4	1978-09-25	4	Michigan (2-0-0)	5	1	6	Big Ten
4	1978-09-25	5	Penn State (4-0-0)	3	2	2	Ind
4	1978-09-25	6	Texas (2-0-0)	6			SWC
4	1978-09-25	7	Alabama (2-1-0)	1	6		SEC
4	1978-09-25	8	Texas A&M (2-0-0)	9	1		SWC
4	1978-09-25	9	Pitt (2-0-0)	11	2		Ind
4	1978-09-25	10	Florida State (3-0-0)	13	3		Ind
4	1978-09-25	11	LSU (2-0-0)	10	1		SEC
4	1978-09-25	12	Nebraska (2-1-0)	12			Big 8
4	1978-09-25	13	Ohio State (1-1-0)	16	3		Big Ten
4	1978-09-25	14	Missouri (2-1-0)	17	3		Big 8
4	1978-09-25	15	Maryland (3-0-0)	18	3		ACC
4	1978-09-25	16	Colorado (3-0-0)	19	3		Big 8
4	1978-09-25	17	Iowa State (3-0-0)	20	3		Big 8
4	1978-09-25	18	UCLA (2-1-0)	8	10		Pac-10
4	1978-09-25	19	Georgia (2-0-0)				SEC
4	1978-09-25	20	Stanford (2-1-0)				Pac-10
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
3	1978-09-18	1	Alabama (2-0-0)	1		50	SEC
3	1978-09-18	2	Arkansas (1-0-0)	2		6	SWC
3	1978-09-18	3	Oklahoma (2-0-0)	3		1	Big 8
3	1978-09-18	3	Penn State (3-0-0)	5	2	4	Ind
3	1978-09-18	5	Michigan (1-0-0)	4	1		Big Ten
3	1978-09-18	6	Texas (1-0-0)	7	1		SWC
3	1978-09-18	7	USC (2-0-0)	8	1		Pac-10
3	1978-09-18	8	UCLA (2-0-0)	9	1		Pac-10
3	1978-09-18	9	Texas A&M (1-0-0)	10	1		SWC
3	1978-09-18	10	LSU (1-0-0)	13	3		SEC
3	1978-09-18	11	Pitt (1-0-0)	14	3		Ind
3	1978-09-18	12	Nebraska (2-1-0)	12			Big 8
3	1978-09-18	13	Florida State (2-0-0)	16	3		Ind
3	1978-09-18	14	Notre Dame (0-1-0)	15	1		Ind
3	1978-09-18	15	Washington (1-1-0)	18	3		Pac-10
3	1978-09-18	16	Ohio State (0-1-0)	6	10		Big Ten
3	1978-09-18	17	Missouri (1-1-0)	11	6		Big 8
3	1978-09-18	18	Maryland (2-0-0)	20	2		ACC
3	1978-09-18	19	Colorado (2-0-0)				Big 8
3	1978-09-18	20	Iowa State (2-0-0)	19	1		Big 8
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
2	1978-09-11	1	Alabama (1-0-0)	1		51	SEC
2	1978-09-11	2	Arkansas	2		11	SWC
2	1978-09-11	3	Oklahoma (1-0-0)	4	1		Big 8
2	1978-09-11	4	Michigan	6	2		Big Ten
2	1978-09-11	5	Penn State (2-0-0)	3	2	1	Ind
2	1978-09-11	6	Ohio State	7	1		Big Ten
2	1978-09-11	7	Texas	8	1		SWC
2	1978-09-11	8	USC (1-0-0)	9	1		Pac-10
2	1978-09-11	9	UCLA (1-0-0)	12	3		Pac-10
2	1978-09-11	10	Texas A&M (1-0-0)	16	6		SWC
2	1978-09-11	11	Missouri (1-0-0)				Big 8
2	1978-09-11	12	Nebraska (1-1-0)	10	2		Big 8
2	1978-09-11	13	LSU	13			SEC
2	1978-09-11	14	Pitt	14			Ind
2	1978-09-11	15	Notre Dame (0-1-0)	5	10		Ind
2	1978-09-11	16	Florida State (1-0-0)	17	1		Ind
2	1978-09-11	17	Kentucky	15	2		SEC
2	1978-09-11	18	Washington (0-1-0)	11	7		Pac-10
2	1978-09-11	19	Iowa State (1-0-0)	20	1		Big 8
2	1978-09-11	20	Maryland (1-0-0)				ACC
Wk	Date	Rk	School	Prev	Chng	1st	Conf
1	Preseason	1	Alabama	NA	—	31	SEC
1	Preseason	2	Arkansas	NA	—	13	SWC
1	Preseason	3	Penn State	NA	—	5	Ind
1	Preseason	4	Oklahoma	NA	—	1	Big 8
1	Preseason	5	Notre Dame	NA	—	9	Ind
1	Preseason	6	Michigan	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	7	Ohio State	NA	—		Big Ten
1	Preseason	8	Texas	NA	—	1	SWC
1	Preseason	9	USC	NA	—	2	Pac-10
1	Preseason	10	Nebraska	NA	—		Big 8
1	Preseason	11	Washington	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	12	UCLA	NA	—		Pac-10
1	Preseason	13	LSU	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	14	Pitt	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	15	Kentucky	NA	—		SEC
1	Preseason	16	Texas A&M	NA	—	1	SWC
1	Preseason	17	Florida State	NA	—		Ind
1	Preseason	18	Clemson	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	19	North Carolina	NA	—		ACC
1	Preseason	20	Iowa State	NA	—		Big 8

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